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"Sliding seamlessly between poignancy and laugh-out-loud fun, Grizzly Trade is a raucous romp through the Alaskan wilderness. Red just wants to be left alone, but when the taciturn Viet Nam vet starts to find dead bears in the forest with their paws hacked off, he is forced to wage war once more, and this time he intends to win. Tim Branson is a gregarious small-town reporter, looking for a news story that sizzles. Despite their differences, they are forced to become allies when a methamphetamine addict and an unemployed lumberjack start selling bear gallbladders and paws on the Asian aphrodisiac market. While trying to track down the poachers, Red and Branson discover toxic chemicals dumped on the pristine salmon fishing grounds. Accusations fly and the entire town takes sides. Tim's job and Red's sanity are at stake as they try to find the connection between the bear killings and the environmental disaster. As they follow the money trail, the unlikely duo must deal with an array of eccentric characters, including a lethal arsonist who enjoys bird watching, an aphrodisiac-gobbling cruise ship captain with a woman in every port, and an egotistic state trooper who couldn't pour warm piss out of a boot if the directions were written on the heel." -- Back cover.

How does one respond when the frozen past meets the fluid present? Reject and retreat or reflect and reframe? Look Both Ways is a collection of short essays that look back and forward along the path many have traveled-from the road of certainty to one of possibility. Using the metaphor of traffic signals as a frame, Anne Koch considers what shaped her thinking, what upended it, and what opportunities lie ahead as life's journey winds on. The book is the final installment in an essay quartet A Conversation with the World. The first three volumes recount her quiet affection for ordinary life-popular mysteries, arts and crafts, and teaching. Look Both Ways focuses on transitions. How they surprise us, frustrate us, and free us for a future that builds on the past, invites the future, and celebrates the present.

Written Across the Genres contains a variety of fiction and non-fiction examples to explore within genre designations. Stories, excerpts, essays, and poems express the characteristics of each category. Meet dragons, a child trapped in an ice chest, a pregnant, homeless teenager, talking animals. Flee from revolutionary Hungary. Time travel to a bridge into the past. Share women's struggles in love relationships. Learn about Aloha spirit and try a new recipe. Plan a caper with criminals. Join a female attorney threatened by corrupt doctors. Escape with a Russian expat from Japanese occupied Shanghai and more."

When Marjorie McGee suddenly disappears from her Southern California beach home, nine-year-old Zetty is left motherless and confused. Years later, Zetty finds herself in a circle of unconventional women--opinionated, endearing, courageous and keen-eyed women, who offer Zetty their heart and backbone. As unexpected friendships form, Zetty begins an emotional, psychological, and spiritual journey in search of her mother--never imagining the joy and tragedy yet to come, the undeniable power of early childhood bonds, and the secret that will change their lives forever.

The inspiration for the book Precious Memories is to preserve the legacy of our beloved family members, in particular, family members who have been diagnosed with dementia and/or Alzheimer's disease. Often times, family members pass on and we have never taken the time to really get to know their history, beliefs, thoughts, interests, talents, desires, etc. For example, recipes for our favorite foods or meals, and we never took the time to get the recipes to pass on to the next generation of family members. Precious Memories is also a wonderful way to interact and bond with family members on another level, especially with our patriarchs and matriarchs for our families, to explore interesting facts and to better understand and confirm our familial relationships.

"Dr. Slaughter fumbled with the dozen or more keys he had attached to his gilded key ring, forever choosing the wrong one in a futile first try at opening the jeweled box...his eyes glistened as he gazed down into the secret contained within." These opening lines of "Heart of a Great Man" make a chilling introduction to the short stories and poetry collected in Tender Verses. Readers will find an easy segue from stories to romantic and stirring poems replete with erotic descriptions and sardonic insights. Ultimately, the collected works in Tender Verses lead readers through the complex inner workings of human emotions and psyches and introduce a poignant array of seemingly everyday individuals who each possess extraordinary life stories, rich and worth sharing.