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In Words That Echo, a new collection by Michael Haimes, each handwritten poem was intended to be meditated upon and pondered. Whether the reader agrees wholeheartedly or disagrees with them, this work is dedicated to helping to bring newfound perspectives to grow from old ways of thinking-perspectives that may confirm beliefs, add to them, or change them entirely. These poems contain wisdom to take a hold of in an increasingly demanding, fast-paced world. So put down the fast food that has been poisoning you for the past ten years and dare to take a hold of something more.

Abigail Lorraine was raised in the Louisiana Bayou region under the strict tutelage of her abusive grandfather. Grandpapa killed members of Louisiana's judicial system at the bidding of someone Abby calls "Mentor."Abby does not understand the hold Mentor has on her family, but she cannot escape the ghostly influence of Grandpapa's legacy of rules he left behind-or why he trained her to kill as he had killed. Her sanity depends on knowing the way and her resolve is influenced by Jonah Macgregor, the cop she holds captive.

"You only have to write a poem. It doesn't have to rhyme. Don't fret about form. It'll be good enough. It may be your last or, maybe, the first of many. Who knows?" The forty-four poems in this collection, All the Purple Iris, are, definitely, autobiographical and a kind of credo. It's all just I, watching the world, listening to the music it makes, trying to put it into words. It's an earnest effort to pay attention. A poem can make a long story short and often memorable, like "When you are old and grey and full of sleep..." (W. B. Yeats) or "For this your mother sweated in the cold..." (Edna St. Vincent Millay) or "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood..." (Robert Frost). Doesn't it enliven you?One more thing: Don't read the whole collection at once. Just one at a time, please, until it feels like a song and it's you singing.-John S. Thornton, Taucross Farm, Scio, Oregon

Born in Jerusalem during the waning days of World War I, Avraham Frank grew up in a particularly tumultuous and defining historical period in the Holy Land. A son of the distinguished Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank, chief rabbi of Jerusalem, Avraham shares his experience of life in Jerusalem during the British Mandate, as well as his own participation in the struggle for Israel's independence. Through powerful storytelling, Goodness and Mercy Shall Follow Me: A Memoir of Old Jerusalem brings this important era to life for readers.

Death has many ways to take you.But what happens afterwards?Will you fall further into darknessor finally see the light?Death Has Its Ways is a collection of ten stories of everyday people who make ill-fated decisions causing death to take them away. But death doesn't have the final say. Higher powers have an ultimate destination in mind. After their fall from grace, the characters in these stories soon find out that their final chapter in life depends on good versus evil and the battle for their souls. In the end, they are held accountable and reap what they sow.

Life can be fun and sometimes scary, but no matter who you are, there will come a time when it hits you hard and will bring you down with everything it has! Ever since he was a kid, Hunter Carter had always been outgoing. He was, and is, the kid that is always laughing. No one would have thought that he'd dealt with anxiety and depression from an early age. The Midlife Crisis of a Nineteen-Year-Old is a story about those big moments in life, the ones that make us feel like we're on top of the world-and the ones where we feel like giving up because there isn't a happy bone in our body and we don't see the point in trying anymore. At times like that, we can get up and keep going or have a mid-life crisis at nineteen like Hunter did. ¿But guess what? Hunter is still here, chugging along, and there's only one reason for that-LIFE! Life keeps going and, although it's hard, it is such a beautiful thing with so many new opportunities. It's worth it to keep going. Hunter wrote this for you, and you know who you are. He wants you to know he's rooting for you!

In Leonard P. Hindsley's translation of The Sister-Book of Engelthal by Christina Ebner, the Dominican nuns of Engelthal were lost in profound prayer while chanting the words of the prophet Isaiah, "I have loved you with an eternal love, therefore I have drawn you to me with my mercy." Then they fell down unconscious and entered into the mystical realm. This event marked the beginning of their spiritual journey as a community and as individuals. The founding of the monastery and the tales of sisters, brothers, and priests were set down by the nun, Christina Ebner, so that others could learn of the wondrous action of God's grace in the lives of ordinary people in the fourteenth century. This book presents the first text from the Sister-Book genre to be rendered into English.

Respirator Blues is a collection of ninety lowku poems (senryu) by poet Elaine Parker Adams. Similar to the well-known haiku in structure, lowku focuses on social issues rather than nature.Adams explores the good, the bad, and the ugly of COVID-19, its effects, and the realities and myths associated with the virus. Her poems register a variety of responses to living in a COVID-impacted world-in the neighborhood, at work, in schools, and even the fraught environs of hospitals, nursing homes, and end-of-life formalities.Respirator Blues gives its topic due respect while weaving in welcome touches of levity, humor, and sarcasm. These poems provide the opportunity to read briefly but think deeply, arouse memories, and encourage reflection on the challenging experiences impacting pandemic survivors.

Talon is a curious boy who loves to explore his surroundings, of which he takes extraordinary care. Little does Talon know he is about to be rewarded in a spectacular way. It all happens during his day-long adventure through a forest that is said to be haunted, through cliffs where dwarfs may have lived, and through the most beautiful red sand dunes imaginable. Talon is surprised over and over again on this magical day that concludes with a most peculiar lesson from an unexpected source.

Dozer keeps you guessing in What Kind of Dog is That? Join Dozer as he introduces his animal friends, shares his favorite elements of every season, and celebrates the beauty of difference! Come along on his life journey and find out what makes him so special.

In this quick-hitting thriller set in Baltimore, during the waning years of the Cold War, Lussi Sim, a Norwegian physician, is the medical director of a newborn intensive care unit.Lussi had practiced pediatrics near her parents in Oslo until her father suffered a stroke. Growing up, Lussi experienced chronic mental trauma in the self-assigned role of her mother's bodyguard. Ironically, her father's stroke removed the physical threat to her mother and enabled Lussi to pursue her long-suppressed goal to train as a newborn intensive care subspecialist in the United States.An excellent physician, Lussi copes with the stress of treating sick infants by entering the "rescuer" role she adopted to protect her mother. However, her fight v. flight response to threat defaults to the fight mode and she frequently fails to control her anger when negotiating with hospital managers she believes value profit over optimal patient care.Stumbling upon a deadly medical conspiracy, evolving from a US government-approved financial agreement between the CIA and the Saudi Royal family, Lussi must now use her well-honed fighting instincts to overcome lethal obstacles, rescue victims, and bring the perpetrators to justice.

It was a simpler time for a little girl growing up in the 1950's.Judy's life on the rural plains of South Dakota is all about the love of a large extended family, a sense of belonging, and lots of delicious food. From an early age she has a strong curiosity about her German-Russian ancestry. The culture she is born into helps shape and define her future and when eleven-year-old Judy moves with her family to Portland, Oregon, an entirely new world opens up for her.

Journeys, good or bad, are experienced by every woman.We don't mind sharing the tranquil, pleasant expeditions because they illustrate that all is well in the world and happiness is on full display. But what about the journeys that leave us wondering, "Why me?" and "How did I get here?" We may often choose to suffer in silence or hide from our friends and family when our situation doesn't resemble a pretty, picture-worthy social media post.The Journey examines the elephant in the room that many women face while managing their careers and family planning and provides valuable insights into creating safe spaces for spouses, partners, family, and friends-a necessary tool for living a life that is fully transparent and free from the shackles of fear, shame, or embarrassment.

Albion Thatcher did not know a spark of the cosmos was sending him on a miraculous, episodic journey...Facing impending heart surgery, suddenly single, and feeling blindsided, Albion sets off on a long-anticipated adventure: four days in London and three weeks in Italy. He finds himself mysteriously crossing paths with the same series of people along his journey-a smart-ass kid with the ponytail, newlyweds, an older couple, a comedian, and a woman who may be a secret agent.Each time Albion's journey intersects with these travelers, they reveal more of their personal stories. Or could it merely be Albion's imagination? What is lurking behind the curtain of this Italy experience? One does not just keep running into the same people over and over. Something extraordinary seems to be unfolding. Is it possible for these travelers to stumble upon truth while searching for something else?In Albion Thatcher and The Saint of Circumstance, monsters are just as terrifying as imagined ones, love must not be taken for granted, and belief in oneself just may have the power to conquer evil.

Trouble knows how to find Lara. In the sequel to Blood and Faith, museum curator Lara Cole is sent to Oregon to review the progress of a developing art museum and cultural center. It should be routine, but instead she is chased, shot at, and forced to seek the help of FBI agent George Graham, with whom she survived a shoot-out in Russia during a previous assignment.¿Messing about in the art world proves to be risky business that tests Lara's grit and determination, and maybe, just maybe, rekindles romance.

"I can close my eyes and go back to so many places, but I must be more than a string of memories."My Left Hand, a memoir by Lucy Osius, depicts a life full of contrasts. Lucy has lived in Colorado, the highest state in the USA, where it often snowed on the Fourth of July, and broiled under a Middle Eastern sun, so hot one could fry an egg on the sidewalk. She's been broke and comfortably well off; she's been both athletic and wheelchair-bound. Lucy has done many jobs-some lowly, many gratifying-and, as a teacher, has been entrusted with people's most valuable entity, their children. She has spent parts of her life deeply in love and in others, terribly lonely. She's not sure why God gave her such lessons and experiences; she can only attest to this one life.Lucy says, "In writing this memoir, I've tried to learn more about myself and other people and to relive my life from my place now in a wheelchair. Writing has given my life purpose and focus and shape.I hope you come to care about the girl in the book. I hope you see yourself in the contrasts and in other ways too. We are all connected in some way, like a root system."

Every crayon has its purpose. Red can draw fire trucks and Green can draw trees. Yellow can draw suns and Blue can draw seas. But what about White? Follow the white crayon's journey to find its place as "Last in the Box."

Mother Load is the story of Pamela, a young woman who suffered emotional neglect in her relationship with her adoptive mother. Her therapist, Lily, supports Pamela as she works to overcome the aftereffects of her upbringing. Pamela eventually finds love-with the help of her long-lost family. ¿Pamela and Lily's lives become entwined in ways neither could have ever foreseen. Their separate journeys transform through their work together.

"She was poisoned." Such is the cryptic note the archbishop receives after the funeral of Mother Rose. The nuns believe she died of natural causes and the archbishop sends Father Andrew Nolan-Andy-to identify the killer and then participate in a cover-up to protect the Church from scandal. Andy succumbs to the assignment only because if he refuses, his request for a dispensation from the priesthood to legally marry Mia (with whom he has been having an illicit affair) will be denied. ¿How will Father Nolan find a killer whose poison leaves no trace in the human system? How will he guide the nuns in their spirituality when he's secretly spying for the archbishop?

Meatquake and Big Ernie by John B. Milbert is an eclectic compilation of stories that cover a span of more than seventy years in settings ranging from the Oregon outdoors to urban environments. These anecdotal vignettes are shared in the fashion of yarns told around a fire to a small group of friends in a way to make the author's mom proud-or, at least, wouldn't inspire her to wash his mouth out with soap. Find out what it's like to be bitten by a rattlesnake, outrun a derailing freight train, climb into a Golden eagle's nest, and more!Pull up a chair and hear a few tales of amazing adventures, witness myriad unique wonders, and you just may find out what the peculiar title means too.

Harold Bradley learned early in life, through family lore, that one of his great-great granduncles was an Irish sea captain. Sadly, the family lore was scanty. All it offered was a name, William Kelly, and two intriguing, albumin photographic prints-one of a large man squeezed into an ornate Victorian armchair; another of the same man, just head and shoulders, his penetrating gaze fixed on a distant point. Bradley couldn't help but wonder: Where did Captain Kelly go and what did he do in the so-called golden age of sail?After much determined sleuthing through historic newspapers, crew lists, ship logs, and other records including a passenger shipboard diary, the end result is SEAWARD, part biographical and historical memoir, part detective story. The book casts new light on Great Britain's 19th-century merchant navy-especially as the master mariners of one Irish family experienced this incomparable career. William Kelly (along with his younger brother, John) left wakes to trace and history to plumb, from Belfast and Liverpool to the Americas, British Guiana, Peru, India, Australia, and China. Their ships carried people with high hopes to far-flung destinations, while also moving agricultural produce and manufactured products around the world.Readers of SEAWARD will come away with a better understanding of 19th-century commercial seafaring as a business, along with a greater appreciation of the transgenerational connections that bind us to our ancestors.The ships are sailing. Let the stories begin."Deftly marshalling an amazing range of historical records from around the world, SEAWARD chronicles the lives of two brothers who were brought up in a public house on the edge of Antrim Town. Their subsequent careers as master mariners intersected with the glories of the Victorian age of sail but also with some of its more controversial episodes."-Robert H. Foy, author of Dear Uncle: Immigrant Letters to Antrim from the USA, 1843-1852 and Remembering All the Orrs: The Story of the Orr Families of Antrim and Their Involvement in the 1798 Rebellion.

It's 1984 and Father Sam isn't living in McGuffin Ridge to evangelize, assimilate indigenous people, build a church, or lead Bible lessons-although he gets asked about the Bible pretty often. He's not one for steeples and stained glass. Folks around this Appalachian village like Father Sam because he likes them. He's just a good neighbor who wears a white collar and lives in a log cabin at the end of Main Street. He keeps bees, grows organic herbs, teaches Cherokee kids English, drinks coffee with the old sheriff, and favors the cherry pie at Mabelline's Cafe. Then, one day, his age-old trespasses catch up with him, and he must break the laws of man and of God to right the wrong he ran away from in the crazed days of 1960 when he was a stumbling, addicted seminarian. For more information email him at STBoergadine@yahoo.com

A comic tale about a trip a young girl takes with her two aunts.A surprise leads to chaos and the desire for a home.Sally Sockwell is an actress and writer who lives in New York City with a lot of pets. Her book Aunt Betty Horns In won the New England Children's Book Review award for best chapter book of 2016.