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|  | | Everyday P.O.W,: A Rural California Boy's Story of Going To War
A Rural California Boy's Story of Going To War, including his Prisoner of War Diary from Stalag Luft 1
span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Brad Wilson grew up in the sleepy rural country community of Redwood Valley, California, and was used to playing with his dog, diving into the local swimming hole, and helping out on his extended family's ranch. Then came World War II, and suddenly he was in Europe as a member of the 445th bomb group of the 8th Air Force, flying missions into enemy territory, constantly in harm's way. Eventually he was shot down over Germany and taken as a prisoner of war. He made it through these events the only way | |  | | Midnight in Never Land
Midnight in Never Land has been compared to the genre-mixing tales of Neil Gaiman ("Neverwhere, American Gods"), Alan Moore ("League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"), and Seth Grahame-Smith ("Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter").
span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">It is 1805. The Captain of a British Man of War chases Napoleon's navy across the Atlantic to the islands of the French Caribbean. An Irish Missionary leaves his duties in the war torn revolutionary nation of Haiti to replenish his faith. A plantation owner and his family move from their London estate to the English frontier colony of Dominica. They all come together in a place that has no name, a place designated on an ancient map only by a warning: /span>i style="font-family: verdana, arial, | |  | | Tales of McKinleyville: Big Doin's At The Chinese Baptist Church
If you enjoy the work of Garrison Keillor, Tom Bodett, Jean Shepherd or Patrick McManus you'll find yourself at home in McKinleyville.
span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">The first "/span>i style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Tales" /i>span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">book, /span>i style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Big Doin's At The Chinese Baptist Church/b>/i>span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "> is a humor novel that has been compared to the work of Ga | |  | | Tales of Placerville: Booksellers to the Savage West
The Gold Rush wasn't just an important moment in American history... it was also very funny.
span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">It is 1849, and writers Jed Bradford and Jack Norris embark on an odyssey across the wild North American continent, headed for Gold Rush California - not to mine for gold, but to mine for stories. Join them in their epic journey through the wild west and meet the wonderful, unique, and funny folks living in the frontier mining community of Placerville (or Hangtown as the miners preferred to call it). Mixing history, humor, and a fair bit of mythology, BOOKSELLERS TO THE SAVAGE WEST follows Jed and Jac |
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The Council
by T. Weber
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 A naďve councilman and a down-on-her-luck single mom try to save their county’s last stand of forest from greedy developers and a dysfunctional government. |
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