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The Case of the Missing Links A Golf Mystery Lee Tyler 192 pages, paperback $10.95 ISBN 1-56474-302-0 Who stole the new golf course design from the world-famous and universally despised architect Sheldon R. Moore III? Was it the same person who used a sand wedge on his head and sent him to the Nineteenth Hole in the sky? Golfing sleuths Harry "Win" Winslow and June Jacobs are called upon to solve a mystery in Pebble Beach, California, the Mecca of golf fanatics worldwide. Here's a whodunnit for anyone who loves golf. This is a book for everyone who loves a good yarn, full of humor, suspense, romance, danger—and golf! Read more about this book! Order this book! Chalk Dust Five Tales out of School Larry Cohen; illustrated by Francine Rudesill 72 pages, illustrated, paperback, $7.95 Sold out/out of print A Child's Map of the World A Novella Joyce Frazeur 96 pages, paperback, $10.00 ISBN 1-56474-214-8 Set in the Arizona desert, a stark and beautiful landscape of javelinas and Joshua trees, this is a story about a story, told and retold, blending myth, religion, history, and world views old and young. Read more about this book! Sold out/out of print Circe, Goodnight A Novel Suzanne Gray ISBN 1-56474-357-8 192 pages, cloth, $24.95 Circe, a tiny Mediterranean island troubled by earthquakes and volcanoes, is being converted into a retreat for weary U.N. medical workers. In a style reminiscent of Tom Robbins and Nathanael West, Suzanne Gray has woven a plot worthy of Lawrence Durrell or even Jonathan Swift. Part social satire, part romp through the absurd, Circe Goodnight brings the modern world of commerce and development crashing into a land stubbornly stuck in simpler, earlier times. Read more about this book! Order this book now! The Circus at the End of the World A Novel Rosalind Brackenbury 160 pages, paperback, $10.95 ISBN 1-56474-249-0 Young Markie grows up in the Australian bush until he takes charge of his destiny and sets out to find the circus where his missing mother may be. He falls in love, grows to manhood, and becomes a visionary juggler and poet. Read more about this book! Closer To My Home A Novel Francis Hertzog ISBN 1-56474-416-7 192 pages, paperback, $14.95 Wyatt Horstmann inherits a house on a remote northern California beach. His son Matt discovers an old coin within the bowels of a fish he's cleaning. Adventures begin, and through a series of mysterious and mystical visions and dreams, the family meets Dr. Horstmann's dark ancestor, the ruthless pirate, Francis McCabe. A three-hundred-year curse captures the modern family, and it takes superhuman effort—and a lot of love—to escape the curse of the past. This is a wild ride, a suspenseful fantasy full of action, family secrets, courage, love, and death. Read more about this book! Order this book now! Concha--My Dancing Saint A Novel Rebecca Lawrence Lee 240 pages, paperback, photos, $12.95 ISBN 1-56474-215-6 Based on historical fact, this is the doomed love story of María de la Concepción Arguello, who was betrothed to Nicolai Petrovich Rezanov in 1806. When Rezanov never returned from Russia, Concha became a nun in California's first convent. Sold out/out of print Confessions of Inés A Novel by Stewart Buettner ISBN 1-56474-367-5 168 pages, paperback, $12.95 This is the fictionalized story of Inés María de la Encarnación Verdugo Villalba, born during the last years of the rancho period of Alta California. Inés matures from a romantic and devout Catholic teenager to a wise and strong-minded middle-aged woman of eclectic philosophy. By the end of the book she is living in the desert, surrounded by a community of shamanic Indians and Buddhist Chinese. She faces danger often, usually in the form of male bullies who want to control her as they intend to control the future of California. She stands up to these opponents fearlessly, until she is martyred. Read more about this book! Order this book now! Cool Hand in a Hot Fire Dave Diamond ISBN 1-56474-438-8 112 pages, paperback, $14.95 A chronicle of life on the nickel, this novel is full of danger and misadventures, skullduggery and romance. It’s packed with talk—clever, rough, and real—quite real, considering the slippery reality of Sidney’s mind. Meanwhile there are laughs and tears, and a strong, compassionate awareness of the humanity to be found on Southern California city streets. Read more about this book! Order this book now!