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Twisting Trails
Twisting Trails is a young adult historical adventure set on Minnesota’s northwest frontier during the fur trade (1831–1837). Alexander Whitney, a fictional Fort Snelling soldier, and Angelique Reaume, a Métis girl with Ojibwe and French-Canadian roots, meet and form a bond amid real history and famous figures of the era. Their travels range from Fort Snelling to Lake Itasca, maple sugar camps and wild rice beds, the Red River Trail bison hunt, and the Dakota pipestone quarry—culminating in Mendota during the Treaty of 1837 negotiations.
brilliantly synthesizes a compelling fictional adventure story with nonfictional historical personalities and events
—Haderslev. Review on Amazon -
Upon the Altars of Gold
Upon the Altars of Gold is the result of more than twenty years of research by Ostaro into the reasons for our failure to succeed. Learn proven techniques to help you attain your hopes, desires and aspirations. Be the master of your own destiny.
an extraordinary and timely book
—Vijay K. Rekhi, MBA, Former President & Managing Director, United Spirits Limited -
Waiting for the Fall
This debut collection of nineteen interconnected stories follows the Woodstock generation—especially women—coming of age in the turbulent 1960s. With insight and wisdom, Rose Ann Findlen explores social class, American landscapes, and the shifting hopes and fears of her characters across decades. Their pleasure, pain, resilience, and determination to love fully despite loss will resonate with baby boomers and the children trying to understand them.
This book is full of surprises. It has celebration, it has sadness.
—Reader review on Amazon -
Alexander Hamilton’s Religion
This study examines Alexander Hamilton’s religious life and thought. After a brief biography of his early faith, it explores Hamilton’s Christianity, views of the Bible, and perspectives on Judaism, Catholicism, and Islam. It also addresses ethics, religious freedom, prayer, slavery, and nationalism. The book argues Hamilton was deeply religious early and late in life—less so in between.
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Evil in World Religions
Evil in World Religions compares how major faith traditions explain evil and suffering. After defining key terms such as “religion” and “evil,” it surveys ancient traditions including Hinduism, Judaism, and dualistic faiths like Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, and Manichaeism. It then examines Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto, followed by Christianity and Islam, and concludes with traditional African religions, especially Yoruba and Igbo. An essential resource for students of comparative religion and theodicy.
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Restaurant Management
Independent restaurants often fail not for lack of charm, but for lack of financial fundamentals. In this practical guide, Bruce—former dishwasher, restaurant manager, and longtime CFO—shares hard-won strategies from a 40-year career. Follow real-world lessons on the most common money mistakes that sink independents and the fixes that keep doors open. Learn the “Math,” avoid the “Myths,” and apply the “Magic” that makes restaurant operations profitable and sustainable. Bonne fortune financière!
amazing job combining storytelling with teaching
—Bryan Silverman on Amazon -
Vote for America
Vote for America! examines the U.S. electoral system—past, present, and future—and asks why a nation founded on liberty still ranks below the world’s full democracies. It interrogates the ‘land of opportunity’ promise in a limited democracy where many are excluded. From suppression and miscalculation to domestic and foreign manipulation, the book shows how the vote—an indirect whisper of power—can be marginalized, distorted, or nullified even in a government ‘by the people.’
a refreshingly honest look at the impact of US politics on American life
—Lisa Brundage Gehm, verified Amazon review -
Evil and Suffering in the Bible
If God is all-good, all-knowing, and all-powerful, why do evil and suffering persist? In Evil and Suffering in the Bible, Stephen Vicchio examines how the Old and New Testaments portray these realities and how biblical thinking about them evolves across scripture. He also offers historical context, summarizing eight major responses within the biblical tradition to the problem of evil. This work brings rigorous scholarship to questions we urgently want answered.
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Care Under Fire
For many veterans, Vietnam remains indelible—thanks in part to frontline combat medics like Bill “Doc” Strusinski. In Care Under Fire, Strusinski places readers in the terror of firefights, the exhaustion of relentless patrols, and the anguish of losing friends despite desperate efforts to save them. Medics were targeted and forced to treat the wounded under fire. More than a war memoir, this is the story of a man transformed by the sacred duty of caring for others in combat.
an account not told by the scholars and politicians
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House of Fossils
In House of Fossils, Marilene Phipps follows Unseen Worlds with a poetic, genre-bending fictional memoir. Narrated by Io—an alter-soul seeking beauty and timelessness—this immigrant story confronts how race, skin color, culture, and others’ reactions can imprison identity. Moving between Haiti and the wider world, it explores Haiti’s color-and-class hierarchies, Christianity–Vodou spirituality, and turbulent politics alongside an America undergoing multicultural transformation. Phipps crafts vivid characters and high emotional intensity in a quest to live beyond inherited ‘fossils.’
haunting lyricism
—KIRKUS REVIEWS -
To the Front of the Bus
As American democracy faces existential threats, To the Front of the Bus: Movement toward a Fair Democracy revisits the “Mayflower moment” and the promise of self-government under equal law. It offers a sweeping, critical history of violence, racism, and elite power grabs—and the halting progress toward fairness. Tracing three overlapping waves of popular movement, the book argues that assembled majorities, willing and coerced, have repeatedly pushed the nation toward a more just, self-aware democracy.
seamlessly weaves historical and current events, tying the two together in an effortless read
—Lisa Brundage Gehm, verified Amazon review -
Dear David
Dear David: Dealing with My Son’s Addiction One Letter at a Time is an extraordinarily poignant record of a tenacious mother’s use of a blog to send a loving siren call to her son while he lived on the street, vulnerable and drug addicted. The book includes a brilliant forward by Daniel D. Mauer, author of Sobriety: A Graphic Novel.
Compelling, heart-wrenching, intensely personal, Dear David… is an absolutely absorbing read from beginning to end.
—Midwest Book Reviews -
Retrieving Isaac and Jason
In this heartwarming tale, Kai the Minnesota-born yellow Labrador retriever recounts how she and her two dads adopted her human brothers. With her unique canine voice, Kai narrates the arrival of Isaac in 1999, then Jason in 2002. Through her stories, Kai delivers a gift that will lead to both laughter and tears as you follow this dog’s amazing journey to create her own pack.
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Money with Purpose
This is the money book to read before all the others. Personal finance advice often overwhelms—and too often separates money from the values guiding the rest of life. Morgan Ranstrom, an expert in “money and meaning,” argues that real financial success starts beyond spreadsheets: in purpose, aspiration, and core values. Align what you earn, spend, and give with who you are.
not gimmicky… just simple steps to reframe how you think about money and wealth
—Shawna Ohm, verified review on Amazon -
More Than the Game
More than the Game is a fictionalized memoir of Coach Warrington, who has lost his locker room after a brutal season. After a final defeat, the athletic director pushes him to meet weekly with mentor Mitchell McClellen, a retired coach with a three-phase “Process of the ’Ship.” Reluctantly, Warrington learns that true success is culture and legacy—not just wins—and must decide if he’ll change.
Change… through daily core values
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Emerging Man
Near forty, Ryan Connelly returns to his small Minnesota hometown hoping to reconnect with his estranged father. Stuck in grief and inertia, he befriends an aging sculptor carving a giant boulder into a man rising from the earth. Helping with the work, Ryan begins to heal, confront his past, and rediscover his passion for living.
A coming-of-age novel blending humor and heartbreaking pathos, <em>Emerging Man</em> teaches us that it’s never too late to become a man.
—Ian Graham Leask, author of House of Large Sizes
