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Limbo
Limbo: The History of an Idea or Place traces humanity’s fascination with a realm between Heaven and Hell. Stephen J. Vicchio examines how ancient Greece, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Eastern traditions imagined Limbo, drawing on key texts, art, and music. From virtuous pagans to unbaptized infants, Limbo reveals evolving beliefs about sin, redemption, and the unknown—and its lasting impact on doctrine and culture.
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Damn Near Perfect Cocktails
“Do not judge a cocktail by the first sip.” Marketing researcher Doug Berdie spent his career—and retirement—traveling the world, studying cultures through food and drink. Back home, he applied the scientific method—testing, refining, and testing again—to identify the best brands, ingredients, and techniques for consistently balanced results. Damn Near Perfect™ Cocktails shares his proven approach so you can mix better drinks every time.
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Tilt-A-Whirl
Tilt-A-Whirl hurtles from innocence to the darker edge of the baby boom. Set amid the 1960s–70s cultural revolution, these poetic stories bridge generations and the Mississippi, crossing borders of tradition, music, friendship, and love. From small-town hopes to psychedelics and rock-and-roll radio, they capture a boy’s trials, experiments, and coming of age.
Excellent stroll through this guy’s imagination !!!
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Ring of Lions
A murder at the Alhambra.
A body turns up at Granada’s Alhambra just as questions surface about one of its most famous lions. As old secrets begin to crack open, Graciela Corzal de Moreno is pulled into a deadly mystery of murder, forgery, hidden treasure, and buried history. In Ring of Lions, the past is alive, and someone will kill to keep it hidden.
Dalglish writes her characters vividly as she weaves the history of the Alhambra and the Moors’ influence into her plot so carefully a reader doesn’t realize how much knowledge she absorbs.
—Mary Ann Grossman, St. Paul Pioneer Press -
Albert Park
Step into the mind of Albert Park, an unreliable narrator who turns his guilt-ridden life into a surreal, thrice-told fairytale of tragic misadventures, haunting memories, and elusive truths. From abandoned orphan to scheming life coach to world-famous neurosurgeon (or so he claims), Albert spins a charming, contradictory tale riddled with dubious recollections and denial of his role in cascading calamities. Darkly funny and deeply moving, Albert Park: A Memoir in Lies probes guilt, identity, and redemption—and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.
Koefod’s masterful tale is a portrait of our times: a modern picaresque novel that examines the nature of truth, lies and memory.
—Carla Hagen, author Hand Me Down My Walking Cane and Muskeg -
Where You Come From Is Gone
After Army service in postwar Germany, Pete Brennan returns home to his father’s fishing boat—until a split-second accident costs him a leg and threatens the family business. His brother Wayne, a former hockey player turned mink farmer, sinks into alcoholism as feed fish vanish and animal-rights pressure mounts. Their father, Arthur, struggles to hold the family together as tragedy strikes again, forcing impossible choices. Where You Come From Is Gone is a multigenerational portrait of resilience, identity, and the cost of letting go.
An unforgettable novel about family bonds, the pleasure and pain of hard work, and the forces at work against rural communities.
—Peter Geye, author of A Lesser Light -
Cold War Cadence
Cold War Cadence: A Military Musician’s Berlin Memoir, 1988–1991 follows Army bandsman Bruce Gleason through the final years of a divided city haunted by Prussian and Nazi echoes. Drawing on meticulous notes, letters, articles, and photos, he captures the daily work of military musicians and the texture of Berlin on the cusp of change. The result is vivid Cold War history, enriched by an entertaining European and Asian travelogue.
a fascinating read for anyone interested in military, cultural, and world history
—Raoul Camus, author of Military Music of the American Revolution -
Sivey
Sivey: An American Hero tells the true story of Salvator “Sivey” Vicchio, a decorated World War I veteran and professional boxer. After surviving Europe’s trenches and earning the Silver Star and two Purple Hearts, he returns home to battle trauma and rebuild his life in the ring. A vivid biography of courage, sacrifice, resilience, and a forgotten warrior’s legacy.
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Kayaking the Great Circle Trilogy
Some people chase windmills; Randy Bauer circumnavigates the United States by kayak. The Trilogy began as a dream, then became a risk-filled reality—one that challenges our ideas of comfort and courage. Told by his brother, James J. Bauer, this adventure follows Randy through joys, trials, and unforgettable people met along the way. It’s a testament to resilience, tenacity, and the quiet inner voice urging us toward the adventure we dare to take.
This journey put Randy Bauer in the Guinness Book of World Records
—Joe Meiman, verified review on Amazon -
Diamonds – Liars and Thieves
Enter Chicago’s eccentric diamond trade as Gia Nichols reveals the secrets behind the sparkle. In this candid, darkly funny memoir, she navigates a high-stakes world where jewels move fast and trust is scarce—alongside the quirky rise of 1990s internet dating. Unforgettable characters, harassment, and unexpected spicy detours make Diamonds—Liars and Thieves a guilty-pleasure ride proving truth is stranger than fiction.
surprising and eye-opening
—Treesa on Amazon -
Fire Fight in Shelter Rock
The unique husband-and-wife team of award-winning reporter Mort Ahrens and his law professor wife, Danni Rose, are a couple who are continually found by conflict. We enter an exciting series of events which include a poisoning, a sinner seeking redemption, an unlikely romance, book-banning religious leaders, violence towards librarians and booksellers, the murder of a famous author and much more. Their sleuthing uncovers challenges to the very foundations of democracy.
…filled with surprising action, great characters, and thought-provoking discourse.
—KIRKUS REVIEWS -
The Indomitable Elizabeth Fries Ellet – Feminist
Elizabeth Fries Ellet defied “separate spheres,” rejecting a world where men set the rules and women lived within them. Imagine her today, trading quills for keyboards and carriages for planes, producing even more work. Her era’s tools may be gone, but her message endures: women deserve equality—and still fight for it.
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In the Exile Zone
In these stories, a shaman’s egg acts as a divorce arbitrator, a tour guide holds visitors hostage in New York’s most unique cemetery, the boyhood friend of a monstrous Latin American dictator tries to set the record straight, a teenage girl loses her mother in Cancun, a high-powered career couple spies on their Mexican nanny, the wrestler El Santo is unmasked. The stories are funny, frightening, speculative, haunting, and provocative.
Crossing borders and boundaries to glimpse nannie-cam style into human nature
—Cass Dalglish, author of Ring of Lions -
Sowing Seeds
How did Minnesota—far from either coast—become a literary mecca? Sowing Seeds traces the Twin Cities renaissance of the 1960s and 70s, explaining why institutions like the Loft Literary Center, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, and Milkweed Editions emerged here, and why Graywolf and Coffee House Press chose to relocate. At the center is poet Robert Bly, whose generosity and vision ignited statewide excitement and built a supportive community, sparking reading series, magazines, small presses, and lasting literary infrastructure.
A handbook for generations of readers and writers who believe that many voices are better than a few.
—Marly Rusoff, founder of The Loft Literary Center -
An Adverse Possession
Two men possessed by competing visions clash over a Minnesota mineral spring. Dr. Robert Hartwell returns from San Francisco to open a meditation center—only to find his access gated off. Rancher Justin Taylor claims ownership through a farmer’s adverse-possession sale. Hartwell’s lawyer hires Boston Meade to track down the vanished farmer and expose the fraud. What begins as a small favor becomes an obsession, as Boston’s dead-end interviews reveal that the land dispute hides something far more dangerous than rutting bulls.
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Hannah and Martin
Hannah & Martin is a dramatized play about the fraught philosophical and romantic entanglement between Hannah Arendt and Martin Heidegger. Set against questions of being, truth, and ethics, it confronts the tension between Arendt’s Jewish identity and Heidegger’s Nazi affiliation. Stephen Vicchio uses their relationship to probe the moral stakes of ideas. Complementing the drama are essays exploring human suffering, love in classical and Christian traditions, and the ethical implications of philosophical thought—inviting readers to consider how personal history shapes morality and existence.
