HARDCOVER DUST JACKET - 350 pages: RUBI MCCALLISTER WAS SIX YEARS OLD when she orphaned herself. Now, at nineteen, she had let a man in the barn. These acts, at least in her mind, were not mutually exclusive. To let a man in the barn, actually a man and his daughter, was an act of goodwill. So begins NEBRASKA'S MAP-in a small town in southern Utah, a few days before Christmas, when the world is on the verge of collapse. It is snowing, and the evils that come from this seemingly innocent act of goodwill resolve into something not even Rubi could dream. When the fugitive Sheikh and his cronies arrive with intentions of murder and kidnapping all because of the man in the barn, Rubi's childhood love has no other choice but to do what he must. And what he must do is save the itinerant child of the man in the barn and in so saving her save Rubi and the world they know. NEBRASKA'S MAP is a story of redemption and grace, told in prose as beautiful and clear as starlight on a crisp winter's night.

CASEBOUND ? HARDCOVER (180 pages) PAPS WAS IN JAIL AGAIN. Paps was in jail and she hardly knew what to do with herself.? So begins the plight of a nameless child who lives in a boxcar reading about Wonder Girl and wondering about adventure in a wonderless land. The world is on the verge of collapse, and when a man with tattoos on his face and his ?crush? with blue eyes come peddling tickets to heaven she finds herself not only in pursuit of a ghost but hoping to right a number of wrongs. As insubstantial in her view of herself as the ghost she pursues, what is left but to find her seeking the entrance to heaven, propelled by a magical pipe right into the heart of a tiger with a monkey tagging along? WHAT THE TIGER SAID is a prequel to NEBRASKA'S MAP, a heroic odyssey, comic and poignant in the telling, and sets the stage for the world to come.

VOICES - A Gemstone Book (HARDCOVER, DUST JACKET), 250 pages. *** When the World Conspires against you, where do you turn? Kala Westergaard sees herself as a modern-day Joan of Arc, with the unwarranted persecution but without a cause. Orphaned at the age of four, she is raised by her grandmother and aunt until the fateful night when she and her boyfriend, coming back from a party, are run off the road by a deer in the headlights. Before morning breaks, this simple "accident" leads to a series of murders and rape, setting in motion the novel's chain of life-altering passions, passions that speak profoundly of the mysteries of human character and our own personal "voices" that dictate those passions. *** VOICES is an utterly stirring, erotically charged, and morally complex tale of uncompromising honesty, especially for those who can "read between the lines, those telltale white spaces, where only the most naive think nothing resides."

TRADE PAPERBACK (350 pages) - "RUBI MCCALLISTER WAS SIX YEARS OLD when she orphaned herself. Now, at nineteen, she had let a man in the barn. These acts, at least in her mind, were not mutually exclusive. To let a man in the barn, actually a man and his daughter, was an act of goodwill." So begins NEBRASKA'S MAP-in a small town in southern Utah, a few days before Christmas, when the world is on the verge of collapse. It is snowing, and the evils that come from this seemingly innocent act of goodwill resolve into something not even Rubi could dream. When the fugitive Sheikh and his cronies arrive with intentions of murder and kidnapping all because of the man in the barn, Rubi's childhood love has no other choice but to do what he must. And what he must do is save the itinerant child of the man in the barn and in so saving her save Rubi and the world they know. NEBRASKA'S MAP is a story of redemption and grace, told in prose as beautiful and clear as starlight on a crisp winter's night.

PAPERBACK PERFECT BOUND (180 pages) "PAPS WAS IN JAIL AGAIN. Paps was in jail and she hardly knew what to do with herself." So begins the plight of a nameless child who lives in a boxcar reading about Wonder Girl and wondering about adventure in a wonderless land. The world is on the verge of collapse, and when a man with tattoos on his face and his "crush" with blue eyes come peddling tickets to heaven she finds herself not only in pursuit of a ghost but hoping to right a number of wrongs. As insubstantial in her view of herself as the ghost she pursues, what is left but to find her seeking the entrance to heaven, propelled by a magical pipe right into the heart of a tiger with a monkey tagging along? WHAT THE TIGER SAID is a prequel to NEBRASKA'S MAP, a heroic odyssey, comic and poignant in the telling, and sets the stage for the world to come.

Published by Creative Editions (Trade Paperback) - 94 pages *** Riding the Absolute is "...a deeply philosophical collection of poems assaying the ultimate questions with elan and music. A book celebrating our capacity 'to solve the riddles of love & pain...Uncompromising...'" - Judges' Citation, Writer's Digest National Book Award *** "A bright shining discovery. In each poem there is that one breathtaking turn of phrase, that unexpected slap, that sudden light. Yes!" -Zinta Aistars, poet (Mala Kausa and Olina)

VOICES - A Gemstone Book (TRADE PAPERBACK), 250 pages. *** When the World Conspires against you, where do you turn? Kala Westergaard sees herself as a modern-day Joan of Arc, with the unwarranted persecution but without a cause. Orphaned at the age of four, she is raised by her grandmother and aunt until the fateful night when she and her boyfriend, coming back from a party, are run off the road by a deer in the headlights. Before morning breaks, this simple "accident" leads to a series of murders and rape, setting in motion the novel's chain of life-altering passions, passions that speak profoundly of the mysteries of human character and our own personal "voices" that dictate those passions. *** VOICES is an utterly stirring, erotically charged, and morally complex tale of uncompromising honesty, especially for those who can "read between the lines, those telltale white spaces, where only the most naive think nothing resides."

A Compass Book (Trade Paperback) - 130 pages *** AS NOTED IN THE PREFACE to this tour de force, "It is virtually impossible to read the scriptures without considering the multitude of contraryisms if not the profound if only 'apparent contradictions' that embody divine truths." *** The Divine Paradox gives consideration to a few of the remarkable and deeply profound paradoxes that lie within the scriptures, paradoxes given and revealed by divinity to assure us not only of the nature of our reality but more importantly the nature of our relationship to the Father and the Son. *** As we come to understand the Divine Paradox, we come to more fully appreciate the principles that lie behind our free agency, the atonement, and eternal life. We come to more fully appreciate what the Lord means when, in Moses 1:39, he tells the ancient prophet, "For behold, this is my work and my glory-to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man."

A Gemstone Book (TRADE PAPERBACK) - 349 pages *** To escape a life of abuse, fifteen-year-old Evan Adamson sacrifices the love of his childhood sweetheart only to find himself caught up in the ill-begotten adventures of three Gypsy outcasts who ultimately teach him the ways of the heart and the soul, and most importantly that, "...there will always be that in this world which goes beyond understanding and speaks to the heart in a more meaningful way." When Evan finds himself torn between the dark girl of his dreams and a promise he made to his mother years before, he sees in a single moment the reflection of his own true nature and the capacity for a love that transcends all else. By the very enigma of riddles, he comes to discover himself. And those discoveries are heartbreaking and wise, as complex as they are devastating-for in heaven and in our dreams, love is simple and glorious, but it is something quite different in the world of flesh.

A Gemstone Book (TRADE PAPERBACK) - 347 pages *** By turns quirky and inventive, humorous and adept, SWEET SALLY ANN challenges the depths of childhood fear, from the suspicion of parents on the verge of divorce to the prospect of something that lurks in the woods. When young Cody Bryant becomes obsessed with the disappearance of his classmate, everything that was right seems suddenly wrong. A year later, when he discovers her bones, it's time to rethink the world at large and all that emerges from it-the intimately personal, the fantastic, the shockingly real. In resolving the dramatic and tightly contained mystery of what happened to Sally Ann, Cody discovers one truth after another about himself and his childhood loves-and the unimaginable hope promised through the choices he makes.

A Gemstone Book (Trade Paperback) - 194 pages *** What comes of Gardening without Gloves? Read each of the twelve stories in this volume to find answers that you wouldn't expect. On one level Memmott's book is an excursion into the psychology of love, while on another level it voices the despair of love and relationships misunderstood. One story shows this weathered visage and another one that. The characters, in their own dangerous and diametrical ways, are overcome by the elusive, and sometimes disillusioning, expectations of love. Flawed by misapprehension, they are often left bereaved, puzzling only the ambiguities of love, or what they thought was love, and how it slipped away. *** "Excellent...storytelling executed with taste and style." - Writer's Digest

A Gemstone Book (TRADE PAPERBACK) - 403 pages: **** When Danny Davenport and Nick Nicholson first slug it out on the south end of the football field they are two elementary-school innocents already troubled by the prospect of losing their youth. Then comes Lily Winterspring, binding them together "with all the pain of a splinter sewn through [their] hearts." The bitter flows out of the sweet and the bonds between the two are tested, first by sudden tragedy and then by a monstrous duplicity that slowly comes to the surface. **** Combining the intimacy of family and marital relationships, together with a candid yearning and genuine moments of suspense, HEAVEN'S WAY is a deeply moving story about love, loss, and betrayal - and the redemption only faith and devotion can bring. **** Written in the form of a memoir, with confession at its center, and driven thematically by elements of metafiction, HEAVEN'S WAY stands in a genre of its own.

What forms can religious experience take in a world without cult or creed? Organized religion is notably absent from J. R. R. Tolkien's Secondary Universe of elves, dwarves, men and hobbits despite the author's own deep Catholic faith. Tolkien stated that his goal was 'sub-creating' a universe whose natural form of religion would not directly contradict Catholic theology. Essays in Light Beyond All Shadows examine the full sweep of Tolkien's legendarium, not only The Lord of the Rings but also The Hobbit, The Silmarillion and The History of Middle-Earth series plus Peter Jackson's film trilogy. Contributions to Light Beyond All Shadows probe both the mind of the maker and the world he made to uncover some of his fictional strategies, such as communicating through imagery. They suggest that Tolkien's Catholic imagination was shaped by the visual appeal of his church's worship and iconography. They seek other influences in St. Ignatius Loyola's meditation technique and St. Philip Neri's 'Mediterranean' style of Catholicism. They propose that Tolkien communicates his story through Biblical typology familiar in the Middle Ages as well as mythic imagery with both Christian and pagan resonances. They defend his 'comedy of grace' from charges of occultism and Manichaean dualism. They analyze Tolkien's Christian friends the Inklings as a supportive literary community. They show that within Tolkien's world, Nature is the Creator's first book of revelation. Like its earlier companion volume, The Ring and the Cross, edited by Paul E. Kerry, scholarship gathered in Light Beyond All Shadows aids appreciation of what is real, meaningful, and truthful in Tolkien's work.

ROGER LADD MEMMOTT is a recipient of the 9th Annual Writer's Digest National Book Award for his book of poems RIDING THE ABSOLUTE. From the Judges' Award Citation: '...a deeply philosophical collection of poems assaying the ultimate questions with elan and music. A book celebrating our capacity 'to solve the riddles of love & pain.' Uncompromising....'

As noted in the Preface to this exceptional book, "It is virtually impossible to read the scriptures without considering the multitude of contraryisms if not the profound if only 'apparent contradictions' that embody divine truths."