The old Western town of Greenwood is the last place to expect trouble. Corruption is the sort of mess only found in the national government or in big cities. In a corner of the world where everyone knows everyone else, families live and do business in peace. But when one honest, successful entrepreneur tries to expand his endeavors, he collides head-on with a malignant political machine designed for its own profit, draining wealth from the innocent, unsuspecting city like a leech. It has his fellow businessmen trapped, paying through the nose just to keep the corrupt officials appeased, while their community crumbles under a crooked police force. The rest of his friends are running scared, but his stubborn sense of justice will not let him back down. Time will tell if that stubbornness will save the city, or ruin him and his family.

CAPTIVATING THE ESCAPE ARTIST is a modern day tale that explores same sex relationships. A gypsy boy from Algiers meets an aspiring composer-musician in San Francisco. In unseemly settings, they share lively conversations about ant etiquette, rude idioms, and a satirical history of mankind. Their two histories span childhood discoveries, the insecurities of teenagers, highs and lows of substance abuse, and the miracles of recovery. Told with self-effacing heart and humor, the two characters mature, showing a capacitiy for loving and sharing each other in a world worth living in - yes, a world scarred with war, but also filled with magic and wonder.

Yaozu Cheng, a fifteen-year-old Cantonese youth, ventures with his uncle down the Pearl River to Kowloon, where they embark on a treacherous Pacific voyage to GUM SAN, the Golden Mountain. Gold rush California has lured diverse characters from all corners of the earth, but Yaozu's new life as a miner proves grueling and unrewarding. Yaozu's luck takes a remarkable turn when he meets Lola Montez, a worldly stage performer who takes interest in his skill with Chinese calligraphy and a journal Yaozu has kept of his travels. Yaozu's journal is filled with visions of Canton, Chinese folklore, San Francisco of the 1850s, and his Sierra Nevada mining camp adventures. His chronicles are as educational as they are entertaining and picturesque. The trials and lessons of this bygone era shed a hauntingly pertinent light on the tragedies and challenges of our own contemporary lives.

Heads will roll, critics will scoff, and dead relatives will roll over in their graves. Follow Jacob, a mattress delivery driver, into uncharted realms of the human psyche. This irreverent tale of an infinite hallway of colored doors is theater-of the-absurd at its best. Jacob cautiously steps into bizarre nightmares and sublime dreams. As in Aldous Huxley's DOORS OF PERCEPTION, Jacob enters realms of the infinite, leaving behind his daily life with its narrow scope. At first fearful, he seeks to escape the strange hallway, but later, he questions his desire to return to his ordinary routine and the anxieties of today's world.

Healing His Wounded Church exposes the roots of the problems in the Catholic Church, and brings fresh thinking to bear for laying the axe to those roots. It is plainspoken, authentically Catholic, and rich in content. Having a vision of healing come from the spiritual journey of a common layman provides new and innovative thinking. sinful practices in their marriages. Two generations no longer know their Faith. Few understand the spiritual life and how to pray. This formation is presented with practical simplicity for clergy and lay apostles, as well as for couples and families. It leans heavily on John Paul II's Theology of The Body and teachings on family and spiritual life. There are several deeply personal surprises included, which are an inspiration. the ashes of Pagan Modernism spawned in a camp of death. The book calls for fidelity to Christ and to the teachings of his Church. Only the salve of Truth will Heal His Wounded Church...setting us free from sin and error.

Healing His Wounded Church exposes the roots of the problems in the Catholic Church, and brings fresh thinking to bear for laying the axe to those roots. It is plainspoken, authentically Catholic, and rich in content. Having a vision of healing come from the spiritual journey of a common layman provides new and innovative thinking. sinful practices in their marriages. Two generations no longer know their Faith. Few understand the spiritual life and how to pray. This formation is presented with practical simplicity for clergy and lay apostles, as well as for couples and families. It leans heavily on John Paul II's Theology of The Body and teachings on family and spiritual life. There are several deeply personal surprises included, which are an inspiration. the ashes of Pagan Modernism spawned in a camp of death. The book calls for fidelity to Christ and to the teachings of his Church. Only the salve of Truth will Heal His Wounded Church...setting us free from sin and error.