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Fall 2017 Releases
The Global Warming Express
Writer: Marina Weber
Illustrator Joanna Whysner
The Earth is in peril—through pollution, global warming, oil spills, and general neglect of the environment. Those who respond first are the animals. There is The Fluff, a penguin; Creamy, a harp seal; Tomás, a black bear; Flora, a polar bear; and Lady Athabasca, a whooping crane, among others. The animals have all suffered from destruction to their habitats and neglect of the environment, and want to do something about it. They jump on a magical train powered by positive thoughts and take off to let others know about the problems Earth’s creatures are facing.
In Santa Fe, they pick up two young girls, Marina and Joanna, who record their incredible trip. The group travels east (as well as north and south) and along the way finds other friends who have endured hardship from fire, drought, and hurricanes. Their final destination is the White House, where they hope their call for help is heard.
Join The Fluff and friends on the Global Warming Express to save this beautiful world from pollution and global warming. It’s a trip worth taking!
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Writer: Marina Weber
Illustrator Joanna Whysner
The Earth is in peril—through pollution, global warming, oil spills, and general neglect of the environment. Those who respond first are the animals. There is The Fluff, a penguin; Creamy, a harp seal; Tomás, a black bear; Flora, a polar bear; and Lady Athabasca, a whooping crane, among others. The animals have all suffered from destruction to their habitats and neglect of the environment, and want to do something about it. They jump on a magical train powered by positive thoughts and take off to let others know about the problems Earth’s creatures are facing.
In Santa Fe, they pick up two young girls, Marina and Joanna, who record their incredible trip. The group travels east (as well as north and south) and along the way finds other friends who have endured hardship from fire, drought, and hurricanes. Their final destination is the White House, where they hope their call for help is heard.
Join The Fluff and friends on the Global Warming Express to save this beautiful world from pollution and global warming. It’s a trip worth taking!
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Gambling on Granola:
Unexpected Gifts on the Path of Entrepreneurship
Fiona Maria Simon
In Gambling on Granola: Unexpected Gifts on the Path of Entrepreneurship, Fiona Simon shares a tale that is uplifting and inspiring but also raw and honest. This is a business memoir but also a love story―the love of her daughter, of a journey in uncharted waters, of the products and company she created, and of the continued challenge of following her dream.
We see her growth and healing over fifteen years as mistakes, weaknesses, and naiveté evolve into resilience, resolve, and inspiration. For Simon, it started out as all new businesses do―with an idea. But her world quickly became more complex as she established her company, developed new products, forged personal relationships in a competitive environment, grew her business, and held onto her deepest values―all while raising her daughter, Natalie, as a single mom.
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Unexpected Gifts on the Path of Entrepreneurship
Fiona Maria Simon
In Gambling on Granola: Unexpected Gifts on the Path of Entrepreneurship, Fiona Simon shares a tale that is uplifting and inspiring but also raw and honest. This is a business memoir but also a love story―the love of her daughter, of a journey in uncharted waters, of the products and company she created, and of the continued challenge of following her dream.
We see her growth and healing over fifteen years as mistakes, weaknesses, and naiveté evolve into resilience, resolve, and inspiration. For Simon, it started out as all new businesses do―with an idea. But her world quickly became more complex as she established her company, developed new products, forged personal relationships in a competitive environment, grew her business, and held onto her deepest values―all while raising her daughter, Natalie, as a single mom.
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Not Our Day to Die:
Testimony from the Guatemalan Jungle
Michael Sullivan
In the farming communities of the Guatemalan jungle, the simple life was a good one, sustained by family, faith, community, and the pilots—like Mike Sullivan—who linked their isolated villages.
Then the repression began, the random, violent government purges—aided by the U.S. military and CIA—that wiped out crops and villages and forced men, women, and children into desperate lives of hiding in the dense jungle—for sixteen long years.
When peace accords finally were signed, it was a story Sullivan knew had to be told. Returning once again, he talked with the people he’d known long before—giving us the fascinating, painful, but most of all, deeply human tales of strength and survival that fill this book.
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Testimony from the Guatemalan Jungle
Michael Sullivan
In the farming communities of the Guatemalan jungle, the simple life was a good one, sustained by family, faith, community, and the pilots—like Mike Sullivan—who linked their isolated villages.
Then the repression began, the random, violent government purges—aided by the U.S. military and CIA—that wiped out crops and villages and forced men, women, and children into desperate lives of hiding in the dense jungle—for sixteen long years.
When peace accords finally were signed, it was a story Sullivan knew had to be told. Returning once again, he talked with the people he’d known long before—giving us the fascinating, painful, but most of all, deeply human tales of strength and survival that fill this book.
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Two Smart Boys:
The Record of a Friendship 1953–1965
David Jenness and Raymond Oliver
Two Smart Boys is a record of letters between two educated, thoughtful, sensitive—and self-absorbed—boys as they matured into successful, engaged young men. Those letters, written in a style that seems almost quaint today, paint a fascinating portrait of two individuals coming of age and growing into the world of ideas as they shaped both their own lives and each other’s.
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The Record of a Friendship 1953–1965
David Jenness and Raymond Oliver
Two Smart Boys is a record of letters between two educated, thoughtful, sensitive—and self-absorbed—boys as they matured into successful, engaged young men. Those letters, written in a style that seems almost quaint today, paint a fascinating portrait of two individuals coming of age and growing into the world of ideas as they shaped both their own lives and each other’s.
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The Hidden River
Donald Willerton
A crazed professor is on a rampage to prove that horrible crimes were committed by the ancient ancestors of today’s Pueblo Indians. Vacationing nearby, Mogi Franklin and his family are suddenly caught up in the anger and violence roiling the countryside. In this fourth book of the exciting Mogi Franklin Mysteries, the young hero must find a sacred object hidden by the ancient people of Acoma Pueblo somewhere in the vast, forbidding lava beds of western New Mexico. The clock is ticking as his deranged adversary traps Mogi and his friends in the absolute darkness of an underground cavern with little hope of escape.
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Donald Willerton
A crazed professor is on a rampage to prove that horrible crimes were committed by the ancient ancestors of today’s Pueblo Indians. Vacationing nearby, Mogi Franklin and his family are suddenly caught up in the anger and violence roiling the countryside. In this fourth book of the exciting Mogi Franklin Mysteries, the young hero must find a sacred object hidden by the ancient people of Acoma Pueblo somewhere in the vast, forbidding lava beds of western New Mexico. The clock is ticking as his deranged adversary traps Mogi and his friends in the absolute darkness of an underground cavern with little hope of escape.
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The Lake of Fire
Donald WIllerton
Mogi Franklin and his sister Jennifer are enjoying a high school science conference in the mountains of New Mexico when they learn of the disappearance fifty years ago of a plane with two hundred pounds of plutonium. Seeking to uncover what happened, they soon are entrapped in a complex web of Russian spies, government lies, and the most dangerous blaze in the state’s history, in this fifth book of the exciting Mogi Franklin Mysteries.
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Donald WIllerton
Mogi Franklin and his sister Jennifer are enjoying a high school science conference in the mountains of New Mexico when they learn of the disappearance fifty years ago of a plane with two hundred pounds of plutonium. Seeking to uncover what happened, they soon are entrapped in a complex web of Russian spies, government lies, and the most dangerous blaze in the state’s history, in this fifth book of the exciting Mogi Franklin Mysteries.
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The Secret of La Rosa
Donald Willerton
Mogi Franklin, his sister, Jennifer, and their cousin Jeremy start into the snow-covered mountains of New Mexico for a cross-country ski trip. But a vicious blizzard blinds their way, and they barely survive to wake up in a mysterious Spanish hacienda. Within a day, they find themselves the prime suspects in the theft of an invaluable religious icon—an icon that is the key to solving an ancient legend of missing Spanish gold.
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Donald Willerton
Mogi Franklin, his sister, Jennifer, and their cousin Jeremy start into the snow-covered mountains of New Mexico for a cross-country ski trip. But a vicious blizzard blinds their way, and they barely survive to wake up in a mysterious Spanish hacienda. Within a day, they find themselves the prime suspects in the theft of an invaluable religious icon—an icon that is the key to solving an ancient legend of missing Spanish gold.
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The Fussy Little Butterfly Goes Outside
Jaenet Guggenheim
This is the second butterfly book by the author/illustrator of Herman and Poppy Go Singing in the Hills. Butterflies are even more interesting. You can order them online. The caterpillars will arrive in a box. Once they hatch from the caterpillar stage, you will have a butterfly. What will you feed it? The answer in this case is maple syrup. Now that the butterfly is fed, it might want to exercise its wings. After flying around the house for a few days, it might want to go outside. That was a bit of a problem for this butterfly! She was afraid to go outside! However, her friend told her she would be right behind her and that gave the little butterfly enough courage to try. The world outside was truly wonderful. The illustrations are decoupage, cut paper and glue. The text is suitable for reading to the very young, and they will want to read it to you. The butterfly is beautifully drawn against many different backgrounds that reflect the moods of the butterfly as it explores is new surroundings.
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Jaenet Guggenheim
This is the second butterfly book by the author/illustrator of Herman and Poppy Go Singing in the Hills. Butterflies are even more interesting. You can order them online. The caterpillars will arrive in a box. Once they hatch from the caterpillar stage, you will have a butterfly. What will you feed it? The answer in this case is maple syrup. Now that the butterfly is fed, it might want to exercise its wings. After flying around the house for a few days, it might want to go outside. That was a bit of a problem for this butterfly! She was afraid to go outside! However, her friend told her she would be right behind her and that gave the little butterfly enough courage to try. The world outside was truly wonderful. The illustrations are decoupage, cut paper and glue. The text is suitable for reading to the very young, and they will want to read it to you. The butterfly is beautifully drawn against many different backgrounds that reflect the moods of the butterfly as it explores is new surroundings.
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The Essential Hot Spice Guide
The Pepper Pantry
Dave DeWitt
People have been spicing up their foods ever since cooking began. And it’s a trend that’s heating up all across the country. Now, Dave DeWitt, the esteemed Pope of Peppers, presents his must-have guide to the tastiest and healthiest combos from the worlds of powerful plants and creative cuisine.
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The Pepper Pantry
Dave DeWitt
People have been spicing up their foods ever since cooking began. And it’s a trend that’s heating up all across the country. Now, Dave DeWitt, the esteemed Pope of Peppers, presents his must-have guide to the tastiest and healthiest combos from the worlds of powerful plants and creative cuisine.
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Ancho and Poblano Chiles
The Pepper Pantry
Dave DeWitt
Of all the civilizations the Spanish explorers found in the New World, the one that loved the native chile peppers the most was the Aztecs. Theirs was a culture in which the hot and tasty treats were revered almost as much as sex. Over the centuries, Aztec cookery grew and spread to become the basis for the Mexican food of today, and many Aztec dishes have lasted through the years basically unchanged. Usually, these foods were roasted, boiled, or cooked in sauces, in a legacy that Dave DeWitt, the noted Pope of Peppers, has compiled into this wonderful addition to his scintillating Pepper Pantry series.
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The Pepper Pantry
Dave DeWitt
Of all the civilizations the Spanish explorers found in the New World, the one that loved the native chile peppers the most was the Aztecs. Theirs was a culture in which the hot and tasty treats were revered almost as much as sex. Over the centuries, Aztec cookery grew and spread to become the basis for the Mexican food of today, and many Aztec dishes have lasted through the years basically unchanged. Usually, these foods were roasted, boiled, or cooked in sauces, in a legacy that Dave DeWitt, the noted Pope of Peppers, has compiled into this wonderful addition to his scintillating Pepper Pantry series.
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