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Photographer Bob Henderlong captures the magic of southern Arizona's wild and not-so-wild places, the exuberant energy and humor of its people, and the unique biodiversity of the birds, plants, and animals of the Sonoran Desert and its "sky islands."

The author gets a job as an intensive case manager in the Department of Mental Health. She weaves her own story of love and faith into stories of her community and her clients, sometimes tragic, sometimes funny, sometimes heartwarming and romantic.

Rosa is always thinking about helping others. But it's all that thinking that makes others say, "Wrong again, Rosa! " Follow Rosa as she finds a way to help herself by learning how to read. Join Rosa in this delightful alphabet book for emerging readers. Look again and again throughout the book to find all the alphabet pictures, using both Spanish and English words."A charming way to introduce children to the alphabet as well as a second language." Bettina Woolard, author of "Do You Love?"

It is 1921 in the remote snow-covered Sandhills of Nebraska, when a mysterious stranger in a red suit with white fur trim appears at the door with a request. Little Holly on the neighboring ranch is dying of the flu. Can Shorty, an aging cowboy raised by the Lakota, use his knowledge of Native American remedies to save her?

A Survival Primer"We have the test results," said the voice on the phone. "It's AML-Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Get to MD Anderson ER immediately. At this late stage, your chance of survival is razor-thin; you may only have five days, but we'll try."Jeff Cline not only survived a deadly cancer, but then survived several more near-death events over a period of five years-only to be hit by a truck and survive.This is Jeff's story. It is also the story of friends who have survived disease, accidents, financial disasters, divorce, depression, even prison, to lead happy, productive lives by changing their mindset to one of hope and joy.

A chance meeting brings three misfits together: shy Karen, disabled Mel, and Gert, crusty on the outside, vulnerable on the inside. In the tangled woods behind an abandoned mansion they find the ideal clubhouse, a vintage garden shed with its own secrets, including a key to another world.

Taken in by ranchers as a child, Cougan Banks, off on his own at 15 and drifting from ranch to ranch, takes a job for the winter in Elk Basin, 40 miles from nowhere, still nursing the memory of the girl who spurned him. Their paths cross when a blizzard, a plane crash, and a fight for survival bring them together.Red Cloud Wolverton writes from his lifetime experience of punching cows, ranching, raising horses and kids, and working as a stuntman at Old Tucson Studios in its heyday of filmmaking.

When Wisconsin natives Bob and Glenda Burdick moved their young family to Green Bay, Wisconsin, small cities in the Upper Midwest were making America great, growing small businesses that would become national names: Jung Seed, Gold Bond Ice Cream (later Good Humor), Zimmerman Cheese, Schreiber Foods. An expert in industrial refrigeration, Bob takes the reader behind the scenes of these companies, and regales us with stories of youth hockey, soap box derbies, and local hot spots like the Boots Bakers's restaurant, the King's X, a local favorite originally owned by Packers cornerback Jesse Whittenton.

Brad Edwards, a psychologist from Seattle, takes a dream job in New York and finds himself, his wife, and his sister-in-law under the control of a psychopathic psychiatrist, enmeshed in an intricate web of lies, deception, and murder.A psychological mystery of romance, seduction, and redemption that takes the reader, along with Dr. Edwards, on a roller coaster ride through the deranged mind of a Fifth Avenue psychiatrist.

Moonfire, Crystal-Mere's golden yearling unicorn, returns across the Rainbow Bridge to Earth on a quest.Qwyllken, the leprechaun elf who saved Crystal-Mere's life, joins Moonfire's dangerous mission to find the One and to understand the meaning of the magical window that appeared between the two worlds.

Tucson Charlie is a happy dog. That is, until a trip to the zoo finds him lost in this fascinating but unfamiliar environment. As he searches for his way back home, Charlie meets an amusing assortment of fun and friendly zoo animals who try to help him out. Will Charlie find his way home? Join him on this exciting adventure and find out!

Robert Burdick's Growing Up in Beloit, serves as both an homage to coming of age in a gentler era, and as a poignant love letter to his beloved Midwestern hometown. In a lively narrative, Burdick brings to life the universal exuberance and industry of youth, from comic adventures, pranks, and pratfalls, to the more serious business of navigating academics at school and experiencing hard work at a variety of jobs. Burdick has the gift of perfect recall, providing minute details about the construction of a lakeside treehouse, and the mechanics of both his Soap Box Derby car, and the engine-powered go-cart he dubbed the "Putt-Putt Car." Throughout his lively memoir, Burdick also paints meaningful word portraits of family, friends, and mentors. His vivid descriptions of daily life in Beloit, Wisconsin in the 1940s and 1950s will appeal to locals interested in community history...and to anyone yearning to slip back in time for an amiable visit with a likeable young man.Fred BurwellBeloit College Archivist and author

Tucson Charlie is a happy dog. That is, until a trip to the desert finds him lost in this fascinating but unfamiliar environment. As he searches for his way back home, Charlie meets an amusing assortment of fun and friendly desert denizens who try to help him out. Will Charlie find his way home? Join him on this exciting adventure and find out!

John Anderson has two careers. He's at the top of his game in both. One, traveling the globe for a world player in industrial chemicals. The other, a valued employee of a clandestine government organization. When his handler, Kristin Blake, brings him in for an unprecedented face to face meeting, something about his latest "assignment" smells fishy to them both.Suspecting a personal vendetta coming straight from the Oval Office, with John as the scapegoat, he and Kristin go on the run to find out who is pulling the strings.A thriller in which the action never stops.