Books published by Riverrun Select

Former Hell's Angel Jake "Bonecrusher" Sawyer takes us on a no-holds-barred-go-for-the-gusto-every-time joy ride through a life filled with wanton sex, shocking violence, and raucous good humor, all the while showing us how to live life to its fullest ... and be happy as hell all the way through our golden years!A prep school sports star, U.S. Army para-trooper, Kentucky rum-runner, a less than model prisoner at San Quentin and Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary, and a champion body-builder and fitness guru to the elite and not so elite, Jake is the kind of life coach we've all been looking for!

"If you hear of my accidental death, don't believe it. It will have been murder."Tobias Starkey is a young reporter for the Boston Globe, tasked with chasing down the seemingly endless rumors about the new president. His world is upended by the news of the death of his mentor, John Hamilton, in a huntng accident. More shocking still, it’s revealed that Hamilton, unbeknownst to Tobias, was a high ranking FBI official.As Tobias investigates the suspicious death, it is soon clear that someone is investigating him, and when a message comes from beyond the grave, a message only Tobias can decode, the race is on to find the secret files that might topple the U.S. Presidency.Tony Irons is the author of Hoover’s Children, Dengman Gap, and A Ragged Saint. Irons became one of the last self-taught architects in the country, becoming licensed in California in 1994, and erved as City Architect of San Francisco. In 2000, he was awarded a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University. He lives in New Hampshire and Baja with his wife, Lee. 

The pig family is distraught!! Christmas is coming, and they have no money to buy gifts!! Whatever shall they do? Luckily for them, Angel Pig pays them a visit, and shows them the true meaning of Christmas. The pigs set about making gifts, baking food, and embracing the holiday spirit. Jan Waldron is also the author of John Pig's Halloween and two books for adults. She says she was inspired by a drawing on a Christmas card of David McPhail's and by fond memories of "holidays my mother gave us. Our kitchen turned into a vivid explosion of colors, smells, and tastes - a tradition I hope I have passed to my children." David McPhail is an author-illustrator beloved for his many books about wonderful characters, some of whom have been pigs. He says that for a Christmas card one year he drew "a little pig with wings and and oversize gown. Someone told me to write about her. I tried but I couldn't. I lamented that fact to Jan. A few days later she said, 'How's this sound?' And that was the beginning of Angel Pig and the Hidden Christmas. In my pictures for this book, I've worked very hard to give Angel Pig the life she deserves."

A heartwarming story of a young girl and her dog, and the new friends they make when visiting a relatives farm.

In 1845, Henry David Thoreau went into the woods to experience a simplistic lifestyle dictated by his transcendentalist beliefs. The life he lived, including how and why he chose to seclude himself from society, is detailed in Walden. Thoreau demonstrates the utility of living both simply and deliberately while appreciating the serenity of nature. He chose to live fully in nature by Walden Pond for two years and details the lasting impression this time had on him. While living modestly in the woods may not be the call-to-action for all, it is still possible to appreciate and perhaps even adopt some of Thoreau's beliefs.Included in this book is "Civil Disobedience", Thoreau's famous essay which has influenced figures such as Gandhi, Leo Tolstoy, and Martin Luther King Jr.

The citizens of the United States cannot stop bickering about every piece of history. It started with the Nine Eleven Group and their accusation that the government itself was responsible for that fateful day. Rapidly gaining support, and with the financial backing of a wealthy Texan, they soon have everything from the right to bear arms to long ago land acquisitions up for debate. When the crisis escalates, the perfect presidential candidate steps in and offers an unbelievable solution; the invention of the Event Verification Observation System. E.V.O.S. is a way to go back in history and witness historical events as they really happened. Raymond Getchell, former police chief of Carlton, NH, is consumed by grief. His daughter was stolen from him seven years ago and, unable to solve the case and find out who took her, his life has become a shambles. He knows that E.V.O.S. could be used to help him, but the White House is refusing his appeals. The cautions for interfering in the past are clear, but if he could find a way to convince them that his daughter's life is worth saving, they might give in. Unfortunately, thousands of people have had the same idea and have swamped the government with their own appeals.Kristy Gherlone is from a small town, nestled in a sea of wilderness and mountains in northern Maine. Her out of the ordinary childhood, eventful; often interesting life experiences, and array of unusual professions gave her the wild imagination that made it possible to write the History Lottery. She resides in New Hampshire with a husband she adores, has three wonderful daughters, a beautiful new grandson and enjoys traveling to places that are always warm.

Chef James Haller, the chef and owner of the renowned Blue Strawbery restaurant in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, serves up a perfect blend of humor, nostalgia, and wisdom in this delightful culinary memoir - the chronicle of a lifetime of cooking.www.chefjameshaller.comJuly 29, 2015, Kirkus Review: "With these funny stories, an award-winning chef reflects on the formative roles of food, family, and friendship in his life."Former executive chef and owner of Portsmouth, New Hampshire's Blue Strawbery restaurant, Haller (Vie de France, 2002, etc.) grew up during the Depression, a poor kid in a Chicago suburb. His working-class extended family and Old World neighborhoods inspired a fascination with eclectic food combinations. Whether watching his Grandma Hazel dispatch a barnyard chicken by spinning it overhead "like David with his sling" or splashing "a little Benedictine Brandy on fried eggs after I heard Betty Grable order eggs benedict between dance numbers," it's clear that his insatiable curiosity about food began early. A young Italian girl, Louisa, became Haller's childhood friend and introduced him to cannoli, which easily eclipsed his grandmother's tapioca and butterscotch puddings. Growing up with many rural relatives, Haller paints a vivid picture of a bygone era with recollections of dinners fit for farmhands and the "womenfolk" preparing massive harvest feasts. His financially strapped, city-dwelling parents had more pedestrian palates, favoring "hot dog and beans...hamburgers, meat loaf, sloppy Joe's...creamed chip beef on toast...or my mother's tuna casserole." His mother's long hours waitressing required young Haller to prepare family meals, spurring a lifetime of culinary adventurousness, as he dished up string beans with pumpkin pie spices and lime and grape Kool-Aid baked into angel food cake for unwitting loved ones. Wit à la Ruth Reichl in Tender at the Bone (1998) invigorates these anecdotes throughout. Haller left for New York to make it as a writer and actor, often waiting tables to get by and eventually opening the Blue Strawbery in New Hampshire with some enterprising pals. Character sketches of family and friends here are as keenly observed and beautifully depicted as the food-the author's self-effacing humor a fantastic leavening agent. "Flavorful serving of hilarious, poignant memories that will leave readers wanting seconds."

Thomas Carpenter - dead for 100 years - returns in 1978 to avenge his murder. He proves a challenge for a New Orleans novice detective Brenda Shapira and her senior partner, Roy Agnew. When 35-year old Shapira discovers the first victim in the historic Garden District, the beginning of 1978 will be anything but ordinary. As she unravels this long ago mystery steeped in New Orleans history and the Yellow Fever epidemic, Brenda realizes that she may be Carpenter's last victim. "Lott's The Feathers is equal parts addictive and dark. It's an outstanding thriller from a new author I plan to read now on a regular basis. This story doesn't just get into your head, it tickles the back of your mind and sends your anxious heart into your throat. This is your next read! Go to it!" ----Benjamin Kane Ethridge, Bram Stoker Award winning author of Black & Orange and Bottled Abyss. Cynthia Lott is a Writer, and Researcher. She loves hearing life stories over a glass of good wine. She is also a member of Sisters in Crime, Inc., Atlanta Writers Club, Inc., and International Thriller Writers, Inc. www.cynthialott.com

Russell Buker has had numerous poems accepted in many publications in the U.S. and in Canada: The Antigonish Review, The Windrow Anthology, The Cape Breton Collection, Pottersfield Press, Goose River Anthology, Germ Magazine, Portland Press Poetry Section, The Aurorean, Felt Sun, The Aputamkan Review, Germ Magazine River Muse, Page & Spine, Maine Writes Anthology, Crack the Spine, Axe Factory Press. Russell has also served on the board of editors and written book reviews for Off the Coast Review.

Setting off from the ghost town of Cloverdale, New Mexico on March 17, 1996, the author picked his way north for seven months until arriving at the ghost town of Almota, Washington near his home on the Snake River. He travelled in the same simple manner as the mountain men of yore, and introduces the reader to the fiber of the differing backcountry cultures through the spirits of those he meets along the journey, as well as the life stories of the ghost towns he stumbles upon. He gracefully shares his fears and struggles as he solves the challenges presented by nature, people and the modern world from the saddle.

News reporter to commander: Bataan, the Death March, three POW camps- the war story of Captain Charles Underwood. A Story untold for more than sixty years! There are thousands of U.S. soldiers who have never been properly recognized for their actions during the Second World War. This is the story of one of them. Charles Underwood was a young reporter when he was called up to active service in the Philippines. He survived the infamous Death March, and spent over three years as a prisoner of war in Japan, at the end of which time he boldly commandeered a train and traveled through hostile territory to reach the U.S. lines. He is credited with helping to liberate more than seven hundred starving POWs. Using his father's long-forgotten journal as a starting point, Charles Underwood, Jr. has done extensive research to bring to life the important part of American military history.

In this intimate look at life on the Autism spectrum a mother reveals the touching, exhausting, and, ultimately rewarding details of raising a child with Autism. From the earliest signs that John was somehow different, to his triumphant High School graduation and transition into adulthood, Ellen Walker details the pitfalls and tribulations of parenting in uncharted territory, while at the same time presenting the reader with an inspiring profile of a boy struggling to make sense of his world with bravery and intelligence.

Somehow, somewhere a secret list of ultra-radical college students has been smuggled out of a federal prison. At J.Edgar Hoover's direction, a covert plan has been concocted to coerce young Americans into becoming undercover agents in a desperate attempt to ����ind that list and neutralize the Weather Underground before it can join forces with the Black Panthers. Sean O'Neal leaves the tough streets of South Boston to become a Green Beret and fight a guerilla war in the jungles of Vietnam. He returns home with his life shattered, and finds himself ensnared in Hoover's plan. Jack Duncan, a child of the counter-culture, leaves college to travel overseas. What he doesn't know is that the FBI has put him directly in Sean O'Neal's crosshairs.

Nick Daggett, a Vietnam veteran in his early forties, has returned to Snow Island to live year-round and run a pirate radio station from the abandoned mansion. Nora Venable, a lesbian in her seventies and owner of the decaying mansion, comes to the island after a fifty-year absence and decides to stay. Ruth Lambert, a photographer from New York, arrives to see what is left of the old Snow Inn, which she has inherited from her aunt. This unlikely trio finds their lives unexpectedly linked after a fire sweeps through the old mansion. Set in the fall of 1990, as the United States prepares to go to war in the Persian Gulf, the final volume of the Snow Island trilogy (after Snow Island and Evening Ferry) brings together characters from the previous volumes with new arrivals in a moving conclusion that completes the saga of island life. This taut tale of love and perseverance evokes the isolation and connection at the heart of every community.

"No one else seems to have thought of telling the story of a boy's life with so great a desire to show what a boy's life is, and with so little purpose of teaching what it should be; certainly no one else has thought of doing this for the American Boy."-- William Dean Howells, 1870This humorous, poignant yarn of one lad's adventures became the inspiration for Twain's Tom Sawyer and many others.This newly typeset, highly readable edition includes over 60 illustrations by A. B. Frost, the foremost illustrator of Aldrich's time. This IS NOT a facsimile!