Books published by WingSpan Press

Devastated by the accident that robbed her of her husband and her career, pianist 'Plum' Linthwaite returns to her northern roots to help her struggling granddaughter Nicola and to take stock of her otherwise empty life. However, when she discovers letters belonging to her great-uncle Hugh she becomes engrossed in the mystery and intrigue surrounding his supposed disgrace. With Nicola and her neighbour Paul sharing her curiosity, she learns of Hugh's return, physically and emotionally scarred, from the Great War, and his employment under a harsh and insensitive regime. It seems his life lacks purpose until he meets Ellen. Plum learns of their deep and touching romance and traces the early steps of their performing career. She now faces three challenges. She is determined to discover the truth about Hugh, she has to help Nicola make sense of her troubled life and, most perplexing of all, she must find her own way forward.

A Book to Awaken a Slumbering Faith: Two trees in the Garden - a choice to be made;Two directions - one leading to life; the other to death.

A Book to Awaken a Slumbering Faith: Two trees in the Garden - a choice to be made; Two trees in the world today - is it the same choice? Two gospels - is a counterfeit shaping our belief system? Two directions - one leading to life; the other to death.

Many of these poems were inspired by observations and experiences while living in the New York area. "Out of the Dark" describes the feelings of awakening on a NYC workday and traveling on the NYC subway to the job. "The Towers" expresses inner feelings and thoughts about the 911 tragedy, 14 years after having been in NYC, near the disaster. Included in this volume is a group of 12 poems, written over a period of 11 years, which speak of stages in a long-lived life, titled "The 12 Seasons of Life". Each poem presents a snapshot of experiences within a phase of life, starting from infancy and concluding with existence for people lasting into their nineties. "Two" speaks about the varying intensity of close relationships. "Changes" presents a mini-drama of ancient migration by sea to warm, tropics. Other poems were written on several visits to Southeast Asia. "Trips" is a poem that deals with traveling from the other side of the world to exotic Bangkok, with its vibrant present and historic culture.

This simple book will answer questions you may have always wondered about. For those of you who have always known there was more, this may be the key of David to open the lock in your mind. Once this hurdle is crossed, the entire Bible will become a living thing to you. For you see, "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God and the Word became flesh and dwells among us."

Once you come up with your invention idea, you feel that rush of excitement and then the questions that go through your head: What do I do now? Who should I tell? Where do I go for help? How much money do I need? How can everyone in America find out about my invention and buy it so I can become the next millionaire inventor? You will find your answers in Inventing Secrets Revealed. Prolific inventor Brian Fried has reached levels of success as an inventor, consultant and licensing agent and has compiled his personal experiences, real life examples, insights and trends on his journey in the invention industry into the book. This inventor's resource guide is filled with answers on how to protect, develop and succeed and discusses the challenges of moving forward or moving on with your idea. From patents, prototypes, licensing and manufacturing, how to pitch your idea, market and seeing your invention ideas turned into a product for mass retail, TV, catalogs, shopping channels and web, take your time and navigate through the easy to read and understand content of Inventing Secrets Revealed. If you have an idea that's on your mind, write it down, make it real, right now. P.S. Congratulations on following your dream!

As an avid collector for over twenty years, I have gathered these birds from all over the United States. This book contains all the information from study of the birds in my collection as well as pictures and information from friends. With a few exceptions, the birds have the Red Dime Mark "Made in Czechoslovakia". You will find as many molds for which I have pictures, showing the color and size varieties. Even though I have spent years in my search, I know there are others yet to be found as I was able to find a new bird even as I was finishing this book. I hope that collectors will send me information on other varieties.

A self taught artist, at the age of 40 David Sheskin created the first of hundreds of unique and imaginative works of art he would produce over the next thirty years. Initially working in pen and ink, during the 1980s and 1990s most of his drawings were published in numerous magazines, as well as in the book Magician With a Pen: The Collected Drawings of David J. Sheskin (Wingspan Press, 2007). Now for the first time the artist's more recent work is presented in a single volume in this visually stunning book which represents a collection of paintings, sculpture, mixed media works, and digital illustrations created by David Sheskin during the past 20 years. It contains more than 500 imaginative and uplifting images that are characterized by the artist's dramatic use of color and form. The book is divided into 18 galleries - each gallery being characterized by a specific theme that captured David Sheskin's imagination at a particular point in time. Many of the images in the book have been published within the format of calendars (by Avalanche Publishing and Pomegranate Communications, as well as in calendars published in Europe), note cards, jigsaw puzzles, and children's games. All of David Sheskin's art is available within the format of giclee fine art prints, and can be accessed on his website The Art of David Sheskin (www.davidjsheskin.com)

The Art Pottery of Joseph Mrazek chronicles the extraordinary life of an American who emigrated to the United States from what is now the Czech Republic in 1908, and became a gifted painter and muralist, a decorated hero of the Czechoslovakian independence movement, an American undercover agent in World War I, and a friend of Tomas Masaryk, the "father of Czechoslovakia." Between the two world wars, Joseph Mrazek was the largest producer of hand-painted pottery in Czechoslovakia, most of which was exported to the United States. With the advent of the Second World War, he invented and manufactured a critically important military aircraft component that was integrated into more than 70,000 U.S. warplanes. Joseph Mrazek's most enduring legacy can be found in the brilliantly-colored, hand-painted pottery that he created from 1918-1933. The pieces remain as dramatic and vibrant today as when he first put brush to clay, retaining a brightness and durability that is astonishing. Today, his pottery can be found in museum collections and in the homes of thousands of collectors all over the world. This is his story.

Trapped by Murdok, the deranged administrator of a corrupt correctional school in northern Florida, Patrik and George, two fifteen year olds, decide to run. But their decision takes a fateful turn and suddenly they are fugitives, desperate and alone, escaped felons, pursued by a madman and running for their lives.

This is a thoroughly delightful book that will be fun reading for all Filipinos and their friends, neighbors, coworkers and other associates. In this collection of sixteen entertaining essays, the author presents a splendid explanation of scores of quaint characteristics of traditional Filipino customs, words, family names and sounds - including tongue twisters. The title essay contends that the big majority of the almost 12 million Filipinos overseas who send Balíkbayan boxes full of goodies are displaying misplaced compassion since it develops in their relatives an eternal dependence on others. There are amusing travel stories and light social commentary.

Evolutionary Education will lead to a new paradigm founded on a non-competitive learning model that generates innovation, inspiration, motivation, excellence, inner confidence, peace, love, and joy.

Birders are among the keenest observers and five of the eleven short stories in this collection are inspired by imagination while birding or connecting with nature. Ida Pilcher is inexplicably followed wherever she goes by a dozen turkey vultures; Garland Duckett sees God in the golden eye of a Great Blue Heron; Nelson Mayfield, driven by an Internet report, searches frantically for life on Mars before his anticipated early demise; Nathanael Early's dioramas of Civil War battlefields have taken over his basement; he barely has space for Vicksburg; Brian Feeney observes his neighbor, an Iraq war veteran, refurbishing a corroded four-foot bronze cross on his deck but why. Andrea Vojtko believes that even so-called normal people are eccentric in their own way, if you observe them long enough. In I Stop for Falcons, Thomas scoffs at a group of birders who hold up traffic while they scope out a falcon, labeling them weird. But his dialogue is itself eccentric. A woman searching for her mother's lost year in Beverly Hills encounters her mother's strange acquaintances and gets more than she bargained for. Five of these stories were published previously in literary journals with one, Jubilant Voices, nominated for a 2003 Pushcart prize. Andrea Vojtko lives in Arlington, Virginia.

Discover the path to success by following the experienced methods honed and adopted by Shaun T Benjamin, a sixth-degree martial arts master and a lifetime member of The Actors Studio, who has learned his craft from the best: Shaun's mentors include Academy Award winning actor Martin Landau, Academy Award Nominee director Mark Rydell, award winning playwright/screenwriter Lyle Kessler, and martial arts master Tom Callos. Unlock your potential and attain your dreams with Shaunt's easy-to-follow program. His system is rooted in Christian values and harnesses the power of one's inner self through a deep appreciation of God. Profound discussions are brought forth in a concise, comprehensible manner, guaranteeing enrichment through an easily-grasped presentation. As Shaun reveals each of the 7 C's of success, you are left with a clear image of how to deploy his techniques and layer each element, one upon the next. The cumulative effect is that you reveal the issues that are keeping you from your goals. Through the 7 C's techniques, you will learn to embrace each factor and solve your problems. To further ensure your own success, each lesson offers inspirational and life-affirming words from scripture, so God will always be on your side, working in harmony with you.

In hopes of starting a new life, Beth Braddock moves to the cozy, coastal community of Mendocino. She soon realizes she is not alone when she meets Amy Thompson, who owns a gift shop, and Tom Miller, local bookstore owner. Although they have known each other for a few years, their relationship has been purely plutonic until now. One of them is looking for something more, while the other cannot seem to shake off skeletons from the past. Then Beth meets Paul Hayden, who has returned to Mendocino to run the family bed & breakfast after the passing of his mother. Together, these four people rediscover the importance of friendship, family, and love.

STOP. LOOK AROUND. SEE THE FACES. Nightfall. Gaze into the fire. Feel the heat. Watch the flames. See the fiery images of people you love, despise, or fear. Faces from your past. Faces in your future. Flickering, dancing, changing before you, they are the Faces in the Fire. Fourteen short stories and a novella - action, romance, drama, humor and suspense. A literary journey you will always remember.

It is October 1943, and barely a year has passed since the air raid that destroyed Freddy Hinchcliffe's home in Yorkshire. Now a prisoner in German-occupied Poland, his bitterness at the loss of his family leaves him indifferent to the world outside his barbed-wire enclosure. That is until he receives a letter from Sylvia Charlesworth, a Wren serving at the naval base HMS Wasp in south-east England. They exchange letters and their correspondence soon becomes a vital part of their lives. They learn more about each other and, as their feelings intensify, they long for the day when they will meet face to face. But they have no way of knowing how they will cope when they meet as physical strangers.

When Sarah's attempt at matchmaking ends in disaster, it begins a series of bizarre events that include at least one dead body, a mysterious stranger, an unwanted resident in a rancher's pond, a kidnapping, and Remy in charge of a growing menagerie. A chance meeting at Fee Reservoir has Sarah experiencing quite an attraction to Pete Yarbrough, the owner of the Silver Spur Saloon. After accepting his invitation to open mic night, she finds herself offering to haul his motocross trailer to a hare and hound race in the Nevada desert when his usual driver, and only pit crew member, is unable to go. While there, a collision and nearly fatal accident brings them even closer. A break in one of her investigations has Sarah relying on Pete's expertise of reptiles, and together they make a startling discovery. Of most concern to Sarah is the man who has interjected himself into Cindy's life. Dispatcher for the Sheriff's Office as well as a friend, she is unwilling to listen to Sarah's warnings until it's too late.

"[A] remarkable life story" -Senator Bob Dole I'll See You Again, Lady Liberty is the story of a young German whose father dared to rip a required picture of Hitler off his wall and whose mother made prank telephone calls to Nazis. Forced to join Hitler's army, Ernst Floeter made a secret wish to be captured by the Allies and become a prisoner of war. His wish came true twelve days after D-Day. He was a POW first in Michigan and Illinois, and then in New Mexico. After World War II ended, he sailed from New York Harbor for his homeland, but not before informing the Statue of Liberty that he would see her again. Ernst W. Floeter started his own photography business in 1960 in Grand Ledge, Michigan, just west of Lansing, the state capital. With his charming German accent, he quickly became an "institution" by volunteering for numerous community projects, playing his harmonica and pan flute at musical events, and performing as "Uncle Sam" in Fourth of July festivities. Lynne Breen of Lansing-a history buff with a journalism background -had heard about Mr. Floeter's remarkable life and felt that his story should not be lost to history. During 2013, the two met at the Log Jam restaurant in Grand Ledge, where he shared with her his life story.

America held little promise during the 1930's, when the Great Depression vice gripped the country and a boy named Thomas Errol Wasdin was born into the hardscrabble farmland of Waldo, Florida. Wasdin was only months old when his mother died of blood poisoning. Soon afterward, he and his sister were sent to live with their Uncle and Aunt, who raised them with old-fashioned values rooted in discipline and hard work. These became character traits that served Wasdin well - later at the University of Florida and eventually throughout his life. And what a life it has been; rich and varied, and not without heartache and an ongoing, debilitating battle with Trigeminal Neuralgia, which the medical profession chillingly refers to as the Suicide Disease. It is a life that saw Wasdin shape the lives of poor children from literally and proverbially the wrong side of the tracks in Jacksonville, Florida; children who later became attorneys, administrators, sports stars, politicians, educators, husbands, wives, parents and productive citizens. It is a life that saw Wasdin forge friendships with two men he achieved enormous success with - Joe Williams and Rick Stottler. With Williams, Wasdin reached the pinnacle of coaching in college basketball, taking Jacksonville University to the 1970 NCAA Championship Game against the most powerful program in college sports history - John Wooden's UCLA Bruins. The account of that season, and especially that game, captures the controversy and excitement that surrounded it. Wasdin then moved from an assistant coach to a successful tenure as JU's head coach. It is a life that saw Wasdin leave coaching to join Stottler in business and development, shaping both lives and a stretch of area along the East Coast of Florida that with his help came to be known as the Space Coast. It is a life lived in full, and a life story worth reading.

This rich and textured paranormal mystery begins during the Spanish Inquisition in the Pyrenees Mountains and culminates three hundred years later in the Flowery Range at the foot of Sun Mountain in Nevada. Follow Maria Martin and her family on a voyage through time, their story of accuser and accursed, murder and reincarnation of loyalty, love, hate and revenge.

B. D. Love writes eloquently of troubled lives and troubled loves, capturing as well as anyone writing today the ways in which we both crave and fear intimacy. Two practical-joking school friends betray each other; a man battles his pitifully irascible neighbors; a professor grows infatuated with an immigrant B-girl; a grieving widow becomes obsessed with helping a homeless man; two Vietnamese students learning English struggle with Swift's "A Modest Proposal"-Love's stories illuminate those critical moments when, suddenly, we can save another's sanity and dignity, when we most urgently feel our human commitment to each other. Punch Line is a beautiful collection from a contemporary master. Jay Rogoff, author of Venera and The Art of Gravity

Je vous partage ce livre dans l'espoir d'ouvrir le coeur et l'esprit de chacun pour embellir notre monde et améliorer la vie de tous les Êtres vivants, un à la fois. Nous pouvons tous faire une différence de par les gestes que nous posons chaque jour. Nous pouvons tous influencer positivement la vie de quelqu'un d'autre en y apportant plus de joie, d'espoir et de guérison que nous pouvons l'imaginer. Ensemble, nous pouvons apprendre à s'occuper non seulement du corps physique, mais aussi du corps mental, du corps émotionnel et de l'âme. Je souhaite que ce livre aide tous ceux travaillant de près avec les gens ou les animaux, qu'il inspire les étudiants en médecine humaine et vétérinaire à devenir des docteurs exemplaires, qu'il guide la communauté médicale et tous les professionnels de la santé à améliorer les soins apportés à tous les patients, animaux et humains, et enfin, qu'il guide tous les patients à prendre mieux soin d'eux-mêmes. Pourquoi sommes-nous (animaux et humains) malades? Existe-t-il une relation entre nos émotions, notre mental et notre corps physique? Est-ce que tout arrive pour une raison? Comment peut-on apprendre et grandir d'une maladie ou difficulté dans notre vie? Écoutes-tu les signes de guidance dans ta vie pour prendre de meilleures décisions? Que sont la Communication Animale et la Médecine Intuitive, et comment peuvent-elles aider nos animaux et nous-mêmes à mieux vivre, heureux et en santé? Pouvons-nous tous décider d'avoir une transition douce dans l'Au-delà, avec paix et dignité? Qu'est-ce que l'Après-vie? Allons-nous tous, animaux et humains, au même endroit? Je veux partager avec vous les enseignements des animaux qui ont croisé mon chemin, et suggérer à chacun d'ouvrir son coeur pour recevoir ces enseignements divins que les gens et les animaux que nous rencontrons ont à nous transmettre. Ensemble, nous pouvons nous entraider à grandir pour devenir de meilleurs humains, à guérir notre planète et à bâtir un monde heureux et meilleur pour toutes les créatures vivantes. Il est temps de redécouvrir notre puissance et de l'utiliser généreusement dans un effort global afin de permettre l'ascension de notre monde vers un niveau supérieur d'énergie et de conscience. Je souhaite que ce livre puisse guider notre route vers un monde meilleur.