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FROGWORKS PUBLISHING

http://www.rolfmargenau.com; (908) 872-9020

WA R S T O R Y

by Rolf Margenau

Fresh perspectives on World War II

—nine-year-old on the home

front, German POW in Missis-

sippi, women ferrying war planes,

Enigma codes, and rockets.

978-0997615876 • Paper, $16.95

• 350 Pages • Historical Fiction/
  WWII
  Available on Amazon, Barnes &
  Noble, Apple, and Kobo.

WONDERLIT PRESS

http://www.wonderlit.com; 1(416) 566-8431

THE TOWER PRINCESS

A Fairy Tale Lived

by Michelle Tocher

Described by IndieReader as a “gor-

geous feminist memoir,” the author

blazes a trail into the fairy tale to

meet chronic pain and renew her

hope.

978-0-9738776-0-1 • Paper, $18.99

• 303 Pages • Memoir
  Available on Amazon, Barnes &
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  Author’s website:
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PRONGHORN PRESS

PronghornPress.org; (307) 765-2979

FOUR MILES WEST OF

NOWHERE

A City Boy’s First Year in the

Montana Wilderness

by John Phillips

“An excellent ride.” —Jay Leno

“Phillips observes with affection

and detachment.” —Tom McGuane

“John is hilarious about his tus-

sles with Mother Nature.” —P. J.

O’Rourke

“Charming turn of good humor

and self-awareness.” —David Abra-

hamson, School of Journalism,

Northwestern

“A hoot, a sideways Tilbury Town of Montana’s prickly and particu-

lar.”—Dan Neil, Pulitzer Prize winner, Wall Street Journal

978-1-941052-54-9 • Paper, $19.95; 978-1-941052-55-6 •

Hardcover, $35.95; 978-1-941052-53-2 • e-Book, $9.95 • 400 Pages

• Memoir
  Available at your favorite bookseller.

CLIFFORD BROWDER

FASCINATING

NEW YORKERS

Power Freaks, Mobsters,

Liberated Women, Creators,

Queers and Crazies

by Clifford Browder

They charm, cheat, dazzle, scheme,

and even kill. You may be shocked

or angered by these New Yorkers,

but you won’t be bored.

978-1-7333782-4-6 • Paper, $17.95;

e-Book, $3.99 • 380 Pages •

Biographical Sketches/LGBT/

Literary Nonfiction/Memoir

Available on Amazon.

Author’s website: http://www.cliffbrowderbooks.com

RIO GRANATA PRESS

(505) 867-9715

THE STORY

OF THE STORY

What I Wrote and Why

by Norma Libman

Behind-the-scenes secrets, what got

published and what didn’t, from

the famous—O. J. Simpson, Ann

Landers, Debbie Reynolds, and

others—to the not famous but fas-

cinating.

9780991477524 • Paper & e-Book,

$14.00 • 155 Pages • Memoir

Available on Amazon.

Author’s website:

http://www.NormaLibman.com

RENAISSANCE INSTITUTE PRESS

THE MASTER BOOK

OF MEMES

Know the Hidden Force

that Controls EVERYONE

& EVERYTHING

UP-TO-DATE Stories

& Analysis / Abundant

Illustrations

YOUTUBE Connected

By Britt Minshall, D.Min.

THEY ARE RIPPING US TO SHREDS!

WAR after WAR / Races FIGHT

Women v Men / Rep v Dems

Friends are now ENEMIES!

WHY? BECAUSE we’re OBLIVIOUS to Human Social MEMES

that CONTROL EVERYTHING Society Does!

MEMES—not persons—RULE!

THEY Build and THEY Destroy!

Winner 2021 NY Big Book Award in Sociolog y.

9780578599496 • Paper, $24.95 • 266 Pages • Social Science/

Group Dynamics/Memes

Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Ingram, and Baker & Taylor

Author’s website: bookofmemes.com

ARCHWAY PUBLISHING

http://www.archwaypublishing.com/en; (844) 669-3957

THE NEW EUGENICS

Modifying Biological Life in the

Twenty-First Century

by Conrad B. Quintyn

The author considers whether

genetic engineering used today to

repair “defects” in all humans will

exacerbate social injustices and/or

lead to a public safety issue.

978-1480899209 • Paper, $28.99 •

424 Pages • Science and Society

Available on Amazon, Barnes &

Noble, and Archway Publishing.

Author’s website: intranet.bloomu.edu/quintyn

HAND TO MOUTH

charlespotts.com; (509) 204-2120

HOW THE SOUTH

FINALLY WON THE

CIVIL WAR

And Controls the Political

Future of the United States

by Charles Potts

First edition, 1995.

“The great contribution Potts makes

is in his consideration of militarism

as the state religion... reminds me

of Karl Marx’s Capital.” —Paul

Cardwell Jr., The Paris News, Texas

0-9644440-0-3 • Cloth, $30.00 •

440 Pages • Historical Analysis

Hand to Mouth, PO Box 100, Walla Walla, WA 99362;

Money order or check only. Not available on Amazon.

THE FIFTH

CONVULSION

The Structure of American History

by Charles Potts

“Essential reading” —Al Simmons

“Emergency reading” —Klyd Watkins

“The king of the straight shooters”

—Tom Kryss

“The Fifth Convulsion may be small

in physical dimensions but its drive,

scope, and ambitions are large.”

—Fred Whitehead

978-1-63944-788-6 • Paper, $15.00

• 148 Pages • Historical Analysis
  Hand to Mouth, PO Box 100, Walla Walla, WA 99362;
  Money order or check only. Not available on Amazon.

INGRAM SPARKS

http://www.ingramspark.com; (800) 937-8000

IN THE HOLLOW

OF TIME

by James Swearingen

Galatea Saga I: How do we trans-

form a life-support system (bare

life) into political life worth living?

That’s the challenge for the first

human colony in space.

978-1-7373376-0-7 • Paper, $16.99

• 345 Pages • Fiction/Philosophy
  Available on Barnes & Noble,
  Amazon, and Ingram Sparks.

STAR SHIP GAL ATEA

A Sacred and Profane Time

Machine

by James Swearingen

Galatea Saga II: On the genera-

tional starship competing visions

of a future colony ignite life-and-

death struggles between Command

and the Council of Elders.

978-1-7373376-2-1 • Paper, $16.99

• 301 Pages • Fiction/Philosophy
  Available on Barnes & Noble,
  Amazon, and Ingram Sparks.

HISTORY OF A

DYING PLANET

by James Swearingen

Galatea Saga III: What’s to be

learned from the unknown fate of

Planet Ulro? That’s the question

for the Governor of the New Earth.

978-1-7373376-4-5 • Paper, $16.99

• 372 Pages • Fiction/Philosophy
  Available on Barnes & Noble,
  Amazon, and Ingram Sparks.

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