We've all been there. Each one of us has sins that, for one reason or another, we haven't been able to fully shake—we can't get ourselves "unstuck." Yet many of us have wanted to make that permanent change, to quit those repetitive sins once and for all. So here's the million-dollar question: how do you do it?"Although damned and dammed are different words, they communicate the same message: progress is stopped! Robert Reynolds is the perfect one to teach us hot t...

There are three doors to salvation and reconciliation with our Creator God, and those doors lie deep inside of each of us.Some are dormant, sealed with the pain and despair of life; some are active and functional with an underlying hint of self-perfecting imaging; while others are partially open, letting in and out only that which we are comfortable with explaining and reflecting to friends and family. While we are not all the same, we all have these doors in our l...

The 1950s brought radio listeners a host of great vocal groups. Some, like Dion and the Belmonts, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, The Crests, The Cleftones, The Flamingoes and others churned out a remarkable number of hits and to this day are highly recognized. The popularity of many other fine groups was short-lived. Three E's of Doo-wop: The Echoes; The Elegants; and The Excellents tells of a trio of superb groups that made a splash and quickly disappeared from record charts.

In June 1991, the Philippines' Mount Pinatubo erupted after more than five centuries, decimating the U.S. Air Force's Clark Air Base, the Navy's Subic Bay Naval Base and the surrounding countryside. A Fine Gray Rain tells a true account of that catastrophic event and the months leading up to it at Clark Air Base, a virtual paradise.

During the 1960s, Peter Andreoli and Vincent Poncia were giants in the pop music industry, although the average person would never recognize them. The two Providence, Rhode Island friends sucessfully performed under a vast number of pseudonyms, including The Trade Winds (New York's a Lonely Town; Mind Excursion), The Innocence (There's Got To Be a Word), The Videls (Mr. Lonely), and an array of others. When not turning out their own hit records as pop vocalists, they were composing or prod...

Johnny Rivers is one of the great rock entertainers in the business and throughout his career has readily adapted to a changing music scene, scoring major hits as a rocker, balladeer, folk artist, soul singer/bluesman and even Christian tunesmith. His hits include: Maybelline, Memphis, Where Have All the Flowers Gone, Poor Side of Town, Baby I Need Your Lovin', Summer Rain, Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancing), and countless others. During the mid sixties, his records were constants on radi...

Set in Michigan's rugged Upper Peninsula during construction of the Soo Locks, this old-fashioned western influenced tale takes the reader on an exciting romp across the U.P., as Newly Fischer seeks to hunt down a co-worker whose misdeeds have brought fatal harm. After a foul-deed is committed in which Newly is a suspect, Newly tracks the man across the Upper Peninsula discovering evidence that leads him to believe his quarry is nearby. A romantic relationship develops as Newly awaits the ...

Halfway around the world in war torn South Vietnam, a number of American GIs found comfort at a rest and relaxation center on the South China Sea, outside Da Nang. Many of these men took up the sport of surfing. China Beach Surfer tells of the difficulties a young sailor faced by not fitting in and the exciting do or die conclusion to his tale, in dangerous waters.The author is a Vietnam Veterarn who has penned several books.

During the 1950s, country music merged with a rising new fad called Rock & Roll to form what would become known as Rockabilly. In short, rockabilly was high energy, fast paced, guitar and bass driven tunes displaying thundering rhythms. The songs were often unremarkable ditties made up with a conglomeration of silly lyrics and inane repetitious phrases like "bop," "shake," "mama," and "go cat!" Cars, especially gaudy Cadillacs and hot rod Fords, stark colors like pink and black, and hep te...

The battle between good and evil has been raging since the beginning of time. Nobody has stood up with enough understanding of how to truly defeat the evil in this world. Roy tried to protect his sister and family form the evil in the world. The reason for Roy’s family that was targeted by this demon was because one of his forefathers was left alive after a massacre at his base camp during the Civil War. Roy noticed a complete change in his sister Cindy once they started living in th...

A body is found on an Oahu beach and thus begins the quest to find out how it got there. Orchids and Sand is a thrilling mystery with strong romantic overtones.Join Manny, Loki, Daniela, Pako and all the others in this page-burning mystery in lush, tropical Hawaii. Vast oceans, expansive beaches, magnificent scenery and beautiful people abound in Orchids and Sand!

Del Shannon (Charles Westover) grew up in southwest Michigan, hardly noticed by his classmates. After a stint overseas with the U.S. Army, he began singing and playing guitar in small music venues back home. He and a band member hit upon a catchy keyboard riff and from that was born the rock and roll classic, "Runaway." Shannon went on to write and sing a string of rock hits, including: Little Town Flirt, Hats Off to Larry, Handy Man, Stranger in Town, and various others. When his htis beg...