Where the Water Falls

Seeking purpose in life is like finding your way through a dark room, as Hunter Strong finds out the hard way. Although he finds comfort in his routine, he senses a missing piece and becomes determined to find out what that is! With the help from his mentor, Marge, and his new friend, James, Hunter embarks on a bigger life journey than he thought. Along the way, he’d have to face the shadows of his past to find what he seeks.

Where the Water Falls is a narrative highlighting the vagaries of life. Without a set of instructions as a guide, this becomes a life-changing experience. Not only to the people in Hunter’s life but also providing a fresh new perspective to Hunter himself. The experience is in the journey; the destination is merely a junction or transition. Life keeps flowing like a river, even at moments where the water falls.

The Timkens of San Diego

Rising from a blacksmith’s apprentice to become king of the roller bearing, Henry Timken was one of the 19^th century’s greatest inventors.

His early engineering of axles, springs, and ball bearings for horse-drawn carriages made him rich. But his 1898 patent of a tapered roller bearing revolutionized transportation and made the German immigrant and his family uber rich.

In 1887, with his greatest invention still ahead of him, Timken retired to San Diego with his wife, Fredericka, and four of their five children. All would become wealthy from his patents and lead lives that often cast them in the nation’s headlines.

The three daughters made their niche in the art world.

Amelia founded the San Diego Museum of Art and resuscitated the symphony. Georgia studied art in Paris and St. Louis and married her art teacher. Eight of her paintings hang in the National Gallery of Art.

Cora became an ardent painter and a major collector of art from Persia, China, and India. The Metropolitan Museum of Art lists 133 objects from her. At age 47 she married an osteopathic doctor-scientist 15 years younger who was obsessed with the idea of curing illnesses through electromagnetism.

The sons, H.H. and W.R., took turns running the Timken empire and expanding it globally. H.H. became one of the wealthiest men in America.

Seven Brief Lessons on Computing

Have you ever looked down at your phone and wondered, “What’s going on in there?” If you’ve ever wondered how modern computers and digital devices work, Seven Brief Lessons on Computing takes you through an entertaining and educational journey of mankind’s desire to count, compare, and compute our world.

The Squirrel Lo and His Friend the Narrator – Book 1

Lo, a curious squirrel, discovers that he can understand all the stories told by the mysterious Narrator, stories that emerge from a special box of tales.Together, Lo and the Narrator embark on a journey, traveling from one country to another in search of something the Narrator desperately wants to find. But as they travel, Lo begins to sense that something is watching him. And the Narrator is keeping a secret – one that could change everything.What is the Narrator hiding? And what mysteries await in their adventures?Find out in The Squirrel Lo and His Friend the Narrator – Book 1.

The Fuzzy Bumblebee

In this thoughtful Clarke Fable, your child will learn the lesson of appreciating others for who they are. The fuzzy bumblebee comes to understand that he shares a sameness and a difference from those who are around him.

Don’t forget to look for the Fuzzy Little Bumblebee who appears on each page!

My Time with Astronauts

In this candid, courageous, and often unexpectedly funny memoir, Faby Kushner invites readers into a world of rocket launches, astronaut encounters, and the delicate art of rationing shrimp at cocktail parties.

But behind the glamour of shuttle missions, personal ties to space icons, and visits to NASA lies a deeper story, one shaped by challenge, reinvention, and quiet resilience. Faby faced unrelenting workplace gossip, the pain of divorce, and moments when life knocked her flat. And yet, through each setback, she rose, rebuilding her life piece by piece, discovering not just how to survive, but how to thrive.

This isn’t a story of perfection. It’s a story of perseverance. Of daring to believe that the best chapters might still lie ahead.

If you’ve ever found yourself staring down a version of life you didn’t ask for, this book offers more than just a glimpse of hope; it’s a witty, heartfelt reminder that reinvention is always possible, and joy can reappear when you least expect it.

Martita and the Last of the Muldoon Dragons

Stephanie Rivera tells a beautiful story of pride and forgiveness. Brave seven-year-old Martita and her new diminutive friend step in to help a young dragon discover courage he didn’t know he had. Excitement and friendship abound in this heartwarming story—complete with breathtaking illustrations by Brooke Musselman—that preserves the honorable lineage of the Muldoon Dragons.

Trapped but Not Forgotten

Sandra travels from Chicago to Gulf Shores, Alabama, all alone and never tells a soul where she is heading. Taking a wrong exit off the highway into a vicious storm. Fearing now for her life, she ends up in a diner. Not aware she will be trapped in the diner with eleven hostages, including an infant. Will Sandra and the hostages survive? Will it end in total hell?

Love Bites...Sometimes Too

This is the second story, the follow-up to Love Bites…Sometimes. Bryce and his new fiancé vampire have moved to a new small town. They think of themselves as safe and getting ready to plan their dream wedding, not realizing that someone from the past is still following them. But whose past is it, and why are they stalking them?

With his new awakening powers and abilities, Bryce’s fiancé is seeing and feeling a new terrifying threat looming and stalking them. This mysterious figure is using old friends as targets and puppets, as well as new mysterious attacks that threaten to expose them. Or is this mysterious new shrouded figure after something else even more sinister?

With the help of new/old friends and a relative, they discover new secrets and with new powers developing, will it be enough? This dark and mysterious figure seems to have an alley as well, also from Bryce’s dark family’s past. Will finding this dark figure’s ally identity lead them to find out who is stalking them?

Reflections of My Soul

Experience life through my eyes and my perspective of the way things are or might be.

Through my poems I challenge the reader to live my reality as I see it. Step into the twists and turns of my mind. Imagine stepping into my dreams, experiences, and nightmares. The trick is to find your way out again.

Ivy Jones and the Pirates of Mermaid Cove

Seven-year-old Ivy Jones never imagined that a simple trip to the beach would change her life forever.

But when she wanders from her parents and meets a curious mermaid named Sereia, Ivy is swept into a hidden world beneath the waves: the magical kingdom of Aqualithia. Here, mermaids live beneath shimmering coral arches and along seashell streets, protected by King Thalassor and his royal guards.

But peace in Aqualithia is under threat. A ruthless gang of human pirates has stolen the Miraluna Pearl, a glowing relic said to be the source of the mermaids’ magic.

With Sereia and a loyal dolphin named Shimmer by her side, Ivy must journey through a dangerous underwater world to recover the pearl and save Aqualithia.

But time is running out! Will Ivy discover her true courage and outsmart the greedy treasure hunters before the ocean’s light is lost forever…?

An Unlikely Gold Rush

Dave is a journalist who embarks on a thrilling treasure hunt. In a new town, with a new job and new friends he meets, Dave finds himself amid disreputable schemes set up by a deceitful group of hoodlums, who notoriously remain unchecked by the law in Clairmont County, a small place near Oregon.

Using his investigative reporter’s talents, Dave uncovers their duplicitous plot, but only to find how it puts his and his friends’ lives in danger. The only way out of their debacle is to go on a perilous hike to recover some lost relics and treasures in the dark and gloomy mountain caves.

Overpowered by the gangsters, Dave and his girlfriend Melissa have to go to the cave accompanied by them. In the thrill and suspense of their youthful journey, they try to find the light of day.