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George V. Higgins
Best known for his popular crime fiction, Boston novelist George V. Higgins (1939-1999) should stand among the top ranks of the American literary canon. In his 26 novels and dozens of short stories, Higgins chronicled the lives of Boston's Irish with his trademark hard-boiled dialog, exploring the criminal underworld, American democracy, Boston politics, personal redemption and New England life in the tradition of Hawthorne and Thoreau. This intimate biography explores his turbulent life and career, including his working-class Irish Catholic roots, his two stormy marriages, his ambivalence toward the city of his birth, his passion for the limelight, and his drinking, which disrupted his family life and led to his early death at age 59. Discussions of Higgins's individual works and excerpts from his correspondence, writings, and thoughts on literature complete this revealing portrait.
Love and Fatherhood
Rock stars, butlers, billionaires, and cops... they all deserve love and fatherhood. Sweet guys become fathers in these three feel-good novels with three happy endings and three adorable newborn babies. Pregnant Rock Star Omega Johnny Omega's career will be over if the fans find out he's pregnant. He's resigned to being a single father. But Johnny's alpha bodyguard might share his sweet secret. Second Chance With the Unforgettable Alpha Know-it-all omega butler Higgins has just one weakness: the hot alpha rock star he used to work for. Higgins has forgotten all about him. Maybe. Until that rock star shows up at his front door. Omega's Baby With the Alpha Cop Edwin's muscular body and nonstop sassy comebacks hide his lonely heart. He's resigned to being a devoted father to his special-needs son and getting his jollies out by speeding around in a borrowed Lamborghini. But one traffic stop with one caring alpha cop can change everything. Love and Fatherhood is a 140,000-word collection of cute babies, snarky mothers-in-law, a capuchin monkey, and lots of laughter and love. No shifters, no cheating, no violence.
Omega’s Baby With the Alpha Cop
A sassy omega father hungry for love Edwin's ex didn't want to stick around to raise their special-needs kid. Since then, Edwin has devoted his life to his son. He's never had time to meet anybody. An alpha cop trying to live up to his partner's legacy After losing his partner, Rex is devoted to being a model cop and model citizen, just like his partner. He helps anyone he meets on his beat, but he disappears from the scene before emotions can develop. Edwin and Rex's first meeting is a traffic stop. Rex jump-starts Edwin's car. He and Edwin don't plan to meet again. But they might be able to jump-start each other's hearts. Even with a baby on the way, Rex doesn't want to give up the life he's known, and Edwin knows never to expect loyalty from an alpha. But the harder they try to stay apart, the harder they're drawn together into love. Omega's Baby With the Alpha Cop is a 40,000-word feel-good male pregnancy romance with a hunky cop learning to move on, a sassy single father learning to trust, a mischievous diaper-wearing monkey, a snarky teenage son, and an adorable blue-eyed newborn baby.
Island Dreams
Island Dreams is a true story of the wonders of British Columbias northern Gulf Islands. Swimming in the middle of the Strait of Georgia, these enchanting isles are serenaded by whales and surrounded by crushing depths; caressed by languorous calms and brutalized by terrifying storms. Island Dreams tells of one familys move to Olsen Island, one of the uninhabited gems nestled close by the isle of Lasqueti. Their story tacks through the wild beauty of these islands and dives on glass sponge reefs shimmering in the surrounding depths. Its an exploration of earthquake faults deep below Vancouver Island and the birth of Qualicum winds. Island Dreams also chronicles the natural and anthropologica...
The Final Reckoning
The World is in the throes of great turmoil, both economic, and otherwise, much like we find it today. A great evil has risen to take power over the inhabitants of the Earth.It is the end of days; the hour spoken about within the teachings of most of the major religions of the world. The final events are now occurring, and the judgment of the people has all but been completed. There are, however, a precious few who have yet to be judged.There emerges a champion of the people who pleads with God for an extension of time, so that he may prove that just one of these remaining souls will show proof strong enough to save the entire Human Race. This can be nothing short of a radical and complete t...
Blessed Are The Peacemakers
The culmination of a life long dream leads Dan Stark on misadventures and near death experiences as a Patrolman in the New York City Police Department. Dan Stark is one of nine children from a religious Brooklyn family of Irish decent. We follow him from childhood to fatherhood and all stops in between. We see his transformation from a rookie to a hardened vice cop while he never loses sight of his love for his family and his religion. We see the gritty side of the streets as well as his r
Old-Time Fiddling Across America
A unique collection of 66 fiddle tunes illustrating the major regional styles found across America and Canada. This book contains rare vintage photographs, player's biographical profiles, historical and performance notes, bowing indications, and information on cross-tunings and the American institution of fiddle contests. the authors have collaborated brilliantly on this labor of love to produce a definitive volume of tunes transcribed from recordings by many of the best fiddlers in North America. Exemplary tunes are included from the Northeast, Southeast and Western regions, plus various widespread ethnic styles including Cajun, Irish, Scandinavian, Klezmer, and Eastern European styles.
The Way We Were
The story of Ray Pettit is the story of America. a country of decent and generous people, a country with a heritage and system of government based on liberty and the rights of individuals, a country where opportunity has no bounds. Encouraged by his mill-worker parents, who were lacking in formal education but not in intelligence, character, and love for their children, he used his natural ability in mathematics and high-level academic achievement as a springboard to great accomplishments in engineering, some of which contributed to the development of today's modem cellphone technology .Mill-Village Boy begins with the story of a barefoot boy in overalls, in the small town of Canton, Georgia, during the depression years of the 1930s. Unconditionally loved by his parents, Ray Pettit went from Class Valedictorian to graduation from Georgia Tech with a degree in Electrical Engineering. This was followed by Masters and Doctor of Philosophy degrees, and outstanding achievements in industry and academia. Mill-Village Boy has elements of intrigue and danger, love and adventure, comedy and sadness, loyalty and betrayal. . . a fascinating description of an exciting and rewarding life!
The Wide Clear Sky
Nathan Dale is a cavalry sergeant demobilized after the Civil War. He and his army buddies sign on as Indian fighters for a wagon train from Independence, Missouri to San Francisco. He has spent four years of his life in the army and knows nothing about women. The wagon master is killed and young Nathan finds himself in charge of a thirty-wagon train, Indians he can handle but women baffle him completely.
Locks, Bolts and Bars
John Massey's story is unique. Part of a notorious duo that the Flying Squad dubbed 'Laurel and Hardy', his criminal activities included hijacking a police car after robbing a bank of £25,000 and relieving the Sunday Mirror of £50,000 – and all before he was arrested for murder, aged 27. But that was just the beginning. Given a life sentence, with a minimum term of twenty years, Massey would find himself incarcerated for forty-three years, give or take a prison break, in almost every prison in the country. In Locks, Bolts and Bars, one of Britain's longest-serving prisoners reflects on a life spent on the 'inside', from corrupt guards to notorious criminals, and the real value of freedom.
