Maybe You Can’t Go Home Again, But You Can Start Over
Outskirts Press is pleased to announce the publication of Nomad’s Land, the highly anticipated first novel by Susan Kathleen. An experienced ghostwriter and comedy writer, Kathleen has turned her talents toward fiction to tell the tale of Catrin Moran, a young woman whose wandering existence has brought her back to Chicago, and to the people she once considered friends. - January 27, 2007
No Child Should Ever Feel He or She is Facing a Challenge Alone No Matter How Big or Small that Challenge May Be
We are all unique and different in our own way. Being different has its own rewards. - January 27, 2007
Spyjinks Abound in this Tale of Mistaken Identity and International Intrigue
Non-Stop Action with Dangers and Fun: The Ironical-Geographical Mystery is about a man who devoured spy novels as a kid, then switched to detective novels, and along the way decided that he wanted to become a private detective. Life instead handed him a job as a magazine reporter for a cheap rag in... - January 27, 2007
It’s a Dangerous World Out There—Learn the Ass-Kicking Techniques that Can Save Your Life
No one is immune from violence. Even the most safety-minded of us may one day find ourselves doing the unthinkable—fighting for our very lives against an attacker who wants to rob, rape, or even murder us. What would you do in such a situation? - January 26, 2007
Blind Spot ~ A Novel of Scientific Espionage. A Dangerous Technological Advance that Could be Frighteningly Close
In this book the writer develops a Personal Tactical High Energy Laser – PTHEL – which blinds the enemy. It is a weapon that we believe does not now exist. We are certain however, that it has been researched. Laser weapons the size of a large military vehicle have been developed. But, no such weapon has been developed that is lightweight or accurate enough for use by one or two men that the author is aware of. - January 26, 2007
Fast and Easy Strategies for Retirement Planning
Secrets to Basic Retirement Planning is a straightforward guidebook that offers valuable information for those seeking to understand how to set up, implement and choose a retirement plan. With a three-step approach, author and licensed consultant Chris Rodgers has compiled fast, easy, and simple... - January 26, 2007
Distinguished Educator Shows How to Learn to Speak in Filipino
Dr. Victoria Rey, an active leader in the Philippine community and an educator with an extensive experience in teaching Conversational Filipino and language arts, offers engaging activities in her book, Speak, Read and Write in Filipino. Through interacting with the lessons and activities in this book, non-Tagalog speakers will be able to communicate in Filipino that is composed mostly of Tagalog words. - January 26, 2007
Letting Go of Guilt: New Book Heralds Good News for Catholics
"Catholicism without the Guilt" is a practical approach to the Catholic faith. It is highly recommended for young adults. It is a book that will challenge its readers to think and cause them to laugh through an atmosphere that leads to wisdom. - January 26, 2007
Budget is Not a Four Letter Word
Widowed, broke, mother of three…several years ago, this would have described author, Staci Nauman. Not any more. Today she is financially stable and teaching others how they, too, can take back control of their personal finances and live within their means no matter what their paycheck reads. - January 26, 2007
A Successful Insurgence in America? New Book Shows It’s Possible
In Beyond the Failure Club, author James I. McGovern offers a compelling vision of the ultimate reaction to politics and government that have failed society. The insurgence here is not in some small or backward region of the world, but within greater North America, the United States and... - January 25, 2007
New Anthology Looks at the World of a Poet Up Close and Personal
The Life and Times of Angela Wilson is a self-portrait. It is a woman’s journey through life, a collage of personal experiences and observations that expose and question, and are at times painfully revealing. - January 25, 2007
Al-Qaida & South American Drug Cartel in Northern California? “Diamond Saloon” is a Must Read.
Robert Cogburn writing under pen-name Robert Conners has written an international thriller entitled “Diamond Saloon.” Terrorists in Northern California…citizens beware. - January 25, 2007
Oregon Author Crafts Innovative Western Novel
Jim Kennison of Newport, Oregon, reflecting on his experience and childhood memories, has written a western novel that departs from the tradition of the genre. - January 25, 2007
The Heroine and Hero Die, Yet this Action-romance Futuristic Story has a Happy Ending
In a few centuries, man’s continuing quest for ever-more prosperity, longevity, and conquest of territory culminates in a drastic scientific breakthrough. It’s something terrifying. And it’s terrible. Yet nothing else will do it all. The governments quietly promote it. But to be widely accepted, first it has to overcome many hurdles. This is a Prospective Fiction story of some of these showdowns that occur at the dawn of the 26th century on Mars... - January 25, 2007
Even in the Days of the Old West, it was Politics as Usual
A Simpler Time, which is subtitled A Lie Accepted As Truth Is More Powerful than the Truth Can Ever Be, takes readers down a not-so-familiar historical road and into the politics of the 19th Century in this fact-filled novel about a lonely 40-year-old native New Englander, who is also a Secret... - January 25, 2007
Author Exposes Controversies in Catholic Church
Detroit author and school teacher announces the release of her autobiographical novel, Confessions of a Catholic Schoolgirl. Zeroing in on the Catholic Church controversy, author Michelle Kane reveals the kind of secrets the Catholic Church has been sweeping under the rug for years. - January 25, 2007
Real Food for Real College Students
Outskirts Press, Inc. is pleased to bring you The Real College Cookbook by G. P. McDonald. Unlike many of the so-called “starving student” cookbooks on the market, this book highlights realistic food and beverage recipes that any college student can successfully survive on—the... - January 25, 2007
Real Emails from Unreal Males Focus of New Humor Book on Internet Dating
When Bari Auerbach decided to change her life after fifteen years of marriage, she tentatively ventured into the singles’ scene by subscribing to Internet dating sites in the hopes of finding her perfect match. Unexpectedly, the bulk of the emails she received were so outrageous that it spurred her to compile the real-life, unedited messages to create her book, You’ve Got Male. This book reveals what women encounter when faced with the opposite sex’s outrageous attempts at communication. - January 24, 2007
Imagine a World without Religious Dogma and Fanaticism, a World Where Everyone Lives the Golden Rule… with or without God
Healigion – a religion without God – by author Jim Lightwala offers a powerful examination of the consequences of religion throughout mankind’s history. It looks at the origins & aspects of religious teachings & practices. It asks readers to open theirs minds to a belief system where it is not important if there is a god or not. - January 24, 2007
"Up, Up and Away They Flew into the Starry Night." Taken from White Holly - a New, Innovative Christmas Tale by LadyGray
Author LadyGray creates an innovative Christmas tale with the standards and craftsmanship of such classics as Gift of the Magi or a Christmas Carol. A unique Yuletide tale that enters into unexplored areas of the Christmas tradition while retaining its old fashioned values. Picking up where... - January 18, 2007
Personal Experiences with God are Related in New Non-fiction Collection
This is a book about God — a collection of stories, compiled by an engineer, written by people who have met Him and found that it changed their lives. The accounts are gentle, positive, joyful, comforting, and full of lovingkindness. They show us that God is truly our divine parent who loves us and cares for us. - January 17, 2007
Nations Playing Lip Service to World Peace
In the tradition of John Lennon, the author lays out a step by step process by which the world can take responsibility for itself. A process “received” by him, and no doubt others, from a Universe offering a more enlightened way to live and at least one workable plan for world peace. - January 02, 2007
Interesting Carefree Lighthearted Short Stories Rather Than Heavy Oppressive Novels Will be the Choice for the New Year as an Escape from the Constantly Depressing Polit
Today's average person is far too busy to become emotionally involved in reading and trying to finishing a lengthy novel. Their average day is usually already so stressful that it requires soothing by reading something simply entertaining, not something that evokes more conflict. Enter the modern uplifting short story. - January 02, 2007
Columbia, Missouri, Physician Dr. Robert McDavid and Outskirts Press Announce the Publication of Only Daughters
Set in the matrix of pregnancy, Only Daughters is the personal struggle of a young physician as she fights to reestablish her life. Reader contribution to Only Daughters’ ending is solicited at OnlyDaughters.com. - January 02, 2007
Old Photographic Negatives Reveal Positive Images and Memories of Asbury Park, New Jersey’s West Side
Asbury Park: A West Side Story was written by Madonna Carter Jackson, a photographer’s daughter who preserved her father’s archive of black and white negatives that were taken in Asbury Park’s West Side from the early 1940’s to 1980. Her memories of the one square mile seashore town are stimulated by the images captured of a media neglected populations of African Americans of that period. Readers of her book enjoy her reminiscing and have memories of their own recalled. - January 02, 2007
A Young Woman’s Struggle for Personal Freedom in a World Bound by Tradition
Lost to Them, a novel by Gaytri Saggar, is a bittersweet love story that begins at the turn of the 20th century with a family in India and takes us through to the next generation’s life in Africa. As we become acquainted with the various family members, we learn about the strict boundaries of... - January 02, 2007
Now I Get It! Totally Sensational Advice for Living and Loving
Are you a person who revels in exercising your curiosity - often spending hours wondering about how and why people behave the way they do? Do you have limited time but unlimited thirst for knowledge about a wide range of topics, especially self-improvement, communication skills, intimate relationships, parenting dilemmas, and dozens of others? Great ... you’re in for a treat. - January 02, 2007
A Surprising and Entertaining Novel of the UFO Phenomenon— Told from a Biblical Perspective
UFOs and Aliens seem to shadow our curiosity. There have been many attempts to prove and disprove the existence of both. In this gripping novel, a long held secret is bared. This secret propels the characters in the novel into some very bizarre circumstances. Who knows? The events in this novel may very well become tomorrow’s headlines. - January 02, 2007
Palo Alto Writer, 77, Starts New Career in Fiction
Seven years after retiring from a career in international consulting, Louis Fried has launched a new career as an author of short fiction and fantasy with his book “Other Countries/Other Worlds.” His fiction appeals primarily to adults who have a broad viewpoint and who may enjoy stories set in Paris, Kilkenny, San Francisco, and other places in the world (or out of it). - January 02, 2007
Playa! Playa! Playa! The Book Everyone is Talking About by Author Egbert Price is Now Available on All Major Book Web Sites
In a world where people are judged by their status, how much they make, what they wear and what they drive. One playa has life all figured out, or does he? - January 02, 2007
What To Do About a Bully: A New Children’s Story Offers Practical Heartfelt Solutions
Everyday Heroes is a sensitive and somewhat humorous story about a fourth grader named Jesse and his friend, Bruno, a child who is the constant victim of Mud, the class bully. While the story focuses in on the problems that children face when dealing with bullies, it also addresses the pain that... - December 20, 2006
Energy Independence is Within America’s Grasp – Could a Ruthless Executive Prevent This from Happening?
A Romanov Returns is a fast paced novel dealing with the current energy needs of America and the political realities of global markets. - December 20, 2006
Mystic Claims He Has Solved the UFO Mystery
Nahu, mystic and author of the revolutionary new book UFOs: God from Inner Space asserts that despite contemporary mechanistic discoveries in science, “God is not dead, but alive and well, and can be seen above us in the form of the heavenly light commonly known as UFOs.” - December 20, 2006
An Exciting New Voice in Horror and Suspense
Six friends. A college reunion twenty years in the making. An isolated island cut-off from the mainland in a winter storm. One tragic secret holds them together. The wrath of one madman will tear them apart. - December 20, 2006
Theatrical Devotional Sets the Stage for a Spiritual Encounter
Voices beyond the Veil, The Story of God, Humanly Speaking is a theatrical devotional consisting of 80 monologues from great and not so great characters in the Bible. - December 20, 2006
How Will You Be Remembered? Life is No Doubt a Game Full of Winners and Losers... But in the End All Anyone Remembers is How You Played It.
At the dawn of the twentieth century, the sport of boxing - along with New York City - was struggling to civilize itself. Based on a true story and interwoven with the story of a young New Yorker at the turn of the twenty-first century, The Real McCoy is an Irish-American tale set at a time where actors were boxers and commonly boxers were actors, in and outside the ring. - December 20, 2006
New Exotic Mystery Novel about Peru Released in Both English and Spanish
A new exotic mystery novel has been released that takes place in Iquitos, Peru and concerns the interesting role of a witch in solving a theft. The Spanish characters in the book are strong and well defined and the mystery concerns a well-ordered plot. The book offers a good idea of Spanish life in the unusual city of Iquitos that is located in Amazonia and is the largest city in the world reachable only by air or boat. - December 20, 2006
Can a Man and a Woman Ever Really Be “Just Friends”?
Clayton Dunham, author of Crosses: A Christian Executive, explores this very question in his new work Unadulterated Love, Examining Affairs of the Heart and Platonic Relationships. It is a heart-wrenching tale of close friends of the opposite sex who experience the dangers of a secret friendship. - December 20, 2006
Has One of the Worlds Most Sought After Paintings Been Found? Find Out in Don Phillips Latest Book The Missing Monet
A Monet painting has been missing since World War Two..It apparently has shown up in the past, just to go missing again, thus its name: "The Missing Monet." Jim and Sarah are on the trail of the "Missing Monet", but not without danger. A large, widespread crime family... - November 09, 2006
Outskirts Press Releases New Book, "Secrets to Tax-Deferred Income," by Chris Rodgers. Learn how to Stop Being a Slave to Your Finances and Create a Tax-free Life
When author Chris Rodgers sat down to write a guide to basic financial planning, he says his goal was to free taxpayers from old ways of thinking. “I want to help others achieve maximum tax relief and gain financial independence. I want to help eliminate misguided fears and myths regarding taxpayers “options” regardless of circumstances." - November 09, 2006
Outskirts Press is Pleased to Present Tawanda’s Bed and Breakfast, a Hysterical Journey to Self Rediscovery
Outskirts Press is pleased to present Tawanda’s Bed and Breakfast, a hysterical first effort of a woman’s journey to self rediscovery in a highly unusual and independent fashion. A female Bill Bryson combined with a hint of Jill Connor Browne and a dash of The Milepost (The... - November 09, 2006
Making the Holidays Extra-Special With an Easy-to-Stitch Christmas Tree Advent Calendar
It was her daughter’s love for Advent calendars and her love for sewing that inspired author Ruthy Sturgill to create her first Christmas tree Advent calendar. When her friends began to ask for their own Christmas tree Advent calendar, Ruthy realized that she didn’t have the time to fill all of their requests. With her husband’s encouragement, she promised to market her pattern in order to make it available to her friends. - November 09, 2006
Learn How to Reach your Goals, Dreams, and Higher Purpose in Watch Me!—The Bold, New Motivational Attitude for Personal Success
Outskirts Press, Inc. and By the Sea Books – are pleased to introduce Riana Milne, a successful psychotherapist, motivational speaker, and advice columnist; and her daughter Alexi D. Panos, a successful model, actor, singer, dancer and businesswoman. Their new book Watch Me! provides a holistic, spiritual, and motivational program that will help students of all ages reach their life’s dreams and goals. - November 09, 2006
A New Novel’s Unflinching Look at Troubled Teens on a Journey to Nowhere
“There was only one way I knew how to get out. That was to just pick up and leave it all behind. I wanted to live and I knew if I stayed in that town, it would eventually kill me. If not physically, then emotionally and spiritually. The only thing worse than not having a dream to hold onto is... - October 23, 2006
Professional Gambler Tells How Not to Lose Your Shirt in the Casino
Legalized gambling is sweeping the nation, fueled by gamblers’ losses. This book will help readers understand the nature of the beast and how best to cope with it. - October 23, 2006
A Former University Lecturer in the Late Republic of Vietnam Shares his Spiritual ‘Journey To Beyond The Tombs’
Memoir 1975-2005 provides the journey with fully intriguing historical details to captivate your spirit. The Voice of God’s Rock exposes the living experiences and arduous studies that led the writer up to his definite and irreversible departure from Traditional Christianity. And As the wind... - October 23, 2006
Dragon Attacks Village! Is the King’s Mother Responsible? Author Theresa Gage Writes a Fantasy Page-Turner for Young Readers
World of Secrets, a new children’s book by Theresa Gage, tells the story of a wizard who takes advantage of a woman’s vulnerability, changing her into a dragon. He plots, schemes, causes a war and uses a group of trolls in his greedy efforts for treasure. - October 23, 2006
New Southern Humor Book Packs an Unexpected Heartfelt Punch
Edna Mae Thornberry appeared for the first time at the retirees’ meeting wearing a long white muumuu that had large orange flowers all over it, a white turtleneck shirt and her “signature” socks, the ones that were striped and had individual toes. She had a straw hat on her head... - October 23, 2006
Newest Release from Barbados Author Focuses on the Positive
When Lester “Zoom” Headley’s first book, The Crystal Treasure, was complete, his friend, Eiluj, said to him: “Lester, reach for the stars and all other things will fall into place. Unearth your talent—one book is not enough.” So this former Barbados speed walking... - October 23, 2006
Holmes Meets Watson - Again
Outskirts Press, Inc. is pleased to bring you Flat at 221B Baker Street by Joseph R. Cammarata. This brand-new mystery features a descendent of the most famous detective in all of fiction—Sherlock Holmes. There have been many theatrical, cinematic, and literary adaptations of and tributes to... - October 23, 2006