Bøger udgivet af Aventine Press

In Houses, his first poetry collection, Homer Starkey explores past trauma, sudden loss, self-isolation, and the spirit's ultimate rejuvenation. At times pithy and playful, other times a stream of somber consciousness, these collected poems interlace humor and sorrow to reflect the beautiful struggle of life.

This eagerly awaited sequel to Dear Carrie, Letters From the Eastern Sierra 1878-1899 is Kathleen Haun's second work of historical fiction, set in the wild beauty of the Eastern Sierra. The saga of the Eastman and Perry families continues in a memoir written by Whitney Eastman in 1940 to reveal the long-hidden events occurring in her life between 1900 and 1908. Raised by doting parents and a loving community, Whitney marries and moves north to Bridgeport expecting an equally happy life on a cattle ranch. But she soon discovers that the cloistered security of her childhood was poor preparation for dealing with stunning revelations about her new family, devastating loss, and betrayals that challenge Whitney and those she loves as they weather the passing storms in their lives.

Wolfe Studies: Essays and Critical Reviews is written to start verbal fistfights and maybe settle a few.  It is an uncompromising, no-holds-barred critical look at various portrayals of and approaches to Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin, and company, from films of the 1930s to television in the twenty-first century, and more.  Based on dedicated research into the attitudes, opinions, and statements of actors, authors, directors, critics, readers, writers, and viewers, Wolfe Studies undertakes a clear-eyed observation behind the curtain at what, why, and how these characters are presented.  You might even come to want to take a verbal swing at the author yourself.  You’ll like it.  Or hate it.  Or both.  It is a must-read for the Nero Wolfe devotee.  “In an ever more homogenized world, both real and fictional, Wolfe and Goodwin are not just different from each other; they remain exceptional from everything else.”

Father Don Osuna shares memories covering fifty years of travel experiences with his good friend, classmate and fellow priest, Tony. "As in Kerouac's classic On the Road and Steinbeck's evocative search for America in Travels with Charlie, Don uses a travelogue format to explore the values of friendship, leisure, travel and play.""We've had a lot of enriching experiences," the author writes, "as we covered much of globe. If you're interested and have the time, buckle up, come along and join Two Padres on Holiday

In 1873, the little town of Whitegrass, Texas, located on the Pecos River, is full of hope and ambition. Reverend Josh Hill and his wife, Sarah, minister to a small congregation at the Whitegrass Community Church. Unfortunately, others have grander ambitions, and the murder of a close friend, followed by the arrest of an innocent man, launch Josh and Sarah on a journey that will test Josh's faith.

In Kathleen Haun’s sixth historical fiction novel, packed with actual events of the 1880’s, Amanda and Roger Murphy (introduced in No Trees for Shade) learn that sometimes secrets are revealed in layers.  These secrets dramatically impact the lives of those who are keeping them, as well as those who uncover them.  Meanwhile, the fortunes of once fabulously wealthy mining towns like Bodie in California and Virginia City in Nevada, are changing rapidly, as are the lives of their citizens –- and the society in which they live.

Dr. Skolnick has written a gripping account of her journey from loss back to life. The untimely death of her husband was a life-altering experience that propelled her into an abyss of grief and desolation. How she moved forward slowly from her despair is the subject of this book.

"Denis Julien's first biographer in 1933 called him the "Mysterious D. Julien" because so little was known about him. He was surmised to have been a fur trapper along the Green and Colorado Rivers in the 1830s and not much more than that was known. Modern-day river runners know him from carved inscriptions along those rivers, but little else. This book, however, corrects that, presenting not only the first full-length story of the life of Denis Julien, but also his participation in the fur trade, not only in the American Southwest, but in the Mississippi-Missouri River region as well."--

"This is a collection of true stories about the characters and personalities of the folks I met, worked with and fought with while in the Marine Corps from the mid-1960's to the early-1980's. There were good guys and villains, heroes and heels. The Best of the Best served right alongside the Worst of the Worst. Read about the challenges of boot camp, advanced infantry training and general military subjects school; the loneliness, heartache and horror of service in Viet-Nam and the subsequent nightmares that haunt the sleep of veterans for decades after returning to the real world; surviving the administrative sabotage practiced in the junior enlisted ranks; the politics and intricacies of getting along in the senior enlisted ranks; the frustrations and satisfactions of leadership at the platoon level; the willing praise from senior officers who gladly gave credit where credit was due; and the character assassination attempts and backstabbing methods of senior officers who were almost psychotically jealous of junior officers who possessed superior talents and abilities. This was real life in the Marine Corps, raw, open and unadorned, back in the good old days when survival meant simply that, sometimes, the good guys didn't win, didn't get the girl and didn't ride off into the sunset. And, despite all the excitement, adventure and romance, not all stories had a happy ending."--

As a barefoot six-year old boy, Luben Walchef stomped mud into bricks that were used by his father and grandfather to build the humble house in rural Bulgaria where his family lived. For generations upon generations, the Walchefs had been farmers on the same plot of land. And then Luben came along. And he wasn't ten years old before he knew he wanted something else. Something different. Something more. When a poor Bugarian farm boy from a family in which no one had ever gone to high school dreams of becoming a physician, seeing the world, moving to America and making a fortune for himself, he can only be dreaming, right? Right?

The year is 1921. The Great War is over, the Jazz Age has begun, and Lilly Harrison's husband has fled to New Orleans, leaving her to face the dangerous bootleggers and narcotics dealers of Tampa. With the help of her best friend and her courtly and kind father, Lilly begins to rebuild her life, but she has a a decision to make-and an enormous price to pay.