War Zone is the story of the time the enemy entered America’s front door unhindered\, when the United States suffered but overcame the German U-boat menace. For seven months\, black smoke and orange flames from torpedoed vessels filled the ocean skies from New England to New Orleans. Explosions rattled window panes and the nerves of coastal residents. Beaches were awash with wreckage\, oil\, empty lifeboats\, and bodies. The majority of these attacks occurred off the North Carolina coast.
“Why didn’t I know about this?” many people ask about one of the most spellbinding but least-known chapters of American history. Decades of military secrecy\, reluctance by those involved to remember painful memories\, and the disregard of this important history in educational curriculums are a few of the answers.
War Zone is a gripping panorama of the shameful betrayal of merchant sailors\, of young Coast Guard recruits watching helplessly as sailors plunged into pools of burning oil\, and of the baby born in a lifeboat. Learn about the intrepid men and women who defended America in little boats and in small planes\; the truth behind the famous phrase “Sighted sub\, sank same\;” and the children who spied on German spies. Discover the real story behind the legends of secret agents\, midget-submarine landings\, a busload of naked Nazi U-boat POWs at New Bern\, and the shelling of a chemical plant on Kure Beach. Follow the accounts of three climactic engagements between U.S. forces and German U-boats off the North Carolina coast with the Battle of the Atlantic hanging in the balance\; and the time a tearful son from England visited his father’s grave on Ocracoke Island for the first time in 62 years.
War Zone is a classic American story told from the perspective of everyday people who daily faced daunting challenges with perseverance\, patriotism\, and uncommon valor. Shocking\, emotionally stirring\, humorous\, and ironic\, War Zone preserves these memories of the greatest generation of Americans living on the coast of North Carolina in 1942.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T000000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/tamar-myers-boy-who-stole-leopard%E2%80%99s-spots URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/tamar-myers-boy-who-stole-leopard%E2%80%99s-spots SUMMARY:Tamar Myers - The Boy Who Stole the Leopard’s Spots DESCRIPTION:In The Boy Who Stole The Leopard's Spots by Tamar Myers\, fans of Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible and Alexander McCall Smith’s mystery series\, will enjoy this intriguing and richly told story\, set against the beautiful and bewitching backdrop of the Belgian Congo\, in a tale that captivates from page one. Before all is said and done\, the lovely missionary Amanda\, Captain Pierre Jardin\, the Witch Doctor and his intuitive wife Cripple\, all become embroiled in this shrouded mystery. With evil omens and strange occurrences mounting\, will they be able to figure out the mysterious forces that have taken over without risk to their own lives? Tamar Myers weaves a mesmerizing and authentic tale of intrigue\, murder and strange ritual that engages to the very end.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120526T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120526T160000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/mary-lee-when-grandmas-false-teeth-fly URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/mary-lee-when-grandmas-false-teeth-fly SUMMARY:Mary Lee - When Grandma's False Teeth Fly DESCRIPTION:Katie is not a little girl anymore—she is six years old! But some mean girls at school still tease her about her chipped baby tooth. Katie learns to use humor instead of sadness or anger to solve her problems with the bullies at school\, from listening to a hilarious story about when her grandma’s false teeth landed in a bowl of chocolate pudding.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120526T183000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120526T183000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/marli-siebumger-diamonds-mildew URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/marli-siebumger-diamonds-mildew SUMMARY:Marli Siebumger - Diamonds & Mildew DESCRIPTION:Diamonds &\; Mildew is an exciting story about family legacy and diamonds. It reveals how ambition charms many lives as well as how fast money determines the course of their misery. It is an epic story\, rich in dangerous endeavors\, striking characters and shocking plots.
The Merlenes dynasty saga starts in the streets of Paris in the nineteenth century and hastens extravagantly throughout America\, Brazil\, South Africa and Greece.
The driving ambition of a young man sets the groundwork for many generations of his family to engage in reckless\, vicious episodes of destiny.
The fascinating life of each character\, who dreams\, loves\, deceives and kills meticulously entangles with those who keep the faith\, the loyalty and the devastating secrets of the family.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T183000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T183000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/steve-repak-dollars-and-uncommon-sense URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/steve-repak-dollars-and-uncommon-sense SUMMARY:Steve Repak - Dollars and Uncommon Sense DESCRIPTION:In Dollars and Uncommon Sense\, Army veteran and Certified Financial Planner Steve Repak shows you why\, and how\, to use uncommon sense to get back on track. Just as in basic training\, where a drill sergeant transforms ordinary recruits into soldiers ready to battle\, Repak serves as your drill sergeant in this groundbreaking new book.
Steve Repak\, CFP\, is an Army veteran\, motivational speaker\, consultant and principal at Repak Financial Services. He has helped countless ordinary people turn their finances around with his inspiring personal finance presentations and one- on- one financial counseling. Repak was the 1995 For Bliss\, Texas Noncommissioned Officer of the Year\, and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Management Communications from Amridge University. He now works for himself as a highly successful Certified Financial Planner in Charlotte\, North Carolina\, where he lives with his wife and three children.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120601T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120601T000000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/ted-claypoole-and-theresa-payton-protecting-your-internet-identity-are-you-naked-online URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/ted-claypoole-and-theresa-payton-protecting-your-internet-identity-are-you-naked-online SUMMARY:Ted Claypoole and Theresa Payton - Protecting Your Internet Identity\: Are You Naked Online? DESCRIPTION:Today people have an offline reputation and image\, but are increasingly creating one or more online personas. Their online image is having an impact on them in many ways. Employers are hiring and firing based on people’s online activities. Criminals are using online identities to abuse or steal from victims. Cyberbullies are taking advantage of those who reveal themselves as vulnerable on grieving or eating disorder sites. Schools are denying admission based on adolescent behaviors broadcast online in social networking sites or media sharing sites such as YouTube. This book helps readers understand the implications of their online personas\, how they may be putting themselves at risk\, and how to take charge of this important new aspect of their lives for career and personal success. Offering simple\, specific steps readers can take to analyze their online image\, determine who they want to be online\, and turn their online reputation around\, this book is the go-to source for protecting your online image and projecting the persona you want others to see. The authors offer key advice on\:
Even the most weathered and experienced surfcaster will tell you that there are always innovative ways to fish the mighty Atlantic. This fresh and original field guide\, from veteran surfcaster Cameron Wright\, offers valuable techniques that will develop any fisherman into a more confident saltwater angler. From rigs and tackle to baits and lures\, this comprehensive companion has advice for surfcasters of every skill level. With preferential attention to the Carolina coasts\, The Southern Surfcaster identifies fish indigenous to these waters\, examines beach and weather conditions and explores some of the rich heritage that has helped define the southern Atlantic as the country’s most historic seaboard.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120602T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120602T190000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/rye-barcott-it-happened-way-war-0 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/rye-barcott-it-happened-way-war-0 SUMMARY:Rye Barcott - It Happened on the Way to War DESCRIPTION:It Happened on the Way to War is the gripping story of this unlikely trio’s journey to build a nongovernmental organization in a volatile place and help develop a new generation of leaders from within. Their organization\, Carolina for Kibera (CFK)\, is now a pioneer of the movement called participatory development\, drawing recognition fromTime magazine as a “Hero of Global Health” and interest from Melinda Gates\, President Barack Obama\, and other dignitaries\, who have visited to see its best practices.
Barcott continued his leadership in CFK while serving as a Marine in Iraq\, Bosnia\, and the Horn of Africa. Engaged in two forms of public service at once\, he fought in wars while waging peace. Grappling with the intense stress of leading Marines in dangerous places\, he took the tools he learned building community in one of the most fractured parts of Kenya and became a more effective counterinsurgent.
This is a true story of sacrifice and courage\, failure and triumph\, and the powerful melding of military and humanitarian service. It’s a story of what America’s role in the world could be.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120603T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120603T190000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/leonard-pitts-jr-freeman URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/leonard-pitts-jr-freeman SUMMARY:Leonard Pitts Jr. - Freeman DESCRIPTION:Freeman\, the new novel by Leonard Pitts\, Jr.\, takes place in the first few months following the Confederate surrender and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Upon learning of Lee's surrender\, Sam--a runaway slave who once worked for the Union Army--decides to leave his safe haven in Philadelphia and set out on foot to return to the war-torn South. What compels him on this almost-suicidal course is the desire to find his wife\, the mother of his only child\, whom he and their son left behind 15 years earlier on the Mississippi farm to which they all "\;belonged."\;
At the same time\, Sam's wife\, Tilda\, is being forced to walk at gunpoint with her owner and two of his other slaves from the charred remains of his Mississippi farm into Arkansas\, in search of an undefined place that would still respect his entitlements as slaveowner and Confederate officer.
The book's third main character\, Prudence\, is a fearless\, headstrong white woman of means who leaves her Boston home for Buford\, Mississippi\, to start a school for the former bondsmen\, and thus honor her father’s dying wish.
At bottom\, Freeman is a love story--sweeping\, generous\, brutal\, compassionate\, patient--about the feelings people were determined to honor\, despite the enormous constraints of the times. It is this aspect of the book that should ensure it a strong\, vocal\, core audience of African-American women\, who will help propel its likely critical acclaim to a wider audience. At the same time\, this book addresses several themes that are still hotly debated today\, some 145 years after the official end of the Civil War. Like Cold Mountain\, Freeman illuminates the times and places it describes from a fresh perspective\, with stunning results. It has the potential to become a classic addition to the literature dealing with this period. Few other novels so powerfully capture the pathos and possibility of the era particularly as it reflects the ordeal of the black slaves grappling with the promise--and the terror--of their new status as free men and women.
Leonard Pitts won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary for his twice-weekly syndicated column\, which appears in more than 200 newspapers\, and has won numerous other journalism awards. Born and raised in Southern Californnia\, he now lives in suburban Washington DC with his wife and children. His first novel\, Before I Forget\, was called "\;bold in spirit and scope"\; and "\;a rare\, memorable debut"\; by Publishers Weekly.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120605T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120605T000000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/lawrence-lohr-and-then-they-stood-old-textile-mills-carolina-piedmont URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/lawrence-lohr-and-then-they-stood-old-textile-mills-carolina-piedmont SUMMARY:Lawrence Lohr - And Then They Stood\: Old Textile Mills of the Carolina Piedmont DESCRIPTION:Once upon a time throughout the Carolina Piedmont there existed a string of textile mills employing close to half a million. “A mill a mile\,” the Southern Railway advertized. Now most are either demolished\, standing empty\, or put to other uses. And Then They Stood presents a collection of B&\;W photographs of old mills together with essays on the roles of energy and labor in the history of the industry.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120608T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120608T000000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/tracy-crow-eyes-right URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/tracy-crow-eyes-right SUMMARY:Tracy Crow - Eyes Right DESCRIPTION:Just out of high school in 1977\, her personal life already a mess\, Tracy Crow thought the Marines might straighten her out. And sure enough\, in the Corps she became a respected public affairs officer and military journalist—one day covering tank maneuvers or beach assaults\, the next interviewing the secretary of the navy. But success didn’t come without a price.
When Crow pledged herself to God\, Corps\, and Country\, women Marines were still a rarity\, and gender inequality and harassment were rampant. Determined to prove she belonged\, Crow always put her career first—even when\, after two miscarriages and a stillborn child\, her marriage to another Marine officer began to deteriorate. And when her affair with a prominent general was exposed—and both were threatened with court-martial—Crow was forced to re-evaluate her loyalty to the Marines\, her career\, and her family.
Eyes Right is Crow’s story. A clear-eyed self-portrait of a troubled teen bootstrapping her way out of a world of alcoholism and domestic violence\, it is also a rare inside look at the Marines from a woman’s perspective. Her memoir\, which includes two Pushcart Prize–nominated essays\, evokes the challenges of being a woman and a Marine with immediacy and clarity\, and in the process reveals how much Crow’s generation did for today’s military women\, and at what cost.
Tracy Crow is an assistant professor of creative writing at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg\, Florida\, and the nonfiction editor of Prime Number magazine. Her essays and short stories have appeared in a number of literary journals and been nominated for three Pushcart Prizes. Under the pen name Carver Greene\, Crow published the conspiracy thriller An Unlawful Order\, the first in a new series to feature a military heroine.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120609T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120609T000000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/mary-kay-andrews-spring-fever URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/mary-kay-andrews-spring-fever SUMMARY:Mary Kay Andrews - Spring Fever DESCRIPTION:The New York Times bestselling author of Summer Rental delivers her delicious new escapist novel about small towns\, old flames\, and deep secrets...
Annajane Hudgens truly believes she is over her ex-husband\, Mason Bayless. They’ve been divorced for four years\, she’s engaged to a new\, terrific guy\, and she’s ready to leave the small town where she and Mason had so much history. She is so over Mason that she has absolutely no problem attending his wedding to the beautiful\, intelligent\, delightful Celia. But when fate intervenes and the wedding is called to a halt as the bride is literally walking down the aisle\, Annajane begins to realize that maybe she’s been given a second chance. Maybe everything happens for a reason. And maybe\, just maybe\, she wants Mason back. But there are secrets afoot in this small southern town. On the peaceful surface of Hideaway Lake\, Annajane discovers that the past is never really gone. Even if there are people determined to keep Annajane from getting what she wants\, happiness might be hers for the taking\, and the life she once had with Mason in this sleepy lake town might be in her future.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120609T193000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120609T193000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/adam-perry-lang-charred-scruffed URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/adam-perry-lang-charred-scruffed SUMMARY:Outside event at Carpe Diem\: Adam Perry Lang - Charred & Scruffed DESCRIPTION:New ways to grill from the master. With Charred &\; Scruffed\, bestselling cookbook author and acclaimed chef Adam Perry Lang employs his extensive culinary background to refine and concentrate the flavors and textures of barbecue and reimagine its possibilities. Adam's new techniques\, from roughing up meat and vegetables ("\;scruffing"\;) to cooking directly on hot coals ("\;clinching"\;) to constantly turning and moving the meat while cooking ("\;hot potato"\;)\, produce crust formation and layers of flavor\, while his board dressings and finishing salts build upon delicious meat juices\, and his "\;fork finishers"\;--like cranberry\, hatch chile\, and mango "\;spackles"\;--provide an intensely flavorful\, concentrated end note. Meanwhile\, side dishes such as Creamed Spinach with Steeped and Smoked Garlic Confit\, Scruffed Carbonara Potatoes\, and Charred Radicchio with Sweet-and-Sticky Balsamic and Bacon\, far from afterthoughts\, provide exciting contrast and synergy with the "\;mains."\;
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120610T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120610T190000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/jessie-carthy-anne-barnhill-and-maureen-sherbondy-poetry-reading URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/jessie-carthy-anne-barnhill-and-maureen-sherbondy-poetry-reading SUMMARY:Jessie Carthy\, Anne Barnhill and Maureen Sherbondy - Poetry Reading DESCRIPTION:Jessie Carty’s writing has appeared in publications such as MARGIE\, decomP and Connotation Press. She is the author of five poetry collections which include the upcoming chapbook An Amateur Marriage (Finishing Line\, 2012) and the award winning full length poetry collection\,Paper House (Folded Word 2010). Jessie teaches at RCCC in Concord\, NC. She is the founding editor of Referential Magazine. She can be found often around the web so check out the pages tabbed above and the side bar of the blog page.
Anne Clinard Barnhill has been writing or dreaming of writing for most of her life. For the past twenty years\, she has published articles\, book and theater reviews\, poetry\, and short stories. Her first book\, AT HOME IN THE LAND OF OZ\, recalls what it was like growing up with an autistic sister. Her work has won various awards and grants. Barnhill holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Besides writing\, Barnhill also enjoys teaching\, conducting writing workshops\, and facilitating seminars to enhance creativity. She loves spending time with her three grown sons and their families. For fun\, she and her husband of thirty years\, Frank\, take long walks and play bridge. In rare moments\, they dance.
Maureen Sherbondy grew up in Metuchen\, New Jersey\, and now resides in Raleigh\, North Carolina with her three sons. Her short stories have appeared in numerous publications\, including Southeast Review\, Stone Canoe\, The Chapel Hill News\, and the North Carolina Literary Review. One of Maureen’s stories was selected as a runner-up in the William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition\; another story won the Piccolo Spoleto Fiction Open. Her poems have won first place in\: The Deane Ritch Lomax Poetry Prize (Charlotte Writers’ Club)\, The Lyricist Statewide Poetry Contest\, and the Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Award from Kent State University. Main Street Rag Publishing Company published her first chapbook\, After the Fairy Tale\, in 2007. Praying at Coffee Shops was published in February\, 2008. The Slow Vanishing\, a short story collection\, was released this past fall. Maureen teaches writing workshops and also leads an open mike night.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120612T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120612T000000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/kevin-hearne-tricked URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/kevin-hearne-tricked SUMMARY:Kevin Hearne - Tricked DESCRIPTION:In this fourth installment of Kevin Hearne's Iron Druids Chronicles\, Druid Atticus O’Sullivan hasn’t stayed alive for more than two millennia without a fair bit of Celtic cunning. So when vengeful thunder gods come Norse by Southwest looking for payback\, Atticus\, with a little help from the Navajo trickster god Coyote\, lets them think that they’ve chopped up his body in the Arizona desert.
But the mischievous Coyote is not above a little sleight of paw\, and Atticus soon finds that he’s been duped into battling bloodthirsty desert shapeshifters called skinwalkers. Just when the Druid thinks he’s got a handle on all the duplicity\, betrayal comes from an unlikely source. If Atticus survives this time\, he vows he won’t be fooled again. Famous last words.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120613T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120613T000000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/bob-garner-bob-garners-book-barbecue-north-carolinas-favorite-food URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/bob-garner-bob-garners-book-barbecue-north-carolinas-favorite-food SUMMARY:Bob Garner - Bob Garner's Book of Barbecue\: North Carolina's Favorite Food DESCRIPTION:In 1994\, Bob Garner began doing short features about barbecue for UNC-TV’s statewide public-television magazine program\, North Carolina Now.
In 1996\, he published North Carolina Barbecue\: Flavored by Time\, taking readers on a delectable journey across the state in search of the best examples of this distinctive North Carolina delicacy. After Garner produced a one-hour television special based on his book\, he quickly became known throughout North Carolina as “the barbecue man.”
In 2002\, he published Bob Garner’s Guide to North Carolina Barbecue\, which describes the 100 best barbecue restaurants from the mountains to the sea.
Now\, both books are combined\, updated\, and expanded into one volume\, creating the ultimate authoritative reference to every aspect of North Carolina barbecue. Bob Garner’s Book of Barbecue\: North Carolina’s Favorite Foodpreserves the heritage and tradition of a disappearing rural lifestyle while showing how barbecue continues to evolve. Packed full of recipes for barbecue and popular side dishes (above and beyond the traditional hush puppies\, slaw\, and ’nana pudding)\; sidebars with useful tips\, barbecue-related news\, and features\; and profiles of past and present influential pit masters and barbecue aficionados\, this tome is the definitive guide to anything and everything pertaining to North Carolina’s favorite food.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120614T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120614T000000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/mark-ethridge-fallout URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/mark-ethridge-fallout SUMMARY:Mark Ethridge - Fallout DESCRIPTION:Josh Gibbs decided he was through with investigative reporting when controversy derailed his Pulitzer Prize ambitions in Atlanta. Now editor of a weekly paper\, he gets two pieces of news from Dr. Allison Wright that change everything. The first is that his daughter has cancer. The second -- that a mysterious condition is plaguing Wright’s patients -- leads the widowed newspaperman and divorced physician in pursuit of an unimaginable danger. Fallout is the story of their journey -- a journey through an Ohio River town’s myths\, heroes and oddities\, from Indian curses to rat fishing to an alternative view of George Washington.
Above all\, Fallout is a story of corporate irresponsibility\, of political self-interest\, and of a potential catastrophe that looms in most American cities.
Written by Mark Ethridge\, author of the novel Grievances\, now the major motion picture Deadline\, starring Eric Roberts.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120615T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120615T000000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/karen-white-sea-change URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/karen-white-sea-change SUMMARY:Karen White - Sea Change DESCRIPTION:For Ava Whalen\, a new marriage and a move to St. Simons Island means a new beginning. But what she doesn’t realize is that her marriage will take her on an unexpected journey into the deep recesses of her past that will transform her forever…
For as long as she can remember\, Ava Whalen has struggled with a sense of not belonging\, and now\, at thirty-five\, she still feels stymied by her family. Then she meets child psychologist Matthew Frazier\, and thinks her days of loneliness are behind her. After a whirlwind romance\, they impulsively elope\, and Ava moves to Matthew’s ancestral home on St. Simons Island off the coast of Georgia.
But after the initial excitement\, Ava is surprised to discover that true happiness continues to elude her. There is much she doesn’t know about Matthew\, including the mysterious circumstances surrounding his first wife’s death. And her new home seems to hold as many mysteries and secrets as her new husband. Feeling adrift\, Ava throws herself into uncovering Matthew’s family history and that of the island\, not realizing that she has a connection of her own to this place—or that her obsession with the past could very well destroy her future.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120616T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120616T000000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/kimberly-brock-river-witch URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/kimberly-brock-river-witch SUMMARY:Kimberly Brock - The River Witch DESCRIPTION:Roslyn Byrne’s career as a professional ballet dancer is ended with a car wreck and a miscarriage\, leaving her lost and grieving. She needs a new path and\, unable to return to her Appalachian roots\, immures herself for the summer on Manny’s Island\, Georgia. There Roslyn meets ten-year-old girl\, Damascus Trezevant and finds herself caught in a mysterious stew of the past and present\, the music of the river\, and the dead and the dying who haunt the riverbank.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120616T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120616T160000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/greg-stokes-mother-did-you-know URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/greg-stokes-mother-did-you-know SUMMARY:Greg Stokes - Mother Did You Know DESCRIPTION:Mother Did You Know? Letters from the Heart of an Overweight Boy to His Mother About the Destructive Forces of Childhood Obesity by Greg Stokes stands as a voice for all who are downcast from obesity. These letters bring a shocking revelation to parents and caregivers of children struggling with obesity. Mr. Stokes powerfully reveals some of his most personal and painful memories of being an overweight child within the pages of this compelling read. Now a fit and healthy adult\, Mr. Stokes offers insight into how parents can support and empower their overweight children to become healthy and to heal the emotional pain that comes with being an obese child.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120616T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120616T190000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/new-beginning-kay-bernard-mcgarry URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/new-beginning-kay-bernard-mcgarry SUMMARY:Kay Bernard McGarry - A New Beginning\: A Survival Guide for Parents of College Freshmen DESCRIPTION:In her book\, Kaye Bernard McGarry\, M.Ed.\, covers all the major areas of concern for parents and students\: - Communication\, Academics\, Finances\, Values - and provides the tools to help students and parents communicate effectively before and after they leave for the college campus. Kaye is a member of the National Speakers Association\, Mecklenburg County School Board 2003-2011\, and is recognized and respected by her peers as an expert in her field. She is a speaker\, seminar presenter\, and educational consultant.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120617T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120617T190000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/philip-gerard-patron-saint-dreams URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/philip-gerard-patron-saint-dreams SUMMARY:Philip Gerard - The Patron Saint of Dreams DESCRIPTION:The Patron Saint of Dreams is a collection of fifteen narrative essays that address the world through the lens of personal experience\, moments when seemingly small decisions have large consequences\: enduring the terror of a direct hit by a hurricane\, hiking through bear country and suffering a heart attack\, discovering an imposter who maintains his dual life long after death. These are the stories we live\, and the lovely and terrible people who live them with us.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T035534Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120620T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120620T000000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/robert-goolrick-heading-out-wonderful URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/robert-goolrick-heading-out-wonderful SUMMARY:Robert Goolrick - Heading Out to Wonderful DESCRIPTION:In Heading Out to Wonderful\, an attractive and enigmatic stranger--Charlie Beale\, a loner\, recently home from the war in Europe--wanders into the town of Brownsburg\, a sleepy village of only a few hundred people nestled in the Valley of Virginia. He brings with him two suitcases\: one contains all his worldly possessions\, including a set of butcher's knives\; the other is full of money.Charlie quickly finds a job at the local butcher shop and through his work there meets all the townspeople\, most notably Sam Haislett\, the five-year-old son of the shop's owner\, and Sylvan Glass\, the beautiful\, eccentric teenage bride of the town's richest man. What no one anticipates is how the interaction of these three people will alter the town forever\, and how the passion that flares between Charlie and Sylvan will mark young Sam for life.Told through the eyes of Sam\, now an older man looking back on that time\, this much-anticipated follow-up to "\;A Reliable Wife "\;is an exciting\, erotically charged\, and altogether unforgettable story of love gone terribly wrong in a place where once upon a time such things could happen.
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