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    • Bits and Pieces - Martha Curtis An autobiography originally written in 1970. A blast from the past that will have you marveling at how things have changed.
    • Ceilidh's Quest - Gail MacMillan A true story that is funny, sad and fresh.
    • Conviction: a Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice - Skylar Hamilton Burris A top seller in Christian Romance - one of the best sequel's written.
    • For the Sake of Terror - John V. Tieso Everyone knows about dirty bomb threats - but did you know about contagious disease threats?
    • If ONLY I Could Talk - Photography Book - Martha Dougherty Photography book with accompanying stories. Some funny, some sad, all informative with great pics.
    • In the Brief Eternal Silence - Rebecca Melvin If you ever thought Jesus Christ is a wimp, you need to read this book. He doesn't make an appearance, but He sure has presence.
    • One Sloop and Slow Match -- James Spurr Book 2 Great Lakes Great Guns Historical Series
    • Sworn for Mackinaw - James Spurr #1 in the series - an astounding sense of our countrymen and the battles they fought.
    • Thirty-Six Years Later. . . - Martha Curtis-Dougherty The sequel to Martha's first autobiography. Find out what she's doing thirty-six years later.
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    • Rethinking Worldview: Learning to Think, Live and Speak in This World - J. Mark Bertrand Christian Worldview -title pending, but knowing this author's writing, it will be a good one
    • Seabiscuit: an American Legend - Laura Hillenbrand Great example of a well-researched niche subject becoming of global interest because of the quality of detail
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    • Martha Dougherty - Heritage Photo Martha Dougherty - Heritage Photo - fine photographic prints
    • Russ Shaffer - Embossed Engravings Russ Shaffer - Embossed Engravings - original artwork
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Archive for July, 2008

29 Jul

Back to Business

As much as we enjoyed our vacation, I was more than ready to get back to work upon our arrival home.
There was a lot to get into: Gail MacMillan’s next release Caledonian Privateer and Royalty Statements.
Royalty Statements took precedence as they are required by contract to be mailed by the end of July (for the […]

28 Jul

Vacation Recap: Days 4 and 5

I’m going to sail through the last two days of our vacation. Partly because while I’ve been busy recapping our trip on the blog, business has been moving right along now that I’m back, and there are things I wish to blog about dealing with that. Also, by the time I woke up on Day […]

25 Jul

Vacation Recap: Day 3 — Ouch!

At the end of day 2, we finished our meal with author James Spurr and he went his way and we went ours. Our way was back to the beach. It was evening, but there were still several hours of daylight left, and despite Martha and Neal’s lack of fondness for the beach, the lure […]

23 Jul

Vacation Recap: Day 2 Part II - What Some People are Willing to do for a Good Picture

We were only out on Friends Good Will for an hour and a half. It was way too short. How can I describe the utter tranquility and simultaneous exhiliration of a sail? No sound of motors, engines or anything smacking of the modern era. Only the sounds of a time gone by, ropes creaking, sails […]

22 Jul

Vacation Recap: Day 2 Part I — Jim Spurr and Friends Good Will

Day 2 of our vacation was by far the most anticipated and most exciting day we had. With the amount of built-up expectation, it would have been easy for either author Jim Spurr or the sloop Friends Good Will to disappoint, but neither did. If anything they both surpassed expectations.
Our sail wasn’t scheduled until 1:15, […]

21 Jul

Vacation Recap: Day 1 PHOTOS

Here are some photos provided by our ‘official’ photographer, Martha Dougherty, of our first day on the road:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Cord Auburn Deuesenberg Museum - Indiana

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daughter Shelby and myself

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Grand Haven Michigan Lighthouse - 1905

19 Jul

Vacation Recap: Day 1 — Auburn-Cord Duesneberg Museum

We made it back from our road trip and I thought I would share some of our experiences. Eventually, we will have pictures, as soon as our ‘official’ photographer sorts through the some 800 photos (yes, you read that correctly, Eight Hundred!) she took and forwards me the highlights.
The first day, Sunday, we left Pennsylvania […]

12 Jul

Interruption to Regularly Scheduled Blogging & Walid Shoebat

As those who follow this blog are aware, we are going on vacation beginning tomorrow. This will, of course, result in an interruption to our regularly scheduled blogging.
No, I’m not one of those super-dedicated types that takes their laptop with them and blogs while on the road and in the motel. A vacation, to me, […]

09 Jul

We Lost a Member of our Family Today

If you go to the Double Edge Press Homepage, you’re going to find something missing. We’re down one title.
Although we still retain the rights to Shall Die by the Sword by T.S. Beckett, it will no longer be available in print. We’ve yanked it from distribution.
99% of this decision was due to lack of sales, […]

08 Jul

Tying up Loose Ends

Our planned trip to Michigan is fast arriving and I’m busy tying up loose ends.
Top on the priority list is going over some final details with a friend of ours who has agreed to keep an eye on the store and keep some of my pies warm in the oven. She spent part of this […]

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