It Happened On Sweet Street

Cakes, cookies or pie? A rivalry among local bakers is the basis for this deliciously sweet, off-the-wall picture book. Monsieur Oliphant's cake shop, the only bakery game in town, has long had customers lining up outside its door for Oliphant's delicious jelly rolls and marvelous wedding cakes . . . until the day cookie concocter Mademoiselle Fée takes over the old shoemaker's shop. And it isn't long before the divine piemaker Madame Clotilde soon moves into the old bric-a-brac shop. Three different bakers all trying to outclass one another means their little cul-de-sac is packed with customers every day and night, so, one morning, when everyone is bumpling and jostling each other with their cakes, cookies and pies, a food disaster -- a massacre of cream, a devastation of crumbs -- is inevitable! Only one little girl has the drive (or appetite?) to find a solution, but can it last? This madcap tale of frenzied cooks and zany eats (and one very lucky town) will delight readers with a sweet tooth of any age!

A poignant, first-hand expose of working and surviving in the dark underworld of seedy bars and strip clubs in the early 1970's. Jack Olsen's gritty depiction of street life as told by hustlers, pimps, strippers, waitresses, cops, junkies, bartenders, bouncers and club owners. The dynamic mix of tough and competitive individuals performing various roles in a social environment that has its own code and hierarchy. How did they get here? How do they survive? Their stories range from startling to shocking to touching. Sweet Street is an exceptional documentary which provides the reader with a much greater understanding of the complexity of 1970's street life from the perspective of those directly involved.

Cakes, cookies or pie? A rivalry among local bakers is the basis for this deliciously sweet, off-the-wall picture book. Monsieur Oliphant's cake shop, the only bakery game in town, has long had customers lining up outside its door for Oliphant's delicious jelly rolls and marvelous wedding cakes . . . until the day cookie concocter Mademoiselle Fée takes over the old shoemaker's shop. And it isn't long before the divine piemaker Madame Clotilde soon moves into the old bric-a-brac shop. Three different bakers all trying to outclass one another means their little cul-de-sac is packed with customers every day and night, so, one morning, when everyone is bumpling and jostling each other with their cakes, cookies and pies, a food disaster -- a massacre of cream, a devastation of crumbs -- is inevitable! Only one little girl has the drive (or appetite?) to find a solution, but can it last? This madcap tale of frenzied cooks and zany eats (and one very lucky town) will delight readers with a sweet tooth of any age!

A normal group of kids from a poor neighborhood, looking for something to do during summer break from school, stumble on a secret cave under an old mill house. They quickly discover that the cave contains a fortune in Civil War gold, thought to be lost forever. Driven by a desire to use the treasure to do good in the world, the kids must claim the gold for themselves. In order to stake their claim, The Sweet Street Gang will have to overcome numerous obstacles: booby traps, snakes, an underground river, and even criminals seeking the same treasure. Through it all, they rely on the advice and teachings of their dedicated Youth Leader to show them the way. Young readers will marvel at The Sweet Street Gang's exciting journey of faith and discovery.

Caroline lives on Meadowview Street. But where's the meadow? Where's the view? There's nothing growing in her front yard except grass. Then she spots a flower and a butterfly and a bird and Caroline realizes that with her help, maybe Meadowview Street can have a meadow after all.

It’s said that people come into and out of our lives for a reason it seems, right when we need them the most. How does this happen? Who sends them? In 2011, author Victoria Hartland was blessed when a stranger came into her life. In It Happened on Munger Street, she shares how a chance meeting with Samuel changed the course of her life. When author Victoria Hartland experienced a painful divorce in 2002, she struggled financially and emotionally for several years. She did her best to get through each day and to help her two children cope during this stressful time. Hartland narrates how she met Samuel by chance on an online dating site, and with a leap of faith, she gathered the courage to write to him in 2011. Though they were total strangers, he wrote back a few days later, and the two began an online conversation that lasted more than three years. She tells how Samuel led her down a new spirituality path and urged her toward forgiveness and freedom. It Happened on Munger Street tells the inspirational, spiritual journey of a single mother and how she learned to begin again after a difficult divorce. Hartland offers personal testimony that miracles can and do happen.

A Cyber-Noir Thriller Series To Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat! "It's Blade Gunner Meets The Maltese Falcon." Liquid Cool is the action-packed (and funny), cyberpunk/sci-fi detective series. Over 1000 pages includes These Mean Streets, Darkly (prequel), Liquid Cool (Book 1), Blade Gunner (Book 2) and NeuroDancer (Book 3)! In the sci-fi/cyberpunk detective series, author Austin Dragon shows why you never want to meet a cyborg in a dark alley. There is plenty of gritty action, suspense, thrills, and even a few laughs. It’s cyberpunk reimagined—an ever-rainy world of colossal skyscrapers, hovercars, flashy neon streets, and futuristic mechanization. Metropolis isn’t a bad place, but it isn’t a good one either. Uber-governments and megacorporations fight for control of the fifty-million-plus supercity, but so does crime. We meet Cruz, our private eye (and unlikely hero), in this super-city with a million victims and perpetrators. Watch out for tech-tricksters, analog hustlers, and digital gangsters—psychos, samurais, and cyborgs aplenty. Visitors have a way of becoming permanent attractions. Welcome to the high-tech, low-life world of Liquid Cool.

Key Selling Points In My Best Friend Is Extinct a boy discovers a strange, wounded prehistoric creature and nurses it back to health. A fun imaginative adventure story about bravery and friendship. There are more than 30 fun, evocative b/w illustrations by an award-winning illustrator. The creatures in the book are based on actual prehistoric creatures (short-nose bear and saber-tooth tiger).