SEALED WITH A KISS
An unauthorized recollection of the most successful theatrical rock band of all time
by Lydia Criss
Lydia Criss Publishing, 2006
2012 Second Printing
$45.00, ISBN 978-0-9786558-3-9
Many color photos and is signed by Lydia

 

 

Lydia’s life on the printed page is amazingly graphic in the self-published Sealed With A Kiss (filled with visual mementos galore), punctuating a journey few ever get to experience. Filled with humor, tender moments and thrilling highs, Criss was there from inception, and has captivated the KISS ascendancy with an immediacy and personality like no book ever! This second printing is revised and expanded! Taken from Lydia’s website.

CIAO ITALIA FAMILY CLASSICS
by Mary Ann Esposito
St. Martin’s Press, 2011
$40.00, ISBN: 978-0-312-57121-4
This book is signed by Mary Ann

More than 200 treasured recipes from three generations of Italian cooks. I like to think of this book as a continuing journey into the world of Italian cooking and culinary traditions, past, present, and future. Taken from the cover

PSYCHO CHICKEN
& Other Foolish Tales
by Mark Girard
Sons of Liberty Publishing, 2010
$17.99, ISBN: 978-1-4538257-1-7
It’s all true, sometimes, signed by Mike

In the late seventies, five boys from the tiny coastal coal mining town of Ipswich, Massachusetts (also known as the original home of the fried clam) burst onto the electric Boston music scene with their parody hit “Psycho Chicken.” The Fools were soon after signed by EMI Records, went on to release songs like “It’s A Night for Beautiful Girls,” “Life Sucks Then You Die,” and “World Dance Party,” tour the world opening for such rock luminaries as Van Halen, Rush, The Doobie Brothers and The J. Geils Band and receive heavy airplay in the early days of MTV (they were after all, the real first band playing on the network … true story), Known for their zany, madcap style of full frontal rock n’ roll, The Fools have outlasted most of their peers to attain legendary status and continue rocking on well into the twenty-first century releasing new music and playing to packed houses all over New England.Taken from the back cover

TO SPACE AND BACK
A Memoir
by Mark Goddard
iUniverse, 2008
$12.95, ISBN: 978-0-5955174-2-8
Signed by Mark

“Danger, danger Will Robinson” is a phrase Mark Goddard often heard in his role as Major Don West in the 1960’s hit television series Lost in Space. During his real life, the phrase he should have heeded was “Danger, danger Mark Goddard.” This memoir maps Goddard’s roundtrip journey from a small town boy to a TV star and back again recounting humorous anecdotes about co-stars and celebrities like Billy Mumy, Peter Fonda, Buddy Hackett, and Jim Brown. This trip gets bumpy along the way, though, with two failed marriages and a career nosedive before Goddard has the realization that changes his life. Told with humor and candor, To Space and Back gives the reader a roller coaster ride equal to any side trip the Jupiter II took on its way to Alpha Centauri. Taken from the back cover

THREE YEARS LOST IN SPACE
by Mark Goddard
iUniverse, 2016
$16.95, ISBN 978-1-4917-9757-0
Lost in Space Remembered, signed by Mark

Mark Goddard, the author of To Space and Back, looks back fifty years to the time he spent on Lost in Space. This book reveals the personal thoughts and memories of the author, Mark Goddard, and the invented thoughts and dialogue of the character, Don West, in relation to aspects of the Jupiter 2, the cast, the costuming, and selected episodes from the series. A special chapter, titled “The John and Don Show,” is a tribute to-the memory of his good friend, Guy Williams. This book has been written especially with the loyal fans of Lost in Space in mind. Taken from the back cover

NO FRET COOKING
Something for Everyone
by Marilynn Carter
music by Steve Carter
Maat Publishing, 2011
$29.95, ISBN: 978-0-9960302-1-2
The book is accompanied by two music CDs to cook and dine by

A cookbook blending simple, healthy, yummy recipes! If you had only one cookbook, this is it! Together food and music are paired that take you on a culinary adventure to nurture, tantalize, and stimulate your body, mind, and spirit as you prepare and enjoy your food. Focus is on fresh, local, organic ingredients without artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives. Alternative ingredients used to create gluten-free, dairy-free, raw, vegetarian recipes that even children love. A cookbook for everyone, and no fret, there is room for your own creativity and personalization. Taken from the cover

INTERMODULATIONS
by Steve Carter
Maat Publishing, 2014
$11.00, ISBN: 978-0-9960302-2-9
A great new book of poetry

Intermodulations is Carter’s first full-length book of poetry. The poems capture the interplay between music, art, and literature, and are rich with glimpses of city life… Deeply personal, crossing back and forth between the familiar and the transcendental, these subtle yet expansive poems will quietly shift your perspective on the world. Taken from the cover

SOLVED: THE MYSTERY OF THE GENERAL ARNOLD
by Lenny Cavallaro, Lou Cook & Bob Jannoni
Two Capes Press, 2007
$8.95, ISBN: 978-1-60402-923-9
A skeletal remains of an old vessel emerged

In 1778, the brigantine General Arnold went aground on the White Flat off Plymouth, Massachusetts. More than 70 men froze to death in one of the most horrible naval disasters of the Revolutionary War. Almost two centuries later, the skeletal remains of an old vessel emerged from the waters. Was this the Arnold? The debate lasted for years. Finally, in this volume, the mystery of the ill- fated Arnold is solved, once and for all! Taken from the back cover

CONVERGENCE OF VALOR
The Men of the HL Hunley
by Guntis Goncarovs
Goncarovs Books, 2012
$15.00, ISBN: 978-1480018501
A mystery entwined with historical events

At the start of the American Civil War, German spy Gunter Ronlenheim is sent by the Prince Otto von Bismarck to the United States to gather intelligence on the development of an advanced warship. Gunter is surprised when he stumbles upon an even more advanced development of the Confederate Secret Service. A submarine! The Confederate submarine experiment evolves into the HL Hunley, and Gunter, using the name Sam Miller as an alias, grows consumed with the desire to become part of her crew. When the Hunley is called up for duty as a blockade breaker in Charleston, South Carolina, Gunter is forced to chose between loyalty to his homeland, the submersible, and an attractive war widow. Taken from the cover

HAVANA’S SECRET
by Guntis Goncarovs
Goncarovs Books, 2012
$17.00, ISBN: 978-1475232868
Investigate the mysterious explosion of the USS Maine

1897, the world had changed. Spain’s iron-fisted Prime Minister had been assassinated. Theodore Roosevelt was flexing his newly designed naval fleet and desperately wanted to drive Spain out of Cuba. Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm coveted the Caribbean as a place in the sun for his empire. Sam Carter thought he understood the rules working for a fledgling US Secret Service, but when he was assigned to Havana, everything changed. When President McKinley’s administration is shaken to its core by the mysterious explosion of the USS Maine, Carter pieces together seemingly unrelated events and recognizes there could be unforeseen consequences when revenge is exacted on Spain. Taken from the cover

A DOG TO REMEMBER
by June Greig
Evergreen Bay Publishing, 2011
$11.95, ISBN: 978-0-615-44339-3
A keepsake for loss

KAREN FROM THE MILL
by Anne Ipsen
Beaver’s Pond Press Inc., 2005
$17.00, ISBN: 1-59298-107-0
A novel from the golden age of sail

The town of Sonderho lies at the southern end of the island of Fano, protected from the sea by its western dunes and separated from mainland Denmark by a strip of water so shallow it is called the Wading Sea. On the edge of town, the windmill stands watch on top of a dune and at its foot lies a red brick farmhouse with a thatched roof. Here lives the miller, and here, on a fine spring day in 1874, begins the tale of Karen Andersen, his eldest child, who would fly with the lark but whose heart can never forget the mill. Taken from the back cover

BURN IN HELL
A Jake Carrington Mystery
by Marian Lanouette
MuseItUp Publishing, 2012
$13.95, ISBN: 978-1-4975-8110-4
Jake’s investigation leads to his girlfriend

A botched missing person’s case. A nervous mob boss. Lt. Jake Carrington’s gut tells him Phil Lucci is being cagey—with good reason. Jake can see this case has been mishandled from the beginning. Sloppy police work? Or does Lucci’s hand reach as far as the WPD? It’s Jake’s job to find the answers. Taken from the back cover

SEASON OF MAGIC
Holiday Short Story Compilation Set
by Merry Holly, Cara Marsi, Bobbi Lerman, Vicki Batman & Gerri Brousseau
2014, $10.99, ISBN: 978-0-69233-079-1
Compilation of short stories from five talented authors

Noel Noel Noel by Merry Holly (Marian Lanouette)
Dumped and lonely, is it possible to find love at the local mall? Noelle thinks not, but a chance encounter with Chase Clayborne while Christmas shopping has her rethinking her rigid set of rules, as sparks flare between them.

A Cinderella Christmas by Cara Marsi
Jessica Gallo no longer believed in fairy tales or happy endings. And she certainly didn’t believe she’d find her Prince Charming at Saks Fifth Avenue. Her Fairy Godmother thought differently.

Matchmaker Matchmaker by Bobbi Lerman
With Chanukah around the corner, is there enough magic left for a matchmaker to bring Molly’s cynical heart back to life.

Holiday Disaster by Vicki Batman
The week before Christmas and all is in disarray when a librarian experiences horrible plumbing issues and a Mr. Maintenance Man who isn’t nearly as jolly as Santa Clause. This Christmas is a disaster.

Yuletide Bride by Gerri Brousseau
The Dowager Duchess’s decree that her grandson must marry before Twelfth Night or relinquish his title and fortune sends him into a tail spin. Without any prospects and with only two weeks until Christmas will Stuart Nelson find himself destitute or will he find The Yuletide Bride.
Taken from the back cover

INSANITY TALES
Introduction by Jonathan Maberry
Stories by David Daniel, Stacey Longo, Vlad V, Ursula Wong, Dale T. Phillips
Books and Boos Press, 2014
$11.99, ISBN: 978-0692297643
An original anthology from a host of original writers

Enter a world of insanity as you encounter nine tales of murder, mayhem, and madness. Here you will find twisted psyches, peculiar people, and demons of the mind and spirit. If you like your stories dark and scary, come take a stroll through this asylum, hearing ominous whispers or the shrieks of the unhinged echoing in your ears. You’ll find yourself glancing nervously over your shoulder, or wondering about that odd-looking person at the bus stop… or even in the mirror. Come in, enjoy the trip, but step carefully and watch the shadows, for you may never be the same again. Taken from the back cover

HARBOR ICE
A Jack Beale Mystery #1
by K.D. Mason
Smith Kerr Associates 2010
$16.95, ISBN: 978-0-9786899-9-5
A great mystery book

It has been a brutally cold winter in the New Hampshire coastal town of Rye Harbor, leaving drifts of sea water frozen solid in the salt marsh. Finally, the weather warms enough for the ice to begin to break up and drift out to sea. That’s when a woman’s body is found under a slab of ice left by the outgoing tide. Max, the feisty redheaded bartender at Ben’s Place, recognizes that the body in the ice is her aunt’s partner. This triggers a series of events that will eventually threaten Max’s life as well. It is up to her best friend, Jack Beale, to unravel the mystery. Taken from the back cover

CHANGING TIDES
A Jack Beale Mystery #2
by K.D. Mason
Smith Kerr Associates, 2011
$16.95, ISBN: 978-0-9786899-8-8
What is Jack up to this time

Fate, Chance, Destiny… Call it what you will, but sometimes life changing events begin in the most innocent and unexpected ways. For Jack Beale that moment came on a perfect summer morning as he stood overlooking Rye Harbor when something caught his eye. In that small space between the bow of his boat and the float to which it was tied, a lifeless body had become wedged as the tide tried to sweep it out to sea. That discovery and the arrival of Daniel would begin a series of events that would eventually take Max from him. Who was the victim? Why was Daniel there and what was his interest in Max? Was there a connection? And, so began a journey that would take Jack from Rye Harbor to Newport, RI and, eventually Belize, as he searched for Max and the truth. Taken from the back cover

KILLER RUN
A Jack Beale Mystery #4
by K.D. Mason
2012, $16.95, ISBN: 978-1-4800924-5-7
The race may kill you

Malcom and Polly were living their dream, running a North Country Bed & Breakfast they named the Quilt House Inn. The Inn was known for two things, the collection of antique quilts on display and miles of running and hiking trails for their guests use. Jack, training for his first trail marathon, The Rockdog Run, heard about the Inn and hatched a plan whereby he and Max could enjoy a romantic get-a-way and he could get in some quality trail training. For his plan to work, Dave and Patti joined them at the Inn. Meanwhile, in the weeks leading up to the marathon, a delusional antique dealer developed a fascination with one of the quilts on display in the Inn and It wasn’t long before Malcom and Polly’s dream and the four friends became forever entwined in a deadly mystery spanning two hundred years and 26.2 miles. Running a marathon is challenging enough by itself. Doing so on trails and starting before sunrise, in the dark, on a cold November day is even more daunting. When Jack trips and falls, landing on the lifeless body of an unknown runner, the race becomes a true “killer run”. Taken from the back cover

EVIL INTENTIONS
A Jack Beale Mystery #5
by K.D. Mason
2013, $16.95, ISBN: 978-1493624393
A quintessential New England Mystery

Unseen forces at play may dramatically change the quiet seaside town of Rye Harbor forever. It’s early spring, and one of the town’s oldest homes, the Francis House, has just gone up in flames, revealing a badly burned body in the ashes. With help from an unexpected source, Jack and his friend Tom, the Police Chief, unravel the mystery fueled by a broken heart, a secret real estate deal, and a deadly double-cross.Taken from the back cover

UNEXPECTED CATCH
A Jack Beale Mystery #6
by K.D. Mason
2014, $16.95, ISBN: 978-1503097667
KD Mason at his finest

A summer heat wave blankets the New Hampshire seacoast. In an attempt to beat the heat, Jack’s best friend, Dave, arranges for a day of fishing far off shore on the boat Miss Cookie. Even though they land only a few fish, they pronounce the day a great success-until Jack spots smoke on the horizon and they convince the reluctant captain to bring them to investigate. What they find will have a profound effect upon all of their lives as they deal with the consequences of an Unexpected Catch. Taken from the back cover

BLACK SCHOONER
A Jack Beale Mystery #7
by K.D. Mason
2016, $16.95, ISBN: 978-1518880094
A great mystery book

JESSICA’S SECRET
A Jack Beale Mystery #8
by K.D. Mason
2016 $16.95, ISBN: 978-1-5407702-6-4
Nazi submarine?

On a starless night in 1942, New Hampshire fisherman Ben Crouse takes his boat, Dorothy Kay, out of Rye Harbor in the midst of a storm to patrol against the threat of German U-boats. What-and whom-he encounters that night will change his life forever. More than half a century later, his niece, Courtney, receives a series of threatening phone calls. As she struggles to run her late uncle’s restaurant, navigate a new romance, and find answers to her family’s secret past, she turns to her friends Jack and Max, who must solve the: mystery of Ben’s legacy and save her from the delusional children of the Third Reich. Taken from the back cover

CANCELED OUT
A Jack Beale Mystery #9
by K.D. Mason
2017 $16.95, ISBN: 978-1-9795-9884-2
KD Mason’s new book

Best friends Jack and Dave get an unwelcome surprise at the local Thanksgiving Turkey Trot race when they meet Kim, an attractive runner who strongly resembles Sylvie, a mysterious woman from Jack’s past. To the complete dismay of Max, Jack’s girlfriend, the surprise intensifies when the real Sylvie contacts Jack just hours later. Having returned to New England after a long rest in Florida, Sylvie claims that Kim is a hired killer who is armed, dangerous, and has a contract to kill her. Sylvie asks for Jack’s help, and despite his better judgment and Max’s initial protests, he still feels compelled to give it. When the chase between Kim and Sylvie heats up over the next set of frigid races, Jack and his friends get pulled deeper into their deadly game of cat and mouse, which can end with only one survivor. – Taken from the back cover

AMANDA’S ROOM
by Chuck Miceli
Hitchcock Lake Publications, 2013
$13.50, ISBN: 978-14752991971
There’s a storm coming, and her name is Amanda

When death came for Amanda Reynolds, it could not pry her from her room. Katie Jarvis knows that Amanda is attempting to communicate in the only way she knows how: by altering the weather. But Katie cannot decipher what Amanda is saying, or why, and time is running out. Something is stalking Katie and her team. As the violence of the weather takes on monstrous proportions, they must unravel the meaning in the storms, or no one will be safe from the power of Amanda’s Room. Taken from the back cover

THE IRISH DRESSER
A Story of Hope During the Great Hunger
by Cynthia G. Neale
White Mane Kids, 2004
$7.95, ISBN: 978-1-57249-344-5
The saga of Nora McCabe and her family

By telling the story of one family’s survival, this novel attempts to bring healing and understanding of the invisible scar of the Famine which lies deeply rooted in the Irish psyche. Taken from the back cover

HOPE IN NEW YORK CITY
The Continuing Story of the Irish Dresser
by Cynthia G. Neale
White Mane Kids, 2007
$7.95, ISBN: 978-1-57249-387-2
The saga continues

The sequel continues the saga of Nora McCabe and her family now dwelling in New York City where they encounter poverty and racism as Irish Catholics and immigrants. Taken from the back cover

NORAH
The Making of an Irish-American Woman in 19th Century New York
by Cynthia G. Neale
2011, $19.95, ISBN: 978-1-61179-282-9
Courage, Passion & Reckless Dreams

As Norah McCabe tries to free herself from the limitations of poverty, gender, and class, she experiences corruption, exploitation, and enchantment in a city that is forever mythic and magical. Taken from the back cover

LEGENDARY LOCALS OF
HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS
by Christopher P. & Nancy S. Obert
Arcadia Publishing, 2011
$21.99, ISBN: 978-1-4671-0000-7
The first book of its kind

Since Haverhill was first settled in 1640, its citizens have shown courage and determination to make it a better place to live. Many unique individuals have called Haverhill home, including Hannah Dustin, who was captured by and then avenged a group of Abenaki Indians; business pioneer Thomas Sanders, financial backer of Alexander Graham Bell; department store entrepreneur Rowland Macy; James Nichols, whose home Winnekenni Castle became one of Haverhill’s most famous landmarks; baseball star Carlos Pena; Gerald Ashworth, Olympic gold medalist; literary greats John Greenleaf Whittier and Andre Dubus; Archie Comics artist Bob Montana; screenwriter Harold Livingston; and rising star Christopher Golden. Movie mogul Louis B. Mayer and television personalities Tom Bergeron and Frank Fontaine, along with gardening legend James Crocket, all began their careers here. And Haverhill’s veterans who have gone into harm’s way to defend our country are not to be forgotten. This book is a tribute to them and all of Haverhill’s citizens boldly moving forward. Taken from the back cover

SHOTGUNNED
by Dana Owen
Shotgunned LLC
First Edition $15.99, 2014, ISBN: 978-0-9905170-0-9
Second Edition $15.99, 2015, ISBN: 978-0-9905170-1-6
The long ordeal of a wounded cop seeking justiceFirst Edition (full color)

 

Second Edition (B & W with more photos)

 

EVERYDAY HAIKU
An anthology
Edited by Kristen Ringman
Wandering Muse Press, 2017
$10.00, ISBN: 978-0998451701
Haiku poetry

An anthology of modern “everyday” haiku by 33 brave writers who spent all of 2014 writing one haiku a day and sharing them in an online group called The Haiku Room. – Taken from the back cover

GALAXY RAND
by M.R. Tighe
Wheatmark, 2014
$17.00, ISBN: 978-1-62787-030-6
Galaxy Rand is one tough fem

A hard-drinking, two-fisted recoup agent, she’s used to dealing with space-scum like hijackers and smugglers. But when she stumbles across a discarded robot, she’s thrown for a loop. Not only is Tin Man obnoxious, but he’s denser than a ton of spectromium! Rand’s unsavory past comes back to haunt her; she finds a price on her head and a target on her back. As for Tin Man, he has secrets of his own. To save her life and her job, and to earn the five- million credit reward offered by multi-billionaire Roman Aguilar, Rand is forced to do the one thing she always swore she’d never do: go back to Esperance-the Death Planet! Taken from the back cover

JUDGMENT ON TARTARUS
by M.R. Tighe
Wheatmark, 2011
$23.95, ISBN: 978-1-60494-522-5
Book one in a new science fiction series

Newly assigned to the space cruiser Astrella II, captained by the legendary “Hero of the Gorgonian Wars,” Richard Hughes, Ensign Corona Scott fears her long-dreamed-of career is about to be deep-sixed! She runs afoul of her new CO’s volcanic temper, and Med Supervisor Johann Weiner warns her that Astrelia’s ExO, Malkis of Tartarus, is going to make her life a living Hell. He hates Terran females! Rona’s ideals are put to the test as the shocking bigotry and hatred she finds aboard Astrella culminate in sabotage and murder and, ultimately, in a serious rift between Hughes and his ExO. Without warning, Astrella is mysteriously dispatched to the enigmatic planet Tartarus, where Rona Scott encounters an unsought destiny beyond her wildest dreams, and where the fate of Astrcila’s crew rests upon the outcome of a barbaric, bloody duel to the death! Taken from the back cover

SEAHAWK
Confessions of an Old Hockey Goalie
by Bruce Valley
Peter E. Randall Publisher LLC, 2009
$17.00, ISBN: 978-1-931807-72-2
A great hockey book

Seahawk is a personal memoir of a youngster’s late 1950s participation on a championship New England town hockey team composed of WWII veterans, and traces that boy’s life and connection to hockey across almost sixty years. It is a ground-breaking study of aging while playing contact sports and reflects upon the famed WWII generation, pond hockey, black ice, and hockey towns and teams of New England. Few books are written about hockey; fewer expound fully on its special qualities as a sport. Seahawk is such a book. Taken from the back cover

RYE HARBOR
Poems of the New Hampshire Seacoast
by Bruce Valley
Forest Haven Publications, 2010
$20.00, ISBN: 978-0-615-37301-0
Only a few left

Bruce Valley writes mostly about Rye, New Hampshire, his home town. Rye Harbor reprises a long-unavailable poetry book written four decades ago about growing up on the seacoast. Bruce plays jazz trumpet, and writes of maters which touch heart and soul. (This book is not part of the buy one poetry book get one free sale.) Taken from the back cover

THE BANANA TREE
The Adventures of Keeno & Ernest
Harcover – Book one
written by Maggie van Galen
Outskirts Press, Inc., 2012
$19.95, ISBN: 978-1-4327-7982-5
Monkey business means trouble!

Keeno spots a big, shiny banana tree, but it is far away—all the way on the other side of the river of their jungle home—and his parents have told him never to cross the river without an adult. Ernest reminds him of this, but Keeno decides to cross anyway. When he finds himself in great danger, he must rely on his friend Ernest to rescue him! In the end, Keeno learns two very valuable lessons about friendship and following family rules.

THE DIAMOND MINE
The Adventures of Keeno & Ernest
Harcover – Book Two
written by Maggie van Galen
Outskirts Press, Inc., 2013
$19.95, ISBN: 978-1-4787-1812-3
Can Ernest save the day, again?

Keeno wants to give his mom a beautiful diamond from the diamond mine and plans to swap it out for the river rock he has found. Ernest explains that this would be stealing, but Keeno decides it’s just a trade. Follow the adventure as Keeno finds himself in great danger and relies on Ernest to rescue him…again! In the end, Keeno learns two very valuable lessons about friendship and asking before taking.