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	Marketing Your Farm a practical guide to attracting loyal customers and increasing sales by Myrna Greenfield (Oct 2022) Choose, implement, and measure the right marketing tactics for your farm’s size and goals. Learn what to do, how to do it, and how to measure if it’s working.		Food Fight: How I Battled to Lose 100 Pounds (Three Times!) and What Victory Looked Like in the End by p0rtia (2020) Told in short, personal reminiscences and ruminations that describe both the emotional and the practical aspects of obesity.
	Quiet in the Tornado: A Disability Primer by Carrie Dearborn (Sept 2013) "A no-holds-barred approach to talking about disability. Surprising, disarming, painful, funny." - Meizhu Lui, Co-Author, The Color of Wealth
Mysteries
	The Murder of Figaro by Susan Larson (2019) It's 1786 and "The Marriage of Figaro," a new comic opera by Amade Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte, has just begun its first on-stage rehearsal when a corpse makes an appearance in the wings.		Through Pelican Eyes by j.d. daniels (March 2014) Matlacha (say Mat-la-SHAY), that funky Pine Island Florida fishing village cum art colony is the perfect setting for a mystery. Meet Jessie Murphy, the perfect gal to sort out the riff from the raff of it all.
	Quick Walk to Murder by j.d. daniels (2015) Tomas Moore is the son of a crusty Pine Island crab fisherman and a Mexican homemaker who often seeks psychic guidance. When Tomas is murdered, it’s up to Jessie to find the killer. Is it another crabber? A rejected lover? Tom’s rich girlfriend or her brother? This sequel to Through Pelican Eyes is a quick paced murder mystery with more twists and turns than Matlacha Pass.
General Fiction
	She's Gone Santa Fe by Maida Tilchen (Nov 2013) Travel to New Mexico in 1925 to help preserve Navajo culture; have a starlit romance; live in a sheepherder’s wagon. Meet up with Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict at a lesbian dude ranch.		Dresden Suite by Deloris H. Netzband (Sept 2014) A collection of short stories set in a quiet New England college town, where a woman named Joyce does her best to be the perfect professor's wife.
	Say Yes by j.d. daniels (April 2013) This is a book of brine and lime, landscapes vast, whether of water or of prairie, and wisdom wise enough to remain fluid for growth. There is subversion afoot in this volume.		There is No Mrs. Gezunterman by Kevin Mednick (March 2012) - A Russian immigrant, an aimless college grad and a wealthy artist find themselves leading a group called TULP (Treat Us Like People) in a spontaneous, grass-roots rebellion against corporate abuse.
	Sam (a Pastoral) by Susan Larson (2012) A love-hungry girl befriends an abused horse, and discovers joy and courage galloping astride his broad back. When her family falls apart, the horse carries her through storms of rage and pain as she seeks her heart's desire.		Land Beyond Maps by Maida Tilchen Lammy Finalist; New Mexico and Arizona award-winning novel of women’s history, travel, biography, and adventure, drawing the reader into the lives of women who find new adventures later in life. (2009)
	Minute of Darkness by j.d. daniels (2016) Set in Turkey against the backdrop of civil unrest, this tightly spun novella delivers a cautionary tale about two reunited American women, each bearing painfully inaccurate visions of who she can become in the presence of the other. Also included: a collection of eighteen pieces of flash fiction.		Billy Boy by Thomas J. Hubschman "Heart-pounding...one of the most satisfying contemporary novels I've read." --Reader's Niche (2001)
	A Handful of Spells by Kimberley A. Shaw (Oct. 31 2014) Even at a school for magic, life in the mainstream is difficult for hard-of-hearing sixth-grader Caitlin Leo. Then she meets a group of magicworkers who use American Sign Language and everything changes.		The Old Wolf Lady by j.d. daniels (2014) A sensitive and humorous portrait of Iowan Jackie Day from her humble beginnings to her active and dedicated eighth decade (with photos). A charming, funny portrait of a life well lived.
Speculative Fiction
	Measure of the Universe by Ellen Larson An amiable alien visits Greece to study ancient inscriptions and finds love among the runes. "Studded with clever double entendres and puns, this makes an engaging weekend read for language lovers." -Booklist (2002)		Space Ark by Thomas Hubschman (2003) "Moses Mneh, Rita Ten and friends strive to save Earth from an exploding supernova-and the villainous humans who value their power more than the planet's safety." -Publishers Weekly
	In Retrospect by Ellen Larson (2020) A In Retrospect is a good old-fashioned whodunit set in a compelling post-apocalyptic future. Former elite operative Merit Rafi suffered during her imprisonment at the end of a devastating war, but the ultimate torment is being forced to investigate a murder she would gladly have committed herself.)
Collections
	Two and a Half Words by Abbas Zaidi (Nov. 2012) - A collection of short stories by Pakistani-born writer Abbas Zaidi. Some may wonder whether or not it is possible for Pakistani writers writing in English to escape the very stereotypes that mobilize the modern perceptions of Pakistan.		The Jew's Wife and Other Short Stories - by Thomas Hubschman. "THE JEW'S WIFE is a fine collection from a newly debuted master of storytelling, and is a solid and recommended pick for short fiction fans everywhere." - Midwest Book Review
	The Best of Gowanus Ed. by Thomas J. Hubschman (2001) "Short stories, essays and poetry from parts of the world where the Internet [is] not yet so strongly entrenched but where the human imagination most assuredly [is]..." -PW		The Best of Gowanus II Ed. by Thomas J. Hubschman (2007) “A stronger collection than the first didn’t seem possible. But the new Best of Gowanus is as fine an anthology of writing from the Third World as one could hope for.” –Vicente Revilla, Prof., C.U. of NY
Kindle Exclusives
	Father Walther's Temptation by Thomas J. Hubschman (2011) Father Walther's Temptation is the story of a man sheltered too long by his profession, "tempted" by life itself. "There is an authenticity, a courage about it that rings with a depth of truth." -Reader's Reviewer.	...	Song of the Mockingbirdby Thomas J. Hubschman (2012) Five years widowed but still bound to the man to whom she was married for thirty years, Doris gradually comes to discover her life not only is not over but is just beginning in a way she had never imagined possible.
	Black Tongue by Anjana Basu (2011) Women are not born witches. Life makes them turn that way. If you want the truth of what I say, look at the facts: there are no young witches, no child witches. All the women torn or hacked to pieces in the columns of the newspapers are old.

 

 

 

 

Advance praise for Marketing Your Farm

“Farming’s a tough way to make a living. We need all the help we can to make smart choices about what to do with our marketing. This book is an essential guide for farms of any size. I wish I had it when I was starting out.” 

--Jim Schultz, Co-owner, Red Shirt Farm, Lanesborough, MA 

“All the best production and financial management won’t build a successful business if you don’t have the customers to buy your product. Marketing is essential to ensure you can sell your products. Marketing Your Farm is the best tool to help beginning and experienced farmers apply the right marketing strategy. It’s also a great reference for people who provide business technical assistance for farmers.” 

--Julia Shanks, author, The Farmer's Office: Tools, Tips and Templates to Successfully Manage a Growing Farm Business."

Miami Interview with j.d. daniels

Author j.d. daniels is interviewed by R.V. Reyes "My writing motifs reflect external struggle for mastery over obstacles that seem insurmountable and interior conflict with issues women and men face daily." Click Here for more.

Say Yes Tops Iowa City/Cedar Rapids Best Seller List

j.d. daniel's book of poetry, topped the best seller list for a while this past summer. According to the Iowa City Gazette, Say Yes was number one in the fiction/non-fiction category for the week of July 7. daniel's book continues to receive critical acclaim, as witnessed by this Thoughtful review, posted on amazon.com. Way to go, Joyce!

MWBR Reviews Mrs. Gezunterman

"A Corporate Comedy is a darkly funny, tongue-in cheek novel about corporations versus people. When one customer is pushed to far by an inane, beaureucraic corporate rule, it ignites a blazing rebellion from like-minded, downtrodden people, culminating in a dramatic court case. A wicked sense of humor permeates this quasi-dystopian quandary, down to the last, eyebrow-raising page!"

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Two and a Half Words

"Slip your mind into Abbas Zaidi's slim and thoroughly delightful, also wondrously transgressive, first volume of short stories inspired by the south Asian Muslim experience"

MWBR REviews Two and A Half Words

Pakistan isn't well known in the western imagination. "Two and a Half Words: And Other Stories" Is a collection of short fiction from Abbas Zaidi as he shares a collection of short fiction that seeks to tell the true story of everyday life in Pakistan for all of its pain, suffering, and common joys. Powerful and insightful, "Two and a Half Words" is a strong addition to general fiction and humor collections, not to be missed.

PW Review
Mrs. Gezunterman:

"A believable...slightly zany comedy in which three protagonists--a college graduate, a Russian immigrant, and an artist--come together to [bring] the corporate world to its knes--almost--and ends in a captivating courtroom standoff."

 

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