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Our Promise | First Chapters | Reading Guides | Widgets | Newsletter
Our Promise | First Chapters | Reading Guides | Widgets | Newsletter
We know how many books you have to choose from, and how little time you likely have to enjoy all your selections. That’s why we strive to—promise to—publish books that are good reads, that have appeal—each in its own way for the compelling stories, characters you can relate to or learn from, and narratives that make you relish the act of reading. All our titles are readily available at fine bookstores across the country—or can be ordered through them—so look for them on the shelves or put in a request! And do let us know what you think!
Want a taste of our good reads? Just click on the titles below for PDF versions of the first two chapters!
Marc Estrin's The Lamentations of Julius Marantz
Stephen Evans' The Marriage of True Minds
Margaret Cezair-Thompson's The Pirate's Daughter
Jack Fuller's Abbeville
Michael Pritchett's The Melancholy Fate of Capt. Lewis
Pamela Thompson's Every Past Thing
Tara Yellen's After Hours at the Almost Home
Elise Blackwell's The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish
Margaret Cezair-Thompson's The Pirate's Daughter
William Cobb’s Goodnight, Texas
Susann Cokal’s Breath and Bones
M. Allen Cunningham’s The Green Age of Asher Witherow
Marc Estrin’s The Education of Arnold Hitler
Marc Estrin’s Golem Song
Marc Estrin’s Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa
Marc Estrin's The Lamentations of Julius Marantz
Stephen Evans' The Marriage of True Minds
Edward Falco’s Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha: New and Selected Stories
Edward Falco’s Wolf Point
Jack Fuller's Abbeville
Lise Haines’ small acts of sex and electricity
Masha Hamilton’s The Distance Between Us
Lamar Herrin’s House of the Deaf
Lamar Herrin’s Romancing Spain
Candida Lawrence’s Fear Itself
Layne Maheu’s Song of the Crow
Mireille Marokvia’s Sins of the Innocent
Michael Mewshaw’s If You Could See Me Now
Deborah Noyes’ Angel and Apostle
Andrea Portes' HICK
Michael Pritchett's The Melancholy Fate of Capt. Lewis
Elisabeth Payne Rosen's Hallam's War
Frederick Reuss’s Mohr: A Novel
Timothy Schaffert's Devils in the Sugar Shop
Timothy Schaffert’s The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God
Pamela Thompson's Every Past Thing
Carolyn Turgeon’s Rain Village
Tara Yellen's After Hours at the Almost Home
Nancy Zafris’s Lucky Strike
Lloyd Zimpel’s A Season of Fire and Ice
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