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The Horses of Proud Spirit
by Melanie Sue Bowles

. . . the book for anyone that ever cared
about an abused animal . . .

There are approximately seven million horses in America. Each year, over seventy thousand are abused, abandoned, and fated to slaughter by callous and irresponsible owners. With a heart as big as a pasture, author Melanie Bowles takes some of these horses into her sanctuary called Proud Spirit. Here, horses that arrive listless and broken find a home where they finally know safety.

The bond between horse and caretaker does not happen overnight. It hangs by a fine thread of trust that the author earns with endless patience and a full commitment to the well-being of the horses in her care. The horses, some of which have suffered severe abuse, astound her time and again with their ability to trust, return the love they are given, and enjoy the companionship of other horses.

You will meet a whole stable full of remarkable horses:

About the Author

Melanie Bowles was born and raised in Michigan and moved to Florida in her early twenties. After acquiring her first horse in 1992 and learning of the mistreatment endured by many horses, she set out to create what would become Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary, a fifty-acre facility in Myakka City, Florida, where she and husband Jim have provided peace and shelter to about seventy horses. For over seventeen years, Ms. Bowles has worked alongside her husband as a firefighter/EMT. The Horses of Proud Spirit is her first book.

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Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary

Hi Everybody…!

As most of you know PBS filmed a documentary based on my book “The Horses of Proud Spirit”. The special was released regionally in 2005 and aired only in the southeast. It received so much attention, however, (even winning an EMMY) that WEDU, the original broadcasting station, decided to release the film nationally.

What this means: The documentary, entitled “The Horses of Proud Spirit” (same as the book) has been made available to every PBS affiliate in the United States. It is now in the national databank, where as before, it was only in a few stations in the southeast.

If and/or when it airs in your viewing area will be at the discretion of each individual Program Director. So check your local listings. If you do not see “The Horses of Proud Spirit” in your PBS line-up, you may call your local PBS station to request it.

In fact, we are asking that you do call your individual stations…and please pass this along to others. The documentary has been a terrific help with book sales, and as you know, that’s help for our horses.

Thanks!

About the founders of Proud Spirit

Jim and Melanie Bowles, the founders of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary, are deeply committed to the horses in their care. “The new facility in Arkansas is the culmination of years of hard work, and all the dreams and visions that we had for this sanctuary finally coming together,” says Melanie. One of those visions was to provide as natural an environment for the horses as possible. “Domestication has created so many problems…founder, colic, vices…problems that you never see in the wild. It was essential to Jim and to me that we place just as much emphasis on the horses’ emotional well-being as we do their physical needs.” The horses at Proud Spirit are never stalled. They function as a herd with no cross fencing, safe in the companionship of other horses…something they so desperately need. They have room to move about, and to graze and roam… which they need to thrive.

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Shadow

by Gordon Tucker

Mike Ryan, a man without memory, was found in a cave in North Korea. In a military hospital, he learned that he was a much decorated infantry soldier who escaped from a North Korean POW camp. Searching for American lines, he was shot by North Koreans and repelled by skittish front line GIs. Confused, he found sanctuary in a cave until discovered and evacuated. His story emerges painfully, heroically, as he gets to know about the man he was. Then he learns that his wife has remarried.

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Gordon Tucker served during the Korean War (1951,) with Company C, 7th Cavalry (Infantry,) where he was wounded three times and awarded seven combat decorations. He lives in South Florida with his wife, where he plays tennis, goes fishing, and writes.

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The Spirit of Whiskey River

by Ray Ryder

A Spiritual Mystery? Yes! "Spirit of Whiskey River" is an excellent read sure to satisfy the most ardent mystery fan while shrouding a philosophical revelation between its lines! I loved the book and the author is a kind and humble talent so deserving of recognition!

The Spirit of Whiskey River is a modern day love story wrapped in a century old murder mystery. Set in a rustic Alabama town (Whiskey River), it takes place in both 1910 and the current day. The link between these two times is made with the help of an elderly female Choctaw Indian by the name of Kalawih, who assists the main charcter (Jay Colebrook) in discovering the meaning of a series of deja vu experiences that occur after he arrives in the small town by accident.

About the Author

Ray Ryder began writing fiction in 2002. He is currently the author of two novels: The Rockwater Mountain Murders, and The Spirit of Whiskey River, both of which are available through Xlibris Publishers and all major on-line booksellers. He is currently working on a third killerbook (untitled as of yet) and also has written a collection of short stories called Corridors to Christmas. (Nobody gets killed here). In addition to writing he enjoys belonging to the Sarasota Florida Fiction Writers, the Sarasota Authors Connection and the Florida Writers Association.

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Crosshairs

A Novel of Suspense

by Russ Heitz

Life in Klinkton County -- a large, mountainous and sparsely populated area of north-central Pennsylvania -- has always revolved around deer hunting, trout fishing, four-wheel-drive pickups, and the Grizzly Snowmobile factory. It is a place where scope-mounted hunting rifles are as plentiful as trees, and shooting accidents are as common as rattlesnakes. But this year, something new has been added -- Klinkton County’s first serial killer. Some of the victims include a kerosene route salesman from Allentown, a political organizer from Philadelphia, and a local arts and crafts worker. The person who must stop this killer is newly-elected Sheriff Jesse Eichenlaub. In addition to his own secret demons from the past, however, Jesse already has three strikes against him. He doesn’t like guns. He has no law enforcement experience at all. And the man he defeated in the election is now his boss. The central questions that Sheriff Jesse immediately faces are -- who is the shooter? What connects the victims? And how will he cope with the expanding chaos that suddenly surrounds him.

About the Author

Russ Heitz was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and lived for a number of years in the area where Crosshairs takes place. He is a graduate of Temple University and has been writing most of his life. After moving to Florida with his wife, Lee, he published dozens of suspense stories and also worked as a publications specialist for local government. This is his first published novel.

"Carpé Diem -- Seize the Day"

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The Sun Singer
by Malcolm R. Campbell

Whatever is the Ultimate Reality, traveling the journey with Robert has opened new horizons of possibility and wonderment for me regardless the answer.

When Robert Adams sees the statue of the Sun Singer in a lonely meadow he hears the song of the sun and receives the gift of prophecy. He excels as the Soothsayer of West Wood Street until a psychic dream graphically foretells a the death too close to home.

Robert blames himself for a tragedy he cannot prevent and shoves his bright talent into the dark shadows of the future where, he suspects, it will one day save him or kill him.

After blindly vowing to finish a task for his dying avatar grandfather, Robert begins a personal quest into a hidden world at war where magic runs deeper than the mountain rivers. In the alternate universe of Pyrrha he must resurrect his dangerous gift to fulfill his promise, resist a cruel temptation, undo the deeds of his grandfather’s foul betrayer, subdue brutal enemy soldiers in battle, and survive the trip home.

About the Author

I live in Georgia where I worked as a technical writer in the computer industry for 20 years before writing a new age mountain adventure novel called The Sun Singer.

"The Sun Singer" is a hero path novel about a young man who travels to an unknown mountain world to complete a dangerous mission begun years earlier by his avatar grandfather. He enters that world with a gift that will either save his life or ensure he will never return from his quest.

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Windrusher
by Victor DiGenti

. . . I adored this book and have already ordered the sequel. An absolute must for every cat lover, especially, and animal lover in general. Kudos to Mr. DiGenti for capturing the soul of a cat . . .

Travel along with this heroic cat as he undertakes an epic quest to find his family. Windrusher will prove to you what you've always suspected -- that behind those enigmatic eyes, cats are hiding deep, dark secrets.

About the Author

Victor DiGenti spent more than thirty-five years working in public broadcasting as a director, public affairs producer, head of a two-station corporate communications department, and was responsible for special events, including producing the acclaimed Jacksonville Jazz Festival for eight years. During that time, he won national, regional and local awards, produced documentaries, and was a freelance writer. Prior to that, he worked as an announcer with a top 40 radio station, sold vacuum cleaners and attended the University of Florida.

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The Whitebridge Web

by Kathryn Van Heyningen

. . . Fans of spectral fiction will be intrigued and impressed by this dark, convoluted tale spanning time and dimension . . .

Helping unravel the mystery is naive, local psychic, Emma Lange. Effervescent Emma is happier baking brownies than finding murderers, yet she is compelled to discover how and why her sister-in-law, Piper Thornton's very existence is threatened by Moriah.

Follow this tantalizing story as Emma wends her way through her fearful visions and dreams to unravel the sticky web that threatens the life and sanity of her best friend and reveals Moriah's shocking secret.

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Kathryn is the daughter and wife of retired army. As such, she feels she’s fortunate that she’s been blessed with the opportunity to travel, to meet new people, to adjust and adapt to an array of environments and believes this background gave her a greater appreciation for other people’s cultures and point-of-view.

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Providence

by Daniel Quinn

The Story

of a

Fifty - Year

Vision Quest

Quinn's novel Ishmael (LJ 12/91) won the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship for fiction, which offers solutions for global problems.

Quinn's novel Ishmael, a cult favorite, elaborated an ecologically sound mythology for our time and won a Ted Turner award for fiction that offers solutions to global problems. In this windy, slow-moving memoir, Quinn summarizes Ishmael's vision of the universe, upholding the spirit-worship practiced by animist peoples as a viable alternative to Christianity and Judaism, religions he views as largely irrelevant. He tells how, as a 19-year-old Trappist novice in Kentucky, he received encouragement from a golden-headed guardian angel but was then ordered to leave the Gethsemani monastery by Thomas Merton, his spiritual director. Then came psychoanalysis in Chicago, a marriage whose failure he blamed on his sexual inadequacies, divorce and a successful career in educational publishing. Quinn's trajectory from "fundamentalist Roman Catholic" to animist marks an unusual odyssey.

About the Author

Daniel Quinn (1935- ) grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, where he graduated from Creighton Prep in 1953. He studied at St. Louis University, the University of Vienna, and Loyola University of Chicago, receiving a bachelor's degree in English, cum laude, in 1957.

During a twenty-year career in educational and consumer publishing in Chicago, he served as Biography and Fine Arts editor at the American Peoples Encyclopedia, managing editor of the Greater Cleveland Mathematics Program (Science Research Associates), head of the mathematics department at Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation, Executive Editor of Fuller & Dees Publishing (a division of the Times Mirror Corporation) and Editorial Director of the Society for Visual Education (a division of the Singer Corporation).

Mr. Quinn is best known as the author of Ishmael, the novel that in 1991 won the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship, established to encourage authors to seek "creative and positive solutions to global problems." Ishmael has been in print continuously since its publication in 1992 and is currently available in twenty languages. Throughout the U.S. and Canada and in other countries as well, Ishmael is used as a text in a broad range of classes that include anthropology, ecology, history, literature, philosophy, ethics, biology, and psychology, at age levels from middle school through graduate level.