Anthony Brown’s dramatic life story has led him to many dark and often dangerous places. Addicted to drugs and alcohol since he was very young, From Park Bench to Park Avenue, details his incredible journey from disfunction and homelessness to recovery and triumph—pursuing his ultimate passion of giving hope and help to those still imprisoned by destructive behaviors and substance abuse. All of the proceeds from From Park Bench to Park Avenue will be used to transform a historic home into Brown Manor - a place of recovery, where individuals can begin a new journey, alcohol and drug free; a place that offers a hand up, not a handout.

Everything changed when the Stringfellows arrived on Earth and restarted the world. The bad news is that the aliens randomly chose which people to bring back to life. No rhyme or reason. From across time. The good and the bad. To take care of the more evil of these unfortunate returns, the Stringfellows have tasked certain humans with the new occupation of assassin. Following a unique and mysterious point system, the ultimate reward for their bloody work is the chance to bring back a person of their choosing. Crass and blunt, hitman Mild McMahon only wants to bring back one person: his mother. But to do this he’ll have to kill some of the worst people in history. Given assignments by his talking dog and forced to team up with an unlikely assassin with a near addiction to breath mints, Mild must hunt down a murderers’ row of notorious killers and hope he still has time for coffee.

The US President isin St. Petersburg attending the G20 summit, and he has with him, as always, the presidential briefcase capable of launching anuclear response. While there, a volatile young Chechen and high-wire acrobat Tamerlan Troshev‒shades of the Boston bombers‒pulls off a brilliantly-executed briefcase heist, and if the trove should end up in the hands of a rogue state such as North Korea, it could easily trigger World War III. Both the president and Russian President Vladimir Putin mutually agree the affair must remain top secret. However, due to current diplomatic protocol, no Russian or American operatives can be involved. International art and artifacts sleuth Michael Bennington just happens to be in St. Petersburg researching the Rembrandts at the Hermitage Museum, and he is enlisted by the American consul general, there, to work with Russian-born consulate employee Ekaterina Nabokova in tracking down this Troshev before he can deliver the briefcase to an adversary. The ensuing hunt takes Bennington and Nabokova all across Europe and finally to Rome where they are able to corner the lone terrorist and hopefully negotiate some sort of deal. But the outcome of that takes a dramatic twist throwing Bennington into a riveting tailspin. Paperback. Also sold at Kindle edition.

The birth of quantum physics brought science and spirituality into alignment. It was the realization by physicists that photons have consciousness, and not just limited consciousness, but awareness of the entire cosmos. This is easy to prove by a simple experiment. A photon is a sub-atomic quantum of light that has no mass, but has velocity, momentum and vibratory frequency.

In knowing and understanding the structure of our experiences, we can master our lives in all dimensions of quantum energy patterns. What is real is consciousness. It is all-pervasive throughout the cosmos and perhaps beyond. Universal consciousness expresses itself as the unified quantum field of all potentialities. This is a plasma electromagnetic expanse of wave patterns, radiant with photons and life force. The seers and mystics perceive that there is a quality of unconditional love that is inherent in universal consciousness. This has not yet been recognized by quantum physicists, but it is implied by the organization of the living cosmos. Everything is conscious and works in perfect harmony, with the exception of our negatively-polarized energetic patterns, due to our desire to use our free will to explore anomalous vibrations under the guise of self-created limitations to our awareness. We can resolve our limitations and elevate our lives.

History is part legend, part fact, but mostly interpretation of those who have gone before us.

We make history every day.  From one moment to the next, our decisions—small and large—shape our future and, as we travel along that path, shape our past. How do we want it to read? Should we care? Or should we just get on with our lives and hope for the best? The Past Not Taken is three novellas that show that not all "authorities" are authoritative.

Two roads diverge in a yellow wood...

Two young people, their lives stretching out ahead of them, expect very different things out of life after college, but their roads don't go that way. Curtis is a budding historian at a small university. Melanie is a friend-who-is-a-girl, and she's in trouble. The kind of trouble that could get her father fired from the small straight-laced university. Melanie asks Curtis for help...sort of. Or did Curtis just offer? 

In a small archive, documents that could upend American history are found. Did Jefferson suggest that Washington was an ignorant bumpkin and that America bounded by the Constitution would fail?

The Past Not Taken explores choices, parenthood and responsibility, and how history is written. Fair warning: it isn't always based on facts.

Two roads diverge in a yellow wood...

A young woman knocks on a stranger's door. Only she isn't entirely a stranger, and she has nowhere else to go. Her story is inextricably linked with the family behind that door. But the institution that is their livelihood won't let her stay.

How "authoritative" are the documents that make up the basis of our history? Just because a document appears to be old and is in an archive, does that make it "proof" of the past?

Daughter By Choice explores how the past catches up to everyone. It also explores the nature of being a parent, and how there's so many different kinds of families. It, too, speaks of how history is written and how the long-forgotten can become so important so fast.

Whereof what's past is prologue...

A man appears, both known and unknown. He asks for little, but that little means so much. He says a girl's future is in peril. And what he asks for can be simply devastating for everyone.

History likes to teach about "turning points." 1776 is one for American history. But what if someone were to declare that 1619 was a more appropriate turning point and waves an archival document around to "prove" it? Is that document authentic? How do we know?

The Past and the Prologue is a story of recurrence, sources, narratives, what it is to be a parent, and, once again, how history is written. 

We may make history, but it's the "authorities" --the scribes and narrators of the future--who write it based on what we leave behind.

Gregor of Serebal, a journeyman sorcerer educated at the Scholium Arcanum in the East, is on a cross-continent trek through the Great Waste: the lifeless desert left by the Dieback that all but eliminated life from Aeol. He has been tasked to chart the courses of the major mana conduits of the continent. In the process he discovers that they have been diverted from their normal paths: Whereas they once flowed from north to south, they now flow from east to west. While there is no obvious explanation for their diversion, they appear to flow directly toward Pontreval, where the Scholium Arcanum in the West is situated.



Laella of Anam is a gifted one: a potential sorcerer not yet trained to the disciplines that would make it safe to practice. Yet the mana has already touched her to ill effect. It has made her a virgin mother, to the horror of her family and neighbors. The ruler of her village has executed her infant son, and the infant children of three other women similarly afflicted, when Gregor arrives in Anam.



Mutual admiration brings them together. Once mated, they travel further west through the Great Waste in pursuit of Gregor’s errand. But though his intent was to walk all the way across the continent, charting the mana streams as he traveled, events will force them to return to Urel, the site of the Scholium Arcanum in the East where Gregor was made an initiate of the Arcana. There he and Laella will confront mysteries the sorcerers of the Scholium cannot unravel. Beneath those mysteries lies a threat to the life of Aeol that will demand all that Gregor, Laella, and their colleagues have to give.

Ten years in Dog Rescue, brought hundreds dogs across our doors. Each one had a story to tell. I have picked several to entertain, by putting smiles on your faces, and a tear or two in your eyes.

The book is a tribute to my wife of 28 years who herself passed over the rainbow bridge herself in 2016.

It also a look into the rescue dog business, and how important each volunteer who gives time, energy, love, money and most importantly their homes to dogs in waiting for their new forever home, are to the cause.

A wounded musician shipped home from WWII finds his mother has died and his old Brooklyn neighborhood obliterated by a housing project. Always poor, he now wants to succeed as a jazz musician but he also wants money. He thinks the only path open to him is to rejoin his prewar friends and become a thief. One of those buddies, now a cop, makes the decision easy.

I BARGAINED WITH THE BRATVA--

MY BROTHER'S LIFE FOR MY OWN.



They offered me a deal: thirty nights for my brother's life.

Thirty nights...with him. Nikolai Novikov.

The charming but dangerous loanshark.



He's deceptively smooth. Sinfully handsome.

Addictive, even.



But it's only an illusion.



I vow to give him nothing more than I promised,

Yet he sees right through me.



When it comes to my heart, all bets are off...

And winner takes all.

In a quiet Sydney suburb, soon-to-be-married Sonny Day sets off on his bike to catch the train to work. He never makes it to the station. After his fiancée Chrys reports him missing, DI India Hargreaves launches a low-key investigation.

Weeks later, a man’s body is found, mutilated and buried, on a nearby building site, but it’s not Sonny, and with no solid leads, both investigations stall…until a letter arrives from Sonny, claiming he’s met someone else.

Chrys insists Sonny wrote it under duress. She convinces India to investigate further, beginning with the photograph that came with the letter and ending in Scotland and the discovery of more mysterious deaths. But two questions remain unanswered.

Whose body was buried on the building site? And where is Sonny Day?

Resilience, Grace and the Art of Showing Up  is an adventurous and uplifting book, sharing an astounding story of empowerment, driven by one woman’s determination to rise above the abuse and traumas that had impacted her. 



Through opening her mind to life and new possibilities of perceiving, rather than staying stuck in the pain, she discovered many insights on how to rebuild her self-esteem and live her deepest dreams.



This is an inspiring story of courage and determination about overcoming so many obstacles and traumas to finally creating a life full of love and fulfillment, where the seemingly impossible became possible.



Through gleaning life wisdoms from the cultures she encountered in her travels around the world and her observations of Nature Luannah made the shift from victim to victor. 



She enlightens the reader to explore the Power of Nature as a resource of wisdom and truth, as ally and healer, awakening us to our own innate resilience and capacity to re-create ourselves.



This book has the power & potential to change lives in beautiful and enriching ways. 

Review

Luannah Victoria Arana has penned a Heroine's Journey of adventures, trauma and profound healing. May all find this book deeply inspiring in their personal journey to wholeness." -Mare Cromwell, Author The Great Mother Bible & Messages From Mother Earth

"Resilience Grace and the Art of Showing Up is a courageous memoir and a source of hope that a wonderous life is possible on the other side of trauma and pain. It is a beautiful tale of overcoming trauma and stepping into an empowered version of yourself."-Maryse Cardin, Author Speaking to Yourself with Love: Transform Your Self Talk

"Luannah is an inspiring person, as is her story of the many layers of learning, healing and transformation she has experienced that she shares here. Resilience, Grace and the Art of Showing Upis a powerful message of encouragement to those who are on a path of personal growth." -Mahmud Nestman, Counsellor M.Ed, RCC, HT

"Resilience Grace and the Art of Showing Up is an expression of faith, fortitude and forgiveness. Luannah shares her experiences and adventures in life overcoming trauma. An honest and at times heart wrenching depiction of her tenacity and courage to reach the life lessons to become her true self. A truly gifted human has evolved who now enriches and empowers others through her energy and resurgence." -Andrea Davis, Author Survival Was Only The Beginning

" A Compelling Manuscript, full of emotional and physical abuse that has been overcome by a young woman's fortitude and willingness to learn from her experience. The author's adventures were amazing and powerful; readers will deeply admire her spirited attempts to come to an understanding about what-and why -things were happening to her. And they will root for her to overcome (which she did)."- Bill Worth, Editor

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A nation divided, a family torn apart, a love threatened, a dream of freedom...

Will Crump and his family want education, peace, and a better life. Set in Kentucky in 1859, their world comes apart as the Civil War destroys peace, family, and prospects. His two sisters, Albinia and Julia, awaken to the horrors of slavery, and work with the Underground Railroad. Albinia helps Luther, a slave from the Clay plantation, escape north into Ohio, beginning a complete change of life. Will risks his life, his love with Jenny, and estrangement from his family as they support the Union, and he fights with the Confederacy and John Hunt Morgan. https://www.dropbox.com/preview/WRITING/CoffeePot/BookoftheYearFinalist.png?context=search&role=personal" target="_self">https://www.dropbox.com/preview/WRITING/CoffeePot/BookoftheYearFinalist.png?context=search&role=personal" style="float:left; height:404px; width:404px" />