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New Releases
​Playing For Keeps
​Legendary Athletes in Combat During World War II
Playing for Keeps: Legendary Athletes in Combat During World War II presents the combat experiences of the greatest athletes from the "Greatest Generation." Whether pitching no-hitters, scoring touchdowns, or winning Olympic gold medals, these superstars were a rare breed. But they would also prove their mettle in a different arena, taking part in some of the biggest battles in history. Playing for Keeps also features rare photographs, insightful battle reports, and personal diaries, and many more, including never-before-published images.
Chapters include:
- Barney Ross (3-time world boxing champion)
- Yogi Berra (Hall of Fame catcher and cultural icon)
- Tom Harmon (1940 Heisman Trophy Winner)
- Emlen Tunnell (The first African-American inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame)
- Billy Fiske (1932 & 1936 Olympic Bobsled Champion)
- Warren Spahn (Winningest left-hander in Major League Baseball history)
And many more
The Dale
by Michael Parzymieso
Long after the trauma of her kidnapping leaves her committed to the pediatric psychiatric ward, Caroline Sullivan is suddenly released. She is freed, but not free. Caroline’s psychiatrist insists she should be recommitted. Her priest fears that an ancient evil has infested her soul.
Caroline is certain she cannot live with either possibility. Her quest for answers leads her back to her home in Cold Springs, Massachusetts and a chance encounter with her two former best friends William Lane and Daniel Wilson.
William and Daniel reluctantly help her. Soon, she learns the secrets behind the man who kidnapped her and faced off with William and Daniel. They realize too late that the evil they fought in the last days of childhood was not the most malevolent spirt in, The Dale.
Carter Knox and The Lost Legacy
by Dr. Michael J. Hockwater
“Stories can change the world.”
Twelve-year-old Carter Knox thought he was just an ordinary kid—until his mother disappeared and he started seeing ghosts. When Carter discovers that he’s been chosen by the Egyptian god Osiris to stop a shadowy secret society from rewriting history, he’s thrust into a high-stakes quest across time to stop them.
Armed with a magical ankh, his best friends, Charlotte and Lincoln, and more questions than answers, Carter must uncover lost legacies and outsmart the sinister cloaked figures known as the Knowledge Keepers.
The deeper he digs, the closer he gets to the truth about his missing mother—and a legacy more powerful than he ever imagined.
From the halls of a haunted museum to the ruins of forgotten civilizations, the battle for history has just begun.
The Spiral
by Eric Jackson-Forsberg
Holden Maddox is a curator haunted by his pursuit of the truth. His esoteric study of Frank Lloyd Wright design and his attempts to sort out his shadowy, small-town past are irresistible obsessions. Driven by a desire to reconstruct his personal history and forge a future for himself, Holden is drawn into a mystery surrounding two pieces of art glass, artifacts with convoluted roots much older and deeper than he knows. Uncanny forces—from the far reaches of the solar system to the Brooklyn Bridge—complicate the quest in ways that defy his imagination, test his resolve, and bend the laws of physics.
Fan
Stories of Buffalo and the Bills
Mark Korber was born and Raised in Western New York and has lived his adult like in central Connecticut. Like many Buffalo expatriates, he remains emotionally attached to the city and particularly to the Buffalo Bills.
In Fan, Mark tells the stories of his childhood in Buffalo and a lifetime of experiences as a Bills fan. Mark’s stories resonate with sports fans everywhere. He shares the joys and agonies if loving a city and a team, part humorous, part poignant, part hopeful, always entertaining.
“This book is full of heart, history, and Buffalo grit. Mark’s love for the city and the Bills comes through on every page- a true fan who’s seen it all and still believes. If you’ve ever stood in a frozen parking lot in Orchard Park thinking, ‘This is the year,’ you’ll feel right at home here.
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RYAN FITZPATRICK, Former Buffalo Bills quarterback
“I met Mark years ago and can attest that in the world of Bills Mafia, he might be the most fanatical of them all. I have deep admiration for the way this remarkable NFL franchise has become such a rich part of so many lives. For all Bills Mafia, do yourself a favor and meet one of your most fervent fellow fans!”
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JIM NANTZ, Lead Play-by-Play Announcer, NFL and Golf on CBS
“For years, Mark sent me his Buffalo Bills Rockpile Review. I enjoyed these so much I started sharing them with friends who inevitable responded; “Wow, this guy should write a book.” And here it is: A lifetime of stories about being a fan.”
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HUGHES NORTON, author of national bestseller Rainmaker
The Empathy of Rain: A Collection of Poems
by Verde Mar
“Be the words that you share when nothing else remains. ~ Verde Mar”
“Reading The Empathy of Rain is like entering a vortex where dreams, hopes, and well-wishes are made. A musical tapestry of weathered storms that beautifully creates the tiny facets of wonderfully carried particles we call life. The writing style is as unique as that of the poet’s perfectly crafted words. Adding in Komerebi’s shine of light while the beautiful-voiced Calliope sings, each poem draws in the emotions, the sights, and musical sounds as they entwine the soul with the poet inside us all. Verde Mar’s poetry plays in song, as light and dark etches the weather mirrors of our emotions in sequence. This is a collection to be read over and over again, under the stars of night, a storm-filled morning or through the memories of raindrops that fall upon our journey through life.”
Catherine Mellen; author of Then You’ll Believe, A Childhood Tragedy Under a Mother’s Watch: Part One: 1975-1982, and A Life Given to Me: Part Two: 1982- 2019.
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Praise for Turbulent Waters:
“A layer of thought and content exists to fulfill the author’s vision. His structures, themes, and motifs deconstruct darkness and light as an analysis of the differences between loss and resilience will, Verde’s themes are finely tuned, they cross realms, and play with time lifting content of the pandemic to something gorgeous and forever. Writing from within, Verde’s expression enters the full range of human emotions through his companion, music, when he composes.”
Dr. Linda Best; author of Antonio’s Story; Coming of Age on the battlefields of WWII.
Nathaniel’s Place
by Sinéad Tyrone
When Maggie McCarey receives a suprise inheritance from an unexpected source, she is drawn to Nothern Ireland, a place she has never been to and knows little about. With her best friends Brianna 'Bree' Halloran along for supports, they embark on a trip that will alter both of their lives. One finds a new home, the other an unexpected romance. Join them on an unforgettable journey as they learn to overcome fears and follow their dreams!
In 1936, as Hitler cemented his grip on Germany, his evil ideology was making inroads in other countries, including the United States, where these toxic beliefs were resonating with hate groups such as the KKK, along with a new organization, the German American Bund, whose ultimate aim was to spread the Nazi message.
Alex Wagner is the scion of a wealthy, German American family in Buffalo. Hoping to find himself, he is currently working as a reporter for a German American community newspaper owned by a friend of his father.
After covering the inaugural convention of the Bund for his paper, Alex confronts a gang of Fanatical Nazis, intent on Anti-Sematic and racist attacks.
Eventually, he enlists his girlfriend and her grandfather—a retired police commissioner— to help investigate there terrorists. In the course of pursuing the story, they make a discovery that could have national security implications. With a little help from official authorities, they rush to foil the scheme. At the same time, she becomes the target of the gang.
Set against the colorful backdrop that includes, jazz clubs, big band Dances, a bustling aircraft factory, a grand train terminal, a 1930s era ballpark, and an exclusive, German American campground, the story captures that atmosphere of pre-War America; yet is as topical as today’s headlines. 1936, A Novel, takes its readers on a thrilling, action-packed adventure of espionage, terror, family tensions, betrayal, romantic, and a quest for justice.
1936 A Novel
by John Grandits
Lovely: A Novel
by Rin Sangar
Heather Strand is seventeen years old and wants nothing more than to escape the small town she was born and raised in, until she learns there is something far more sinister at play in her life. A gothic horror set in the bible belt of the American south, LOVELY is filled with fear and teenage life, creating both a coming-of-age story and a late-night creature feature.
ALL IN
Life lessons learned through the loss of a beautiful life
As Cherisse’s life was launching into marriage and motherhood, she was tethered by the deep ache of the loss of her brother by suicide. Personal stories unfold with raw honesty and heartfelt wisdom as Cherisse shares her challenges as well as lessons that blossomed from them, only by loving and understanding ourselves can we offer our most genuine and gracious self to others—most importantly, to our children.
We Ain't Just About Chicken Wings
A Collection of Short Stories
by Michael Burns Haggerty
We Ain’t Just About Chicken Wings is another brilliant collection of short stories from author Michael Burns Haggerty whose characters and settings make up the lives of people who are living or have lived in Buffalo and Western New York. In Batman and the Bone-In Ham, the down and out caped crusaders regain their confidence by working in a Polish bakery at the Broadway Market. In Gugino Money, we learn of greed, and the obsession with money at any cost, and in Andre the Giant and The Mighty Niagara, we witness the gentle side of one of the world’s best-known wrestlers. These humorous, gritty, tender, and surprising stories illustrate a deep and unflinching understanding of the strong willed and often vulnerable characters who are living or have lived their lives in Buffalo and Western New York.
Books by Author Jack Livingston
