Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Wonderful, Wacky Family
Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Wonderful, Wacky Family includes 101 tales of crazy characters, comical escapades, and heartwarming moments. “It’s the perfect gift for family and friends,” says writer Wendy Hobday Haugh, whose 18th ‘Chicken Soup’ story appears in the volume. If you love to laugh, this is a must-read!
Available at books stores everywhere and on Amazon ($14.95).
COLORWORLD written by Anthony Richichi
COLORWORLD is the story of a little boy named Henry who discovers the power to change his world by using his artwork, imagination, and a little bit of COLOR!
Join Henry and his new best friend, Captain Tony,
as they travel through the magical lands of COLORWORLD! Just use your imagination!
Available at saratogaspringspublishing.com or
Available at Northshire, Amazon and www.whyshouldiclimbthistree.com
Nervous Rex Written By Michael Burns
Sixty-Five million years ago he was born. His father was so brave and strong, but what happened to him? What went so wrong? We all have a little anxiety and worry, but what is the son of the meanest, most terrifying dinosaur to do when it gets the best of him?
Available at Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, Limmielit.com, and Amazon.
Why Should I Climb This Tree? Written By Ryan Hogan
A young boy can’t understand why climbing a tree would be any fun, or why it would be a good use of his time…His Father, a veteran of climbing trees, is determined to show his son why it matters.
Urging children to ‘Go Outside and Play!’ the climbing tree is a metaphor for life. The boy discovers much about his abilities, and how connecting with nature can elicit feelings of confidence, positivity, and peace like nothing else can. Completing his journey to the top of the tree, giving him perspective on his own life and the world, is the final reward.
Parlor Tails Written by Kenbright Kreations
Parlor Tails are children's books written for charity that revolve around the lives of our fun-loving pups who share their favorite stories and adventures to help entertain children while also supporting a great cause!
Kenbright Kreations is focused on promoting awareness and helping raise funds to battle CADASIL, a rare genetic disorder currently with no cure (all profits are donated to fight the battle against CADASIL).
Michael Kennedy lives with his wife Michelle and daughter Devin (and their FIVE dogs!!) in Clifton Park, New York They are owners of The Pink Dog Parlor and Resort. Michael was diagnosed with CADASIL in 2015 and is an avid volunteer for cureCADASIL.org.
Available at Market Block Books in Troy, The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza and The Pink Dog Parlor, Clifton Park.
More Saratoga County Stories
More Saratoga County Stories is a compilation of 63 new essays written by 33 local authors. This second volume of weekly articles, first distributed by the Saratoga County History Roundtable, offers a wide variety of topics, events, and personal stories in the long history of the county.
Saratoga County History Center, Brookside Museum
Amy Patricia Meade
Author of the critically acclaimed Marjorie McClelland Mysteries, Vermont Country Living Mysteries, and Tish Tarragon Mysteries, Amy Patricia Meade is a native of Long Island, NY, where she cut her teeth on classic films and books featuring Nancy Drew and Encyclopedia Brown. After stints as an Operations Manager for a document imaging company and a freelance technical writer, Amy left the bright lights of New York City and headed north to pursue her creative writing career amidst the idyllic beauty of Vermont’s Green Mountains. After five years living in Bristol, England, Amy now resides in upstate New York.
Available at all independent and chain bookstores in the US, Canada, and the UK.
Deerfield Written by Brain Farr
Every small town in America relies on its unsung heroes and helpers who suit up and show up to unassuming, underpaid jobs in an effort to make the world a better place. Paul Durkin was just such a man who got himself sober and then spent years trying to help other people achieve recovery as a counselor in his small, Upstate New York town. But when Paul realizes he’s been avoiding important issues with family in his own home and his world crashes down, who will show up to help him? Deerfield is a tale about addiction, redemption, unconditional love, and the Higher Power that exists in every town and every person, to help people recover from their pain and brokenness.
Available at Northshire, Barnes & Noble, Amazon and firststepconsultation.com/deerfield/
Our Spiritual HUMAN Journey Written by Marcial Reyes
Our Spiritual HUMAN Journey is a book about whom we are as described to us by Jesus, our spiritual psychologist. His attempts to bring us closer to God by challenging our intellect and ego did not go in vain. This is the why of this book. I want to demonstrate how much closer we are to our creator than we believe. Open the pages and begin your metamorphosis…your journey.
Available at: shopTBMbooks.com, Market Block Books, Troy, The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany and coming soon to a local bookseller near you!
Food: Fear, Faith & Fellowship Written by Vanessa Kovarovic
Presenting the weaknesses in our food system, and how they are related to other issues, this book (most importantly!) demonstrates that everyone can become empowered by re-establishing their relationship with food, using small daily actions that improve our quality of life, strengthen the economy, and uplift our neighbors. Food is the most powerful tool we have, to improve our life experiences, and the experiences of those around us.
Available through the publisher; store.bookbaby.com/book/food-fear-faith-and-fellowship and Amazon.
Finding Grace & Grit Written by Khristeena Lute
Finding Grace & Grit tells the stories of two women living a century apart. Meredith, a new doctoral student, struggles to learn the ropes of academia and write her dissertation on Grace King, a southern author—while her father faces trial for rape, her mother runs off with a new boyfriend, and her husband faces combat trauma. Meanwhile, in her own time, Grace King survives the Civil War and grows into a strong writer—until her own family’s darkness threatens to destroy her sense of self and identity. As they struggle to define themselves one hundred years apart, Meredith and Grace seek to carve daringly different futures than the ones society had prescribed. Finding Grace and Grit shows the darkness women often face as well as their resolve to overcome it.
Available locally at Northshire Bookstore, Amazon (paperback and Kindle), Barnes & Noble, and www.khristeenalute.com for signed copies.
Annandale Written by Dr. Hollis Palmer
“Is this book, history or historical fiction?” The answer is it is historical fiction based on events that happened to some of Saratoga’s most prominent Gilded Age families.
The first of the multibook series, Annandale, introduces the Lathrop family - the builders of three of the greatest mansions. It also includes the Davidsons, whose little girl will grow up to be an international opera singer, and the Batchellers, Saratoga’s most influential international family.
Before the series is done, we will have one of Saratoga’s greatest weddings, murder, suicide, and the loss of great fortunes.
The book is available at Amazon and local gift shops.
A Murder Mystery at a Vermont Ski Resort
A body is found by two bicycle riders on a hot summer day.
The corpse is dressed to go snow skiing. The dead man’s credit card is traced to a ski resort in Vermont. How did he get so far from the fall line?
Witch Window is the latest Murder on Skis Mystery written by author Phil Bayly. It follows television reporter JC Snow from Colorado to the Green Mountains of Vermont. The story incorporates skiing, snowboarding and some spooky Vermont legends.
This is Bayly’s fourth novel in his Murder on Skis Mystery series. Prior to his newest release, he wrote Back Dirt, which takes place in the Adirondacks of New York. He also wrote Loving Lucy, which unfolds in Colorado. His first MOS novel, titled Murder on Skis, is a chiller situated in Montana.
“More and more skiers and snowboarders approach me to say how much they enjoy my books,” Bayly said. “But some readers say they’ve never been out on the snow, and they really enjoy my books. That’s very gratifying.”
Back Dirt was honored this year by the International Skiing History Association in Sun Valley.
The Murder and Mayhem Award by Chanticleer Book Reviews placed Loving Lucy on its shortlist.
Bayly is well known to television news viewers in Southern Vermont. He anchored the popular morning news on Newschannel 13 in Albany, New York for fifteen years.
He’s also worked in television and radio in Colorado, Wyoming and Pennsylvania.
“I wanted to write a book in Vermont. It is really the mother ship for American skiing and snowboarding,” Bayly said. “It’s gone in a lot of great directions, but Vermont was kind of the first big deal in skiing.”
Bayly is a graduate of Colorado State University. He was born and raised in suburban Chicago. He now resides in Saratoga County, New York with his wife.
Witch Window is scheduled for release in November. It will be available for sale on Amazon, other popular online sites, and independent bookstores across the country.
For more information, go to murderonskis.com, Instagram
@ski_it_read_it,
Phil Bayly