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Children's/Yound adult Fiction: Mysteries Other fiction NonFiction Plays Seniors

CHILDREN'S / YOUNG ADULT BOOKS

Ted Fuller
Barney, the Bus, [ages 3-7, picture book, available from author ]

Jacque Hall
What Does the Rabbit Say? 6 mos. - 6 years, rhyming book

Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff
Curtain Call, [Incentive]
Explorers, [Frank Schaffer]
John Muir and Stickeen: An Alaskan Adventure [Millbrook Press]
Louise the One and Only, [Troll]
Wish Magic, [Troll]
Help, My Life is Going to the Dogs, [Troll]
The ABCs of Writing for Children [Quill Driver Books]
You're Kidding! Incredible Facts about the Presidents, [Troll]

Joanna H. Kraus
Tall Boy's Journey (ages 9 to 12) [Carolrhoda Books] [obtain from author]
A Night of Tamales and Roses, Illustrated by Elena Caravela (Shenanigan Books, ISBN: 0-97266144-1)

Sarah Wilson
Love and Kisses, [Candlewick, 1999]
Good Zap, Little Grog, [Candlewick, 1995]
The Day That Henry Cleaned His Room, Simon & Schuster
Beware The Dragons, HarperCollins [available from author]

Fran Wojnar
Eliza, An Iowa Pioneer [obtain from author]

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FICTION: Mysteries

Camille Minichino
The Hydrogen Murder
The Helium Murder
The Lithium Murder
The Beryllium Murder
The Boric Acid Murder
The Carbon Murder
The Nitrogen Murder
The Oxygen Murde
r [August 2006]

OTHER FICTION

A. J. Garrotto
Down a Narrow Alley [2007]
I'll Paint a Sun
[March 2005]
Circles of Stone [2004]
Finding Isabella [2000]
A Love Forbidden [1996]

George Jansen
The Fade-away [2007]
The Jesse James Scrapbook [2004]

Denise P. Kalm
Lifestorm [2001]

Pearl Atkins Schwartz
Box Camera Chronicles: Stories of the 20th Century [2005]

Sally Tubach
Memoirs of a Terrorist, [SUNY Press ]

Christine Sunderland
Pilgrimage [Capstone Fiction, 2007]

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NONFICTION

Bill Bethel
Questions That Make the Sale (Dartnell ISBN, 0-85013-196-0)
10 Steps to Connecting With Your Customer (Dartnell, ISBN 0-85013-201-0)
Sales Letters Ready To Go (NTC Business Books, ISBN 0-8442-3566-0)

Paul Cooper
Weekend Warriors [1996, ISBN 0-89475-202-X]

Pat Edwards
Helen Hunt Jackson: Writer With a Cause
How Gertrude Stein Kept GETTING UNDER THEIR SKINS Quotations and Tales [obtain from author ]

Patricia Evans
The Verbally Abusive Relationship
Verbal Abuse, Survivors Speak Out
Controlling People
Teen Torment

Ted Fuller
San Diego Originals: Profiles of the Movers and Shakers of California's First Community [obtain from author ]
The MESA Way: A Success Story of Nurturing Minorities for Math/Science Careers. [Ted Fuller was one of four co-authors]

A. J. Garrotto
The Wisdom of Les Miserables: Lessons From the Heart of Jean Valjean [2008; ISBN 978-1-4357-0868-6]

B. Lynn Goodwin
From An Author's Point Of View --Tips On The Writing Process [ISBN 0-9711096-1-3]
From An Author's Point Of View --Tips On Marketing [ISBN 0-9711096-1-5] [Available at OSC Store - http://www.oscweb.com/oscstore/oscstore.htm]

Muriel James
Born to Win : Transactional Analysis With Gestalt Experiments
Perspectives in Transactional Analysis:
Religious Liberty on Trial, Hanserd Knollys, Early Baptist Hero
The Better Boss in Multicultural Organizations: a Guide to Success
Using Transactional Analysis
Born to Love
Born to Love, Transactional Analysis in the Church
Breaking Free: Self-Reparenting for a New Life
Heart of Friendship
Hearts on Fire : Romance and Achievement in the Lives of Great Women
Its Never Too Late to Be Happy : The Psychology of Self-Reparenting
Marriage Is for Loving
A New Self : Self-Therapy With Transactional Analysis
The O. K. Boss
Passion for Life by John James, Muriel James
(Editor).
Passion for Life : Psychology and the Human Spirit
People Book : Transactional Analysis for Students
The Power at the Bottom of the Well: transactional analysis with Biblical perspective
Techniques in Transactional Analysis for Psychotherapists and Counselors
Touch a Rainbow
What Do You Do With Them Now That You've got them? Transactional Analysis for Moms and Dads

George Jansen
Sendmail [2007]
Sendmail Companion 8.13 [2007]

Virgie V. Jones
Historical Persons and Places...in the San Ramon Valley
Be It Ever So Humble, 70 homes in the area
Dear Editor
[order all from author]

Alpha B. Quincy
We Lived American History: 1600-2000 [2007]

Jack Russ
Lessons Learned in Electronic Forms Design. [Educator's International Press, 2002]

Ann Steiner, Ph.D.
Contributor to:
Sometimes You Just Want to Feel Like a Human Being: Case Studies of Empowering Psychotherapy with People with Disabilities. [Paul H. Brooks Publishing, Maryland, 1995]

Sally Patterson Tubach, (collaborator)
An Uncommon Friendship: From Opposite Sides of the Holocaust [ UC Press ,April, 2001]

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PLAYS

Ted Fuller
Seniors Acting Up: Humorous New One-act Plays and Skits for Older Adults [edited by Ted W. Fuller, available through Amazon, or Pleasant Hill Press]

Joanna H. Kraus
Circus Home [New Plays]
The Dragon Hammer and the Tale of Oniroku [New Plays Books]
For the Glory [obtain from author]
Kimchi Kid [New Plays]
The Last Baron of Arizona [New Plays]
Ms. Courageous: Women of Science [New Plays Books] about Elizabeth Blackwell and Marie Curie - ideal for Middle School students and teachers.
The Shaggy Dog Murder Trial [Anchorage Press]
Tenure Track [Players Press]
Women of Courage: Five Plays [Dramatic Publishing].
Anthology includes The Ice Wolf, Mean to Be Free, Remember My Name,Angel in the Night, and Sunday Gold. Foreword By Nellie McCaslin
Secrets Plays Plus Acting Edition [HarperCollins Ltd.is scheduled for publication September '08] (forthcoming)

SENIORS

Betty Fielding
The Memory Manual: 10 Simple Things You Can Do To Improve Your Memory After 50 [Quill Driver Books, Clovis, CA., 1999]

Ted Fuller
Senior Scene [comprised of columns written about older adults]
Seniors Need 12 Hugs a Day: Plus Other Lore and Legends About Seasoned Citizens

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