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In Jim Ring's newest book, the author brings to life his immigrant Italian heritage through a delightful retelling of summer visits to his family's small greengrocer store in Kingston, New York. As Ring tells it, these annual visits had a profound role in shaping his character and guiding him from childhood into adulthood, and influencing his career as an FBI agent. Ring's stories, rich with humor and wisdom, span nearly three decades and are an impressive chronicle of small-town life in the iconic Hudson Valley. A gifted storyteller, Ring brings us unforgettable characters and stories that delight and linger.

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Necessary Assets

This riveting work of fiction begins with an unusual alliance between a modernized Sicilian Mafia and retired FBI agent Mark Patrick. The Mafia, in an effort to prevent an al-Qaeda terrorist attack on US soil, offers to anonymously furnish information to the FBI, but only through Patrick. Desperate to convince their fundamentalist donors to return to the fold, al-Qaeda has authorized "The Engineer" to operate off the AQ grid leading two cells of radicalized US citizens to attack the nation's economic hub, Manhattan, and its freedom hub, Boston. They are willing to unsheathe an evil not yet dared, transforming both cities into dead zones where no one can commute to work.

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From the Other Side of My Heart: A Collection of Poems and Writings

Poet and writer Linda Estes Strasburg shares her award-winning poetry in her first published collection. A lifetime of love, joy, grief and loss are exposed and celebrated between the lines of richly written verse. Many of the poems within this book have been displayed and published in poetry journals and magazines, including "Angel Unaware," published in the Poetic Press. Linda is a member of the International Society of Poets, as well as the Famous Poets Society. From the Other Side of My Heart also includes writings and images of Linda's worldly travels and adventures, and showcases paintings by her artist daughter, Vicki McKee McClanahan.

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