Joe Aguilar is a Publisher of Two Community Newspapers in San Antonio Texas. The Westside Sol Newspapers has been in circulation since 2001. Joe is also the Host of Overtime Sports Radio in San Antonio on 1130am & 92.5fm
Chris Mullen is an Award-Winning Author and Teacher from Richmond, Texas. He grew up listening to stories of the old west, imagining he was right there with Gunslingers and Comancheros, fighting for survival in an unforgiving time. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1997 and began his teaching career.
Lethal Liaisons is the second book in Deanna King's Jack West Mystery Series. Other published titles by Deanna King include a fantasy romance, Saving A Sioux Legacy and a children's book, Gracie's Stories.
Houston Homicide Detective Jack West is back at work. A fresh case he's working might be connected to a murder case fellow detectives Chang and Severson are working. The Medical Examiner's report shows some similarities to each murder, but the victims are strangers with nothing in common.
Writing is more direct, in many ways a simpler means of communicating. We all use words, we know what words mean or we think we do. Nuance, the double entendre, irony, sarcasm, misleading statements and outright lies make things more complicated. that saying, ‘a picture’s worth a thousand words’ is never more true than when the written word has to somehow convey the expressiveness of the spoken word.
While looking at my grand-daughter's books with her it occurred to me that here, at three years old, she can identify images which bear little resemblance to the actual creatures portrayed: whale, giraffe, ostrich, etc. At the zoo she recognizes the elephant, tiger, giraffe, etc. Why, I wondered, do children's books have such simplified renderings of animals?
How many names of wildflowers do you know? Considering that there are 5000 flowering plants in Texas at least a thousand of which can be called 'wild flowers' it's safe to say, not many.
Children have a natural curiosity about the world around them. When it comes to the world of nature, adults often can't help other than to say, 'Don't touch that ' 'Don't play with that ' or 'Don't eat that ' Of course, children will do all these things anyway.
This addition to the A to Z series delves into the realms of general and esoteric knowledge, things we should know, things we thought we knew and things you never before thought about. It's a fun, eclectic collection that is guaranteed to provide many 'Gee whiz ' moments and interesting information with which you can stun friends and family alike.
Janel is an expert in childhood mental health with extensive experience in developmental milestones and family systems. She holds a Masters in Professional Counseling and a Bachelor’s degree in Family and Child Development. Janel has worked in early childhood for many years as a counselor, early childhood intervention specialist, and childcare trainer.
Born to German parents in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Rolf Stibbe has served the United States Air Force for over twenty years, in uniform during Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom. He has been an International Aviation magazine free-lance writer since 1997 in England and Australia. Stibbe has even been published with the Shingetsu News Agency in Japan.
In The Isle of the Dragon, author Rolf Stibbe portrays the heroism and courage of United States Army Air Corps flight crews during combat in World War II against the forces of Imperial Japan.
When Jessica discovered mystery novels with recipes, she knew she had found her niche. Find her culinary cozy mystery, "A Caterer's Guide to Love and Murder," now in ebook or paperback.
Bob Ross divides his time between San Antonio, Texas and Ainsworth, Nebraska.
Bob Ross writes with an authenticity as poetic and unforgiving as the Nebraska Sandhills themselves. The nine connected stories Billy Above the Roofs paint an indelible portrait of the life and times of one Billy Dixon in an era on the Great Plains not entirely bygone.
Catherine Stier is a San Antonio-based author of award-winning children’s books, and holds a Masters in Education in Reading and Literacy from the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Spend a day in the life of a search and rescue dog Skye the border collie has spent her life comforting people after disasters. Lately, she's also been training to help find people who have gone missing in her national park. But is Skye ready to make her first rescue? Told from the dog's perspective, this story also includes back matter about the breed and role of the working dog.
Spend the day in the life of a detection dog Tucker the beagle is more than just a friendly face at the airport. As part of the "Beagle Brigade," he helps keep out invasive species that could hurt the environment. It's a job that would be almost impossible for humans--but for Tucker, it's all in a day's work.
HK Jacobs graduated from Baylor College of Medicine and has spent her life as a physician traveling the globe caring for children. She also has a Master of Public Health from the University of Texas with a concentration in global health and completed her thesis in Port au Prince, Haiti.
Dr. Alexandra Wilde is brilliant, driven, and wholly dedicated to her profession. Caring for critically ill children has taken her across the globe from Mongolia to Haiti to her current assignment in Gaborone, Botswana. Her life is full of excitement, tragedy, and personal sacrifice with little room for anything or anyone else.
