America Star Books: 167 books

For those of you who may not know me, let me introduce myself. My name is Matilda. I'm a wee Scottish lass and I live in the kingdom of Simonville in a huge castle under the rule of the Great White Terrier of the West Highlands, King Simon. Now ever since King Simon lost his entrusted advisor, Lord Frederick...

Moneyland is a fairytale to explain to young children what money is and how it is used and circulated in a sophisticated, worldwide financial system. It personifies each element in the circulatory system of money to allow the child to understand quickly and easily. Two young children, Stefan and his...

The Why of Me is a wrenching account of the author=s lifelong struggle with mental illness and alcohol addiction. Narrated with a surprisingly gentle tone, it details months and years of depression, suicide attempts, and treatment in various mental hospitals. This quiet recollection of a wild psychological...

Whatever happened behind the scenes when an interview with a French politician was banned to be broadcasted? A visit to a German war cemetery in Crimea was not without problems, as well as the arrival of a famous American singer at a jazz festival in Serbia. How was the free press in China like during...

The story begins on August 14, 1945 known throughout the world as V-J DAY. The streets of New York are filled with people celebrating the end of the sad and terrible World War ll. Young Jeff Mason and his grandfather lean out of their apartment window that overlooks 5th Avenue, New York and they look...

Peter and June and Me is the story of my search for my parent's first and second-born children, about whom I knew nothing until later in my life. There were references to them, but no direct discussion about them with either parent. The story is wrapped inside the murder of my girlfriend by an unrequited...

A storm was coming… and with it… death. Single mother and widow Lulu still grieves for her husband’s death seven years later. With the help of her sister MeeMee, Lulu attempts to run a business and be a good mother to Hattie with no idea that one night would change their lives forever. What should...

Louis Chala’s Give to the Children, a collection of inspirational essay-stories, is powerful and uplifting. Through recollections, fables, and traditional Congolese folktales, readers are taught a wide range of lessons. Young and old alike will benefit from Chala’s straightforward teachings about...

Behind the Closet Door is an electrifying trip through the world of love, money, power and abuse. Shera, a beautiful small-town girl, suddenly finds herself in a world of unseen passions, exotic trips, and lavish gifts. Most of all, she meets a man who seems to love her beyond all reason. Her newfound...

It is 1973, and the Los Angeles Presse-Syndicat’s thirtyish music-arts “stringer” Axel Haberley believes in the arts’ cross-fertilization. With a passion for Vincent Van Gogh, an editor willing to let him “file pieces” from abroad, and passable college French, Axel plans a cultural wanderjahr.The...

In an allwhite community filled with WASPs, a high school senior, Ella, becomes best friends with her nextdoor neighbor, Julian, who happens to be a homosexual. Though she was raised in a WASP home that prides conservatism, she is determined to repress her homophobic feelings and pursue a longlasting,...

In 1939 Josie, Donna, and Rosalie graduated from high school and looked forward to their next life journey. Rosalie marries at eighteen; Donna enters the work world, and Josie spends the summer preparing for college. At the same time, a war percolated in Europe and Southeast Asia which seemed too far...

“Jesus Christ” denied that there is a “Last Judgement,” “heaven” or “hell” (to come), (see: Lu 17:20-21). “Religion,” “truths” and “love” etc. are that what one makes others believe according to the credo (of megalomania) a) faith shifts mountains (see: Mt 17:20) and the truths...

Jagged Edges, the sequel to A Deadly Twist of Fate, completes the Silverwood trilogy. The story begins when Ginny Montgomery suffers a serious injury at Abbott Hall that changes her life forever. Montgomery has married Dr. Glen Abbott after the first anniversary of her husband’s tragic death. But there...