Fresh Ink Group: 22 books

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Been There, Noted That

Essays In Tribute To Life: Observations, Inspiration, Remembrance, & Noteworthies To Share

by Stephen Geez
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2018

Been There, Noted That features 54 personal-experience essays by novelist Stephen Geez. Written from 1994 to 2010, all are based on true experiences, observations, and opinions. Each features original artwork or photography by contributor-members of Fresh Ink Group, including many fan favorites. The...
Cover of Who Said That? The Stories Behind Familiar Expressions: For Readers, Writers, Word Lovers, and Trivia Buffs, Fresh Ink Group Explains Whence Come Those Phrases That Color Everyday Speech
by Joseph S. Ajlouny
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016

Who Said That? provides an entertaining and authoritative reference for the origins and meanings of our common figures of speech.•Who said 100+ famous expressions?•Who really said them?•What did they actually say?•What did they actually mean?•Why did they say them that way?•Who...
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by J. Ajlouny
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018

In this boisterous but sensitive drama, playwright J. Ajlouny looks beyond public image to find the heart of this young woman thrust wildly into fame as a sex symbol. Presented as a play-in-the-making within a play, Marilyn, Norma Jean and Me weaves biography with humor to explore the movie star’s...
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by Marshall L. Shearer
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017

From ancient myths to the world’s great religions, Dr. Shearer expands our knowledge of how humans perceive, think, and shape our relationships with the Divine.  Toward Interfaith Harmony: Why People Believe or Not, and Where Differences Take Us Next teaches that by understanding ourselves, we dare to transcend mere tolerance and to celebrate the differences that make us whole.
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Behind the Smile

Exceptional Poetic Renderings

by Richard W. Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017

Come, take a peek Behind the Smile; a world you’ve never known before awaits your pleasures for a while … there’s wonderment for you in store. *** *** From Free Verse poetry to Sonnets, Ballads, and many more poetic forms and styles, this incomparably amazing...
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Eight Hateful Miles

A sideline pass to Tennessee's fiercest rivalry

by Stephen Hargis
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2018

In the heart of the Bible belt, only one thing could drive folks to set aside the good Lord's commandment to love thy neighbor—one of the state's longest and most combative high-school football rivalries. Located about 25 miles west of Chattanooga, hard by the Alabama state line and in an area with...
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by J. Ajlouny
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017

A figure of speech is an expression in which the words are used, but not in their literal sense, to create a more forceful or dramatic meaning. They are often in the form of metaphors, similes and hyperbole. “A fountain of knowledge,” is a good example. “Stretching the truth,” is another.   With...
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The Trial of William Shakespeare

A dramatization of the authorship controversy in which the audience renders a verdict

by J. Ajlouny
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018

Few men have endured the indignity of having their very existence challenged as thoroughly as William Shakespeare, late of Stratford-upon-Avon. From scholars to amateur enthusiasts, many cannot bring themselves to believe he wrote his own body of work. Playwright J. Ajlouny presents the arguments...
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Who Said That?

The Stories Behind Familiar Expressions

by J. Ajlouny
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2018

Who Said That? provides an entertaining and authoritative reference for the origins and meanings of our common figures of speech. Who said 100+ famous expressions? Who really said them? What did they actually say? What did they actually mean? Why did they say them that way? Who repeated what...
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The Red Poppy

Josef Stalin at Home

by J. Ajlouny
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2018

Mention the name Josef Stalin and all you will hear are epithets like “brutal dictator” or “mass murderer” or “Communist reactionary.” And these are not untrue descriptions. But they don’t tell the whole story. Every terrible person in history was also just an ordinary person too. In...
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Adventures in Leninland

An Intrepid Journalist’s Quest to Understand a Place Once Called the Soviet Union

by J. Ajlouny
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018

Prior to the collapse of Communism and the break-up of the Eastern-bloc empire of the U.S.S.R., a humorist and fledgling Kremlinologist was invited to tour the vast Red Landscape. Along the rails and roads traveled, he met a cast of colorful characters and faced a host of bizarre situations that only...
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Meet William Shakespeare

A superbly entertaining one-person play starring The Bard himself

by J. Ajlouny
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2018

Much has been explored about Shakespeare and his life, but little is known about how this small-town boy with a grammar-school education came to pen masterworks like Hamlet and King Lear. In Meet William Shakespeare, playwright J. Ajlouny creates authentic and plausible explanations that answer centuries-old...
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Sammy

Hero At Age Five

by M. Schmidt, Gene D. Donley
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019

 “Kids can get hungry sometimes while on chemo,” says five-year-old Sammy, having a good day despite the malignant tumor invading his brain. Based on true events from the 1980s, Sammy’s story is imagined by his mother and brother as if the young boy might tell it himself. The result is gripping....
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by Ellie Collins
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018

D.J. and her dad moved far from the small town and only home she ever knew. Now she’s starting middle school in the city with kids she’s never met. She tries to make friends, but they all appear to be slaves to screen time. D.J. just likes to garden, nurturing plants, watching them grow and thrive....
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