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Thievery, Espionage, and the SupernaturalA global adventure of thievery and espionage meets the supernatural in Pete Kennedy's latest, The Wolf of Amalfi. Artemis Fletcher and her intrepid sidekick Ayotunde Ibukun hold down day jobs as respectable college professors, but once out of the classroom they pursue their real vocation as international secret agents charged with an almost impossible task. From a haunted castle in Ireland to the deep forests of Nigeria, the sun-drenched lemon groves of Italy and the jazz clubs and dive bars of 1960s Greenwich Village, they track down and do battle with art thieves. Along the way they team up with shape-changers, engage in sword fights and motorcycle chases, ultimately pursuing a time-traveling pirate up the Hudson River in a breathless climax."Pete Kennedy is about to take us on a unique and wonderful journey! From a pub on Dublin's busy Grafton Street through the windswept ancient castles of an Ireland full of folklore and mystery..... get your pint poured and your Galois lit....you're in for a rich treat!" - Charlotte Moore, co-founder, Irish Repertory Theatre, New York"Pete Kennedy's The Wolf of Amalfi is a memorable mix of myth, mischief and history. Find a comfortable chair, pour a favorite drink, and start reading. Once you begin the first page, there's no putting it down until you finish the last." - Peter Quinn, author of Cross Bronx: A Writing Life"Pete Kennedy's depiction of the Greenwich Village scene in the early days is spot on." - Happy Traum, author, The Blues Bag and The Joy of Guitar "Brace yourself for more globetrotting myth, mysteries, and monsters in Pete Kennedy's follow-up to his page-turning Floodwood. In The Wolf of Amalfi, our beloved protagonist Artemis Fletcher teams up with Yoruba scholar, Ayotunde Ibuken, as they travel the world to fight werewolves, mad Irish professors, reincarnated 18th century pirates, and thieves of sacred African statues. Like Floodwood, this is a fun and entertaining mix of who-done-it mystery, fascinating folklore, classic monster narratives, and action-adventure." - Gareth Branwyn writer and media critic, editor at Mondo 2000 and Boing Boing

Surviving Gangs, Radicals, Serial Killers, and KidnappersBased on the author's real-life experiences, including those as an undercover agent infiltrating radical groups intent on overthrowing the United States government, No Gun, No Badge vividly recounts the diverse and dangerous career of L.A.P.D.'s Matt Perez during some of the most brutal years of crime in Los Angeles. It presents a provocative, often harrowing story, beginning with the foundational experiences from Matt's childhood through the teenage years that helped to mold his personality and eventually steer him into the dangerous pit of law enforcement and survival. Although the character of Matt Perez is fictional, his experiences are real."Guerrero's No Gun, No Badge is a brazen reminder of the violent underworld of crime and the daily sacrifices made by cops so the rest of us don't have to see it!" - Brent Morris, EdD, Commander (Retired), Ventura County Sheriff's Office "In No Gun, No Badge, Richard Guerrero shows how crime does not pay in this no-nonsense tale of a lawman who lived and breathed justice for public safety!" - Jonathan Huang, Esq., Former Deputy Commissioner, California Board of Parole Hearings"Guerrero has created a spellbound, realistic, no holds barred journey inside the perilous world of big city undercover police work. Awesome!" - Richard A Meraz, Captain (Retired), Los Angeles Police Department

Living at the Speed of LightAmericans were still celebrating NASA's moon landing in the early 1970s when pop culture collided with science in a hurricane of eccentric personalities, deal-making, and unbridled hedonism. Linda Lane was at the center of it all. Laser Lady Meets the Light Junkies: A Hollywood Memoir, is a celebrity-packed story that brings to life Lane's journey as a smart, visionary, ambitious, but naïve twentysomething screenwriter trying to find success during that iconic period amid a swirling pool of eccentric scientists, movie stars, rock stars, record executives, Hollywood sharks, and assorted hustlers. An observer and catalyst for the birth of holography, Lane worked with physicist, holography pioneer, and founder of San Francisco's School of Holography, Lloyd Cross, along with clothing designer Kaisik Wong, and numerous others who, among their many pursuits, helped Salvador Dali create his famous 3-D live motion portrait of rock star Alice Cooper. This unforgettable coming-of-age memoir offers both a history of early holography and a young screenwriters quest to expand the way we experience movies._____________________________________________________"Linda Lane is a true original. She recognized the value of the hologram and introduced hundreds of her friends to the phenomenon. I was an early convert and introduced Nic Roeg, director of the movie, The Man Who Fell To Earth and he was inspired to put a hologram in the film. This was back in 1976. I wish I knew where that David Bowie hologram wound up. History in the making." - Candy Clark"Linda Lane was one of the most original people I met in the late 1960s. She was slightly ahead of her time creating a story using holography. I knew little about the subject. When I finished reading her script I knew it was special and so was she." - Rona Barrett"1972 to 1975 was a seminal period for holography. We are fortunate that Linda Lane documented it so thoroughly." - Ana Marie Nicholson, artist and founder, The Center for the Holographic Arts"Holographic artists would gather late at night and in the early mornings to avoid vibrations from the everyday world. Working in their hand-crafted laboratories they taught themselves how to create art with leading edge technology." - Charles Lysogorski, artists, holographic pioneer

FINALIST - Book of the Year Awards, The Independent Author Network¿¿A vivid, true-life tale of service, survival and sacrificeThis gripping memoir vividly recounts Al Moreno's rise as a gifted and fearless Los Angeles police officer, surviving gangs and homicidal situations in brutal urban war zones as he strove to achieve his personal and professional dreams. Packed with unforgettable scenes of both beauty and despair, it culminates in his vocal stand against corruption within the L.A.P.D., and the political retribution that ensued-a dirty internal investigation that unleashed the murderous vendetta of a violent ex-con from the Aryan Brotherhood.

A young guitar player from Michigan is summoned to join a band in the seedy L.A. punk scene of the late 1970s, only to learn that his brilliant childhood friend, the lead singer, has disappeared. Before long, he is pulled into a noir-meets-leather world of sketchy characters on both sides of the law.