Publications

The Night Orion Fell
When Captain Larry Hills attempted to rescue his deckhand, he too was tragically caught in the lines that whipped and wrapped the two men against the net reel of the trawler like captured fish. In the moment before the deckhand’s death he was the only one who heard Larry’s cold realization: “We’re dead.” Thus began the gripping 40-hour torture as Larry waited for rescue or death.  In February 1982, the Coast Guard worked this North Pacific search and rescue, which still remains unforgettable in Coast Guard annals. This is the story of a man’s continued courage to fight his way through the lonely and painful hours of survival and disability rehabilitation to reinvent himself as a resourceful and contributing member of society.

Will be available in early 2012

The Carolyne Letters
Amelia: young, naive, in love. Geoff: charming, narcissistic, intelligent. In a decidedly European affair, a young couple consummates a courtship destined for differences. The resultant pregnancy provides a haunting yet charming backdrop for the challenges of love and its often unwanted decisions. 1994 Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist Abigail B. Calkin has created such a rich and picturesque setting that The Carolyne Letters literally breathes life--life in all its splendor, simplicity and complexity.

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Nikolin
Nikolin, one of three short-listed from 900 submissions for a Benjamin Franklin Award, is the story of a man who lived a thousand years ago, at the beginning of the Russian Orthodox Church.

He presses his hand against the cold stone walls of the Pecherskaya Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev. His soul whispers, "Lord have mercy." and reverberates across a millennium. Nikolin—here is the story: his dramatic life, his fevered loves for both the aristocratic and the lowest of prostitutes, and his faith for which he gave his life. The novel takes us from the husbandry of Nezhin, where he was a husband and father, to Kiev and the Pecherskaya Lavra where he entombed himself forever—all for the love of God.

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Toilet Training: Help for the Delayed Learner

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Pebbles, Mops, and Thimigs 

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