Marcia Schuyler – When Marcia's sister elopes at the altar she decides to sacrifice her own life and becomes a substitute bride in her place. But will her sacrifice be ever acknowledged by the townspeople or her new husband? Phoebe Deane – In this sequel to the previous book, Marcia Schuyler, Phoebe Deane is a story of a simple and kind protagonist who is cornered from all the sides by the prospects of a loveless and violent marriage, a scheming sister-in-law, and her ill-mannered niece. Will Phoebe ever get to find her true love? Or will she be forever stuck in this hopeless situation? Read on! Miranda – Miranda is Marcia's beloved housekeeper and a fiery spirit who has saved both Marcia and Phoebe from evil plots in previous books. As for herself she is content in serving as a housekeeper until she hears about the news of a man who was falsely accused of murder and managed to escape with her help. Will Miranda be reunited with him? Will his name be cleared of the false charges?

"Miranda" – Miranda is Marcia's beloved housekeeper and a fiery spirit who has saved both Marcia and Phoebe from evil plots in previous books. As for herself she is content in serving as a housekeeper until she hears about the news of a man who was falsely accused of murder and managed to escape with her help. Will Miranda be reunited with him? Will his name be cleared of the false charges?Marcia Schuyler – When Marcia's sister elopes at the altar she decides to sacrifice her own life and becomes a substitute bride in her place. But will her sacrifice be ever acknowledged by the townspeople or her new husband? "Phoebe Deane" – In this sequel to the previous book, Marcia Schuyler, Phoebe Deane is a story of a simple and kind protagonist who is cornered from all the sides by the prospects of a loveless and violent marriage, a scheming sister-in-law, and her ill-mannered niece. Will Phoebe ever get to find her true love? Or will she be forever stuck in this hopeless situation? Read on!

Set in the turbulent 1960s, Miranda’s Gold follows a young man named Charlie who is riveted by his uncle Joe’s story of Spanish gold buried near one of the springs along Florida’s Santa Fe River. His quest for the gold will take Charlie from a murder on the river in the 1930s, to meeting a beautiful, mysterious Spanish girl in high school, to the despair of Vietnam, to the Archives in Seville, and back to where it all began—with another murder in his uncle’s stilt house on the Santa Fe. Charlie’s life will be forever changed due to his pursuit of Miranda’s Gold.

The lovely Miranda was as scandalous as she was beautiful. Young Lord Romford had his hands full as her guardian, and right now he was at his wit's end. Only the night before, Miranda had allowed the dashing Viscount Brynmawr to unmask her at a rout. Gossip spread like wildfire, and impulsively Miranda announced that she was engaged to the Viscount. This, of course, appeared to make everything proper. Now a firm Lord Romford confronted her and told her she had to go through with this marriage. "It might just be the making of you," he said. Miranda's tears did not move her young guardian one whit. Or did they?

Marinda and Miranda have been best friends since school. But they could not have been more different too. A princess becomes a basketball star, a nice old lady casts magic spells on household appliances, a police captain becomes invisible.... These stories are so full of fun and fantasy that you can easily catch the bug and try making up some stories of your own. Kathryn Thompson did a great job transferring this popular book from Russian into English. And the illustrations by Natalya Korsunskaya won the "Image of the Book" international competition in 2013.

Carmen Miranda got knocked down and kept going. Filming an appearance on The Jimmy Durante Show on August 4, 1955, the "ambassadress of samba" suddenly took a knee during a dance number, clearly in distress. Durante covered without missing a beat, and Miranda was back on her feet in a matter of moments to continue with what she did best: performing. By the next morning, she was dead from heart failure at age 46. This final performance in many ways exemplified the power of Carmen Miranda. The actress, singer, and dancer pursued a relentless mission to demonstrate the provocative theatrical force of her cultural roots in Brazil. Armed with bare-midriff dresses, platform shoes, and her iconic fruit-basket headdresses, Miranda stole the show in films like That Night in Rio and The Gang's All Here. For American film audiences, her life was an example of the exoticism of a mysterious, sensual South America. For Brazilian and Latin American audiences, she was an icon. For the gay community, she became a work of art personified and a symbol of courage and charisma. In Creating Carmen Miranda, Kathryn Bishop-Sanchez takes the reader through the myriad methods Miranda consciously used to shape her performance of race, gender, and camp culture, all to further her journey down the road to becoming a legend.

Growing up gay or lesbian is difficult enough, but having no literature which exemplifies this lifestyle sends a clear message to every gay little girl and boy that they should remain invisible. All fairytales scream heterosexuality. Just once, I'd love to see Cinderella bump into Snow White's glass coffin on the way to the ball, give her that proverbial kiss and live happily ever after in lesbian bliss. This is the basis of my book Sticks and Stones. These are four gender bending fairytales affirming that all lives are sacred and all love is good. There is no preaching, no weak females waiting to be rescued by the handsome prince, and no two dimensional men without flaws. These are the gay community's politically correct fairytales. Complete with battles, monsters and magic potions they will keep both adults and children waiting to see what happens next.