Christmas Karma
Christmas Karma is author Gerald Everett Jones's homage to Anne Tyler, whom he regards as his literary mother. It's about the travails of a dysfunctional family around the holidays, narrated by an angel who has a wicked sense of humor.
More info →Bonfire of the Vanderbilts
In 1892 Paris, Julius Stewart painted The Baptism, a Vanderbilt family scene that contains an embarrassing secret. In the present day, art historian Grace Atwood becomes obsessed with the painting and its hidden clues for reasons that have more to do with her personal ghosts. Either her doting husband is trying to make her think she’s crazy, or she really is in the early stages of dementia.
More info →Choke Hold: A Novel
Cynical personal-injury attorney Eli Wolff rediscovers his idealism for simple justice when he sues the city for the wrongful death of an unarmed African-American man at the hands of two police officers. Hank Ellis was killed in his own home, choked to death, after the angry officers stormed in without a warrant, anxious to teach him a lesson for dissing them in front of his neighbors.
More info →Mr. Ballpoint
The mostly true story of how we got the ballpoint pen in 1945, it's a comedy about an outrageous huckster and his mild-mannered son.
More info →The Misadventures of Rollo Hemphill (Compilation)
It's a compilation of My Inflatable Friend, Rubber Babes, and Farnsworth's Revenge
More info →My Inflatable Friend (Rollo Hemphill #1)
The confessions of a young hacker turned slacker who devises a bizarre scheme to make his girlfriend jealous
More info →Rubber Babes (Rollo Hemphill #2)
Who's being paranoid? Sometimes they really are out to get you!
More info →Farnsworth’s Revenge (Rollo Hemphill #3)
Rollo Hemphill has a history with a life-sized rubber doll he dressed up to look like glamorous Hollywood star Monica LaMonica.
More info →How to Lie with Charts: Fourth Edition
If you're using a computer to generate charts for meetings and reports, you don't have to be taught how to lie - you're already doing it. You probably don't know your charts are unreliable, and neither does your audience. So you're getting away with it - until a manager or a sales prospect or an investor makes a bad decision based on the information that you were so helpful to provide. The main focus of How to Lie with Charts is on the principles of persuasive - and undistorted - visual communication. It's about careful thinking and clear expression. So don't blame the computers. People are running the show.
More info →Boychik Lit: Stories and Essay
It's not chick lit. It's about young men on the make and failing ever upward. Six short stories plus a thoughtful essay on the genre.
More info →Bonfire of the Vanderbilts: Scholar’s Edition
The fictional version of the art scandal behind Julius Stewart's painting The Baptism is now backed up by peer journal documentation. This edition of the novel includes the whitepaper, research bibliography, rare photographs, and more.
More info →The Death of Hypatia and the End of Fate
Available in Kindle ebook and Audible audiobook.
More info →The Light in His Soul: Lessons from My Brother’s Schizophrenia
He was homeless, broken, and suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. For the next fourteen years, his sister Rebecca took on the struggle to restore him as they faced the dark traumas and painful memories of their past.
The Light in His Soul: Lessons from My Brother's Schizophrenia is her intimate memoir of helping Call as she learns that his extraordinary gifts are helping heal her and her family. Both Call and Rebecca bring light to the dark shadows of their past.
The book recaps the story of the award-winning documentary film A Sister's Call, supplemented by Rebecca's insights about the soul contract she has with her brother.
More info →Searching for Jonah: Clues in Hebrew and Assyrian History
Original research and analysis on the history behind the Bible story by Don E. Jones. With an Afterword and commentary by Gerald Everett Jones.
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