Anvil displayed the books listed below at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival on September 2-3 (Labor Day weekend), 2006. Many of our authors signed their books at the Anvil tent.

Griese, Noel L. Arthur W. Page: Publisher, Public Relations Pioneer, Patriot. Anvil Publishers, 2001.

Arthur Page, public relations vice president of AT&T from 1927 through 1946, is regarded as the father of corporate public relations. He oversaw troop information for the Normandy Invasion and wrote the news release announcing the first use of the atom bomb at Hiroshima. From 1905 to 1926, he was an editor and partner in the Doubleday, Page & Co. publishing house.  Selected as one of 38 best books ever written on public relations.

Specifications: 6.25 x 9.5, HC w/dust jacket, 448 pp., ISBN 0970497504, 16 per box
Cover price: $24.95
Single copy  price: $24.95 plus $3 S&H
Price to retailers: 1-2 copies, $24.95 ea.; 3-4 copies, $19.96 ea. (20% discount); 5-24 copies, $14.97 ea (40%);  25-99 copies,  $14.22 ea. (43%); 100 or more copies,  $13.72 ea. (45%)
Ships from: Atlanta, GA 30084

 

What do you know about Georgians who lived impossible dreams? Georgians like Furman Bisher, who at age 88 continues to be one of the most prolific sports columnists in America... the late Raymond G. Davis, Medal of Honor winner and Georgia's only four-star Marine Corps general... Bud Asher, who never played a minute of college football and yet was selected to the South College All-Star football team... or Lee Burge, the man who went from the mail room to the board room at Equifax, and built it into one of the biggest corporations in America. The lives of these and other legends are featured in Gene Asher's Legends: Georgians Who Lived Impossible Dreams.

Specifications: 6.5 x 9.25, hardcover w/dust jacket, 352 pp., ISBN 086554977X.
Shopping cart price: $25.00 ea. plus $3 shipping (plus $2.00 sales tax for Georgia residents)
Ships from: Atlanta, GA
 

More than Petticoats examines the determination of 13 resourceful women, all of whom rebelled against the strict social codes of the turn-of-the-2oth-century American South. Includes portraits of Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell, Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts and Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, the "Mother of the Blues." Author is a freelance writer from Virginia who settled in Atlanta.

Specifications: 6 x 9, trade paperback, 192 pp., ISBN 0762712708.
Cover price: $10.95
Shopping cart price: $10.95 ea. plus $3 shipping (plus $0.98 sales tax for Georgia residents)
Ships from: Atlanta, GA
 

Mike learns and tells Grandpa about the hard work and practice it takes to be a real hero, a firefighter.

Specifications: : 10 x 7, laminated hardcover, 24 pp., ISBN 09703135610.
Cover price: $11.95
Shopping cart price: single copies, $11.95 plus S&H; 2-3, $10.95 plus S&H; 4-8, $9.00 ea. plus S&H; 9+, $7.50 ea. plus S&H.
Ships from: Stockbridge, Ga. 30281

Fairchild, Simone, with illustrations by Pamela Marie Key. The Plight of Queen Bee. A Better Be Write Publisher, 2005.

Oh my! Someone has stolen the Queen Bee's nectar, but who could it be? Time to call out the bee from Scotland Yard to find out before the Queen removes his head! Beautifully illustrated with interactive games at end of story.

Specifications: : 8.00 x 10.00, pbk., 40 pp., ISBN 0976773236.
Cover price: $17.95
Shopping cart price: $6.00 ea.
Ships from: Millville, NJ 08332

The Queen Bee's niece has been bee-napped! It is Detective Brown to the rescue! Will he save her in time? This and title above are great books for children that are beautifully illustrated with interactive games at the end of the story.

Specifications: : 8.00 x 10.00, pbk., 40 pp., ISBN 097677324X.
Cover price: $17.95
Shopping cart price: $6.00 ea.
Ships from: Millville, NJ 08332

Kitty Fantastic in Monroe's Art Adventure is the delightful tale of little Monroe and his wise-cracking cat, Kitty Fantastic. The two provide children with an introduction to the world of art - writing, painting, music, rap and other genre. Story line is laced with facts in separate boxes - such as the fact that Elvis Presley's high school teacher, before he sold a billion records, gave him a C and told him he couldn't sing.  Colorfully  illustrated with interactive games at the end of the story.

Specifications: : 8.00 x 10.00, pbk., 40 pp., ISBN 0977197115.
Cover price: $17.95
Shopping cart price: $6.00 ea.
Ships from: Millville, NJ 08332

Randel, Jackie and Diane Allen, with illustrations by Jackie Randel. Calendar Friends. Lifevest Publishing, 2005.

Calendar Friends is a unique book designed to help children learn the days and months of the year in a colorful, interactive presentation. The book is educational, yet has endearing giraffes and rhymes designed to captivate young readers, and encourage them to learn and have fun at the same time. Each book includes a set of stickers for holidays and special days of the year.

Specifications: : 8 x 10.5, pbk., 32 pp., ISBN 1598790188.
Shopping cart price: $12.95
Ships from: Centennial, CO 80122
Notes: Includes set of seasonal stickers.

Specifications: : 8.00 x 10.00, pbk., 40 pp., ISBN 0976773228.
Cover price: $17.95
Shopping cart price: $6.00 ea.
Ships from: Millville, NJ 08332

Sauvageau-Smestad, Sheila, with illustrations by Pamela Key. Rain Rain What a Pain! A Better Be Write Publisher, 2006.

Every parent knows how children hate the rain when they want to go outside to play. This wonderful book shows them why rain is so important. Great book for children that is beautifully illustrated with interactive games at the end of the story.

Specifications: : 8.00 x 10.00, pbk., 40 pp., ISBN 0977197166.
Cover price: $17.95
Shopping cart price: $6.00 ea.
Ships from: Millville, NJ 08332

Villanueva, David Jr., with illustrations by Edmundo Sanchez. Caleb's Birthday Wish! A Better Be Write Publisher, 2006.

Caleb, confined to a wheelchair, is celebrating his birthday with friends. When he blows out the candles, he wishes he could fly. With the help of balloons, he does, and this children's book relates what he sees as he drifts through the sky. Great book for children, designed to teach them empathy, that is well illustrated with interactive games at the end of the story.

Specifications: : 8.00 x 10.00, pbk., 40 pp., ISBN 0977197182.
Cover price: $17.95
Shopping cart price: $6.00 ea.
Ships from: Millville, NJ 08332

Zweifel, Frances, with illustrations by Irene Brady. Animal Baby-Sitters. Wm. Morrow & Co.

Many wild animals have babysitters.  Elephant babies have teenage elephant baby-sitters. Young male macaque monkeys care for baby macaque monkeys and teach them to find food. A whole flock of acorn woodpeckers takes care of one nest full of chicks! Great for preparing younger children (4-8 yrs.) for their parent's evening out or a stay at a childcare center. Warm, sepia-toned pictures on every page help young kids come to terms with the idea of a babysitter.

Specifications: : 10.00 x 8.50, HC, 32 pp., ISBN 068800444X.
Shopping cart price: $7.95
Ships from: Talent, OR 97540
Notes: Library binding.
 

A unique concept in recipe organizing. Jot down a recipe title and location on the lined pages in the proper category and use the comprehensive table of contents to retrieve it again in minutes. Stores the location of nearly 4,000 recipes in 27 recipe categories for heirloom recipes, children's recipes, non-food recipes and more. Builds a single recipe index for an unlimited number of recipe sources.

Specifications: 6 x 9, hardback self-covered, 192 pp., ISBN 1920976542.
Cover price: $21.95
Shopping cart price: 1-4 copies, $17.56 ea., 20% discount; 5-24 books, 40%; 25-99, 43%; 100+, 45%.
Ships from: Omaha, NE 68028

Yocona Puff Adder is a dazzling debut novel by an important new voice in Southern American fiction, Gerald Inmon of Oxford, Miss. Critics compare him to classic authors William Faulkner and Eudora Welty. A coming-of-age story set in the turbulent era of civil rights and Vietnam, the novel chronicles the history of an unlikely relationship between a white city boy named Scott and a black country boy named C.B. The bond that develops between the two transcends the bigotry and segregation of the era.

The story of a young girl who struggles to understand herself and to comprehend the outcome of events that take place in her life. What happens to Carrie Moretti along the way, and the vicarious path that she follows, is heavily influenced by her ethnic background, strong sense of family and dedication to God and her religion. Author Carol Miller of Tavares, Fla., owned and operated a full-service interior design business before settling on her new career as a writer.

Specifications: 6 x 9, pbk., 312 pp., ISBN 097716411X.
Shopping cart price: $18.95 ea.
Ships from: Ashland, Ohio

Continuation of The Master of Plans. Haunted by a psychic prophecy 30 years earlier - having found and then lost true love - will Carrie Moretti's story have a happy ending? Does Carrie's story of love have an end? The blueprint of life is, after all, a plan. Deciphering how you fit into that plan, or don't fit into that plan, is another long story.

Specifications: 6 x 9, pbk., 364 pp., ISBN 0977164101.
Shopping cart price: $18.95 ea.
Ships from: Ashland, Ohio

By the author of A Flower Blooms on Charlotte Street, the book that inspired the acclaimed feature film "The Adventures of Ociee Nash," Creola's Moonbeam, the just-released latest novel by Milam McGraw Propst relates the journey of a successful Atlanta writer to the beaches of Florida's Gulf Coast, where she finds inspiration from a joyful beachcomber neighbor. Writes New York Times best-selling author Haywood Smith, " Don't miss this delightful, heartwarming journey into friendship."

Specifications: 5.5 x 8.5, pbk., 242 pp., ISBN 0976876035.
Shopping cart price: $14.95 ea.
Ships from: Smyrna, GA 30081

Milam McGraw Propst is one of the authors who will be signing copies of her book at the Anvil tent at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival.
 

A war rages in Rhodesia - a vital struggle for dominance in the Southern African nation now called Zimbabwe. The sacred queen of seven centuries earlier, who started a new religion for her people to follow, comes alive again as a modern-day reporter gets involved in the past of the Dark Continent. A suspenseful book that will put you in the edge of your seats and keep you thinking long after the last page. Author Jocelyn Howe was born in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). She and her South African husband now live on their boat sailing the world.

Specifications: 6 x 9, trade pbk., 294 pp., ISBN 0976773252.
Cover price: $18.95
Shopping cart price: $6.00 ea.
Ships from: Millville, NJ 08332

Until 22 years ago, when he and his family emigrated from South Africa to the United States, author Jacobus van der Merwe was an Afrikaander. In this collection of short stories based on historical events, he celebrates life and the importance of protecting it. Most of the stories in this collection are based on his recollections of people he knew or stories told to him by South Africans and Americans. The stories include one about how one of his relatives during the Boer War in South Africa captured Sir Winston Churchill, at the time a young journalist covering the war for British papers.

Specifications: 5.5 x 8.5, pbk., 176 pp., ISBN 1413470513.
Shopping cart price: $13.30 ea.
Ships from: Philadelphia, Pa. 19113

Cobus van der Merwe is one of the authors who will be signing copies of his book at the Anvil tent at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival.
 

A southern tale journeying a decade into the struggles of William Campbell, who’s on a collision course with romance, friendship and social issues. To find his way to a better life, he must defeat his demons toward the rivalry of a racist classmate, a fallen friendship, and the murder of his ex-girlfriend that Nashville police can't solve.

Specifications: 6 x 9, pbk., 252 pp., 13.2 oz., ISBN 1411625110, 25 to carton.
Cover price: $18.25
Returns permitted? Yes
Shopping cart price: $6 ea.
Ships from: Athens, AL 35612

Ambassador DeathRite is one of the authors who will be signing copies of his book at the Anvil tent at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival.

Hangman: A Deadly Game is a suspense novel about the boundaries of personal honesty, and what happens when they are violated. Matthew Cross faces a temptation so great that it overpowers his lifelong sense of right and wrong. Control slips away, and life-threatening dangers encircle him until a final betrayal springs a trap. Novel is set in North Carolina, Europe, the Bahamas, Florida and Georgia. Author Roger Meadows lives in upstate South Carolina.

Specifications: 6 x 9, paperback, 320 pp., 1 lb. 1 oz., ISBN 01419628763, 44 per box.
Cover price: $18.99
Returns permitted: No.
Shopping cart price: $18.99 ea. Standard trade discount of 40% to retailers.
Ships from: North Charleston, SC 29418

Monday, Bill. The Man Who Was Hanged Twice. Taylors Ridge, 2006.

In the aftermath of the Civil War, Sam Rayburn rides into the sleepy little town of Cedartown, Georgia, a weary, yet determined man on a quest for vengeance and truth. However, truth lies ahead in New Orleans. An unexpected love affair complicates matters. Ride along as war, love, deception and murder weave a story that will touch your heart and soul, and open your eyes to the truth.

Specifications: 6 x 9, paperback, 352 pp., 1 lb. 1 oz., ISBN 097593094X, 25 books per carton.
Cover price: $16.00
Returns permitted: Yes.
Shopping cart price: $16.00 ea.
Ships from: Rome, GA 30162

Prather, Linda S.  The Gifts: A Jacody Ives Mystery. Echelon Press, 2006.

The dead never rest - until the guilty are punished. Corrine Larson's dying wish was to warn Sheriff Sarah Burns of the evil coming her way, and to save Sarah's young daughter. Her whispered words crossed the barriers of time, entering Sarah's dreams - He's coming, Sarah. He wants to destroy you.

Specifications: 8.1 x 5.0, trade pbk., 288 pp., ISBN 1590804627.
Cover price: $12.99
Shopping cart price: single copies, $12.99 plus $2.95 S&H. Call for volume discounts to book dealers.
Ships from: Lexington, KY 40517

Tynan, J.D. Jill 9. A Better Be Write Publisher, 2005.

Jill is destined to become the ninth victim in a string of complex murders - but not if FBI Agent Ian Hamlin has anything to say about it. In a love triangle like no other, Jill is caught between the seemingly perfect Mr. Right and the dark, brooding man sent to protect her. Born in Portland, Ore., author J.D. Tynan resides in the Pacific Northwest.

What happens when your alter-ego - the dark side of your otherwise sunny disposition - can't be trusted? What if you conscience stops functioning, the bad side of your personality taking over? These are the questions North Georgia author Michael Harris asks.  The Deviant is a thriller that will make you wonder if it is your conscience you hear or something evil out to destroy you. The book just might make you terrified of yourself.

How the Pirates Saved Christmas is a 68-page chapter book, beautifully illustrated by Lorrie Bennett. The book contains an introduction, 10 chapters, an epilogue and glossary. This historical fiction novel, generally geared to readers 6 to 14 years old, involves a mixture of actual history and the story of how we often make choices that affect those around us. Set is 1778 during the American Revolution, the book relates how a shipload of pirates, serving as privateers for the American colonists, decided to do a "greater good" and save Christmas for the children and adults of Savannah, Ga.

Explains how to do a quick handwriting analysis without spending years of study and training. A 15-point, step-by-step guide enables the reader to perform practical profiles in the time required to read the book. A handy new tool for managers, teachers, parents and counselors as well as for hobbyists. A Harvard graduate who studied social anthropology, psychology and sociology, Josh Batchelder is a certified graphoanalyst.

Specifications: 6 x 9, pbk, 228 pp., ISBN 970497539.
Cover price: $12.95
Shopping cart price (single copies): $10.95 plus $2 S&H
Price to retailers: 1-2 copies, $12.95 ea.; 3-4 copies $10.36 ea. (20% discount); 5-24 copies, $7.77 ea. (40%); 25-99 copies, $7.38 ea. (43%); 100-2,499, $7.12 ea. (45%); 2,500 to 4,999, $2.10 ea.; 5,000-9,999, $1.82 ea.; 10,000 up, $1.67 ea.
Ships from: Atlanta, GA 30084 or Mattoon, IL 61938

Rouner, Patricia. Lose Weight with Green Tea. Smith House Press, 2005.

Just by drinking green tea, you can increase your metabolism and burn fat while reaping the benefits of green tea's antioxidants, which help prevent heart disease, some cancers and a host of other ailments. Learn how it works, how much to drink, the best brewing methods (it's not the same as black tea) and which brands have the highest concentrations of the good polyphenols and antioxidants.

Specifications: 5.5 x 8, paperback, 160 pp., 9 oz., ISBN 0961522178, table of contents plus index, 30 per carton.
Cover price: $14.95
Returns permitted: No.
Shopping cart price: $14.95.
Ships from: St. Paul, MN 55113

 

Allen, Barbara. Still Christian after All These Years. Church Publishing, 2004.

From Fundamentalism to Anglicanism in just 40 years, a spiritual journey told with wit and irony, evoking not only the religious milieu of her experience, but the mores and attitudes of the second half of the 20th century.

Specifications: 6 x 9, trade paperback, ISBN 0898694000.
Shopping cart price: $15.00
Ships from: New York, NY

Ezell, Wiley. Last Chance. Three Kings Publishing, 2003.

Last Chance is the true story of how God used a death experience to give one man his "last chance" for a new life with Jesus Christ. Wiley Ezell's story chronicles that experience as well as his subsequent spiritual journey, with it's daily spiritual battles and lessons.

Specifications: 5.375 x 8.0, pbk, 150 pp., ISBN 193160049X.
Nr. available: 1,600
Cover price: $10.00
Suggested retail: $5.99
Your price: $4.00 ea., 1 to 99; $3.00 ea., 100 or more
Ships from: Monroe, LA 71201

Note: Add to cart button is best used for single copy orders. For larger orders, please contact us at custserv@anvilpub.com. If you do use the add to cart button to order more than one copy, you will be billed only for the multiple copy price listed.

Specifications: 6 x 9, pbk, 232 pp., ISBN 0970590237.
Cover price: $13.00 plus $3 S&H.
Shopping cart price: $13.00 plus $3 S&H. Retailers, please call.
Ships from: Clarksville, MD 21029

Specifications: 5.5 x 6.5, pbk, 56 pp., ISBN 0970590245.
Cover price: $7.95
Shopping cart price: $7.95 plus $2 S&H.
Ships from: Clarksville, MD 21029

Lush, Lorraine, with Frances E. Robinson. Unfinished Business: How You Can Build Your Dream, Lose It, and Still Survive. Blue Ibis Books, 2005.

The story of how Lorraine Lush survived a broken marriage and went on to build her small secretarial school from one building holding 65 students into a $30 million a year business with 300 employees and instructing 3,000 students annually. An inspirational story about making it through tough times, owning your own business, and managing employees, time and finance.

Specifications: 6 x 9, hardback, smythe sewn with dust jacket, 328 pp., 1.25 lbs., ISBN 0976549506, table of contents plus index, 30 per carton.
Cover price: $23.95
Returns permitted: Yes, in like condition.
Shopping cart price: 1-4 copies, $16.00 ea. plus S&H (33% discount from cover); 5-24, $14.37 ea. (40% discount from cover price); 25-99 copies, $13.65 ea. (43%); 100 or more copies, $13.17 ea. (45%).
Ships from: Tampa, FL 33508

Emmerich, Anne Catherine, and Clemens Brentano. The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Anvil Publishers, 2005.

More than 40 scenes in Mel Gibson's "Passion of the Christ" movie are drawn from the visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich, a 19th-century Westphalian nun, stigmatic, ecstatic and inediac. Her visions were recorded over the course of six years by German romantic poet Clemens Brentano, who sat by her bedside daily to record what she was seeing while in trance. Includes a 100-page introduction by Noel Griese, who explains not only the visions but how they fit in Passion devotionals and how Mel Gibson used them to craft his film.

Specifications: 6 x 9, paperback or hardcover with dust jacket, 384 pp., ISBN 0970497504.
Nr. available: 10,000
Single copy  price: $16.95 paperback, $26.95 hardback. Standard trade discount of 40% to retailers.
Ships from: Atlanta, GA 30084 or Mattoon, IL 61938

Buy to hardback version for $26.95 plus $3 shipping and handling

Buy the paperback version for $16.95 plus $3 shipping and handling

Women give this award-winning book to men and say, "This is everything I have been trying to tell you!" To many women, the main problem in relationships today is that men don't seem to know how to be men anymore. Here is wisdom for men about taking responsibility, showing leadership and making decisions in a relationship. Men say about the book, "Why didn't someone tell me this before? Thank you for saving my relationship."

Specifications: 5.5 x 8.5, pbk., 128 pp., ISBN 0973695102.
Cover price: $12.95
Shopping cart price: 1-2 copies, $12.95 plus S&H; 3 or more copies, 40% discount.
Ships from: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Specifications: 6 x 9, pbk., 160 pp., ISBN 1886094306.
Cover price: $12.95
Shopping cart price: $12.95
Price to dealers: $1.50 ea., 10 or more.
Ships from: Louisville, KY 40207

Specifications: 5.5 x 8.5, pbk., 208 pp., ISBN 1879260395.
Cover price: $12.95
Shopping cart  price: $12.95
Price to dealers: $1.50 ea., 10 or more.
Ships from: Louisville, KY 40207

Peace at Any Price is a self-help book written for individuals who suffer from “the please disease.” Deborah Poor calls such folks “peace-at-any-price” people, and they are placaters who seem to live only to please others (or avoid angering them).  After reading the checklist of peace-at-any-price characteristics, you will immediately recognize some poor soul in your life who is a sufferer. Ms. Poor helps the reader identify peace-at-any-price traits and offers help — from her personal and professional experience and the experiences of others — for overcoming the please disease. Peace at Any Price features a recommended reading section and an index.

Specifications: 5 x 7, pbk., 118 pp., ISBN 15682509915.
Cover price: $14.95
Shopping cart sale price: $9.95 plus $2.50 S&H
Price to dealers: $50% discount returnable, 55% nonreturnable.
Ships from: Highland City, FL 33846-04

A Language of the Heart explores the language we use to describe our lives and offers tools to make sense of life and relationships. It provides a healthy approach to managing the daily stressors that so often lead to depression and anxiety. The book is delightful to read and will change your life faster than you can imagine.

Specifications: 5 x 7, French fold pbk., 132 pp., ISBN 1568250975.
Cover price: $15.00
Shopping cart  price: $15.00 plus S&H
Price to dealers: $1.50 ea., 10 or more.
Ships from: Winfield, OH

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