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Bonny Doon Community Website - Local Authors
Click on a book cover for more information.
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The Widow's Walk League by Nancy Lynn Jarvis
Santa Cruz husbands are being murdered. The local news media is buzzing because a dark-clad figure described
by witnesses as Death has been seen lurking nearby each time a murder is committed. When the newly-made
widows start hiring real estate agent, Regan McHenry, to sell their houses, she discovers all the murdered
men have something in common: their wives belong to a walking group called The Widow's Walk League. No wonder
Regan is worried when the group's leader starts paying special attention to her husband, Tom.
More information at www.GoodReadMysteries.com.
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Buying Murder by Nancy Lynn Jarvis
Murder gets personal when human remains are found in the beach cottage that Regan McHenry buys. The murder
victim has been hidden away for 16 years, and although his identity is quickly discovered, the trail to his
killer is cold. Regan has sworn off playing amateur detective, but when the police have to focus on more
pressing crimes, she has to break her promise. As her policeman friend, Dave Everett, says, "Your house,
Regan, your murder."
More information at www.GoodReadMysteries.com.
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Backyard Bones by Nancy Lynn Jarvis
It's not the first time Regan has experienced déjà-vu, but when a second body is found buried where one was
found just weeks before, déjà-vu takes on new meaning. Someone murdered a girl on her 17th birthday and
Regan discovers many people are hiding secrets about their entanglement with the dead teenager. Regan
must carefully figure out which of them is a murderer or she'll become the killer's next victim.
More information at www.GoodReadMysteries.com.
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The Death Contingency by Nancy Lynn Jarvis
Regan McHenry is a Santa Cruz real estate agent whose work puts her in the midst of mystery, mayhem and even
murder. The last death in the neighborhood is ruled accidental, but she thinks it's murder - she even
thinks she knows who the murderer is. Now Regan has to prove a crime has been committed before anyone
will take her seriously. The problem is - she doesn't want to be right.
More information at www.GoodReadMysteries.com.
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In Love and War by Suzanne Barrett
Irish dairy farmer, Meaghann Power, struggles to make ends meet by renting her converted castle keep to an
embittered war correspondent who was wounded in Bosnia. Quinn Lawlor has come to his ancestral homeland
to heal and to be left alone. However, pragmatic Meaghann discovers much more than just her attractive-
but-surly tenant's body is in need of healing. What begins as indifference turns to fascination, and
later, desire. But can their passion survive Meaghann's own dark secrets?
www.SuzanneBarrett.com.
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Late Harvest by Suzanne Barrett
Cresthaven: magnificent Gothic house, a winery of vaunted tradition. Beautiful on the surface, but beneath
the facade, simmering passions, dark secrets. Vintner Kurt von Daniken offers winemaker Glenna Ryan a
bargain--surgery for her son who suffers from a birth defect, in exchange for her expertise. Helping Robbie
is paramount to the financially strapped single mother, but will her return to the Mendocino winery risk new
heartbreak by the only man she's ever loved? And if Kurt discovers the real reason she left, will she lose
her son?
www.SuzanneBarrett.com.
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Lime Kiln Legacies: The History of the Lime Industry in Santa Cruz County by Robert
W. Piwarzyk et al
In the late 1800s Santa Cruz County was the most important lime-producing region in California. This
book tells the story of how lime was made, the people who made it, and how the industry shaped the history of
Santa Cruz from the mission period to the present.
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Davenport Cement Centennial: Honoring Our Past, Building the Future by Robert W.
Piwarzyk & Alverda Orlando
Copies are $20 and available by calling Cindy Nelson at the plant at 458-5761.
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Valley Of Redwoods - A Guide to Henry Cowell Redwoods by Robert W. Piwarzyk &
Michael Miller
The Guide to Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park is the long awaited book containing a tour of HCRSP. It
features many great photographs, history, chapters covering each habitat. Great Reading!
$9.95
Buy this book at MountainParks.org/store
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La Nostra Costa by Ivano Franco Comelli
Visit Ivan's Website and
The Nostra Costa Blog
"La Nostra Costa" (Our Coast) is about my family's journey to Davenport and the North Coast. It
contains a humorous story of how the Iacopetti Store later became the "Lost Weekend Bar" and now the Bonny
Doon Vineyard Tasting Room. The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (831-429-1964) 705 Front Street
carries Ivano's book. Support the Museum.
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Choose a Career in Science by Barbara Louv
More information at
www.chooseacareerinscience.com.
The book is encourages students to consider a future in science. It includes aspects of astronomy,
biology, ecology, engineering, neuroscience, medicine, health sciences, physics, computer science,
nanotechnology, mathematics, marine biology, cosmology, chemistry, and geology.
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Just Treat Me Like I Matter, The Heart of Sales by Diane Marie
Pinkard
More information at www.HeartofSales.com.
The author believes that society is experiencing yet another major, social paradigm shift-that people are
once again appreciating the value of caring and trusting "interpersonal relations" in both the corporate
world and the marketplace. She maintains that "people still buy people," and they buy best from people who
treat them like they matter.
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Memories of the Mountain by The Ladies of Bonny Doon Club
Don't miss out on this wonderful book. A "must have" for new and old Dooner's alike. The Ladies
of Bonny Doon Club produced this book in 2004. Many Bonny Dooners contributed stories, pictures, and
editing skills. Order your book at authorhouse.com or call 800-839-8640. $20.50 plus postage.
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Listen Up! How to Communicate Effectively at Work by Eunice LeMay and Jane
Schwamberger
More information at
www.papiliopublishing.com.
Eunice LeMay, Branch Manager at Felton Branch Library, and Jane Schwamberger, former Training Librarian for
Santa Cruz Public Libraries, have published Listen Up! How to Communicate Effectively at Work.
It's available at Book Shop Santa Cruz, Capitola Book Café, and on-line at www.Amazon.com and www.Btol.com.
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