“Blooms,” a initial of a series, is a story of Annie Reed, who leaves behind her life in Seattle to pierce to a farming city in Virginia — a place with many childhood memories.
Depue is a technical consultant and can mostly be found during Haile Village Bistro operative on her subsequent novel.
MEET THE AUTHOR
■ Author visit: Camille Minichino discusses what inspires her essay and takes questions from a assembly during a Skype display of a author of a Periodic Table Mysteries series, 2-3:30 p.m. Aug. 9, Headquarters Library, 401 E. University Ave.
The eventuality is partial of a Alachua County Library District’s Adult Summer Reading Program, Literary Elements.
NEW RELEASES
■ “The Age of Cain”: Frederick J. Long’s latest book takes on a doubt of what happened to a Bible impression Cain after he killed his hermit Abel.
“The Age of Cain” (Amazon.com, $2.99) is a work of chronological novella that follows a life of Cain and a family and bequest he creates. Drawing from Biblical, gnostic and chronological resources, a Gainesville author gives a reader an steadfast demeanour into an old-fashioned universe that is during once pleasing and brutal.
“The Age of Cain” takes on a universe of giants and archangels, and attempts to answer a doubt of who Cain married.
Long is a author of “Tall Tales in Short Order” (www.authorhouse.com); a apocalyptic, post-industrial Web comic www.freeops36.com and a comic’s tie-in book “Conscript Corps.”
■ “Snap Decision”: New York Times bestselling author Nathan Whitaker has gifted football life from both on and off a field. Now Whitaker, who has co-authored books with NFL greats Tony Dungy, James Brown and Tim Tebow on their real-life stories, tells a story of an eighth-grader with a talent for football in “Snap Decision” (Zonderkidz, $15.99), a initial in his new Game Face novella array for kids.
“In Snap Decision,” Chase Clark gets a event to play on a high propagandize varsity football group with his best friend, Tripp. But when a tough strike leaves Tripp with a concussion, Chase is a usually one who knows what unequivocally happened. And revelation could have critical consequences, including cessation from a team. Trying to do what he thinks is right turns out really wrong.
Whitaker gives immature readers a critical instance of being both a good crony and a good teammate, even when faced with formidable situations and tough consequences. The book is targeted to middle-schoolers and takes place in North Central Florida.
Whitaker grew adult in Gainesville, attending Eastside in a initial IB class, and played football for Steve Spurrier during Duke University.
He used law in North Carolina, clerked for a U.S. district judge, worked in method and was a member of a Player Personnel Departments of a Jacksonville Jaguars and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He also binds post-graduate degrees from Harvard Law School and a University of Florida. For some-more information, revisit www.nathanwhitaker.com
■ “Dreams of Perfection”: Gainesville proprietor and intrigue author Rebecca Heflin, a coop name for Dianne Farb, expelled her third novel, “Dreams of Perfection” (Soul Mate Publishing) recently.
The book will be accessible for squeeze as an e-book on Amazon.com by a Kindle Direct Publishing Select module as a promotional offer before it is expelled by book retailers.
“Dreams of Perfection” is a initial of 3 expected novels in Heflin’s Dreams Come True series.
Farb is a author of dual prior intrigue novels: “The Promise of Change” and “Rescuing Lacey.” She is now essay a second book in a Dreams Come True series, “Ship of Dreams.”
■ “Doc Frog’s Physical Training Manual, Navy SEAL Fitness for Kids”: David B. Rutherford, a former Navy SEAL medic, has published “Doc Frog’s Physical Training Manual, Navy SEAL Fitness for Kids” (Kindle, iTunes, $11.99 online, $19.95 paperback) a earthy training primer introducing immature people to a universe of earthy fitness.
The book outlines a elementary and essential training regime, and offers information about embracing ones fears, building extensive courage and vital a group life.
The illustrations by Brian Kalt, a internal artist, etch a super hero, Doc Frog, in several practice techniques.
For some-more information, revisit teamfroglogic.com.
MEETINGS
■ Talking service: A reading and contention module for veterans, their family and friends meets 7-8:30 p.m. a third Monday of each month, Beltram Peace Center, 1236 NW 18th Ave. (376-0044 or smithdc2@bellsouth.net)
■ The Book Rack Book Club: Meets 3 p.m. a initial Thursday of each month, The Book Rack, 4936 NW 39th Ave. (224-3945)
■ Gainesville Poets Writers: Meets 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Books-A-Million, 2601 NW 13th St.
■ Weekly Poetry Jam: Gainesville’s longest-running open communication reading, 9 p.m. Thursdays, Civic Media Center, 433 S. Main St. (373-0010 or civicmediacenter.org)
■ Writer’s Alliance of Gainesville: Anyone meddlesome in a created word is welcome; see www.writersalliance.org for accurate dates, Millhopper Branch Library, 3145 NW 43rd St. Free.
■ Tempting Reads Book Club: Group meets 6 p.m. a fourth Wednesday of each month. Newberry Branch Library, 110 S. Seaboard Drive, Newberry. Open to a public. (472-1135)