NCP Titles

$27.95	Politics & Peril, Mount Vernon Ohio in the Nineteenth Century Lorle Porter July 2005 As America stumbled toward its worst domestic crisis-civil war-political tradition took on the garb of national issues. This is the story of that volatile century, and the people-locally well-known, or those forgotten-who made it happen.
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$18.95	Standing in the Sun, Nancy Brown Perrini March 2005 In the context of one's lifetime, the journey was a momentary fragment, but the experience was all-consuming. Then suddenly, I was catapulted from a life of great joy into the depths of despair. The pain, the loss, and the grief were incomprehensible. Acceptance and transformation emerged slowly. Beautiful memories and my faith in God and the human spirit gave me the courage to pull myself together, explore new opportunities, and begin again. These pages recall the journey, with all the joys, the sorrows, and the dreams coming full circle.
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$18.95	America in Prophecy and the Apocalypse, Danny W. Snapp January 2005 "The most accurate and detailed interpretation ever written about the King James version of the Bible." America in Prophecy and the Apocalypse shows the world where we are today in biblical history. It's time to get things right with God, as we enter the Apocalypse mentioned in the Bible. God has taken control and his prophecies will come to pass. "Seek ye out of the Book of the Lord and read: No one of these shall fail." - Isaiah 34:16
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$18.95	Not Too Old, Ethel Stockton June 2005 Annaliz has done it again! Old age ain't for sissies, and Ethel Stockton proves it with her third novel about making the most of every day. Annaliz befriends a Mexican girl in trouble, and finds her own life in turmoil as she struggles with the past and the future. Large Print.
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$18.95	Older is Better, Ethel Stockton June 2004 Annaliz Victoria Fallon, much-loved elderly heroine of Old is a Four Letter Word , returns in Ethel Stockton's sequel, *Older is Better*. Annaliz's independent spirit has not been broken by having a stroke. While living in an assisted living facility in the Pacific Northwest, she refuses to succumb to life in a wheel chair. Her determination drives her on as she makes plans to return to Mexico-to her favorite chair, her patio, and her friends. Large Print.
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$12.95	Calling the Shots, Prabha Nair April 2004 Calling the Shots reflects many moods and themes: reflective, serious, teasing, questioning, wistful, demanding, impish - in short everything that a woman is. Many of the poems highlight personal experiences. Recovering from emotional turmoil Prabha Nair states that some steps cannot be retraced. At times one is forced to take a new direction in life and try to make the best out of it. Having done just that, she records in verse her personal spirit and strength. Some thoughts are best expressed in one's native language. Prabha Nair uses and explains many such words and phrases to bring her poems alive.
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$17.95	Irish Blessing, Carolyn Cross Hall September 2003 I have chosen to write my heroic great-great-grandmother Mary Ann's story through her voice and her memory. This has allowed me to tell her unique and compelling life's journey through the time of the Mexican War, the establishment of the B&O Railroad, the Gold Rush, and the Civil War."
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$19.95	Saleratus & Sagebrush, Robert Munkres March 2003 Saleratus & Sagebrush chronicles the journeys of the Bidwell-Bartleson party, and many other emigrants, on their travel west along the Oregon Trail.
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$15.95	Fip's Magical World of Color, Susan Carlson Scott The childrens' series is geared to aid not only teachers, but parents, grandparents, and art instructors, in teaching the understanding of color properties in an exciting way.
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$14.95	The Rainbow Comes Down in Ohio, Ruth Smith Richards Ruth Smith Richards was a well-known local writer in the early 1930's. Her talent is evident in her prose as well as her poetry, and emphasizes her deep love for her home state of Ohio. Available from the publisher
$16.95	Buckeye Memories, Ruth Smith Richards "Between these God-given boundaries, there lies a wealth of stories, legends, human accomplishments, heartache and dreams of three great races of mankind. ... It is the greatness of these people and the richness of the land they developed that has made Buckeye Memories." - Ruth Smith Richards Available from the publisher
$24.95	My Buckeye Lake Story, Donna Braig The author's accounting in this book are her recollections and memories as she lived it at Buckeye Lake, beginning with her employment in the Park at the age of thirteen. Includes "A Memorable History of "The Playground of Ohio"", with many old photos and stories.
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$34.95	Mostly Theatre , Dr. Donald Hill A History of Speech & Theatre at Muskingun College 1837-2000 The importance of speech and the theatre at Muskingum College can be traced to its earliest beginnings. Dr. Hill's extensive research and attention to detail in this book make it an invaluable resource for any student of theatre or speech, or theatre historian.
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$18.95	St. Patrick's People , Dr. Lorle Porter Irish Catholicism flourished in the village of Temperanceville, Ohio, in the valley, and out into the frontier, nurtured through the decades by priests like Gallagher, John Mary Jacquet, Sylvester Horton Rosecrans, Benedict Joseph Flaget, and Edward Fenwick, to name only a few.
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$16.95	Sara's Table , Dr. Lorle Porter "Woman’s work" in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, "making do" in lean times and prospering in good times—Sara’s Table is a story of ordinary American life set in a special place: the village of New Concord, Ohio. The "hometown" experiences of these women also represent an American saga shared by millions of Americans during the nineteenth century settlement and development of our country, and during the Great Depression and World War II.
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$34.95	A People Set Apart , Dr. Lorle Porter The Scotch-Irish settlers of Eastern Ohio, with their fierce clannishness and strong ties to Presbyteriansim, had definite attitudes about slavery and the Civil War. Also includes the role of Muskingum and Franklin colleges in their communities.
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$19.95	Tough Hope , Rev. Clifford Schutjer "Tough Hope," like "tough love," that must sometimes go beyond warm sentimentality, endearing wishful thinking, and feel-good optimism, is hope that is tough enough to operate in the dark, to endure constant ambiguity, and keep a practical edge to its trust.
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~~$49.95~~ $34.95	The Immigrant Cocoon , Dr. Lorle Porter Re-released November 2003 A story of Central European immigrants who came to the coalfields of Guernsey and Noble Counties in southeastern Ohio.
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Call	Roscoe: Generations-Regeneration , Dr. Lorle Porter Life in an Ohio canal town - an intriguing study of the dynamics of a successful early history preservation project. It is more than a history of Roscoe Village. It's also a social history that should be of interest to anyone who loves a good story.

$14.95	Discovering Ohio's Hill Country , Dr. Lorle Porter Where is Gallipolis? What happened in Gnadenhutten? What is Zane's Trace? This book has the answers. Some people think of Ohio as flat and, in truth, the great American Prairie begins at Columbus. But, the southern part of the state-the Hill Country-is a roller coaster of hills, villages,....
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$18.95	The Western Leatherwood Valley , Dr. Lorle Porter Re-released November 2003 A Gem of a Genealogy Resource! The pioneers of the Leatherwood Valley, their beginnings and their legacy. The Leatherwood Creek flows from western Belmont county into Wills Creek in Guernsey county.
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