@ Market Block Books

In "Deep Forest Ruminations," the main narrative in this collection, the author develops a philosophy tempered by the wild while camped with his German shepherd dog on a pristine lake in the West Canada Lakes Wilderness. Leading up to this experiment in staying put, the twelve shorter narratives and personal essays brought together here focus more on backpacking and snowshoeing in the Adirondacks over the course of two decades, both alone and with others.

Book One of the UPD Novella SeriesSomething has emerged from the lake waters of Houston to slaughter partying campers. A special unit of the FBI is dispatched to investigate and stop the murders. The Unnatural Perpetrator Department, division of the FBI, is a unit of agents that specialize in the mystical, the occult, and the divine. They are tasked with hunting and stopping serial killers of 'unnatural origins.'Enter Agent Dianna Saferstein, a gifted criminal profiler from a mundane background.

TROY NIGHT OUT

TROY NIGHT OUT

During their many travels to countries in Europe, Jim and Carol McCord have seen and responded to the world around them through two different lenses--Jim through the lens of emotive wordsmithing and Carol through the lens of striking visual imagery. In this beautiful collection of poems and photographs from their travels in England, France, Greece, and Spain, the two lenses come together in one seamless offering of artistic expression.

Reed Alexander will be signing his new book, In the Shadow of the Mountain, on August 10th from 11am to 1pm.  In the quiet town of Kodiak Lake, deep in the Adirondacks, some people have begun acting oddly and others are terrified.  What is stalking this winter wonderland seeking refuge inside the residents of this sleepy town- and what is watching from the shadows with far too many eyes?

George, Butchie, Georgie and Gigi -- all the same person but all so different. George was a boy who realized he was a girl when he was a child. He never hid this but didn't flaunt it either. He fully lived his life all the time planning to become a woman accomplishing this dream in his mid-sixties and fully becoming Gigi.  This is a true transition story full of triumphs and trials, joy and tears. We know you will enjoy meeting and getting to know Gigi Conboy Rosselli.

This August marks the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival. Local musician and author Graham Blackburn, who was part of the whole 1960’s Woodstock music scene (he played and recorded with the likes of Van Morrison, Janis Joplin’s band, the Muldaurs, Richie Havens, and many others) reads from his memoir Andante: from London to Woodstock. This is a true insider’s look at what made Woodstock so famous.