Recent releases...
Review by Seven Rivers Publishing
Highly entertaining. Suspenseful, and laugh-out-loud funny. I was completely engrossed, wondering how the characters would manage to extricate themselves. Very imaginative -- two thumbs up for this well-crafted short story.
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Angels Love Donuts
This movie was written by Leon McWhorter and Alan Elliott. It was released nationally for distribution by the Bridgestone Media Group in 2010. Purchase from Amazon.
The Dove Foundation awarded Angels 4 Doves (out of 5). This is what they had to say: "This is a wonderful family and faith DVD which focuses on what we sometimes think is important and what is really of lasting or eternal value." - The Dove Foundation review
Texas Ingenuity
Lone Star Innovators, Inventors, and Inventions
Example stories include:
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Dr Pepper – Charles Alderton’s 1885 Waco concoction and the legendary love story that may have given it its name
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Neiman Marcus – The store that put Texas on the world’s fashion map
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Fritos Corn Chips – Charles Doolin’s San Antonio snack
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The Integrated Circuit, Jack Kilby and Texas Instruments
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The Hamburger – The sometimes-disputed 1904 invention of the hamburger in Athens by Fletcher Davis
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The Chuckwagon - Invented in the 1870s by Colonel Charles Goodnight (and how it inspired today’s Tex-Mex recipes)
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EDS – How $1,000 borrowed from his mother turned Ross Perot into a billionaire
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Liquid Paper – The timesaving invention by Bette Nesmith (and how her son became a Monkee)
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Mary Kay Cosmetics – The company that gave thousands of women a chance to make a pretty penny in the business world
- Buddy Holly – The inventive rock song writer than Paul McCartney claims was the inspiration for 50 Beatles songs.
From Atriad Publications
Alan and the co-authors of this walk down “Oak Cliff’s memory lane" sifted through an overwhelming 500 donated photographs to select 200 images that tell the history of Oak Cliff. Every Cliffite, past or present, will enjoy the pictures and stories in this book. Many of the photographs are from personal collections that have never before been seen in print. "Fascinating book! I just purchased "Images of America: Oak Cliff" yesterday! I love it! ... Both of my parents are deceased now, so it is always healing and therapeutic to connect to the past through pictures! Thank you for this wonderful publication!" --Loel Camp Bomgardner Purchase from www.oakcliff.com |
