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This is the story of legendary record producer Rick Hall and his historic role in the development of the world-famous "Muscle Shoals sound". Rick Hall made music history when he founded FAME Recording Studios, the first professional recording studio in the entire state of Alabama. After producing and engineering the area's first national hit on Arthur Alexander's Southern soul classic "You Better Move On", Rick went on to earn international fame and eventually a Grammy for a lifetime of achievements.

Fore! Las Vegas, 1966. Hot off the heels of his last adventure in Ships & Salsa, musician Trip Callaway, sideman to the stars and part-time undercover spook, discovers he’s got a secret admirer. The problem is the secret admirer is lying dead in the morgue. Trip is ordered to stay cool and let the professionals handle it. Staying cool is no problem—as for the other part, not so much.

In "How to Convince a Republican," author Brett Rivera embarks on an insightful journey through the core issues that shape conservative thought in today's complex political landscape. This book is a masterful guide for anyone looking to understand and engage in meaningful dialogue with those holding conservative viewpoints.

Las Vegas, 1965. Hot off the heels of his last adventure in Cold War Copa, Trip Callaway, the young, wise-cracking musician with dreams as big as the Hoover Dam, has reluctantly agreed to go undercover and do some light spying for the government - light spying, as in report on who’s hobnobbing with whom in the casinos along The Strip. But when Trip is asked to pose as a trumpet teacher to the 13-year-old step-son of a notorious crime boss, he quickly realizes he’s agreed to more than he bargained for.

David Webber is a man of prodigious musical talent - and prodigious alcohol consumption - who makes a meager living playing piano in a hotel bar. He's sure he's hit rock bottom. David doesn't realize, however, his boring, depressing life is about to get complicated - and dangerous. When David's college mentor is murdered and his music agent disappears, he becomes the prime suspect. David is hurled into a treacherous world of international assassins, underground crime, and shadowy figures in the US government.

From the banks of the mighty Mississippi to a sparkling stream in Kyoto, from the misty moors of Scotland to Africa's folktale forests, listeners will be transported as legendary heroes, mythical maidens, and talented tricksters weave their magic.

When a fire-and-brimstone presidential candidate declares the Rapture is just weeks away, America loses its collective mind in a blaze of holy hysteria. Enter Dr. Helen Hand- a razor-sharp freethinker from Los Angeles-who's forced to infiltrate a Bible-thumping college in Kansas. Her goals? Enlighten young minds and thwart the End Times, but she falls in love. Immaculate Deception is a wickedly funny romantic comedy for nonbelievers. A "Rom Com Non".

Pete Morrow is an alienated FBI agent whose only escape from the colleagues and society he despises is through reading literary classics. When his boss sends him to warn away a drug dealer on an obscure army base, he discovers a murder and becomes obsessed with Jade McClellan, a mysterious man whose rock band just performed at the crime scene. Tough-guy Morrow has never been in love before—but Jade is almost magical, an embodiment of myth and literature who creates living fantasies that rapidly become the only thing Morrow values in his otherwise miserable life.

Trip takes a vacation! Miami Beach, 1966. Hot off the heels of his last adventure in Tinseltown Tango, Trip Callaway, the young, wise-cracking musician with dreams as big as the Atlantic Ocean, is forced to take a break from his steady gig on the Vegas Strip to soak up some rays and mojitos in the Sunshine State courtesy of Uncle Sam.

"Lights, camera, Trip! Los Angeles, 1966. Hot off the heels of his last adventure in Mekong Delta Blues, Trip Callaway, the young, wise-cracking musician with dreams as big as The Golden State itself, takes a break from his steady gig on the Vegas Strip to do some easy undercover work in Hollywood for his secret agency benefactors. It's Hollywood; how dangerous could it be? But as Trip quickly discovers, The Dream Factory can also be a nightmare.