Books tagged: 60s

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Middle Age Cranky at 100: Fine Whines & Muddled Memories    by Howard Baldwin
Price: $4.99 USD. 61700 words. Published on August 1, 2012. .

Howard Baldwin isn't really a cranky guy; he just plays one in his blog. In this compilation of his first 100 columns, he wends his way with both humor and harrumph through the aggravations of 21st century life, but also touches on nostalgia, accumulated wisdom, and appreciation both for the way things are and the way they used to be.
El Porto Summer    by George Cole
Price: $2.99 USD. 56770 words. Published on September 4, 2012. .

Brett Sloan is out of school for summer. The California teenager envisions spending his time surfing, babe-watching and taking it easy. Girls look sexier every day but Brett won't fall in love. Girls are too hard to figure out and probably would control his life. But, when he finds himself on the bad side of a bad dude, and falling for a shy, pretty girl, life hits him like an enormous wave.
Dandelion: A Memoir of a Free Spirit    by catherine james
Price: $9.99 USD. 67620 words. Published on September 4, 2012. .

Catherine James longed to get away from her young, beautiful, and wickedly irresponsible mother: to her beloved grandmother or glamorous Aunt Claire or dashing race-car driver father—who had never been a part of her life. She had not wanted to escape to a California orphanage. It wasn’t until a chance meeting with a very young Bob Dylan that Catherine was inspired to make her escape.
Live For Today    by Joe Barfield
Price: $1.99 USD. 56540 words. Published on September 21, 2012. .

A broken promise takes a gifted seventeen-year-old boy down a suicidal path of self-destruction. With the persistence of his coach and the love of a girl be enough to save him. This is a YA coming of age story and although fictionalized, Live For Today is based in part on what happened to me in high school. The story shows there is always hope and that with faith, anything is possible.
It Takes All Three- A Bobby Stoner Adventure    by William Hrdina
Price: Free! 2740 words. Published on November 11, 2012. .

It Takes All Three is a story from the early days of Bobby Stoner- the main character in "The Diary of Bobbys Stoner." In this story, Bobby learns an important lesson about taking things for granted. Oh, and there's a magic bunny rabbit.
Grandpa Stories    by James McCann
Price: $2.99 USD. 102280 words. Published on November 17, 2012. .

It all started one day, when BJ and Darrian giggled at me and made fun of how I started so many things that I said to them with the phrase, " When I was a boy .. ". But Grandpa Stories is not about being their grandpa so much as a collection of stories of how I was lucky enough to grow up to be their Grandpa. I have always loved great story telling and I hope you do as well
Kool Brother Rat    by Jon Sindell
Price: Free! 5770 words. Published on December 23, 2012. .

In this fast, funny tale, a thirteen–year–old boy in the Wonder Years era searches for cool. Can he live up to his big brother's rep? Tastes a little like Stand By Me, A Christmas Story, and The Wonder Years. Previously published in The Write Side Up.
The Rowan Tree    by Robert Fuller
Price: $2.99 USD. 145660 words. Published on January 12, 2013. .

THE ROWAN TREE is an unflinching novel of ideas that reaches from the rebellious American '60s into humanity’s global future.
MAVO: High School in the 1960s, Freshman Year    by MJ Rennie
Price: $9.99 USD. 113690 words. Published by My Green Publisher  on January 18, 2013. .

M. J. Rennie’s brilliant black comedy MAVO is an irreverent look at American high school life in the mid-1960s. With that pivotal period serving as a backdrop for a host of delinquent adventures, Rennie remembers middle class society in this tale of Patrick Compton, a troubled fourteen year old who just can’t keep out of jams.
The Sixties, A Generation of Innovation and Imagination Revisited    by Lily Silver
Price: $1.99 USD. 9830 words. Published on January 21, 2013. .

The decade of the 1960's was one of the most challenging of the twentieth century. The sixties brought us the Summer of Love, the Beatles and the civil rights movement. It was a time of communes and drug experimentation. Take a peek back into this exciting era to discover a generation fighting for massive social, religious & political changes we take for granted today.