Wordsmithing
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Stone Poems/Wotai (1998). Stone
Poems brings messages from the
mineral world about the energies
held in the wondrous rocks Earth
Mother has given us to use in life’s
journey.  Wotai: Help on the Way
tells of the author’s discovery of her
personal wotai stone.  According to
the Lakota Sioux, a wotai is a stone
that comes to a person in a
significant way at a significant
time.  The stone, carried or worn,
becomes a teacher, helper and
companion in the adventures of that
person’s life pathway.  Second
Printing 2005. A flip book--190
pages with photographs, drawings
and a list of sources.
ISBN#0966-5310-6x
Replete with vivid landscapes, teeming with wildlife, charged
with emotional power, IN CASE OF BEARS is the first
collection by Peggy C. Hall, who transforms her
transcontinental travels, roadside revelations, and encounters
with wild animals (and wilder folks) into poetry.  Her
cross-country trek blazes a trial through Rockies, Bitterroots,
Badlands, and Black Hills, to Big Cedar, her own private
Idaho summer home, with its own attendant dangers and
delights.  Hall faces
the bears of her psyche, explores the
dilemmas of the American West, and
heralds the return of hero Gus Greenbear
to the written page with all-new
adventures!  She cordially invites you to
join her poetic wagon-train West!
The Lucayans (MacMillan Caribbean 1991) is an
evocative novella.  Mythic time is juxtaposed against
historic time for the Lucayan civilization, as Columbus
and history itself approach the island of Guanahaní in the
Bahamas.  Includes 35 luxurious full-color paintings by
internationally renowned Bahamian artist Alton Lowe.
Out of print. A limited quantity of signed copies available
from author and artist.  Please contact us for your copy.
The Greenbear Chronicles (2000) tells the story
of a young teddy bear, who defies his vendors
and defines his own destiny. In his epic
adventures, he discovers the value of dreams,
friendships, self and love. Second Printing 2005.
180 pages with illustrations by Erick Hershey.
ISBN# 0966-5310-43
Sometimes Towards Eden (Anne Bonny in Jamaica) (1986) Nanny,
Ashanti warrior and priestess, leads the Maroon army in Jamaica
resolving to maintain her mountain way of life by ridding the island
of the English planters. She has a powerful opponent in Anne Bonny
who wants only to live serenely with her family. Second Printing
2005. 280 pages.
ISBN# 0966-5310-51
Homeward Bound: A History of the Bahamas to 1850
(1983) is an indispensable and respected source of
information on the inhabitants of the Bahamas, including a
definitive study of Abaco Island in the American Loyalist
plantation period.  Fourth printing 2000. 320 pages,
including notes, six appendices of special interest to
genealogists, bibliography and index.
ISBN# 09665-310-27
Sisters of the Sea: Anne Bonny and Mary
Read, Pirates of the Caribbean (2003).
Women of uncommon courage and
uncompromising integrity defy the
hypocrisy of the Age of Pirates. Their
enduring friendship conquers even death.
Based on a true story. Edition revised from
Sandra Riley’s 1980 novel previously
published as Bloody Bay and The Captain’s
Ladies. 390 pages.
ISBN# 0-9665310-35
Bahamas Trilogy is a collection of historical solo dramas
drawn from turbulent events in the Bahamas and South
Florida from the mid-17th century through the early years of
the 20th century. Sandra Riley brings this rich history to life
through the stories of three individuals. Miss Ruby leaves her
small island home in Abaco, Bahamas to go to college in Key
West, Florida where she falls in love with an officer of the
battleship Maine. The Spanish American War provides the
backdrop for their love story.  Matt Lowe’s story begins in
1739 during the War of Jenkins’ Ear and stretches back into
colorful but dangerous times in the Bahamas. Whaling, fishing
and wrecking, Matt struggles to provide the barest essentials
of life for his family during Spanish invasions of his island and
pirate attacks in Bahamian waters. Mariah Brown is an African
Bahamian pioneer who immigrates to South Florida to build a
better life for her children. She creates a community in
Coconut Grove to enrich the lives of her neighbors and her
family.  
Techno Poetry: Seasonal Amnesia & Not Always What It Seems (2010)

“Perform these poems! Do it your way!” Peggy C. Hall invites teachers of English, drama, music, art,
technology to use these two full-length poetry “shows” (or individual poems) as springboards to
innovative, collaborative or solo, interpretations of the spoken word. An overarching theme in each
show--the difference/sameness between perception and reality--makes the poems perfect for
humorous, somber, electric, moving auditions, duets, ensemble showcases by high school, university,
or professional performers. In her “Poet’s Preface,” Hall briefly outlines the multi-media responses by
actors in Miami, FL productions of 2007 and 2008 to the poet’s challenge: “Inhale these poems. Exhale
your soul.”
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Gus Greenbear and the Beijing Fortune
Cookie Caper (2011)
Mystery. Intrigue. Strange encounters in
the Far East. Three ingredients Mark and
Gus, both martial-arts and visual artists,
surprisingly get mixed up in, as they strive
to obtain "The Three Perfections" of
Chinese art. While Mark explores oriental
paintings, practices kung-fu forms, finds
culinary treats and visits popular Beijing
sights, his stuffed companion, Gus
Greenbear, drops into a time warp full of
historical figures in the guise of teddy
bears. Without warning Gus is deep into an
adventure that challenges his wit and
proves for all time just what he is really
made of.