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The publishing program of
Umbach Consulting & Publishing
Citrus Heights, California USA
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Member of Northern California Publishers & Authors
Books from Umbach Publishing
Wyla the Witch by Evelyn Swift
Wyla will cast a spell on you!
This charming fantasy for the young-at-heart of any age features good witches and bad witches, good wizards and bad wizards, and adventures in the tidy little village of Myrtle Marsh, six miles east of Flora Forest, and in mysterious more-distant realms. Wyla's neighbors in Myrtle Marsh do not suspect that she is a witch — a GOOD witch it must be understood! — nor the challenges faced by Wyla and her friends as cats are strangely disappearing, recruited into a threatening force by evil wizard Wutan, whom Wyla and her good companions must overcome. Wyla the Witch is great fun for readers and makes a perfect read-aloud, with its deft use of language and well-drawn imagery.
ISBN: 978-0-615-23663-6
The Lostcreek Legacy, by Evelyn Swift
A man, seizing opportunity offered by soaring gold prices, sets out to reopen a long-closed mine in California's Gold Country, with results that bring disaster to the town, inflame hatreds, and turn neighbors against one another. Inspired by a true event, this novel by a Gold Country author dramatizes what happens when ambition sets off unexpected events. The Lostcreek Legacy will appeal to everyone who has been in California's Mother Lode, has seen its isolated towns, and who enjoys a story of people facing challenges in life and in love in a distinctive and historical setting.
ISBN: 978-0-6152-0372-0 — $15.00
(Also available as a download for only $7.50.)
Melanoma Melodrama: A Medical Memoir, by Chuck Myer
Chuck Myer is an urban planner, freelance writer, playwright, consultant to arts, government, and religious organizations, and an actor and musician. He is described by many as a "Renaissance Man." Melanoma Melodrama is Chuck's narrative of his battle with cancer. Readers have praised it as "wonderful," "an incredible gift of sharing," and as having a "narrative voice that is truly riveting." This is an extraordinary book, by an extraordinary, graceful, and courageous man.
ISBN: 978-0-6152-0681-3 — $15.00
Also available as a download for only $8.00.)
For a review of this book, see http://mrsgiggles.com/pod/myer_melodrama.html
For Sacramento Bee columnist Carlos Alcalá's comments, see http://www.sacbee.com/alcala/story/954593.html
Capital Crimes: 15 Tales by Sacramento Area Authors,
Edited by Kathleen L. Asay and Patricia E. Canterbury!Mystery fans will love this anthology of stories by Sacramento area writers who are members of
Capitol Crimes, the Sacramento Chapter of Sisters in Crime.ISBN: 978-0-6151-8508-8 — $15.95
