Asylum Lake by R.A. Evans ($15.00)

In 1917, the state's second largest psychiatric hospital opened on six hundred wooded acres overlooking a small lake near Bedlam Falls, Michigan. Through its doors came the weak and the weary, the disabled and the discarded, the frail and the forgotten. But an open door is an invitation, and some visitors, once invited, are loath to leave. The hospital abruptly closed in 1958 under a cloud of mystery. It has remained empty and silent, save for the memories trapped both within its walls and far below the surface of the nearby lake that bears its name. At the bottom of Asylum Lake, the unremembered are growing restless.

Brady Tanner is trying to outrun memories of his own. After the sudden death of his wife, Brady retreats to the small town where he spent the summers of his youth. But he soon learns small towns can be stained by memories... and secrets, too. As Brady is drawn into unearthing these secrets, as he discovers a new love in an old friend, he is also drawn into the mystery of Asylum Lake and the evil that lies submerged beneath its sparkling surface. What is the source of this evil - and what does it want with Brady Tanner?

Garbio by Larry Vanderleest ($16.95)

Cowboys of the Old West, hoboes on the rails, sailors in the open seas, and miners burrowing deep underground have had their legends told and heroes held high. Now it is the garbageman's turn. Learn of the tales, tribulations, and culture in one of the lowlier, yet necessary occupations in American society. For reasons explained in the book, the Dutch cornered the market in the Chicago area in the mid-1900s. The author labored in that setting as a young man; now, years after the aches and calluses have gone, he brings out the urban settings few people see.

Connections to the Heartland by Dick Parker ($15.95)

There is, in art, as in life, a cadence, a rhythm, a thread of universality that runs through each and every one of us. Few are those who can express it in such a way as to strike a chordal response within those few who can't... hence, the difference between artists and critics.

And, as it has been observed, we children of Sol, have managed to find our own way here sans character sets and/or operating instructions... so too, have my "children" arrived. Some few will understand... most won't.

I do not throw paint at the canvas of life, nor do I write down to others, nor myself. I do not feel I have to... I've lived my entire life keeping my own counsel, while paying whatever price I've had to for my own mistakes... and with my own sweat...

So should we all.

When Basil D Morris bailed out of his flaming B-24 Bomber over Austria he had no idea the people watching his descent to the snow covered ground would forever impact his life. He would also learn their flight was part of a secret mission not revealed in the preflight briefing. Only years later was the sobering truth actually revealed.

Espial: Noticings and Spottings by Mary VK Peterson $15.00

Honest, heartfelt and high-spirited, this book offers a collection of poems, questions and other thoughts triggered by spending a year noticing, in nature, the presence of God.

Contains 120 noticings and spottings. Roughly 200 pages.

Cultivating a Sense of Place: Poetry by West Michigan Youth selected and edited by Rodney Torreson, Grand Rapids Poet Laureate  $14.00

A collection of poems written by West Michigan students, originally published online by The Grand Rapids Area Council for the Humanities "Through the Third Eye" yout poetry website www.throughthe3rdeye.com.

Cultivating a Sense of Place is the first book published by Schuler Books and the Chapbook Press, using print on demand technology with the Espresso Book Machine.

Some People Have Eyes: Fifty or so Poems by Earl W. Morris $12.00

Fifty some poems are presented arising from the travels of a now retired university professor. The keystone poem is one about the effect on a callow youth of the mysterious eyes of a girl who came with her parents to visit the author's childhood home. Those eyes haunted him the rest of his not yet ended life. Some of them speak of rejection, others of joy and love.

Eagle Lake: Sunday Evening by Earl W. Morris $15.00

In a demon ridden southwestern Michigan township a rural reacher disappears in 1905. In 2000, Professor Tom Morgan tries with little success to find how and why. Meanwhile a mysterious man named Gerardo Salas solves the mystery. The teacher fearing arrest for a murder she did not commit escapes to the west. The apparent intervention of troublesome water demons caused hers and a string of other murders. Sharing information, Tom and Gerardo explain how and why. 

Rhetoric and Representation in Nonfiction Film by Carl R. Plantinga

Normal Price $22.95 Schuler Price $18.75

Rhetoric and Representation in Nonfiction Film provides a clear and compelling introduction to the basic theoretical issues that ground any in-depth study of documentary film and video. Exploring the legitimacy of the distinction between fiction and nonfiction, Carl Plantinga characterizes the documentary in a new way. He examines the uses of moving photographic images and recorded sounds in documentary communication, and describes the implications of various structural and stylistic choices. He explores the notion of voice, the overall nature and functions of objectivity, reflexivity and truth-telling. Rhetoric and Representation in Nonfiction Film offers a "critical realist" perspective on these issues and thus offers an alternative to post-modernist and post-structuralist theories of the documentary.

Thanks to the Espresso Book Machine, Schuler Books can help you save and print valuable family documents (old letters, memoirs, recipes, etc.)

A customer brought us photocopies of his great-grandmother's collection of recipes. The recipes had been written in ink and pencil on an old ledger book over many years (from the mid 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century). The original pages of the ledger book had come loose and were very brittle. We scanned the photocopies, created a pdf file for them and created a cover. We were then able to print several copies of the recipe collection that our customer gave to members of his family as Christmas gifts.