Frank Carlson Library

Poems on Science & Math, Friendship, Love, Death, Nature, and the World, among other topics. Please, enjoy! Charles Ynfante. Spain.

In the heart of Brooklyn, nestled between the bustling streets and the quiet waters of the bay, lies a neighborhood that has seen it all. Sunset Park, a place where cultures melded, dreams were forged, and lifelong friendships were woven into the very fabric of the community.Our story begins not with grand heroes or epic adventures, but with a group of eight friends who, over the years, discovered that the ordinary moments of life could be extraordinary...

National Jewish Book Award Finalist: A "sophisticated and engaging" novel of three innocents drawn into a criminal scheme in modern-day Jerusalem (The Wall Street Journal). Brokenhearted haberdasher Isaac Markowitz has fled the Lower East Side for Israel, where he now assists a renowned elderly rabbi who tends to the hungry and hopeless in his courtyard. Tamar is an American hipster-turned-observant Jew who has come to Jerusalem to find a devout...

You cannot put a price on your first love.David Wayne has always called Point Judith, Rhode Island home and for good reason-the small village is the jewel of the ocean state-clean beaches, shopping, restaurants, fishing, boating and, year-round ferry service to Block Island.After traveling the globe for five years on business the self-made billionaire is ready to go home. At thirty-six thousand feet in the air, David is shocked when he reads The Lighthouse...

The windshield on the pickup truck was torn from moorings, the driver hung over the steering wheel, his head seeping red liquid onto the dash. In the automobile, lay two more bodies. Bradley's forehead swelled above his right eye, the result of his head hitting the top of the windshield. Samantha's hair was streaked with blood from her head wound. The windshield on her side was cracked in spider web fashion. Neither of them was conscious of the sound...

The Allotment' is a heartwarming story of an unlikely group of people brought together by their different circumstances. At the centre of this story is the Allotment itself, a place of healing, solace, and friendship, where even the most unlikely characters can find a sense of belonging. There's Neil, the army veteran battling PTSD, and little Brenda, the unlucky-in-love girl dealing with a cantankerous mother. Then Bill, who finds comfort in his...

This is a modern day version of the Houdini brothers - Harry and Theo. Follow these two brothers as they discover magic, and how their lives revolve about performing. However, when one brother is offered an opportunity and the other isn't, their lives become seperate and they take different paths in life.

"The Perennial Bond" unfolds in the heart of Eldridge Cove, a quaint coastal town where time stands still, and the salty breeze carries whispered secrets to ancient cliffs. This enchanting tale weaves a tapestry of love, serendipity, and the mysteries of the universe, transcending the ordinary. Follow the journey of Lily, an artist seeking inspiration, and Owen, a scholar drawn by the town's mystical past, as their fates intertwine in the ethereal...

Sometimes, when you win, you lose. Used to volunteer work, bake sales, and thrifting, life as Samantha knows it fireballs out of control with one little lottery ticket. Emotions boil over under new pressures as she does her best to get clear of the smoke and have a little fun. However, the powers that be make it clear nothing will be the same again-her old life is gone. But Sam doesn't want things to change. This is her home, where she grew up, went...

Life is hard in the prison camp. There's back breaking work every day, and never enough food. But the inmates have formed a community of their own and they support each other as much as they can, even as the Commander does his best to break them down. Still, the work continues, even as the Commander's daughter has to be fitted for her prom dress. Even as a singing competition is offered as diversion for the Commander and his wife. Even as Even as...