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Record Man

The Story of Phil Gernhard, Florida’s No 1 Hit Producer

Bill DeYoung

Phil Gernhard was not only the most successful record producer to come out of Florida, he introduced many of the state’s homegrown artists to the world stage – including Jim Stafford (“Spiders & Snakes”), Lobo (“Me and You and a Dog Named Boo”) the Bellamy Brothers (“Let Your Love Flow”) and the Royal Guardsmen (“Snoopy vs. the Red Baron,” which he also co-authored).

Yet for all his success, Gernhard was a deeply troubled man whose personal life was ravaged by alcoholism and drug abuse, four failed marriages and a simmering hatred towards his abusive father.

Told with comments from his family, friends, business associates and nearly every singer and songwriter he produced, Record Man is the story of a man for whom music was a life raft.

Coastal Voices and Visions

Edited by Suzanne Norman
Contributing Editor, Carlene Cobb

Coastal Voices and Visions is a collection of short stories, essays, and photos of Florida’s coastal communities.

These seaside stories by Florida authors include history, love, laughs, and memorable adventures. Settings include beautiful Gulf Coast beaches, Cedar Key, and the Carolina Lowcountry.

Featuring Stories by Joan Girard Baptist • Carlene Cobb • Louise S. Harris • Suzanne Norman • D.F. Norrito • Kendel Ohlrogge • Rick Rhodes • Barbara Sartor • Henry E. Sorenson, Jr.

Wishes and Choices: Mythral’s Wish

D.B. Thomas

It is a long-standing prophecy that “Mythral’s Choice will doom or save the Realms.” But which choice is that: the initial spell creating the Three Realms; the unorthodox selection of a girl apprentice; or the desperate casting of an insanely dangerous Spell?

Wishes and Choices: Mythral’s Wish is filled with moral dilemmas and mental puzzles to engage and challenge the reader. The quest to alter Mythral’s foreseen death leads them to all three Realms. Within these Realms, the reader will encounter gryphons, dragons, wizards with unique talents and even stranger dwellings, myths and mysteries. As they confront dark magic and betrayal, they must face their own flaws. Surviving the final confrontation compels both of them to fundamentally alter themselves in unforeseen ways.

Just in time for the Holidays!

Otto The Otter & Little Lost Dog

Linda Hansen

Author and Illustrator, Linda Hansen brings you two charming and heartwarming children’s books perfect for ages 4 – 8. Curl up with your favorite little reader this holiday season and enjoy these true stories about local animals.

Cigar City: Tales From a 1980s Creative Ghetto Turns Five!

Cigar City is a collection of linked short stories about the young artists, writers, poets, musicians and actors who inhabited Tampa’s Ybor City in the 1980s. Drawn by urban authenticity and cheap rents, they created a surreal, chaotic, arts scene set against the backdrop of the empty cigar factories and shotgun shacks of Tampa’s immigrant past. The Ybor scene drew international artists like James Rosenquist and mirrored what was happening in New York’s East Village.

Now, at five, Cigar City is getting new life. Author Paul Wilborn will celebrate with appearances throughout St. Petersburg and Tampa. Select events will include live music by Paul’s four-piece group and readings featuring actor Eugenie Bondurant.

Celebrating Vintage St. Pete Volume 3

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Bill DeYoung continues his guided tour of the past!

This third volume takes another long, loving, deeply nostalgic look at life in Florida’s fastest-growing city before the dawn of the twenty-first century.

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