David Davis

• Nov-1997
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As Christmas Eve settles on the quiet trailer park, everything is as still as a rabbit caught in headlights. That is, untilthe Christmas Redneck appears on the scene. Dressed in camouflage, missing a few teeth, and chewing some tobacco, the Chris...

• May-2000
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• Oct-2001
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A rhythmic jazzy story in verse, Jazz Cats tells about the escapades of some real cool New Orleans cats that know how to entertain. From the blow of the clarinet and trumpet to the pluck of the fiddle bass and beating the trash can drums, these Di...

• Feb-2003
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Come into Ohio while it is still nearly all wilderness with Herman and Sarah Fossberg and their boys Claus and Richard. Grow with them through work, play, danger, war, love, romance into a dynasty, from the 1800s to the twentieth century surrounded w...

• Mar-2003
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The men were removed from Shadyvale and dropped into the hell of World War II combat, leaving only those males who were very young or past military age. Stalwart teens served the needs of the community and the warriors' waiting wives. In Shadyvale, a...

• Sep-2003
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""The holiday-spirit-colored illustrations in this book will bring cheer to its readers."" -Review of Texas Books

""It's a new twist to an old tale. Sure to bring smiles to children of those in the medical field."" -Southern Scribe Reviews<...

• Oct-2004
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• Sep-2006
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On Friday nights, the Rock 'n' Roll Memphis Blues Dogs play music for all of their doggie friends and have a howl of a time! Meet cool Buddy Collie, who strums the guitar, and Puggy Sue, the swinging teen-age star. You are welcome to dance with th...

• Feb-2007
• / General Fiction
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A librarian who is busy shelving books on Christmas Eve is surprised to see Santa flying toward the library in his red bookmobile. Bringing wonderful gifts of new books, carpet, and more, Santa and his elves make the library as good as new....

• Sep-2008
• / General Fiction
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Thirty-three classic fables have been rewritten with a Texas slant by storyteller extraordinaire David Davis. From the wisdom of the old Cherokee chief to the crafty coyote and his endless tricks, each story is told with a western twist and Texas ...

• Sep-2009
• / General Fiction
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David Davis (writing as Tom Twain) answers the question: What happens when you give a redneck a moonpie down at the trailer park? This is a sure enough southern satire for grown-up folks who like to laugh. So, grab a piece of cornbread, sit down on t...

• Sep-2009
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The Literary Devil's Dictionary is everything you ever wanted to scream about the book publishing business but were afraid to yell. A sly send up of every industry sacred cow, this is the perfect gift for anyone connected to the publishing ga...

• Apr-2010
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These fifty-five original poems for beginning readers celebrate the wonders of a Southern childhood: magnolia trees, ice cream, peanuts, porches, and more. Delightful illustrations brighten the pages....

• Feb-2011
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Chile's good, so is barbecue, but nothing's finer than FANDANGO STEW! No money? No problem! In this sunny, funny western-style take on the famous folktale “Stone Soup,” two penniless but wily vaqueros (cowboys) trick a whole town into cooking ...

• Mar-2011
• / General Fiction
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A young boy in 1950's Texas learns about beginnings, endings, and the wheel of life at a rural Black Diamond watermelon stand. This short story earned an award from Writer's Digest. One of the best by David Davis....

• Apr-2011
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A middle school girl is caught in the hilarious culture war between her banker dad and her old hippie grandmother. Visit the house with fifty wind chimes, an old cooking stove named "The Iron Maiden," lots of Granny's artsy-fartsy friends and her son...

• Apr-2011
• / General Fiction
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Together we'll do it-
We'll help save the earth�...Come now, rhyme with me,
Let's turn our hearts loose,
And fly 'round the world
With Green Mother Goose. Mother Goose has gone green-and this playful picture book invites kids to join the...

• May-2011
• / General Fiction
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David Davis (writing as Tom F. Twain) presents a hilarious satirical fable for working writers. Find out what happened when the Little Red Hen found a pen in the barnyard and decided to write a book about how she baked the bread?...

• Jun-2011
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• Jun-2011
• / General Fiction
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""On the first day of Christmas my writing gave to me: A Chicken Lickin' Day Job 'til three." So, begins this tome by David Davis (writing as Tom F. Twain). It's a delightful satirical send up of the Old Christmas song especially for"...

• Jul-2011
• / General Fiction
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This humorous satirical catalog is a side splitting send up of modern Churchianity. It contains every gadget, book, and contraption the nominal Christian, worldly priest, backsliding pastor, or lukewarm congregation needs to succeed in corporate rel...

• Oct-2011
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Told with a Texas twang, this tale features a dozen icons of the Lone Star state. Clever rhymes count down the days of Christmas, revealing such surprise gifts as silver spurs, oil wells, and armadillos. Festive illustrations fill the pages of thi...

• Feb-2012
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• Feb-2013
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Mother Goose heads down south!

This collection of forty-six original poems imbues popular nursery rhymes with a Southern twang. Beginning readers will encounter Chattahoochee Charlie, Miami Mary, Little Hannah from Savannah, Old King Cajun...

• Sep-2013
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This classic carol is served with a hot side of grits In this adorably Southern take on The Twelve Days of Christmas, gifts are presented to someone's "sugar." Southern goodies and traditions fill the pages, including a porch swing by a peach tre...

• Feb-2014
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Count your way through the Lone Star State with some rootin'-tootin' rugrats. Ten diapered munchkins get in and out of all sorts of shenanigans in this uproarious counting book. Children will love the sing-song rhymes about their adventures, while...

• Jul-2016
• / General Fiction
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It all started with a conversation between the leaders of the Benelux Union; Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, after a meeting of the entire European Union. 3 years later, on what was to become known as C-Day, all at once, United Nations dign...

• Sep-2017
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This is a storyteller's story. A fictitious tale of the Inupiat legends of Qailertang, (Quil-er-ta-tang) and her sister Sedna, (Ced-nagh). The story begins with Dusty a young Inupiat girl who spends her former years under the strict care of her foste...

• May-2018
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"The game of life is similar to chess, every move determines your fate. So, what will be the outcome?" As fate would have it, two strangers known as Bruiser and Itch meet in the face of adverse times. With the aid of each other's help, using coura...

• Oct-2018
• / Thriller
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Andrew Densmore, a Boston bred self-important gentleman authored The Unusual Man in 1915. He was a man tormented by the death of his younger brother, the memory of his abusive father and financial desperation. He expected the book to be his passport ...

• Sep-2020
• / Science Fiction
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When Hal Southerland, a socially isolated computer contracts manager nearing retirement at a federal agency in Atlanta, spots a curious anomaly on an astronomy website, he realizes aliens are coming. A slip of the tongue before it becomes public know...

• Aug-2023
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Like locked-room murder mysteries? Stories about impossible-to-solve crimes? Detectives who are out of the norm? The Detectives is a novella and several short stories about just such puzzles and the detectives who solve them. Set in various locations...

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