Palos Verdes Peninsula Artists
Coffee Table Book

Palos Verdes Peninsula Artists features twenty-two prominent local artists: Donna Anderson, Lois Barnes, Elma Beck, Don Crocker, Phyllis Ferrara, Laura Hines-Jurgens, Cinthia Joyce, Gloria D. Lee, Frank Minuto, Margaret Mohr, Lois Olson, Dael Patton, Aapo Pukk, Lynnie Sterba, Kathryn Stinis, Richard Stephens, Ruby Wang, Carol Morris-Ward, Joyce Weiss, Karen Wickham, Patricia Woolley, and Jean Zaske.

The book is filled with stunning reproductions of the artists' work and a wide variety of styles are represented including abstract, plein air, portraiture, and realism. Some of the paintings represent the individual artist's unique sense of spirituality. Some depict a political message. Others stand as inspiring and reverent tributes to nature, while still other paintings capture the human spirit and form in ways that make time stand still and the imagination race.

The book is written by Palos Verdes resident, Stephen Smoke, the author of 26 books, including 17 novels. He has also directed two feature films and written the screenplays for several others.

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Real Life Pet Wisdom

All the stories in Real Life Pet Wisdom are written from the point of view of the pet. Some of the stories are poignant. Some are humorous. Still others are full of adventure and dangerous escapes. There are stories about dogs, cats, birds, even a lizard.

For many of us, our pets are cherished members of the family. Sometimes a child's first glimpse into the miracle of life occurs while watching wide-eyed as the family pet gives birth. All too often when a pet dies, it is the child's first taste of the loss and grief associated with death.

Our pets listen to us. We tell them things we tell no one else because we know they will keep our confidence. Now it's time to listen to those who have been silent - well, at least not talkative...

Until now.

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