Dog Ear Publishing imprint: 249 books

Beginning with infertility and one couple’s struggle with building their family, Stretch-mark My Heart dives headlong into the fragmented world of the US foster care system. Following the adoption journey of Matt and Niki Tschirgi (pronounced Sure-Gee), this book lays the groundwork from start to...

As a twenty-plus-year golf professional, Chris Rowe acts as both bartender and preacher, listening to successful members relay exactly how they made their fortune—and sometimes, how they lost it. Those stories are the focus of Rowe’s second book, Bartenders, Preachers, and Golf Pros. Through...

Here is the story of Corporate Social Responsibility---what it means, where it came from, where it is going, what it requires of business. Told in an eyewitness, I-was-there style by a pioneer of the study of CSR in the nation's business schools, it takes the reader through a half century of corporate...

195000 years ago, the Tovazi, chosen of God, faced a challenger. The Tovazi decided they needed greater speed in space to maintain their supremacy. Since they could not remain conscious during near light speed, they opted to enhance one of the intellectually handicapped that could and then use them...

From the narrow streets of old Jerusalem to the rolling corn fields of the Midwest, Iowa author Mike Struck has chronicled a fictional modern-day thriller that takes a young farm couple from the point of struggling to conceive, to a point of having the most recognized child on earth. Struck’s...

May is a fashionable young lady, who is attentive to her appearance and has numerous friends and acquaintances. Amy is more of a free and independent spirit with several close friends. Both are big fans of professional wresting having attended many live events and know the names and stories behind all the wrestling stars.

Ambrosius Aurelianus is a historically attested fifth century A.D. Christian Romano-British soldier. His regiment is one of few defending his Celtic homeland against pagan Anglo-Saxon pirates. In the year 485, Anglo-Saxons murder his wife and parents, while raiding local farms. Ambrosius then goes...

It’s one of the coldest winters on record in Iowa City, Iowa, with snow still on the ground. The dean of one of the colleges is missing after Thanksgiving break, but even worse, two vans full of returning students are involved in a fiery crash. Soon the media and parents are frantically calling...

This fast-paced thriller set in the year 2079 continues the futuristic story begun in the novel Libator (2013), about a secretive, highly advanced nation carved out of southern Somalia. Four years after the events of the first novel, the country’s leaders are shocked when Iranian Al Quds agents...

Like jewels strung along Lakeshore Drive stand the homes of the wealthy auto barons. Among them is the Carey mansion, nicknamed “The Brontë House” by passersby because of its brooding facade. As a teenager, Tom Quinn used to cruise Lakeshore Drive and its Grosse Pointe mansions, but it’s now...

“…Thoroughly engaging…narrated with passion and eloquence…” -- The Clarion Review “…A rich tapestry…The stories are conveyed in lean, elegant prose reminiscent of Annie Proulx and Cormac McCarthy…” -- Blue Ink Review

For years they were best friends. For decades they chose to remain estranged. Now Bryan Jeffries has contacted Matt DiGrande to get reacquainted. The idea excites Matt, but it also sends up showers of red flags. They agreed to keep the past in the past, so what could Jeffries possibly want? And why...

If you’re looking for a book fluctuating from the mundane to the serious, from the frivolous to the tragic, as told by an American doctor serving in a “bush” hospital in Tanzania, this one is for you. Medical situations are depicted, but it’s much more than medical. It deals candidly with...

This story of a daughter of Holocaust survivors who pursued her dream to be a mother with courage and single minded vigor will touch your heart, make you laugh and move you. It not only offers a primer about adoption but about the fortitude to achieve your goals. A compelling read from cover to cover.”...