Books published by publisher Argosy Press

A young U.S. Army sergeant, recovered from battle with Rommel’s Afrika Korps, is appointed the leader of a dozen very bright, know-it-all draftees being poured into the Army’s replacement pool. He toughens them into an effective but naïve team. After they come ashore at Utah Beach, the Wehrmacht hands out its own bloody lessons. In minutes, one is dead and a second wounded, the start of a pitiless 10-month ordeal. In horrific combat from Normandy through the Bulge to the Elbe River, they learn to fight a more skilled and hardened enemy. All pay a steep price.

Not all gods are created equal...Even on a world where everyone lives forever and abilities are god-like, there's always one who struggles to keep up. His name is Bernie. More than anything, young Bernie wants to be a great universe builder like his father. In school he learned to build suns and planets and to create life. When he gets the chance to build his own universe, Bernie finds it full of problems: mysterious asteroids, unexplained volcanoes, and shifting continents, all threatening to destroy his beautiful planet.Bernie learns the problems were caused by an evil god who will do anything to destroy Bernie and his planet. Can Bernie save his world? Maybe, but it would have helped if he'd studied harder back in school...You'll laugh out loud as the plot takes twists and turns that even omniscient gods could not have foreseen.If you enjoy imaginative and unpredictable worlds, like Harry Potter, Peter Jackson, or the tales of Terry Pratchett (Diskworld), then The Universe Builders is for you. It's epic fantasy and science fiction at its best - for both adults and young adults. Begin the adventure today. You're going to love it...What? Need more convincing? How about this...***** Winner of 16 Awards for Excellence *****-- Grand Prize, Writer's Digest-- Best Book of the Year, IAN-- Gold, Readers' Favorite-- Gold, San Francisco Book Festival-- Gold, eLit Awards-- Gold, Independent Author Network-- and 10 more awards...***** What the Critics Say *****"...smart, witty, creative, and captivating like nothing I have ever read before. Almost impossible to put down."~ S. Fisher, Readers' Favorite"Highly recommended. One of the most unique and well-written Young Adult books I've ever read."~ Judge, 2nd Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published e-Book Awards"It's like the Big Bang Theory meets The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."~ Amazon ReviewerOkay. Now that you're convinced, let's get clicking. Bernie's awesome adventure is waiting...

You need godly powers to catch a time lord...For his newest assignment, Bernie is sent to Planet Flo to investigate a disruption in the manufacture of a glowing powder the gods want for their world. Bernie must convince the mine owner to reopen the mines, but as he travels to and from the world, every visit gets stranger. The people he’s negotiating with keep forgetting who he is. Their society is becoming unrecognizable, and their technology is advancing at an alarming rate.Bernie’s job is becoming impossible. An unknown force is undoing his work and propelling the people of Flo towards a dark future. If the gods don’t get their glowing powder, they will wipe out the entire civilization and repopulate the planet with another species, one more capable of producing the dust they want.The only way Bernie can save the people is to stop the entity that’s undermining his efforts. But Bernie has no idea who or what it is. Could it be a threat from another universe? Could it be a new species evolving on the planet? How do you fight an enemy with the power to manipulate time?As the fourth installment of the epic fantasy series, Bernie and the Time Lords packs the same amount of humor and wit while amping up the mystery, plot twists, and adventure.Grab your copy now and join our young god as he faces off against his most powerful opponents yet - the masters of time.****************The Universe Builder series has won 17 national and international awards for excellence.

Library Media Connection Editor's Choice for 2014, Hive Mind brings imaginations to life with action-packed, science fiction! Attend Sci Hi with Sidney Jamison and his friends while they study Colony Collapse disorder, which is killing millions of bees around the world. Find out what Sidney and his friends do when they find themselves inside a beehive, struggling to save the bees and themselves from a monster-sized hornet! Become engaged with this adventurous story through high-interest text and captivating sketches throughout! About Shell Education Rachelle Cracchiolo started the company with a friend and fellow teacher. Both were eager to share their ideas and passion for education with other classroom leaders. What began as a hobby, selling lesson plans to local stores, became a part-time job after a full day of teaching, and eventually blossomed into Teacher Created Materials. The story continued in 2004 with the launch of Shell Education and the introduction of professional resources and classroom application books designed to support Teacher Created Materials curriculum resources. Today, Teacher Created Materials and Shell Education are two of the most recognized names in educational publishing around the world.

Even gods were young once...Not long ago, a young girl disappeared, and all of God Town feared for her life. After extensive searches, little Emily could not be found. Only the woods remained to be searched - but that was a problem. Godly powers do not extend beyond the edge of town, and no gods were willing to venture there - not even to save the young girl's life.Armed with nothing but courage and a magic stick, Bernie and his friends, Suzie and Lenny, enter a dark world filled with terrifying monsters. It will take a miracle of godly proportions to save them, and even that may not be enough... Join a new kind of hero on a great adventure as young gods do something even the adults do not dare.An extraordinary world is waiting for you. Get started now...****************The Universe Builder series has won 17 national and international awards for excellence.

Broken universes don't fix themselves. They need gods for that...Bernie is a young god who fixes broken universes for a living. Unfortunately, the universe he's supposed to fix is in the middle of a civil war caused by Ashok, a murderous wizard determined to control the lucrative pepper trade.Bernie's boss urges him to solve the problem by destroying the evil Ashok and all his people, but Bernie wants no part of such a massacre. Struggling to find another solution, he tries to force Ashok to give up his plans for world domination. As Bernie's attempts at peaceful solutions continue to fail, his boss comes to believe the easiest solution is to destroy all the people on the planet and start over again. Bernie can't let that happen.Finally reconciled to destroying Ashok and his followers, Bernie is shocked to discover the evil wizard's powers are far more than superstitious nonsense. The young god is drawn into an epic battle pitting the power of the gods against the forces of magic, while the lives of every man, woman, and child on the planet hang in the balance.Don't miss this one. Get your copy now.****************The Universe Builder series has won 17 national and international awards for excellence.

Celtic legends of Eire-land? . . .Or true stories of Irish heroes! . . .Deidre loves the Abbey manuscripts. . . .Will she become part of the lore? . . .Will reality and myth merge? . . .Culain dares her to discover Ancestral Secrets . . .In the Enchanted Ards Forest! . . .Will Faerie Magic prevail over her doubts? . . .Can they escape the reality that stifles dreams? . . . .Are their true parents still alive? . . .Join their journey to find them! . . .Meet faeries of their hearts and minds. . . .Join Deidre all alone at Emerald Mountain. . . .Is her heart strong enough to face the Ice Queen! . . .Is the very fate of The Enchantment in their hands? . . .Turn the pages now!

Celtic legends of Eire-land? . . . Or true stories of Irish heroes! . . . Young Deidre loves the Abbey manuscripts. . . . Will she become part of the lore? . . . Will reality and myth merge? . . . Culain dares her to discover Ancestral Secrets . . . In the Enchanted Ards Forest! . . . Will Faerie Magic prevail over her doubts? . . . Can they escape the reality that stifles dreams? . . . Are their true parents still alive? . . . Join their journey to find them! . . . Meet faeries of their hearts and minds. . . . Join Deidre all alone at Emerald Mountain. . . . Is her heart strong enough to face the Ice Queen! . . . Is the very fate of The Enchantment in their hands? . . . Turn the pages now!

A young sergeant, recovered from battle against Rommel’s Afrika Korps, is appointed leader of a dozen know-it-all draftees being poured into the Army’s replacement pool. He toughens them into an effective team. As they land at Utah Beach, the Wehrmacht hands out its own bloody lessons. In minutes, one is dead and a second wounded, the onset of a pitiless 10-month ordeal. In horrific combat from Normandy through the Bulge to the Elbe River, they learn to defeat a skilled and hardened enemy. All pay a steep price.

SCUBA diving in the Pacific. Tuna-salad sandwiches. An underwater lab. Life can't get any better for Sidney Jamison. But it can definitely get weirder. When Sidney, Penny, and Hari are invited to help the marine biologists at WAVElab study the mysterious deaths of deep-water fish, they find more questions than answers. How did a prehistoric fish land in the lab? Why are scientists disappearing from the underwater habitat? What happens if parallel universes exist -- and the creatures that live in them have an appetite that's out of this world?

Not all gods are created equal...Even on a world where everyone lives forever and abilities are god-like, there's always one who struggles to keep up. His name is Bernie. More than anything, young Bernie wants to be a great universe builder like his father. In school he learned to build suns and planets and to create life. When he gets the chance to build his own universe, Bernie finds it full of problems: mysterious asteroids, unexplained volcanoes, and shifting continents, all threatening to destroy his beautiful planet.Bernie learns the problems were caused by an evil god who will do anything to destroy Bernie and his planet. Can Bernie save his world? Maybe, but it would have helped if he'd studied harder back in school...You'll laugh out loud as the plot takes twists and turns that even omniscient gods could not have foreseen.If you enjoy imaginative and unpredictable worlds, like Harry Potter, Peter Jackson, or the tales of Terry Pratchett (Diskworld), then The Universe Builders is for you. It's epic fantasy and science fiction at its best - for both adults and young adults. Begin the adventure today. You're going to love it...What? Need more convincing? How about this...***** Winner of 16 Awards for Excellence *****-- Grand Prize, Writer's Digest-- Best Book of the Year, IAN-- Gold, Readers' Favorite-- Gold, San Francisco Book Festival-- Gold, eLit Awards-- Gold, Independent Author Network-- and 10 more awards...***** What the Critics Say *****"...smart, witty, creative, and captivating like nothing I have ever read before. Almost impossible to put down."~ S. Fisher, Readers' Favorite"Highly recommended. One of the most unique and well-written Young Adult books I've ever read."~ Judge, 2nd Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published e-Book Awards"It's like the Big Bang Theory meets The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."~ Amazon ReviewerOkay. Now that you're convinced, let's get clicking. Bernie's awesome adventure is waiting...

Library Media Connection Editor's Choice for 2014, Hive Mind brings imaginations to life with action-packed, science fiction! Attend Sci Hi with Sidney Jamison and his friends while they study Colony Collapse disorder, which is killing millions of bees around the world. Find out what Sidney and his friends do when they find themselves inside a beehive, struggling to save the bees and themselves from a monster-sized hornet! Become engaged with this adventurous story through high-interest text and captivating sketches throughout!