Books published by publisher Eakin Press

In this seventh story in the Cats of the CIA set, Buzzer Louis, Cincinnati the dancing pig, Dusty Louise, and the kitten twins--Luigi and Luisa-are dispatched secretly to Moscow to help the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) track down the opium smuggling panda from China, Ar-Chee. You see, Ar-Chee and his sidekick in crime, a portly, multi-lingual porcupine known as Ling Ting Tong, have traveled to Moscow to engage the Russian Mafia as distributors for their contraband from Afghanistan. In Moscow, our secret agents confront a spy-turned-traitor, turned-patriot named Natasha, who presents an ongoing puzzle for them. With the help of Boris Alexandrovich, head of the FSB, and Vladimir Putin, president of the Russian Federation, our heroes set a trap for the panda. A trap designed by Luigi and Luisa that's sure to snare Ar-Chee. In the process of tracking down Ar-Chee, our heroes learn to speak considerable Russian. You will, too, with a 750-word and -phrase vocabulary and pronunciation guide in Russian, built right into the story.

It's a long way from Western Virginia to Texas, but recently orphaned, fourteen-year-old Ephraim Darter is determined to make the trip. He wants to find adventure, not be a farmer for the rest of his life. He sets out one spring morning in 1850 with a good horse named General, a family keepsake clock no one else thinks will survive the journey intact, and a new friend who knows more about Latin grammar than traveling by horse. The boys encounter flooded rivers, bedbug-ridden inns, and a rascally medicine man who steals the precious clock, and in the process, experiences a life-changing adventure, far more hair-raising than he ever expected. "Gone to Texas: From Virginia to Adventure" is an entertaining page-turner inspired by a true-life experience of the author's ancestors.

In this fifth book of the semi-bilingual Cats of the CIA series, set in France, the four Texas Cats and their sidekick, Cincinnati the dancing pig, try to track down the infamous international terrorist, Carlos the puma. Carlos, on five-million Euros assignment from a distant descendant of Emperor Franz Joseph of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, lays intricate plans to blow up one of the most prominent monuments in a city full of monuments with the help of a dozen Gitans (Gypsies). But the Cats of the CIA (Cats In Action) have their own plan to stop Carlos, cold. As they outsmart the insidious Carlos, visit the famous sites and sights of Paris with Buzzer Louis, his sister Dusty Louise, their tiny (and hilarious) twin siblings, Luigi and Luisa, and Cincinnati the dancing pig. It s a virtual tour of the magnificent City of Lights, and you ll learn to speak the French language, thanks to a built-in 750-word and phrase vocabulary and pronunciation guide.

It is the white man's year of 1840. Tsena, sixteen-year-old son of a Comanche peace chief, does not know that it is also the year the white man will change his life forever. Tsena's story is based on two historical encounters between the Comanches and Texans, the Council House Massacre and the Battle of Plum Creek. Although history is usually written from the Texan point of view, in this novel the reader will find out what it might have been like for a Comanche boy who was there.

When the night magic transforms statues inside the U.S. Capitol into the famous historical personalities they were in life, Capitol Cat & Watch Dog recruit them as a secret Nighttime Congress to lobby for the reunion of two Lady Freedoms-American symbols who have been separated for more than 200 years. Capitol Cat & Watch Dog entertains children and adults about America's history, while illustrating the joys of friendship and cooperation to achieve a positive contemporary goal. Law's lively romp includes poetry, magic and silly rhymes.

Henry B. Gonzalez, the trail-blazing congressman from San Antonio, Texas, overcame great odds to become one of the nation’s most beloved—and sometimes hated—leaders. The son of Mexican-born parents, Gonzales rose through the political ranks from being a San Antonio city councilman to one of the most powerful members of the United States Congress. Gonzales served the 20th congressional district of Texas from 1961 to 1999. He was loved and hated for the same reason: “Henry B.” was el don de la gente, a man of the people. He helped them without regard to power, politics, or money.