White Elephant

(my new one) White Elephant: A folktale retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Magical realism in a well-known story. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSXS741M

In paperback: $5.99 + shipping
On Kindle: $2.99
Free on kindle unlimited

Be Our Guest

Be Our Guest
A retelling of Beauty and the Beast

Now available on Amazon:
Paperback $7.39 + shipping
Kindle $2.99
Free on Kindle Unlimited


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This tale was written to be part of the Global Beasts Series, in which every book features a different country. This one is set in Thailand, against the government shutdown of Tiger Temple, a famous tourist theme park in Kanchanaburi. It's a tale as old as time, but it can be seen in many ways, with a wide variety of characters. The original tale was written in 1740, and this one brings the original to light against the traditional ideas of karma, reincarnation, and animism that have been in Thailand since before Buddhism ever arrived.

Beginner's Guide to Quakerism

Beginner's Guide to Quakerism
by Maurine Pyle, Margaret Katranides, Thomas Leverett, and Fernando Freire
$3.83 + postage on Amazon
$0.99 on Kindle


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Followers of this blog and the press will recognize this as the pamphlet, published in 2021 and printed at home by me for $0.80 each + postage. Now it is cheaper but may not stay that way. It is still be available in pamphlet form, printed more professionally, and possibly cheaper; it can be found and ordered in bulk here. This Amazon version is at least available now, here from this site.

It was intended to give the average outsider a good general overview of what Quakerism is. It is, after all, a discipline to live by Truth and integrity, and to have as your community people who may feel differently about the exact role of God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the literal doctrines of mainstream Christianity. Many Quakers today do not call themselves Christian; if so, what do they have in common? This pamphlet will explain.

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Mario's Dystopia

Announcing the book of my son, Noah Abraham Leverett
Mario's Dystopia
$4.99 + postage, paperback $2.99 on Kindle
free on Kindle Unlimited

prices are subject to change

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He has also written poetry, which I will try to highlight.

Have a Magical Day

These are not feel-good, happily-ever-after stories like Disney movies, nor are they dark or violent. Each story is from a different perspective (tour guide, PR staffer, detective, fantasy author, housewife, state patrolman, and businessman among others) and gives insight into life in 2024 at a huge theme park and large entertainment corporation. It is not adoring of Disney, or scornful, but the stories include a variety of characters you might meet if you spent a little free time in the park, and they offer a variety of perspectives about the role of fantasy and of Disney in modern American culture. Stories included are Have a Magical Day, Space Mountain Getaway, Stealing his Heart, Slapping a Mickey, Afternoon Snake, Detective's Tale, Garbage Duty, Downpour, Attic Bride, Just Ashes, Cocktail Party, Small World Problems, If the Shoe Fits, and It is what it is. All were written in 2023 or 2024. It is the author's eleventh volume of short stories.

$5.99 + shipping, Amazon paperback
$2.99 on kindle
free on kindle unlimited
acx audible coming
prices subject to change

Prairie Leveretts

A plains pioneer biography

True story of one of a homesteader who fought in the Civil War, and survived both. His brother had died of cholera which he got on a steamboat; this book tells his story and that of his family. Like me, he bounced around the plains, going where he could best educate his children.

https://www.amazon.com//dp/B0DCV2DND1

On kindle, kindleunlimited, and paperback

Harvardinates

Now on ACX, narrated by Anne Charlotte:

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(Har-VAR-di-NAH-tays) The Life and Times of John Leverett, first secular President of Harvard
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D893GHM9