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Coffee and Cookie Time is a collection of 3 short stories by John Hartig. The first story is a novella about the unfortunate murder of Jean-Marie Leclair, one of the best violinists and composers of the Baroque period in France. He was stabbed to death in 1764, right in front of his own house. The killer could have been his nephew, a mediocre violinist who wanted his uncle to promote him before the court of Louis XV. It could also have been the ex-wife, Louise Roussel, who was an engraver and published Leclair's musical manuscripts, thus making money off him. The second story is about the Battle of the Violins, which is a science fiction yarn about time travel, where Captain James Kirk is assigned to bring 6 of history's best violinists back to the future for a fiddle contest to see who is the best player of all time. Jean-Marie Leclair is, of course, one of the contestants, that is before he was killed. The last story is about the terrible time Saint Peter has in front of the Pearly Gates with crowd control. He really needs an administrative assistant as violinists and Pope Clement storm the Pearly Gates. Get a ticket, and get in line, says the keeper of the keys. These short stories make great reading for coffee and cookie time

This is a collection of 2 short stories by John Hartig. The first is Battle of the Violins about time travel. Fast forward to the year 2328, and the task which Captain James T. Kirk has been assigned to bring back to the future 6 of the best violinists of all time to have a fiddle contest at the Hollywood Bowl. The slight hitch is that the Captain with Montgomery Scott's help needs to go back to 1901 and borrow H. G. Wells' Time Machine. One of the contenders in the Battle of the Violins is, of course, Jean-Marie Leclair That leads into the second short story, actually a novella about a murder mystery of the 18th century. Jean-Marie Leclair was an excellent Baroque Era violinist and composer who was stabbed to death in 1764. He should be remembered for his music, not being murdered. He founded the French school of violin. But he was killed in the vestibule of his own home. He was a great violinist and composer for King Louis XV of France. No one was ever arrested, not Louise Roussel, his ex-wife, who did the engraving of his compositions for him, and not the envious nephew, Guillaume-Fran ois Vial, who wanted his uncle to promote him to the KIng. Nobody was ever brought to justice. These two short stories make for great reading with a cup of coffee and a cookie

This is an anthology of poems by Vineland author, John Hartig. Most of my poems do not rhyme; I prefer free verse. My definition of poetry is that the mood or theme has to involve deep emotion or a message of kindness or love or some kind of deep insight. The title, Poetry Like Raindrops, came from the title of Chopin's piano piece called, Raindrops. That music, like a poem, touches the soul and it is truly emotional.

Symon Schr der, a scenery photographer, stumbles across a dead woman in the woods off The Bruce Trail, near Ball's Falls, Ontario. Khalisa is the victim of an honor killing committed by her own brother, Ahmad, because neither he nor the parents wanted her to date Christopher, a "white infidel". Ahmad gets away with the crime for almost 2 years. He takes computer classes at Mohawk College in Hamilton. During this time, he kills an older lady, Carmen, who was getting better marks than him in a class and who gets hired instead of him for a job. Symon, in the meantime, is also registered in a web design class at Mohawk College and gets to know Carmen at coffee breaks. At one point, Symon plucks up enough courage to go back to the scene of the crime at Ball's Falls where he pokes around in the dirt and digs up a silver necklace which belonged to Khalisa. The inscription reads, "To Khalisa, Love Christopher". This is enough of a clue which eventually leads to Ahmad as the killer. The parents empty their bank account and Ahmad escapes to Turkey where he crosses the border to join ISIS.

Book Two of the Love and Faith Trilogy series sees Ahmad fully trained as an ISIS fighter after a year of living in Syria. His commander gives him a mission to go back to Canada to sabotage the Toronto subway. He is given a false passport with the name of Ossi. The plan to bomb the subway is foiled. Ossi goes to plan B which is to track down his sister, Fahm, and there in Hamilton, to carry out yet another honor killing. Detective Spencer saves Fahm. They fall in love, giving the novel a romantic twist. Meanwhile, Abbas, in Toronto can't wait for Ahmad's return, so he initiates his own plan to hijack an airplane which he wants to fly into the CN Tower. This plan also does not work and Abbas is killed, crashing into Lake Ontario with the plane. The pilot survives. However, Ahmad makes a successful get-away from Hamilton back to Toronto and miraculously gets a flight out of the country back to Turkey, so he can rejoin ISIL.Canada experiences tragedies as a nation. Patrice Vincent, a soldier, is killed by a vehicle driven by an ISIS terrorist in Quebec, and Corporal Nathan Cirillo is shot dead doing guard duty at the War Memorial on Parliament Hill without a loaded rifle Symon Schr der's health deteriorates from pancreatic cancer. He determines to take his camera and make one more photographic jaunt down Ball's Falls. He writes a stirring poem at the end of Book Two of the Love and Faith Trilogy.

Love and Faith Trilogy: Book Three takes over in October 2014 with the last two months of Symon Schr der's life. He is dying of pancreatic cancer. ISIS is still a thriving entity in the overall scheme of things, alive and doing quite well in the Middle East and other parts of the world where they radicalize young people, often disillusioned with jobs and politics in the West. While Symon dies in Book Three, there is a lighter side, as individual romances are developed among the two main couples: fictional author, Christopher Unger, and his old flame, Lenya; and then, the other couple, Detective Spencer and Fahm, who fall in love. By Book Three, the relationship between Spencer and Fahm has blossomed. They court, become Christian, get married and decide to go to Paris France of course] on their honeymoon. Going to Paris on a honeymoon is a romantic notion, but not at the time they choose It is Wednesday January 7th, 2014 Sa d and Ch rif Kouachi break into the Charlie Hebdo magazine offices with assault rifles. They shoot anybody in sight in revenge for their Prophet, Muhammad, being satirized in a cartoon. In total, the brothers kill 12 people that day, and then get away in a stolen car. They are on the loose for three days Spencer and Fahm could have wished for a better honeymoon. But not all is lost...

Crooked Bay is a quiet little town on the west coast of Newfoundland. It has a bunch of little houses, two churches, "The Reserve" and an RCMP outpost. Since the Lucky Strike Mining Company found gold north-east of town, Crooked Bay has been going through an economic boom, bringing in lots of people looking for work. Sgt. Brett Wilson thinks that an economic boom is not necessarily a good thing for a small town. The police department, manned by three officers, has its hands full already, trying to keep up with abuse at the seniors' home, poachers on The Reserve, teenage drunkenness, a car theft and the usual break and entry. What they don't need now is the town's first murder A teenager, recently released from juvenile detention, is accused...except he did not do it The real killer hides behind a mask of status and respectability. How will the RCMP bring him to justice?

Jean-Marie Leclair was an 18th century violinist and composer who founded the French school of violin. He was stabbed to death either on October 22nd late at night, or October 23rd early morning, in 1764, when it was still dark. His body was found in the vestibule of his home which was located on the seedy side of Paris. No one was ever accused or arrested in the case, despite strong suspicions. It could have been a nephew who was envious of Leclair's success with the violin, playing in King Louis XV's Orchestra. It could have been his ex-wife who made money out of publishing and printing his manuscripts. This novella follows the clues in the list of suspects. It also follows the life of the man and describes the time in which he lived. It weaves a tale where nothing was proved and no arrests were ever made. An unsolved murder mystery of the 18th century Except for now

These two short stories involve a murder mystery of Jean-Marie Leclair, a violinist and a composer of the 18th century, who was stabbed to death in 1764, and the other story is about the Battle of the Violins in which Captain Kirk takes 6 of history's best violinists and brings them back to the future for a fiddle contest. This collection of two short stories is great for reading on a rainy day with a coffee and cookies. Jean-Marie Leclair founded the French school of violin and worked for King Louis XV. The Battle of the Violins in the author, John Hartig's imaginary flight from the future to the past and back again to the future.

This is a collection of two short stories by Canadian author, John Hartig. The first is a murder mystery about a Baroque violinist and composer, Jean-Marie Leclair, who was stabbed to death in front of his house in 1764. The crime was never solved and there were no arrests, though there were suspicions. It could have been the nephew, Guillaume-Francois Vial who was envious of Leclair's success in the King's orchestra. It could have been the ex-wife, Louise Roussel, who made money from publishing Leclair's manuscripts. The second short story is a science fiction involving Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise who takes the ship back in time in order to retrieve 6 of the best violinists in history. Why? He was ordered to bring them back to the future to have a fiddle contest at the Hollywood Bowl in the year 2328 to see and hear who was the best of the best violinists of all time Both stories make for excellent and entertaining reading during a coffee and cookie break.

This is a collection of 2 short stories by John Hartig. The first is Battle of the Violins which is science fiction, a time travel yarn about James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise. His mission? To bring 6 of the best violinists in history back to the future to have a fiddle contest at the Hollywood Bowl in the year 2328 to see who is the best of the best of all time. The second story is a novella about a 1764 murder mystery. Violinist and composer of the Baroque Era, Jean-Marie Leclair, was stabbed to death just outside of his own house. Who done it? It could have been the nephew who was envious and wanted his uncle to promote his name before King Louis XV. It could have been the ex-wife, Louise Roussel, who was engraver and made money out of publishing Leclair's musical manuscripts. This is great reading for a rainy day...or anytime

Joseph Cotulla immigrated from Poland in 1856 with his mother, as a 12 year old boy. He moved to Atascosa County, Texas, where he learned about horses, cattle and ranching. When he was 19, in 1863, he signed up on the Union side at Brownsville during the Civil War. Later, in 1868, he bought a parcel of government land in La Salle County and started his own ranch. He bought a herd of cattle cheap, sent them up The Chisholm Trail to Abilene where a new rail-head brought beef to the Eastern market. Joseph Cotulla grew rich. He bought more land around 1875 and donated some of it to the railroad. A town was named after him in Texas, Cotulla. Soon this former immigrant became a Texas legend. Joseph Cotulla, The Polish Cowboy.

Jean-Marie Leclair was an 18th century violinist and composer who founded the French school of violin. He was stabbed to death either on October 22nd late at night, or October 23rd early morning, in 1764, when it was still dark. His body was found in the vestibule of his home which was located on the seedy side of Paris. No one was ever accused or arrested in the case, despite strong suspicions. It could have been a nephew, Guillaume-Fran ois Vial, who was envious of Leclair's success with the violin, playing in King Louis XV's Orchestra. It could have been his ex-wife. Louise Roussel, who made money out of publishing and printing his manuscripts. This novella follows the clues in the list of suspects. It also follows the life of the man and describes the time in which he lived. It weaves a tale where nothing was proved and no arrests were ever made. An unsolved murder mystery of the Baroque Era Until perhaps, now

"Can You Imagine?" is a children's picture book targeting ages 4 to 104. It combines my poetry with my knack for photography, especially sunsets and flowers. I owe my sunsets and flowers to Fair Havens Ministries, a Christian camp ground, where I spend every August on my holidays with my camera. I hope that my photography is eye-catching enough for kids to take a delight in. The basic premise of this children's book is to get a child to imagine if he or she could be anything in nature. What would the child want to be? How would he or she like to be a flower or a bumblebee? What would it feel like to be the sky or a sunset? "Can You Imagine?"

Saint Peter has a time keeping "The Roll up yonder." He gets flustered when several violinists pop up in front of his Pearly Gates. He hopes it's not a repeat of what he experienced previously with a bunch of Popes and painters who got into a heated argument. There is also a Novella of Jean-Marie Leclair who was a violinist of the 18th century and who got stabbed to death in front of his house. Nobody was ever arrested. This is a collection of short stories, not just about Saint Peter and his crowd control up there, but recalls the aging and death of several people close to me, my mother, Rosa Hartig, my neighbour, Wilma de Jager, and an aging friend, Harry Rittenhouse. And oh yes, I threw in a novella about Jean-Marie Leclair who was stabbed to death in front of his door in 1764. There goes all the hours he put into violin practice I mixed this old murder mystery up with Battle of the Violins where Captain James T, Kirk of the Enterprise is assigned to bring 6 top violinists back to the future in the year 2328 for a fiddle contest at the Hollywood Bowl.