Manka Bros. Publishing Group
Manka Books
Fiction - Back Catalogue
2000-2020
The Bronze Candle: Book One - 2012 - Book One of the best selling ‘Bronze Candle’ trilogy is released by Manka Books. Book One introduces us to Cold War spy Doug Shapiro in Budapest during the 1956 Hungarian Uprising.[Made into the 2013 Manka Bros. film ‘The Bronze Candle: The Montpelier Exposition’.]
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Rampage Of The Stegosaur - 2001 - Basil Glass' riveting tale of a ferocious pack of Stegosaurs terrorizing a peaceful tribe of Velociraptors became an instant best seller, sparking a bidding war among all the major studios. Manka Bros. won the auction with highest price ever paid for a book by a first time author - $65 million! [The property spawned a major feature film - which flopped; a Broadway musical - which flopped; and a video game - which was never released.]
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Carrier Pigeons (2020) - A lonely bachelor in Alberta, Canada, corresponds with a lonely Chilean woman via carrier pigeon. [To be made into the Manka Bros. Films movie 'December Spring' in 2022.
The Bronze Candle: The Moncton Expedition (2019) - Book three of 'The Bronze Candle' trilogy of books featuring Cold War spy Doug Shapiro stuck in the New Brunswick, Canada, town of Moncton in 1980 as the Soviets invade Afghanistan.
President Harding's Secrets Of Love (2019) - A lonely Presidential historian tries to find love amongst the Princeton University library stacks where she discovers a very powerful secret.
Rampage Of The Stegosaur (2018) - Cormac McCarthy's haunting tale of bloodthirsty Stegosaurs as they rampage across the planet - terrorizing a peace-loving pack of velociraptors. [Novelization of the infamous Manka Bros. Films movie from 2007. Also to be made into a Broadway Manka musical at some point in the future.]
The Falcons Of Malta (2017) - A lonely widower goes to Newark, New Jersey, for his 70-year high school reunion and strikes up a friendship with the only other survivor in his class.
Tight Ass Female Seeks Italian Love (2016) - A lonely food and wine editor for the Washington Post leaves her high-pressure life and moves to Viareggio, Italy. [Made into the Manka Bros. Films adaptation 'Bella Sangiovese' in 2017.]
The Lurchling (2015) - Manka Book Prize nominee for best first novelette, Holande Backaray's inspirational novelette will be made into three movies by Manka Bros. Films (with the third part to be divided into an additional three films.)
The Bronze Candle: The Interlaken Conundrum (2014) - Book Two of 'The Bronze Candle' trilogy of books featuring Cold War spy Doug Shapiro stuck in the central Swiss Alps town of Interlaken in 1968 as the Soviets invade Prague.
Galapaghosts (2014) - Giant turtles haunt the dreams of lonely, sexy paleontologist Becky Morris as she looks for love in modern day Houston, Texas.
My Last Adam Sandler Movie (2013) - A lonely, intelligent single woman vows never to go to another Adam Sandler movie after a string of horrible first dates.
The Bronze Candle: The Montpelier Exposition (2012) - Book One of 'The Bronze Candle' trilogy of books features Cold War spy Doug Shapiro stuck in the southern French town of Montpelier in 1956 as the Soviets invade Budapest. [Made into the Manka Bros. Films movie 'The Bronze Candle: The Montpelier Exposition' in 2013.]
The Cookie Quarantine (2011) - Book Three of author Brandon Morris' Nathan Gerlach series. No one in Accounting can access their user IDs or passwords, and our hero, Nathan Gerlach, is not about to let his painful carpal tunnel get in the way of addressing the issue. [Optioned by Manka Bros. Films for future film adaptation.]
Eating Mussels In Brussels (2011) - A young woman leaves law school early after the horrific death of nearly everyone she knows and loves and learns to live and love again in Brussels.
The Light Of Skagen (2010) - A lonely socially dysfunctional travel insurance underwriter from Las Vegas tries to find new love on a dairy farm in Northern Denmark. [Made into the Manka Highbrow film 'Drawn To The Yellow Light.']
Flights Of Nancy: Alone And... Happy (2010) - Third in the series of 'Nancy' books finds Nancy alone again after breaking up with 'Prince Harming.'
A Snowy Autumn Spring (2009) - A lonely older woman moves back to the house she grew up (with the family she doesn't know who lives there now) in with the hope of rekindling a relationship with the boy next door.
Runtime Error (2008) - Book Two of author Brandon Morris' Nathan Gerlach series of books. When a bead of sweat from Corporate I.T. expert Nathan Gerlach's brow fries the 'Ctrl' button on a junior executive's keyboard, he races against the clock to repair it so the executives can resume work on his spreadsheet. [Made into the Manka Bros. Films movie 'Runtime Error.'
Monkeys Of Shark Bay (2008) - A despondent, workaholic zoo worker in Shark Bay looks for love by placing a personal ad on Craigslist. She has no idea what she's getting into.
Cubism In A Round Room (2007) - A twice divorced mother of two picks up and moves to Greece to learn about sculpture... and love.
Fatal Exception (2006) - Book One of Brandon Morris' Nathan Gerlach series of techno-thrillers. Corporate I.T. expert Nathan Gerlach has to get past a firewall and proxy setting to save an analyst's PC from crashing. [Made into the Manka Bros. Films movie 'Fatal Exception.'
Burial Clothes (2005) - An antique dealer reexamines her life after she is asked to pick out the clothes a dead friend will be buried in.
Flights Of Nancy: Prince Charming Exists... FOR ME! (2004) - Second in the 'Nancy' series of books. Nancy finally finds love and realizes it's exactly all it's cut out to be!
The Laughter Of Gina (2003) - A child's laughter haunts Molly, a successful children's book publisher, as she returns home to attend her 25 year college reunion.
Appalachian Spring (2002) - After the death of his wife, a brokenhearted music composer moves to the Appalachian Mountains to piece his life back together one measure at a time.
Flights Of Nancy (2001) - First in the series of 'Nancy' books. Nancy Smith is a single woman who loves her food but loves her men more. All of Boston is rooting for this mysterious young woman as she blogs about her everyday life.
The Man In The Breadcrumb Fedora (2000) - A recently widowed woman returns to Italy in search of the man that once made her feel young.
The Bronze Candle: The Moncton Expedition (2019) - Book three of 'The Bronze Candle' trilogy of books featuring Cold War spy Doug Shapiro stuck in the New Brunswick, Canada, town of Moncton in 1980 as the Soviets invade Afghanistan.
President Harding's Secrets Of Love (2019) - A lonely Presidential historian tries to find love amongst the Princeton University library stacks where she discovers a very powerful secret.
Rampage Of The Stegosaur (2018) - Cormac McCarthy's haunting tale of bloodthirsty Stegosaurs as they rampage across the planet - terrorizing a peace-loving pack of velociraptors. [Novelization of the infamous Manka Bros. Films movie from 2007. Also to be made into a Broadway Manka musical at some point in the future.]
The Falcons Of Malta (2017) - A lonely widower goes to Newark, New Jersey, for his 70-year high school reunion and strikes up a friendship with the only other survivor in his class.
Tight Ass Female Seeks Italian Love (2016) - A lonely food and wine editor for the Washington Post leaves her high-pressure life and moves to Viareggio, Italy. [Made into the Manka Bros. Films adaptation 'Bella Sangiovese' in 2017.]
The Lurchling (2015) - Manka Book Prize nominee for best first novelette, Holande Backaray's inspirational novelette will be made into three movies by Manka Bros. Films (with the third part to be divided into an additional three films.)
The Bronze Candle: The Interlaken Conundrum (2014) - Book Two of 'The Bronze Candle' trilogy of books featuring Cold War spy Doug Shapiro stuck in the central Swiss Alps town of Interlaken in 1968 as the Soviets invade Prague.
Galapaghosts (2014) - Giant turtles haunt the dreams of lonely, sexy paleontologist Becky Morris as she looks for love in modern day Houston, Texas.
My Last Adam Sandler Movie (2013) - A lonely, intelligent single woman vows never to go to another Adam Sandler movie after a string of horrible first dates.
The Bronze Candle: The Montpelier Exposition (2012) - Book One of 'The Bronze Candle' trilogy of books features Cold War spy Doug Shapiro stuck in the southern French town of Montpelier in 1956 as the Soviets invade Budapest. [Made into the Manka Bros. Films movie 'The Bronze Candle: The Montpelier Exposition' in 2013.]
The Cookie Quarantine (2011) - Book Three of author Brandon Morris' Nathan Gerlach series. No one in Accounting can access their user IDs or passwords, and our hero, Nathan Gerlach, is not about to let his painful carpal tunnel get in the way of addressing the issue. [Optioned by Manka Bros. Films for future film adaptation.]
Eating Mussels In Brussels (2011) - A young woman leaves law school early after the horrific death of nearly everyone she knows and loves and learns to live and love again in Brussels.
The Light Of Skagen (2010) - A lonely socially dysfunctional travel insurance underwriter from Las Vegas tries to find new love on a dairy farm in Northern Denmark. [Made into the Manka Highbrow film 'Drawn To The Yellow Light.']
Flights Of Nancy: Alone And... Happy (2010) - Third in the series of 'Nancy' books finds Nancy alone again after breaking up with 'Prince Harming.'
A Snowy Autumn Spring (2009) - A lonely older woman moves back to the house she grew up (with the family she doesn't know who lives there now) in with the hope of rekindling a relationship with the boy next door.
Runtime Error (2008) - Book Two of author Brandon Morris' Nathan Gerlach series of books. When a bead of sweat from Corporate I.T. expert Nathan Gerlach's brow fries the 'Ctrl' button on a junior executive's keyboard, he races against the clock to repair it so the executives can resume work on his spreadsheet. [Made into the Manka Bros. Films movie 'Runtime Error.'
Monkeys Of Shark Bay (2008) - A despondent, workaholic zoo worker in Shark Bay looks for love by placing a personal ad on Craigslist. She has no idea what she's getting into.
Cubism In A Round Room (2007) - A twice divorced mother of two picks up and moves to Greece to learn about sculpture... and love.
Fatal Exception (2006) - Book One of Brandon Morris' Nathan Gerlach series of techno-thrillers. Corporate I.T. expert Nathan Gerlach has to get past a firewall and proxy setting to save an analyst's PC from crashing. [Made into the Manka Bros. Films movie 'Fatal Exception.'
Burial Clothes (2005) - An antique dealer reexamines her life after she is asked to pick out the clothes a dead friend will be buried in.
Flights Of Nancy: Prince Charming Exists... FOR ME! (2004) - Second in the 'Nancy' series of books. Nancy finally finds love and realizes it's exactly all it's cut out to be!
The Laughter Of Gina (2003) - A child's laughter haunts Molly, a successful children's book publisher, as she returns home to attend her 25 year college reunion.
Appalachian Spring (2002) - After the death of his wife, a brokenhearted music composer moves to the Appalachian Mountains to piece his life back together one measure at a time.
Flights Of Nancy (2001) - First in the series of 'Nancy' books. Nancy Smith is a single woman who loves her food but loves her men more. All of Boston is rooting for this mysterious young woman as she blogs about her everyday life.
The Man In The Breadcrumb Fedora (2000) - A recently widowed woman returns to Italy in search of the man that once made her feel young.
1990-1999
The South Shall Rise Again (1999) - A lonely Civil War enthusiast uses his time machine to bring back General Robert E. Lee to ask him some questions about how to get a woman.
Salinger's Ghost (1998) - A lonely young woman opens a bookstore in J.D. Salinger's home town, hoping that eventually they will strike a friendship or love affair.
Stone Pillows (1998) - A lonely librarian from Detroit moves to China to live in a cave, hoping he will find love.
Don Quixote (1997) - Complete unabridged audio recording of the Miguel Cervantes classic with newly-restored 1952 animation by Pablo Picasso.
Archer's Way (1997) - The lonely business editor of the New York Times falls for an archer in the backwoods of Arkansas and moves there to be with him. [Made into the Manka Bros. Films movie 'In The Arms Of An Archer.'
Just Hyde (1996) - Eliminates the non-scary (boring) parts of the classic novel 'Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde.' [This was the first book of the Manka Goth line of graphic novels aimed at teenage boys.]
Jew's Harp (1995) - An antique Jew's Harp found in an attic brings back painful memories to a lonely aging widower.
Keats and Shelly (1994) - The dead poet John Keats helps Shelly, a lonely modern day college freshman at Brown University with her relationship problems.
The Flying Fish Of Rae Dawn Chong (1993) - Award-winning Southern writer Gene Maunam sets this coming of age story in his native central Alabama. The title refers to the young narrator who always mispronounced the name of the local lake. [Made into the Manka Bros. Films move of the same name.]
Mrs. Kensington's Amazing Drunk Party Night (1992) - Fifteen years after the death of her husband, lonely Mrs. Kensington decides to throw caution to the wind and invites a bunch of strange single men from her church for a night of heavy drinking. [Made into the Manka Bros. Films movie of the same name.]
Cutie Cat's Pop-Up Mysteries (1990) - The last volume of the very popular series of baby lit books ends tragically (after beloved children's book author Dr. Sprout has a nervous breakdown and attempted suicide several times) with Cutie Cat having sex with Mousey Mouse and the two of them running off together to Mexico.
Salinger's Ghost (1998) - A lonely young woman opens a bookstore in J.D. Salinger's home town, hoping that eventually they will strike a friendship or love affair.
Stone Pillows (1998) - A lonely librarian from Detroit moves to China to live in a cave, hoping he will find love.
Don Quixote (1997) - Complete unabridged audio recording of the Miguel Cervantes classic with newly-restored 1952 animation by Pablo Picasso.
Archer's Way (1997) - The lonely business editor of the New York Times falls for an archer in the backwoods of Arkansas and moves there to be with him. [Made into the Manka Bros. Films movie 'In The Arms Of An Archer.'
Just Hyde (1996) - Eliminates the non-scary (boring) parts of the classic novel 'Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde.' [This was the first book of the Manka Goth line of graphic novels aimed at teenage boys.]
Jew's Harp (1995) - An antique Jew's Harp found in an attic brings back painful memories to a lonely aging widower.
Keats and Shelly (1994) - The dead poet John Keats helps Shelly, a lonely modern day college freshman at Brown University with her relationship problems.
The Flying Fish Of Rae Dawn Chong (1993) - Award-winning Southern writer Gene Maunam sets this coming of age story in his native central Alabama. The title refers to the young narrator who always mispronounced the name of the local lake. [Made into the Manka Bros. Films move of the same name.]
Mrs. Kensington's Amazing Drunk Party Night (1992) - Fifteen years after the death of her husband, lonely Mrs. Kensington decides to throw caution to the wind and invites a bunch of strange single men from her church for a night of heavy drinking. [Made into the Manka Bros. Films movie of the same name.]
Cutie Cat's Pop-Up Mysteries (1990) - The last volume of the very popular series of baby lit books ends tragically (after beloved children's book author Dr. Sprout has a nervous breakdown and attempted suicide several times) with Cutie Cat having sex with Mousey Mouse and the two of them running off together to Mexico.
1980-1989
Committed (1989) - Love flourishes in a psychiatric hospital between two lonely mental patients.
Even Wilder (1988) - Alexandra Ripley ('Scarlett') continues with the further adventures of Laura Ingals Wilder.
I, Amphibian (1988) - One man's diary documenting a nightmarish journey from cold to warm blooded. [Made into a Manka Bros. Television mini-series in 1991.]
Coq A Vin (1987) - A burned-out, lonely, corporate attorney from New York learns the true meaning of life during her summer visit to Provence, France. [Made into the Manka Highbrow film 'Wine Chicken.']
The Granddaughter Also Rises (1986) - Short stories and poems from Margeaux Hemingway.
Another Christmas In Jail (1985) - Short stories from the inmates at Riker's Island Prison.
In The Shadow Of Mary Wollenstonecraft (1984) - A lonely modern day feminist searches for the true and love amongst the Republicans of Orange County, California.
Even Wilder (1988) - Alexandra Ripley ('Scarlett') continues with the further adventures of Laura Ingals Wilder.
I, Amphibian (1988) - One man's diary documenting a nightmarish journey from cold to warm blooded. [Made into a Manka Bros. Television mini-series in 1991.]
Coq A Vin (1987) - A burned-out, lonely, corporate attorney from New York learns the true meaning of life during her summer visit to Provence, France. [Made into the Manka Highbrow film 'Wine Chicken.']
The Granddaughter Also Rises (1986) - Short stories and poems from Margeaux Hemingway.
Another Christmas In Jail (1985) - Short stories from the inmates at Riker's Island Prison.
In The Shadow Of Mary Wollenstonecraft (1984) - A lonely modern day feminist searches for the true and love amongst the Republicans of Orange County, California.
1970-1979
You Got My Goat (1976) - Newberry Prize winning pop-up book with real goat hair for children to touch.
Oh, The Places You'll Go (1976 - Audio Only) - Audio recording of Dr. Seuss' classic narrated by Manka Bros. Studios chief Harry Manka on his deathbed.
Country Cat (1970s) - Acclaimed series of children's book about Country Cat, who saw Morris (the Cat Chow spokescat) on TV and leaves the farm to become a celebrity cat. The naive cat finds herself in a seedy world of cat-tle calls and litter box auditions.
Oh, The Places You'll Go (1976 - Audio Only) - Audio recording of Dr. Seuss' classic narrated by Manka Bros. Studios chief Harry Manka on his deathbed.
Country Cat (1970s) - Acclaimed series of children's book about Country Cat, who saw Morris (the Cat Chow spokescat) on TV and leaves the farm to become a celebrity cat. The naive cat finds herself in a seedy world of cat-tle calls and litter box auditions.
1960-1969
A Stitch In Time (1969) - When a madman takes them to another dimension, Black Mac Macintyre must utilize a wormhole in space to retrieve Presidents Washington through Harrison.
Exhibit Bee (1963) - The timeless thriller from children's crime author Edgar Hedrick (breaking into a more mature-themed subject). A frightened young bumble bee finds himself the sole witness to a grisly murder. [Manka Bros. produced a film version in 1966 and it was deemed too disturbing to be released.]
Exhibit Bee (1963) - The timeless thriller from children's crime author Edgar Hedrick (breaking into a more mature-themed subject). A frightened young bumble bee finds himself the sole witness to a grisly murder. [Manka Bros. produced a film version in 1966 and it was deemed too disturbing to be released.]
1950-1959
Trails Of Triumph (1953) - William Tingemore's bestseller about pioneers settling the old west. [Adapted into the Manka Bros. Films movie 'Please, Baby, Hold Me Tight' - featuring blind rockabilly sensation Carl Henky in his first screen role.]
1940-1949
Meet Me In Casarobles (1943) - Set against World War II, a couple decides that if they truly love each other, they will meet on April 1st in Casarobles. Will these war-torn lovers still find each other even thought Casarobles doesn't exist? (April Fools!)
Mr. Lovely's House of Lovenians (1940) - Classic E.A. Thornton novel concerns Mr. Lovely's gentle world and how it is shattered with the news that World War I has broken out in Europe. [Made into the Manka Highbrow move of the same name in 2005].
Mr. Lovely's House of Lovenians (1940) - Classic E.A. Thornton novel concerns Mr. Lovely's gentle world and how it is shattered with the news that World War I has broken out in Europe. [Made into the Manka Highbrow move of the same name in 2005].
1930-1939
A Crack In The Grass (1937) - Classic novel by Herman Ramsey. An American medic in the Spanish Civil War goes AWOL and rambles aimlessly through Spain.
