Aj Tz’ib Publishing
Aj Tz’ib is from the ancient Yucatec maya language meaning a scribe or painter, an honorable professions, people who were the intellectual and artistic core of their society. Aj Tz’ib Publishing is dedicated to helping independent writers achieve their dream of publication
These are the authors and books currently published by Aj Tz’ib Publishing.
Ravens when they Cry
By Garth Nielsen
This collection of ten short stories is authored by Garth Nielsen, a writer and an artist, who has spent most of his life living in the deserts and the empty places of the southwest - First, a child in New Mexico; Then, as an adult in Nevada, California, in Utah, Colorado and Arizona. He has been blessed to know and listen to the wisdom of many traditional Native American elders. He walks on the hallowed ground of both the Red Road and the Jesus Road, and he has honored and respected both traditions his entire life.
The stories within this book offer glimpses of his life experience, all 86 years of them, as he traveled across the country, meeting many unique people along the way. Some he knew well and some shared but a few hours of time with him. Yet these remembrances have become a part of him, triggering long hours of thought, shaping his mind, directing his life, and coming alive in the pages of this book.
St. Bridget’s Children
By George Warner
St. Bridget's School is the true story of a journey taken by an eleven-year-old Austrian immigrant to the United States and settling into an inner-city neighborhood, in the 1950’s in Rochester, NY. Carrying with him a deep loneliness, in a world turned upside down from all that he had known, he was faced with the overwhelming task of finding his way in a new, very foreign place. Good fortune had placed him in a neighborhood full of diverse people, of different nationalities who were very accepting of him, enabling his rapid assimilation.
Discovering many amazing things about this new world, he became part of the fabric of the neighborhood. As Cold War times dominated the news, his group of friends became a snap-shot of inner-city life at that time. Although deprived of many advantages, they all came of age together, sharing numerous adventures. Fending for themselves and left to their own creativity, the group of friends of St. Bridget's bonded so closely that sixty years later, they still meet for lunches, keeping the memory of the St Bridget neighborhood in their hearts.
The author George Werner was born in Saalfelden, Austria. He has led a diverse life. As a musician he was a member of the nineteen sixties rock band "The Heard". He served three years as a school teacher, before moving to Breckenridge, Colorado to lead a skiing life. Becoming an entrepreneur, he founded several businesses. Turning to youth soccer, he developed a program to teach the sport, coached high school and numerous club teams, founded his own soccer academy, and wrote a book on developing youth soccer teams titled "Less is More".
Immortal Memories
In Lost Utk’Irtana
By Peter Genovese
IMMORTAL MEMORIES in Lost Utk’Irtana is an extraordinary journey of a land lost in time!
In the year 1905, Luke Murdock, an American, has joined a scientific expedition crossing the Himalayas on its way to Khotan a city set on the old Silk Road. The caravan never reaches its destination. Luke is stranded, left alone in the extremes of the great mountain range. After struggling to survive, he chances into a valley where he finds an extraordinary people engaged in a pilgrimage involving a mystical learning. Thus begins Luke's introduction to a strange country totally unknown to the outside world. He travels across utk'Irtana, to Akshi, its ancient capital built inside a holy mountain. He explores Akshi's Great Archive and its ancient records, meets a woman who he is deeply drawn to, and engages in esoteric ceremonies using a sacred blue water called Azu that transport him back into time.
Immortal Memories is an adventure story in the tradition of the Lost World genre of H. Rider Haggard, Michael Crichton, and James Hilton. It is a voyage across an unknown land, travels back in time, and a man's search for his destiny in Lost utk'Irtana.
Speaking in Poetic Tongues
By Peter Genovese
Speaking in Poetic Tongues... the Vedas of Aleph Null is the work of writer and a musician who has walked a complex path in life, experiencing and exploring. Part memoir and part fiction, it is developed through poetic writing, short stories, music lyrics, and longer poetic works. Throughout, the dilemmas that challenge every human are faced... the energy of life, the moments of doubt, the human joys, the unanswered questions, the nuances of the heart, and the dark nights of the soul are all expressed. It is a poetic voyage of honesty and passion
Karmic Debris
By Peter Genovese
Karmic Debris presents the writings of two unique American artists who rose out of the 1960's - 70's. Both were part of a migration of poets, writers, musicians, adventurers, spiritual seekers, social radicals who spread across the country and the world, becoming contributors to a pivotal era of change. They were nomads searching for answers, freedom and wisdom, striving for new means of expression. They moved from place to place... not looking for homes, but for inspiration. Piya Italia and Franke Wednesday were Avant performers, musicians, as well as writers, exploring the boundaries as creative revolutionaries. A love story is embedded in their words, about a complex relationship, filled with the passion of two artists in an exceptional era.
Their words represent a unique time, the 1960s- 70s... today, those are days long past... but that period, still holds a powerful influence and sway over many.