Tio Stib’s books
My Dementia Diary
In January 2013, Tio Stib lost his sight and his wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Suddenly, the adventurous life they’d enjoyed became a dramatically different journey.
“My dementia Diary” is a story, sometimes humorous, always intimate, of how a blind man became the sole caregiver for his wife with her deteriorating dementia.
This is a story about adapting to adversity, about the devastating impact of dementia, about marriage, commitment, and faith.
Above all, “My Dementia Diary” is a story about the power of love.
Taxi School
What happens when an eccentric New York City cabbie lands in an alien West Coast world?
Find out in “Taxi School
Al “Gynt” McGynty drives a taxi, the only Checker cab in New York City. It’s the life he loves and the Big Apple is where he loves living. Where else could he and Wally, a dog with a nose for trouble, enjoy great pizza, the Mets, jazz, hookers and hoodlums?
Discover how Gynt becomes a regular at the San Francisco police jail, adapts to the high tech age with his sexy assistant, Gina, and finds love in a family he abandoned years ago.
“Taxi School” is a curmudgeon’s laughable journey to find forgiveness and redemption in a world that can’t ignore him..
Perils of Payeto, saving the last vaquita porpoise
In Mexico’s Gulf of California, disaster strikes Payeto, the world’s smallest porpoise when his mother is drowned in a fishing net. Suddenly, he is alone, perhaps the last vaquita porpoise on Planet Earth.
In the nearby town of San Pedro, two teenagers, shy Miguelito and precocious Magda, struggle to find a hopeful future in a community whose economy has collapsed.
Payeto’s perilous journey brings him face to face with the monster Red Devil, Maku, the King of the Sea Wolves, and finally the most dangerous predator of all, Man.
Zorro, the mischievous monkey, Sanchez, the good hearted ghost, poachers, drones, a secret beach, Ancient Irma, the wise whale, and Sonya, the powerful shaman, all add to the intrigue, humor, and adventures of Payeto, Miguelito and Magda.
Discover the surprising climax when the world’s of Payeto and the two teenagers finally collide.
Remedies for Reluctant Romantics, 100 ways to Win the Love Game
Intimacy, passion, romance, fun, we all want these things with our love partners. We need them! Yet most of us, especially guys, are clueless about how to make great love happen in our lives. With 100 simple ideas for building successful loving relationships, “Remedies for Reluctant Romantics” is your guide to winning the love game. With chapters ranging from “Spontaneous Fun” to “Love Adventures” and much more, Tio Stib’s remedies laugh at our unending love mistakes while providing practical and fun ways to win the love you want.
This is a book for frustrated girlfriends wondering when their guy will grow up, nerds coming out of their cocoons into the light of romantic love, and any partner or couple wanting to put some juice back into their relationship.
With “Remedies for Reluctant Romantics,” you too can join love’s winner’s circle.
The Resurrection of Puerto Cielo
Okay, I’ve finally published the ebook and paperback versions of my latest book, “The Resurrection of Puerto Cielo.” Thanks to my talented designer friend, Eric Savage, I’ve heard it has quite a dazzling cover. I hope you find the story equally entertaining. the book is available on Amazon, here’s the scoop
Esperanza Diaz, frustrated single mom and failed big city journalist, retreats home in hopes of saving her family and salvaging her career. But Puerto Cielo, the idyllic Baja beach town she grew up in, is being run by a gang of thugs and her father, editor of the local paper, is off on a drunk.
Ricky Ruiz has also fled the big city, but he can’t escape his mob family past. Known as el Tiburon, “the Shark,” Ricky has become the reluctant head of a bunch of bungling bullies as he struggles to father a daughter who lost her mother to a gangland murder.
Meet Manny and Maria, two rebellious teenagers who find themselves fighting for a town neither wanted to be in, The Zorros, a bunch of bike riding kids out to make their world better, and Sheriff Eddie, a man who has the only job he ever wanted but now must find the courage to stand for what is right.
Discover the Bernie brothers, the town’s unlikely millionaires, Lazy and Arnold, two dogs with noses for trouble, and Mama G’s Restaurant, where you can get anything you want but hamburgers and french fries.
who is sending the mystery letters exposing city government corruption? Who is the menacing giant who comes to town and never speaks a word? will Max eat Arnold? Will captain Hook have the last laugh?
The Resurrection of Puerto Cielo is a story about courage, about resilience, about the power of community united for the common good, a story spilling over with smiles and surprises. “The Resurrection of Puerto Cielo”
Link to Amazon
Enjoy! Please let me know what you think.
tio stib