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These poems invite readers both young and old to travel to destinations real and imagined. Two young time travelers, Jack and Lily, learn about Earth and the larger universe with the help of a brilliant scientist who has mastered a way to bend space and time. Join them for a poetic excursion of discovery in which anything is possible.

“The Savage Land” contains two long narrative poems that focus on love, courage, revenge, and the very human desire to find solace and meaning in life. The poems are set in mythical kingdoms that exist in the mists of time and imagination. Let the poems transport you into worlds where characters go on quests of discovery to untangle life’s messy cords until they find peace and security.

"The Kincaids" is a riveting multi-generational tale of a wealthy family ripped apart from the inside. James Kincaid, the billionaire crusading father, is torn between his devout religious faith and his love of money and power. James’s eldest son Matthew, once a football star, longs to recapture the thrills of his youth. John, the middle son, finds himself caught up in the web of big city political corruption. Luke, the youngest son, flees the country and his family and finds meaning in Chile with his wife, who is a rising political star. Hovering outside of the male-dominated Kincaid ...

“Twisted Shadows” contains five tales of horror, suspense, and mystery, where idyllic rural retreats hide dark secrets. Enter a world where a coven of witches attempts to take over a small town. An unsuspecting couple stumbles into the clutches of a sadistic, revengeful family. The jealous daughter of a famous author terrorizes the author’s new wife. A biographer uncovers the sadistic world of a famous literary family. A retired couple looking for a simpler life learns of the horrors hidden in their new house. In each of these tales, fear and danger lurk in the twisted shadows of a ...

In this volume of poetry, I have taken the traditional haiku form of three lines of five, seven and five syllables and have added my own unique sensibilities to it. I invite you to place yourself in the words to spawn your own interpretation and meaning that brings you joy or wisdom. I hope these poems convey wabi—the beauty of the ordinary—and sabi—a keen feeling of one’s own existence and impermanence. I believe the value of poetry, be it in haiku or any other form, is that it intensifies an experience and awakens you. Poetry is to be loved because it can bring momentary bliss, ...

Detective Alberto Alvarado is a complex man. Dedicated to his profession of tracking down criminals in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito, he is also tortured by his inability to stop gambling and his occasional desire to take justice into his own hands. Follow this fascinating character as he navigates the dark corners of Quito in a series of captivating cases that spotlight the inequities of society and justice. Among the crimes that Alvarado must solve are that of a lawyer murdered while fighting against a giant oil company; two American geologists assassinated while searching for lost ...

At the end of the twenty-first century on the lunar colony of Civitas, Detective Ray Babbitt faces a growing crime wave. What had been advertised as a utopia is being sullied by murders and drug trafficking. Amidst the growing unrest and unease of the colonists, Babbitt doggedly solves crimes while navigating the rising tensions among the corporate elites who founded and run the colony and the average citizens. Fast-moving and starkly relevant to our times, the book brings readers along to the dark side of the moon.

In this third volume of Lunar Stories, Detective Ray Babbitt is confronted with his own mortality as the social fabric of the Civitas lunar colony is being threatened by a rise in crime and competing political agendas. A new people’s legislature attempts to chart a sustainable course for the colony. Unbridled corporate interests have established a new colony called Alegria to compete with Civitas for limited intellectual and investment resources. Through all of the turmoil, Detective Babbitt tries to remain focused on solving crimes while maintaining an equilibrium in his own life.

Set at the end of the twenty-first century when climate change has caused death and destruction around the world, particularly in the coastal regions of the United States, these stories focus on pioneers who have established lunar colonies to begin new lives. Focusing on lunar migrants as diverse as titans of industry, politicians, scientists, detectives, artists, and common workers, the stories portray the intersecting lives of these people. They discover that the moon is not the utopia for which they had hoped. The lunar colonies boil with the same challenges and conflicts that had been ...

This collection of stories focuses on the thoughts, passions, hardships, and tragedies of often overlooked Americans: the average working people who toil in the margins of society. Readers may recognize many of the characters in these tales, whose storylines play out in every corner of the country.

A cynical police detective has his faith tested in a world where evil seems to be winning. Married couples search for meaning in their relationships. Small businesses struggle to survive in a changing economy. This collection of stories, many set in small towns across the United States, portray compelling and complex characters faced with difficult moral and ethical choices. They hope to find some shimmer of light in an otherwise dark world. Provocative and entertaining, these stories are rich in insight about contemporary American society and the foibles and jealousies that we all possess.

This collection of three novellas chronicles the dramatic events from the founding of the first Martian colony in the middle of the 21st century to the first election of the Martian Republic in the 22nd century. Together the three novellas are a sweeping, cautionary tale of a grand social and economic experiment on Mars.

In the small town of Champlain, Vermont, owner Roy Leary hopes to see one winning season of his minor league team - the Galaxy - before he dies. He attracts a former major league star Bull Dozier to his team. But the season that unfolds is something that no one could have predicted. Two of his daughters conspire to take the team from him. Leary begins showing signs of dementia. Will the team finally capture the crown?

Sixteen historians, all members of the Society of Independent Southern Historians, have come together to write this truthful history of America specifically for home-schooled students. Herein is a history that is truthful, concise, yet comprehensive, written especially for students of middle school and high school age and for the parents who provide guidance through the home school educational approach. The 40 student lessons in this book present 278 years of our history.

This volume of poetry focuses on the game of baseball and the people involved in it. The verse delves into the sociological and psychological sides of the game, showing both its light and dark facets. It's a must-listen for baseball lovers.

William Graham's poems celebrate the invigorating pastoral beauty of Vermont in his characteristic lyrical style. His work is for everyone who loves to drink nature's elixir. This volume contains a wide variety of poems about the people and places of Vermont.

Three children find adventure in a lost underground world, where an evil woman turns children into thieves, and underground armies engage in battles for dominance.

Ten-year-old Rolf Arneson from Minnesota visits Iceland. During his stay he meets an Icelandic girl named Frida who introduces him to a world of magic, folklore, glaciers and erupting volcanoes. Learn how they work together to save a small town about to be destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

In this fourth and final installment of the Detective Ace Sloan series, Sloan must solve the murders of multiple members of a prominent Martian family and a distinguished poet all while cultivating a relationship with a new lover and dealing with a sudden serious health issue. More than ever, he must lean on Detective Kate Hammer to assist him in solving the crimes.

Danny Boyle and his sister Melinda are caught in the middle of a battle between the good and evil ghosts that haunt Ireland.