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This is a story about a man named King who transformed an abusive childhood into a criminal enterprise worth millions. He left home with his younger brother when they were teenagers to escape constant hunger and violent abuse of their mother. They used what they learned from their mother and their criminal step-father to build an income through armed robbery and murder. During one big robbery, they were caught and king's brother and most of ...

This is a story about a man named King who transformed an abusive childhood into a criminal enterprise worth millions. He left home with his younger brother when they were teenagers to escape constant hunger and violent abuse of their mother. They used what they learned from their mother and their criminal step-father to build an income through armed robbery and murder. During one big robbery, they were caught and king's brother and most of ...

Life is not what it seems to be. With the B.A.L.S. Biological Artificial Life System, humanity has acquired the technology to simulate whatever life one chooses. When the whole of the species opts to live in a simulated fantasy world, no one expected that eventually, the lines between fantasy and reality would blur until they are indistinguishable. In the Almaican empire, Cog Heavenshire believes himself to be a ruler caught in a brutal war a...

Recently widowed, Janice McKendry and her three children-teens Lucas and Danica, and ten-year-old Jordyn-have just moved into an old Victorian manor in the small Ontario town of Brookeford. Enchanted by all things historical, especially those with an intriguing story, Janice's husband, Todd, had found the house and persuaded Janice to move there. A teacher and a writer, Todd had thoroughly researched the mysterious house and begun to write a t...

EASTWICK LETTERS transcribes and illustrates 117 individual sheets written 1844-51 by Andrew McCalla Eastwick, his wife Lydia, their children, and business associates as the family set up works, and home in 19th century St. Petersburg, Russia. Eastwick was one of three partners in the Philadelphia firm of Harrison, Winans & Eastwick. The business had been awarded a $3 million/ five-year contract to build rolling stock, (locomotive engines an...

Recently widowed, Janice McKendry and her three children-teens Lucas and Danica, and ten-year-old Jordyn-have just moved into an old Victorian manor in the small Ontario town of Brookeford. Enchanted by all things historical, especially those with an intriguing story, Janice's husband, Todd, had found the house and persuaded Janice to move there. A teacher and a writer, Todd had thoroughly researched the mysterious house and begun to write a t...

Life is not what it seems to be. With the B.A.L.S. Biological Artificial Life System, humanity has acquired the technology to simulate whatever life one chooses. When the whole of the species opts to live in a simulated fantasy world, no one expected that eventually, the lines between fantasy and reality would blur until they are indistinguishable. In the Almaican empire, Cog Heavenshire believes himself to be a ruler caught in a brutal war a...

Shame and acceptance, love and loss, life and death. These dichotomies of being are at the heart of Joseph Leahey's LGBTQ+ experience and this volume of collected poems. The Dreamer and the Dreamed: Collected Poems of Joseph Leahey Vol. 1 navigates the poet's evolution starting with his tumultuous, life-changing artistic self-discovery in the early 1980s. Throughout this collection, Joseph grapples with the haunting memory of that experience a...

Shame and acceptance, love and loss, life and death. These dichotomies of being are at the heart of Joseph Leahey's LGBTQ+ experience and this volume of collected poems. The Dreamer and the Dreamed: Collected Poems of Joseph Leahey Vol. 1 navigates the poet's evolution starting with his tumultuous, life-changing artistic self-discovery in the early 1980s. Throughout this collection, Joseph grapples with the haunting memory of that experience a...

Seeley is a self-aware young boy with ADHD. This story is told from his point of view, and he knows his ADHD gives him superpowers! Seeley's superpowers include the ability to hyperfocus, be creative, think outside the box, have a lot of energy, and most of all, love hard. Sometimes Seeley's superpowers are difficult for him to control. Paying attention in school is sometimes hard. Working cooperatively with others and solving problems approp...

Eugenio Violante wears two fedoras-one as the Don of La Cosa Nostra, the other as the owner of Wastefellas Garbage Co. His business operates in a community with a newfound sense of environmental values due to recent media backlash from local news anchor Michael Disco. One of Wastefellas' troubled employees, Chuck McBinny, is the spotlight of the public's newest outrage. As tensions escalate, a civil war ignites. Wastefellas Garbage Co and its ...

Carol is living a fortunate life with a devoted husband and three children. She is about to embark on a dream career as a speech language pathologist. And then the couple hear two ominous words in a doctor's office: multiple sclerosis. So begins Carol and Paul's new life-with an autoimmune disease looming over them. Although MS has no cure, there is still hope: Paul could go into remission. As Carol strives to stay strong, everything she love...

Sacred Bird lives a fulfilled and happy life among the Blood Tribe as a mother of three, wife to a loving husband, and caretaker of her Elders. One spring day, as Sacred Bird works to complete her chores with her young daughter's help, the two are suddenly and heartlessly abducted by men from a different tribe. Thus begins a period of distress for Sacred Bird as she struggles to live among the tribe who stole her and her daughter from their ...

Carol is living a fortunate life with a devoted husband and three children. She is about to embark on a dream career as a speech language pathologist. And then the couple hear two ominous words in a doctor's office: multiple sclerosis. So begins Carol and Paul's new life-with an autoimmune disease looming over them. Although MS has no cure, there is still hope: Paul could go into remission. As Carol strives to stay strong, everything she love...

Eugenio Violante wears two fedoras-one as the Don of La Cosa Nostra, the other as the owner of Wastefellas Garbage Co. His business operates in a community with a newfound sense of environmental values due to recent media backlash from local news anchor Michael Disco. One of Wastefellas' troubled employees, Chuck McBinny, is the spotlight of the public's newest outrage. As tensions escalate, a civil war ignites. Wastefellas Garbage Co and its ...

JP Morris seems to have the ideal life. After growing up in Hampton County, South Carolina, he married his high school sweetheart, Clara, became a successful doctor, and now leads a luxurious life in New York. Shortly before his wedding, however, JP lost his mother, which shook his Christian faith and his interest in family, whether that meant parenthood with Clara or staying connected to his father, brother, and home in the South. After year...

Seeley is a self-aware young boy with ADHD. This story is told from his point of view, and he knows his ADHD gives him superpowers! Seeley's superpowers include the ability to hyperfocus, be creative, think outside the box, have a lot of energy, and most of all, love hard. Sometimes Seeley's superpowers are difficult for him to control. Paying attention in school is sometimes hard. Working cooperatively with others and solving problems approp...

JP Morris seems to have the ideal life. After growing up in Hampton County, South Carolina, he married his high school sweetheart, Clara, became a successful doctor, and now leads a luxurious life in New York. Shortly before his wedding, however, JP lost his mother, which shook his Christian faith and his interest in family, whether that meant parenthood with Clara or staying connected to his father, brother, and home in the South. After year...

Sacred Bird lives a fulfilled and happy life among the Blood Tribe as a mother of three, wife to a loving husband, and caretaker of her Elders. One spring day, as Sacred Bird works to complete her chores with her young daughter's help, the two are suddenly and heartlessly abducted by men from a different tribe. Thus begins a period of distress for Sacred Bird as she struggles to live among the tribe who stole her and her daughter from their ...

Through her engaging memoir, author Margaret Herle shares a pioneering tale of life on the road. After deciding to retire in a home on wheels, Herle and her husband satisfied their cravings for travels (and being warm in winters!) on their own terms, exploring every province in Canada, most of the US, and the entire length of the Baja Peninsula in Mexico. From tourist destinations to unexpected offbeat spots, they found more adventure than the...