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"Blessed are the eyes that see the things you see."Luke 10:23Manny and Harald Nelson, they knew their foster-child was special. As devote Christians, the elderly couple gave her a home filled with love at their cherry orchard farm in beautiful Door County, Wisconsin. Luna had a special gift,...

The Path of Light Tr. by L.D. Barnett This is a translation of an important treatise of Mahayana Buddhism, the Bodhicharyavatara of Santideva, part of the Wisdom of the East Series. It includes a long introduction by the translator, Barnett, who discusses the rise of Mahayana Buddhism, going...

My book details the life, both young and old, of Pat Welsh, who found fame in 1982 as the voice of E.T. in Steven Spielberg’s immortal classic about an alien left behind on Earth. The narrative includes writings from Pat’s own personal diary written in 1931 at the age of sixteen, stories of an...

Brahma-Knowledge by L.D. Barnett A short exposition of the Hindu Vedanta philosophy. The 'Brahma' of the title is not the Hindu god Brahmā, but the abstract, primordial spirit of creation. Barnett draws from the Upanishads, the writings of Shankara, and other literature, and sees parallels...

Have you ever wondered about the missing years of Jesus' life story, the years not chronicled by the Gospels? How did the future Messiah transform from a young man into the leader of one of the most powerful religious movements in human history? In this fictional story, the author, Bernard F. Barcio,...

The Byzantine Empire capitulated to invading Crusaders on another mission to free the Holy Land from its enemies, but not without forcing a retired spy to join them.

Kendall Brooks has an impossible decision: Tell the truth or protect the lie? She has buried herself in years of undergrad, medical school, and now her residency–hoping to leave behind what she is unable to face. Her world is rocked to the core when she returns to her small hometown and runs smack...

This book gives a unifying framework for estimating the abundance of open populations: populations subject to births, deaths and movement, given imperfect measurements or samples of the populations. The focus is primarily on populations of vertebrates for which dynamics are typically modelled within...

Celebrating our 9th year in publication! Each issue of the Bards and Sages Quarterly is compiled to bring readers an eclectic and entertaining collection of works from both new and established voices in the speculative fiction genres. In this issue, stories by Mickie Bolling-Burke, David Cleden, Thom...

A peasant fights to save his wife from becoming a living sacrifice to the Old Gods.

Skye's out for revenge, and her search leads her to the city of San Antonio and right in the middle of a feud between two local dragon groups. Her only hopes of reaching her goal lie in the hands of Jason: a heartbroken man bent on fulfilling his own vendetta. How many twists, secrets, and schemes can Skye put up with before she loses her mind in the heart of the Lone Star State?

A mercenary captain seeks justice by joining a quest for vengeance.

An outcast from his homeland, Maugrim lives a life where the struggle for survival is a daily chore. And yet this dwarf cannot help but wonder what waits for him out in the world that's yet to be explored. Join him as he reminisces on his first quest, a tale of romance, heroics, and harsh...

Sometimes the only way to break the law is to become the law... Growing up, Della channeled all her grief and rage into being a better gunslinger than The Kid. When she's arrested during an attempted train robbery, she almost abandons hope. To her surprise, she's recruited by a circuit judge...