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It may be hard to imagine that there was ever a time in American history when terrorist and criminal bombings were as commonplace as today’s daily acts of gang violence. But for more than a century, long before the words ‘Al Qaeda’ or ‘ISIS’ ever became part of our national media lexicon,...

Is the Union voluntary or an agreement with no escape route? Setting the tone, John M. Taylor leads off by noting the travails of a respected ancestor. Major questions in America are explored, including differing views of the meaning of union. Though numerous issues led to war, most modern establishment...

Rob Kesselring, respected outdoor writer and speaker, has paddled 120 rivers - including 29 north of sixty degrees latitude. In this, his second book, Rob weaves together seventeen stories of river running adventure and wilderness camping techniques. The collection includes the story, A River Runs Through It, one of the most rejected and funniest stories ever written.

When Eric Thorton was a little boy, he assumed all people felt energy coursing through their hands into the bodies of sick friends and perceived the inner pain others tried to hide. He thought everyone experienced the visceral call of California’s giant redwoods, and he wondered whether others,...

This eclectic mixture of poignant memoir, bristling Op-ed, and literary criticism focuses on three of the most serious issues facing society today--gay rights, the environment, and universal healthcare. With both sarcasm and insight, Johnny Townsend analyzes the arguments against human progress and shows us a way out of the repressive policies that confound reasonable people everywhere.

Passion, Connection, & Affection: Poems about Love and Relationships is about the joys of being alive and being in love. A lifetime of experiences and a celebration of the uniqueness of every person are reflected in this collection of poems.  The poems tell the author's story authentically...

Searching for better land, the Elam Brown Party headed originally for Oregon Country during the Mexican War, but diverted to the Mexican province of Alta California. At Johnson’s Ranch, Bill Johnson told them his 20,000 acres had been purchased for a hundred and fifty dollars! The Party...

In an island nation blessed by the warm waters of the gulf stream, the most severe winter in Ireland's history added to the misery, the suffering, starvation and death experienced by Ireland's peasant population. Their main food source, the "lumper" potato had been destroyed for the second...

A U.S. submarine captain fights, along with his crew, against the Japanese in the World War II Pacific Theater of Operations. We start with his boat newly arrived in western Australia, and operating in enemy waters in Southeast Asia and the Philippine Islands. He also tries more than...

Lauderdale President Henry Wade Smith V won the War of Reunification in the Spared Territory’s 70th year. Year 72 finds “Harry” bored and antsy. Such is not the case for his lovely wife, Colbert President Catherine Ragland Smith; “Cate” thrives under the peaceful challenges of family and...

Seventy years after terrorists unleashed a weapons-grade virus on earth, a lone cluster of mankind survives in the Shoals Area of NW Alabama. Why? A U. S. Air Force C-130 carrying the only supply extant of the “Mad Flu” vaccine crash-landed at the Muscle Shoals Airport in Colbert County. Two draconian...

The Tortured Jewel is the story of a shelter dog who after being caught by the county escaped and climbed like a cat over their wire enclosure. Bijou tells her own story of her illness and the attempts to cure the problem. She explains how she waited to be adopted, about her new family,...

Hard work, lots of reading, factory jobs took me from a poor, uneducated family , through BS and MA, then into intelligence work, then 29 years of postings at Embassies in Africa, Europe and Australia. Short stories illuminate poor family background, great curiosity and wide reading, work in intelligence...

Nine Girls, No Boys is a collection of true stories of a family in rural Virginia—Daddy, Mama and nine children. All girls. No boys. For young Black parents trying to rear a large family in the 40s, 50s and 60s, there were tough times with years of struggle. Stories are funny, sad, depressing as...