A Bard’s Eye View tells of the beginnings of a gathering storm. Ogres led by Rapine are setting out to avenge the ill treatment they have endured. Rapine is the offspring of an ogre chief and an Elf of the Galena nation. Having... Read More

Inmates of Texas’s Death Row live in 10 x 6.5 foot cells. In winter the temperatures plummet and officials delay turning on the heat so that the prisoners shiver in their cells. In summer it can get up to 120 degrees, yet air... Read More

In this still-stormy economy, many companies are hunkering down and hoping for better economic weather ahead, but business expert Philip Geier offers a fresh, stellar perspective: stop trying simply to survive and take this opportunity... Read More

“The ultimate question that stayed with me was how I could have contentment and a peaceful state of mind while not giving up my search for excellence and desires for a better future,” Abdullah Telmesani writes. In "The Balanced Way",... Read More

Amit’s health quickly deteriorated, and then he was gone. His parents were left looking back with the “hope of making some sense of it all.” Amit’s father, Jeevan Zutshi, writes, “The truth is, we cannot blame... Read More

“He held his breath, half expecting the power down wouldn’t work, and that the machines would stay alive, and start giving him orders,” the author writes. Bren Marcken’s fear illustrates one of the biggest threats lurking in... Read More

In this inspirational memoir, Frances H. Livesay describes how she remade her life after the death of her husband. A daughter of privilege from a large, well-principled family in Mississippi, Livesay opens with enviable descriptions of... Read More

Darkly flavored by family traumas and World War II "Shadows in Summer" is written as a response to a series of actual events in the authors life. Crescent Varrone a longtime resident of Scandinavia and the winner of a Fulbright... Read More