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The Smart Norwood Kid John Mario Cavuoto John Mario Cavuoto was born the child of a migrant family, growing up in Australia in the 1960s. Having been the victim of the cane at a strict convent school for asking too many questions, he now takes us on an interesting and humorous journey through the reasoning... |
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Losing Earth By 1979, we knew nearly everything we understand today about climate change – including how to stop it. Over the next decade, a handful of scientists, politicians, and strategists, led by two unlikely heroes, risked their careers in a desperate, escalating campaign to convince... |
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Solomon the Accountant Edward M. Krauss A Jewish love story. Solomon the Accountant is set in Toledo, Ohio, in the 1950s. Solomon falls in love with the beautiful, newly widowed Molly. He is painfully aware of her recent loss, yet she becomes the focal point of his life. He hopes that someday - regardless of how long... |
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Goodbye, Europe? Hello, Chaos? J. Michael Springmann They come from across the Middle East, South Asia, North Africa—floods of refugees seeking sanctuary in Europe. Most are men. Some are terrorists. And all represent an ethnopolitical nightmare for the European Union. What drives these migrants? Why... |
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Clown William Robin Elno When William's father kicks him out of his Kansas home, no one--including William--thinks he'll amount to much. William suffers from an ailment that causes him to twitch uncontrollably. Of course, this is strange behavior to folks on the frontier. Needless to say, it's tough for William to make friends... |
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Madisonville J. A. Huff Something isn’t right at Madisonville, Idaho’s most secluded penitentiary for its hardened criminals, and prisoners keep disappearing. Six college students are sentenced to Madisonville after almost getting away with the perfect crime. After a few short weeks behind bars, the six... |
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The Gem Connection Michael R. Lane Clinton Windell is murdered and robbed of twenty million dollars in uncut gems. C. J. Cavanaugh is hired to root out the murderers. There's only one catch. C. J. and his partner must keep mum they're working the case. Between the killers, Homicide Detective Pendleton, and their... |
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Alienation The Hegelian-Marxist idea of alienation fell out of favor after the postmetaphysical rejection of humanism and essentialist views of human nature. Jaeggi draws on the Hegelian philosophical tradition, phenomenological analyses grounded in modern conceptions of agency, and recent... |
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Earth and Earthlings moses.guru Ingrid is intelligent and determined. She's also desperate and running out of time. So, in a last throw of the dice, she executes her plan to hold up a bank. But she's not interested in money - she wants to change the world. With a rag-tag group of hostages under her control, Ingrid faces... |
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Across Great Divides Monique Roy Across Great Divides is a timeless story of the upheavals of war, the power of family, and the resiliency of human spirit. When Hitler came to power in 1933, one Jewish family refused to be destroyed and defied the Nazis only to come up against another struggle — apartheid in South Africa. Sixteen... |
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The Loudest Voice in the Room A deeply reported journey inside the secretive world of Fox News and the life of its combative, visionary founder. When Rupert Murdoch enlisted Roger Ailes to launch a cable news network in 1996, American politics and media changed forever. Now, with a... |
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Some Thoughts on God and Other Things Jerome Gleich Our cities, states, countries, and seemingly the whole world, seem to be coming apart at the seams. While many of us live in relative comfort, the wars, killing, economic strife, lack of morals, decency, and just common sense, take a heavy toll on our spirits and psyches... |
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The Ancient Burden of Fear T. C. Walters This is a story about courage, ancient gods, and people falling in love. The book begins in the mist of the night as a fisherman maneuvers his boat through the waters of Peru's largest port, setting the stage for an extraordinary escape from an island prison. This incident... |
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A Year on the Tump Daniel P.T. Thomas Turn onto Chincoteague Road, just past the rockets at the NASA Visitor Center, open the car windows. The road bends to the right and a massive horizon opens up. Breathe in the smell of the marsh. Get ready to be home - for the first time, or forever. A Year on the Tump unveils the seasons of life on... |
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Second Life: An Atheist's Journey to Spirituality Anne C. Cooper Who in this modern day and age believes in miracles? Anne Cooper didn't, until they started happening to her. An atheist, she was an unlikely candidate for miracles. Raised Catholic, Anne abandoned the family faith in her teens, and... |
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The Stars Move Still Andy Regan What happens when a cold calculating individual chooses to punish the most vulnerable in the community for misplaced revenge? In May 1927 a quiet town in Michigan suffers the most traumatic of days as its school becomes the target. Based on the true events of the... |
