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Devastated by the accident that robbed her of her husband and her career, pianist 'Plum' Linthwaite returns to her northern roots to help her struggling granddaughter Nicola and to take stock of her otherwise empty life. However, when she discovers letters belonging to her great-uncle Hugh she becomes engrossed in the mystery and intrigue surrounding his supposed disgrace. With Nicola and her neighbour Paul sharing her curiosity, she learns of...

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At age 18, time travel is the last thing on Scott McGregor's mind. It's 1967 and he has just learned that girlfriend Sarah Daniels is pregnant and wants an abortion knowing that a pre-Roe v. Wade world limits her options to one south of the border. Neither one anticipates how badly that option goes. Six years later they part ways with the future Scott raising a family and conducting research in quantum biology at UC Berkeley. After his wife's ...

At age 18, time travel is the last thing on Scott McGregor's mind. It's 1967 and he has just learned that girlfriend Sarah Daniels is pregnant and wants an abortion knowing that a pre-Roe v. Wade world limits her options to one south of the border. Neither one anticipates how badly that option goes. Six years later they part ways with the future Scott raising a family and conducting research in quantum biology at UC Berkeley. After his wife's ...

A chance meeting at a winter party signals the blooming of young love, but the young woman dies soon after. The young man is bereft, lastingly though they only shared one evening. His studies, interests, and relationships are impeded in ways he can't understand. He struggles with an aversion to intimacy. One night, to the best of his perception, he receives a visitation from his lost love. She remains in his consciousness as he seeks quality i...

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Once you come up with your invention idea, you feel that rush of excitement and then the questions that go through your head: What do I do now? Who should I tell? Where do I go for help? How much money do I need? How can everyone in America find out about my invention and buy it so I can become the next millionaire inventor? You will find your answers in Inventing Secrets Revealed. Prolific inventor Brian Fried has reached levels of success as...

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The Dance of the Lion and the Unicorn is a riveting read and a revolutionary approach to helping couples whose relationship is in trouble. It focuses on the most common dynamic of relationships that fail: One partner (lion) reacts with outbursts of anger, while the other (unicorn) tries to avoid conflict in ways that only make things worse.

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Many of these poems were inspired by observations and experiences while living in the New York area. "Out of the Dark" describes the feelings of awakening on a NYC workday and traveling on the NYC subway to the job. "The Towers" expresses inner feelings and thoughts about the 911 tragedy, 14 years after having been in NYC, near the disaster. Included in this volume is a group of 12 poems, written over a period of 11 years, which speak of stage...

A writer and self-taught artist, David Sheskin has created a voluminous body of work over the past 40 years. Among his other publications are Scientists, Sages and Sundry Other Sinners: The Collected Short Fiction of David J. Sheskin (2002), Magician with a Pen (2007), and The Art of David Sheskin (2011). Many of David Sheskin's acrylic paintings, collages and digital images have been published within the format of calendars, note cards, jigsa...

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Iranian-born physicist Dr. Ross Shaheen is lured into lecturing before an elite group of scientists in his home country. Amir Meshkin, head of Iran's secret nuclear weapons program, takes him and tries to force Shaheen to provide him with the access needed to advance the Iranian nuclear agenda.

This is a thoroughly delightful book that will be fun reading for all Filipinos and their friends, neighbors, coworkers and other associates. In this collection of sixteen entertaining essays, the author presents a splendid explanation of scores of quaint characteristics of traditional Filipino customs, words, family names and sounds - including tongue twisters. The title essay contends that the big majority of the almost 12 million Filipinos ...