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In this new collection of short stories, the imaginary residents of a particularly colourful region of Victoria in Australia lead lives of such sheer oddness that their stores had to be told. Most of them work without great enthusiasm for apparently harmless businesses. They ignore that, the companies are secretly involved in illegal activities run by one of the most feared criminal bosses in Melbourne. In this rollicking collection of short s...

In heaven, all creatures are peaceful and happy. But sometimes, the playful spirits miss earth and want to return for a visit by hitching a ride on a drop of water, which turns it into a snowflake! Nobody knows about the snowflakes and their companions-except Jimmy McClain. Jimmy is not your average boy, he hates candy and loves spinach and Brussels sprouts, and his belly button is half-insey and half-outsey. And when he looks out the window a...

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A hologram is a two-dimensional image, which through the use of laser and light appears to be three dimensional. As one moves around the image, it will shift and change according to the viewer's perspective which may further perplex or illuminate.It is on this premise that I continue the exploration of language for sound and definition began in my first collection, Noises from the Garage, in this second volume of poems written between 2011 and...

From early in life many of us begin to dream about how we will spend our retirement years. Travelling, turning an avocation into a vocation, and spending more time with the family whilst remaining healthy and purposefully engaged are among popular retirement goals. For many, however, they remain dreams, since as many as 70 percent of baby boomers may not retire on time. In Over 65 and Still in Demand, author Kris Moller looks at the various fa...

With Muse, Novik has crafted a heroine who pushes against the constraints of her time and station, placing her in a richly imagined world that thrums with life." --The Globe and MailSolange begins life in the poor streets of 14th century Avignon. When her mother, a harlot, dies in childbirth, Solange is raised by nuns who believe she has the gift of clairvoyance. But after several years in the nunnery where she learns how to write and how to h...

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Munindra (Munnan) Misra started writing in 1970 - subsequent to the demise of his mother, Smt. Gayatri Devi. The four divisions in this book are based on the period when they were written -depicting his thoughts during each period of his life clearly: 1970 - 2007 - 1. Love & Strength 2. Humanity & Peace 2008 - 3. War, Peace & Action 2009 - 2013 - 4. Ditties On Life

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My Mother Smiled Down from Heaven Today is a wonderful collection of faith inspired poetry written by Terressa Kennedy's mother. Even at a young age Terressa had noticed how talented and strong her mother was. Indeed being a single parent she had to strive hard in order to raise her children. But despite it all she still had great faith and persisted in her love for the written word. Unfortunately, her mother would never see her writings in pr...

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Kac, once a proud wood elf left his homelands, his friends, and what was left of his family. Abandoning all of his ties, burning his bridges. Knowing perfectly well he couldn't return home, he settled in the town of Malitu, a month's journey up north, out of the woodlands called Kinasa, home to the wood elves. He took up what he knew, hunting and started his new life, and lived among men, in the world and of the world, he slowly lost his self,...

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A hologram is a two-dimensional image, which through the use of laser and light appears to be three dimensional. As one moves around the image, it will shift and change according to the viewer's perspective which may further perplex or illuminate.It is on this premise that I continue the exploration of language for sound and definition began in my first collection, Noises from the Garage, in this second volume of poems written between 2011 and...

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From the age of six, author Elaine Kanelos knew one thing: she wanted to deliver the mail on Lake Geneva's US mail boat. In this memoir, she recalls how she achieved her dream and explains how mail jumpers do their job. She recounts close calls on the boat and lakeside high jinks with coworkers and friends as well as a multitude of joyous adventures on the waters of one of the Midwest's most beautiful lakes. In Mail Jumper!, the journey begins...