Shelved for over 20 years, Sam Cooke's Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963, stands alongside Otis Redding's Live in Europe and James Brown's Live at the Apollo as one of the finest live soul albums ever made. It also reveals a musical, spiritual, emotional, and social journey played out over one night on the stage of a sweaty Miami club, as Cooke made music that encapsulated everything he had ever cut, channeling forces that would soon birth “A Change is Gonna C...

In eighteen thematically linked stories, Colin Fleming explores the ways in which relationships end, with a focus on the void a loved one leaves behind. In Fire with Legs,” the inhabitants of a noise machine discuss the end of a previous relationship, and the life that went with it. In Playing in Room B,” an amateur videographer searches for his vanished wife in his movies, wondering when she started slipping out of the frame. In Green Wood,” a man examines the death of his wife and the...

An island who becomes ambulatory and has adventures upon the land. A frigate captain with a singularly artistic method of punishment. Gulls who are players. Crabs who crack wise. A garage encrusted in blue crystals that harbors a secret. Rival haunted forests fighting for top billing. And a man who navigates that dream world known to anyone who has had a life pulled out from under them and a heart replaced with a question that has a beat of its own:What the hell is happening to ...

Between Cloud and Horizon: A Relationship Casebook in Stories is an examination of what defines the relationships that define each of us, and the myriad forms they take, in a story collection that doubles as a casebook of how we interact with each other.It is an exposé—in narrative—of what binds—or breaks—the bonds between fathers and sons, partners in crime, brothers, roommates, bandmates, co-workers, the past and the present, man and machine, the living and the dead, boo...

A relationship ends in the space between [ ]. Abe Lincoln and Edgar Allan Poe Two stroll the river in the afterlife, debating a second death. Two boys navigate jazz, baseball, and growing up in the second between the pitch and the swing. And a man from Living Dangerously sets off across the ocean on a pile of lobster traps, seeking the truth of the smoke on the wind.With If You [ ], author Colin Fleming breaks the unwritten rule of the short story collection. In over thirt...

“ ‘Because anything that can happen to you, can happen on the Cape.’ It was our version of the concluding words of a sermon, or a prayer, after which it was time to stand up, or sit down again, head bowed, knowing that you lived in a place unlike any other, and maybe more like any other, too, when you got into the internal part of everyone and everything here.” So says one narrator in Colin Fleming’s masterful collection of short stories set in Cape Cod—a magically gritty and sel...

This is the first book to apply the Clausewitzian Trinity of 'passion, chance, and reason' to the experience of real war. It explores the depth and validity of the concept against the conflicts of former Yugoslavia - wars thought to epitomise a post-Clausewitzian age. In doing so it demonstrates the timeless message of the Trinity, but also ties the Trinitarian idea back into Clausewitz's political argument. Intended to build on the existing corpus of scholarship, this book differs from th...

What if Minnesota—Mni Sota Makoce—had remained Native-held land?Narrated by Scott Fleming, Reclaiming Mni Sota is a riveting alternate-history reimagining of the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862, told through two intertwined lives on opposite sides of a nation in conflict. Teenager Samuel Copeland leaves Vermont seeking a better future, only to be thrust into loss, war, and impossible choices. Years earlier, WaabiskiMakwa watches his Ojibwe world fracture and sets out to find meaning, survi...

In the "VOLTAIRE - Premium Collection," readers are treated to a rich anthology that showcases the multifaceted brilliance of one of the Enlightenment's most influential thinkers. This collection features a selection of Voltaire's sharp wit, literary prowess, and incisive social commentary across genres, including essays, philosophical tales, and plays. Through his distinctive use of satire and allegory, Voltaire critiques dogma, religious intolerance, and the folly of absolute power, maki...

The Collected Works of Voltaire represents a monumental corpus that intricately weaves together the philosophical, political, and literary threads of the Enlightenment. Through essays, plays, and narratives, Voltaire employs wit, satire, and a sharp clarity of prose to critique the societal norms and dogmas of his time. His masterful use of irony highlights the contradictions within religion and government, while simultaneously advocating for human rights and freedom of thought. In the con...

In "The Essential Works of Voltaire," readers are invited into the profound wit and incisive critical thought of one of the Enlightenment's most pivotal figures. This compilation presents a rich tapestry of Voltaire's writings, including his provocative essays, sharp satire, and groundbreaking philosophical treatises. With lucidity and eloquence, Voltaire engages with contemporary social, political, and religious issues, employing a literary style that deftly blends humor with rigorous arg...

National Humor Month won't be the same with this huge, classic collection of side-splitting, groan-worthy, family-friendly jokes, puns, and riddles. Guaranteed LOLs at a time we can all use a laugh.Between these covers are a staggering 3650 entries - at a joke a day that's 10 full years of comedy! With chapters on everything from Modern Romance, the Working World and Aging to Pop Culture, Money, and much more, 3650 Jokes, Puns and Riddles contains the most...