What if hair-something so intimate, so easily dismissed-has quietly shaped the course of history?In Hair Goes History, historian JD TAYLOR takes readers on an audacious and unexpectedly profound journey through time, revealing how hair enhancement, baldness, and the relentless pursuit of appearance have influenced power, identity, myth, and political destiny across civilizations.From Ancient Egypt's elaborate wigs and ritual shavin...

The Spastic House is set within a disability group home structured to support people who need it. Days follow routines. Medications are administered. Paperwork is completed. Staff rotate through shifts. Residents are cared for, supervised, and managed.Nothing and no one inside the house is intentionally cruel. Everyone has the best of intentions.The novel moves quietly between residents and staff, observing how lives unfold inside systems designed for safety and ef...

He was trained to listen in the dark, to move where fear lived, and to protect without question.Beauregard: Canine Warrior is a powerful, cinematic novel inspired by the true legacy of military working dogs-those loyal soldiers who walked point into ambushes, saved lives without recognition, and were too often left behind. Set against the brutal backdrop of the Vietnam War, this story follows Beauregard, a fearless Doberman whose instincts, courage, and un...

Born for Fairytales. Forced into Reality is a collection of poetry that explores the space between hope and heartbreak, fantasy and truth, loss and healing. Through intimate reflections on love, family, loneliness, therapy, and growth, J.D. Taylor invites readers into a journey of learning to let go of what could have been and make peace with what is.These poems are for the dreamers, the overthinkers, the hopeless romantics, and anyone who has ever had to rebuild themselves after d...

Throughout history, hair and historical figures have been closely intertwined. From political leaders like Hitler and Lincoln, to cultural icons like Elvis Presley and Brad Pitt, to media personalities like Don Lemon and Joy Reid, hair has played a crucial role in the ascent of many well-known figures. In fact, it could be argued that without the use of hair augmentation, many of these individuals may not have achieved the level of prominence that they did.History is a powerful for...

What is life like in England? Island Story weaves history and ideas telling a story of rebellion (think Brexit) and retail parks, migration and inertia, pessimism and disappearing ways of life, and a fiery, unrealized desire for collective belonging and power.Skeptical and inquisitive, Taylor cycled all round Britain with only a rusty bike and a tent, interviewing and staying with strangers from all walks of life. Without a map and travelling with the most basic of gear, the journe...

Negative Capitalism: Cynicism in the Neoliberal Era offers a new conceptual framework for understanding the current economic crisis. Through a ranging series of analyses and perspectives, it argues that cynicism has become culturally embedded in the UK and US as an effect of disempowerment by neoliberal capitalism. Yet despite the deprivation and collapse of key social infrastructure like representative democracy, welfare, workers' rights and equal access to resources, there has so far bee...

Turn On the Power: How School is Limiting Your Child's Potential and What to Do About It provides the information and tools you need to blaze an individualized educational trail best suited to your family. Details regarding enrichment, homeschooling, and early college provide the foundation upon which informed decisions can be made. Empirical evidence is provided to dispel misconceptions regarding homeschooling, and to support the authors' shared position that traditional schooling is not ...

When a plague wipes out most of the world’s male population and civilization crumbles, women struggle to build an agrarian community in the English countryside.Imagine a plague that brings society to a standstill by killing off most of the men on Earth. The few men who survive descend into lechery and atavism. Meanwhile, a group of women (accompanied by one virtuous male survivor) leave the wreckage of London to start fresh, establishing a communally run agrarian o...

A former Delta Force commander, Brad Taylor proves with this breathtaking debut thriller that Vince Flynn and Brad Thor have company. A collection of top operatives, the Taskforce was commissioned by the highest levels of government, kept secret from the media and even Congress. The best of the Taskforce bunch, Pike Logan knows the greatest threat to American security is one or two idealogues. Unfortunately for them, they've just crossed Pike's path.

I learned about the Blessed Virgin Mary as a child attending a superb Roman Catholic grade school and as a teenager studying at an excellent Catholic high school. My friendship with Our Lady was nurtured at the University of Notre Dame and deepened throughout my adult life. Later as a Wesleyan pastor, I missed the Virgin Mary as an intimate and important part of my life. Finally coming home, called in significant part by my yearning for Our Lady, I fell in love with the Theotokos as a Deac...

Strong-willed Maggie is a gifted psychologist and counselor. However, her dismal business skills leave her desperately trying to save her private practice. Having lost in love, Maggie avoids romantic situations. When enticing Hugh Bradford enters her life, Maggie runs scared. Can she overcome her wariness with the handsome and wealthy Hugh Bradford enough to chance her heart?CEO Hugh Bradford is married to his job. No female has tempted him to take time away from his first love – h...