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A literary journal editor shares his idiosyncratic "thinks" about writing and publishing.

The first volume of the Abraham trilogy. René Jordan and Father Malcolm Marchand are caught hoarding forbidden books in post-apocalyptic Kebek. They escape to Ellanoy and what appears to be a Utopia. During their stay Ellanoy is attacked by an army of warriors descended from less fortunate survivors of the poisoned rains. Paradise is a cruel mirage.

Christian Zorn has a choice: spend the final six months of his sentence in juvenile detention, or go to work on a vineyard. The latter isn't as pleasant as it sounds. The work is backbreaking, and Immanuel Dessoir, the owner, has peculiar ideas about quality and integrity. The two eventually clash, and Immanuel banishes Christian to custodial duties.Violet Dessoir, the winemaker's youngest daughter, idolizes Christian. She sits next to him at meals, follows him around the property,...

When the body of seventeenth-century mapmaker Johannes Cellarius floats to the surface of a bog in northern Germany, a 57-carat ruby clutched in his fist, the discovery ignites an international treasure hunt to unearth the fabled Tavernier stones. The hoard reputedly contains some of the world's most notorious missing jewels, including the 280-carat Great Mogul diamond and the 242-carat Great Table diamond.Amish-born cartographer John Graf teams up with outlaw prospector and gemolo...

Many would agree that we live in a world of decaying morality, in an age with much disagreement about fundamental moral issues. Debates surge over matters such as abortion, euthanasia, sexual issues, the proper role of government, and so on. The disputes are never ending. Agreement is difficult because there is no common ground on the very nature and existence of morality. Why are there OUGHTS? Who says what is right or wrong? Is there an ultimate measure for ethics? How can we know? Are t...

The first 100 words of your manuscript are as important as all the words that follow. They comprise a first impression. They set the tone and introduce your writing style. If poorly chosen, they may be the only words an editor reads. The purpose of The First 100 Words is to share one editorial staff's insights into that narrow literary domain, to chart the pitfalls and headlong plunges that inspire frontline readers to reject manuscripts, often without bothering to finish them.

Does atheism have a monopoly on reason and science? Many think so--or simply assume so. Atheism? challenges the many hidden assumptions that have led to the popular belief that atheism is the "default" position for explaining reality. Delving into the most basic and fundamental questions of existence, this thought-provoking book explains that atheism does not and cannot provide a secure foundation for thought and life. Specifically, it demonstrates that atheistic theories cannot explain th...

Anatomy of a Spy is a brief sketch of the quintessential American spy. The author draws on his experience serving under Clyde Lee Conrad, one of the most notorious turncoats in American history. Written primarily to help authors of espionage fiction, Anatomy of a Spy will also enlighten readers of the genre, as well as anyone interested in the little-known facts and often bizarre reality of the world's second oldest profession.

Music of the Spheres is a mathematical fantasy about the circular inhabitants of the planet Corona struggling with avarice, apathy, and allegiance while questioning the shape of their world. Readers are assumed to have a knowledge of pre-calc math.

Germany, 1990: The Berlin Wall has fallen. East and West Germany are discussing reunification. After four and a half decades of cloak-and-dagger intrigue, the Cold War is coming to an end. Not for Jimmy Fisher, a plans clerk in the American 111th Infantry Division. Fisher black markets cigarettes, steals valuables from the dead, and takes advantage of every weakness he identifies in each living person he meets. Which makes him the perfect target for foreign agents seeking to buy documents....

The Greatest Romance Novels of All Time gathers seventy canonical narratives in which love becomes a lens for examining class, duty, desire, nation, faith, and social change. Spanning courtship comedy, Gothic intensity, historical adventure, sentimental fiction, psychological realism, and tragic passion, the volume ranges from drawing-room irony to revolutionary tumult and windswept rural landscapes. Enduring landmarks of domestic fiction stand beside tales of forbidden attachment, moral a...

Timeless Power of Love: 70 Romance Classics to Read and Reread surveys love as passion, moral trial, social contract, memory, and catastrophe across two centuries of European and American fiction. Its selections range from Gothic intensity and historical adventure to domestic realism, sentimental narrative, psychological drama, and modern disillusionment. Courtship plots, forbidden attachments, marriages of convenience, and encounters across class and national boundaries reveal romance not...