UNCLE JACK’S OUTER BANKS: The Ultimate Collection, by award-winning OBX humorist Jack Sandberg, has been published by Beach Glass Books.It features more than 50 of the long-time humor columnist’s laugh-filled essays and letters, plus more than 20 cartoons. Author Ray McAllister has added an introduction on the importance of Sandberg’s more than three decades of writing.LONG THE FUNNIEST, and savviest, commentator on North Carolina's belove...

The Post-Communist World in the Twenty-First Century presents studies by senior scholars and practitioners that are highly relevant to contemporary political challenges. The democratic vision that accompanied the collapse of communist regimes in the Soviet Union and East Central Europe has been replaced by a range of authoritarian, semi-authoritarian and democratic regimes, and growing division between Western and Russian influence. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to renewed tensions ...

In the eyes of Nadine, a polygamist and serial bride, nudging her husbands into heaven is a testament to love. Even Nancy Neptune, a notorious shock jock, is gobsmacked by Nadine's so-called “Celestial Send-Offs.” Things go to hell in a hurry when Nadine offs the wrong guy and is charged with assisted suicide.Meanwhile, Blue McKenna has problems of her own. A power outage has leveled Blue's medical marijuana dispensary. Scottie Sphincter, lead singer of a band called The Rectal Surg...