A vivid account of the Right’s subversive campaign to impose Christian nationalist rule.Time and again, when confronted with serious challenges to their power and privilege, white Christian nationalists seek solace—and satisfaction—in state-supported forms of vigilantism.This was true at the dawn of the American republic, when Northern abolitionists threatened the Southern slavocracy. It was also true in the aftermath of the Civil War, when emancipated Blac...

What if the best leadership lessons don't come from CEOs, politicians, all-star athletes, or celebrities—but from people you've never heard of? Leadership in Unexpected Places goes beyond the usual big names you see online—the ones everyone posts about—and instead shares stories you likely haven't heard but won't soon forget. Each one offers inspiration, along with practical lessons you can apply to develop your own leadership style. You'll read about: - The man who volunteered to be impri...

The seemingly small and insignificant events that happen to all of us have great potential to turn into significant personal and professional development experiences in the ensuing years and decades. A person is fortunate if they can recognize that even one of these foundational events has occurred and is able to learn from it. These basic lessons can be instrumental in helping us become the best version of ourselves. In Say Yes, Jon Michaels explores and reflects on universal lessons by d...

A vivid account of the Right’s subversive campaign to impose Christian nationalist rule.Time and again, when confronted with serious challenges to their power and privilege, white Christian nationalists seek solace—and satisfaction—in state-supported forms of vigilantism.This was true at the dawn of the American republic, when Northern abolitionists threatened the Southern slavocracy. It was also true in the aftermath of the Civil War, when emancipated Blac...

From Dr. Jerry M. Lewis, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Kent State University: "On May 4, 1970, members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University students, killing four and wounding nine. This action contributed to the first nationwide student strike in higher education in the United States. 'Love and War at Kent State' by Jon Michael Miller relives the two and one-half year period from the Fall of 1967 to mid-May of 1970. Miller tells the story of the protes...

When Somali pirates brutally hijack an American sailboat with two couples on board, well-known New York photographer, Channey Moran, has no idea he will play a part in an imaginative, but dangerous rescue mission led by Roy Roy, a former CIA operative and linguist hiding in Belfast from the CIA, MI5 and Interpol.Then the NYPD find Channey’s name and phone number, scribbled on an old, torn letter in the pocket of a homeless woman found dead in New York’s Tompkins Square Park. Channe...

Three people, strangers, meet. On the surface they have little in common, but they will transform each other's lives. Pete Vogelsong, 38, breaking from a cult, returns to his old college to start a new career. Natalie Neff, 36, takes a menial job on her way back from horrendous grief. Then there is Vivien McBride, 22, who masks her pain from a past love affair in flamboyant promiscuity.In a time before laptops and cellphones, before H.I.V. and the War on Terror, three strangers mee...

Two stories set in spectacular Negril, Jamaica. Ashanti: In this hilarious romp, Ivor Blake, a down & out beach huckster is given a tough assignment by an American tourist and does his best to complete it successfully according to the noble tradition of is imagined ancestors. Along the way we meet Marlin, a cabbie and ex-boxer, CoCo, a pimp and looming danger, and Claudia, a young, gorgeous prostitute. The Soubre' Problem: In this bittersweet tale, Charlie, a famous American journalist, re...

In these offbeat short stories, "Driftwood Houses" belongs squarely in the comic tradition of Florida Fiction. It exposes and celebrates the daily ironies, heartbreaks and triumphs of ordinary people as they fumble through the challenges of everyday existence.In a Key West setting these struggles are personified by a dizzying array of characters, each one masterfully sketched. All of them grapple with internal and external forces to realize their dreams. Each has his or her own sto...

Rosalind Juliet Mitchell could become one of the great heroines of modern fiction. She is a Jamaican Lolita and a Caribbean cross between Huck Finn and Liza Doolittle. Dirt poor, hungry, bright-eyed and determined, she clings to her one distant hope--Glenn Webber, an aging, uncertain American photographer. He is Humbert with a conscience, forced comically to confront one moral dilemma after another in an effort to comprehend a culture vastly different from his own.In this hilarious...

With his camera and inexhaustible libido, Doug Mullin roams between Jamaica and Florida. He needs to find a new life after a close call with the law in Pennsylvania. He finds a playground of opportunity in his travels, and his close encounters are delineated, delight to delight, all in graphic detail. Beautifully written, this novel is a sequel to "Photo Sessions," and contains adult material.Mullin's first stop is in St. Augustine where he hooks up with an old girlfriend and relea...

A charlatan is haunted by sinister secrets and spirits from his past in this Gothic novel of the Reconstruction Era.Boston, 1870. Photographer Edward Moody has gained fame and fortune capturing the images of spirits in his photo portraits. He lures grieving widows and mourning mothers into his studio with promises of catching the ghosts of their deceased loved ones with his camera. But his elaborate hoax is about to yield shocking results . . .While ...