Anthony Springer ruined everything: his business, his family, his perfectly curated life. All because, for once, he did the right thing. Afraid, depressed, and self-medicated, he watches as the consequences of his choice threaten everything he holds dear.Fleeing the fallout, Springer takes off on an alcohol and despair fueled road trip. Eventually, he wanders into a random truck-stop bar in pursuit of more vodka. The bartender tells him, they've been waiting for hi...

STALKING LIONS, another kind of theater of the mind. You've enjoyed them on radio; now read them in print. YOU HAVE TO FEEL FOR PARKER: Yes, he's safely back at college, but still on probation. What's more, he has a floor counselor who hates his guts and wishes him dead, and the dean of the school wishes he could expel him and blames Parker for the bad publicity generated when he appeared, semi-nude, on morning network TV, as the likely suspect in a campus coed's strangulation murder case,...

STALKING BULLS, another kind of theater of the mind. You've enjoyed them on radio; now read them in print. YOU CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH PARKER ROBINSON: On the one hand, he has a guardian aunt who thinks he's a responsible college student but doesn't know he's on probation for skipping a half-semester's worth of classes to go surfing Hawaii. He has a Polynesian girlfriend whose face could launch a thousand outrigger canoes. He has a dog that listens only to him. He drives an antique 'bullet' Th...

Concern is mounting for Parker Robinson: Parker's Aunt Ruth, worried that New York City is too dangerous a place for Parker to complete his community service, has taken it upon herself to have him transferred to the wilds of western Minnesota, where she imagines it will be safer, it being the idyllic land of Laura Ingalls Wilder and Little House on the Prairie. Now Parker's job is to try to acquire virgin tallgrass prairies to help save the threatened Greater Prairie Chicken. But nobody in...

Who is Karuka? Is he a Monster or a Hero? Is he a formidable foe or faithful friend? Either way, there is more than meets the eye! This graphic novel will appeal to young readers with an interest in Japanese Manga.

Raised in Kansas, Pebbles at the Beach is a collection of sixty-five poems by the author Steven Thomas Dykes. "Poetry, the eldest sister of all arts and parent of most" (Congreve). This was my introduction into becoming an artist-my first love. This novel dates back over a decade to when I was in my infancy of writing, and it followed me on a search for meaning and purpose through my travels across the great highways of the United States of America to even crossing the pond to sit in the P...

“Pieces of Time”: “Pieces of Time” is the fourth novel by Artist Steven Thomas Dykes, and is a collection of prose, short stories, essays, theories, and poems written over 20 years of travels throughout the world. At the age of thirty-nine, he has decided to release this novel, with two feats of purpose: 1) The eclectic/diverse styles of writing that define him as an artist 2) The maturity and transcendence his writing has traveled throughout his time on this earth. From “A Night in Amster...

A new edition of the essential guide to animal husbandryHave you ever celebrated Thanksgiving with a turkey from a local farm, instead of a packaged, frozen supermarket bird? Ever cracked a farm-fresh egg into the skillet next to a store-bought one? The difference in quality can’t be overstated. Small-scale livestock farming not only brings better, safer, and more delicious food to your table, but it can do so economically.Long the primary reference for any...

Drawing Fashion Accessories is a practical guide to illustrating footwear, millinery, bags and purses, cosmetic products and jewellery, offering a unique resource for students and professional fashion illustrators alike.Beginning with a discussion of the media available for drawing fashion accessories and how best to use them, together with a demonstration of various art styles, Miller then moves on to demonstrate the technicalities of drawing different products, including the spec...

This volume retraces Carl Lutz’s diplomatic wartime rescue efforts in Budapest, Hungary, through the lens of Jewish eyewitness testimonies. Together with his wife, Gertrud Lutz-Fankhauser, the director of the Palestine Office in Budapest, Moshe Krausz, fellow Swiss citizens Harald Feller, Ernst Vonrufs, Peter Zürcher, and the underground Zionist Youth Movement, Carl Lutz led an extensive rescue operation between March 1944 and February 1945. It is estimated that Lutz and his team of rescue...

Raised in Kansas, Pebbles at the Beach is a collection of sixty-five poems by the author Steven Thomas Dykes. Poetry, the eldest sister of all arts and parent of most (Congreve). This was my introduction into becoming an artistmy first love. This novel dates back over a decade to when I was in my infancy of writing, and it followed me on a search for meaning and purpose through my travels across the great highways of the United States of America to even crossing the pond to sit in the Pere...

Raised in the wheat fields of Topeka, Kansas, Jersey takes place in the hometown of the author, Steven Thomas Dykes; bringing about an undeniable love for the lesson of how love is defined.He considers it to be the Romeo and Juliet of the 21st Century. Only his second short novel released, eleven years of time have passed since his last self-publication of In The Town of Comfortability. Jersey is the depth of the darkened heart, making their relationship told with the narration of Scott Tr...