Wildcat Road is a three-volume autobiography chronicling the life of William C. Ade, one of Asia's most successful independent petroleum wildcatters. Volume I describes Ade's immigrant ancestors and childhood on an Indiana farm. Sharing homespun lessons and lore passed down from his elders-stories that shaped his work ethic, outlook and humor-Ade tells not only of the typical farm labor of the 50s and 60s but also the gentler side of rural life. He recounts discovering, accidental...

Tommy Lyle was desperate for love. Orphaned when police killed his criminal parents during a shoot-out, and twice divorced before he was forty, the only person left in his life who cared about him was his big sister, Daisy. And Daisy just pushed her wealthy husband to his death in the middle of Tommy's dinner party.Tommy's desperate effort to keep his sister's affection tests his already slippery hold on morality. She demands his help covering up her crime and navigating a revengef...

Do you love stories with quirky characters and surprising endings, but you're too busy to finish a 350-page novel? No Time for His Nonsense is your ideal solution. My collection consists of an eclectic mix of twenty-four literary, crime, and humorous short stories, including twelve appearing for the first time.

A book of short stories by William Adee. The book is about subjects I thought of and wrote a story about them as best I could some are funny some serious or even with human factors in them, some from experience of places Ive been or worked at in my life

This issue, we have 7 original stories (which I believe is our most ever), starting with a science fiction/mystery mashup from H.K. Slade (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), as well as Viviana De Cecco, Kate Bergquist, Maureen Bowden, Ed Teja, and John Gregory Betancourt (me!). Our solve-it-yourself mystery is an original, too.For our reprints, Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman has a great modern mystery from William Ade, and a pair of mystery classics by Jeffery Farnol and S...

New York City private eye Nic Knuckles gets the call all private investigators live for: a mysterious client with money to burn who needs answers and needs them now. The job is simple. Fly to Kleinstadt, Indiana, and determine whether fifteen years ago, teenage murder victim Mindy Bauerman got justice, or if her classmate, Timmy Hanlon, had been wrongly convicted and wasting away in prison.Nic's analytic skills lack the rigor of a Sherlock Holmes, as memories of past romantic failu...

In the 1800s Thomas Wells, a humanitarian, a man strongly against injustice, he will fight to put right an injustice done to someone because of greed, hates poverty, and will help the poor whenever possible, persuaded to join her and adopted by Lady May, he embarks on a richer lifestyle, which allows Tom to do what he does best, educated at Oxford college, and not too proud to help a beggar in the street.

The TRiiBE Guide is an annual printed magazine created with a goal of connecting Chicago’s communities in a tangible way. We hope to encourage a deep dive into the city’s Black and Indigenous histories, uplifting our forgotten or buried narratives in the mainstream conversation. Originally released in 2021, this new 2023 edition features six new stories. Filled with stories that both highlight the rich history of Black and Indigenous Chicago and reclaim this city for the people wh...

George Ade's Common-Sense Advice on Business, Investment, Real Estate, Law and Life contains the Best of the Best of celebrated Hoosier author and playwright George Ade's wisest insights on business, investment, real estate, law and life. Told in the form of his fables, articles, letters, play excerpts and essays--all roundly praised by contemporaries including Mark Twain, H. L. Mencken and William Dean Howells-Ade, a self-made millionaire while still in his 30s, ...

Quatre années après la première édition de ce Manuel de psychiatrie, il a paru nécessaire d'en proposer une nouvelle version, mise à jour et assez largement enrichie. Nombre de données nouvelles en matière d'épidémiologie, de biologie, de génétique, de psychologie cognitive, d'imagerie et de thérapeutique ont ainsi été actualisées, rédigées par des auteurs référents francophones reconnus. Un chapitre a été entièrement refondu, celui sur la législation en psychiatrie avec la présentation de...

The substantially revised and updated third edition of Everyday Life in the Muslim Middle East focuses on the experiences of ordinary men, women, and children from the region. Readers will gain a grassroots appreciation of Middle East life, culture, and society that recognizes the impact of wars and uprisings as well as changes to Islamic practice due to advances in technology. The book also explores the influence of social media on politics and labor relations and the changing status of w...

Plays Worth Remembering is a two-volume set of 14 plays and two silent film screenplays by celebrated turn-of-the-20th century American playwright George Ade. Many of these works have never been published before and some do not exist in complete form anywhere else. Ade’s plays offer a valuable and funny commentary on politics, community and social norms in the late 1800s/early 1900s.This set also contains Ade’s brief autobiography, a description of his early years as a pla...