My book delves into my private life, from childhood to my senior years. It covers my young adult life of immersion into the "hippie" world of 1960s Berkeley, as well as how the counterculture values permeated throughout my life. It also describes my adventurous, mostly solo, travels around the world, as well as my numerous relationships, both lengthy and short, some of which have shaped my life. During the later part of the book, I speak extensively of my substance abuse and its fallout ov...

Rachel and her friend Elena skied Bear Valley's black diamond Vortex run at Grizzly Bowl when a snowboarder came from the next trail over and hit Rachel with a pipe. The ski patrol arrived and had her helicoptered to the hospital in San Andreas, where she died from complications caused by the blow to her head. Elena called her friend Ken, and the two of them decided to investigate the four possible subjects. Her ex-husband was paying $2,000 a month in alimony. His trophy wife was a champio...

Find out how you can help save the bees in lots of practical ways and discover the incredible science behind honey bees, beekeeping, and bees in the wild - from the carpenter solitary bee to the stingless sugarbag. The Bee Book is an intensely visual exploration of the big questions in bee science and ecology: why are bees such great pollinators? how do they make honey? is a swarm dangerous? how does a bumblebee fly? what is killing bees across the world and how can we stop it? The book is...

Ken was cross-country skiing on the Aspen Forest Trail at the Bear Valley Ski Resort when he stopped for a bathroom break. He left the trail, and near a large boulder was the frozen body of his friend Jerry. As Ken approached the body, blood from where an object had smashed the back of Jerry's skull was evident. Ken knew the local police were incompetent, so he solicited help from his friend, Elena, who had helped him solve two previous murder cases. Three motives emerged as they looked in...

Some people move to rural areas like the Gold Rush towns found in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains to have a more serene life. That stated goal changes for Ken Bastion and Elena Purillo when Anthony Hughes, a popular bartender at Sequoia Woods Country Club, is found dead. They team up to help solve the murder. Ken, a retired, single, San Francisco television news anchor, spends his days writing his memoirs and nights drinking beer at the country club. Dissatisfied with...

A viscount bound by duty. A debutante who refuses to settle. One scandalous kiss that changes everything. Lord Andrew Beaumont never wanted to marry. Then, his father's ultimatum forced his hand. Secure a bride before his late brother's child is born, or the baby's inheritance will be forfeit. Desperate and detached, Andrew courts London's most eligible ladies, convinced marriage is merely a transaction. Lucy Grant entered society five years late, haunted by grief and crippling self-doubt....

A BBC Radio 3 drama that was developed with a community group in Byker, Newcastle which takes a journey into the reality of neglect as one child's life spirals out of control. Originally broadcast as part of the 'Drama on 3' collection on 25 October 2009. In a fractured society Lives a fractured family. In their fractured home Lies a fractured body. Recorded in front of an audience as part of the 'Free Thinking 2009' Festival of Ideas at The Sage in Gateshead, this hard-hitting play explor...