The Train is a poem that Gregory's Muse one day sent—quite unexpectedly!—roaring, racing, and rumbling along the mainline of his imagination over 25 years ago. (He was laboring on another poem at the time!) Every two or three years, on receiving train-orders from his Muse, he has been hauling it off the sidetrack he always shunted it onto when the inspirations to work on it dried up and the Muse was ordering him to work on other projects. He'd then spend a few day running it along the main...

Paddling Out The Stars is a poetic, bi-level—left-brain/right-brain—mid-summer kayak-cruise on a semi-wilderness, Northern Ontario lake. Its basic framework is a factual, observational cruise around that lake beginning in the early evening of a clear, hot day, and continuing, with many stops—one long one at a small beach for a read-snooze-and-swim—that extends what was intended to be a short, evening cruise, deep into the ensuing night. The poet describes the lake and his kayak-cruise on i...

Practical Rules for the Management of a Locomotive Engine in the Station, on the Road, and in Cases of Accident is a comprehensive manual originally published in the 19th century, designed to serve as an indispensable guide for locomotive engineers, firemen, and railway workers. Drawing from the rapidly evolving world of steam locomotion, the book offers clear, practical instructions for the effective and safe operation of steam engines, both while stationary and in motion. It covers every...

This is a short and varied collection of the thousands of poems and aphorism the author has been scribbling down, and fiddling with, for the last forty years. All were gratuitous inspirations that flash-streaked into his consciousness like meteors across a clear, star-bright sky, and which he managed to scribble-capture, as frantically as he able. Sometimes it was in a convenient note book, but most often on receipts, scraps of paper, business cards, napkins, paper bags, pages of a book he...

This is a first-person poetic narrative by a successful middle-aged man, concerning a long spiritual journey. It began when he was twenty-seven, just getting traction with his engineering career, and was awakened from his ego-unconsciousness by mystical experiences that inspired him to scribble out reams of poetryand meet his Muse. Subsequent career demands induced him to deny the mystical experiences, quit writing poetry, and fall back asleep. For two decades he was comfortable in that sl...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERShortlisted for the Financial Times**/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award**The unbelievable story of a secretive mathematician who pioneered the era of the algorithm–and made $23 billion doing it.The greatest money maker in modern financial history, no other investor–Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Ray Dalio, Steve Cohen, or George Soros–has touched Jim S...

When Rachel's great-uncle John died, he bequeathed to her his farm and his illegibly scribbled memoirs. After spending a decade "translating" them into a readable document, she titled it, The Fire, and decided to self-publish it as an eBook.She titled it The Fire, because his writing of it was provoked by him witnessing the beginning of a fire in the mall that was the "downtown" of her hometown. John had stopped at it, one Saturday morning, on his way to a visit her and her children...

The New York Times bestseller and basis for the #1 smash hit movie starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana GrandeWith millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire’s Wicked is established not only as a commentary on our time but as one of the great fantasy novels to revisit for years to come. Wicked relishes the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while playing sleight of hand with our collecti...

“An amazing read.” —The Los Angeles TimesThe #1 New York Times bestselling historical novelist delivers her magnum opus—a landmark work of feminist nonfiction that radically redefines our understanding of the extraordinary roles ordinary women played throughout British history.AN INDIE BESTSELLERDid you know that there are more penises than women in the Bayeux Tapestry? That the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 was started ...

#1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA Today) Philippa Gregory returns with a dazzling historical novel of ambition, betrayal, and survival in the court of Henry VIII.“Gregory skillfully captures the lust for power and wealth that overcomes those who serve a mentally unstable ruler.”--Library Journal“Richly atmospheric, Gregory’s novel delivers a riveting portrait of Jane and drama of the cun...

**ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • The dark, gripping tale of a 1930’s family in the remote hills of the Smoky Mountains, their secret religion, and the daughter who turns her back on their mysterious god—from the acclaimed author of Spoonbenders.“Gods and moonshine in the Great Depression, written with a tenderness and brutality … this is as good as novels get.” —Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Only Good Indians**In 1933,...

The #1 New York Times bestseller and basis for the smash hit musical and two major motion pictures. Look for part one of WICKED the movie, now streaming, and the stunning conclusion WICKED: FOR GOOD.With millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire’s The Wicked Years Complete Collection is established not only as a commentary on our time but as a fantasy novel to revisit for years to come. The Wicked Years Complete Collection relishes the inspired inventions of L. ...