Across the ancient world, priests and poets tell of a cosmic mountain—the place from which creation is born and where humans encounter the gods. In the Bible, Mount Zion is the abode of the god of Israel. But this mount also sits at the center of modern-day Jerusalem. People live and work across Mount Zion. You can pick up a nice scarf or some great falafel there. Such is the paradox of the cosmic mountain: it is at once sacred and mundane, terrestrial and divine. The cosmic mountain is th...

These five case studies offer a chilling glimpse into the negligence, greed, murder, and at times comical disorganization behind some of the CIA's most controversial secret operations. Science fiction could not have invented the influence the CIA had in the assassination of Martin Luther King. Jr, the AIDS virus, the killing of the leader of the Puerto Rican independence movement, the PATRIOT act, and the Iran-Contra affair. Smith makes radical claims, but instead of coming across as a rav...

An intimate, never-seen-before examination of the life and death of Lee Harvey Oswald. Where other would-be Oswald biographies focus on the immediate events leading up to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, here we have a full and panoramic look at Oswald's short, conflicted, adventure-filled life. Using exclusive info and newly declassified documents, CIAMSFU #6 puts into perspective a richly-detailed version of the Oswald story, from birth in 1939 to his historic televis...

Joe Smith moved to Humboldt County, California, in the summer of 1990. A year later, he left for college, never spending more than a week again in Northern California. These are true stories from that year. Step behind the curtain of the Emerald Triangle and experience the Lost Coast as locals did before the region’s celebration and notoriety in international pop culture.

Kristin was a professional roller brawl fighter. It was a brutal sport in which half-naked women fought each other in different event while on roller skates. She returned to the arena after a maternity break, hoping to restart her career. However, after her first event back, news of a nuclear war quickly spread. She rushed home to fetch her infant daughter. There was only one place where they could be safe, the Dome.Politicians soon took control over the only structure safe from nu...

After escaping from the dungeon of the Flavian Amphitheatre, Lucretia found relative safety in Germanic territories. However, after her lover died during a trial by combat to select the tribe's new queen, her duty to kill her stepmother for causing her father's death, weighed heavy on her mind.After convincing her half-sister to stay with the Germanic tribe, she and Brianna headed back to Rome. On their way they fight deadly fights in arenas and at private tournaments, while planni...

Sometimes as we study the Bible, we do so in small “chunks.” We learn about Adam and Eve, Noah and the flood, the accounts of Jesus, and the letters to of Paul. These are all wonderful, and each is crucial to our understanding of spiritual principles and lessons to be applied in our lives. However, sometimes we study these in such separate categories that we fail to remember the overall theme and connection throughout the Bible – the reality of a loving God redeeming mankind from the depth...

When Christina travelled from South Africa to England to join a catfight company, one of her dreams came true. She got to have a catfight against another woman.Her life was good. But when the owners convinced her and her first catfight opponent to compete in a catfight tournament in Mexico, her life changed forever. The owners never mentioned their links with a cartel boss who made women fight in brutal fights, sometimes to the death.

Joe Smith found relocation from the Jersey Shore to Southern California’s exurbs, the Inland Empire, to be a crazy, drug-fueled view of the American Dream come home to roost. His stories are true to a time and place which have become the de facto template for 21st Century life across the land: go west and read its obituary.

When an undercover policewoman entered an illegal underground female fighting tournament, her life changed forever. Word soon spread that her opponent had died during their fight. With internal affairs investigating and her life quickly falling apart, Interpol gave her a way out. However, her undercover mission would be extremely secretive and deadly. Her unit was investigating a human trafficking ring which forced women to fight each other to the death for the entertainment of the rich an...

Ten sexy female contestants compete in a reality show which allows ex-best friends to fight against each other. Each contest pits two scantily-clad women against each other in a brawl which leaves both baterred and bruised. With a life-changing amount on the line, these contestants do not hesitate to tear each other apart. However, they also do not hesitate to enjoy each other's sexy bodies when they return to their houses at night.

When a mysterious older professor offered a young female anthropologist the opportunity to research a lost Amazon island, she jumped at it. But she soon learned that she had to fight for this opportunity. Other young female anthropologists were prepared to do whatever it took for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. All of them were prepared to risk their lives in brutal fights to prove their worth.