"The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early Recollections" by Robert Arnold is a captivating exploration of the natural beauty and rich history of one of Virginia's most intriguing landscapes. Arnold's vivid descriptions transport readers to the heart of the Dismal Swamp, where the interplay of light and shadow creates a mesmerizing atmosphere. Through his personal recollections, he shares the unique flora and fauna of the region, as well as the cultural significance of Lake Drummond, invit...

What is it about those moments of breathtaking beauty within our lives that make them so elusive to description?In this book, we shall argue that we know the answer. And it is this: such moments must defy description: were they not so resistant they'd fail their own birthing. Their nature stands apart from problem-solving. It is, instead and indeed, one of enigma. Breathtaking beauty, the sublime, is an experience of enigma.And here we go further: ...

Shocking. Intense. Profound.It's not rocket science, it's food science.What counts as food and what happens when a global criminal enterprise combines two of humanity's most terrifying inventions—cannibalism and Multi Level Marketing?After discovering that a technology designed to grow human muscle tissue causes people to hunger for the output, the Japanese Yakuza move in and decide to monetize it. Ruthlessly killing anyone standing in thei...

Intense, Provocative, Fantastical.It's nothing personal, it's just evolution.During a live presentation, Dr. Griffin Pennyroyal is violently abducted by nefarious forces. They wish to silence his conspiracy theories about hyper intelligent extraterrestrial humanoid plants that are obsessively focused upon invading and taking control of the Earth.US Federal Marshals, Aidan and Tannin, are tasked with saving Pennyroyal. In their passionate qu...

Intense. Graphic. EmotionalNo longer in the company of nice guys.The murderous Yakuza, Nakamura, and Tim lead the assault upon humanity's minds and tastebuds. They secure manufacturing for addictive, human DNA-derived tissue. The criminals take total control of the dastardly publicly traded, multi level marketing company, Teekenix.They acquire DNA from both living and dead celebrities, politicians, and people of interest. A...

Return To Hallmark is about a family led by Gaberial in their pursuit to bring the world to peace. There are many sword fights, magic and dragons. The love of family along with it’s problems are also dealt with.

This is a story of epic ambition—literally. It is one of an ambiguous and contestable heroism, of guilt, of stigma, of resilience, of mental illness, and of baseball. There’s music and murder, sanity, sainthood, and sickness. There is love within and across generations, and there is loss and grief. There’s hatred, crime, and revenge. There is baseball, the violin, philosophy, natural and hard-earned talents, mentored and mentor. Not enough yet? Here is a story of Kid Dee, of his unusual mo...

The US Supreme Court is an institution that operates almost totally behind closed doors. This book opens those doors by providing a comprehensive look at the justices, procedures, cases, and issues over the institution’s more than 200-year history. The Court is a legal institution born from a highly politicized process. Modern justices time their departures to coincide with favorable administrations and the confirmation process has become a highly-charged political spectacle played out on ...

Physicians who care for patients with life-threatening illnesses face daunting communication challenges. Patients and family members can react to difficult news with sadness, distress, anger, or denial. This book defines the specific communication tasks involved in talking with patients with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Topics include delivering bad news, transition to palliative care, discussing goals of advance-care planning and do-not-resuscitate orders, existential an...

None of these poems have been previously published. I am the photographer for all the pictures you’ll see in the book. I was inspired to make use of the photographs, all originally taken for a different purpose, by W. G. Sebald’s use of photographs in his novel Austerlitz. Which is not to pretend to the moral and tragic dimension of that great work: these poems are motivated most often toward whimsy, stillness, or both, to which the photos are point and counterpoint. They were written over...

Gorious. Shocking. Transgressive.A reckoning is beckoning.The Marshals go to all-out war with the Yakuza.Teekenix products have been found, due to a manufacturing error, to contain unacceptably high levels of extremely intoxicating ingredients which leads to multiple celebrities being chased down and eaten alive. Foodgasm becomes bloody, raw Food Horror!Aidan and his team are in a major fight with time. They need to hurry and stop t...

First-Hand Accounts of Slavery in America. With active Table of contents. Hundreds of former slaves were interviewed during the depression as part of the WPA project sponsored by the Library of Congress. This file includes all parts dealing with former slaves in Florida. Other files, published separately, focus on other southern states. In all, there are some two thousand narratives from the following seventeen states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Marylan...