The Blue, the Gray, and the Green is one of only a handful of books to apply an environmental history approach to the Civil War. This book explores how nature—disease, climate, flora and fauna, and other factors—affected the war and also how the war shaped Americans’ perceptions, understanding, and use of nature. The contributors use a wide range of approaches that serve as a valuable template for future environmental histories of the conflict.In his introduction, Brian Al...

Beyond the horizon the promise of a new world looms!For the 10th issue of the Sans. PRESS anthologies, 15 writers take on the challenge to remake the world.Facing dystopic futures or the pressure of rent, heartbreak or supernatural mysteries, the characters in these tales must find the strength to move forward, with unwavering belief in the better world that must lie ahead.With stories by Maeve Abyss, Sophia Blush, J. Cai, Conor Clohessy, C...

These horror authors have come together to bring you the Cthulhu Dreams anthology. Ian Klink, Derek Austin Johnson, M. Stern, Elizabeth Hosang, Ben Van Dongen, Ross Baxter, Murray Eiland, Rachel Roth, Tobias Fairman, David Boop, Armand Rosamilia, Caitlin Barbera, Kelly Zimmer, AM Sutter, Kelli Dianne Rule, G.D. Burkhead, and Bradley Kaye. Interior art by Vekhan Sametyaza

For readers concerned about the roots of the public mistrust of science, get the book that Publishers Weekly says is "an ardent appraisal of what ails the scientific establishment."Rescuing Science: Restoring Trust in an Age of Doubt is the product of Paul M. Sutter’s long career in the scientific community, both inside and outside academia. Interweaving his own experiences as an astrophysicist with broader trends ...

An essay collection exploring the history of 5,000-year relationship between human culture and nature on the Georgia coast.One of the unique features of the Georgia coast today is its thorough conservation. At first glance, it seems to be a place where nature reigns. But another distinctive feature of the coast is its deep and diverse human history. Indeed, few places that seem so natural hide so much human history. In Coastal Nature, Coastal Culture, edito...

Confessions is a psychological thriller, page-turning revelation about misplaced trust and the irreparable harm to the female psyche caused by relationships with men. Lane Stone has been a twenty-five year prosecutor for the Los Angeles County District Attorneys Office, and now practices criminal defense. Claiming justice after a devastating experience of erotic transference with her psychologist of thirty years, she takes justice into her own hands. Through the encouragement of the only t...

Sleepy little North Bend just woke up.The newly promoted Sergeant Jade Monroe, and her partner, Detective Jack Steele, have just been informed of an unidentified male body found at a local lake. The town is in an uproar. The victim was nearly decapitated, and murder simply doesn't happen in North Bend.As more bodies turn up, the single connection between all of the victims becomes clear—it's Jade, herself.With each new victim getting one step closer to Jade, time be...

A brilliant and breathtakingly vivid tour of the universe, describing the physics of the dangerous, the deadly, and the scary in the cosmosSo you’ve fallen in love with space and now you want to see it for yourself, huh? You want to witness the birth of a star, or visit the black hole at the center of our galaxy? You want to know if there are aliens out there, or how to travel through a wormhole? You want the wonders of the universe revealed before your very eyes?

A body, wrapped in plastic, is discovered in a ditch along a secluded country road. Detective Jade Monroe, and her partner, Jack Steele, arrive at the scene in minutes. Suspicious-looking evidence gives the impression that this young woman has been held captive.As days pass, more local women vanish without a trace. Jade and her team of detectives fear the worst.With precious time slipping away, Jade needs to pull out all stops to find this perpetrator, even if that means pu...

Chad Roberts is NASCAR’S new face to the circuit. This is his ‘Rookie’ season, and he is hoping his dreams come true. As one of three drivers for Turner Racing, can he keep up with the schedule? Can he win a race? What will the future hold for Chad?Julie Sutter is just coming off finding her fiancée in bed with her roommate. Fresh out of Ohio State University, and is looking to put the breakup behind her. She moves from Ohio to North Carolina in hopes of finding her dreams. She los...

A taunting letter, claiming violence and death to the vile people of Washburn County puts Sergeant Jade Monroe and her staff of detectives on high-alert. The letter states they will see the author's work soon, but without forensic evidence, Jade has no way of knowing who wrote the letter or its validity.When the first victim is discovered, the carnage promised in the letter is realized, and as the body count escalates, so does the depravity of the murders.The media tags the p...

At forty, darkly funny stand-up comic Shawn Sullivan is in the throes of a midlife crisis. His fear of commitment and success leave him ripe for a prank played by his misogynistic older brother, who uses a picture doctored to make Shawn look like a woman to set up a blind date between him and an attractive bisexual woman named Lane Gold. Lane, a thirty-five-year-old successful songwriter, has sworn off men. But the date turns into a stage performance as Shawn and Lane trade barbs. They are...