Where and what is the place of the wild? Is the goal of preserving biodiversity across the landscape of North America compatible with contemporary Western culture?Place of the Wild brings together original essays from an exceptional array of contemporary writers and activists to present in a single volume the most current thinking on the relationship between humans and wilderness. A common thread running through the volume is the conviction that everyone concerned with the...

When Patrick stumbles across a cute maid watching a couple have sex at La Petite Mort Club he can’t believe his luck. She’s sexy, curvy, and kinky. Just his type of lady.Until he discovers that she’s his best friend’s little sister which puts her firmly in the “hands-off” department.Sparks fly and passions explode when Patrick is put in charge of the Club and ordered to keep Annie out of trouble. How can he do that when every time he turns around, she’s wat...

A sweet, spicy romp brought to you by the author of Mercenary Princess and the Guardians of the Realms series.Eva has been in love with her dad’s best friend since she was a teenager. Logan is everything she craves. He’s smart, successful, kind, and mind-numbingly hot—no matter that he’s nearly twice her age. Her relentless obsession has kept her from wanting anyone else, and her fantasies have twisted until all she can imagine is him slipping into her roo...

A few years ago, Christopher Buckley wrote of Bruce Jay Friedman in the New York Times Book Review that he "has been likened to everyone from J. D. Salinger to Woody Allen," but that "he is: Bruce Jay Friedman, sui generis, and no mean thing. No further comparisons are necessary." We are happy to report that he remains the same Bruce Jay Friedman in his unique, unblinking, and slightly tilted essays—collected here for the first time—in Even the Rhinos Were Nymphos....

When Patrick stumbles across a cute maid watching a couple have sex at La Petite Mort Club he can’t believe his luck.She’s sexy, curvy, and kinky. Just his type of lady...until he discovers that she’s his best friend’s little sister which puts her firmly in the “hands-off” department.Sparks fly and passions explode when Patrick is put in charge of the Club and ordered to keep Annie out of trouble.How can he do that when every time he turns around, s...

God has led this Church from the beginning, by prophets and inspired men,' President Wilford Woodruff declared in 1891. 'He will lead this Church until the scene is wound up.' God's direction in leading the Church is evident in this collection of fifty treasured talks delivered by prophets, apostles, and seventies since the days of the Prophet Joseph Smith through the presidency of Howard W. Hunter. Best-Loved Talks of the LDS People includes such classic sermons as Ezra Taft Benson's memo...

Blakley Barclay knows her parents are up to something. They’ve been matching all her siblings and even some other people in her hometown of Mistletoe.But the man they’re wanting to pair her up with? A huge pro-ball player with more muscles than brains and she is NOT interested.So she turns to her best friend for help.Martin Zedler is on the receiving end of some match-making of his own. He is equally uninterested.Blakley’s proposition that t...

This all-inclusive A-Z encyclopedia by one of the world's foremost experts on cinema provides comprehensive annotations of the best films produced from 1914 on. The work offers more than 5,000 three- to five-star entries (three stars=good; four stars=excellent; five stars=masterpiece), and yes, author Jay Robert Nash has viewed every single one of them as well as many more that did not "make the cut." In addition to a precis, each film's entry also includes a listing of the cast as well as...

"For the 46 million Americans over age 65, I Love Being Old, will be a breath of fresh air. Rather than a “how to” book, it is an account of how, at age 98, I have made best, the last stage of a very blessed life. When old timers finish reading this book, I want them to think, “If that old codger can do it, so can I!”...Armiger Jay Jagoe

If you loved Wednesday, you will adore Vesper and Oscar and their odd, and slightly creepy love story!Vesper Bell is a good girl. At least, that's what everyone keeps telling her.She was the perfect daughter. A straight-A student. The very best friend. And an adoring potential girlfriend.However, when her life took an unexpected detour into darkness, suffering, and betrayal, Vesper realized being good hadn't gotten her anywhere. An enthralled audience watched her dr...

The Best of Peter Egan offers a “greatest hits” collection of Egan's motorcycle musings from the past four decades, delivered in his signature, wise but amusing, style. Peter Egan's writing invites you to pull up a chair, pour a little scotch, and relax while he shares with you his tales from the road, his motorcycling philosophy, and his keen observations about the two-wheeled life.For some forty years, Peter Egan’s columns and feature articles

What if the secret to overcoming life's toughest challenges was also the funniest?Ready for a read that will genuinely move you, make you laugh out loud, and leave you feeling profoundly inspired? Jay Reid's captivating memoir, "Laughter Is the Best Medicine: How Standup Comedy Saved My Life," invites you on an extraordinary journey through a life transformed by the power of humor.Jay, a talented stand-up comedian who has graced stages nationwide, opens his heart in this de...