Joe Barley, full-time English professor and part-time private detective, is given a simple case: to track Jason Tyler and find proof of his adultery. But as he's investigating, Barley stumbles across the story of a missing manuscript containing writings by a young Ernest Hemingway.What is Tyler's connection to the Hemingway papers? And why does Tyler's wife insist that Barley stay on the case, long after he's come up with the required evidence of Tyler's infidelity?While th...

Eric Wright's popular detective, Charlie Salter, is introduced in this collection of the first three books in the well-loved mystery series: The Night the Gods Smiled, Smoke Detector, and Death in the Old Country. Self-righteous and outspoken, Salter has gotten himself shunted to routine duties from what he considers the "real" police work of investigation. However, circumstances give him the chance to redeem himself, and his intelligence and sensitivity guide him through...

The story of a young boy named Buford T. Johnson, who has a very active imagination. Buford has suffered a lot of different tragic events since the day he was born. His mother died while giving birth, and his father blames Buford and God for taking away his wife. Buford has a lot of different trials while growing up, and he uses his imagination to escape his harsh reality. There are many different paths that we can choose to take in our lives. Different paths can lead to different outcomes...

Be a Climate Warrior is an information-driven, nonfiction book about climate change and American society. It is a motivational climate change toolkit that provides individuals guidance on how to contribute to broader climate initiatives while reducing their own carbon footprints. The book casts a blacklight over one's life and their connection to society, illuminating the carbon-scrubbing opportunities that lurk everywhere.The book contains two primary elements. Half of the chapter...

“The essence of this book is the description of those who fought there, on a personal level, and the tanks that took them into battle. Wright fought in this war, and his perspective lends humanity… should be added to any historical library, particularly if a reader is interested in American military operations in Iraq.” -Military History ChroniclesDuring the Iraq War, the U.S. Army found itself in a very similar situation to the 1st Air Mobile Cavalry Division duri...

Eric Wright, author of the highly acclaimed Charlie Salter novels, introduced readers to Mel Pickett in Buried in Stone when Pickett helped the police solve a bake-shop murder. In his newest adventure, Mel Pickett, a retired police officer from Toronto, once again becomes involved in police work when a body is discovered in the cabin that he owns.The day shift at the Ontario Provincial Police Station had just come on duty when they received a disturbing phone call--a homici...

is a raw and introspective narrative set in the vibrant and tumultuous 1980s. This memoir transports readers to a time when cities like New York, Miami, Chicago, and Atlanta were renowned for their elite and elaborate dance clubs. Yet, Detroit emerges as a formidable contender in this cultural landscape, with House Music journeying from Chicago to find its soulful home in the Motor City.Under the leadership of President Ronald Reagan and Mayor Coleman A. Young, Detroit experienced ...

Some attribute it to Aristotle, but whether the great Greek philosopher said it or not doesn't affect its timeless truth. "If you want to avoid criticism, all you have to do is say nothing, do nothing and be nothing." If on the other hand, you decide your life is purposed for something worthy and being on the playing field is preferred to sitting in the stands, there is something you are sure to encounter; what Jeff Piersall and Eric Wright call "barking dogs."Dogs Don't Bark a...

All Buford T. Bullfrog wants is a friend, so he imagines a world where he is always the hero.

What happens when a farm girl from South Carolina and a city boy from Toronto trade their suburban split-level for a log house in the country? Besides crazy craft on the Ganny and live theatre in a barnyard, Eric and Mary Helen Wright discover crickets in the bedroom, thunder on the ridges, and romance in a snowstorm. They also rediscover the creative majesty of God.In a series of short anecdotes, "Through A Country Window" captures the joys experienced, lessons learned, and challe...

In Captives of Minara;-A 4500-year-old lost city is excavated,-A journalist reluctantly returns to the scene of a childhood trauma,-A criminal mastermind kidnaps women and children consigning them to a life of slavery.Josh Radley travels to Pakistan to write about archaeological discoveries that may unravel a mystery concerning the Indus civilization.While there he struggles to restore intimacy to his marriage and put to rest nightmares reaching back to ...

Pickett is a rich man by many of the standards that count most. A widower and retired Toronto cop, he owns his city home free and clear, he has a good pension and enough savings in the bank, and he's just rebuilt a century-old log cabin in a rustic area north of the city. Life for Pickett seems almost idyllic as he settles in with his dog, Willis, to enjoy a peaceful existence in his cabin. He begins to build ties to the town of Larch River - to police chief Lyman Caxton, to the local dram...