What begins as an experiment in enlightenment becomes a battle over who will control the future of human consciousness.(T)here is a consciousness-expanding novel that asks what would happen if human beings were offered an artificial path to enlightenment in a world still ruled by money and power.A drug invented by Dwayne Erman, an altruistic rogue chemist, allows for enlightening experiences in a hypnagogic state. But it's never quite life-changing because very little is re...

Told through a high-school autobiography assignment, Nora and I Stole a Car follows Oliver, a sixteen-year-old trying to survive school, family, and the mysteries of first love.Nora and Oliver fall in love over a secret Nora insisted on telling him. His life changes the night a local hood named VW crashes the birthday party of Nora's best friend, Cassie.Acting on impulse, Oliver steals VW's car to get him and his two weird friends to leave. By the next morning, Nora is impr...

Can love survive fame? Fame seeks recognition. Love seeks privacy, quiet moments, and a life small enough to feel real.Adam and Jenna fell in love before the world fell in love with her.She started as Adam's roadie, helping him set up for local gigs around San Francisco. From there she became a superstar performing Adam's songs around the world.They try to stay sane and centered inside a system that encourages each of them to become larger than life.Eventual...

Paris, the teenage daughter of a retired rock songwriter, is brilliant, eccentric, and increasingly drawn toward questioning why she's alive. She spends her time at UC Berkeley writing quirky songs, with lyrics that seem far more important to her than grades, success, stability, or the future everyone has planned for her.As she becomes more involved in her existential questioning and drops out of college, the distance between Paris and her parents begins to widen.Her profou...

In this absurd but tender comedic novella, nineteen-year-old Taylor Morrison lives in a small town where very little happens. He spends his days wondering if life has somehow forgotten to begin. One day he meets Rainy Robinson, a sharp-tongued runaway with a notebook full of secrets and a talent for turning every simple situation into a complicated one.What follows is a hilarious rain-soaked road trip involving gold coins, cheap motels, abandoned dreams, and Uncle Jimmy—a former po...

In 1988 Gary wrote forty-seven poems in forty-seven days. He has not written anything since. His poems capture many aspects of human lifethose things we strive for in ourselves and which we seek to find in others. The poems contained in this book are quite reflective and wanting at times. They are honest and confronting. They speak from the heart and to the heart of those who read them. Despite the darkness of places we have been, there is a common thread that binds all, uniting us in frie...

A summer thunderstorm pursued Mark Thallander as he drove from Massachusetts to Maine after playing the organ for a morning church service in Worcester. Dinner awaited him, but Mark never arrived. The car hydroplaned at the exit from the turnpike, just minutes from his destination.A deafening silence followed the explosion of the accident. Then an unseen woman's voice spoke to Mark. Turn off the engine. Keep talking. Later, in a hospital forty miles away, surgeons had Mark sign an ...

This is the second of five ambitious volumes theorizing the structure of governance above and below the central state. This book is written for those interested in the character, causes, and consequences of governance within the state. The book argues that jurisdictional design is shaped by the functional pressures that arise from the logic of scale in providing public goods and by the preferences that people have regarding self-government. The first has to do with the character of the pub...

Why do international organizations (IOs) look so different, yet so similar? The possibilities are diverse. Some international organizations have just a few member states, while others span the globe. Some are targeted at a specific problem, while others have policy portfolios as broad as national states. Some are run almost entirely by their member states, while others have independent courts, secretariats, and parliaments. Variation among international organizations appears as wide as tha...

RagnarokA short collection of fifteen short poems about ancient lands and heroic warriors battling monsters and fair maidens, it is a sequel to my two other fantasy adventure books on Smashwords, The Golden Hall and Asgard, the two top rated poetry books, if you like mythology, heroic adventure and just plain fun I think you will like what I have to offer.

This is the third of five ambitious volumes theorizing the structure of governance above and below the central state. This book is written for those interested in the character, causes, and consequences of governance within the state. This book sets out a measure of authority for seventy-six international organizations (IOs) from 1950, or the time of their establishment, to 2010 which can allow researchers to test expectations about the character, sources, and consequences of international...

Step into the enchanting world of Uncle Wiggily, the beloved rabbit gentleman, in this timeless collection of heartwarming tales. Join Uncle Wiggily and his friends as they embark on extraordinary adventures, facing challenges with courage and kindness. From outwitting cunning foxes to rescuing damsels in distress, Uncle Wiggily's stories will captivate young readers with their whimsical charm and enduring lessons about friendship, bravery, and the power of imagination.