A collection of award winning poems, limericks, personal sayings and "Absurd words" from top American free lance writer and multi-time author, Steven E. Holt. Including up to 70% new works, these poems range from the deepest of dark to the funniest of humor. Award winning poems from several of Steven's previous popular books are included: "Life's A Bitch, And Then You Die" (1985), "Blood, Sweat and Fears" (1996) and "And The Soul Also Bleeds" (2001.Even the non-poet will find somet...

In this religious court-battle legal drama, the earth is ensconced with the Second Coming of Christ, an event that enthralls the world's population. International organizers take Jesus from country to country, rich and poor cities alike, to bring peace and goodwill to Mankind. However, lowlife Rudy Kretz, a very miserable and abjectly downtrodden individual, decides to seek his revenge on God for his miserable life by shooting Jesus, killing Him in front of millions of viewers. Lacking any...

Jake is a rattlesnake with a grave disability- born without a rattle! After all, the name rattlesnake says it all! Poor Jake has to endure teasing from his friends when he attends "Rattlesnake School" to learn the ways of being a rattlesnake. Upon arrival, poor Jake is even more depressed to find out that the mean old Rattlesnake School Drill Sergeant has kicked him out for not having a rattle!Despondent, he slithers home where his mother comforts him. She even opens up and shows hi...

The busy chickens of the beloved Busy Animals board book series are sure to cluck their way into your child's heart this spring!Busy chickens are squawking, perching, leaping, and more! Vivid, full-color photographs will keep toddlers engages as they imitate the many actions the chickens are doing. Join the fun!

For the first time, Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor speaks directly to his fans and shares his worldview about life as a sinner. And Taylor knows how to sin. As a small-town hero in the early '90s, he threw himself into a fierce-drinking, drug-abusing, hard-loving, live-for-the moment life. Soon Taylor's music exploded, and he found himself rich, wanted, and on the road. His new and ever-more extreme lifestyle had an unexpected effect, however; for the first time, he began to...

The night she was attacked in her Florida home, Karen Gregory let out a scream so piercing that it carried for several blocks. More than a dozen neighbors heard her, but none called the police. By the time her body was discovered, thirty one hours later, the trail was already cold. The detective assigned to solve the murder ran down one blind alley after another, eliminating one suspect after another, until finally the evidence led him to the front door of one of his best friends -- a frie...

Shane Koyczan: Stickboy Book (2007) Shane Koyczan’s Stickboy: A Novel in Verse is currently available. The highly acclaimed re-issue of Shane Koyczan’s heart-wrenching and intense novel—about a bullied kid who becomes a bully.  “The narrator is devastatingly observant, and Koyczan’s descriptions through him are poignant, sharp, and surprising… Full of unexpected humour and razor-sharp wit, Stickboy delves into the humiliation and humanity of bullying.” -Gloss Magaz...

Where do you begin with a writer as original and brilliant as David Foster Wallace? Here — with a carefully considered selection of his extraordinary body of work, chosen by a range of great writers, critics, and those who worked with him most closely.This volume presents his most dazzling, funniest, and most heartbreaking work — essays like his famous cruise-ship piece, "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again," excerpts from his novels The Broom of the Sys...

On September 28, 2000, former Indiana State Trooper David Camm made a frantic call to his former colleagues in the state troopers office: He'd just walked into his garage, and found lying on the floor the bodies of his 35-year-old wife, Kim, and their two children, Brad and Jill, ages 7 and 5.This was the kind of crime that could tear the heart out of a community. The Camm's lived the American Dream. They had what seemed like a loving marriage, a nice little house with a white pick...

A clear voice of her generation, Sierra DeMulder’s writing offers a gritty, sincere perspective on the subtle joys and modern pains of living. Her debut collection The Bones Below delicately carries the reader to a place of brutal, beautiful honesty. DeMulder’s personal revelations complete a touching portrait of the young artist and her fearless exploration of the human experience, bare in its rawest and most tender forms. DeMulder possesses the most important quality a young writer can h...

A parent’s worst nightmare sets the stage for the exhilarating new legal thriller in Robert K. Tanenbaum’s New York Times bestselling Butch Karp series.New York District Attorney Butch Karp has no qualms about putting David and Nonie Ellis on trial following the excruciating death of their young son, Micah. To him, the case is cut-and-dried—reckless manslaughter. Helpless ten-year-old Micah counted on his parents to protect him from the effects of a rare b...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the governor of Maryland, the “compassionate” (People), “startling” (Baltimore Sun), “moving” (Chicago Tribune) true story of two kids with the same name: One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison.The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story cou...