Named one of Literary Hub's 100 Notable Small Press Books 2025LONGLISTED, PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection (2026)SHORTLISTED, Indiana Authors Awards (2026)WINNER, Short Story, American Fiction Awards (2026)FINALIST, Society of Midland Authors Book Awards (2026)FINALIST, Storytrade Book Awards (2026)

Founded by the Spanish in 1777 to provide food for the military settlements in Monterey and San Francisco, San Jose is the oldest civilian settlement in California. After independence from Mexico, San Jose became the county seat of Santa Clara County and the first state capital. For many years, San Jose was the center of a rich farming community whose vistas of blooming orchards prompted the nickname 'Valley of Heart's Delight.' Following World War II, a massive transformation took place i...

Fossil fuels don’t simply impact our ability to commute to and from work.They condition our sensory lives, our erotic experiences, and our aesthetics; they structure what we assume to be normal and healthy; and they prop up a distinctly modern bargain with nature that allows populations and economies to grow wildly beyond the older and more clearly understood limits of the organic economy.Carbon Nation ranges across film and literary studies, ecology, politics, jou...

Managing Operations is a concise guide to the fundamentals of operations management. Using examples and case studies from public, private and voluntary sector organizations, this book will enable managers to develop their competency to an excellent standard in an industrial or commercial setting. As well as being very practically based, Managing Operations also provides the theory behind operations management. The book is based on the Management Charter Initiative's Occupational Standards ...

An archaeology of Western energy culture that demystifies the role that fossil fuels play in the day-to-day rituals of modern life.Spanning the past two hundred years, this book offers an alternative history of modernity that restores to fossil fuels their central role in the growth of capitalism and modernity itself, including the emotional attachments and real injuries that they generate and command. Everything about us—our bodies, minds, sense of self, nature, r...

The spirit of resourcefulness, and genuine love of good food, is the heart of The Left Over Ranch: Memories on a Plate Cookbook- a collection of over 100 original recipes built around effective food management techniques and a structured meal planning process that helps eliminate waste, lower weekly food costs, and take the stress out of getting dinner on the table every night.Chef Bob Johnson's recipes are drawn from a lifetime of food experiences - from recreating the beloved san...

This book is based on 60 years medical experience, including a special interest in philosophical issues such as Determinism, Intent, Free Will, sanity, and the barest bones of medical practice and healthcare. It is written in response to the rigid orthodoxy currently prevailing among medical editors, and in the dire medical consequences of the medical mistakes the "psychiatrists' bible" makes, which my recent blog describes, with evidence, as "MEDICALLY speaking, the DSM is unfinished busi...

"Occult Investigator Real Cases from the Files of X-Investigations" chronicles author and private detective Bob Johnson's REAL-WORLD experiences investigating all manner of paranormal and occult events. He is the founder of the world's only occult and paranormal investigation firm – X-Investigations that's affiliated with a licensed New York City private investigations company. Unlike the myriad "ghost busting" teams that garner media attention for their "scary photos and creepy sound reco...

During the mid-seventeenth century, Anglo-American Protestants described Native American ceremonies as savage devilry, Islamic teaching as violent chicanery, and Catholicism as repugnant superstition. By the mid-eighteenth century, they would describe amicable debates between evangelical missionaries and Algonquian religious leaders about the moral appeal of Christianity, recount learned conversations between English merchants and Muslim scholars, and tell of encounters with hospitable and...

A fun read that reveals how well known Bible stories can guide us to profitability -- and to true profit.

Most Americans remember the New Deal as the crucible of modern liberalism. But while it is most closely associated with Roosevelt's efforts to end the Depression and provide social security for the elderly, we have failed to acknowledge one of its most enduring legacies: its war on crime. Crime policy, Anthony Gregory argues, was a defining feature of the New Deal.New Deal Law and Order follows President Franklin Roosevelt, Attorney General Homer Cummings, and their war on...

Richard Tregaskis considered Stronger Than Fear to be the most important book he ever wrote about World War II because it strikes closer to the heart of war. It stands well after the years because it hits into the basic human values involved in war, aside from politics or patriotism. This is RT’s greatest war novel told in less than 30,000 words. The only immortality, the lasting things about this life, were honor, decency, courage, the intangibles of the spirit. Moments of such are the on...