The subtitle of this work is True Adventures of my Life. It is a collection of unique, interesting, and funny stories written by Alan Guzzetti, an east coast Italian-American.This book is part memoir and part travelogue, with one hilarious episode after another. Some of the stories are full of historical details and others highlight Guzzetti's intriguing observations. His powers of observation at the time and his amazingly accurate recollection many years later are evident througho...

The unique smell of gunpowder hung in the still air of the room bringing back an instant girlhood memory. She could taste as well as smell it. She remembered a Fourth of July evening years ago, sitting in the bleachers with her little friend Rebecca Slater, close to the ramp where the fireworks were being sent off. It both frightened and fascinated her. This time it was not a pleasant experience.Shannon Racette is forced to lead a double life, working in two dangerous professions, ...

Riverview is the name of a maximum security penitentiary. Riverview is also a poor prison town where the opening scene occurs, setting up a chilling and suspenseful sequence of events told in flashbacks.The lives of four people inextricably interweave to create a gripping story, crafted to hold the reader's attention throughout, and to keep him guessing about what will happen next.The protagonists include a psychopathic and bloodthirsty misfit who learned to hate from birth, ...

This sequel to the previous thriller, DANGEROUS PROFESSIONS, stands alone as an exciting continuing story. Either book may be read first. The first one as back story after reading the sequel, or in chronological order.In the first story, the two main characters, Mike DiNardo and Shannon Racette, were conscripted by Homeland Security and forced to track and terminate a dangerous Al-Qaeda leader. Now, they have moved to Switzerland and they marry, believing they will enjoy the good l...

Arnold understood the meaning of Adolph's meandering, but he had no idea what experiences his brother was drawing from. He was beginning to see the madness in this man.Adolph went on, "You know, I've been blessed with an ability to understand signs. Signs that, when read properly, can tell of future events, sometimes pleasant, and sometimes ominous. I believe that is why we have been so successful in reclaiming the Rights of the Fatherland, ridding the world of the filthy Jews and ...

The secret millionaire…When wealthy socialite Raina Maywood attends her best friend’s wedding, the last thing she’s expecting is her own romance! Since her marriage imploded, she’s learnt to keep her distance…until she meets gorgeous best man, Akis!Self-made millionaire Akis mistrusts women who only have eyes for his wallet, but the beautiful stranger he meets at the wedding doesn’t even know he’s rich. Their connection is instant, and profound. Has Akis fi...

His pain keeps him isolated. Alone. Until Devan breaks through his walls.Mac hasn't voluntarily spoken to another soul in months. Not since a mortar attack left him scarred and in constant pain. But when he runs out of coffee, he heads out into the snowy, Boston winter to fuel his caffeine addiction.He's never been to Artist's Grind—part coffee shop, part local artist mecca—but when he sees Devan wiping graffiti off her door, something about her draws him in.One tas...

An imaginative and resonant work of speculative literature from ReLit Award-winning author Darren Greer. Twin brothers, born on an oppressive family farm, discover a miraculous way to escape the dreariness of their lives, charting a course that promises equal measures of wonder and heartbreak.

When Lighthouse Mouse meets Simon the Cat for the first time, grouchy tempers and furs fly. Simon could not believe his eyes as he watched pesky Lighthouse Mouse win Mollys friendship and take part of her attention. Simon was so mad that he wanted to eat that mouse right on the spot, and Simon knew that he could do it! Watching from between cushions, Lighthouse Mouse knew that he had to do something fast, or he would end up as a morsel on Simons plate. Mouse did the one thing he saw Molly ...

A man and a woman tread the lines of danger, desire, and deliverance in this novel of the Fallen Angels—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.As the son of a serial killer, homicide detective Thomas “Veck” DelVecchio, Jr., grew up in the shadow of evil. Now, on the knife-edge between civic duty and blind retribution, he atones for the sins of his father—while fighting his inner demons.Assigned to monit...

Don’t miss the latest Natchez Burning novel, SOUTHERN MANFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles comes the first novel in his Natchez Burning trilogy—which also includes The Bone Tree and the upcoming Mississippi Blood—an epic trilogy that interweaves crimes, lies, and secrets past and present in a mesmerizing legal thriller featuring Southern lawyer and former prosecutor Penn Cage.Raised in the south...

The twenty-seventh Bathroom Reader in the beloved, bizarre trivia series with more than fifteen million copies in print!At a whopping 544 pages, Uncle John's Canoramic Bathroom Reader is overflowing with everything that Bathroom Readers' Institute fans have come to expect from this bestselling trivia series: fascinating history, silly science, obscure origins . . . plus fads, blunders, wordplay, quotes, and a few surprises (such as some of the "creative" m...