Professor Greg Jackson, podcast host of History That Doesn’t Suck, proves that while today’s political climate may be dark, these aren’t as unprecedented times as we may think.Our nation’s past is full of massive upheaval, disagreement, and departures from the moral high ground. The political gentlemanly conduct of yesteryear is no more than a myth. But that reality never allowed our worst historical selves to defeat our better angels. In Been There, D...

Named a Best Book of 2023 by The New YorkerA virtuoso journey into networks of power, our embroilment with new technologies, and the dangers of corruption, by an electrifying debut novelist.When the investigative reporter Quentin Jones’s story about covert military interrogation practices is buried, he is spurred to dig deeper and unravels a trail that leads to VIRTUE: cutting-edge technology that simulates reality during interroga...

New York, 1938. The country is slowly climbing out of the depression and work has never been better for Jack Chambers, a private eye with a scattered past. But when a young socialite hires Jack to find her lost sister, Jack slowly begins his descent into the seedy sides of New York, where even the easiest case can turn into a nightmare.Until Jack has a clandestine meeting with an unsatisfied, curious New Jersey housewife, Elle Parker, an aficionado of Detective stories who has an u...

"People are bullets, fired," the narrator declares in one of the desperate, eerie stories that make up Greg Jackson's Prodigals. He's fleeing New York, with a woman who may be his therapist, as a storm bears down. Self-knowledge here is no safeguard against self-sabotage. A banker sees his artistic ambitions laid bare when he comes under the influence of two strange sisters. A midlife divorcée escapes to her seaside cottage only to find a girl living in it. A journalist is either ...

Welcome to the Freakshow! This is a collection of flash fiction stories from the warped mind of Greg Jackson, author of Operation Mistletoe and Fractured: Athena Rising.There are 32 Flash Fiction short stories centered around the human condition. Sadness, despair, love, redemption...vampires and werewolves! From gritty Westerns and behind to the future and beyond, the Freakshow has them! And yes, there is even a clown.Also in this collection is a short story entitled "Fallo...

Brandon Barker is a man of little talent. In fact, the only noticeable thing about him is his excessive height, which measures to over seven feet and inches. But this professional sidekick has a heart of pure gold, despite the fact that he's aging out of The Agency's Sidekick program before he gets promoted to his own Hero status. But when he meets the precocious Agency hacker named Kit Cassidy, Brandon's life starts to turn upside down.With a new rise in Villainy and a heinous plo...

A new town. Strange new neighbors. It seemed like the perfect new start for the Myers family. Until they soon realize that during the month of October, their new neighborhood isn't quite normal. No decorations on the doors, no one walking around on the streets, no jack-o-lanterns or trick-or-treating. It was like everyone was hiding from something terrible and unknown.When twins Chris and Sidney Myers stumble onto the legend that no one dares to speak about, they quickly go from th...

The Chambers-Riggs Detective Stories is a bundle of two crime novels, written by Greg Jackson, in one bundle! The bundle is available exclusively on Kindle, so take a walk into the dark alleys of 1938 New York City! Follow Private Detective Jack Chambers and Elle Parker/Madison Riggs from the beginning and watch as their cases take them into the murky depths of a gritty, corrupt and violent New York City.The following novels are included in this bundle:Shill for the Kill

Marty Webber is a man who has lost everything but refuses to let himself be beaten. Living on the streets, working manual labor when he can, he spends his twilight years living day to day to make ends meet. Until he revisits the shelter he's known off and on for over a year, where Marty Webber meets Riley, a young girl who's struggling to make sense of her own life. Broken Doors is a short story about two lost people whose paths intersect in the dreariest of circumstances. Will these two l...

The Holiday Legends Bundle is a collection of the two children/young adult novels by Greg Jackson. Contained in this bundle is the spooky story, The Legend of Pumpkin Boy and the heartwarming Christmas tale, The Legend of the Christmas Stone. That's two entertaining books in one collection!Book Descriptions:The Legend of Pumpkin Boy:A new town. Strange new neighbors. It seemed like the perfect new start for the Myers family. Until they soon realize that during the mo...

Since her life turned completely upside down, Katie Grey definitely wasn't in the mood for celebrating Christmas. No one around town was, by the looks of it. Between living with a new family in a new town and having to exist with her annoying new brother, Ethan, all Katie wanted was for her life to return to normal. But on one snowy day, Ethan takes pity on her and lets her tag along with him when he goes sledding. When they find Elwin the North Pole Elf rummaging through the frozen woods ...

Taking a sociological approach to the study of mass media, Mediated Society explores how the media affects individuals and society. Within this unique framework, the authors analyze media and mass communication as a social rather than as a technological construct while addressing issues such as democracy, citizenship, class, gender, and cultural diversity. Drawing attention to the way in which media frames everyday experiences and events, the text examines media and communication in urban, na...