Dave Fain professor of phycology at Miami University in Coral Gables is forced to take a sabbatical when the President learns of controversial Nazi research. Fain uses the time to delve into his 200 year old family roots uncovering more than he ever bargained for. Family secrets spanning centuries and continents, worn torn Europe, what did happen to Hitler? Darkest Africa dictators, dangerous Middle East machinations all woven together in thirteen novelettes spinning an intriguing tale.

****The National Bestseller**From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating, wild, and wonder-filled journey into Alaska, America's last frontier**In 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organized a most unusual summer voyage to the wilds of Alaska: He converted a steamship into a luxury "floating university," populated by some of America's best and brightest scientists and writers, including the anti-capitalist eco-prophet...

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING TRAVEL MEMOIRWhat happens when an unadventurous adventure writer tries to re-create the original expedition to Machu Picchu?**In 1911, Hiram Bingham III climbed into the Andes Mountains of Peru and “discovered” Machu Picchu. While history has recast Bingham as a villain who stole both priceless artifacts and credit for finding the great archeological site, Mark Adams set out to retrace the explorer’s perilous path in search of the t...

"A remarkable story. . . . It is to Mark Adams's great credit that, in Mr. America, he has rescued from obscurity a man whose influence is still felt in this country more than a century after he muscled his way onto the national scene." — Wall Street Journal"Hilarious. . . . Delightful. . . . If Macfadden hadn't existed, we would have had to invent him." —Was hington PostMr. America is the fascinating true story of Bernarr Macfadden, a se...

Episode Three: The Future Mother-in-Law Predicament "Why did we have to let her in? Could we not have just posted her a duvet through the letter-box?" Alice’s Mum comes to stay and Jon is not happy. A house-proud woman with a bosom as pronounced as her carefully annunciated consonants, she cleans, criticises, pokes and potters until not even Alice can take it anymore, forcing her to call on reinforcements with equally masterful diction. Written by Mark Adams and Julia Dawn. Directed by Dex...

Grognar 2: Now with 75% More Glitter is a darkly absurd, side-splittingly irreverent fantasy romp through the underworld of dungeon management, where the greatest threat to adventurers isn't always the death traps—it's the glitter. So much glitter.Grognar, a Goregoblin with delusions of grandeur and a business sense powered by spite and shiny objects, returns in this explosive sequel to Grognar the Glorious (Sort Of). Now crowned (accidentally) as the Dung...

Episode Two: The Past/Present Predicament "I remember when we used to have a life and not just a "Lovefilm" account" Jon and Alice’s latest dinner party attempt results in some guests glad to get away. Alice is nostalgic for the past, but realises some things have always been the same… Fighting for the remote are Jon and Alice, a twenty-something couple living together in London. Alice enjoys socialising; Jon hates meeting people. While Alice is climbing her career ladder, Jon is quite con...

Episode Four: The Competition Mission Impasse. "That's the last time I take the moral high ground. hate the view from there." A bitter round of Pictionary ends in a drink-to-the-vomit drinking game after Alice claims she can beat Jon at anything. The rug of Alice and Jon’s host gets in the firing line, rekindling rivalries from the past as well as the present. Jon declares he is not a loser and embarks on a mission to prove it by any means possible.

Fight For The Remote. Episode Five: The Big Night Out Debacle "The dangling testicles of fate have tea-bagged me yet again." Alice and Keren are coming to the end of the three-hour getting ready ritual, in preparation for a rare big night out with old mates. Jon is trying his best to get out of it with the help of the not-so-bright Grub. As the countdown begins, the wine is drunk, the hair sprayed stiff and Jon made to change his shirt, but who will make it out of the house in time? Writte...

Fight For The Remote. Episode Six: The Saga Revelations "I've never known a children's book with so many overt revelations to clitori." Alice gets her one client, Camp Raymond, a career-boosting gig reading his bestselling children’s novel on tape, leaving Jon at home to clean the house (with a little help from his sci-fi fan friends). While Jon is embroiled in an all day Star Wars marathon, Alice battles with Camp Raymond’s expressive eccentricities to distract her from wondering where he...

Twenty years ago, the silence I enjoy now in Thailand was nothing more than a distant dream. Back then, the only sound was the heavy machinery of the San Francisco "Justice" system grinding against my life. The "Authors" of that system had a different ending written for me—one where I was just another number in a filing cabinet. They had the paperwork ready. They had the cell waiting. Boom. I was facing life without the possibility of parole.They thought they had me in a pincer mov...

• Illustrates the role of transpersonal fields of consciousness in healing a range of issues, from inherited family and ancestral problems, to past lives and womb trauma, to near-death experiences, merged identities, and spirit attachment• Shares remarkable cases of healing and personal transformation from the author’s more than 20 years of energy healing work, as well as experiences from other gifted healers, psychics, and shamans• Provides diagrams of the human energy bod...