In this collection of essays, Christopher R. Browning explores the evolution of Holocaust historiography and illustrates key research trends. He begins with traditional studies on history “from above” and then shifts his attention to more granular history “from below,” examining the Holocaust at the village level and through the biographies of relatively unknown men who participated in quite different ways. And finally he examines how a Holocaust historian became involved in current events...

Originally curated by Harvard President Charles W. Eliot as a complete liberal education in fifty volumes, the Harvard Classics gathers philosophy, science, literature, and history into a single indispensable library. Plato's dialogues and Marcus Aurelius's meditations sit alongside Dante's Divine Comedy, Francis Bacon's essays, Charles Darwin's scientific writing, and Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, tracing the foundations of Western thought from ancient Greece to the modern age. Homer...

Returning is a story about finding your way back to yourself after life has taken you far from who you once were. Through moments of loss, clarity, unraveling, and quiet rebuilding, Jean Ann Browning, M.A. traces the inner journey of becoming whole again. This is not a story of sudden transformation, but of the slow, honest work of returning to the person you were always meant to be. With a voice that is gentle, reflective, and deeply human, she explores what happens when identity fracture...

The Golden Girls meet Dirty Harry…When Lillian Summer Fairview’s husband up and dies on her, it leaves the last living member of the most prestigious family in the small town of Summer Shoals, Georgia, in a hot money mess. Desperate to keep up the family name and give the man a decent burial, penniless Lil cooks up a shady deal that lands her smack-dab in the slammer.Burdened by her shameful secret and a crumbling family estate, Lil entrusts Summer Haven’s care to ...

BlissAfter an SOS from my little brother, I come face-to-face with my past.Seven years ago, I was a college student who fell for the forbidden, older college basketball assistant coach. Because of the school’s strict nonfraternization policy, we had to keep our relationship a secret.I fell hard and fast, thinking I’d found my one.His fear of destroying his career if anyone found out was too big to save us.Noah Kavanaugh is back as th...

Dosed? (Emphatic Thumb Press, 2026) is a co-authored memoir that traces the psychedelic journeys of two married writers of a certain age-a Frenchman with a ravenous, lifelong appetite for kaleidoscopic experiences, and an American woman who largely eschewed drugs until, well, recently. Across a series of braided essays, we explore our separate paths through psychedelic experimentation-from the communes of 1970s France to contemporary cannabutter cuisine and later-in-life eroticall...

Before there is war, there are those willing to fight...no matter the cost.France, 1938. While Hitler rebuilds Germany, and French and English leaders focus on appeasement, one man risks everything to smuggle information out of Munich – and into the hands of a young woman.Evelyn Ainsworth is enjoying a carefree summer with her relatives in the high society of Paris. When her father stops to visit on his way from London to Prague, she never dreams that one favor for him will...

An expert guide for leaders and managers to adopt AI responsibly, gain competitive edge and lead transformation in planning, engineering and operations Key FeaturesDiscover tools and best practices to automate engineering and planning reports using LLMsDiscover operational advice from the founding team of SchemeFlow, a startup leading LLM automation in engineering spaceStep-by-step guidance to convert AI initiatives into competitive advantage f...

DEEP, DARK & UNSETTLING gathers more than a century of Gothic experimentation into a capacious archive of terror, wonder, and psychological disturbance. Its contents range from foundational castle romances, spectral ballads, and Faustian tales to detective mysteries, decadent fantasies, imperial nightmares, and proto-science-fictional horrors. Recurring images—ruined houses, forbidden manuscripts, doubles, revenants, persecuted heroines, and corrupted inheritances—demonstrate how Gothic wr...

Four years ago, Viper was killed. But she never had any intention of remaining dead…When Alina Maschik walked away from her former life, she was hoping to live in relative peace. She should have known better. As top energy executives across the world begin dropping dead, Viper comes out of retirement to do what she does best: the impossible. But nothing is ever as easy as it seems, especially when the target is her husband.Michael O’Reilly has a ne...

Jilly Blume grows from a sensitive, uncertain child into a teenager navigating the challenges of comprehensive school.Alongside loyal friend Tilly, she faces bullying, academic pressures, changing relationships and the confusing emotions of adolescence. Her deep attachment to older pupil Maria leaves a lasting impression, and their later correspondence restores a friendship Jilly feared she had lost.Elsewhere, Rick is struggling with his own turbulent schoo...

Dorothy VanHook Browning dropped out of high school and married at the age of seventeen. One year later, she became a mother. She o en felt like "a little nobody," but her devotion to church and God led her on a very special path. At times struggling to make ends meet as a waitress, she turned to factory work, where her ability to learn fast soon led to a supervisory position. In her spare time, she would earn a realtor license and attend a two-year Bible school for a ministerial licen...