The Life and Times of AyianaBy: Robert Curtis Wright Esquire the 3rdThe Life and Times of Ayiana is a vivid, expansive tale of a young Native American girl growing up in the Old West.The reader lives and breathes Ayiana’s joys and heartaches as she and her familly —both those by blood and those made—struggle together to build a future for themselves, to find where they can belong and live safe and happy lives. The reader will not soon forget these powerful, glorious...

In the meticulously curated collection "Smoky Cell," readers are invited into a darkly evocative exploration of crime and intrigue, where the line between morality and corruption is tantalizingly blurred. This anthology brings together a compendium of riveting stories that showcase the hallmarks of early 20th-century crime literature, featuring narratives that span from the gripping thrill of a clandestine heist to the cerebral unraveling of a mysterious murder. With its array of spellbind...

From its birth in 1913 to its abolition in 2021, film censorship marked the history of Italian cinema, and its evolution mirrored the social, political, and cultural travail of the country. During the Fascist regime and in the postwar period, censorship was a powerful political tool in the hands of the ruling party; many films were banned or severely cut. By the end of the 1960s, censors had to cope with the changing morals and the widespread diffusion of sexuality in popular culture, whic...

The Italian Gothic horror genre underwent many changes in the 1980s, with masters such as Mario Bava and Riccardo Freda dying or retiring and young filmmakers such as Lamberto Bava (Macabro, Demons) and Michele Soavi (The Church) surfacing.Horror films proved commercially successful in the first half of the decade thanks to Dario Argento (both as director and producer) and Lucio Fulci, but the rise of made-for-TV products has resulted in the gradual disap...

The "Gothic" style was a key trend in Italian cinema of the 1950s and 1960s because of its peculiar, often strikingly original approach to the horror genre. These films portrayed Gothic staples in a stylish and idiosyncratic way, and took a daring approach to the supernatural and to eroticism, with the presence of menacing yet seductive female witches, vampires and ghosts. Thanks to such filmmakers as Mario Bava (Black Sunday), Riccardo Freda (The Horrible Dr. Hichcock), ...

Imagine how different your life would be if you knew how to sky rocket your levels of self esteem. To stop the negative thinking patterns & mental anguish for good!Almost every person will suffer periods of low self esteem at some stage in life, it’s unavoidable. Replacing this negative conditioning with more positive programming is critical to building a successful and harmonious life. Most women simply aren’t equipped with the right emotional control or accurate ...

CLUBBED is a celebration of LGBTQ culture. Joey, fresh from the suburbs, gets involved in the gay club scene in Philadelphia during the late 1970s and early 80s. He shares the stories of a diverse cast of characters, including his own special love story. Everyone at the club has a story, and every story deserves to be told.Sex. Drugs. Lust. Courage. Loyalty. Betrayal. Drag Divas. Hustlers.Porn. Gogo Boys. Anything is possible at the gay club scene. Even LOVE.

The sport of soccer has evolved immensely since its beginning around 2,000 years ago and is now considered the most popular sport in the world. The research related to the physical, psychological, and tactical aspects of the game has risen in conjunction with its fame.Elite Soccer Players: Maximizing Performance and Safety seeks to inform the reader with the most current research connected to optimizing physical performance and reducing the risk of injury of the elite soccer athlet...

Chants and songs from Sioux and Navaho traditions provide an authentic backdrop to Lance White Magpie's narration of The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, about a young girl whose special joy is tending to the horses of her village.In Crazy Horse's Vision, Joseph Bruchac focuses on key events from Crazy Horse's childhood in a dramatic tale of the legendary Lakota warrior told by Robert Tree Cody, Curtis Zunigha, and Joseph Bruchac. An author's note following the story c...

Do you have what it takes to survive when the Shit Hits The Fan?Only those who are lucky, properly equipped, or skilled have a fighting chance to survive through those first days of chaos. And only the strong have what it takes to thrive.Join us on a journey of alien invasions, nuclear war, zombie hordes and more, in Tales of the Apocalypse. Eleven stories of desperation, heroism, and strife sure to hook your imaginations.With stori...

About the BookThis book was written by Robert Curtis and Steve Eggleston with the goal in mind to highlight some dilemmas Christians go through in life. With keeping trust in God and doing what is right, things turn out for the better.“Do you give the horse his strength,And endow his neck with splendor?Do you make the steed to quiverWhile his thunderous snorting spreads Terror?He jubilantly paws the plainAnd rushes in his might against the W...

My book is a narrative about me, my struggles, and how I ultimately was able to deal with them by the grace of God. Sometime I won, some of the times it seems that the devil won, and some of the time I was left holding the bag. But I now give God the glory for all those time regardless. Some people take their life story with them to the cemetery. Thank God for giving me the faith to share mine.