Paint it black. That's what Combat Tours Unlimited does — takes our gray postmodern, postmortem, post-history, post-ethics, post-Toasties world and paints it black. From the Book of Job to the banks of a stinking jungle river in the south of Thailand, or what used to be Thailand, this novella takes you through a guided tour both of a post-apocalyptic war and of postmodern hypocrisy on sex, death, and spirit. Set largely on the battlefields of Thailand's troubled southern provinces in the y...

The Dude with Food is a humorous guide to healthy eating. It's a nutrition book with a soul, blending science with silliness and learning with laughter. This book builds healthy habits through a vibrant mix of rhymes, cartoons, and lighthearted lessons.It's fun, it's functional, and most importantly, it's my only hope of keeping my vintage vinyl. Please buy my book so I don't have to sell parts of my record collection to make ends meet. You'll buy it? Great! Now I...

This volume explores Shakespeare’s interest in pity, an emotion that serves as an important catalyst for action within the plays, even as it generates one of the audience’s most common responses to tragic drama in the theater. For Shakespeare, the word "pity" contained a broader range of meaning than it does in modern English, and was often associated with ideas such as mercy, compassion, charity, pardon, and clemency. This cluster of ideas provides Shakespeare’s characters with a rich ran...

In 1903, despite the vehement objections of his parents, Albert Einstein married Mileva Maric, the companion, colleague, and confidante whose influence on his most creative years has given rise to much speculation. Beginning in 1897, after Einstein and Maric met as students at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic, and ending shortly after their marriage, these fifty-four love letters offer a rare glimpse into Einstein's relationship with his first wife while shedding light on his intellectual dev...

First Published in 2005. While many previous books on Pynchon allude to his fictional engagement with historical events and figures, this book explores Pynchon as a historical novelist and, by extension, historical thinker. The book interprets Pynchon's four major novels V., Gravity's Rainbow, Vineland, and Mason & Dixon through the prism of historical interpretation and representation. In doing so, it argues that Pynchon's innovative narrative techniques express his philosophy of history ...

For the desire of money, murder, love, sex, and power, a Caucasian pimp stops at nothing to succeed on the mean streets of Hollywood CA. This unique story has strong fascinating characters not stereotypes.Growing up in Compton Dollar Bill is an ambitious child always trying to make a dollar by any mean necessary by age eleven he is a look - out man for a drug dealer quickly graduating to selling drugs, and by the age thirteen becoming the richest kid in the neighborhood but despite...

Join three friends on an exciting adventure as they set out to help one of them, Tucker, find his new forever home.Tucker, a funny and curious pup, falls off a truck on his way to the pet store and meets Cluck, a duck, and Buck, a skunk, who decides to help him on his quest. They face challenges and make new friends through the journey, but they never lose hope.Will they be able to find Tucker's new family?Read Tuck, Cluck, and Buck...

Does your child seem to worry about everything? Or have a hard time talking about their fears and worrisome thoughts?Wally and the Backpack of Worry is a simple yet powerful story to help teach children their feelings of fear and worry are mentionable and manageable. One of the most important lessons a child can learn is knowing they have control over their emotions.Early childhood development that includes emotional awareness can avoid an adult carrying around years of unre...

Oliver and his pet rabbit, Oscar, share a deep and special bond. This story addresses the signs to watch for in the grieving process for children coping with losing a beloved pet. It offers children guidance on understanding what is happening and why, why it's ok to be sad, and how to try and feel better by honoring their pets in special ways once they've crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Through Oliver and Oscars' journey, young readers learn about love, loss, and the importance of memories.

Why me, Lord? Why now?

This lovely book is perfect for sharing with little ones, aged 2 to 7, who will delight in helping to tell these familiar stories from the Bible themselves. Eight best-loved stories are beautifully illustrated and simply told; Adam and Eve, Noah and the Great Flood, Joseph and His Brothers, Moses Leads his People, Jonah and the Whale, Jesus is Born, The Amazing Life of Jesus, and The First Easter! This captivating first book of bible stories will provide fun for children and parents alike....