Robert "Bobby Rack" Rachaborski desperately needs a break. He's living back in his dysfunctional home after college in a rough part of Boston, working a series of dead-end jobs, and trying to find time to write-his only solace in an unforgiving world. And then, it comes: he gains acceptance at the prestigious Yale School of Drama for playwriting, and his life is forever changed, though not in the ways he ever expected. Bobby struggles to find his place-and writing voice-in an unfamiliar wo...

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...

Sometimes you do everything right, but it just isn't your day. A part fails and your helicopter comes apart in flight, or, another aircraft runs into you and the pieces of both fall to the ground below, or the enemy gunner pulls the trigger at just the right moment and his rounds find your aircraft in exactly the right spot to take it out of the sky. Whichever way it happens, it wasn't your day.Which is why, after twenty-four years and over 5,000 flight hours with four armed servic...

The Refiner's Fire and Fuller's Soap is a candid, Scripture-driven look at eight sins that quietly corrode the hearts of believers — often unnoticed, rarely confronted, yet slowly robbing the child of God of the holiness and closeness with the Lord Jesus Christ they were created to walk in. Across twelve chapters, this book does not shy away from calling sin what it is. But it does not stop at conviction — it points, again and again, to the refining fire and cleansing soap of God's grace, ...

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...

Here is Edgar Wallace’s famous stage-play as told by Robert Curtis in story form with all the dramatic excitement and suspense that thrilled theatre-goers. Robert Curtis was the private secretary to British crime writer Edgar Wallace. Curtis and Wallace met for the first time in 1913, before parting following the outbreak of World War One, as Curtis had to do his military service. In 1918 he was reunited with Wallace who employed him as his secretary, he had the task of copying out Wallace...

In the compelling anthology "The Mouthpiece," readers are introduced to an engaging exploration of suspense and intrigue that spans across varied narrative styles, contributing to the dynamic literary landscape of early 20th-century mystery fiction. The collection's overarching theme revolves around the art of persuasion, with stories presenting vivid tapestries of human cunning and cleverly constructed plot twists. These tales, crafted with deft precision, weave through the alleys of dece...

The anthology 'The Man Who Changed His Name' is an intriguing exploration of themes such as identity, transformation, and mystery. This collection showcases a remarkable array of literary styles and narrative devices that captivate and engage readers from beginning to end. Each story unfolds with a unique blend of suspense and intrigue, drawing readers into a world where names and identities are not what they seem. The standouts are works that weave together psychological depth with clever...

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...

Elio Petri (1929-1982) was one of the most commercially successful and critically revered Italian directors ever. A cultured intellectual and a politically committed filmmaker, Petri made award-winning movies that touched controversial social, religious, and political themes, such as the Mafia in We Still Kill the Old Way (1967), police brutality in Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970), and workers' struggles in Lulu the Tool (1971). His work also ex...

Since the release in 1929 of a popular book series with bright yellow covers, the Italian word giallo (yellow) has come to define a whole spectrum of mystery and detective fiction and films. Although most English speakers associate the term giallo with the violent and erotic thrillers popular in the 1960s and 1970s from directors like Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci and others, the term encompasses a wide range of Italian media such as mysteries, thrillers and dete...

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), ...