Nearly one-third of all professional baseball players under contract in the United States come from Latin America. Mexico, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Panama produce some of the great players currently performing in the major and minor leagues. But some of the most promising prospects never had the chance to play in America even though they resided only ninety miles off the coast of Florida. For many years, that was the harsh reality for Cuban baseball players.

In Cruise Confidential, Brian David Bruns spills the dirt - or in this case, the dirty water - on those romantic, fun-filled vacations at sea. His hilarious chronicle of the year he spent working for Carnival Cruise Lines takes readers down into the areas where the crew works and lives, leaving readers gasping with laughter as they’re assaulted nonstop with events that range from the absurd to the utterly bizarre. Stewards fighting over food. Cutlery allowances and other nonsensic...

The most critically acclaimed cruise book of all time:Book of the Year: ForeWord Awards, Finalist - HumorBook of the Year: ForeWord Awards, Finalist - Travel/EssayGold winner: USA Best Book AwardsSilver winner: Paris Book FestivalBronze winner: London Book FestivalBronze winner: Hollywood Book FestivalHumorous and heartfelt, this book explo...

Science fiction is the playground of the imagination. If you are interested in science or fascinated with the future then science fiction is where you explore new ideas and let your dreams and nightmares duke it out on the safety of the page or screen. But what if we could use science fiction to do more than that? What if we could use science fiction based on science fact to not only imagine our future but develop new technologies and products? What if we could use stories, movies and comi...

Charles had no idea of how some men were so lucky with women and others were just duds.He was a dud! All through high school, not one girl except his lovely young sister would look his way.That is until his first year in a private college. There he learned the power of suggestion, the power of hypnosis. With this power, Charles learned to control women and men through the power of suggestion. After four years in college, he had hundreds of women and men to use for his sexua...

When companies develop a new technology, do they ask how it might affect the people who will actually use it? That, more or less, sums up Brian David Johnson’s duties as Intel’s futurist-in-residence. In this fascinating book, Johnson provides a collection of science fiction prototyping stories that attempt to answer the question.These stories focus on the same theme: scientists and thinkers exploring personal robotics as a new form of artificial intelligence. This isn’t fanciful s...

Surviving this mission may mean losing each other . . . or their lives.In the summer of 1992, Trey Carter—Southern, evangelical, and deeply closeted—accidentally outs himself at a pool party. This spirals him down a dark path and into the hands of the Central Intelligence Agency, but Trey’s skills are in football and gymnastics, not guns and espionage. He’s not the first twenty-one-year-old to make a mistake but may be the first to fall involuntarily into a dark ops protoc...

By Brian David Bruns, author of Cruise Confidential—Foreword Magazine's Humor Book of the Year.A UNIQUE BLEND OF QUIRKY HUMOR, GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, AND SELF-IMPROVEMENT DISGUISED AS GHOST LORE.Is a ghost a spirit, an energy, or a banana? What if I told you it's all three? Why do European ghosts wear white sheets? Why do Asian ghosts have bad hair? Why aren't ghosts souls or invisible flying eyeball wheels? Hint: it's in the Bible. And what kind answ...

The only book you need on AI - for all curious, fact-gobbling kids age 7+.What actually is AI? Will it take over the world? And one day, will it tidy your bedroom...?In this beginner's guide, learn everything you need to know about AI, from how it helps us discover epic stuff up in space or under the sea, whether it will help you build your very own dinosaur, and why, it won't actually help you write your homework!Written by ...

Wayne Bradford is a typical 7½ year old boy in 1979. He loves all things Star Wars, snow at Christmas, and pizza without the pepperonis.Wayne's done his best to be a super good boy all year in hopes Santa Claus will bring every toy he put in the letter he mailed to the North Pole.But on the last day of school before Christmas Vacation, Wayne has a run in with the class bully.Not wanting nor knowing how to fight, there's one way Wayne can only avoid getting ...

Brian David Michaels is a part-time Ride Share driver. Brian is your average guy. He has never been a ladies' man.However, from his job as a Rideshare driver, he has gained a new ability. He has learned to listen to women. By listening, Brian has learned some new tricks. These new tricks enable Brian to pick up women at ease. In fact, women usually ask Brian for sex. Brian does say the right things to get them to ask.Brian may sound like a womanizer to some of you, but he i...

By Brian David Bruns, author of Cruise Confidential—Foreword Magazine's Humor Book of the Year.A UNIQUE BLEND OF CHEEKY HUMOR, QUIRKY HISTORY, AND SELF-IMPROVEMENT DISGUISED AS BIGFOOT LORE.Do you know which A-list Hollywood actor smuggled a yeti finger out of Nepal… via underwear? Or which member of our U.S. Congress writes Bigfoot erotica? Finding out can improve your life in tangible ways!Learning about Bigfeet—Sasquatch, yeti, a...