Originally called Wisauksicken and Wisamickon by the Lenni Lenape tribe of southeastern Pennsylvania, the creek was renamed Wissahickon by European settlers in the late 1600s. The Wissahickon, beginning as a small stream fed by underground springs in central Montgomery County, winds its way down into a breathtaking valley in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park before entering the Schuylkill River. Rich in history and scenic beauty, the creek has played a major part in the development of the area...

An unusual book. A story of devotion, family, struggle, and resolution."I just sat down and read your book cover to cover. It is unique. Touching. Beautiful. Reflective. Cautionary. Homage." ~ Philip SchwartzThis is a short, easy-to-read story of life and death, family and community, health and medicine, and systemic, societal problems. This is a cautionary tale. If you ask my sisters and many others, they would say Hospice was wonderful. People want to believe what the pro...

Named by William Penn in 1681, Bucks County is one of the three original counties in Pennsylvania and enjoys a lengthy tradition as an important region of this state. Lower Bucks County is a fascinating pictorial history of the towns that comprise the northern suburban edge of Philadelphia. Surveying the era from 1905 to 1970, the book includes images from the towns of Langhorne, Hulmeville, Trevose, Southampton, Newtown, Tullytown, Richboro, Churchville, Holland, Cornwells Heights, Fallsi...

Leeds, 1980. Amid the violence and decay, the city was home to an extraordinarily vibrant post-punk scene. Out of that swamp crawled the Sisters of Mercy.Over the next five years, they would rise from local heroes to one of Britain's leading alternative bands, producing brilliant singles, astonishing EPs, a landmark debut album and legendary live shows before blowing apart on the verge of major rock stardom.At the centre was Andrew Eldritch, a singular and ...

Carl wakes on the morning of his 25th birthday to find he has acquired a unique talent, the ability to order someone to do something - without a word being spoken. In the shortest possible time he gains a sex slave and begins to fulfil all his fantasies of being a Master with a harem of beautiful women, all there by his wish which becomes their command! With these women totally under his control, there is no limit to what he can do to them, the discipline he can inflict, the suffering he c...

I am a single, muscular, sadistic and very successful investor with a lot of money and an ache to satisfy my sexual leanings but too scared to do so. And then he comes into my life. I knew him of course. He was the university student son of a casual acquaintance and I admired him as a handsome and beautifully muscled athlete (gymnast) who had recently graduated and married his sweetheart.He comes to me with a sad story but as he tells it, I begin to realise all my dreams might be f...

Katrina's apprenticeship is at an end, but her life as a slavegirl has just begun, with total servitude to the man who chose to take on the responsibility of training her. From pony carting to the private harem, Katrina learns the art of pleasing her master, her mistress and any guests who might come to the stately home, both in bed and out. Discipline is conducted in front of everyone and when finally Katrina is ringed in five sensitive places without the benefit of anaesthetic, she knows...

Evil Designs has a tightly knit plot revolving around Detective John Webb’s investigation into the bizarre auto-erotic death of his long-time friend, Detective Sergeant Dan Green. Officially the finding is death by misadventure, a finding the department is determined stays that way. Webb’s refusal to accept the official finding is shared by Green’s 30-year-old daughter Rony. Together they embark on a quest of retracing the crime Green was working on at the time of his death: The disappeara...

When an al-Qaida email is intercepted, promising a New Year's Day attack on America, it leads to the capture of the group's leader. But even under fierce interrogation, the terrorist clings to his jihadist beliefs and resists divulging anything of the threat. Desperate, the Army resorts to a contingency paper that proposes to break a subject's resistance by inducing a religious conversion. One hitch: the top-secret attempt must be masked as an offer of clemency, and must rely on a complete...

No one can imagine how quickly life can change - until it does.  Christine Anderson’s life is changed forever when the head of a clandestine organization known as the Vatican Secret Service condemns her to death.   Forced to flee for her life, Christine manages to stay one step ahead of the VSS as they scour the globe in search of her.  The stakes soar when Christine discovers the fate of the planet is fused to her own.  However, th...

In this origin story, Harry Moon is up to his eyeballs in magic. In the small town of Sleepy Hollow where every day is Halloween night, his archenemy, Titus Kligore, has eyes on winning the annual Scary Talent Show. Harry's sister, Honey Moon, says Harry needs better tricks so he finds a new and better magic wand. Still, Harry has a tough job ahead of him if he is going to steal the crown. He takes a chance on a magical rabbit who introduces him to the deep magic. Harry decides the best wa...

Eisner and Harvey Award-winning writer Mark Andrew Smith joins forces with Eisner-nominated Orc Stain creator James Stokoe for a graphic novel packed with shocks, gore, and screamingly outrageous humor, when America's Favorite Pastime becomes one baseball team's ultimate nightmare!Long past their former glory, the minor league Sluggers get an invitation to play a baseball game in a cursed small town. After the 7th inning stretch, the sun goes down, and the dysfunct...