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Haystacks Kane is a professional wrestler. A 607-pound professional wrestler. He has been preyed upon, handled, his innate kindness and gentle good nature harvested by unscrupulous promoters and his conniving manager, an ex-wife and fellow denizens of the seamy netherworld he inhabits, the ravenous crowds with a thirst for violent cheap thrills-and sometimes for blood.Now, gravely injured and unable to speak, he lies motionless in his hospital bed, immobilized, his body broken. Visitors from his past and present enter and leave the room-or perhaps only his disordered inner world. They offer up counterpoint to his own silent ruminations as he drifts in and out of consciousness seeking to uncover the deeper truth of his existence, rummaging through the trunk of his memories to discover exactly what 'it' is-the 'it' that has deprived him of his wife, taken every member of his family from him, laid him low, and the 'it' that will release him from the bonds of his history and transport him to Greece, the Eden he dreams of, his true self set free at last.The novel's final moments prompt the reader to decide for him- or herself what Haystacks' ultimate fate will be-a decision that will reveal in turn the reader's own worldview, where he or she can be found on the continuum of hope vs. fear.

2024 Independent Press Award Winner in the category of World Literature ¿ 1st Place in Women's Historical Fiction, 2nd Place in Historical Fiction 2024 BookFest Awards ¿ Winner of Outstanding Creator Award for Political Fiction 2024 ¿ Winner of the 2023 HFC European Book of the Year ¿ Finalist in the Multicultural Fiction category for the 2024 American Legacy Book Award ¿ Finalist for the Book Excellence Award in Europe ¿ Finalist for the 2021 Eyland Awards ¿ Finalist for Fiction Factory Chapter Novel Competition 2022 ¿ Finalist in the 2023 Latino Book Awards In the turbulent landscape of an alternate Europe lies the captivating tapestry of "Perestroika," a literary masterpiece that weaves together the threads of revenge, redemption, and catharsis against the backdrop of an imaginary country called Slavia. With a masterful narrative, this novel stands as a testament to the indomitable spirit of humanity in the face of political upheaval.As the specter of Perestroika sweeps across Europe, communist regimes crumble, and a new era dawns in the People's Republic of Slavia. In the corridors of power, former leaders grapple with the harsh reality of change, while those who suffered under their rule seek justice and revenge.Amidst the chaos, the central figure emerges - Lia Kirchner, a woman driven by the shadows of her father's tragic fate in a re-education camp. As the daughter of a painter who perished, Lia embarks on a quest for truth that intertwines with the larger tapestry of political intrigue and personal vendettas.President Alfred Ionescu, once an influential leader, finds himself confined in an asylum of his own making. Zut Zdanov, the head of culture, faces the haunting specter of his dark past in an encounter with allegations of child abuse. Helena Yava, fueled by the grief of losing a lover, seeks vengeance by any means possible. Igor Olin, the steward of the economy, battles for the dignity of his disabled son in a world grappling with change. Meanwhile, art historian Silvia Lenka delves into the mysteries of her own parentage.Drawing inspiration from Pilate's eternal question-"what is truth?"-Perestroika is a kaleidoscope of history, politics, arts, tragedy, and humor. In a world echoing the fall of the Berlin Wall and mirroring the rise of leaders inspired by figures like Putin and Trump, the novel transcends conventional genres, offering a unique blend of entertainment and intellectual depth.

Dive into the captivating world of jazz with "Women in Jazz" by Sammy Stein, a groundbreaking book that shines a spotlight on the incredible contributions of women in this beloved genre. This special edition book containing both "Women in Jazz: The Women, the Legends & their Fight" and "In Their Own Words" by Sammy Stein in one hardcover volume, takes readers on an inspiring journey through the lives and stories of female agents, arrangers, composers, musicians, PR professionals, radio hosts, record label managers, singers, writers, and more.In "Women in Jazz," Stein expertly charts the paths of these remarkable women, celebrating their presence, amplifying their voices, and marveling at their unparalleled talent. The book provides an intimate glimpse into their experiences, sharing their unique perspectives on jazz and their visions for the future of the genre. From seasoned performers who share wisdom gained through years of dedication to emerging artists reflecting on the evolving landscape of jazz, each chapter offers a profound exploration of their journey.Through a collection of interviews and firsthand accounts, "Women in Jazz" bears witness to the unwavering dedication, resilience, and passion these women have brought to their craft. It captures the generosity and positivity with which they have overcome challenges, offering a testament to their unwavering commitment to their artistry. Stein's book serves as a testament to the indomitable spirit of these trailblazers, inspiring readers with their stories of triumph.Within the pages of "Women in Jazz," readers will gain an appreciation for the profound impact these women have had on the jazz landscape. Their creativity, innovation, and sheer talent have shaped the genre and paved the way for future generations of musicians. This book serves as a tribute to their invaluable contributions, ensuring that their stories and voices are recognized and celebrated.Released to critical acclaim, "Women in Jazz" has garnered praise for its comprehensive and insightful portrayal of the women who have left an indelible mark on the jazz scene. Stein's meticulous research and engaging storytelling bring to life the vibrant tapestry of jazz history and the extraordinary women who have shaped it.Whether you're a passionate jazz aficionado, a music lover, or someone intrigued by the power of women's voices, "Women in Jazz" is a must-read. It invites you to embark on an enriching journey through the lives and experiences of these remarkable musicians, leaving you with a deeper appreciation for their immense talent and the barriers they have overcome.Pick up a copy of "Women in Jazz" today and join the celebration of these extraordinary women who have transformed jazz and continue to inspire future generations.

An Anthology of East African Literature: A Collection of Masterfully Crafted Pieces from 50+ Contributors across 10+ Countries. The literary world has received a gift in the form of An Anthology of East African Literature. This new book, featuring the works of more than 50 contributors from over 10 countries, promises to be a granary of artistic abundance. With over 300 pages of literary art, this anthology is a rich tapestry of poems and short stories that draw from the African oral storytelling tradition.The poetry section of the anthology is rich and sundry, reflecting the diverse spectrum of literary expression to be found across the East African region. From playful use of verb repetition to create a sense of frequency and emphasis, to the conversational form of Ngonjera, readers will find a wide range of styles and themes.The short stories section is equally diverse, covering a range of societal and personal issues. From terrorism to romantic cravings, political disenchantment to justice and gender equality issues, the writings in this section showcase some of the finest writing in terms of both form and meaning."We are excited to present An Anthology of East African Literature to the world," says Josh Mali, one of the editors. "This book is a fitting gift to the lovers of literary art in this first quarter of the 21st century, and we hope readers will enjoy the rich variety of masterfully crafted pieces that it contains."Featuring: Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva Lydia Kasese Bigoa Chuol Kagayi Ngobi Raïs Neza Boneza Sitawa Namwalie Betty Kituyi Josh Mali Gervaz Lushaju Prof. Laban Erapu Julius Ocwinyo Billy Kahora Sam Okoth Opondo Troy Onyango Dennis Mugaa Aress Mohamed Dessale Berekhet Alex Teyie Lucky Grace Isingizwe Barbara Oketta Lilian Akampurira Aujo Jameela Siddiqi Derek Lubangakene Rosey Ssembatya Sophie Alal Ayeta Anne Wangusa Carey Baraka Muthoni wa Gichuru Neema Komba Regina Asinde Dilman Dila Muthoni Garland Davina Philomena Kawuma Abraham T. Zere Tim Baroraho Bob G. Kisiki Josh Mali Julius Ocwinyo Acan Innocent Immaculate Beatrice Lamwaka Hilda J. Twongyeirwe

One of the most famous books on the occult ever written: a record of Crowley's journey into strange regions of consciousness: his initiation into magick, his experiments in the occult, and the philosophy of his famous "Book of the Law".

One of the most famous books on the occult ever written, this is a record of Crowley's journey into strange regions of consciousness: his initiation into magic his world-wide travels and mistresses, his experiments with sex and drugs, and the philosophy of his famous "Book of the Law".Aleister Crowley, self-styled "the Beast", founder of his own spiritual orders, was already a legend the world over when he penned his biography. Known as a novelist, poet, magician, mountaineer, chessmaster, guru, he was also a notorious drug user, famous voluptuary and accomplished mystic.Born in England in 1875, son of a brewer and evangelizing Plymouth brother, Crowley rejected Victorian life and mores and pursued a life of rebellion where he sought to push the limits of experience and human knowledge. Soul-searching mysticism led to sexual excess, debauchery, drug use and daring physical and mental exploits whether on the most dangerous of mountain cliffs or in the most profound psychological experimentation.A master of Eastern and Western philosophy he travelled Egypt, China, Mexico, Thailand and more... Living in London, Paris, New York, he collected disciples, mistresses and lovers of both sexes, while pouring out unparallelled manuscripts on occultism, mysticism and the practice of the spiritual sciences. His prolific literary career and adventurous feats never far behind, he also produced a number of novels and volumes of verse to fill a library while breaking world records in mountaineering and climbing. Via his spiritual writings and experiments, he has left humanity with a legacy to decipher for ages to come.

The moon'sa coolmoscato andthe suna sauvignonA poet-robot-a chain-smoking seductress-a dying connoisseur. All of these characters and more make appearances in this strikingly original poetry collection from acclaimed Canadian writer and illustrator Rolli."Plumstuff" is part reissue, part reinvention. It contains all the best poems from Rolli's 2010 debut collection "Plum Stuff", along with dozens of new poems-and all-new drawings. Ripe with Rolli's trademark economy, quotabilty and wit, these are poems to be gulped down like summer fruit.

Nos Passos de Nietzsche é uma emocionante jornada vicária pelos lugares favoritos de Nietzsche: Nice, França; Turim, Itália; e Sils Maria, Suíça. Dentro da reflexão pessoal do autor está uma pragmática ruminação sobre os muitos aspectos da filosofia de Nietzsche que surgem ao longo da viagem. O que significa permanecer-se um indivíduo enquanto se alimenta os laços que fazem a vida valer a pena, principalmente aqueles que temos com a família? Ao longo do caminho, explora-se este dilema bem como os elementos fundamentais da filosofia de Nietzsche, considerando os modos pelos quais a nossa própria cultura pode ou não ter seguido os passos dele sempre reverberantes.Num livro que atrairá tanto académicos quanto entusiastas, as complexas ideias filosóficas de Nietzsche são acessivelmente enquadradas à medida que surgem no dia-a-dia possibilitando-nos abordar a questão de como é levar uma vida significativa, na qualidade de indivíduos e ao lado daqueles que mais amamos.Uma jornada emocionante e vicária através dos lugares favoritos de Friedrich Nietzsche. "Nos Passos de Nietzsche", leva-nos a uma séria discussão e pragmática reflexão sobre elementos da biografia de Nietzsche e de descobertas filosóficas ao longo das jornadas do filósofo.

Um dos mais famosos livros sobre o ocultismo, este é um registro da jornada de Crowley em estranhas regiões de consciência: sua iniciação em magia, viagens e amantes mundiais, e experiências com sexo e drogas.

Wushan Town was an ordinary town in Fenlai Kingdom on the west of 'Monster Mountains', the first mountain range on Yulan Continent.The sun rose up, with cool air still permeating the town. Residents had already went out to work, and children of 6 to 7 years old also got up for traditional morning exercises.On the open land east of Wushan Town, warm sunshine came through tree branches and cast spots on the ground.In a glance, about 100 to 200 children were divided into three groups, and in each group, they were arranged in several rows. Every child stood quietly with solemn looks. The group on the north consisted of children aged 6 to 8, and the groups in the middle and on the south consisted of children aged 9 to 12 and 13 to 16, respectively.In front of the group of children were 3 strong middle-aged men in short waistcoat and trousers made of coarse cloth...

Historical events do not advance in straight lines; neither are they distributed evenly. The occurrence and fading of an event, and the birth and decease of a person, could both add to or decrease the weight of history. In the long historical river, some shiny eras and names always have great influence and are worth our memory. We honor historical persons and events at certain times to demonstrate our aspirations, hopes and historical understanding. We are actually adding to the weight of certain time periods in historical river. We explore and predict the future through dialogues crossing time and space.Undoubtedly, the year 1818 became special because of Karl Marx's birth. Not long after, people have felt the weight of this historical giant on history, just as they felt the vacancy after his decease 65 years later. Almost every year, Marxist researchers could find important events commemorable in Marx's life. Those time-tested works have created different academical hot spots every year. However, this year is especially important, because it is the 200th anniversary of Marx's birth and the 170th anniversary of the issuance of The Communist Manifesto, which signifies the birth of Marxism; though the adoration of numbers is considered blind faith. And this year is the 40th anniversary of China's opening and reform as well as the issuance of Practice Is The Sole Criterion for Testing Truth, which marks the recovery of "being practical and realistic" in Marxism. These are all important and commemorable events. Commemoration is intended neither for forgetfulness nor for sheer memory. Commemoration and memory exist not only to write the conceptual history, but to expand key steps of history in a practical way. How we comprehend history will determine how we comprehend today and the future to arrive. By memorizing, awakening and reconstructing historical persons and events, we are walking hand-in-hand with those great persons, events and thoughts, which shall become the power we depend to walk into the future...

Burning It Down by Darren C. DemareeAt a time so charged with volatility, from an atmosphere so polarized, and nations not only socially-distanced but divided, comes this timely collection, volcanic eruptions of the social and political injustices that ravage the landscape. Furious and debauched and careening, with an intensity that never lets up, Darren C. Demaree reimagines The Bacchae through the lens of American politics, Ohio, and revenge in this stunning book-length poem about six friends and one drunk, fire-filled night. "We all / became brides / & grooms of this / night." This was a WILD read! Once I started I couldn't stop! --Todd Dillard, author of Ways We Vanish

In Their Own Words - Interviews with Women in Jazz by Sammy SteinIntimate and revealing interviews with female musicians who have made it on the jazz scene are presented here. Meet some of the greatest female stars and upcoming personalities in the world of jazz. Among these you will find: Selina Albright; Sheila Jordan; Tina May; Isabel Sorling; Ellen Andrea Wang; Silvia Bolognesi; Alison Rayner; Shirley Smart; Mimi Fox; Brandee Younger; Ginetta Vendetta; Taeko Kunishima; Melissa Aldana; Camille Thurman; Millicent Stephenson; Jane Bunnett; Arema Arega; Barb Jungr; Georgia Mancio; Julie Biel; Kitty La Roar...Praise for Sammy's last book:"It's all here, beautifully written, eloquently argued, clear-eyed in its intentions and open in its invitation " Jane Cornwell, Jazzwise Magazine"All That's Jazz author Sammy Stein's new book Women in Jazz: The Women, the Legends & Their Fight uses a wide-angle lens to look at how women in a range of different roles have made a life in-and helped shape-jazz. Instead of only focusing on well-known performers, Stein interviewed agents, arrangers, composers, public relations professionals, media members, and more. Her subjects bridge generations (and international boundaries) in an effort to honor the past, assess the present, and point to the future." Emile Manasche, Jazz Times"The reader is left in no doubt of Sammy's knowledge and authority on the subject, yet she manages to tackle a challenging topic in a direct, passionate and sincere, yet easily digestible way. The sheer volume and status of the people who have given up their time to help Sammy, both women and men, is testament to the respect Sammy has earned across the industry and the trust people have in her to relay their stories faithfully." -Darren Harper, Jazz Matters"A fascinating insight into the lives of contemporary jazz women and one that will be read with great interest by jazz enthusiasts of any gender. It really is an intelligent, insightful and consistently entertaining read, a book that either be read from cover to cover or dipped into at random. Even the most casual perusal of the work is guaranteed to unearth a nugget that will intrigue, inform and entertain". -Ian Mann, Jazzmann reviews"One eye-opening narrative leads to a fascinating historical photo that leads to priceless quotes and offbeat reference sources, keeping the reader hungry for the next surprise Stein will veer off to". -Debbie Burke, jazz critic"In her own inimitable way, Sammy Stein has given us a work that will be read, pored over and discussed for quite some time." -Nick Lea, Jazzviews'What an incredible book ' Phace magazine

Darren C. Demaree's collection Nude Male with Echo examines and challenges male vanity, power, and expectation. While exploring the place of his gender in this world, Demaree's attempt to expand upon the expectations of "what makes a man", while drilling down into the artistic framework provided by the body and aging provides a new landscape for these modern questions. Nude Male with Echo, Demaree's thirteenth full-length collection, utilizes fresh language, energy, and abstraction to confront the typical arcs of his gender's role in society. These poems drag and batter "maleness" into what it is, a failing qualifier, and leaves us with the hope that it can be much more that what it has been in the past.

This book is about women in jazz. It charts their journeys, celebrates their presence, hears their voices, wonders at their prowess and revels in their being. We hear from female agents, arrangers, composers, musicians, PR people, radio hosts, record label managers, singers, writers and more. These are their stories; their views of jazz and how they see the future. The established performers share their years of experience whilst those newer to jazz reflect on observations and changes they have seen. Containing interviews and first-hand accounts, this book is witness to the generosity, profundity and positivity with which women have responded and the energy they have put into their lives in overcoming challenges.

TWOXISM by Claudia Serea & Maria HaroWhat began as a collaboration project between two life-long friends-Maria Haro, a visual artist, and Claudia Serea, a poet-resulted in a refreshing lyricism of urban photography and poetry. Twoxism is a work that finds beauty in unexpected places and sees the mundane with redemptive eyes. A city love story, tender and gritty at the same time, Twoxism, an invented word for all things two, is about love, life, friendship, and relationships.

THE WAR OF NONEXISTENT WOMEN & Other Instances by Jason Price EverettNonexistence represents the paradox at the pinnacle of the human mind, of evolved intelligence: the ability to conceive of something that is not real and does not exist. The word itself is a tribute to imagination. Brittle black fingers are turning her contorted ink-stained pages as she is read. Against this curse of war we have only ourselves to offer, the ceaseless celebration of each other's living bodies, the musky anthem that is life. And this cannot be accomplished without her. She is, as I have said, the catalyst -- she brings these fragile seeds to germination within herself, and it appears that she must in the process surrender her identity, in exchange for one of my own devising. Making and marring, mending and murmuring. No facile phrases, no enthusiastic lusts can truly delineate her. She is not a creature of symbols. She may be made one, given time, but it will not be of her own doing or volition. She has been here before, pale or dark, smiling or unsmiling. She has both refused and accepted before. And will again. I remember at least this much. Even after all these years, after so much of importance has dissolved within me...... - "The War of Nonexistent Women"

Sam Cooke, the man, the musician, the lover - his natural genius, his wanton escapades, his raw passion, his business talent and his brilliant, soulful music are all here conjured in a series of poems by Darren C. Demaree. From humble gospel beginnings, to world-fame stature and cold murder, the beauty, unlikeliness and tragedy of a genius and his life are here commemorated and eternally brought to life."It is hard to imagine a collection of poems that could do justice to the gentle genius and bright star that was Sam Cooke, but "Lady, You Shot Me" manages to do exactly that."

"Lock 7" is the highest and last lift up the historic Welland canal. In this literary novel, it is also the dominant metaphor for Leo's final life epiphany. The one that always seems to come too late... Leo Meurso, a trained mercenary and assassin gone AWOL, has crossed some bad people and is now his employer's next hit. With a death sentence hanging over him, Leo decides to return home after twenty years of absence. His plan is to attend his best friend's wake and crash his high school sweetheart's wedding, both scheduled on the same day. Wedged between, then pressed through such polarizing events, and motivated by the reality that at any juncture of the day he will soon be killed, Leo revisits family, the girl next door, the town fool still pining for his friendship and a host of others in a small canal town bursting with revelations of past secrets, sexual deviances, nostalgic memories, and the protagonist's ultimate goal. Lock 7 is an edgy, poetic, modern day literary parable about a man's confrontation with death on the eve of his life's ironic resurrection. Will Leo accept the just consequences of past actions, or will his epiphany release him from judgment?

IN NIETZSCHE'S FOOTSTEPS by Jonathan R. Cohen¿"I am dynamite," says Nietzsche. "I teach you the Superman!" he proclaims. So what does it mean to follow in the footsteps or live in the shadow of such explosive material? Is it wise, or even desirable? How does one integrate philosophic truth and exalted thought and ideals into the mundane, everyday life? Ruminate upon these questions with the author as he travels both interiorly and externally into those regions that Nietzsche discovered and explored; and still haunts to this day."In Nietzsche's Footsteps" is a philosophical travel memoir. A thrilling, vicarious journey provides the setting for an earnest discussion and pragmatic reflection on elements of Nietzsche's biography and philosophy. In particular, the book wrestles with the contrast between Nietzsche's philosophy of individualism-which goes hand in hand with his own isolated life, and the author's life as a family man. Along the way we share parts of Nietzsche's biography and reflect on some central ideas of his philosophy, including ways in which our culture may or may not have followed in his footsteps.In a book that will appeal to academics and enthusiasts alike, Nietzsche's complex philosophical ideas are accessibly framed as they arise in the day-to-day, so that we may tackle the question of what it is to lead a meaningful life, both as individuals and alongside those we love.A thrilling, vicarious journey through Friedrich Nietzsche's favorite haunts, "In Nietzsche's Footsteps" walks us through an earnest discussion and pragmatic reflection on elements of Nietzsche's biography and philosophical discoveries throughout the philosopher's journeys.

Rewritten in their entirety, these blasphemous new and old testaments are an attempt at a reversal of morals--a dialectical approach to the truth in which the opposite is mirrored against the established with the goal of producing a new transcendent truth uniting the two contradictory views. ". . . a means of challenging zealots to read their own holy books and possibly force them to consider the harder questions and contradictions contained therein, the author decided to rewrite the Bible. Years of indefatigable work later, The Blasphemous Bible was created. All the many stories, verses, and 'facts' contained in the Bible are here rewritten with no apology for the obvious wickedness, cruelties, atrocities, and overall unbelievable fallacies it may be said to chronicle."

Students fail to optimize their grade scores not because they are unfamiliar with the relevant material, but because of their inability to utilize the information they had to solve problems and answer questions. The Grade Booster Series (GBS)-Macroeconomics is designed to help the student improve his/her grade in Macroeconomics. Through the Grade Booster Series you, the student, will better understand the principles and concepts discussed in your textbook. You will be able to apply them to different circumstances and learn how to answer economic questions. You will easily solve test and examination problems. Your confidence in attacking problems will increase and your fear of economics will diminish as you learn to properly organize economic information into answers; and learn a step-by-step procedure to solving economic problems. Pedagogical Features - The GBS-Macroeconomics is loaded with exercises. The student gets access to more than 1500 economics problems/questions with detailed answers and explanations, including 415 essay problems, 431 multiple-choice questions, 375 true/false questions and 291 completion questions.Along with these exercises and their solutions, the book provides:Requirement & Clue: The student's attention is drawn to the requirement of a good answer with hints as to how to proceed.Reason: A reason is given for each choice in the multiple-choice questions.Explanation: When an answer is false, an explanation is provided. - The Grade Booster Series (GBS)-Macroeconomics is keyed to standard Macroeconomics textbooks. Designed to be used in conjunction with any traditional textbook in introductory macroeconomics on the market, the GBS-Macroeconomics provides a structural key and reference table to assist the student in matching the exercises directly to the course material.

Students fail to optimize their grade scores not because they are unfamiliar with the relevant material, but because of their inability to utilize the information they had to solve problems and answer questions. The Grade Booster Series (GBS)-Microeconomics is designed to help the student improve his/her grade in Microeconomics. Through the Grade Booster Series you, the student, will better understand the principles and concepts discussed in your textbook. You will be able to apply them to different circumstances and learn how to answer economic questions. You will easily solve test and examination problems. Your confidence in attacking problems will increase and your fear of economics will diminish as you learn to properly organize economic information into answers; and learn a step-by-step procedure to solving economic problems. Pedagogical Features - The GBS-Microeconomics is loaded with exercises. The student gets access to more than 2,250 economics problems/questions with detailed answers and explanations, including 548 essay problems, 624 multiple-choice questions, 590 true/false questions and 405 completion questions. Along with these exercises and their solutions, the book provides:Requirement & Clue: The student's attention is drawn to the requirement of a good answer with hints as to how to proceed.Reason: A reason is given for each choice in the multiple-choice questions.Explanation: When an answer is false, an explanation is provided. - The Grade Booster Series (GBS)-Microeconomics is keyed to standard Microeconomics textbooks. Designed to be used in conjunction with any traditional textbook in introductory microeconomics on the market, The GBS-Microeconomics provides a structural key and reference table to assist the student in matching the exercises directly to the course material.

"Call it America. Vast the tumble-rocket-particle-wave shows the world in a rush to arrive depart and become and forget and remember everything all at once. Call it history. Call it time and memory the way water is the measure of the clock your bones the measure of love. I mean everything passes. I said the earth is a sentry, everything passes and nothing escapes. Call it home; call it exile in a kingdom of rain."The first novel in an upcoming trilogy, "Empire Burlesque" is an attempt at reaching a realism with modernity, at finding a continuity in fractured timelines and significance in chaos in a world in which these very things--realism, continuity and significance--have been deconstructed and possibly destroyed. In this "Empire Burlesque" of modernity, many things occur in the novel (life) with no apparent significance until embued with meaning by the subject (us) and narrative authority (authority) itself is assailed by arbitrary, chaotic and decentralizing forces. This means the plot (political framing) to the extent one exists, may be ignored or contradicted and information might arrive to intrude into the narrative for no apparent reason and with no obvious connection to the events in the story. Welcome to a modern, schizoid, fragmented, unhinged burlesque empire where Trumpian characters define reality and distort reason. An existential detective story with Theseus and the Minotaur as characters, taking on the many forms of man versus beast, citizen versus state, liberty versus control, "Empire Burlesque" renders our modernity with all its farcical, Faustian fog.

An American jet fighter pilot is shot down over Laos during the Vietnam War. Twenty years later, his body is found. An American team travels to the jungles of Laos to recover the remains of the pilot for burial at home. But upon arriving, they must deal with corrupt government officials, a police chief out on a personal vendetta and suspicious, reluctant villagers who believe it is their sacred duty to conceal the remains of the pilot from them."The American Ghost" immerses the reader in the world of the Laoloum people and the jungles of Laos, not only bringing that world alive, but also bringing it home. In American Ghost, the fruits of war are peace and we learn how the memory of a combatant and a machine of war can become the instrument of understanding and friendship between two enemies twenty years later.

Sender Pleskin is a self-proclaimed trauma specialist dedicated to serving his Chassidic community and to 'gently' nudging it into modernity. When a Bubmer Hasid child falls inexplicably into a coma, Sender and his team jump to action. Hunting down leads in his investigation, Sender follows the signs that he interprets to be Divine Providence as they lead them down a circuitous path that will test not only his faith, but all he was and is.Through this fast-paced novel, replete with kidnappings, espionage and fugitive war criminals, Abraham Boyarsky captures the Chassidic communities, their lives and their voices.

"...a modern poetic stylist who dare not be ignored." - After the Pause"...a pleasure to surrender to Mr. Demaree's tides and eddy's of language." - Dime Show Review"...a tour de force." - Cultural Weekly"...pulsing with life and all of the jagged undersides of the unseen..." - Anti-Heroin ChicDarren C. Demaree's Many Full Hands Applauding Inelegantly is as masterful as it is subtle. In this latest collection, Demaree continues to expand and develop not only his power and voice, but the voice of a time and a generation. A transcendent unity runs through this tripartite collection of poems that can be taken individually as particles, or a moment on a continuous wave. Birth (A Violent Sound in Almost Every Place), Life (We are Arrows) and Death (All the Birds Are Leaving) are woven together on the circle that surrounds and unites all.