Fresh out of West Point, John Howard arrived for his first tour in Vietnam in 1965, the first full year of escalation when U.S. troop levels increased to 184,000 from 23,000 the year before. When he returned for a second tour in 1972, troop strength stood at 24,000 and would dwindle to a mere 50 the following year. He thus participated in the very early and very late stages of American military involvement in the Vietnam War. His two tours-one as...

"Rock My World," is a Rock & Roll memoir spanning 1980 to 1986. It's the unexpected personal journey of a concert merchandiser that started when the author was twenty three years old and how he found self-belief, dared to dream on a monumental scale and made it flourish into reality, rising to the top of his profession while enjoying bountiful moments of pure bliss. The author's story is intertwined with the groups he traveled with, some of the greatest...

John Howard spent decades under media scrutiny, and while his credentials as a political leader, devoted family man and sports tragic are beyond dispute, in this autobiography he reveals much more about himself. In Lazarus Rising, Howard traces his personal and political journey, from childhood in the post-World War II era through to the present day, painting a fascinating picture of a changing Australia. We see the youngster who had to overcome...

Professor Downie informs Capt. Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond that a fortune was buried in one of the walled off storerooms underneath his estate, and that Downie was in possession of a book written in code that would lead them to discover the treasure. The code book is stolen, Professor Downie is murdered, and Phyllis, Downie's fiancé, is kidnapped.

Tells the story of a tragic Supreme Court decision involving child abuse and what might be done to rectify it. In DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, a bitterly divided Supreme Court rejected a claim brought on behalf of five-year old Joshua DeShaney, left permanently disabled after sustained abuse, despite regular home visits by social workers charged with monitoring his welfare. In its decision the court asserted that the...

“Baby Boom or Bust” is a mostly chronological, frequently irreverent memoir that crosses six notable decades. Baby boomers were borne of The Silent Generation, a large group of prolific breeders between the baby boomer and Greatest Generation eras. Following World War II, America evolved at seemingly exponential rates in critical areas such as technology, transportation, and infrastructure. The entire kingdom was ultimately handed off to baby...

The world is a circus, and our genes are the clowns. Fabled Circus, like the characters inhabiting its pages, is a genetic hybrid of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. At the center of the maelstrom is a twelve-year-old named Teddy. In the year 2082, if you have two different-colored eyes, you stand out as something that needs to be fixed. His father, with his right clubfoot twisting body and mentality, has warped his son's view of himself. Fleeing...

Martin Foley is a cynical cop working in New York. But when Foley arrives at the East Harlem social club to investigate a murder, he finds no shooter, no victim... There are blood stains on the floor and thirty witnesses, who all agree on what happened: The killer shot the victim six times in the chest at point blank range and ran. A stranger stepped out of the crowd, put his hands on the dead man's face and the dead man came back to life. The stranger...

John Wesley Beaven, an understudy of Dr. 'Tubby' Forster, esteemed professor of medicine and surgery, struggles to fully surrender to his teacher's philosophy of keeping the sterility of science separate from the warmth of the human spirit. His views are challenged after he falls in love with Lan Ying, a Chinese woman of American descent raised in Shanghai.

"With this furiously witty comedy of manners, Katharine Hepburn revitalized her career and cemented her status as the era's most iconic leading lady--thanks in great part to her own shrewd orchestrations. While starring in the Philip Barry stage play The Philadelphia Story, Hepburn acquired the screen rights, handpicking her friend George Cukor to direct. The intoxicating screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart pits the formidable Philadelphia socialite...