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William Augustus Bowles – a British Loyalist during, and for a quarter century after, the American Revolutionary War. Part soldier, part dreamer, and part adventurer, he went from service in the British Army to joining the Muskogee Peoples, rising to be a respected war chief among the Native Americans. He waged war on the Spanish and fought to create a Native American state.<P> His story embodies the idea of the individual hero: Bowles is resourceful, far-seeing, and selfless, always...
| Автор | Joseph J. Millard |
In the early twentieth century, money, power, and reputation were king. With outlaws like Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson roaming the streets, it was a lawless time, with lawless individuals taking their fates and fortunes into their own hands.Emmett Long was one of them. Bank robber, moonshiner, gambler, and—on occasion—even a killer, he made his own rules. But he varied from the typical story. Instead of dying at the young age of thirty-something in a blaze of guns and fury, he lived to...
| Автор | Asa Dunnington |
Between the years of 1996-1999, Gint Aras lived a hapless bohemian’s life in Linz, Austria. Decades later, a random conversation with a Polish immigrant in a Chicago coffeehouse provokes a question: why didn’t Aras ever visit Mauthausen, or any of the other holocaust sites close to his former home? The answer compels him to visit the concentration camp in the winter of 2017, bringing with him the baggage of a childhood shaped by his family of Lithuanian WWII refugees. The...
| Автор | Gint Aras |
“The Colorado River speaks,” Will Falk insists in How Dams Fall . Written while Falk was involved in the first-ever American federal lawsuit seeking personhood and rights of nature for a major ecosystem, the Colorado River, this essay, at once lyrical and analytical, explores the American cultural, and his personal, relationship with one of the world’s most famous—and most misunderstood—rivers. Responsible for speaking on the...
| Автор | Will Falk |
From the small-world accidents of finding lost toys and meeting old friends in strange places, to apparent twists of fate that lead to historical events, people continue to find meaning in coincidence. In Great Pan is Dead , author Eric D. Lehman investigates this phenomenon through the lens of his own mysterious stories and ponders how the puzzles of our lives fit together. From a frightening encounter in England’s Lake District to a moment of transcendence in the Sistine Chapel,...
| Автор | Eric D. Lehman |
Before you were born, I went on a journey that would take me around the world completely, a spherical, three-dimensional journey. A journey of dirt and blood. A journey of taste and bodily sensation. A journey of texture. I am writing you because I want you to live in this world, to feel it in its fullness, its depth. I want you to fall in love with the world, flawed and sorrowful as it is. Your lives and the world as a whole—these are indistinguishable to me—depend on this.
| Автор | Theodore Richards |
Falling Up is a moving personal essay about the struggle to become an authentic, vulnerable, purpose-driven man in the 21st century and, ultimately, about making one’s dream a reality. Along the way, award-winning poet, Scott Edward Anderson learns to see the world anew through the eyes of his children, through a deep engagement with the natural world, and through learning—and teaching others—to tell stories in a more personal way. Falling Up is a late...
| Автор | Scott Edward Anderson |
My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole. I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and just generally act like a raging dickhead. But, I do contribute to humanity in one very important way: I share my adventures with the world.–from the IntroductionActual reader feedback:"I am completely baffled as to how you can congratulate...
| Автор | Tucker Max |
When the casket reached the front of the sanctuary, there was a loud cracking sound as the bottom fell out. And with a thump, down came Father Iggy. From shoot-outs at funerals to dead men screaming and runaway corpses, undertakers have plenty of unusual stories to tell—and a special way of telling them. In this macabre and moving compilation, funeral directors across the country share their most embarrassing, jaw-dropping, irreverent, and deeply poignant stories about life at death’s door....
| Автор | Kenneth McKenzie |
Walter Stansell of Straffordville, Dan Sarazin of Golden Lake, and Henry Taylor of Bancroft did what they had to do to preserve some of Canada's rural history. Stansell preserved the age of steam by building working models of machines used during the past century. Master canoe make Dan Sarazin (Chief White Eagle) has given many hours of his time to the preservation of old Native skills. Taylor still builds hand hewn log cabins, splits his own shingles with pioneer tools and carves reminders...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Banished from Earth over three thousand years ago by a powerful young Celtic King, the demon named Noro has had time to plot his revenge. Summoned back from the dark abyss of nothingness, Noro is unleashed by those who wish to use him for their own gain. A young video gamer born with the heart and soul of an ancient warrior, Justin, escapes the monotony of his daily life by spending every waking hour living in an online fantasy world. Forced by fate, Justin must now confront real life to save us...
| Автор | Michael Kutcher |
So much has been left unsaid about the passing of legendary music innovator Prince Rogers Nelson. Prince, a prolific musician from Minneapolis, started a musical revolution with the hits “1999,” “Little Red Corvette,” “When Doves Cry,” “Purple Rain,” “Batdance,” and more, challenging even the “King of Pop,” Michael Jackson, for chart supremacy during the 1980’s. “Tribute: Prince Rogers Nelson” features new pages and a special cover by rock artist David Frizell.
| Автор | Michael L. Frizell |
Kraken stands revealed, and it's time for war! The Academy is under siege from the evil Kraken, who has been pulling strings from behind the scenes since before the girls met. We also take a closer look at Gloss, the loner of the group. The strongest and most mysterious of the group, Gloss has been hiding a secret from the others, something that might just tear them apart, right when they need to be their strongest. Horrible things have happened to the other girls, and Gloss has to make a...
| Автор | CW Cooke |
About her career, Carrie Frances Fisher once said, “There is no point at which you can say, ‘Well, I’m successful now. I might as well take a nap.’” Despite her well-documented struggle with addiction and bipolar disorder, Fisher managed to remain a powerful and relevant force in the arts. Known for her role as Princess Leia Organa in Star Wars and her humorous and acerbic writing, Fisher passed away on December 27, 2016 at the age of 60. Her death left millions of fans grieving, including her...
| Автор | Michael L. Frizell |
You better redneckomitize! TidalWave Productions continues it's examination of the under belly of FAME in the second installment of their new «15 Minutes» biography comics line that focuses on the stars of reality television. Alana Mitchell better known to the world at large as pint sized pageant queen "Honey Boo Boo. Join writer/artist Troy, Michael as we uncover Honey Boo Boo's rise to FAME from her breakout appearance's on Toddlers and Tiara's to landing her very own...
| Автор | Michael Troy |
Americans call the game “soccer,” while the rest of the world dubs it “football.” Whatever it’s called, fans know the name while former and current players whisper it in respect for the man many consider to be the best player in world. Diego Maradona’s career was formed while he was only a child kicking a ball in the slums of Buenos Aires, Argentina, but he became a legend during the World Cup tournament in 1986 and named FIFA Player of the 20th Century alongside his childhood hero, the...
| Автор | Michael L. Frizell |
Legacy. For the Bush family, legacy is a powerful word, hinting of destiny made manifest and the promises of generations kept. Prescott Bush, a Senator from Connecticut, felt its power, as did his son, George Herbert Walker Bush, who went on to be the 41st President of the United States, and his son, George W. Bush, who became the nation's 43rd President. But will the weight of legacy be too much for W.'s brother, John Ellis «Jeb» Bush? Can Jeb forge his own legacy? By the acclaimed...
| Автор | Michael Frizell |
As the «Pope of the People,» Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio) is famous for saying, «I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting, and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a Church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security. I do not want a Church concerned with being at the center and then ends by being caught up in a web of obsessions and procedures.» From his humble beginnings to the leader of the Catholic Church, the story of...
| Автор | Michael Frizell |
Stephanie Clifford (stage name Stormy Daniels) rose from the strip clubs of Baton Rouge to the top of the adult film industry. Today, however, she is best known as the woman at the center of a hush money scandal involving the president of the United States. Through threats, lawsuits, and politically motivated arrests Clifford has refused to back down in her demand that the president be held responsible for his actions. Witness her journey from scrappy opportunist to unlikely feminist icon in the...
| Автор | Joe Paradise |
Not all heroes are blessed with understanding or even control of their powers. And not all heroes, given powers to rival the Greek gods, are given Olympus' blessing. So it's no wonder that former legal assistant and current hero-in-training Camelot is having a bad day, only it's about to get worse! His rent is late, the gods are gunning for him, and to top it all off, the nefarious Captain Steel is creating havoc of epic proportions. What's a hero to do? The Odyssey returns...
| Автор | Scott Davis |
Judo Girl makes her dramatic re-appearance on the super-hero scene, garnering the attention of The Revolution, now headed by Steel, the son of her long-ago arch-nemesis! Unaware that Judo Girl is now a mole for the government, Steel makes a Faustian deal with her to join his anarchist group. Will Judo Girl stay loyal to Agent Riley and the government, especially when Steel offers the location of her missing brother, Judo Boy? Find out as the past and future collide with Judo Girl!
| Автор | Terrence Griep |
Zak Raven is through with the 9-5 grind and is now an ex-attorney on a mission to relax. However a peaceful trip goes really wrong when he get shipwrecked on what he thinks is a deserted island. His only companions are his own words in his journal. Unknown to Zak, four miles below the surface secretly hides a government experimentation center where scientists are playing God by trying to artificially evolve a human based species that can survive evacuation missions in deep space. Within 900...
| Автор | Darren G. Davis |
From the creator of the 10th Muse comes the newest female group of unlikey heroes. Lonely high-schooler Karen Miller just wanted a dog. Instead, she got three of the most powerful, deadliest and hippest robot bodyguards to hit the sleepy town of Westville.The good news? Karen’s three robots –quickly become her best friends. The bad news? Someone very high up, Oval Office high up, wants those robots back. And he won’t stop at anything. Can an ordinary, if slightly unpopular, teen survive killer...
| Автор | Dan Rafter |
Darkness spreads for the goddess of love. Venus struggles to pull her life together after the death of the man she treasures above all others, only to learn of a terrible scourge now growing deep inside her own body. Then, the call comes. Odyssey is mustered to confront evil happenings in the Underworld. Hitherto one of the group’s most powerful members, Venus struggles to find her place. Some view her as more of a liability as she copes with looming mortality. Will she rise to the occasion, or...
| Автор | Kenton Daniels |