Viktoria Vea is a very exotic-looking and highly intelligent woman with a disastrous life. Through severe mental health issues, substance abuse issues, and low self-esteem perception, she battles her demons while being involved in a murder investigation. The death of a local socialite has devastated her community. Unfortunately for her, she is involved in the case along with her friends and her crush Alexei, who wants nothing to do with her. In addition to being tormented and harassed by a stalker, she is emotionally unstable. Through tumultuous problems at work, a very bad relationship with her wealthy father, and a criminal past, her life continues to spiral out of control. Her morbid curiosity often brings her to her mother's funeral home, surrounding her with even more death. She is trying to escape the paralyzing abyss of her life, and little does Viktoria know, this is just the beginning.1

On a faraway tropical island, a native shares his unique account of - and personal involvement in - a very well-known story.

Urban realism in the tradition of E.L. Doctorow, William Kennedy, Philip Roth and Jimmy Breslin, "When Jack Was With Us" immerses the reader in neighborhood life in New York City from the late 1950's through the late 1960's. Unlike many other novels by Baby Boomers, this novel makes no attempt to sugarcoat or nostaligize; it presents life as the author saw it while growing up, in all its beauty and all its brutality. There is no single protagonist; a number of characters whose lives intertwine each seek to make the best out of their lives amid the rich and often volatile ethnic tapestry of New York, against the backdrop of social change as the novel moves from the somnolent 1950's through the turbulent 1960's. Each character struggles and finds his/her damnation or redemption amid a city that personifies a nation in flux. It is a "coming of age" not only for the characters but for the greater American collective psyche.

Locke Vinetti is a high school junior, disenchanted and more than a little hostile. In fact, for years he's had a lousy social life because of a problem he has with his anger--a force he calls "the venom." Ever since he was eight years old and bit off a piece of a classmate's nose, he's been something of a loner. But all that is about to change when he goes out with his one friend, Randall, to meet some of Randall's crew hanging out at Riverside Park. Because in addition to meeting his kindred spirit, Casey--who has his own problems with his own kind of venom--Locke meets the spikey blue fairy-haircut Goth girl of his dreams. And if their relationship is going to work, he knows he has to rid himself of the venom once and for all. Interspersed with comic book adventures of the fantasy anti-hero alter-ego Locke has invented for himself, VENOMOUS is a fast-paced, funny, and ferocious read about one teenage boy's struggle with his inner demons.

In Captain Lewrie's tenth roaring adventure on the high seas, it's off to a failing British intervention on the ultra-rich French colony of Saint Domingue, which is wracked by an utterly cruel and bloodthirsty slave rebellion led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, the future father of Haitian independence.

It's three in the morning . . . You've had a few drinks—okay, more than a few—and all that alcohol's left you buzzed, beat, and vaguely nauseated. What now? Instead of knocking back another round, downing a bunch of ramen, or placing an ill-advised call to an ex flame, try something a bit more old-school. Scribble in this doodle book, just like you did in kindergarten. You'll find all your worksheet favorites, including word scrambles; doodle pages; spot-the-difference; crosswords; cut-outs; connect the dots; and lots more. All you need is a sharp pencil and your booze-dulled brain. Just stay in the lines, follow the instructions, and you'll be just fine. Oh, and try not to boot that ramen.