A Fortune 500 founder and CEO tells the story of his life, from victim of war to victor on Wall Street. Cousin to ALFRED SLANER, formerly of Hobart, Ok.

A lone traveler on a doomed starship crashes to Earth in Northern Siberia at the turn of the 20th Century. Leaving the crash site, the ancient extra-terrestrial travels south, disappearing into the haze of history. Decades later, in Toronto, Ontario, Lori Ellsworth is framed for the murder of a friend and co-worker by the vice president of Cytex Inc., the gigantic multi-national corporation she works for. Michael Quin, a down-and-out private detective with a jaded past, is hired to find her. Soon both he and Lori are being hunted; not only by the police but also by the soldiers of a powerful New York Mafia don. The lives of all these people and the aliens eventually intertwine in a story of power, greed, love and redemption.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1838.

A close friend of physicist Richard Feynman chronicles his relationship with the scientist and describes their ten-year quest to reach the remote country of Tannu Tuva.

All the animals in the forest must deal with the death of their old friend, the bear, when he goes to sleep and never wakes up.

The harrowing true story of a father and his son, a staff sergeant who died in Iraq: a tribute to the Great Conversation' they shared and the manuscript they had intended to complete together. Staff Sergeant Darrell 'Skip' Griffin, Jr, was killed in action on March 21, 2007, during his second tour of duty in Iraq. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star Medal for dragging a comrade to safety through enemy gunfire. He was also in the middle of writing a book. In the face of Skip's death, Darrell, Sr, takes it upon himself to finish the book.'