A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.

Rip Van Winkle. This is not your fathers, Rip Van Winkle. This story tells the hows and whys of Rips life. Why he was lazy, why he met up with Captain Hudson, and most of all, why he slept for twenty years. This story has it allmonsters, mayhem and comradery. Visitations from people and creatures from the past and new never-before-heard-of monsters that will keep you out of the water and away from eating strange fruit. Most of all, it is about life and the paths we choose.

A POWERFUL NOVEL OF ELEMENTAL LOVE AND FURY ON A DOOMED, ENCHANTED ISLAND WORLD.... In the cradle of civilization, rocked by the waters of the blue Aegean, lies the tiny, barren island of Kalymnos. It is cloaked in antiquity and rich with the vibrant life of a proud and passionate people who have stubbornly endured the ravages of man and nature for three thousand years. And yet Kalymnos is dying, its means of survival crushed beneath the juggernaut of progress. Here is a moving story of this doomed, enchanted island, of a strong man and a strange, haunting woman who lived there, of a tormented girl who fled there, and of a wanderer who came, seeking... It is a story of unique power and simple splendor, a fiction rooted deep in truth. “...stirring...It is an elemental story of the raging sea and the rocky land, of the fundamental urges of man and woman...a story of great beauty and surging excitement...”—Boston Herald “...what they have seen, heard, felt in Kalymnos...make a vivid story, written as modern painters paint, not lingeringly, nor sentimentally, but with great splashes of significant color...”—New York Herald Tribune “...a lyrical and rugged account...of a virile race, almost pure descendants from the men who once sent their war galleys to ancient Troy...”—Springfield Republican “...a powerful and sad, beautifully written tale.”—Newark News “This is stark, brutal fiction based on fact. The dynamic, incisive and beautiful prose is worthy of a Hemingway...”—Grand Rapids Herald “Kalymnos as a place is most effectively presented, with a fine feeling for wind and weather, sea and sky, and a sustained brightness of natural detail. Also, the collective life of the islanders is very convincingly treated, with understanding and concern.”—Chicago Tribune “...superb...It paints murals of truth...”—Saturday Review

K.B.Chandra Raj was born and raised in Malaysia with roots in Sri Lanka (once known as Serendib and later Ceylon) is an accountant by training. He served a five-year period of articles with the prestigious firm of chartered accountants, Turquand Youngs and Company and has worked as chief accountant in Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone as Accountant General, Liberia and the United States of America. Chandra and his wife Siva have been blessed with two loving grandchildren – granddaughter Neela Chandraraj and grandson Deeran Vermeij. He presently lives in tranquil retirement with his wife Siva in Hamden, Connecticut, U.S.A. His six previous publications: 1. For the Love of Shakespeare 2. Your Sense of Humor – Don’t Leave Home Without It 3. Mining my own life 4. Reminiscing in tranquility of a time long gone by. 5. Itty Bitty Tiny Tall Tales 6. Rhyme to Pass the Time

With his classic Immigrant Chronicle, Peter Skrzynecki harnessed the universal language of poetry. Now, in his powerful memoir The Sparrow Garden, he travels from the Displaced Persons camps of Germany to the suburban battlegrounds of outer Sydney and taunts of "reffo" and "dago". In unforgettable style, he leads us on a bracing rollercoaster of emotions and boyhood adventures. The Sparrow Garden is also the deeply personal story of one man's complex, loving relationship with his parents.

The life she's known is a lie... Drawn back to her hometown by her mother's death, Everly hopes it's her chance to reconnect with her childhood sweetheart. Instead, on her first night back, she sees him die. Killed by something she can't explain. Now his body is missing, and his soul is trapped in her dreams. As Everly hunts for answers to the mystery, supernatural creatures lurk around every corner. But they aren't the vampires and werewolves of legend Everly expects. Shroudhaven is crawling with dark secrets. The biggest of which is inside Everly herself. This omnibus contains the first four books in the Beshadowed series by Selina A. Fenech. An urban fantasy with a plus-size heroine, shifters with a twist, mystery, horror, and a love that transcends life and death. Grab your copy and binge the complete story today!