The Taste Of Paradise is the story of a young man who moves with his parents to a small town in South Georgia in the summer of 1956, where his father becomes the Superintendent of Schools. At a young age Canaan Cross witnessed the tragic death of a friend. He supressed the pain and sorrow he felt, and buried it somewhere deep within. But the summer of his arrival in a new setting is filled with sorrow, tragedy, death, and murder, including the most shattering event, the death of his grandfather. In the process he takes a job picking cotton on a local farm, becomes friends with migrant workers from Mexico, a strong African-American woman, and a boy who lives next door to him. But can his association with them enable him to make peace with life during that fateful summer?

Enemy Mine--The Nebula and Hugo Award winner that inspired the 20th Century Fox motion picture starring Dennis Quaid and Lou Gossett, Jr. The story of a man, incomplete in himself, taught to be a human by his sworn enemy, an alien being who leaves with the human its most important possession: its future.

Marine Black-Ops helicopter pilot Kathy Trayhern wanted one thing from the Garcia Drug Cartel... REVENGE. Garcia had kidnapped and tortured her family. Now she would do the same to his–and wipe out his whole illegal jungle operation as well. But to get the job done, she'd have to enlist the help of a man she didn't even trust....

Includes an excerpt from "The widow's strike."

In Friedrich Nietzsche's seminal work 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None', the reader is taken on a philosophical journey through the teachings of the fictional prophet Zarathustra. Written in a unique literary style that combines prose, poetry, and aphorisms, Nietzsche challenges traditional morality and explores concepts such as the Ubermensch (Overman) and the eternal recurrence. This book is considered a cornerstone of existentialist and postmodern thought, influencing generations of thinkers with its provocative ideas and lyrical prose. Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher and cultural critic, drew inspiration from his own personal struggles and experiences to write 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra'. His rejection of traditional Christian values and his exploration of the human condition shine through in this work, which remains one of the most important contributions to Western philosophy. I highly recommend 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' to readers who are interested in delving into complex philosophical ideas presented in a poetic and thought-provoking manner. Nietzsche's masterpiece offers a treasure trove of intellectual stimulation and challenges the reader to question their own beliefs and values.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a philosophical novel which deals with ideas such as the "eternal recurrence of the same", the parable on the "death of God", and the "prophecy" of the Übermensch. The book talks about the old wise man who descends from his mountain among the people, out of a desire to learn something from them and to donate his wisdom to people. He encounters a variety of people and learns their secrets and reveals that he is actually looking for a man equal to himself. Many do not understand his philosophy and ridicule him, but there are those who admire him. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history. Before turning to philosophy, he began his career as a classical philologist and worked at the Department of Classical Philology at the University of Basel, but he had to retire due to health problems. Nietzsche's body of writing spanned philosophical polemics, poetry, cultural criticism, and fiction, and drew widely on art, philology, history, religion, and science. His writing displayed a fondness for aphorism and irony, while engaging with a wide range of subjects including morality, aesthetics, tragedy, epistemology, atheism, and consciousness. Along with Soren Kierkegaard he is considered to be one of the founders of existentialism.