A rib-tickling, pithy look at life and its idiosyncrasies … Run after money, it will keep you fit. Have sex, it will keep you alive. The more you look and behave like a monkey, the more successful you will be. Too much knowledge brings pain into your life. Read Rantings of a Mad Man for more such practical nuggets to tackle life’s endless marathon. The book urges you to make the most of your existence on earth without actually taking life too seriously. The author’s perspectives will surprise you, even shock you at times, and definitely leave you thinking for a long, long time. Abuisms, as the author calls his words of wisdom, question popular perceptions and burst several myths in the process of unearthing life’s vital truths. Are you ready to handle the naked truth, no holds barred?

The Poetic Rantings of a Mad Man presents a collection of the early work of poet John Yergin. The poems included convey a wide range of emotions and cover a period of great turmoil and heartbreak in his life. Because poetry is his chosen outlet for expressing his emotions and heartbreak, these verses represent a true expression of his inner self. Whether he is searching for love, coping with the heartbreak of love lost, or just trying to determine his rightful place in the universe, his inner turmoil is etched upon each poem. Some of his poems explore the passion of new love or explain the misery of a failed crush. This poetry seeks to leave a lasting impression of the journey taken to find enduring love. Hopes and Dreams A brilliant sunset, Melting into twilight, Is breathtaking. But it still does not, Come close to the beauty. I see when I look Into your eyes, A midnight sky, Scattered with thousands Of silver stars, Holds Countless hopes and dreams, But it can not hold all the dreams, I want to share with you. A million tomorrows Would not hold enough time for me to tell you, How much I love you. How Thankful I am, To have you at my side.

What happens when winter pushes one man too far? He pushes back. In this illustrated book, Mad Mike lays out all the proof you will need to realize that snow isn't magical (unless we're talking the dark arts) or the fluffy flurries of fairy tales. No, it's an intruder, an evil entity set on wreaking havoc in your life and the world at large. Think i'm being dramatic? Then you need this book more than most. Dive in before snow has you in his evil grip forever. Oh, and this isn't a children's book. Buy it for the snow grump in your life (even if that's you)!

Mikaylah Simone displays the liberating experimental form of an emerging African-American poet in her debut book of poetry My Manufactured English. Mikaylah's provocative poetic style embraces cultural identity as she intermingles Swahili roots with modern issues in pieces such as Belly Full and Consciousness along with ancestral platforms found in Sankofa and Maji. The premiere work includes chapters of penetrating poetry concerning varying themes and layered meanings of politics, religion, violence, community and the complexity of love - all revealing the fresh insight of this author's journey that is honest, sad, comical and true.

Kelly Grant was a mana man who had acquired taste in wine and travel and women and cars and in dark expensive chocolate and in a lifestyle that had not been created by himKelly was a thief, a daylight robber who had to steal a standard of living from some 15th century aristocrat and inherit his worth in gold after his parents reached the end of their livestheir functions, their purposes. He was a farce, an unoriginal vagabond of his own soulhe may as well have been dead...Was it as simple as all that, his reason could not be only to reach the end? What would be the point of his existence, why was he more important than a wave in the ocean or the fungi in a pond? Because he could speak, eat, because he had rational thought?! Kelly heard the maniacal sound of his own laugh roaring in the distance... He was in a strange limbo, dancing on the platform of improbability. Perhaps he should have been the religious kind...Kelly had acquired everything but meaning to this existence...Why all of this divine intervention now? And how was his Indian Banshee going to help him search for true purpose?