Mr. Charles was born in Atlanta Georgia and was placed in an Orphans home at the age of 6 when his mother could no longer care for him and his two sisters. He was in the Orphans home for 3 years, and then went to live with his grandparents on a rundown dirt farm in rural Georgia. He lived there for 7 years and when his grandfather died he went to live with his mother in Atlanta until at the age of 16 he joined the Army. He won a singing contest and traveled with the Army show around Army bases in the South East. He was picked up by an agent and began his singing career as a vocalist with many big bands of the big band era, most notable was Harry James. He retired in 1997and began writing his memoirs. He moved to a small town in rural Northern California where he currently resides.

A collection of war poems written following the author's return to Newfoundland in 1917, having fought with the Canadian Army during the First World War.

The celebrated journalist, producer, and bestselling author takes us on a culinary journey from Italy to Afghanistan, from Mexico to Massachusetts, a memoir of travel, food, and personal (mis)adventure. In Vietnam, preconceptions collide with the soup; in France, lust flares with the pâté and dies with the dessert; in Bolivia, a very young missionary finds her food flavored with hypocrisy; while at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, an older woman discovers gorp is good, fear is your friend, and Thai chicken tastes best when you're soaked by rain and the Colorado River.

Snowfall by Sharon Sala released on Nov 1, 2008 is available now for purchase.

Reproduction of the original: Buddy Jim by Elizabeth Gordon

An intriguing story of a down on his luck American and his inopportune introduction to Mexican Drug Cartel family. His fiftieth birthday party ends in a wild week in the slammer, then an unwanted vacation he had always dreamed of. Wild, wacky, sad, surreal, love, longing, laughter. Drama and Reality collide. What plays in Mexico, this time won't stay in Mexico. Come take a ride with Robert "Buddy" Rich through the inter-workings of a Sheriff's Department and the menacing, savage life of a Mexican Drug Cartel family. Fasten your seat-belt, you are in for a bumpy ride....