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Recognized as one of the great poets of modern times, and as a deeply respected and influential political and cultural activist and social critic, Linton Kwesi Johnson is also a prolific writer of non-fiction. Here, he selects some of his most powerful prose for the first time. Written over many decades, it is a body of work that draws creatively and critically on Johnson’s own Jamaican roots and on Caribbean history to explore the politics of race and ethnicity that continue to inform the Black British experience.

This collection of letters conveys timeless tales of love and passion written by some of the most interesting male figures in history, including revolutionary thinkers, visionary painters, and enlightened writers. Even dark minds like Edgar Allan Poe experience love, and each letter reveals personal desires, intimate details, and intense emotions.

Thick white fog, headlights coming straight-on, and a violent car accident. A devoted father, Lucas confronts what parents fear most as he clutches his daughter’s hand in the hospital. The doctors say she has severe head trauma and there is little hope. Her fate will be decided in the next 24 hours. Lucas is forced to wait, but he doesn't give up hope. He talks to his daughter, fighting to break through, and what unfolds is his story of love, his dreams, and the struggles he endured keeping his family together.

In More of the 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said, Ross and Kathryn Petras continue their connoisseur's compendium of awkward utterances, slips of the tongue, doubletalk, and just plain stupid statements from politicians, celebrities, sports figures, social leaders and average joes.

Making a Quantum Leap: From There to Here, Vol. 1 takes you deep inside the mind of international best-selling author, Tom Nelson, as he goes from a maximum security prison cell to being a successful businessman, respected member of society, and father. Tom tells how he went from being a street thug and cocaine trafficker to owning the largest private fitness training facility in Los Angeles, being voted Trainer of the Year and Best Gym in Los Angeles.

A vicious murder with a broadsword leaves a man dead at a remote and ancient castle in the Bavarian forests. Shortly thereafter, the bubonic plague - a hideous disease believed to be eliminated centuries ago, is detected in Bavaria, killing its victims. German police Kommissar Franz Waldbaer strongly suspects a link to the castle, but his investigation is impeded by the master of the castle, the arrogant Count von Wintelock.

Pittsburgh has recently (and more than once) been called the most livable city in America; yet the old image of smoky skies and steel mills spewing forth grit has never quite disappeared. Its history as a dirty industrial center is a part of its residents, a part of their toughness. The people of the steel city fight.

Ben Johnson has spent more than 15 years in and around organized labor as a strategist on both sides, first as an elected union president, then as a consultant and advisor to management teams related to organized labor.

The true tale of an addict’s search for grace through ancient Greek philosophers, a decade as an elected union official, and a childhood among evangelicals. Throughout it all, Ben Johnson could find no grace, only the fury that chases him across the decades of his life. When his life finally falls apart, he begins a new journey that delivers grace born from that very fury.

Come along with a little boy in a spaceship looking for his friends, a grown man coming to terms with his dreams and fears, random encounters, kinky BDSM sex, comets and planets made of hard rock, yin, yang, a Raven, a Leopard, and a Wiccan, and an unforgettable can of whipped cream, all in Day of the Dead.