In a work of sweeping breadth and beauty, Geoff Winningham has created a profusely illustrated, contemplative travel journal that showcases his talent as both a photographer and a writer and reveals his affection and respect for the two countries he calls home. In 2003, photographer Geoff Winningham saw for the first time both the southern coast of Veracruz, with its volcanoes, rain forests, and steep mountains, and the Texas coast near High Island, where the land seems to stretch endlessly, covered by a sea of salt grass. He decided that these two visually striking areas could be the beginning and end points of a photographic study that would also engage the two cultures in which he had lived for twenty years, the U.S. and Mexico. Now, seven years and more than a hundred trips later, Traveling the Shore of the Spanish Sea: The Gulf Coast of Texas and Mexico is the result. In this beautifully illustrated and engagingly written book, Winningham also considers the role that the Gulf of Mexico played in the discovery and exploration of the New World. Winningham's journey begins east of High Island, in Port Arthur, where the images suggest a cautionary tale relating to the oil industry and the land. It ends twelve hundred miles down the coast at the end of an old, stone road in tropical terrain of almost indescribable beauty, overlooking the sea. In between, more than two hundred photographs include natural landscapes (ranging from unspoiled to completely despoiled), roadside architecture and signage, and images of people Winningham met. As he attempts to come to terms with the disturbing changes he witnessed to the coastal environment, the book also contains elements of a poignant, personal lament for what is being lost. Traveling the Shore of the Spanish Sea: The Gulf Coast of Texas and Mexico will delight and enchant readers with its deeply felt personal narrative and the power and beauty of its images.

The passion and essence of Texas high school football is captured in a photographic essay on the players, fans, pep rallies, speeches, and bands that conveys the spirit of all Friday night football games.

THERE IS A GATE. THE GATE LEADS TO MANY REALMS. ONE REALM, THE LAND THEY ONCE CALLED NOD, OTHERS SIMPLY CALLED IT LIMBO IT IS WHERE TIME BEGAN, BUT TURNED FOUL. THE GATE IS KEEPS OUR WORLD SAFE FROM THIS FORCE OF EVIL. HE EXISTS.THE BIBLE TELLS US SO. HIS STORY IS SPOKEN, BUT ONLY HALF HAS BEEN REVEALED. MANY CIVILIZATIONS HAVE FALLEN UNDER HIS WRATH. AGAIN, HE AWAKENS. AGAIN, HE SEEKS THE ONE, FOR TIME GROWS NEAR. ONLY ONE CAN KEEP THE GATE CLOSED. ONLY ONE IS NEEDED TO OPEN THE GATE, AND ALLOW HIM TO ENTER. ONLY ONE CAN STOP THE TRUEST EVIL FROM RETURNING TO OUR WORLD. ONLY ONE. THE ONE, WHO IS "FROM THE BLOOD OF CAIN." "FROM THE BLOOD OF CAIN" A novel, written by Kevin James Sweeney, that introduces us to Cain and his story. Cain is the monster of our past. Cain is the monster of our millennium. In a twisted thriller, the deception within one family, and the dark powers of an elder cult beckons evil. A seemingly typical teenager named, Ramsey, enjoys his normal teenage life until all hell breaks loose. Ramsey is forced to fight for his life against forces beyond his understanding. His world, as he knew it, is shattered in a matter of moments. Ramsey runs away but fear follows him. His journey for reason, truth, and self-discovery begins. Cain is also searching. He seeks the one. Cain's powers are strong but they are not complete. Only the one can give him the power to pass through the gate. Ramsey must not be found. Ramsey must fight to end the evil that thrives within. Partially based on interesting elements of history and religious truths, as fantasy meets special effects within our modern world and the realms of mystery.

A dazzling collection of poems by the Pulitzer Prize and T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry winner, called "a poet for these times, a powerful woman who won’t back down" (San Francisco Chronicle). A collection by the much praised poet whose second book The Dead and the Living, was both the Lamont Poetry Selection for 1983 and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.