Have you ever wondered what it is like to work and live on a military base in the middle of a war zone?

Have you ever found yourself looking for love in all the wrong places then thought if I am going to keep this up I may as well do it someplace warm? Follow Teresa the Traveler on a two-month solo backpacking trip through South America and Florida

Mark Del Savio is deployed to Vietnam ten days after marrying the beautiful but capricious Serena. The forced separation immediately after the nuptials puts an immediate strain on their relationship. Serena miscarries their child early on in Mark’s tour, which begins a downward spiral in their marriage. Mark gets run over by a US Army truck during the Tet Offensive of 1968 while working in the Long Binh Ammunition Depot, has a near-death experience, and begins to cope with life in a hedonistic fashion. This point of demarcation has him living life on the edge as if each day were his last and as one endless adventure. The war itself is simply a backdrop to this story that sometimes interrupts with rocket attacks, massive explosions, and the death of fellow soldiers. When he faces the reality of returning home, it turns out to be his biggest challenge of all.

William Morgan, after thirty years of marriage, has left his old life behind him and has moved to a comfortable and modern log cabin in the woods of upstate New York, searching for the peace, solitude, and satisfaction he was never able to find as the titular head of a family and business. While walking through the beautiful wooded area that acted as the borders of the land that surrounded his home, he came upon a small shivering golden retriever puppy that was huddled against a huge pine tree. He named the puppy Fortune. William and Fortune enjoyed a mutually satisfying life together until Carolyn James, a battered and abused wife on the run from her husband, literally crashed into their lives. That was the beginning of a life together for the three of them that none of them had expected but lived it to the extreme.

This book is the 1st compendium of my life story and work. I have lived experience of bipolar 1, and a vision disability, and that informs everything I’ve done. Looking back at the past decade of my life, and all I’ve accomplished to date, I can see it all in perfect focus, and I can see the guiding will of God moving through my life, bringing me through my relationships, and setting me on the paths I’ve not just walked, but the paths I’ve paved. I’ve organized and build communities 150+ members strong I’ve built a company and game project off of the fuel of passion alone. I’ve not just influenced but have literally saved lives. I’ve done research summarizing and highlighting my findings, so others can carry on the legacy of Honor I’ve started The journey has been long, and it’s been hard, but as I write this, I’m beginning a new chapter of my life, and I couldn’t be humbler and prouder. This book includes all the people, communities and projects I care about, and what has shaped me into the man, leader, and founder I am today. I hope this lived experience of Bipolar 1 helps break the stigma shrouding mental health, both in general, and specifically in the creative industries I’ve been privileged to be a part of. I wish to continue a dialog on these subjects, and show that Mental health issues are indeed double-edged swords that are core to who we are. This book contains select documents of snap shots in time of my Tiberium Secrets mod, a passion project that looks to the future of the Command & Conquer video game franchise. This book contains a new theory and model of mental health that is called “The PPF Model” = The Past Present and Future model, which aims to ground mental health discussions in common understandable terms. Thanks to all the unsung heroes in my life, I would not be who I am without all of you. It’s time for a new challenge. The Future is Bright!

Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 reboots the ongoing "Love and Rockets" comic to a fat, all-new annual graphic-novel length package that will be available in bookstores. Jaime launches the new format with a superhero yarn: Penny Century has acquired superpowers, but is half-mad with grief and rampaging through the galaxy. A motley group of superheroes assemble to try to stop her. Only the first half of the saga, it combines Jaime's razor-sharp characterization and superlative art with wildly inventive, Kirby-style action. Gilbert Hernandez has these stories: "Tamanny" (rookie cop vs. demonic drug users); "Papa" (a turn-of-the-century story involving a traveling businessman); "The New Adventures of Duke and Sammy" (superpowered Martin and Lewis impostors in outer space); "The Tender Room" (Into the Wild as re-imagined by Beto); "Chiro el Indio" (written by third brother Mario Hernandez); and "Never Say Never" (a kangaroo gets lucky in Las Vegas).

This whopping big McFarland Classic brings together 43 interviews with horror and science fiction movie writers, producers, directors and the men and women who saved the planet from aliens, behemoths, robots, zombies, and other sinister, stumbling threats--in the movies, at least. The interviewees reminisce about some of their great (and not so great!) films and tell their stories. This classic volume represents the union of two previous volumes: 1994's Attack of the Monster Movie Makers ("anecdotes are frank and revealing"--Video Watchdog); and 1995's They Fought in the Creature Features ("a fun book for all SF film enthusiasts"--Interzone). Together at last, this combined collection of interviews offers a candid and delightful perspective on the movies that still make audiences howl and squeal (though fear has long been replaced with sweet nostalgia).

2018 GOLD MEDAL WINNER (MILITARY WRITERS SOCIETY OF AMERICA) This award-winning Vietnam War memoir from an Air Force flight surgeon is “a superb, first-hand account of combat flying” (Dan Hampton, New York Times–bestselling author of Viper Pilot) In 1971, United States Air Force flight surgeon John Pendergrass spent much of his time in the backseat of an F-4 Phantom, racing across the skies of Vietnam. Forty-five years later, he boards an altogether different type of aircraft and heads back to Vietnam for an altogether different kind of race—an IRONMAN® triathlon. A veteran of IRONMAN triathlons on six continents, Racing Back to Vietnam follows John’s year in combat and his return to Vietnam, revisiting a country that, for him, is bound up in history, memory and emotion. A memoir of war as seen from the skies and a reflection on life’s high adventure, John tries to reconcile the Vietnam he saw from the backseat of a fighter jet with today’s modern Vietnam. Thought-provoking, heartfelt and gripping, Racing Back to Vietnam is one man’s trip back through time on a journey of rediscovery.