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The title poem, a series of sonnet-sized Zoom meetings - a classroom, a memorial service, an encounter with a new baby in the family - finds humor and pathos in our age of social distancing and technology-induced proximity. Salter shows too how imagination collapses time and space: In “Island Diaries”, the pragmatist Robinson Crusoe meets on the beach a shipwrecked dreamer from an earlier century, Shakespeare’s Prospero.

Being Rob Crawley’s old lady requires an inner strength that Tina Douglas lacks. The perfect, red Mary Magdalene rose inked on the nape of her neck becomes a touchstone in times of stress and anxiety, which are many. Tina views her future as bleak and dire and sees herself trapped “in a web of her own making”. 

Barbara Lee Handbook (pronounced “Hanbok”), whom fans will know as Barbie Moran, the ‘80s bombshell and star of the cult sci-fi film Weird Menace, sits down with Director Toner Low to discuss the making of the classic film - set on a distant planet, featuring mutant attackers, cyber ladies of the 34th century, and no shortage of warring spaceships - for the Blu-ray edition, in this absurdly funny and poignant meditation on art, legacy, and our ambivalence about the life choices that define us. 

Trapped in an alternate dimension, the tough and self-confident Skeen confronts slavers, monsters, and alien assassins in a fast-paced space adventure.

An unrepentant scoundrel and collector of priceless alien artifacts and treasures - like a tomb raider Lara Croft with issues and a spaceship, or a female Indiana Jones with a looser moral code - the inimitable Skeen makes her final appearance in a thrilling galaxy-hopping adventure that blends science fiction and quest fantasy in the finest Andre Norton tradition, inserting a healthy dose of Terry Pratchett Discworld wackiness for good measure.

The author accidentally discovers she has PTSD, just before ruining a very nice life. With the help of her beloved dog Buster, she fights hard to overcome the disorder.

The black ops group behind Wild Bill Hickock is making a decision that could change the future of mankind. Will they be able to implement their final decision, or will death come in the night? Holly Smith is dealing with the emotions behind shouldering the responsibilities of the greatest discovery for mankind for the last seven millennia. Will JB be able to keep his medical miracle a secret, or will someone find out and stop Holly's group before they get started?

Fools Die in The Zoo. They Die Fast and Horribly. From the fertile imagination of bestselling author Michael Anderle.... JB has left the bar to die in the zoo, but will his friends allow that? If JB's friends try to save him, will they screw up his chance at living one more time? Holly and the team need a serious cash infusion. Where is she going to get the money? Will she succumb to working for the contacts that sent her to the zoo in the first place? Hickok is younger now.

Hickok is out to help a friend, but she needs to kill him first. Will her plan work, or will her friend be another black mark on her conscience for eternity? Holly is entering the ZOO with her team. Will Holly and her team be able to handle the effort, or will the ZOO take Holly out this time? Holly is close, but can she figure out how to test her serum without killing JB if she gets the first batch wrong? It is coming down to the wire, and Holly is betting her life she is right.

Fools die in the zoo. They die fast and horribly. From the fertile imagination of bestselling author Michael Anderle...Join Holly Smith as she learns about the ZOO, how to stay alive, and the opportunities that being a part of the ZOO have brought humanity. The future is looking interesting and humorous, except for the dying part.

Holly is very close to a cure, but she needs an unfathomable amount of goop to concoct a solution. However, is she going to get enough of the goop to try? Hickok doing another job for the company, but she is starting to see the jobs for what they are. Will she be able to ignore the questions in her mind? Holly is close, but can she figure out how to test her serum without killing JB if she gets the first batch wrong? Amanda takes Holly to the one person she needs to talk with, but they will ask her a life question that must be answered before she does anything for JB.

Hickok has to get back into her real job or risk being found out. Can she juggle the jobs for her black ops group and help Holly at the same time? JB has been provided a serum to help his ZOO problem. Will it be enough to give Holly time to figure out a real solution? Holly has a plan, but she has to go into the ZOO to learn more. Can she train well enough to not only go in but come back out safely?

Fools die in the zoo. they die fast and horribly. From the fertile imagination of bestselling author Michael Anderle...As far as Holly is concerned, JB isn't going anywhere - especially not to the Grim Reaper. But can she learn enough about the zoo to save his life? Others have information, but can she get it in time? Holly has a plan, but she needs Hickok to bring back more goop. Is that something the Ghost of the zoo can accomplish, or will she be killed trying? JB has done well by his friends, and in his darkest hour, he has to allow his friends to try to help him.

Holly must deal with two problems simultaneously - a ghost from the Zoo and her friend JB dying. Has Holly learned enough from the stories to trust anyone in the Zoo? Hickok seems trustworthy, but is she? Holly needs more information about what is available and what problems she is facing. Can she whip up something quick and dirty for JB to give her time to find a more permanent solution? Holly is back, but this time, she is the person who might be making the stories.

For too long, victims have been told to be quiet, to keep a secret, to be ashamed, to be blamed, and we now say, "No more." It is time to speak. It is time to form a chorus of voices that demand change. This anthology is a way to channel those experiences into something inspiring, moving, and encourages others to action.

After a chance encounter with a man she enjoys throws her down a path she almost can't believe, she struggles to cope with her newfound purpose: saving lives. Ushering souls into the afterlife - it can't be real, right? But the men who catch her in the act are real. And their adoration for her is very real. The attention they give her is real. The words they whisper in her ears are real. But after running into a man who flips her already twisted world on its head, she questions everything once again.

The stories in Paul Alan Ruben's Terms of Engagement explore father and son as intimate enemies, each yearning to be understood, acknowledged, and validated by the other. Raw and gripping as delivered by a cast of incredible narrators, these nine stories take place in collision territory - where father and son engage in trying to repair their alienation.    

Baseball, first dubbed the "national pastime" in print in 1856, is the country's most tradition-bound sport. Despite remaining popular and profitable into the 21st century, the game is losing young fans. Furthermore, baseball's greatest charm - a clockless suspension of time - is also its greatest liability in a culture of digital distraction. These paradoxes are explored by the historian and passionate baseball fan Susan Jacoby in a book that is both a love letter to the game and a tough-minded analysis of the current challenges to its special position in American culture.

A collection of sweet, tender, poetic, beautiful, heart-wrenching, sensual love stories.   

Maya and I are just trying to have a girls’ weekend in Vegas. Kick back, take in some shows, then Gabrielle decides to tag along. Now there’s a dragon slayer after Mick, gladiatorial games from hell, and a Vegas hotel full of trapped demons. When Gabrielle and I charge in to assist, we don’t realize we’re awakening an ancient and terrible evil. This evil is now after Gabrielle and her all-powerful magic, and it’s going to take me, Mick, Colby, and the rest of the dragons to keep my little sister safe.