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Warren Bluhm
All civilized societies outlaw murder as the ultimate crime against a human. So why is deliberate mass murder condoned as a legitimate means of resolving conflicts between nations?
In this…
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Every life represents a universe - the saying goes, "When an elder dies, a library burns to the ground," but all people have collected a library full of experiences, wisdom…
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From the pulse-pounding origin story to the fateful attack from beyond history and space that changed Astor City forever, it's all here. For the first time ever, you can have…
It has become almost a cliche to refer to these times with anxious adjectives: These challenging times, these trying times, these unprecedented times, these stressful times, these times, these times…
Edmund Filliput is a successful businessman, but he is living a dreary life on a dreary Christmas Eve. Then he meets a happy stranger who keeps Christmas in his heart…
History doesn't repeat itself, but you can hear its echoes every day. The same wind that brings echoes of past foolishness also brings echoes of lost freedoms, echoes that are…
If you only have a minute, this book is for you.This little book contains 24 very short stories, most of them fewer than 1,000 words, which fits many people’s definition…
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From the author of Refuse to be Afraid: The moment you realize or remember that you are sentient, that is, that you are alive and aware of being alive -…
The people of Sirius 4 tried to overcome tyranny the old-fashioned way: by force. It turned out to be an imaginary revolution, replacing one violent regime with another. Raymond Douglas…
My God, I’m full of words, cries Warren Bluhm, the author of Gladness is Infectious, How to Play a Blue Guitar, A Bridge at Crosswords, and now Full: Rockets, Bells…
Someone is kissing the women of Astor City - the police are baffled, but he’s not hurting the women so it’s not very high on their priorities. Longtime Astor City…
Life is better lived when you search for the light and not the dark.
Here are 101 meditations of encouragement for when you're about to embark on a new adventure…
From the pulse-pounding origin story to the fateful attack from beyond space and history that changed Astor City forever, it’s all here. For the first time ever, you can have…
Add to the beauty or add to the despair: Each of us has two choices every day.
The choice is there, every morning - to ride the light out of…
24 stories and poems and reflections, fragments of thought and bursts of creativity carefully curated to fit together. Oh yes, it fits together. There’s another clue for you all.
There are so many discouraging words these days that people sometimes just need to hear, It’s going to be all right. You can do this. You can make it through.
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Fear has become the motivating factor in this contemporary world of ours. Life is portrayed as a maelstrom of forces beyond the power of the individual to tame.
It’s a…
Christopher Morley
There’s more than just bookworms in this well-read store–this shop is haunted, and book lovers are welcome at their own risk.
Andreas Latzko
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive…
G Chesterton
If your mind needs a tonic of iron and wine, and a thorough rough-and-tumbling, try Samuel Butler’s Notebooks or The Man Who Was Thursday, by Chesterton.
Roger Mifflin (Christopher Morley)…
James Stephens
James Stephens 1882-1950) was an Irish novelist and poet. Like his novels Crock of Gold and Etched in Moonlight, The Demi-Gods is loosely based on Irish fairy tales.
Richard Jefferies
A nineteenth-century love letter to nature is rediscovered by Brooke Williams and Terry Tempest Williams.
Thomas Paine
When Thomas Paine returned to the United States in 1802 after a decade and a half abroad, he wrote this series of eight letters about revolution, liberty and the state…
When this wonderful little book by Warren Bluhm first dropped into my hands a decade ago, I thought it was important. Today, I think it’s particularly vital, Wally Conger writes…
Edwin Green
A new edition of Edwin Green's 1932 "boy's novel" about the world's largest dirigible and the mysterious conspiracy to prevent its completion. The original cover describes the action this way:
Logan Pearsall Smith
If your mind needs phosphorus, try ‘Trivia, ’ by Logan Pearsall Smith. - Roger Mifflin, proprietor of The Haunted Bookshop
It would be extravagant to claim that Pearsall Smith’s Trivia…
James Allen,Russell H Conwell
The Secret of leading a successful life is no secret at all.
Know where you want to be, set a goal to get there, and act on the goal.
Here…
Henry David Thoreau,Ralph Waldo Emerson
Even a cursory reading of Henry David Thoreau’s immortal essay about civil disobedience reveals echoes in contemporary discussions of individual rights and the limits of government in a free society…
