From the Mercury Freedom 7 cockpit to present day Houston, and a short visit to Imperial Rome, The Man on the Roman Candle explores the politics of the early space program, and how its successes are the basis for American patriotism. The Man on the Roman Candle is a ~12 page essay. Bonus Material: The first episode of the suspense serial The Blind: Episode I (Plank Bridge Bayou)

A hidden masterpiece points the way to a treasure lost since the fall of Rome! Before fleeing her Mossad pursuers, the Warden leaves Grant a final gift—or is it a curse? An unknown Caravaggio, coveted by collectors, and hunted by the man who chained Grant to a sinking ship and left him for dead. When the painting goes missing, an ambitious art restorer will do anything to gain access to the lost work—even if it's over Grant's dead body. Renaissance science and the artist's tragic life and untimely death provide the clues, while D.A.'s past rises to haunt the hunters. The last thing Grant wants is to get involved, but if his enemy wins the race, it's literally the beginning of the end: the flame to inspire the Apocalypse.

THE STORY: Mark Baxter is a young scientist, drafted to work on a new Army missile program. His stay in Washington wins him the rank of Colonel, the cover of a national magazine, and the hand of his next-door neighbor, Eleanor Winston. Eleanor is t

A performer who rivaled Sinatra, Bobby Darin rose from dire poverty to become one of the biggest stars of his generation. Dogged by chronic illness, he knew that time was not on his side, and so, in a career full of dizzying twists and turns, he did it all, moving from teen idol to Vegas song-and-dance man, from hipster to folkie and back. In Roman Candle, David Evanier offers a multilayered portrait of this brash, gifted artist, including the dark side of his celebrated marriage to America's sweetheart, Sandra Dee, and the incredible family secret that tore him apart at the end. "Compelling and revealing ... Roman Candle gives us the many lives of one of the great entertainers of all time, whose flame was extinguished way too soon." — Kevin Spacey "Informed by scores of interviews with Darin's friends and associates and written in no-nonsense, just-the-facts prose, Evanier's book paints a picture of a ruthlessly ambitious musician.... Sinatra may have had the bragging rights to 'My Way,' but Darin lived out the lyrics." — Publishers Weekly "This biography percolates with cool.... [Evanier has] written a book so charged with intimacy, so heartbreakingly ebullient with life, that you feel that any moment the pages are about to snap their fingers and break into song." — Caroline Leavitt, The Boston Globe "Darin has been the subject of several books; most notable is this new examination of the singer's life and work by David Evanier.... Evanier's portrait, true to its title, is one of a bright talent that soared quickly and erupted in a flash of glory." — David Hajdu, The Atlantic Monthly "Music fans are liable to be surprised by the Bobby Darin mania sparked by Kevin Spacey's sunny new film biography. For the slightly darker look at Darin, hole up for the holidays with Roman Candle, the latest book about Darin's rollercoaster life." — Janet Maslin, "Top Ten list of Books for Gifts" (2004), The New York Times

1/3 of the new Encyclopedic Dictionary of Pyrotechnics, which consists of more than 4000 entries (not counting cross-references), 1200 large format pages (8.5 x 11 inches), including 3000 photographs and illustrations. This is a major revision of the original Illustrated Dictionary of Pyrotechnics, originally published in 1995. In addition to many more entries, much more explanatory information has being included, with many of the entries now ranging from 1/2 to 1 (or even several) pages of text. This is a Black and White version that is fully searchable.

Tonio reached into his jacket again and handed Kevin Matthews another photo sealed inside a plastic baggie. Matthews stared at it in horror. Kevin Matthews, brother of Karla, The Watchman Agency’s Vice President of Government Relations is presenting his dream, a hometown renovation plan titled, PROJECT: NEW DETROIT to Cris De Niro and others when a friend from his past burst into the VIP-only meeting. Antonio Brown, a former drug dealer who grew up with Kevin shocks everyone with gruesome photos of his son, murdered in a style favored by Islamic terrorists. Brown asks De Niro for justice. De Niro, together with Mugsy Ricci, John “Johnnie-F” Francis, and Karla are joined by Kevin and Brown as they look into the crime. The investigation leads them to a terrorist plot that may be headed by the infamous White Widow, a British national-turned-Islamic extremist responsible for dozens of attacks and hundreds of murders. But, before they can act, the tables are turned on them. Time is running out for Cris De Niro and The Watchman Agency as they must save themselves before they can prevent an attack on America’s birthday. From the creator of the Amazon-bestselling action & adventure CRIS DE NIRO and ARCHANGEL thriller series, Gerard de Marigny. TITLES BY GERARD DE MARIGNY CRIS DE NIRO BOOK 1: THE WATCHMAN OF EPHRAIM BOOK 2: SIGNS OF WAR BOOK 3: RISE TO THE CALL BOOK 4: PROJECT 111 BOOK 5: NOTHING SO GLORIOUS BOOK 6: NEW DETROIT ARCHANGEL MISSION LOG #1: THE EAGLE'S PLUME MISSION LOG #2: RESCUE FROM SANA’A MISSION LOG #3: WHITE WIDOW [coming soon]

Revised for this second edition, Now You See It, Richard Dyer’s groundbreaking study of films by and about lesbians and gay men, now includes an outline of developments in queer cinema since 1990. Placing the book within lesbian and gay film history, Dyer examines familiar titles such as Girls in Uniform, Un Chant D’Amour and Word is Out in their lesbian/gay context, as well as bringing to light many other forgotten, but remarkable films. Each film is examined in detail in relation to both film type and tradition, and the sexual subculture in which it was made. Now featuring a brand new introduction by Juliane Pidduck, this will be an excellent aid to cinema and film studies courses.

The Rover Boys were precursors to the Hardy Boys -- three brothers who solved mysteries and had adventures at boarding school, on vacation, and abroad. Twenty volumes (all included here) were published. A second series, chronicling the adventures of the original Rover Boys' sons, followed. Six volumes of the second series are included. If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!