Garrett Kay and his three buddies-Larson, Dunham and J.-are on their way home after a camping trip. But they never get there. While stopped at a supermarket, they stand looking at a TV Guide and talking about Elvira, "Mistress of the Breasts." A runaway Cadillac crashes into the market, scattering the four friends and pinning Kay to a freezer door. In a surreal mix of doctors, nurses, monks, bandits and natural wonders, Kay takes us with him to the backcountry of his mind as he fights for his life on the supermarket floor. A grizzled old Jack Palance rancher torments him, a sexy Julie...

G. Kent has a lifetime of running experience. In the 1960's he ran on three Los Angeles City Championship cross country teams at Granada Hills High School. He went on to run at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. During a long teaching career, he also coached track and cross country at Lake Weir High School in Candler, Florida. In Running with Razors and Soul he shares knowledge distilled from all this experience. The book is written especially for the competitive high school and college athlete who is ready to step it up a notch and become a more dynamic and successful runner.

In the summer of 1979, Louis, Todd and Lake follow a non-maintained trail into a remote wilderness deep inside Kings Canyon National Park. In that achingly beautiful desolation, they encounter menace in the form of grinners, a group of malevolent squatters who terrorize intruders with their gleaming knives and demonic grins. Grinners is a wickedly delicious suspense tale and finely tuned example of 1970s Southern California noir. It is also G. Kent's homage to the dark and primal fears that often accompany wilderness backpacking. There's the lost trail up ahead. Light your campfire and let...

G. Kent has spent a lifetime hiking and backpacking throughout the United States, but North Florida is his home stomping ground. In Hiking in North Florida with William Bartram, Kent provides detailed instructions for finding and hiking his favorite trails. He also shares humorous anecdotes, history lessons and rants against irresponsible development and government policies. There's the first trail up ahead. Lace up your hiking boots and be prepared to have some fun.

G. Kent has spent a lifetime hiking and backpacking throughout the United States, but North Florida is his home stomping ground. In Hiking in North Florida with William Bartram, Volume Two, Kent provides detailed instructions for finding and hiking 25 more of his favorite trails. He also shares humorous anecdotes, history lessons and rants against irresponsible development and government policies. There's the first trail up ahead. Lace up your hiking boots and be prepared for some fun.

Vampires in the Valley? Bach moves from Bakersfield to L.A. hoping to escape the small town blahs and lead a more varied and stimulating life. Soon he has it all - a job, an apartment, a cool car, a girlfriend...and an addiction to human blood. Bach discovers all the best spots - the Odyssey, El Presidente, parks, back alleys and bowling alleys. He haunts. He hunts. He is an addict. He just needs a little Granada Hills blood.

Todd Carstenn and G. Kent are friends who decided to write a book together. Similar thoughts but wildly different takes on universal topics and quotations. From "Rivers" to "Surrender" to "Music," and many more, these two hiking and teaching companions riff on their life experiences. As Bob Seeger would say, "Turn the page." Welcome to The Bandit Monologues.