Weather disturbances occur in the atmospheric sea towering overhead and since all of us, even astronauts, live on the bottom of that sea we should know a lot about weather. But what we usually experience are only the swirls and eddies at our location. A meteorologist interprets data received from widespread observers so his view is broader. Yet since he doesn't actually experience the atmosphere they report his perceptions can be uncertain. And an airman's view is also less real. Weather disturbances are so dangerous to him that he tries to avoid them by flying above or around but not through...

Actual Tigers, Author William Crawford's second collection of poetry, is a thing of alchemy, more journey than tale. The poems of this collection have a unique pulse and purpose. The keen use of language, musicality and cinematic imagery is articulate and sophisticated. Actual Tigers is more than a book, Crawford has brought to life something far more important than simply writing great poetry. As a storyteller his poems and the overall sentimentality of Actual Tigers unleashes in the reader something imperative and reminds us of the importance of living "In the Depths of Something Good"...

ONLY A GAME is a rugby love letter to the world. It is a bittersweet tale of loss and the quest for success. Follow Tom, Michael T and the Gents on their hunt for the local rugby championship. This story is a rugby hybrid of BRIAN'S SONG and NORTH DALLAS FORTY. It is the archetypical novel of the rugby experience. There are other rugby novels, but rugby is only a backdrop to those stories. This book is about rugby. Its subject is the ruggers, the game, the lifestyle and the experience. It is more impressionistic than documentary and intended to relate the day in, day out, lives of those...