In the words of literary luminaries, newspaper articles, public documents, personal letters, political speeches and personal accounts this is an attempt to define Nevada's colorful and complex development. It describes life in a mining boomtown, racial segregation in Las Vegas, political careers and atomic testing whilst through photographs we are shown significant Nevada architecture, the masterpieces of renowned Paiute basketmaker Dat-so-la-lee and tree carvings by sheepherders. The collection ranges from the earliest descriptions of the region to the current debate on Yucca Mountain.

This novel is set in the fictional Pennsylvania city of Salt City. Salt City is a major manufacturing city and home to a major university, Salt City University, SCU, a school most noted for it's football team and it's radical leftwing protesters. The story begins in 1970 and ends in 1975, with a brief epilogue in 2000. The story examines many of the cultural changes and upheavals of this period of history. This would include anti-war protests, racism and integration, drug experimentation and addiction, sexual freedom and perversion, and the early beginning stages of woman's liberation. The...

In Close Your Eyes So You Can See Me, Reverend John B. Reid, who served as a Chorbishop in the Western Rite Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch for many years before returning to parish life and his spiritual retreat work, points Christians toward a new spiritual growth through self-discovery. Spiritual growth, he says, comes from bringing more awareness into our daily lives by sweeping out old shame-based belief systems. For example, he does not believe that God created men and women so that they could suffer. He advises Christians to love all people- even non-believers-and believes that...