A friendly dog, with a lovable face, Sniffly Sandborn is designed to comfort a child through illness or incapacity, with optimistic songs about feeling better. "Sandborn was feeling dreadful---oh no, sick again He knew the best thing was to rest, but that's not easy when you're feeling a pain here or an ache there Good thing these melodies remind Sandborn of everything he likes to do Soon you'll feel better, Sniffly Sanborn "

How big can a media deal be? Can Hollywood improve the condition of humanity even a little bit, with a feel-good movie designed to reach every screen on the planet? Other People's Prayers tells the tale of a five powerful individuals who intend to make "the biggest movie ever," meant to inspire the entire world with hope. The result, however, is the murder of one of the movie's champions. There's Allyn, the New York society girl who's now a producer; Okeyo, the Nigerian-Swiss priest who inherits both his mother's sacred calling and his father's fortune; and John, the investor who keeps the...

Is it better to improve the life of just one homeless person than donate millions to the arts? This is the question puzzling Selwyn Stanfield, a billionaire media mogul who has grown tired of life in New York's fast lane and talks about retiring to Katmandu. After years of philanthropy fueled by his success in developing global markets, Selwyn decides to befriend - and then employ - a panhandler named John, whom the mogul has ignored guiltily for months at the door of the local ATM. But John turns out to be the wrong choice. Fast paced, with dark, dry humor, The Culling tell of John's...

Spare, dry, and flecked with dark humor, Stephen Greco's Dreadnought centers on a fictional American corporation selling goods and services to a global youth market of a billion souls. Like Mount Fuji in Hokusai's Thirty-Six Views, the Dreadnought corporation - creator of "the biggest brand in history" - is visible directly or obliquely in each of these interrelated stories, which tell of who wins and who loses when young consumers and creative talent are stalked by a Big Brand of unprecedented power. Hint: Everybody loses - but the party's fun while it lasts. The novel's six tales are all...