A novel about the disappearance of an enigmatic poet/prodigy, Roland Paradise, as told through the words of Paradise and the testimony of those who knew him and those he knew.
In a nonlinear structure, it unravels the story of Paradise from boy genius to watchmaker, to wartime codebreaker, to writer, to teacher, to hermetic genius. Roland Paradise the father, the son, the prodigy, the epicist, the enigmatist. The rumors, the stories, the accusations. Where is he? Is he? Was he ever.?
His mind was a cryptish place, an enigma, a harmless cipher machine knocked senseless by the insane...
A novel about the disappearance of an enigmatic poet/prodigy, Roland Paradise, as told through the words of Paradise and the testimony of those who...
A novel about the disappearance of an enigmatic poet/prodigy, RolandParadise, as told through the words of Paradise and the testimony ofthose who knew him and those he knew.
In a nonlinear structure, it unravels the story of Paradise from boygenius to watchmaker, to wartime codebreaker, to writer, to teacher, tohermetic genius. Roland Paradise the father, the son, the prodigy, theepicist, the enigmatist. The rumors, the stories, the accusations. Whereis he? Is he? Was he ever.?
His mind was a cryptish place, an enigma, a harmless cipher machineknocked senseless by the insane attempts...
A novel about the disappearance of an enigmatic poet/prodigy, RolandParadise, as told through the words of Paradise and the testimony ofthose who k...
Organized in 1845, the New York Knickerbockers were the first organized base ball club to play the game with written rules. Based on research and told in the style of oral history, this fictional work features the principal figures from the Knickerbocker club, including Doc Adams, James Whyte Davis, Alexander Cartwright, and, William Wheaton.
Organized in 1845, the New York Knickerbockers were the first organized base ball club to play the game with written rules. Based on research and told...
You Can't Win is the true story of one woman's courageous battle with a debilitating addiction and the forces that wanted to keep her dependent on gambling.
Born of a desperate need to please her mother and to escape an abusive father and brother, she becomes addicted first to Bingo and then to slot machines. She slowly slips into a life of lies, self-deception, and despair and finds herself on the verge of losing everything, including her family and ultimately her life.
When she attempts to pull herself out of the spiral of depression and defeat, she is beaten back through a blatant...
You Can't Win is the true story of one woman's courageous battle with a debilitating addiction and the forces that wanted to keep her dependent on gam...
The two liars: Roger Kidd, eminent musicologist, respected teacher, devoted father; and Catherine Lapouge, enigmatic idealist, committed activist, brilliant leader. Both are at once the hunters and the hunted in this story of mystery and deceit where little is what it appears and no one is quite who they say. Roger Kidd has the world--respect, a tenured position at a prestigious university, and a gifted young son. When one afternoon his son disappears, everything changes. Suddenly there is no one whom he can trust. As his ordered world begins to collapse, he is drawn into a high-powered...
The two liars: Roger Kidd, eminent musicologist, respected teacher, devoted father; and Catherine Lapouge, enigmatic idealist, committed activist, bri...
This is the story of one of the most dramatic baseball seasons ever, as it stretched both backwards and forwards--from the ghosts of seasons and players past to the reality of what followed. At the beginning of 1986, most of the baseball talk was about money; at the end it was about one of the most dramatic seasons ever, a season that played out like a compelling drama driven by a cast of memorable characters--Bonds, Canseco, Puckett, Ryan, Rose, Boyd, Gooden, Strawberry, Clemens, Hernandez, Boggs, and more. On an institutional level the game was facing critical issues--player contracts,...
This is the story of one of the most dramatic baseball seasons ever, as it stretched both backwards and forwards--from the ghosts of seasons and playe...
One of the most controversial issues still resounding from WW II relates to Switzerland's role as a non-combatant. As the novel opens, Hitler has had Austria and Poland for breakfast, made a quick snack of Norway, and now wants Switzerland for lunch believing that since it was part of the Holy Roman Empire--First Reich--it should necessarily be part of the Third. During its darkest hour Switzerland is surrounded by aggressive fascist armies--its politicians quavering and its people beginning to lose hope of retaining their freedom. Switzerland's only general, Henri Guisan, steps into this...
One of the most controversial issues still resounding from WW II relates to Switzerland's role as a non-combatant. As the novel opens, Hitler has had ...
A Man Called Shoeless relates the life story of Joe Jackson, one of the most controversial, enigmatic and interesting characters in American popular culture. A story based on exhaustive research presented through the medium of fictionalized dialogue, the entire trajectory of his life is told through a broad tapestry of voices--family, friends, rivals, players, officials, fans, critics. From illiterate mill hand to baseball legend, to his fall from grace, his story is told by Joe himself, those he knew, and those who knew him.
A Man Called Shoeless relates the life story of Joe Jackson, one of the most controversial, enigmatic and interesting characters in Ameri...
