This book examines George Bernard Shaw's Life Force philosophy and its use and development in selected plays. The book notes the background and sources which were major influencing factors in its development. The book points out the philosophical ideas and concepts of seven philosophers and scientists whose ideas later appeared in the Shavian concept of Creative Evolution. George Bernard Shaw selected many ideas from other philosophers in the process of creating his own eclectic philosophy. Because there are varying opinions as to the specific origins of the Life Force philosophy, this study...

Retired baseball pitcher Vic Landell and his over-the-top redheaded girlfriend Marcia Glenn, find themselves in the middle of two murders. While they are shooting the Redhead's ABC Special in France, someone is shooting up Midtown Manhattan. Returning to New York, they hook up with an ill-tempered NYPD detective, and our amateur crime-fighters go on the hunt. As always, mixing high-life living with low-life characters, they encounter thugs, greedy bankers, gun peddlers, a "Roast," serious eating, two princesses, and hired killers. And, of course, it wouldn't be a Vic Landell mystery without a...

On October 1, 2015, my husband Steve Orlandella and I moved to Nice, France from Los Angeles, California. I was an attorney/actress/writer. Steve was a television producer/writer. We both started blogs in July 2016. Stevespeak and Jayspeak. Nothing went as planned. This book is a compilation of my blogs one year later. Don't expect this to be a travelogue. Life happens while making other plans.