Witness the rawness of Benares, the heat and romance of Rajasthan, the cruel beauty of Goa, the spirituality of Rishikesh, the mysteries that surround Mussoorie, the traditions of Bengali culture in Calcutta and the remote wilderness of the Palani Hills through the poet's eyes during his 1994 visit to India and subsequent move there 18 years later.

Steel Cut Oats is not a cookbook (although there are recipes in the last section); it is a book of food for the gods. Joshua Gray writes through the honest, curious eyes of all the families in our world. Gray surveys the heavens and moons above, and then cores them with metaphors for emotional satiety. He challenges stereotypes and spurs new revelations for his audience. He transforms food into life, and then back again to season its seasoning with these enticing poems. Andrew Jarvis, author of The Strait

Behind every great story in history there have almost always been hidden stories. The old cliche that the "winners write history" is, in fact, quite true. And so it is, too, in the well-known matter of the Shakespeare authorship question: Was the real "Shake-speare" someone other than the actor from Stratford? Is the traditional history of "Shake-speare" little more than a false report of history? For Oxfordians-- those who believe that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was the true "Shake-speare" -- this hidden story goes behind the scenes of Queen Elizabeth's court to reveal a world of...