*Revised edition with larger font in print version. An average American middle class community is faced with a sudden and complete breakdown of the U.S. economy, government, and society after a massive, nation-wide Islamic terrorist attack. Like the vast majority of Americans, none of the residents of Sea Breezes have a convenient bunker in the woods or a compound of survivalist friends to escape to. They have to find some way to organize themselves in order to survive with what they have on hand, and what they can obtain by using their own wits and determination. Retired Army Lieutenant...

The English Winemaker is an entertaining historical novella for anyone who loves a good story along with a glass of good wine. It is a well-told tale of the resurgence in winemaking that occurred in England in the beginning of the 19th century, when life was harder, but also slower and more serene. In the late 18th century, a young man from a small village in southern England came across some wild grapes in his wanderings. James Walker began tending a small patch of the overgrown vineyard that, unbeknownst to him, dated back to Roman times. He began to experiment with making wine from the...