Cricket: 42 books

Give your baby and toddler the best start in life by feeding them nutrient-rich superfoods in easy-to-prepare recipes created by Shazi Visram - the founder and CEO of Happy Family Organics, one of the fastest-growing organic food companies in the US - and Cricket Azima, founder and CEO of The Creative...

Greer parked himself cross legged in the grass and the dirt beside Ruth's chair, taking the bottle and tipping back another half of the remaining contents. "Tastes like crap." "Really? Because I thought it was suppose to taste like everlasting matrimony," slurred Ruth. When...

Dew raised his hand and drew an invisible, lazy circle in the air before my face, mimicking the motion of the fans. "Now close your eyes." I gave him a look of uncertainty. "Trust me." I warily let the lids of my eyes lower and take away the sight of the fans...

The DNS & BIND Cookbook presents solutions to the many problems faced by network administrators responsible for a name server. Following O'Reilly's popular problem-and-solution cookbook format, this title is an indispensable companion to DNS & BIND, 4th Edition, the definitive guide to the...

Embryo in the Womb is a short story (4,600 words) inspired by Leonardo DaVinci's drawing of, Embryo in the Womb and historical rumors that some art subjects may have been exhumed and stolen by grave robbers.15th Century Italy: Orphaned Lucia has become a teenage grave robber, alongside...

While computers and other devices identify each other on networks or the Internet by using unique addresses made up of numbers, humans rely on the Domain Name System (DNS), the distributed database that allows us to identify machines by name. DNS does the work of translating domain names into numerical...

10k word short story. There's always one toy that's impossible to find at Christmas. Of course, that's the toy my nephew wants. If I want to get that toy under his tree, I'm going to have to spend time under someone who's holding the last one. Ages 18+ for strong adult content and language.

JD Middleton, a stressed-out chef, reluctantly embarks on a vacation offered by The Fantasy Maker. On his application, he’d requested solitude in a tropical paradise. He’s shocked to be left on a desert island. It seems he’d have his solitude, but the island, though tropical, was no paradise....

10k word short story. I wanted to give my son the perfect Christmas after the divorce. What I ended up with was a box of fifty bike parts. The hot neighbor across the street offered to assemble it for me. I knew he was handy, but I had no idea what was hidden in his toolbox. Ages 18+ for strong adult content and language.

Thrilling, romantic, and sprinkled with humor, HIT THE ROAD, JAKE! reinvents the ‘buddy movie’ concept with the written word … and a pretty woman. Practically newlyweds, Jake and Lindsey create the perfect win-win plan. While traveling between Tucson, AZ and Estes Park, CO in their RV,...

The lost souls of Stillwood roam the dirt where they once lived. Nature has now reclaimed the overgrown land where their secrets are buried. For one night the breathless will rise from the ashes and reveal their peril at the hands of one disturbed man. Betty Ames steps into their trail of echoes...

10k word short story. I don't have anything against the holiday, but Christmas reminds me how alone I am. I bury myself in extra work, but it doesn't fill that void. This year might be different. I have a Secret Santa who's hitting all the right spots. Ages 18+ for strong adult content and language.

7k word short story I thought being a mall Santa would've been an easy way to earn money. Listen to kids rattle off gifts they didn't deserve and tell them to be good. It couldn't get easier than that. I was wrong. The kids were cranky, the suit was itchy, and my balls were sweaty. The...

10k word short story. As if getting a lecture about still being single wasn't bad enough, I put my car in the ditch to avoid the crazy man walking in a blizzard. It wasn't until I watched him change out of his wet clothes in the back of the car that I got excited for the trip home. He needed a ride, and I needed a man. Ages 18+ for strong adult content and language.