Ed : 2520 books

The Trumains is a story about the indomitable strength of the human will exercised against the backdrop of the strains of everyday life. The story displays the vulnerabilities and yet the strengths of each family member interwoven into a tapestry that is uniquely Trumain. The family balance is maintained...

The Simple Time reflects the relationship between two families, the Johns, sharecroppers knowing no other means, and the land owners, the Hankins, working the soil to make ends meet. This story is cast in the late 1950's, a simpler time, after the conclusion of the Korean conflict, but juxtaposed...

When Sean Jameson and his pack fight a war with his uncle, the alpha of the Jameson pack, Cassy Fairchild is used as a pawn. This short story, told in Cassy's POV, details the missing scene of her kidnapping in the novel Perfect Moon. See her relationship with Sean from her perspective and how dangerous it is for humans to live amongst werewolves.

Spat Ryan has demons. They haunt him by day and share his drink at night. Raised in Montreal by a bagman for the Irish mob, Spat has fictionalized or ignored chunks of his life too painful to recall. A chance meeting with an old friend of his father’s in a bar on the Main exposes the dark secret...

This book was written because of my relationship with Dublin, my beautiful Irish Setter, Dublin. My mother grew up with an Irish Setter, Missy, who at two years old was given to a young priest at a rectory because her family could not contend with the dog’s needs. Thirty years later, my mother and...

After the war with his family, Sean wanted nothing more than to go back to a peaceful life with his new pack. Yet, that peace doesn't last long. As the Church of Light begins to abuse its power, a new mysterious pack emerges, picking off members of his pack one by one. The other packs target him in...

In this work of curriculum theory, Ed Douglas McKnight addresses and explores the intersections between place (with specific discussion of Kincheloe’s and Pinar’s conceptualization of place and identity) and race (specifically Winthrop Jordan’s historical analysis of race as an Anglo-European...

In 2004, positive psychologists Peterson and Seligman published a list of 24 character strengths drawn from ancient and modern texts of wisdom from around the world. Contemplate one of them as part of a series of short stories by writer and philosopher Ed Gibney. To see more, got to evphil.com. This...

The Lake District in England is one of the most beautiful pieces of land in the world. It has also been farmed for thousands of years. Everyone who has been there has their own perspective on what to do with it. How can we choose which view is right? In 2004, positive psychologists Peterson and Seligman...

Physicists tell us that matter cannot be created or destroyed. They also say we live in a material universe. So how can we be creative and create something new? In 2004, positive psychologists Peterson and Seligman published a list of 24 character strengths drawn from ancient and modern texts of wisdom...

One man's humorous efforts to learn patience at stoplights.

Intrigued by multiple timelines, aliens, psi skills, romance and planetary change? Clara and the alien "Band" are back in Volume II of "The Spanners Series." The Many Worlds Collective makes its presence officially known in 2012 to Dr. Clara Ackerman Branon, their chosen first liaison, in Volume I,...

Sean Jameson isn’t like other natural-born werewolves, nor like the turned wolves. At eight years old, he watched his parents die right in front of him. The murder left him alive with a bite, causing him to turn prematurely. Since the age of twelve, he lived on his own, tired of dealing with his...

Warning: This book contains graphic descriptions of violence and disturbing imagery, and may trigger past traumatic events. Read at your own risk. What if insanity wasn't a condition? What if it was a consciousness? An uncaring entity that can infect the hearts and minds of anyone at anytime?...