Don Maker: 4 books

SIGI AND CARL explores the question that plagues most of us: have we done something truly meaningful with our life? Will we leave a legacy? This surrealistic play explores this question through the life and relationships of Sigmund Freud, with Carl Jung as his major counter-point. Guest figures include Hamlet, Albert Einstein, Anna Freud, and Melanie Klein.

Rufus Ruggio, sports editor of The New York Chronicle, can’t stand the way Georg Rockburner, millionaire owner of the local professional football team, runs his operation. In the mid-1950s, during the days before the NFL became a mega-corporation, franchise fees and player salaries were very low....

Beautiful Zenobia marries the prince of Palmyra, but has a torrid affair with the new Roman emperor, Aurelian. Odaenathus and his oldest son are assassinated, with an Imperial sword found at the scene. Believing Aurelian had Odaenathus murdered because of jealousy, Zenobia swears revenge. Her army...

Tommy Lerner is seven years old and struggling to cope with the craziness of school, Little League Baseball, uncomprehending peers, and incomprehensible adults. Growing up in a small Arizona town during the 1950s can be tough, but Tommy’s challenges are compounded by his innate intelligence and...