Richard: 2392 books

After a night of celebratory partying, Duncan Kovacs and his team of security specialists, the Wind Riders, find themselves somehow transported to the other end of the Galaxy. Hired without their knowledge or consent to fight as mercenaries for a planet under attack by superior forces using unknown...

Nearly everyone is familiar with Amelia Earhart. But very few know the story of another woman aviator, who, until now has remained little more than than a footnote in aviation history - that is, until now. Shooting Star tells the story of Mildred Doran, who, in 1927 set her sights on becoming the...

The sixth volume in a set of eight that comprises an alphabetical listing of the over 166,000 post offices that have ever operated in the 50 United states from 1776 to date. The listing for each office contains a county location, dates of operation and a Scarcity Index (S/I) value that offers postmark collectors with a guide to the relative value of postmarks from that post office.

These are the many verses I have composed over the past fifty years. This volume contains the full body of my verses from the past fifty years. I have included a preface and an alphabetic list of titles with connected bookmarks.

It was not until I reached the age of sixty that I set out on a long motorcycle ride. I chose a Montana to Alaska ride. It would take me through the Canadian Rockies. I knew that I would ride over long periods. I did not know that I would begin to dwell on my most vexing, suppressed problems. I did...

Robert Mendez never felt a hangover like this one.After a wild night at a local bar in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Robert wakes up for work to remember his friend Jason and all those drinks he devoured.Today is an important day as a powerful couple from Innsmouth, Massachusetts would be coming in to buy...

The Encyclopedia of the Lacharité, Lampron, and Desfossés Families in North America is a genealogical study of the descendants of Jehan Laspron dit Lacharité and his wife Marie Anne Michelle Renaud. This first book, Volume 1-History, contains the background to the research on Jehan Jaspron (aka...

This is brief essay criticism of Bill Cosby's bizarre comments. It charts how he went from being a beloved comedian and "America's dad" to a fringe character who, despite his good intentions, comes across as a loon. Cosby favors superficial changes over addressing the larger problems of the black community, with humor that largely misses the mark....

In the green, health-conscious near future, an already wealthy man eagerly anticipates the results of a block lottery. Watching on his massive holoscreen, he weighs the value of his life up until now and the quality of his marriage, knowing that everything will change if he wins. This is a short story which dares to ask: How much is enough?

A fantasy that takes you on a journey from ayahuasca-like ceremonies, to an abduction by the alien ZRG's. The "Queen of the Night" orchid plant, found in Latin America has been deemed as the world's most dangerous drug, primarily because it takes away your free will...

I then got a bus ticket and rode the bus into Reno, Nevada. I arrived at the bus station and caught a taxi to the Silver Legacy Casino. Since it was going to be at least ten hours until I got back to Los Angeles, I got a meal at, 'Flavors! the Buffet.' Like most casino buffets, there are...

An author writes a book in 2006 that reads like today’s headlines. Is it prophetic? The writer states the completed story was from a dream he merely wrote down. Is this a story God wants to be told? Predicted is a South American who worked with the poor, chose an original name and shuns the trappings...

The Ask is the opening chapter of Dead Heat, a genre-bending, character-driven, word-burning thriller about politics, love and the haunting pain of memory. The Pure Plot Pitch: I didn’t know—or care—much about tight race for governor of New York until someone took a shot at one of the...

Harmony Gibbs only wanted to see her abusive father die, instead she witnessed the death of everyone in town. Yet with all the secrets kept in Sweetwood there was still more, buried deep beneath the earth. Beneath the town was a twisted mirror image of Sweetwood where the Midnight Children hide. The...