Wilcox Publishing: 15 books

Author James P. Wilcox takes a break from fiction to bring readers Musing of a Particular Bear: A Poetry Collection. The poems included in this new collection cover the usual, but timeless themes of love and loss, life and death, growing up and growing old, solitude and union, joy and sorrow. In a style that is both complex and free, Musings of a Particular Bear is easily accessible to all.

A man is not apt to forget the instant he becomes a killer; that one fateful instant when he takes another's life. It would not matter that Jack Granger has killed, all soldiers train to kill, except that he is the Democratic nominee in the presidential election of 2020. Having secured the nomination...

Nathaniel O'Connell thought he knew what it takes to survive at Southwest High School, a low-income, ethnically diverse, inner-city school. After seven years of teaching, he thought he had discovered how to get through to these children of poverty. That was before he met Tyreshia, Krysteal, and Ebony,...

Say for Me Kaddish, An Engineer's Life and Advice is the life story of an electrical engineer who began his career before the days of tiny personal computers and instant world-wide communications. It describes why he wanted to become an engineer, his interests, and how they interrelate as his career...

Invent Utopia Now - transhumanist suggestions for the pre-Singularity era is unique: it's a startling, controversial collection of essays by pundit/provocateur Hank Pellissier promotes his hedonist-transhumanist-egalitarian vision of the future. The articles - backed with substantial data and...

When Wall Street decided to use mortgages as debt collateral, they needed large volumes of mortgages. Typical offers of mortgage-backed certificates ranged from one-half to two billion dollars. To achieve this volume, lenders like American Home Mortgage and Countrywide had to cut corners and expedite...

Slip of the Tongue is a three-act play about a small-town radio talk show host, Dennis Cicero, who makes a casual remark about the death of a city councilman in an auto accident. This upsets the mayor, his station manager, and other dark forces, and results in bringing fear and danger to him and his...

Ask any teenager about money, and you'll be surprised to find that money grows on trees. In spite of their education in math, science, and the arts, they're woefully uninformed about financial "facts of life." The McDevitt family is about to purchase a new car, and Ty and Kerry, the youngsters,...

Neighbors Three – Return of the Movie Star is a three-act play to be performed on a stage in front of an audience. Honey Solomon has returned to rural Pennsylvania after acting in a Hollywood movie. Her traveling companion, Tynan Gillespie, is also an actor. Both plan to act in an Ibsen play in...

This three-act, three-setting play takes place in a rural area where natural gas companies are buying rights to drill in Marcellus shale deposits. The neighborhood leader is a greedy, self-centered lawyer named Duke Desantos. His surreptitious plans succeed until he tries to con the pig farmer, Billy Solomon, into joining his corporation.

Why is the IQ of Ashkenazi Jews so High? Scientific Factors that Influence Intelligence is efficiently organized and valuable to everyone, of any age, anywhere. The author's goal is to elevate the average IQ of humans everywhere on Earth because he believes this advance would benefit global peace...

“Ether Frolics" is a collection of eleven short stories that touch on the delivery of medical care, and five stories that stem from meddlesome government activity. The early medical anasthetic we know as ether can be used to make people do silly things, and those watching them laugh....

Neighbors Two is a three act play to be performed on a raised stage in front of the audience. There are two scenes: the open living area of the Desantos’ home, and the wrap-around new porch of the Solomons’ next door. Lisa has just been given a ride home from school by her new boyfriend,...

How many times have you heard a woman say, “I can’t find a man”? A large number of single women are looking for love in all the wrong places. Some may already know how to cook, but are looking for the “how to” on getting a man to the table. Others may not have a clue about what to put in...