The Strange Tools of Human Communication by Ruth Finnegan centers on communication as a multimodal phenomenon of voice, writing, and music. She traces alphabetic writing to Semitic proto-alphabets derived from Egyptian hieroglyphs, distinguishing it from pictographic systems that convey meaning visually across languages. Finnegan teaches...

The Rock And Roll Almanac by Andrew Craneman is a detailed, date-specific chronology of significant events in rock music history spanning over 70 years. It catalogs landmark album releases, band milestones, artist activities, legal issues, births, and deaths, covering influential moments such as Johnny Cash’s...

Many heroic individuals quietly defied and resisted the Nazi regime during World War II, people whose names aren't as widely known as perhaps they should be. Author JD Jackson honors those heroes with this enthralling collection of true stories in Tales of Courage: WWII Heroes...

The Pursuit by Jim Ruth is a detailed historical biography chronicling the author’s journey to trace his ancestral roots through centuries of American history. What begins as a casual curiosity sparked by a seaside walk becomes a fully-fledged exploration into the life of Johann Peter...

The Joys and Troubles of a Missionary’s Life: Jowett Murray in the China of 1909–1945 by David Murray, Ruth H Finnegan, and John R Hunt is a detailed and thoughtful account of Jowett Murray, a British missionary who spent nearly four decades in China between...

The Divine Adventure: Time and Eternity by Zelise is the second book in the Divine Adventure Series, offering an exploration of time, eternity, and their roles within a divine framework. With the assistance of artificial intelligence companions, Solace and Nova, the author examines cosmic possibilities,...

The House Divided: The Story of the First Congressional Baseball Game by J.B. Manheim explores a little-known but significant moment in American political and sports history: the first Congressional Baseball Game in 1909. While often remembered today as a light-hearted, bipartisan event that raises money...

Nikola Tesla is perhaps best known as an inventor, having created many of the technologies that have helped make the modern world, such as the alternating current power system, the Tesla coil, and many other inventions in radio, fluorescent lights, and wireless communication. However, author...

In The Persuasion Game: The Influence Peddlers to the Trump Administration Who Jeopardized America, Chad Lewis meticulously unravels the complex web of foreign influence and corruption that characterized the Trump presidency. Through a detailed exploration of various figures—including Rudy Giuliani, Lev Parnas, and a host...

Nancy Thornton Navarro and Adriana Thornton-Cornejo, two daughters of the late Walter Thornton, along with historian Philip Mershon, present The Merchant of Venus: The Life of Walter Thornton. Shocked to see a photo of their father in the movie Seabiscuit, the women researched their father's...