The old spy in “An Old Spy Story” is octogenarian, Oliver (“Ollie”) Thomas. During a long career spent trying to earn an honest living with his own export business, Ollie was also, reluctantly, carrying out parallel assignments in Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere only loosely...
Four eclectic horror stories to chill the soul!
The amazing one in the Big Apple, Al Nino, calls the pain-ridden, lowly author on New Year's Eve (2018), and launches a zinger-filled inquisition in reference to two bizarre dreams. Are they linked? To whom or what?
So, you'd love to create computer games or 3D graphics software. But this stuff is really complicated. How to get started?In this tutorial series, we'll take you from zero through to rendering 3D texture-mapped objects with lighting. By the time you're done you'll have the fundamentals of modern...
The Classic book Men Like Gods by H. G. Wells. A journalist, Mr. Barnstaple tires of his job and sets to take a holiday. But his travels soon go astray when his car collides with 2 others and are then transported into a parallel universe; a type of utopia. The story follows Mr. Barnstaple leanings...
This unique guide throws new age self-help out of the window. Humans have survived and persevered through countless atrocities while still progressing through time. Within everyone the fight for survival exists. This refreshing take on modern self-help delves into our ability to persist through...
Dick Avery's sent to Afghanistan to investigate allegations of massive fraud by the U.S. embassy's security services provider: AJAX Protective Services. However, what he discovers pales by comparison. Corrupt officials inside the embassy are engaged in a conspiracy to traffic enormous amounts of...
The Classic book The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie. The third appearance of the famous detective Hercules Poirot. When a man writes to Poirot pleading for his assistance, he and his friend Hastings travel to France to meet him. But upon their arrival, the man has been found murdered. As...
The Classic book Tarzan and the Golden Lion by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The 9th books in the Tarzan series. On their home, the family discovers an orphaned lion cub which Tarzan decides to adopt and train. Nearly ruined due to his support of the war effort, Tarzan embarks on an expedition with his...
The Classic book Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf. Published in 1922, Jacob’s Room recounts the life of Jacob Flanders as (mostly) seen through the eyes of people who know him. Set at the turn of the 20th century, the book follows Jacobo’s life from his early days, to his schooling and then...