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Lise Pearlman's With Justice for Some: Politically Charged Criminal Trials in the Early 20th Century that Helped Shape Today's America takes a fascinating look back at headline-grabbing criminal trials from the early 1900s as a cultural backdrop for contentious issues we face as a nation today. In her first book The Sky's The Limit: People v. Newton, The REAL Trial of the 20th Century? these early trials were compared to the 1968 death penalty trial of Black Panther leader Huey Newton, which the author considered the real trial of the century neglected by most historians. Here, these riveting trials are reexamined with emphasis on the insights they provide to today's political climate. Pearlman's new book opens with a remarkable admission by former FBI Chief James Comey in a speech on Lincoln's birthday in February 2015: "e;All of us in law enforcement must be honest enough to acknowledge that much of our history is not pretty. At many points in American history, law enforcement enforced the status quo . . . that was often brutally unfair to disfavored groups."e; He invited all Americans to re-examine our "e;cultural inheritance"e; with fresh eyes. That is what Pearlman's new book seeks to do. This well-researched volume takes advantage of the passage of time to put each trial into perspective from work done decades, sometimes even a century, later by investigative journalists and historians who unearthed far more evidence of what really happened in the events that made banner headlines in the early 20th century. She makes the case that by revisiting riveting high-stakes trials that still have ramifications today, we can gain a better understanding of the extent cultural bias has permeated the fabric of our culture -- and a better premise from which to move forward as a nation than the whitewashed history so many of us were taught in school.

As the post-modern world lurches toward the disasters and bereavements that signal the end of an age, we turn to myth to comprehend the elemental forces that move through our lives, to know who we are, to understand which stories inform our consciousness. Madness At the Gates of the City, writes Robert Johnson in his introduction, "e;shows how America regularly re-enacts old patterns that cause us to subvert our goals and miss the deeper meaning in events. But by looking at American history, politics and popular culture through the lenses of Greek mythology, indigenous wisdom and archetypal psychology, the author discovers new hope in very old ways of thinking. This book should appeal to anyone interested in myth, Classics, history, psychology or progressive politics."e;

On the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party, Pearlman's new book American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton compares the explosive state of American race relations in 1968 to race relations today with insights from key participants and observers of the internationally-watched Oakland, California death-penalty trial that launched the Black Panther Party and transformed the American jury "e;of one's peers"e; to the diverse cross-section we often take for granted today. The book includes comments from Newton prosecutor Lowell Jensen, pioneering black jury foreman David Harper and TV journalist Belva Davis, as well as from Huey Newton's older brother Melvin Newton, former Panthers Kathleen Cleaver, David Hillliard and Emory Douglas. It also includes comments from civil rights experts including Bryan Stevenson, Barry Scheck and John Burris. This book complements the nonprofit documentary project of the same name for which Pearlman is co-producer/co-director on behalf of Arc of Justice Productions, Inc. [www.americanjusticeontrial.com].

ABOUT THE BOOKMy Mother Did Not Like to Hug: New and Selected Poems is the product of half a century of work, four published books, and a lot of sweat and tears. It is a very special volume by award winning New York poet and teacher Nikki Stiller. Of her work critics have written:"Autobiographical confessionalism is vastly expanded by history, ethnography, religion, and more in the hands of Nikki Stiller. She wants to tell the truth so that the reader can identify his/her deepest secrets with it."- Jeffrey Jullich"Yours is a distinctive voice." - Czeslaw Milosz, Nobel Prize WinnerABOUT THE AUTHORNikki Stiller was born in Hartford, CT in 1947. She holds a Ph.D. in English from CUNY where she won the Parsons Award for Best Dissertation of the Year. She has taught at Hunter College, Tel Aviv University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Baruch College and, for many years, was a professor of English at the New Jersey Institute of Technology where she won two teaching awards. Her work has appeared in a range of periodicals, from The New York Times to Home Planet News, and including Primavera, Response, Midstream, Lilith, and Poetry New York. She is the author of six books, four of them poetry: Notes of a Jewish Nun, On Both Frontiers, Burial Ship, and My Own Afghanistan. Of her work, both Lionel Trilling and Czeslaw Milosz have declared that she has a "distinctive voice" and Gabriel Preil, winner of Israel''s coveted Bialik Prize, has called her poetry "warm, witty, and wise." She is a member of PEN.

Compared to technology, management practices have not really changed much over time. The typewriter and mimeograph machine are artifacts from a lost civilization. Ironically, the way we solve problems, make decisions and resolve issues are also artifacts from that past. The grooves in our brains keep us from embracing new ways of perceing and understanding. Complexity becomes overwhelming when we limit our mental bandwidth this way. Confessions of a Corporate Shaman is about expanding our personal bandwidth. There is a field of greater intelligence available to us. If we embody the parts of a problem and arrange them as a system we can tap into that intelligence and benefit from what we learn. A big problem quickly shrinks. Opaque complexity gains clarity and simplicity. This visual process, powered by the nearly limitless power of the subconscious mind, generates transformative insights and new possibilities. The shaman in some traditions is "e;the one who sees."e; Everyone has this innate capacity. The invitation between these covers is to embark on your personal hero's journey. Whether your challenge is about leading others, leading yourself or trying to understand and resolve the obstacles to organizational change the place to start is within yourself. The compass that will guide you is to be the change you want to see in others. As you explore the inner dynamics that shape your world hopefully you will feel inspired to embrace those dynamics as an essential part of your mission and leadership path.

This is neither fiction nor fantasy. It is a description of events as they actually happened.The death of democracy came quietly and unexpectedly in the year 2018. No one expected the end to come so quickly, although now looking back all the warning signs were there.Within the early years of the twenty-first century the forces of democracy died a painful, slow death in Russia, Venezuela, Poland, Egypt, and many other nations. But because of what we considered our long and stable democratic tradition in the United States, we thought our democracy was safe.Until now.

I came to words via music, having enjoyed many years studying Mozart and Chopin. In San Francisco I was drawn to the readings and was lucky to hear some of the Old Spaghetti Factory series and later Cafe Babar. So many great evenings! But I always thought it would be cool to have a poetry reading at 7:30 am as well, somewhere. No one agreed. Anyway, I thought I'd write a book. Literally, write it. This is the result. I'm not inclined to explain it. Some of what's in these pages happened. Some things did not. Like the reference to LSD on page 71. The line just happened. As for the title, it was a road trip. The cops show up several times in the text. Its because I speed and I like to know where they are. The "day for night" has to do with how night scenes used to be filmed. In the day time. But none of us were really fooled and I know you won't be fooled by this book either. What is entirely sincere however is my love for those to whom it is dedicated.

Love, Modernity,  and the Internet Just who, or what, is le chien lunatique?The poet driven out of his mind when faced with the catastrophe of the modern world?  The modern world turned into a rabid canine when faced with the hopelessly idealistic poet? Or when it looks in the mirror and sees what it has become?These poems – profound yet accessible, contemporary yet classical, eloquent and dynamic even when apparently most despairing – distill one poet’s somewhat jaundiced look at modernity, from the Renaissance and the philosophical revolutions of the seventeenth century to the nihilism of postmodernism, from the death of God to the bankruptcy of humanism, from the midnight of the Enlightenment to the immortalized barbarism of the internet. Yet behind all of these poems, supporting them like a hand, lies the passion that drives all of existence, old or new – the ferocious and uncompromising demands of love.A rabid dog eventually bites itself to death. So is there hope pour ce pauvre chien lunatique? Maybe there is. Maybe there isn’t. Only the future knows. It sits at your feet. Growling.  “An extraordinary, and extraordinarily strange, accomplishment. It is bound to offend at least one of your friends.”     – Jack Foley “. . . poems of diamond-like brilliance, filled with despair, passion, and surreal beauty. The poet . . . in an act of intellectual courage, climbs up on the rubble of western culture to speak truth to both power and powerlessness.”         – Mary Mackey, author of Sugar Zone and    the novel The Village of Bones “Another entrancing book from a poet and novelist of visionary authority, whose imagination is at once brilliant and unsettling.”     – Ernest Hilbert, author of Caligulan “An attempt to right the world . . . a generous collection.”          – Simon Perchik “ ‘The Wife of the Painter’ . . . takes my breath away . . . . ‘Midnight’ is . . .  a masterpiece, yet so modest as to almost escape notice.”     – Curt Barnes “In this provocative collection of poems, Christopher Bernard emerges as a maverick bucking current tastes and trends . . . balancing an unabashed prophetic fury with poems of great love and tenderness.”    – Philip Fried  

What is democracy and where did it come from? Is it a new development or was it always present in human society? And perhaps the most important question: what can we do to preserve and strengthen democracy among the forces that oppose it?In this book we explore trends throughout history that have brought democratic – and undemocratic – government to people wherever civilization exists. We discuss where democracy has been most, and least, successful and why. But our most important task is to clarify what each of us can do, as politicians or ordinary citizens, to bring the benefits of democracy more fully into the personal and political lives of those who cherish it. Includes the section: Guide to Voting in a Democracy–

ABOUT THE BOOKIn the early 1960s America became involved in a brutal, devastating war in Southeast Asia. The war polarized much of the nation and threatened to destabilize America''s influence throughout the globe. The world was introduced to an entirely new kind of sports icon. He was an outspoken, confident young man who vigorously voiced his opinion about the Viet Nam War and racial inequality in America.In 1963 President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was brutally gunned down in Dallas, Texas. Two days later his alleged assassin was murdered on live television in front of a shocked nation. Later that same year the Warren Commission Report would be released to the public. Critics blasted the report for its alleged inaccuracies and narrowness of scope. The civil rights movement grew increasingly more powerful in the 1960s. The movement was a key factor in the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Horrific repercussions would shortly follow, however. Many young, innocent blacks were murdered and its charismatic leader, Martin Luther King, Jr., would be assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. A rock band from across the ocean would captivate a generation and future generations of young and old alike with its electrifying and unique style of rock and roll music. 1964 was the year that all these elements began to crystalize and produce the cultural phenomenon that we now know as the 60s.ABOUT THE AUTHORThomas Brennan lives with his family in Collingswood, New Jersey. He enjoys reading and writing about important historical milestones. One of his forthcoming books will be about America''s first mega sports hero, the incomparable heavyweight champion, Jack Dempsey.

The Tao Te Ching is a principal text of the ancient Spiritual tradition of Chinese Taoism. It is a compilation of wisdom sayings attributed to Lao Tzu, the old boy/philosopher/Master, recorded over two-thousand years ago and which has since undergone hundreds of translations, commentaries and adaptations. Tao Te Ching maxims are wise counsel given by sages to feudal rulers on how to harmoniously order their states and peacefully govern their peoples at a time in Chinese history of pervasive socio-political conflict and upheaval. The wisdom sayings have become universally meaningful and perennially relevant guidelines for successful leadership as well as for optimal living. The present work is an original rendering of the 81 Tao Te Ching passages wherein identifying with the essential Reality of Tao and its dynamic-kinetic energetic characteristics, qualities and activities are considered to constitute the unique individuality, true integrity, innate wisdom and potent Virtuosity of our inner human nature. The psychotherapeutically-oriented commentaries given for each of the passages are not only useful for professionals engaged in the attending relationship/process of psychotherapy but also for anyone interested in wisely and Soulfully living a more Spiritually awakened, natural, contented and enjoyable human life.  

San Francisco a ete incendiee deux fois en l'espace de six semaines. Les commercants et les habitants en colere ont cree un Comite de Vigilance pour arreter, juger et pendre les incendiaires ainsi que tous les voyous, malfaiteurs et criminels armes qui faisaient de la ville un lieu de debauche dangereux et sans loi en 1851 et 1852. Le Gouverneur, ses amis et les personnalites corrompues de la ville et de l'Etat sont alors bien decides a museler le Comite de Vigilance, meme au risque de declencher une guerre civile. Pierre et Manon Dubois doivent prudemment tracer leur chemin au milieu du terrain min de cette guerre entre factions rivales, travers les rues dangereuses, et en tenant compte du dfi que reprsente le dbarquement hebdomadaire de nouveaux immigrants, filles dbauches et chercheurs de fortune. La ville est encore un monde d'hommes impitoyables o les yankees contrlent le commerce, les jurys de tribunaux russ, les personnels de la douane et expulsent les immigrants trangers selon leur bon vouloir. Manon pourra-t-elle raliser son rve de possder et de grer un restaurant franais hupp qui emploie des femmes comme chefs de cuisine et pourra-t-elle soutenir la concurrence des restaurants bien tablis dont les propritaires et les employs sont des hommes ? Pierre pourra-t-il crer une activit notariale prenne ainsi qu'une agence d'investigation dans cet environnement plein d'incertitude ? Les partenaires fminines de Manon, associes ou employes, russiront-elles professionnellement dans cette ville encore sans loi qui comprend plus de 2 000 saloons, d'innombrables maisons et salons de jeu, maisons de tolrance, et baraques d'esclavage sexuel ?

A spine-tingling adventure across the Sahara, and a heart-breaking romance . . . haunting memories of war and a long-lost America after the tragedy of September 11 . . . a spiritual quest into the heart of darkness . . . and the discovery of the supremely redemptive power of love. "Voyage to a Phantom City" is a philosophical adventure story that spans three continents and an entire generation. It is about love, politics, tragedy and the search for meaning in a chaotic time.

ABOUT THE BOOKNone of the neighbors considered it trespassing. The run-down shack on five overgrown acres in the Sierra Nevada foothills had been abandoned for years. But their exploits on the land are suddenly threatened when a woman appears out of nowhere, claiming to have just inherited the place. As she starts digging around, she does far more than uncover weeds and rocks: she uproots the very landscape of each of their lives."Gently and poetically, Sara takes us on a journey into rural America where lives twine together in unexpected ways. Her characters are as rich as the landscape she so beautifully describes."- Beverly Olevin, author, The Good Side of Bad, Winner Kirkus Discoveries Best Fiction 2010ABOUT THE AUTHORAdina Sara is the author of 100 Words Per Minute: Tales From Behind Law Office Doors (Regent Press 2006) and The Imperfect Garden, A Memoir (Regent Press 2009). She was the feature garden columnist for The MacArthur Metro, a Bay Area newspaper, and her poetry and essays have appeared in various publications including East Bay Express, Oxygen and Peregrine Press. She resides in Oakland, California.

ABOUT THE BOOKThe Paintings of Art Pinajian, A Family Story, is an illustrated non-fiction novel about an Armenian-American painter whose work sold for a fortune after he died, though he lived on the edge of poverty. Ashod "Archie" Pinajian was a Najarian on his mother''s side, and what happened to his work became a universal story of greed and betrayal, yet his faith in the power of art was a redemptive force that never diminished."It is between me and myself that I work now.... My work is a reflection of what I want my life to be.... To understand the totality of art is to arrive at its creation.... If you are conscious of Totality, time will coalesce everything into one.... Searching for forms is terrific therapy and makes me feel good and refreshed.... No one notices, of course, except the creator and sometimes not even he." From Archie''s letters to his cousin Pete.ABOUT THE AUTHORPeter Najarian is a passionate and idealistic American author, painter, basketball player and substitute teacher who resides in Berkeley, California.