"The study reveals how the female world ultimately defined what constituted a "story" for nineteenth-century women, and presents a way for today's reader to approach these sometimes puzzling works of short fiction."--BOOK JACKET.

Adam has a secret. But maybe Charlie has a few of his own. Adam's got a secret and nobody knows. He's promised himself never to get into relationships and risk revealing it, but Charlie Fielding has a way of getting under one's skin. One party, one kiss and Adam is faced with a horrible choice—tell Charlie the truth or keep quiet. And either way, lose the only friends he's had in years. But Charlie might have a secret, too—and everybody knows but Adam.

"As engaging as it is astonishing, this book provides extremely important revelations and striking pen-portraits etched in acid of the main actors. Certainly the sources are fabulous". -- John Erickson, author of The Road to stalingrad. "A well-written account filled with original material and documentation. Good reading for anyone interested in the history of WWII intelligence". -- Publishers Weekly (starred review.)

The story Sharing Secrets: Soles to Souls begins when Amber is five and her family moves to a home on Farmer's Lane. She marvels at having her own bedroom away from her older sister, Angela. Soon after moving, she begins having a repeating dream. She slowly discovers that her own dream and experiences of other family members lead to a 65-year-old mystery. Though much of the story is true, you will have to read it to decide what is real. Christine C. Thompson, a RN with over 30 years of diverse experiences, had a life-altering episode after a motor vehicle accident in 2002. She had to stop nursing until 2010. Currently, she volunteers as a mentor to MSN students working on their final practicum project. Thompson enjoys listening, learning, and understanding how people handled lifeÕs problems. Writing stories based on someoneÕs experiences is her way of sharing their knowledge and insight into lifeÕs difficult moments.

Merriam Press World War 2 Fiction. Miles Ashton was a graduate student in anthropology at Columbia University when he met Ella Desserret, a Lakota (Sioux) woman who taught him linguistics. Thanks to her, he mastered several diverse languages. Later, while doing field work in South Dakota, Black Wolf befriended him. The old healer not only taught Miles scouting and warrior skills but taught him Woksape Wokikta (to awaken to wisdom). After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, an Army intelligence officer recruited him and began teaching him the art of intelligence. His last mentor was a Tennessee-born businessman in the Philippines who taught him the art of the calculated risk. When Miles was commissioned, he was assigned to General MacArthur's staff in Australia. There he joined the secret SPYRON program and began delivering weapons and supplies to Filipino guerrillas by submarine. By then he was well trained, but would it be enough to outsmart the Japanese who were bent on catching him?

The project that captured a nation's imagination. The instructions were simple, but the results were extraordinary. "You are invited to anonymously contribute a secret to a group art project. Your secret can be a regret, fear, betrayal, desire, confession, or childhood humiliation. Reveal anything -- as long as it is true and you have never shared it with anyone before. Be brief. Be legible. Be creative." It all began with an idea Frank Warren had for a community art project. He began handing out postcards to strangers and leaving them in public places -- asking people to write down a secret they had never told anyone and mail it to him, anonymously. The response was overwhelming. The secrets were both provocative and profound, and the cards themselves were works of art -- carefully and creatively constructed by hand. Addictively compelling, the cards reveal our deepest fears, desires, regrets, and obsessions. Frank calls them "graphic haiku," beautiful, elegant, and small in structure but powerfully emotional. As Frank began posting the cards on his website, PostSecret took on a life of its own, becoming much more than a simple art project. It has grown into a global phenomenon, exposing our individual aspirations, fantasies, and frailties -- our common humanity. Every day dozens of postcards still make their way to Frank, with postmarks from around the world, touching on every aspect of human experience. This extraordinary collection brings together the most powerful, personal, and beautifully intimate secrets Frank Warren has received -- and brilliantly illuminates that human emotions can be unique and universal at the same time.

Book description to come.