Jason Smith

"'Honey, if cookin' is a chore, then you ain't been doin' it right.' --author and Lord Honey chef Jason Smith From Kentucky 'Nanners Foster Waffles to 'Lasses-Glazed Carrots to Sweet Tea and Bourbon Fried Chicken, celebrate the art of 'Country Bling' cooking with recipes that will have you digging out the cast-iron skillet and running to the store for some butter. Complete with colorful descriptions, accessible ingredients, simple directions, and...

This edition includes the following editor's introduction: Edith Wharton, the feminism of a Pulitzer Prize winner

Originally published in 1903, "Sanctuary" is a unique novel by American author Edith Wharton. Written while she was writing "The House of Mirth," "Sanctuary" is a little hidden gem of Wharton's, with impeccable prose and moments when the suspense becomes almost unbearable.
"Sanctuary" tells the story of...

Flatland is a satirical novella by Edwin Abbott Abbott. Writing pseudonymously as "A Square", the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to offer pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions.
The story is about a two-dimensional world referred to as Flatland which is occupied by geometric figures. Women are simple line-segments,...

"A secretive Kung Fu clan in modern times is attacked by the evil spirit Dai Shi. With their master dead and one of their members possessed by the evil spirit, three Kung Fu adepts search for new masters and new abilities to defeat the evil force before it can destroy the world. Under the tutelage of the easygoing RJ, the three students become Power Rangers. Using animal Kung Fu techniques, they battle the army of Dai Shi known as the Rinshi"--Container....

This edition includes the following editor's introduction: The Travels of Robert Louis Stevenson

Originally published in 1879, "Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes" is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature. The book describes Robert Louis Stevenson's "pilgrimage", made alone, with Modestine the donkey he bought to carry his luggage for the...

When Allan moves to New York City from Mississippi, his brother, Oliver, who had been living in the city for a few years prior, decides to introduce Allan to an exclusive group of wealthy people. Hoping that it will help Allan's law business, Oliver gets Allan invites to parties and meetings, which quickly grant Allan access to the decadence of the rich. With expensive cars, private trains, thousand-dollar clothing, and gluttonous meals made by servants,...

This early work by William Morris was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. William Morris was born in London, England in 1834. Arguably best known as a textile designer, he founded a design partnership which deeply influenced the decoration of churches and homes during the early 20th century. However, he is also considered an important Romantic writer and pioneer of the modern fantasy...

A feature-length, non-partisan documenatary which examines the capture and counting of ballots in American elections. It asks the question, What are the specific assurances of accuracy and security in American voting? The answers are both surprising and disturbing.

“The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”—Salon
It Can’t Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis’s later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America.
Written during the Great Depression,...