Why are those devastated by war or other military experiences called mentally ill? The standard treatment of therapy and drugs can actually be harmful, and huge numbers of suffering veterans from earlier eras demonstrate its inadequacy. Most of us are both war-illiterate and military-illiterate. Caplan proposes that we welcome veterans back into our communities and listen to their experiences, one-on-one. Beginning a long overdue national discussion about the realities of war and the military will help us bridge the dangerous chasms between veterans and nonveterans.
Here are fifteen dispatches from imagination's hinterlands. Wand-slingers cast death spells, at the OK Corral. An alien appears on Main Street, in a barber's chair. Atlanteans, up from an abandoned Manhattan subway tunnel, confront an ace pickpocket. A Florida swamp wizard takes water-moccasin form. As one reader, in the United Kingdom, put it: "Quirky and engaging - a fantastic storyteller with a brilliant imagination. I was sorry to finish the book. Well worth your time." Sure, and speaking of time, in the far future, when the technology is biological, and cities are made of living cells....
Lana Turner was one of the most glamorous and enduring stars of Hollywood's Golden Era. From her brief debut in the controversial THEY WON'T FORGET to her star-making performance in ZIEGFELD GIRL and subsequent film classics like THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, PEYTON PLACE and IMITATION OF LIFE, she enchanted audiences around the world for five decades.Off-screen, with her nightclubbing, romantic dalliances and multiple marriages, the actress provided plenty of fodder for both Hollywood gossip columnists and scandal magazines, culminating on the night of April 4, 1958 when Johnny Stompanato, Lana's mobster boy friend, was stabbed to death in her Beverly Hills home.Set in the mind and memory of Miss Turner, LANA & JOHNNY WERE LOVERS dramatizes the events leading up to that fateful night and its aftermath.2 women; 2 men. Simple Open Set
"I don't want to Die " Jean Daniels moaned She had to get out of there. Nothing else mattered. Then footsteps echoed in the hall. She stood paralyzed and gazed into the mirror. The door behind her swung open. It was the killer. He had used her and now he was covering up his tracks. She had to go. She was too dangerous to live... How long could it go on? "Homicide Johnny" West couldn't answer that question. He had been called in to solve the murder of Harry Waters whose newspaper columns had ruined many men. But the web of violence grew steadily more vicious. Murder followed murder until Johnny and his co-worker, Penny Lane, found out they were next in line
"There is so much suffering out here (on the frontier). Many are dying of the fever. There are many needs. I will be one who watches, starves, freezes, and sweats. But if I can help in the way that I know how - by lending and extra hand, comforting and helping, and planting apple trees, then I can fulfill my mission." - John Enjoy the events of this play as it recreates the life of Johnny Appleseed, his motive and his mission
A five story anthology of Tammy & Johnny stories, plus a sixth bonus story 'Oh Johnny Tammy's Hot Aunt. Warning: This book contains extreme sexual situations __________________________________________ MESSING AROUND: Tammy's mother and Johnny's father, leave her and Johnny home alone while they attend her mother's class reunion. After Tammy accidently on purpose walks in on Johnny at an awkward moment, one thing leads to another and another and another and so forth. ADULT MOVIE: Tammy's mother and Johnny's father, leave her and her Johnny home while they attend a class reunion. After a day of freewheelin' experimentation, Tammy discovers a cache of X rated films in her mother's nightstand and that's when the fireworks really begin. SLUMBER PARTY: Tammy's mother and step father, leave her and her brother Johnny home while they attend a class reunion. After a day and a half of sexual experimentation, Johnny's suggests, Tammy invite her friend, Becky over for a slumber party. As Johnny hoped, when Becky arrives, the fireworks continue. PARTY TIME: The morning after their fun sexy slumber party, Tammy, Johnny and Becky invite three sexy, new girls and three handsome, new boys to an improvised birthday party BIRTHDAY GIRL - GETS BANGED: What starts out as a show me yours and I'll show you mine evolves into two rollicking sexfests. One for Tammy and one for Johnny.
17-year-old Johnny Wells was a very handsome young man, and you'd have called him a babe magnet, but I'm afraid they didn't have that phrase back in 1961. He decided to capitalize on his looks and the response they earned from women, invested in a haircut and a good wardrobe, moved out of his slum apartment and into a budget hotel, and reinvented himself as a gigolo.The life transformed him. He took up reading, became devoted to it, and educated himself. His new contacts provided him with polish and sophistication. He moved to a good hotel, put money in the bank. And then an out-of-the-blue bout of impotence left him unfit for his profession.Next up, true love-and another transformation. Before you know it he's an advertising copywriter, a rising star on Madison Avenue. A family man.But fate's not done dealing, and the next card he draws is down and dirty...Gigolo Johnny Wells was published by Nightstand Books in 1961, and elicited a surprising response from whoever was serving as editor at the time. (Harlan Ellison, I've been told, but maybe not. And, really, who cares?) Whoever it was, he loved the book and asked for more. I must have written one, but efforts to find it have failed. And, really, who cares?A note on the name: Several years later, I needed a pen name for a work described as a cross-cultural survey of comparative sex techniques. I'd by then long since forgotten having used the name Johnny Wells in this book (which Nightstand had titled "Lover") and the name I stuck on Eros & Capricorn was John Warren Wells, a name I was to go on using on almost two dozen books of sexually-oriented nonfiction. Let me assure you that Johnny Wells and John Warren Wells are not related.
Have you ever been in a salon and wondered what the chick sitting next to you was talking about to her hairdresser? I mean, sometimes you can hear it. But you do miss a lot. See, my girl Johnny's conversation was like no other. She would tell me things that would blow minds. Johnny would come in and say just about whatever that was on her mind. Me being in the church all my life, she would say it with no regard. Johnny didn't care what you may say about her. She's that chick that's been through so much drama... Now she lives her life with a fuck it mindset. And I loved it I mean, I was raised to always carry myself as a lady. I was told that a lady will never give it up on the first date. Also, never to sleep with anyone, but your husband. That way every man will always respect you. Well, believe it or not... my girl Johnny was raised the same way. Too bad she's seen so much. And she's been through the worst. Therefore, these days, Johnny could care less about a damn rep. Nowadays, Johnny is living a life as if it's an open box... Johnny has walked into my salon, and she is telling me all her sex tales. She's telling me and whoever else wanna hear it. YAL her sex tales are so juicy; I have gotten caught up.
Marcus is a gay, forty-three year old Midwestern farmer who lives alone. Although he is surrounded by friends and family who love him, he always assumed that true love would always remain outside his grasp. So no one was more surprised when a handsome and much younger man showed a romantic interest in him. But can two men from different backgrounds and generations make a relationship work? Or will society's disapproval keep them apart? Can they survive the harsh judgment of family and friends? Will their love for each other be enough?This is a heartwarming and romantic story of two very special men who are deeply in love, but who must contend with a world that wants to keep them apart.
