@ Market Block Books

From acclaimed journalist Walter Shapiro, the true life story of how his great-uncle a Jewish vaudeville impresario and exuberant con man managed to cheat Hitler's agents in the run-up to WWII.

Mike Ross worked as a public relations writer in Troy and Albany for 30 years. He retired in 2006, and lives in Asheville, North Carolina. This is his first book of poems.

Mike Ross’s poems draw inspiration from everyday events and memories. They combine concrete detail with imaginative perspectives. All strive to be accessible.

When Node Becomes the Server intends to provide its readers a reason to believe in spirituality and start embedding it in their day-to-day life. The whole idea is to have the reader observe, think and finally realize that spirituality is as close to basic science and technology as one can perceive. Technical analogies in the form of the Internet, smartphones and electric cars used in the book to convey the winning principles of spirituality, serves the dual purpose of making it both interesting and practical.

Jamie Verrillo spent twenty years in the horse racing industry.