Matthew: 5036 books

Freya is the myth. Freya is the legend. And she’s about to make one hell of a comeback. There's far more to Sara Vanadi than meets the eye. In her prime, she was Freya, the Norse goddess of love, beauty, war, and death - though that past hardly seems to matter now. For an ancient goddess...

"Move over, Percy Jackson, there’s a new girl in town." —Booklist review for Freya Her fight for freedom is over, but the fight for power is just beginning. After Freya escapes from the power-controlling Finemdi Corporation, her quest to defeat her new enemy takes her to...

What does it mean to describe something or someone as absurd? Why did absurd philosophy and literature become so popular amidst the violent conflicts and terrors of the mid- to late-twentieth century? Is it possible to understand absurdity not as a feature of events, but as a psychological posture...

Space Ranger Fred is the youngest Space Ranger in the universe. Join Fred and his comic book hero Zando Centauri as they save the planet Jambori all thanks to Fred’s expert ability to tie his shoelaces. Space Ranger Fred is a fun book for young children between the ages of 6 and 10. The...

Have you ever seen an abandoned house in the countryside and wondered how it came to be in such a state of disrepair? Have you ever looked at such a house from a distance and felt, for some unexplainable reason, that you really don’t want to go inside it? The house with two front doors is just...

Kyle Broder has achieved his lifelong dream and is an editor at a major publishing house. When Kyle is contacted by his favorite college professor, William Lansing, Kyle couldn’t be happier. Kyle has his mentor over for dinner to catch up and introduce him to his girlfriend, Jamie, and the...

Meet Billy Bowman, a young man who is entrusted with a strange, high-tech suit that transforms him into one of the world's most powerful superheroes. The suit is both a blessing and a curse, as Billy discovers the incredible responsibility that a superhero must bear. - Length approximately 40 pages.

Prose poems by Matthew Burnside, for anyone who's ever felt small.

Clinical psychologist Michael Eriksson makes a living from helping others, but after a series of events, he is left fighting to pick up the pieces of his own shattered psyche.When he is called to an attempted suicide on a stormy summer's night, Michael has the chance to save a life, but will it be his own?

The following is a collection of poetry and short prose writings poured out of a deeply pained heart. From the introduction to the story with “Broken Child” to the conclusion of “A Beautiful Ending”, you will walk with me on a journey of abuse, depression and false guilt, self-harm and suicide. Love. Loss. Hurt. Healing.

Through the ages, mankind has looked to the night sky with solemn awe and persistent bewilderment. Who are we? Why are we here? Why does anything exist? How have we come to be self-aware? In recent times, physicists have produced a stream of astounding revelations into the history and design of the...

In the tradition of Robert A. Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress but with a healthy dose of cyberpunk: Radio Freefall is about a plot to take over the Earth by power-mad, sociopathic computer-geek billionaire, Walter Cheeseman. It's up to a strange cast of rock stars and oddballs to stop him. Aqualung,...

Erik Simpson is a brilliant young zoologist who has no memory of his life before the age of sixteen. Trained by his aging foster father, a world renowned zoologist, Erik astounds his colleagues with his insights into animal behavior.  As his thirtieth birthday approaches, Erik has a recurring dream...

Imagine a modern-day retelling of Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, with a teenage girl and a very pregnant young Mexican as the main characters. That's the gist of Matthew Olshan's brilliant literary debut, Finn: A Novel.The book's narrator is Chloe Wilder, a quiet girl, part...