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Frank Beacham's autobiography tells of coming of age in the turbulent 1960s and his compelling lifetime adventures as an independent media storyteller.Beacham writes behind-the-scenes accounts of the madness at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the Apollo 11 moon launch, the civil rights movement in Mississippi, his chilling arrest by military dictator Manuel Noriega of Panama and covering American presidents throughout the world.Beacham describes his topsy-turvy collaboration with Orson Welles, working with the major television networks and breaking new ground in video production. His work includes books, plays and stories that have been turned into film and television programming - all while remaining independent.

Five men and women in Ancient Greece are set on a dangerous journey of self-discovery during the bitter conflict of the Peloponnesian War.Fifty years after King Leonidas of Sparta and his brave 300 fought to the death against Xerxes' Persian hordes at Thermopylae, a long and bloody rivalry erupted between the new superpowers of the era. The world of Ancient Greece in 480 B.C. was evolving into a new landscape. The isolated, socialist regime that grew from their king's sacrifice soon found itself at a vital crossroads with the democratic empire of Athens. The Peloponnesian War was not just a battle for political ideology but a brutal military campaign pitting the world's strongest army against the most powerful navy that ever sailed the seas. The fallout from this consummate struggle would change the course of human history forever.Amidst the battlefields, ordinary men and women continue to work together behind walled cities and open farmland in order to survive. The Olympic festivals honor the gods with their renowned athletic contests and one woman finds herself in a deadly gamble when she must make an agonizing choice. A young helot slave longs for freedom while a new wife imperils herself to stand by her husband and home. When a wealthy aristocrat finds his world turned upside down, he must learn what true sacrifice and honor are all about. A Spartan officer who has lived by a strict code of tradition must discover new ways to cope in an unconventional war.Five people from different walks of life must adapt to their changing world while remaining true to themselves. Who will survive the war and what will their lives be like when it's over?

Your investment in the culture and environment where your teams spend more waking hours than they do at home with with families is your most valuable contribution as a servant leader.------Certainly you could choose to believe that your existing culture is a healthy one. Maybe it is. But how do you know?------If you don't have the right brand, both externally and internally, you won't attract the right people. If you don't have the right people, or people with the right priorities, you can't create or sustain a thriving culture.------Branding and culture, particularly for public serving organizations and people serving leaders, are interdependent.------This book is a step-by-step guide to building a brand and creating a culture of authentic servant leadership for your organization.

Book 2 of The Stewart Writing Program fills the huge gap in today's standard curriculum: grammar. But it does so in a way that is logical, relevant, and fun. Yes, here the students will find the parts of speech, the phrases, and the clauses, but with the clear and rewarding outcome of application to the writing assignments they face every day. Here they learn how to achieve detail in their stories, organization in their essays, and (finally!) that elusive quality called "flow" in their style.And as their writing becomes more sophisticated, we show them how to avoid the errors of agreement, usage, and punctuation. A pronoun in the wrong case, a verb that should be plural and not singular, a missing comma-all can tarnish an otherwise outstanding piece of writing. We take care of that.Book 2 ends with a section called "Writing Patterns," (click Read a FREE excerpt, above), which previews the amazing system of sentence structure that forms the foundation of Book 3. Together the three books in the series answer the too-common question, "Why can't these kids write?" Here it is, with a lively presentation and proven results.

Set against the backdrop of a traditionally conservative South, a kaleidoscope of colorful characters and intricate sub-plots exist in an environment, paradoxically undermined by poverty, alcohol abuse and the current nationwide drug epidemic.Julie Boucher, a Knoxville, Tennessee police detective, investigates prostitution, narcotics trafficking, outlaw biker gangs, amphetamine cookers, automotive theft, and social welfare fraud. But she also encounters a series of brutal murders that only culminate in investigative dead ends. Is there any possibility they are linked?James Ewell Brown, an avowed Christian celibate whose hypocritical Pastor causes him to lose faith in God, engages in a relationship with a virgin dominatrix.Dr. Lynn Greer, a gynecologist specializing in Family Planning and In Vitro Fertilization is the director of a new clinic, offering a comprehensive range of women's services, including pregnancy terminations. But she faces significant obstacles in a culture dominated by radical pro-life Christian Evangelists.Julie and Lynn meet after the doctor is assaulted following a pro-life demonstration, and then again after the sadistic murder of a pregnant home-based prostitute.The clinic itself becomes a focal point, where a bomb threat exposes an internal scandal with far reaching consequences that radically alters everyone's lives.

Under the spot light of the June 1989 Tiananmen Square unrest, my sixteen American tour members and I fled from one city to another, by plane and by train, away from the emotionally charged protesters. When rumors of a civil war permeated amongst regional Chinese tour guides, I decided to extract my frightened tourists, under restrictive travel circumstances, to the British colonial Hong Kong, by any means possible. I was the group's 25-year-old fearless tour leader, and this is my story.This book is as much a memoir of my first ten years in the United States as it is an immigrant boy's adventures. Join me on my journey from being a 15-year-old FOB in Hawaii, to academic enlightenments on the Mainland, to my backpacking exploits in Europe. Take a front row seat on my tour bus as I take you on my domestic and international tours. Discover how, I, The Unlikely Yank, utilize my earlier experiences to secure safe passage out of China during political chaos.

"A Gift...Only Borrowed" is a compelling narrative of the recollection of what it is like to be a young father shrouded by the challenges surrounding his family's life during an extremely difficult time, the death of one of his children.Navigating the maze through the death of a child can be a bumpy road. Those jumbled twists and turns are usually viewed through weary and teary eyes.Did I have all the answers to survive this journey? I'm not sure I even knew all the right questions to ask.You may be familiar with the destination, but might not recognize the trip taken, one heart beat at a time."God doesn't promise us an easy journey...just a safe place to land."

This book is about recognizing the Divinity in each person that crosses our path, as well as our seeking our own Divinity. It is about seeing beyond perception and sharing a wondrous journey with all creation and its creator.-----------These writings meld poetry with prose, and bridges the gap between spirituality and mysticism, faith and conviction.-----------The beautiful glass-art creations, by the author, are based on a system of sacred geometric patterns which, like the mandala, can repeat itself into infinity. They interject well with the thoughtful narrative that expands on the finite and the infinite.----------In keeping with the nature of man's relationship with the spirit and our gratitude for existence this book follows up a previous work from 2014 titled, Earth & Sky, Heart & Soul.

Once there were three dog brothers. Dennis was the nervous one. He was afraid of Baths, Kennels, Fences, and The Vet. But he loved his Person and definitely did not want Sneaky Cat to get anywhere near her! Tucker was the grumpy brother. He was not happy about Dennis' rescue and tried to lose him on a cold dark night in Idaho. But Dennis did not hold grudges and even saved Tucker from the dreadful Kennel Snake. Dennis realized that Tucker wasn't always grumpy. There was a time when Tucker played with feathers and stuffing. There was a time he searched for treasures. Manny was the youngest dog brother. He was the joyful one. He had many adventures with Swampy Lakes, Hairy Camel Llamas, and Cake. Manny loved cake. Oh and Viking Feasts! Manny loved a good Viking Feast! Together these brothers had many adventures. Their story is sometimes happy, funny, scary, and sad. Because after all, it is a story about real life.

Never in the history of modern major league professional sports has a team captured the world's imagination like the Vegas Golden Knights did in 2017-18.The NHL expansion team, self-nicknamed the "Golden Misfits," set records for wins, points, won their division and conference and made it to the Stanley Cup Final in its inaugural season. It was a group of players that was systematically put together, quickly bonded and were expertly coached.They also served an important role for Las Vegas after the shooting tragedy of October 1, 2017 when 58 concert-goers were murdered by a crazed gunman. They helped a community heal and provided a source of escape, and, eventually, a source of love for millions."Vegas Born" captures the Knights story from its embryonic stages all the way through the team's amazing Stanley Cup run. The story is not just on the ice however. The team's successful marketing run made it the envy of many pro sports teams, mixing in over-the-top Vegas sensibilities with traditional ideas to provide a first-class entertainment experience for those who visited T-Mobile Arena on game nights.They were the first major league pro sports team in the city and the Golden Knights set the bar high for other Las Vegas-based sports teams when it came to marketing their product.Of course, the product on the ice had a lot to do with it. Whether it was three-time Stanley Cup champion goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury performing heroically or young centers William Karlsson and Erik Haula having career seasons or veterans Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith, James Neal, Deryk Engelland and David Perron coming through with big, or in some cases, their best-ever years, the Golden Knights were a team which exceeded beyond anyone's wildest imagination.

AD 454. Three years after the Roman victory over Attila the Hun at Catalaunum, Arria Felix and Garic the Frank are married and enjoying life on Garic's farm in northern Gaul (France). Their happy life is interrupted when a cryptic message arrives from Arria's father, the esteemed Senator Felix, calling them to Rome. At Arria's insistence, but against Garic's better judgment, they leave at once.On their arrival at Villa Solis, they are confronted with a brutal murder and a dangerous mission. The fate of a profound and sacred object-Christ's Crown of Thorns-rests in their hands. They must carry the holy relic to the safety of Constantinople, away from a corrupt emperor and old enemies determined to steal it for their own gain. But a greater force arises against them-a secret cult who will commit any atrocity to capture the Crown. All the while, the gruesome murder and the conspiracy behind it haunt Arria's thoughts.Arria and Garic's marital bonds are tested but forged as they partner together to fulfill one of history's most challenging missions, The Quest for the Crown of Thorns.

The last of the great Wabanaki tribes, the Norridgewock tribe during the 1600 to early 1700 era, in what is now Maine was wiped out on August 23, 1724, after years of struggle with the Colonial Boston English government under the rule of the English Crown.The author, a descendant of survivors of that massacre, uses her personal experience having grown up on the Penobscot tribal land to write her book. She tells her family story passed onto her through oral tradition.The story centers around the documented, thirty years of Father Sebastien Rale's life while serving the Norridgewock Indians. His diaries and journals are preserved today.After three years of research, the author provides the reader with a little known period of time of early French and English encounters with the indigenous people of the northeast, Atlantic part of the country. The people see through their eyes the one who comes to live with them as their teacher and giver of Sacraments. By 1700 the first school in Maine is established. The tribal leaders begin to deal with the Colonists as they learn to read and write English.Following Orders from England, the Colonists must conquer those in their way to take Quebec, Canada, and all lands and natural resources that abounded in those lands. With a bounty of silver on his head, Father Rale and the Indian Chiefs were massacred by the English soldiers in a surprise attack at the Norridgewock village ending years of conflict.

I had something happen to me that changed my life forever. Because we all wish to share good news, I wanted to acquaint the reader with, where I once was, and my journey to where I am now.It was an epiphany in March, 2012 that led to a message I received from Jesus. Even though my world changed in March 2012, it was the message nine months later that jump started me into action. I began with discernment and prayer, moved to a self-imposed spiritual direction and began studying scripture. I gained the confidence to help anyone who wanted the same relationship with God, as I have. You will find no preaching in the book, only steps I took... all in my words.Throughout the book I expose my misgivings and sins to illustrate that it is possible to turn a stubborn, bull headed, human like me to see God's Light. For years I prayed for a moment like the epiphany. From the instance of my awareness of God's love, I no longer suffer fear, stress, anxiety or sadness. I'm happy everyday while giving God's thanks. I've learned how to love God with all of my heart, mind, and soul; and with all my strength. Grounded in His love, I possess the strength to love all of His creation. There is nothing that can shake me and temptation is much easier to overcome.I was a mere Christian. I did not follow God's plan. Once I ascertained what God's intentions were, I became a follower of Christ. I haven't looked back. I want people to see the Jesus in me. I hold true that I may be the only Jesus someone might ever meet. Although a tremendous responsibility, knowing that my Lord has my back, I accept the challenge.If I felt I didn't have a compelling message, I would have never written the book. My sole motivation is to help others.

Timothy Neff Gocke's book is a candid portrayal of what getting older is like and how we can magically change the number of years to fit our new old. The uniqueness of his story lies in his biographies of each classmate who attended this special 50th high school reunion. Gocke crafts a series of survey questions which brings out the personal issues in each classmate's lives.Every element and issue in his book are common to many of us who have attended a high school reunion where the years have slipped away. Notice the most common element of all which is the list of a very special group of classmates.See what happens when classmates meet again and all those surprises that come with it! Find the human spirit thriving in all of us. Please join us now in this very special occasion and see what happens on the 50th: the before, during, and after. You just might think this was your reunion!

This communication thoroughly conveys my crazy thinking on how we might all pull together and collectively charter a fresh course for all of humanity.Perhaps after reading you will come away with a renewed perspective on life; feeling better about your personal existence, including feeling better about the human journey -- fully optimistic about coming back to a better world, if that should so be the case.

Two years have passed since Michael Pierce and Dan Renhoff returned to the Outer World. For Michael it has been two years of restlessness, grief, guilt, and increasing anger.Feeling abandoned by all except his closest friend, Michael conceives a plan to return to Inner Earth, vowing to "set things right." Uncertain of Michael's exact meaning but hoping his plan will lead to some badly needed closure, Dan accompanies him to what they believe will once again be the entrance to that magical land.But they find themselves confronted by a mysterious messenger, a being that speaks of a need they must promise to meet and a price they must pay. Will Michael and the Holy Presence be enough to meet this need? And, more importantly, what will be the price of their return?

These poems span three decades, from 1987 through 2018, imagining the correspondence of some things with others.This book could not exist without the poem Buen Perro. Buen Perro, succeeded as part of an illustrated poetry-print series widely distributed between 1997 and 2001 in Argentina, Chile, Spain, and Uruguay, culminating in publication by El Diario del Fin del Mundo, in Ushuaia, Argentina.Two other poems-Winter Exonerates this World, and Along the Journey Toward the Destination: Points Unexpectedly Known-were published in Spanish and English, in 1997, by the University of South Carolina. English versions grace this book.An omitted poem, The Will to Live, earned Lawrence H. Fisher the description of "great communicator for his generation" in the anthology, A Generation Defining Itself, ISBN 0-9654136-3-2; that stand-alone accomplishment should forever remain by itself. Likewise, Luminescence, received the Poetic Justice Prize awarded by the Pennsylvania Bar Association in 2002.Between 2006 and 2011, Lawrence H. Fisher wrote and published the New York Times Bestseller, Memoir of a Milk Carton Kid, a true crime story. After that, he authored and published another true crime story, in 2014, Victim of the System. Even Victim of the System included a poem....

Book 1 of The Stewart Writing Program sets the tone and the purpose of the entire series, presenting the fundamentals in a clear, conversational style that never loses sight of the ultimate goal of outstanding writing skills. "That's a common noun; make it more specific with a proper noun. Here's a sentence by J. K. Rowling; toss out her words and put in your own." Everything makes sense, as the students discover the confidence and creativity that has always eluded them. The "Plus..." part of every book in the series refers to the attention to both the opportunities and the stumbles that go with mastering these writing skills. For example, look at the parallel structure in the previous sentence, where the conjunctions "both...and" link the two nouns, "opportunities" and "stumbles." Or learn the secrets of commas, which can make the writing flow, or can make it a mess. Book 1 concludes with a section called "Writing Patterns," uniting all the lessons to inspire writing that is detailed, organized, and convincing. Together with Books 2 and 3, this series leads to success like no other writing program.

We live in a world that feels isolating. We find ourselves cut off from the deep springs of comfort and hope that can refresh us. Some of us live with chronic pain. Some of us are emotionally and spiritually damaged. Some of us are entangled in grief. And some of us are just plain stressed, exhausted, and at our wit's end.In this collection of short meditations, Pastor Lou Bauer offers respite. In his gentle words of encouragement he offers you the way of healing and trusting that God wills your wholeness. These meditations will remind you that God can show you the way of taking enough time to love your little piece of time without forgetting that you also live beyond time.

A Pitch for Love tells the tale of Matt Meredith, who is torn between two women who are polar opposites. Compounding their affairs of the heart is a major scandal involving the mayor that entangles all three of them.Star columnist Matt Meredith is the Braxton Bugle's lead reporter in an investigative series on a scandal involving the Braxton Emergency Shelter's capital campaign; Robbyn Baxter is the mother of the star pitcher and shortstop on the Little League team Matt coaches and the advertising copywriter marketing the capital campaign; and Tiffany Underhill, the female lead in the movie "Drug Town" being filmed in Braxton, is the primary source implicating the mayor in the scandal.Like a whip coming back to its handle, Matt toggles his affections between Robbyn and Tiffany as the three of them are buffeted by competing and compelling circumstances that concoct an intoxicating blend of romance, intrigue and drama.

After writing the poems for "Peering Around the Corner", Dennis Herrell has discovered that describing and explaining a book to his readers is a different and difficult process. He would much rather simply write poems. As a writer of poetry, Dennis believes that everyone has a poem in himself or herself. A human being is mentally and emotionally equipped to have "Poetic Moments". You might not call them that, but, thank goodness we do have those moments in our lives. This is a book about some of his moments. For example, while teaching one day, Dennis noticed some birds outside the window, and a poem formed in his mind about how things are relevant. Another day while fishing, he wondered about sharing a lake with the large creatures we call cows. On another day, Dennis encountered the CEO of a national company much in the news, and a poem was the result. On a walk, Dennis found a stick, and wondered what a stick was good for. Another time, in a corner of his mind, he considered the birth of a poem. Dennis likes to explore what makes familiar objects, everyday events, and ordinary people not really mundane. There are lots of corners in our lives.Our lives are so full of the small things that we take them for granted and a feeling of oh hum. Look for more corners. Look with new eyes and different attitude.A daily walk can be a new experience every day. Bathing an infant does not have to be a chore. A first date might, or might not, be a life-changing event.You can learn something new in any conversation-the other person knows something you don't. Everybody brings something to the table. Remember: the people you are looking at are also looking at you, and their brains are just as capable at making judgments. It's so obvious, but you have to think outside of your own box. Therein lies the fun of reading poetry-other people's thoughts. Dennis Herrell wishes you well, and enjoyable reading.