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RED ALERT FOR ROMANIA is a seductive adventure novel set during the Cold War. It is built according to all the rules of the genre: seismologists involved in the series of events caused by the collapse of a Soviet military satellite, secret services engaged in tough operations to recover the module containing the military codes of the satellite, double agents... But the adventure, although exciting, is only a pretext that motivates the foray into a sick world - Romania before the Revolution of December 1989. The epilogue of the novel brings us to Romania after 1989 whose continuities suffocate changes, revealing their fragility. Professor Dr. Silviu ANGELESCU University of Bucharest

What is presented in this is not a topic-by-topic review of what is already known but rather; it pulls together what is already known and combines this information with fresh new insights with a singular focus. The book establishes the common thread leading to a new way to establish 2-way Extraterrestrial Communication. This presentation is unique and has never before been conceived or put to the test. For the past decade, the author has been conducting research and studying the science of extraterrestrial existence and extraterrestrial communication means and methods. The result of all of the research in combination with the dream-like vision of an extraterrestrial communication code has culminated into the publication of two books on the subject. This book is the second. The vision came to the author is very much the same sort of vision several Nobel Prize winning scientist experienced leading to their discoveries (cited herein). This book takes the reader on a journey that leads directly to a scientifically based hypothesis about establishing ET communication. It further presents the foundation of an experiment designed to put that hypothesis to the test consistent with the universally accepted standard scientific method. The next step is to execute the experiment proposed and get ready to communicate with our brothers out there in the universe beyond earth.

I heard these words from a charming and wise brilliant actress Viola Davis whom I admire immensely; "Let us exhume the bones of the dead and tell their stories...." that touched my heart, so I decided to heed her words and penned this story for young children to read or read to them in hopes it would kindle a spark of fire in their quest to learn about the dehumanizing tragedy of slavery as free labor in Southern States and to compare enslaved humans with animals enjoying their freedom in Africa. Knowing truths according to biblical scripture, St. John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" knowing truths should be the first step in gaining knowledge and aligning oneself with facts. It was my challenge in this children's book not only to cultivate awareness about slavery being unjust but prompt readers' journey to seek the truth about slavery and be able to formulate their narrative. Paraphrasing the scripture Philippians 4:8, true freedom comes from knowing things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of excellent report only if a mind is morally sound and can honor a living God. There is no shame in knowing truths. Only to accept the knowledge and, with a grateful heart, right the wrong thru deeds of love and kindness. The Declaration of Independence declares, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." This is the uniform standard ideal our forefathers put in place for Americans to adopt and should live. The practice of slavery was in place before the adoption of the Constitution and was a part of the social wealth system that made it almost impossible to change. Today let us all stand to right the wrong thru our deeds of love and kindness and know that any form of denying a person true liberty is wrong.

Surviving Reproductive Loss: Stories of Creativity and Positive Transformation in Women's Lives tells the fascinating stories of the lives and creative accomplishments of nearly fifty women who experienced infertility, pregnancy loss or stillbirth. Robert J. Dinkin, PhD, historian, and Roxane Head Dinkin, PhD, clinical psychologist, have teamed up again to write a follow-up to their previous volume, Infertility and the Creative Spirit, published by iUniverse in 2010. The Dinkins tell the stories of women innovators in writing, entertaining, sports, politics, and social reform. When Julia Child was living in Paris with her husband Paul and unable to become pregnant, she turned to learning the art of French cooking, ultimately producing her famous cookbooks and TV shows. When she showed up with a hot plate and an omelet pan on an educational television program, the first cooking show was born. Read about her and the many other women who made major contributions in their own fields and who also changed the larger society by contributing to the well-being of women and children.

Detective Ida Mae Rollins searches for the identity of a homicide victim who was dismembered and dumped along a road in southeastern Wisconsin. Her subsequent search for the killer leads the diminutive, spiky-haired blonde investigator on a body strewn trail that stretches from Wisconsin into Iowa and ultimately into southern Illinois, Arkansas and Missouri. Ida, as she prefers to be called, gets a lucky break while grocery shopping during a visit to her mother's farm. She spots a man she had believed to be murdered and follows him across the state line. What follows is a fast-paced discovery of drug dealing involving the man and his partner, a strikingly pretty pathological liar of a woman who detests men and her own mother. But is there anything linking the woman to men who were murdered in Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri? Ida digs deep for physical evidence even as her own boss, Sheriff Peter Clark, wants action taken against the man who reported what he believed to be mere littering.

"Dream Season is a well-written historical novel that makes Los Angeles County's past come alive I strongly recommend this book. Stories of nineteenth-century baseball, family lore, and the history of Merriken's hometown of Norwalk, California, are beautifully told in this heartwarming tale that is based on the life of a pitcher and local celebrity, Walter Settle."-Barbara Field, President, Norwalk Historical Heritage Commission In 1890, a tall and robust fourteen-year-old named Walter Settle played baseball for a small community just north of his hometown in Los Angeles County. An exceptionally talented and motivated athlete with an incredible pitching arm, young Walter dreamed of playing baseball professionally. When news of his talent eventually caught the attention of Baltimore Orioles Manager Ned Hanlon, Walter's aspirations of playing in the big leagues seemed destined to become reality. But Walter had to choose between his dream and his responsibility to his family and community. Inspired by the life of a true baseball hero and the history of Norwalk, California, this heartwarming novel tells the story of a young man's ambition to play professional baseball despite his family's disdain for the sport, his unrelenting push for perfection, and his disappointments and triumphs along the way.

Written and remembered by one of the children, based on what she remembers and what the family endured.

Life has changed significantly in the past few months for Yvanya McKenzie. She has gone from living in suburbia to a compound in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by constant talks of rebellion and ammunition supplies. Now that she has learned her parents' true identities, Yvanya knows life will never again be the same. The Militia is expanding and outgrowing the compound where they've been hiding and training while the Empire ramps up its anti-rebellion attacks. After the Militia's leaders plan an expedition to an abandoned ghost city to survey its potential, Yvanya and her friends join the excursion, hoping for an adventure. But a trip that was supposed to be fun and exciting turns into a nightmare when she is captured by the Empire and taken to a maximum-security fortress where the most dangerous criminals are said to be held. Will Yvanya ever see the light of day again or will she rot in a dark dirty cell for the rest of her life? In this action-packed sequel, a girl with a thirst for adventure learns that no one is truly who they claim to be as she is tested to her limits in her will to survive.

We all know the song about Little Bunny Foo Foo (LB) and how he bopped mice on the head. Why did he do that though? Did you ever stop to wonder? LB's life wasn't as happy and carefree as it seemed. He had secrets, and he had a hard life. He did get turned into a Goon for the choices he made, but what happened after that? What did he do and where did he go after that? Did anyone help him or did LB end up staying a Goon forever?

Golf-loving driving range attendant at Pebble Beach golf course, Walter "Chipper" Blair enjoys the simple joys of golf but vindictive Dorothy Golberry has become the President of Hastings Lumber. Golberry wants to cut down all the trees at all the golf courses in the Del Monte Forest, home of Spyglass Hill golf course. His wife, teaching pro Jenny Nelson, takes on a protégé and gives golf lessons to cute Cindy Springer. Pebble Beach General Counsel, Richard Stein, makes Cindy and Jenny social media stars and Cindy rich with N.I.L endorsements. The reader will enjoy this fun, golf-related suspense and mystery novel. Will Chipper and Stein save the Del Monte Forest and the golf courses? Will Cindy make the local college golf team? You will be immersed in the lifestyles of the rich and famous in this beautiful area; all the favorite haunts and restaurants. Great golf, intrigue, and mystery. Nothing is as it seems in Suspicion at Spyglass Hill.

This book explains why the Berean Missionary Baptist Association in Savannah, Georgia has roots in Darien, Georgia. The history reveals God's hand upon the Berean Missionary Baptist Association through the Divine spark for action in 1899, a major period of social unrest. Also, this book tells how the name, Berean, its leaders, and workers have impacted the community spiritually, socially, and academically throughout history. This impact is due to churches in the Association bonding together for the purpose of bringing God's Kingdom to fruition. By Kingdom building, readers, Moderators, Deans, Congress workers, Pastors, and members are ignited to serve the present age with hope for a better future. This book is an edited one. The Editors are Emma Jean Hawkins Conyers and Ola Bryan Lewis. Conyers has a Master of Education in English, a retired Spanish and English Instructor, high school and university, a former teacher support specialist, search teacher, and lead teacher. She authored Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Timeless Service in Gamma Sigma Omega Chapter, and she is a member of Connor's Temple Missionary Baptist Church. Lewis has a Master's Degree in English/Language Arts and an Education Specialist in Administration and Supervision, retired educator, served numerous capacities, to include teaching middle, high school, and university English. She further served as district level Administrative Coordinator, of Language Arts, and as a high school principal. Post retirement, she served as Director of School Partnerships, university level, and Interim Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Schools for SCCPSS. A member of Tremont Temple Missionary Baptist, she holds the office of church secretary.

This study provides a clear picture of how bullying affects students and schools in the country of Georgia. The results of the study outline victimization trends according to factors such as region, school size, student gender, age, and parental occupation. The study offers practical recommendations to teachers, parents, and educators who want to prevent bullying and tackle its complex psychological consequences. Some of the questions considered in the study are the following: - What different forms does bullying take? - What factors lead individuals toward becoming bullies or victims? - What effect does bullying have on the teaching and learning process? The main hypothesis of the study is that a school's environment can be a key determinant of bullying behavior, and when school culture does not allow the realization of aggression, fewer students become victims. Whether you are a parent, a teacher, a counselor, or school administrator, the detailed research in this book will serve as an essential resource to prevent and eliminate the practices of bullying and to help students succeed.

Loss: The Doorway to New Life is a daily read and a constant companion for people journeying on the difficult path of loss and grief. Through her artful use of her original meditations, channelings, poetry, and art, author and spiritual intuitive Frannie Hoffman offers the reader compassion and guidance along a path to growth and healing. Nothing prepared Frannie for the sudden death of her husband when he dropped on the floor from an aneurism. None of her personal or professional experiences prepared her for what lay ahead physically, emotionally, or spiritually in the wake of Steve's transition. Woven into this work are Frannie's personal, intimate stories. Through them, she shares her journey following the untimely and unexpected death of her husband. Over the course of 365 entries, Frannie accompanies and guides the reader from the debilitating and disorienting early days of loss to a place of acceptance, joy, reconnection, and self-love. This is a personal journey through grief with daily meditations that will help the reader with their own suffering on their passage through loss. It will help the reader uncover and touch their own feelings of pain to find purpose and meaning through the grieving. Channeled words from spirit, meditations, excerpts from a rich tapestry of insights from leading philosophers and artists on grief, and affirmations bring emotional sustenance for this journey. Daily reflections inspire healing from someone who has lived through loss. The book accompanies the reader as they move towards self-awareness and self-love that opens us to more presence. This book is for everyone who has experienced grief and loss. It will help them to heal and find life again on the way back to self-love. This as a rich tapestry of daily reflections, emotion, and gentle insight into what it means to experience sudden loss and profound grief.

This is the 2nd book entitled "Meet wherever we live" as a collection of essay published on the www.Crossingland.Net, a cultural-literature website. The works are mainly published during 2008-2012 by 52 writers live all over the world. Since a lot of authors have both higher educations and living experiences in both China and overseas, their works cover very broad subject areas from personal experience, political discussion, history interpretation, literature critics, cultural observation etc. Countries or areas of our authors have living experience includes China, US, Canada, Japan, Philippine, Singapore, England, France, Australia, Sweden, etc. This book can be a good reference for understanding of true living and spiritual life experience who had lived in both China and overseas.

This book has collected around 400 poems from 38 poets, including both classical and modern Chinese poems written and posted in an online Culture-Literature website www.CrossingLand.Net during 2005-2012. Countries or areas of our authors have living experience includes China, US, Canada, Japan, Philippine, Singapore, England, France, Australia, Sweden, etc. The classical poems were written following the rules and patterns of Chinese classical poems, but with the 21st new century's features of the society, working places, family life, and individual personalities. The modern poems present a more free-spirit-world of those poets. Both portions together have created a rich picture of this unique group of Chinese writers with their thoughts and life, which is a critical part of current world-wide Chinese culture. This book can be a good reference for understanding of true experience of living and spiritual life who had lived in both China and overseas.

Stephen Axelrod's father, Solly, had his son pegged for his news truck delivery route from the beginning. But Stephen knew there had to be something else out there. In Surf Avenue, he shares the story of his life as a tough Jewish boy growing up in Queens and his quest to escape the blue-collar footsteps his father left for him to follow. Humor and resilience take Axelrod through the challenges of growing up in Cambria Heights, Queens, in the 1950s. His father, a second-generation truck driver for the Daily News, wishes for nothing more than to see Stephen in the driver's seat of his own truck, hauling newspapers for a living. However, despite steady work with union benefits, this former high school dropout has an entirely different life in mind. Stephen's escape from Queens and his father's grip takes him on a poignant search for himself-and through a world without self-imposed boundaries or limits. From a stint in the US Marine Corps, to a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, an acting career, and beyond, Stephen's life takes many poignant and sometimes shocking swerves-with one constant: the secret insatiable desire for his father's approval. Can he find wholeness?

The ultimate aim and purpose of this book is to give us some insight into dealing with the negative and positive vicissitudes of life and how to cope with them. It seeks to remind us that in times of joy, fortune and success, we should celebrate those moments with grateful hearts. We should learn not to take them for granted but to claim them as blessings, count them and capitalize on them.On the other hand, when distress confronts us, when trouble engulfs us, we should first be conscious of the fact that while trouble and calamity may be inevitable, that they are neither fatal nor final. Misfortune is not a permanent feature of life. It is transient, as one of our psalms reminds us ,"heaviness may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning."

The character-driven short fiction and poetry of Susan Knier are on full display in her fifth collection, "The Week Before Evanston." In these pages, you will meet a U.S. president hilariously in touch with his inner child, a woman who fabricates her history in a desperate bid to win friends, a grandfather harboring a life-altering secret and many memorable others. These stories speak to the core of human motivation: Why do we behave as we do, especially if the results are unpredictable, disappointing or perhaps dangerous? The engaged, open-minded reader will find much to ponder in the author's dream accounts. These pieces crisscross genres and sometimes defy categorization. Dystopian scenarios, humor and social commentary stand next to encounters with rogue creatures and even a classic nightmare or two.

Sweetheart and My Love is a collection of personal experiences expressed in a diverse range of verse by the author. It gives the reader an opportunity in common thought to celebrate life, from a child's beginning, one's personal faith, to our last moments in this wonderful beginning of our existence. If this life is "just a breath," as the Bible says, just imagine what is in store for us.What Does My Baby Dream What does my baby dream as he lays napping in my arms? Eyes searching about under closed lids, circling, fluttering, opening slightly, closing tightly...Grandma's Queen Elizabeth Rose Lord God Almighty I leave it to Your judgement, as to when You will take me home. But I hope You'll consider a simple request, if you are going to take me, and I hope You will, take me when my roses are in bloom...What Hurts the Most It's unsettling to know, you are slowly diminishing, the light in your eyes is gradually diming...

Paul Greener is informed of the family plan to build a railroad across West Texas, which had been years in the making. They have a few connections that get them in the door, and they quickly learn there are limited people to trust. As outsiders, they aren't taken as seriously as they would like. The Greener family must learn the hard way about what it takes to make it in a brutal industry.

All the way through his life journey, Akbar Jaffari intensely suffered from anxiety and agony. Although he was progressing through external life, his inner life remained torturous-until the day he asked himself why he was still unhappy and restless. As he set down a new path to awakening, he studied hundreds of religions and sciences and attended over eight hundred classes, seminars, and ashrams within diversified cultures. As a result of his successful quest to seek and embrace bliss, he decided to document his teachings and present it to all those seeking the truth .In a holistic guide to living in peace and harmony, Jaffari travels through eight thousand years of lost directions and instructions to provide realistic, practical approaches to returning to the true self, reconnecting with divine forces, and allowing the universe to manifest its purposes. Through his insights and wisdom, Jaffari details the journey to first seek purpose and then understand the birth of ego, the irrationality of the mind, workplace challenges, the identification of ego-based needs, the difference between being and doing, the madness of the world, and much more.Ascend the Depth: Righteous Rise guides those in search of the true self to dissolve their contaminated memories, unwrap conditioned perceptions, release the ego, and ultimately discover happiness.

Discover the profound impact of storytelling and narrative in the medical field with, "Medicine on Fire: A Narrative Travelogue," by Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA. The book is divided into three sections: Section 1: Narrative of KnowledgeSection 2: Narrative of Education, Training & PracticeSection 3: Narrative of Illness Through this fascinating collection of essays, clinicians, patients and caregivers will learn about the healing power of writing medical narratives. Drawing from psychiatric practice and encounters with various health systems, Dr. Lazarus provides unique insight into the "medical-industrial complex," inspiring patients to build repertoires of narratives based on personal interactions with physicians, hospitals and payors.For physicians, this book serves as a primer of narrative medicine and a reminder of the healing benefits of storytelling. The 42 essays explore and articulate important themes impacting contemporary practice, including moral injury, trauma, discrimination, and a devotion to evidenced-based practice to the exclusion of the "art" of medicine. The essays also discuss how to plan for a narrative practice, recognizing that great stories happen to those who tell them.

CAN INNER CITY KIDS GET A GOOD EDUCATION? Crime, drugs, guns - in Philadelphia, the poorest of the nation's big cities, it all starts in kindergarten and moves up through senior year in public high school - poor proficiency in English and math, poor graduation rates, lack of good jobs for the many kids in the so called "impoverished, underprivileged, poor" neighborhoods.How do we turn this around in a world of constant conflict? In this short story, a neighborhood kid named Joe Robinson perhaps has some answers. Follow his trials and tribulations, and perhapshis ultimate success.

On October 30th, 1956, a CIA-sponsored coup (code-named "Operation Straggle") was to take place in Damascus with the support of the Syrian military. The operation was cancelled on October 29th, one day before the planned coup, after Israel, the British and the French launched attacks on the Suez Canal. History refers to these events as "The Suez Crisis", and it provoked the Syrian military into refusing to go along with the coup.Two weeks later, the Soviet Union and Syria signed a Pact in which the Soviets promised Syria heavy weapons and other military support in exchange for more political and foreign policy influence.Alarmed by these events, and suffering an involuntary drawdown of CIA personnel in Damascus, Beirut's CIA station chief sends two covert operatives into Syria a week later to monitor a Soviet intelligence team that had arrived in Damascus, ostensibly to implement the terms of the Pact. Alan Harper, posing as a freelance investigative reporter, and Anne Small, posing as his Arabic-speaking interpreter, soon discovered the real objective of the Soviet team. The action is fast-paced as Harper and Anne, at great risk to themselves, fend off the Syrian secret police, a Soviet hit squad, and the Soviet intelligence team itself, in their attempt to disrupt the Soviet operation.

When I first started writing this book I typed an introduction trying to explain why everyone should read it. I wanted to let all the salespeople of the world know why they should care about their customers, and I wanted to convince them that the top salespeople are the ones who care about their customers the most.While I still believe that this is true, I don't know it for sure. Regardless, I can say with confidence that this book is not for salespeople who don't care about their customers. If you don't care about your customers, please don't read any further. In fact, if you don't care about your customers,please consider a different career. It's people like you who stay in sales for the wrong reasons that give salespeople a bad reputation.If you do care about your customers, then this book is about how you can show them that you care even more. This is about how you can help them in their own personal journey toward happiness.The old-school ways of selling where you try to manipulate and cajole your prospective client into buying something are truly obsolete. We live in a time when people have endless information at their fingertips. They care what you think, but they know much of the basic informationthemselves. Most of all, they want a salesperson they can trust. If you are looking for more manipulative sales tactics to figure out how to take advantage of more people and "close more sales," then please don't continue to read this book.If you are interested in helping to promote what I believe to be one of the most noble professions on the planet, that of an ethical salesperson, then please read further. And, share what you read. I want everyone to be happier. That is why I wake up each morning. That is why I run mywealth management firm. That is why I wrote this book. I hope that is why you are reading it.

Words are a powerful force, bringing us happiness, sorrow, and a wide range of life's emotions. Through her poems, author Wendy Brooks seeks to speak to you in the area of your need, offering comfort and giving you the strength to move along your path. She hopes her words will remind us all of the splendor of nature and the love of so many who touch us on life's walk. This poetry collection presents verses that speak of daily life, glorify the beauty of our world, and encourage us to be even better than we are today.