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The soul reason for writing this book is the fact that a lot of crazy has been going on in this country that's being allowed to grow out of control. In years past, things were happening that wasn't good for the country. However, people were held accountable. Also there were guardrails set up to prevent situations from getting out of hand. Today in our society it's as if you can say, threaten, or do anything you want in this country and in many cases there is no repercussions for hostile acts. For this reason, many in our society today are willing to stretch the boundaries of lawlessness and disrespect without worrying about the consequences they may face. My aim in this book is to inform people how we can change things to turn this negativity around so that we can live in a better America.

"Her ghost must watch his shadow kill his lover..."An exhilarating romance and thriller novel which tells the story of the immortal Viking, Freyja Ragnarsdottir's fight against her irredeemable fate - her dead lover's doppelganger bringing her death. With two love stories told in one, the reader gets to recognize Freyja's present with ex CIA agent, Mason Harding, by reading of her past with Chicago psychiatrist, Clarence Luther. With themes of Norse Mythology, lust, and heartbreak, the reader must pay close attention to understand the harrowing life of Freyja Ragnarsdottir and how she dances with doomed passion in this meditation on love and betrayal.

You Can Survive and Succeed Magnificently In Any ClassroomJust Let Me Survive Today will serve as your road map to ease you along the often bumpy, unpaved and pothole-filled highway to successful classroom management with motivated and happy children.Discover how easy it is to:¿ Discipline Your Students. Mr. Richman shares with you his enormously successful 50 years of teaching experience in the field of discipline. His unique style is punctuated by kindness, firmness and solid human relations strategies.¿ Motivate Them. Through a unique combination of games, puzzles, rewards and incentives, as well as by using lots of humor and many traditional techniques, your students will become highly motivated. They will be provided with opportunities for success and the building of confidence in a framework of fun and excitement.¿ Manage Your Classroom. Mr. Richman will supply you with a blueprint for successful classroom management via a structured system of rules that covers nearly every situation that could arise in your class.¿ Build Pupil Self-Esteem. This book will help you gain the insight necessary to aid your pupils in increasing their self-esteem, so critically important to their personality development.

If you're an aspiring attorney, law student, or new lawyer, this guide on ethics will help you avoid the pitfalls of everyday practice.Dr. Orscini L. Beard, a faculty member with the Department of Criminal Justice at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, explores the challenges practicing attorneys face on a regular basis. He examines common mistakes made by lawyers and provides clear explanations on how to fix them or avoid making them in the first place.Get answers to questions such as:¿ What are the main professional responsibilities you must fulfill to practice law?¿ Are there areas where lawyers disagree about standards-and why?¿ What ethical considerations are involved when a judge indicates that he or she will increase the sentence if the defendant seeks a trial instead of pleading?¿ Is it improper to discuss a case with a member of a client's family?¿ Should an attorney attempt to force a client to plead when the evidence favors the state?Whether you're an aspiring lawyer, law student, or new attorney, you'll learn best practices and how to avoid mistakes with this guide on criminal justice and ethics.

KIRKUS REVIEWThese collected poems trace a soldier's lifetime journey and his experiences of peace and war. O'Meara has written both fiction and nonfiction. This is his first book of poetry, arranged in roughly chronological order from childhood and adolescence to young manhood during the Vietnam War era and reflective later years. Besides movement along a timeline, the poems also track the speaker's path to self-understanding, as mapped in the opening piece, "e;Starting Out."e; This is a concrete poem whose diamond shape echoes the speaker's ballooning self-importance -his "e;place in the history / of things"e;-that then narrows to a wiser humility: "e;Surprise, it was / never 'bout / me."e; O'Meara's voice is flexible, sometimes solemn, sometimes casual, as in "e;Michael,"e; set in the midst of the Vietnam War: "e;When I came back / Michael had been dead six months. / There were bands / playin' in Central Park; / Jesus freaks were lovin', / all the world was carin'."e; The bright scene, the lines' musical lilt, and the speaker's slangy voice make a powerful ironic contrast with the poem's bitter reflections, nicely capturing the speaker's feelings of loss and anomie. Overall, the poems emphasize the pathos behind even the best memories, because their reality fades: "e; 'Course all them ghosts, / the moms 'n dads, / the kids 'n friends, / they wander off."e; On some occasions the poems can become sentimental, as in "e;For a Soldier"e;: "e;Remember him, / For, if he could, / His gaze would reach across the shores / And melt into your heart."e; This idealized figure bears little relationship to the more authentic, badly frightened young soldier in "e;Nuts,"e; "e;who said / Cuttin' ears / was the way to go."e; Intriguing poems about history and a warrior's trajectory with a strong sense of pathos.