Books published by iUniverse

Few presidents have been as eviscerated in history as Andrew Johnson, who suddenly on a rainy morning in April of 1865 became the nation's new chief executive upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. A man who rose from dire poverty through a sheer primal force of will, Johnson was elected to every level of government-always taking his case to the people-in a remarkable, if often chaotic career that included service as a state legislator, member of Congress, Governor of Tennessee, U.S. Senator, vice-president, and finally the presidency itself. During the Civil War, Johnson bravely stood up to Confederates, his life repeatedly threatened serving at Lincoln's pleasure as the Military Governor of Tennessee and pushing for an end to slavery. Yet he is the same man who, upon succeeding Lincoln, could not see his way clear to securing the full Constitutional rights for ex-slaves. Because of his endless fights and many confrontations, Johnson's presidency has since been roundly condemned as one of the most disastrous in U.S. history. Johnson, notes Page Smith in his seminal People's History series, put on full display "e;a reckless and demonic spirit that drove him to excess, to violence, harsh words and actions."e;"e;He was thrust into a role that required tact, flexibility, and sensitivity to the nuance of public opinion-qualities that Lincoln possessed in abundance, but that Johnson lacked,"e; asserts historian Eric Foner,"e;He was an angry man,"e; notes David Stewart, a chronicler of Johnson's impeachment trial, "e;and he was rigid, and these were qualities that served him terribly as president."e; Yet, for all of the scholarly indictments of the 17th President, indictments supported by a recent Siena College Research Institute historians'survey placing him at the bottom in overall performance, Andrew Johnson challenges us as a singularly American story of triumph, defeat, and renewal, a man who overcame the challenges of poverty, class, and alienation to reach the highest peaks of power in the country. That drive was ironically most tellingly on display after Johnson left the White House, denied even the opportunity of a party nomination for another term in office. From the ashes of that loss, Johnson methodically rose again, winning election to the U.S. Senate and improbably returning to national prominence. Andrew Johnson's renaissance, coming 6 years after an unprecedented effort to impeach and remove him from the presidency, represents one of the greatest comebacks in American political history and serves as a testament to a man who could never be totally defeated.

Marcus wants to get his mother a gift for her birthday, which falls on Mother's Day. He doesn't have enough money in his allowance. He works several odd jobs but time is running out. Will he come up with the money in time? What will he learn while working these odd jobs?

Gerald reflected on the life that he lived both in the spotlight and darkness. Even in his darkest moments he still had his music but this time was different. Ten years of his life he had a source to write his music and someone to sing it to. Success was in his hands yet he was empty. Bank accounts that some wouldn't make in a lifetime. He traveled to places that weren't even heard of and touched women of all nationalities still he couldn't think of being with anyone but her, even with her now being married. It was at this point in his life he would learn that love is something you feel and not something you can buy to pacify during your absence.

Diane Miller is a trusted leader and attorney in the national health freedom movement. She is the perfect person to inspire readers to activate health freedom. Miller, a Minnesota attorney, began her freedom work by helping to defend a dairy farmer who was prosecuted for helping people by giving them dairy colostrum. After a successful dismissal of charges, the author joined a band of Minnesota citizens who successfully advocated for a new law that protects healing and access to healers. In Health Freedom, the author takes a deep dive into the relationship between health and law, including the ways health freedom is in jeopardy. The stories will inspire you to contemplate: What is health freedom? How do we heal a world dominated by conventional science, medicine, and products? What must we consider to keep ourselves healthy?Against the backdrop of COVID-19, the world is searching for answers about health and even survival. People want clarity on freedom, liberty, and the role of government in our lives. This book will be a foundational and inspiring read for health seekers and freedom lovers-and it could not come at a more critical time.

This is a continuation of Linette's journey after several rapes. The first book told the story of what happened to her and this book address how rape impact the community as a whole. She explores the psychological results within the family unit and the terror that victims live with every day. And describe how a rapist is made and the sickness they carry. Also, a discussion on sexism and the history of rape throughout centuries. Military Sexual Trauma is revealed as a perfect storm for sexual assault.

This story follows the first voyage of a Chinese naval fleet from home waters to the Indian Ocean. At the same time a Jihadist group is planning attacks that could affect not only this fleet, but also all of humanity. Will these events restart the Doomsday Clock? Are we approaching the End Times?

I knew I was different, but didn't kow why. I didn't have the skills I needed to fit in with my peers. My parents wanted to help but didn't know how. I wasn't diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome untl I wa a Jr. at UNC-CH and asked tobeble to take tests in a quiet room. I never have reived any government help. What I really need is for some employer to see how valuable I can be.

60 is a story about the author Charles Caprarella finding almost magical results by completing a 60 day modified juice fast. Each day, as his friend Eric is dying of cancer, Charles shares his powerful thoughts about many subjects, mainly the impact that food addiction has on the quality of life lived. Charles has been influenced by many books, movies, documentaries, experiences and encounters with insightful people over many years. This little book is packed with wisdom and thoughts that will stir up conversation. Some of those conversations will be controversial, to say the least.

This book asks the question "e;How are we going to get to a world more-so of free interacting fellow individual people and less-so of restricted groups intrinsically apart from one another? We don't live in a world so much of cultural groups, religions, nations, skin colors, and genders as much as one of fellow individual people- like ourselves. Recognizing your individuality and that of others is not the same as being individualistic- it is not selfish nor self-absorbed- it is instead our most widespread and fundamental common language and honest base of community with each other. The root of prejudice, terrorism, war and many of humankind's problems is a failure of people to recognize and accept their own individuality socially and respect and empathize with the fundamental individuality of all others. Socially we should recognize, empathize, and respect each other as individuals regardless of what groups we belong to. No individual should have their skin color or gender define who they are throughout their lives on this planet. We need to transform into a 'fellow individual' based society rather than one of fundamentally separated groups of people. We can do this without losing our cultures, religions, nations, states, tribes, languages, etc. - we just need to prioritize- and lead with- individual respect towards all other people.

Hey! Remember me?Sam. Ex-Key Grip turned screenwriter. Do all my own stunts. Even the life-threatening ones that involve the deep state and loaded weapons. Well, as my daughter Hildy says, I'm up to the same old shit. Again. Or as I prefer to call it-Samson Agonistes: The SequelWhat's it this time, Sam, you're asking?This time, I'm holed up in the pitch-dark desert, looking at the wrong endof a gun, wondering if all the roads in my life are dead ends. This time it's kids-undocumented ones taken from their parents at the border. This time there's no way to deny it. This time it isn't an accident that I'm in over my head. Because this time I fell right into their trap.

Dirt is an essence in which things grow. We plant our cacao seeds and cultivate its surroundings, pulling out weeds, providing nurturance, love and protection so our seeds can grow into beautiful flowers. Chocolate Dirt is a fun filled book that inspires readers to learn about self-acceptance. Teaching them the ability to love oneself unconditionally no matter what flaws or traits they may have.

On a cold November night, Rocky Scarpati, a former hard-hitting prize fighter and now an even harder hitting newspaper columnist, pumps three bullets into the back of his nemesis. Then Rocky nail-bitingly observes from a distance as another man is tried for his crime, all the while wondering if the Scales of Justice will suddely tilt....directly towards him!NOBODY LIKES A FALLEN ANGEL is a fast moving crime saga, a courtroom thriller and a love story with a twist at the end that will make your head spin.

The Crimson Violin is the smooth continuation of The Golden Moon. Recovering at her Grandfather's once famous Italian Villa, Maria is haunted by the unsolved mystery of missing artwork and jewels from the wrecked cruise ship. Meanwhile, away from her home, she learns the history of her Italian heritage. The reader experiences Italy's wine country, Rome's summer Olympics, and Central Italy's famous Annual Grape Harvest. Maria is surrounded by music, friends, and family and is bequeathed a symbolic, crimson violin from her Grandfather. She endures a perilous experience, which discovers Italy's famous artwork. Throughout her travels Maria's heart is never far from her true love, Jeff, whom she thought she had lost for good. The reader will find The Crimson Violin to be a wholesome exciting adventure where everyone falls in love. The novel is especially appealing to teenagers, mothers, and grandmothers.

Belly Rage is a relatable collection of darkly honest poetry about daily life and once-in-a-lifetime transformations.

Like the chimes of the cathedral, the Farrellian Sonnet almightning strikes again. The insurrection of NOTNOTITUDE, as aboriginally encountered in THE CHARM OF BEING, elaborates new m'adventures in THE SONNET FILES. In tandem, this set of books represents the most 'ontiquely m'advanced' set of paper products to yet see print. If ever there were poetry outings, these are them. If ever there was d'iffe'eronticalitease, this is it, auditioning readershipment talents for reading pieces into ontrophickly presentable eternity's preposte'erous puzzle.

This collection of stories contains an eclectic and often weird group of characters ranging across all walks of life and all sexual orientations. Often told with a dry wit, these stories are certain to make the reader look more closely at the every-day life surrounding us.

This brother and sister team decided to combine their efforts and themes to present exciting tales of unexpected events and emotions. Ordinary events lead to extraordinary outcomes. As relationships and expectations change for all of us in our everyday lives, these stories take in the raw emotion and attributes that allow you to experience the characters as if you were playing the roles yourself. The styles of writing are classically different but have a main thread that ties them together. These stories cross all geographic, socio-economic and historical lines-from the Nazi invasion and World War II to a small rural New Englandtown and the poverty and violence of an American inner-city. From kindness to vengeance, these stories transport us to a world where choices make the difference.

Xavier and Ida Magee, once college sweethearts, appear happily married. They take trips to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, eat at fancy restaurants, and enjoy the cushy lifestyle of a 1980s major league baseball star. Then, everything goes wrong. Xavier is released from his position as a New York Yankees pitcher and falls into heavy drinking. That's not all. Xavier finds a love letter penned by Ida to the Reverend Reynaldo Tippins, a prominent and handsome Oakland, California, minister. When the situation gets worse, the couple goes to a marriage counselor, and just as things appear to be looking up, Ida makes a shocking announcement that ruins everything. Despite his pain and confusion, Xavier is now determined to cut back on the booze and make a baseball comeback, while also working to become a writer. Amid Xavier trying to save his adulterous marriage and revive his stalled career, he finds a new lease on life. He must redeem himself, but will he succeed?

The aim of this volume originally was to occupy my time during the start of and worst of the Pandemic of 2020. As I started, I realized that I could write. For me writing was like surgery without anesthesia. The subject of the volume was to allow others to perhaps learn from my self-induced pain and pain brought by others, Although the sentiments are true to my heart, the examples used and people referred to are not meant to be actual history but lessons and teachings. The aim was not to generate money from my endeavors. It was to give those now and forever life lessons. All net proceeds will be directed to charitable endeavors. I do hope that these pages which follow serve to satisfy this dream.

My poems always meant the world in a single word. As I loved more, hurt more, and cried more, all I had to offer creatively was released into tissues, in my car on the way home from any event, in the shower unable to clean off the stale feeling. Stale, was what I became. Fresh was what decade and now my words mean nothing.

In A Cosmic Awakening of Relationships beyond Us, love is the goal of each character. Liz and Joe explain their love story and its direct impact on the cosmos. Just when Ruby thinks her negative decisions have distorted love, its power is amplified and fortified. Enlightened and transformed, she changes her name to Ola. Each character faces the decision to dig deeper and awaken or to stay stagnant in disappointment. They also must decide to stay in a comfort zone or take a leap of faith, courage, and love to overcome obstacles. We all must make a similar choice. Discover how you can develop your own awakening and change your life for the better. As you understand the characters, you will understand yourself, as well. Find your purpose and learn how you can use that purpose to foster love in the cosmos.

Ryan brings the complete collection of strategies for any player, on any level, to become a successful No-Limit Hold'em player. Included are his three books completely updated, revised, and expanded to compete, and win, against today's top players. The Ultimate Hold'em Book provides a great start for newer players to learn the game with some basic, intermediate, and advanced strategies. Whereas the Advanced Hold'em series, focuses on uber-advanced concepts, giving any player a greater advantage on how the professionals think, giving you the secrets to beat them.

Each of the 16 unique and immersive cases takes you right into a situation that actually occurs in business and lets you practice the writing skills that will contribute to your career success: the need to change a business model no longer works, to respond to slumping demand or irate customers, to confront shifting market dynamics, to ensure that a new product launch is a success or a new ERP system is well received, to explain changing relationship with suppliers and vendors, to take the initiative on workforces diversity challenges, and the always present need to manage your career."e;If you can write and communicate effectively, you'll be a standout leader. Dennis Signorovitch's book masterfully helps you build that vital skill."e;Maria SalinasPresident & CEOLos Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce"e;Too often in business the ability to communicate is assumed. But not many do it well. It's hard work. Fortunately, it is a skill that can be learned, and Writing for Business shows the way."e;Daniel Burnhamformer Chairman & CEORaytheon Company"e;As an entrepreneur, I know how valuable clear, concise and persuasive writing is when building a business and a brand. The varied cases found in Writing for Business offer students the opportunity to develop this essential skill."e;Dennis Vu

December 13th, 1799, Mount Vernon, Virginia. A very ill George Washington is in bed dreaming. A light enters the room. Then a man, well dressed in the 18th century style, enters where the light is shining. George recognizes the man to be his dead brother Lawrence. "e;I'm a messenger, George, simply a messenger, sent here to show you your life. In your deeds, your words, in your spirit raised from the depths of your being. So let us start forth here where we will fetch your thoughts from your dreams. Right now in this one night we shall share your life's memory. So dream, brother, dream a dream tonight. In your bed asleep, dream things so true. Dream of love, George, dream of desire, of loss, of gain, dream of sadness, of happiness, George, dream on the wonder of life, your life. And so George Washington is sleeping here. Dreaming

The North Atlantic, February 3, 1943. A German submarine, the U-223 torpedoes the USAT Dorchester. The ship sinks within a few minutes with the loss of over 700 lives. The official Naval Records indicate that four Army chaplains aboard the ship gave their lifejackets to frightened soldiers. Praying together the chaplains stayed on the sinking ship. They are known today as the Four Immortal Chaplains, a Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi, and two Protestant ministers. There is evidence that a Fifth Chaplain, a Black sailor in the Coast Guard, also saved many lives that terrible night. His story, lost in history, should also be honored for his courage and sacrifice at a time when racism was endemic in the Navy.

This is a hard subject that is happening in our community every day. Pedophiles are harming our children without being stopped and no one is addressing this hush-hush issue. LinNette is bring this topic up in plain straight forward talk addressing boldly a taboo in our society. Low-self esteem is outlined and list ways to identify no and low self- esteem to prevent you and your family from becoming a victim the Uncle Jerrys of the world. Uncle Jerry can be a Sunday school teacher, coach, boy scout leader, neighbor, uncle, aunt, friends of family, the man you just brought in from the club, step fathers, natural fathers and many unsuspected people that have full access to your living space. It is your responsibility to protect your children.

Wildfires are only one of the major threats and challenges that the nation addresses very inadequately. America had been a Beacon of Freedom to many, yet today it fails to live up to its credo, "e;life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."e; It is wracked with turmoil ranging from an out-of-control pandemic to racial and political unrest that has resulted in violence even in the sacred halls of its Capitol. Its economic system concentrates wealth at the top levels of society, while millions struggle for a living wage and governments at all levels have inadequate resources. Since the overwhelming Soviet threat of nuclear devastation receded into the background, the nation faces a wide range of diffuse threats including Islamic radicalism, autocratic governments, global refugee flows, cyber intrusions, and global warming. A National Strategy is badly needed to balance the allocation of resources to best address the totality of threats and challenges facing the nation. That is the focus of this book.

When author Ruth James Krise was accepted into the nursing class at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital in Kingston, Pennsylvania, in September of 1953, she was the oldest of the lot. Her greatest hope was to simply survive and graduate. In Through the Years, Krise narrates her story, telling how she graduated from nursing school in 1956 and began her career at one of the largest hospitals in Newark, New Jersey. In this memoir, she shares details from her personal and professional life. Krise traveled and worked in several states and in many fields. Known for her humor and work ethic, she excelled in her profession. Through the Years chronicles how a young girl, looking for love and a meaningful life chose a vocation that took her to various underdeveloped countries where, with other medical volunteers, she was part of a team providing surgical care. Independent and free spirited, her career spanned fifty years and saw many changes in the medical arena.

Emeka is an immigrant who has just arrived in America, landing at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. He quickly realizes that he is now in a new world, far from the life he lived in Africa. He's not the only one facing challenges. The values decreed in Chief Agu's household are threatened by his Americanized son, and the chief rethinks sending his son away to study. Prince Ichie, a man whose wealth seemed undeserved, dies unexpectedly. Okon struggles with universal minority stature, and Nene is incarcerated by her in-laws due to her husband's death. Aunty Elizabeth is forced to fling her baby into a fast-moving stream to save her own life during civil war. Finally, Emeka seeks love on foreign soil and might find it in Nicole, but a miscarriage of justice and Emeka's arrest for crimes he didn't commit throws his future into chaos. Just Arrived is a vivid portrait of several individuals struggling to acclimate to new cultures and new lives. The challenges they face are all too real in a world both cruel and kind, loving and filled with hate.

A woman experiences memories from another time and is inexplicably drawn back to a time that she does not understand. But when she meets the love she did not remember and is incapable of going back