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In 55 years of teaching in both high school and college, I've always wondered why American history is presented the way it is. History texts try to cover the big picture and students never get an understanding of our wars - how they are the eyes and memory of the veterans who fought the battles in the big campaigns described by their textbook. I went to a writing seminar conducted by the celebrated Civil War historian Shelby Foote and he was gracious as Southern gentlemen are who smoke pipes and drink coffee with total strangers who also are represented by a pipe and a gray beard. In a single sentence he gave me my direction, "Don't write a whole new history of the campaigns. In this day, concentrate on the personal memory of the men who fought the battles face to face." That statement became what guided me. I started what has become a cyber odyssey of historical archives for photos, letters, and personal reflections. Many friendly fingers of Civil War buffs pointed to dusty courthouses where letters were kept, and gradually I built up the details found in this book. I wrote it because of late we have demonized the Confederate cause because of slavery. There is no argument that the Civil War was over slavery. Slavery was part of the American-cloth since we declared our independence. The heart of the South was Agriculture. The heart of the North was mills, railroads and mechanization. One brother used slaves who were Black to work the fields; the other brother used children in the breaker chute and bobbin mill. Neither could be called a righteous undertaking. So when the expansion of slavery came to a head with appeals for new territories to join the Union and Lincoln's election to President the War was on. If we don't come to an understanding we are all brothers and sisters in this union, then all of our toil at reconciliation will have been for nothing, and the ideal of being one free nation under God will become only dust under our bare feet as me march to destroy what generations have fought to defend.

Suffered in Silence for years without anyone knowing was hard for this family, trusting, even saying yes too this person always without any question when this person said wire me funds. This family would grab the keys and go too the bank without any question and wire money.

Beaten down by the tragedies of life, a certain woman finds herself at the crossroads. She finds that she has been repeating cycles of pain, anxiety, and fear. She has been experiencing them in her life and projecting onto her children. These cycles have been slowly and surely depleting her life-force energy. This certain woman repeated the cycles of narcissistic abuse demonstrated by the family system as well as the religious and judicial systems that governed her life. She finds herself going in circles on a path that causes the same pain over and over until one day, just like Nicodemus, she encounters the Presence of the Unseen Power of Love, who gives the explanation: "Verily, verily I say unto thee, except a man be born again he can not see the Kingdom of God." Nicodemus saith unto him, " how can a man be born again when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" (St. John 3:3-4 KJV). The Presence represents the Universal Mother. The manifested intentions of the Unseen, which includes its wisdom and Infinite Power within the water, within the womb. Ascension to the Mother is the plan and purpose for all. Just as a baby is born naked and bare, this certain woman had to release the heaviness of the flesh and its desires and return again to the cleansing waters of the Universal Mother's womb.

This is a compelling and fast paced novella as it comprises an unfolding love affair, a baseball themed pennant race and an author whose book demands that he get it all down. All three elements drive the narrative forward. It also has a surprise, romantic ending that will leave the reader laughing and smiling.

"From the first time I saw you back in the 14th century to the day I was imprisoned in the dark realm, you have lived in my dreams and my heart," David said to Maddie. He knows that she is the reincarnation of his beloved Cara. Can he convince her that they shared a past life? Will she still want him once she learns the truth? And what about the evil immortal who wants her dead? "If I can pull a cat from a dream, I can rescue Mori from where she's being held prisoner," thought Noah Colton. Each night Mori comes to him on the astral plane, begging for him to save her and vanishing before he can follow. Terrified that she will soon be killed, he travels to another dimension to rescue her and bring her to his home. But what will happen when her captors track her down? Two, out-of-this-world romantic fantasy stories unfold as David and Noah battle dark forces to save the women they love. Find out what happens when the unexpected intervenes and changes everything in these interconnected stories.

Designed for mental health providers in private practice or contemplating private practice, the second edition of Dr. Larry Waldman's The Graduate Course You Never Had: How to Develop, Manage and Market a Flourishing Private Mental Health Practice is the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide of its kind. It helps clinicians-including psychologists, counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists-new to private practice avoid the pitfalls Waldman faced when he began his clinical, forensic psychology practice in 1980. Drawing from his day-to-day work experience as well from his many workshops on private practice management and development, Waldman truly educates and enlightens.

Explore the answers to relationship questions no matter what stage of the love game you are in. My Dog Is My Relationship Coach is a guide to relationships that takes its lead from the pets in our lives and the unconditional love they offer. In our search for love, companionship, and "the one"-as well as during our maintenance of a romantic relationship-we often lose sight of our true selves and what we deeply desire in a life partner. This book will help you to see clearly what it takes to heal yourself, enhance your marriage or romantic relationships, and realize the whole person you were meant to be while in a relationship or searching for that perfect mate. With tips, examples, and anecdotes, this guide shares the meaning, clarity, and deep connections that enhance the journey of finding or loving "our person."Author Maureen Scanlon, certified in life coaching, NLP practitioner training, is a relationship expert and spiritual coach who is passionate about teaching and guiding us to nurture our relationships. Through her books, workshops, and YouTube videos, Scanlon has found that following our furry friends' outlook on relationships adds warm and relatable clarity and inspiration to those who are stuck on the "relationship hamster wheel."

Harry's mother to be met a thirty-seven year old man who was married with two children and they failed to take precautions when they were swept up into a heated moment. Society in 1938 took a dim if not a condemning view of unwed motherhood and so did some of her family, friends, and neighbors. After two years, love won out, her mother caved in, and thus begins the story of the life of Harry McGee. It's a story of excitement, disappointments, shame, near misses, street psychology, tragedy, betrayal, the nuns, the service, gambling, adventures, misadventures, good breaks, bad breaks, alcoholism, incomprehensible demoralization, miracles, institutions, recovery, failure, success, happenstance, and unconditional love that led Harry McGee to come face to face with his warts and pimples and begin the journey of becoming the man God created him to be.

With a president's foresight and a freed slave's wisdom, the African people work together to create a land that is united, ending the slave trade forever. Within this new reality, ancient natural health remedies from the jungles and rainforests are easily shared with the world. James Reilly's Lincoln's World, a reimagining of what could have been under Abraham Lincoln's presidency, describes how Africa leads humanity into the vastness of the cosmos and how these peace-loving citizens are the first to make contact with several different life forms from distant worlds. This novel is perfect for anyone desiring an escape, if only for a short time, from the greed and cruelty against fellow humans, wildlife, and even plant life on this unique planet of ours. Instead, read about a world full of kindness and understanding-a society we could have chosen.

The act of loving has become watered down. It seems in today's society there is little to no respect for love and relationships. Courting and commitment have become foreign concepts. There used to be a type of love that is now considered old school, when people took pride in their relationship and valued their partner; and now some are in relationships with partners they do not love. People everywhere are searching for love and its meaning, some going a lifetime without ever experiencing it; wanting to love but not willing to be vulnerable to receive it. While many have professed to have experienced love, some don't know what to do when they have the opportunity to love; often losing it due to self-sabotaging, not respecting relationship boundaries and taking their partner for granted. If people understood the power of love, they wouldn't play with it! The act of loving doesn't always come naturally it must be learned and practiced repeatedly. This book discusses the action of giving and receiving love and offers tips on How To Love.

This thought jolted the mind and future of Lizzie McDonough, when a heartbreaking tragedy shattered her life and her hometown of Colton in the Idaho territory. Her world in disarray, Lizzie is driven on a epic journey to find justice in a land of chaos here in her northwestern frontier of the 1870's. Is her enemy her real enemy? Is her friend her real friend? Lizzie finds shocking answers when her searching brings her back home. Come along with Lizzie and her heroic horse, Styx, and feel with her the joys and sorrows, the elation and despair, the peace and the anguish of her gut-wrenching journey to find justice. Join her, as she pulls strength from deep within her to keep going along a difficult and dangerous trail.

All That Glitters Is Not Gold It is written that "love of money is the root of all evil," and in this book, the love of gold plays a major, sinister role. Fortunately, love also redeems, and the readers of this latest in the Bemis Riverview saga will find that love prevails, as a long-time friendship ripens into love. Helen Bemis's Riverview stories all have a strong element of love driving her characters...and some are "characters," indeed. Nancy, a cub reporter for The Riverview News hopes that investigating a death the police ruled to be accidental might discover information that would further justice...and her career. Freelance photographer Ben gets too close to his shady mentor. Long-time Riverview resident Tom knows much about finding gold in the Northeast United States. A second dead body turns up at a familiar place and an unexpected time. Fool's gold, iron pyrite, makes a fool out of a greedy drifter. Unemployed army veteran Harold had been living out of his truck for a half-dozen months. His luck was soon to change. Misty, a dog that once was a nearly perfect puppy will use its sense of smell to help solve a Riverview mystery. If money is the root of all evil, gold has a similarly wicked power over those who would obtain it. Be careful what you wish for, however, because not all is as it seems, and the competition for undeserved wealth can become deadly. Not all is sinister in Riverview, of course, and romance breaks loose at an unexpected time for characters who had been fooling themselves about their relationship. As a bonus, the book contains two chapters from the next in the series, UNDERSTANDING CURLY.

The Spiritual Journey of a Very Ordinary Man: The Search for My Spiritual Essence is author Jim Russ's conversation with other everyday people who aren't experts in religion or spirituality but who strive to better understand the existence of God, the soul, free will, and the mind. Is there proof of any of these things, or must we take that leap of faith and embark on a journey? Guided by experts, Jim leads readers on a spiritual journey of exploration into the world's religions, philosophies, and science to gain perspective on-and ultimately, personal comfort with-real answers.

"I believe Dr. Blake's memoir is the classic of classics of books written about the Black/White race thing. It catches more of the reality than "To Kill a Mockingbird - and "Gone with the Wind". Even better than all of Faulkner's novels. Why do I say this? More important, he captured the reality of the past century of Black/White reality through his parents and extended family. After finishing the Ole Miss School of hard-core white supremacy, he was introduced to the reality of racial reconciliation. Dr. Blake's memoir is a must read for everyone interested in the Black/White race thing in the world." James Meredith, Esq. First Black Graduate of the University of Mississippi '62

The NIGERIAN CAPTAIN signaled for the drivers to get ready, and he turned and signaled for me to sit with him at the front of the lead truck. There was no time for rehearsals, the enemy was already within and there was no Orders process. I sat there not knowing what was going to become of us once we start engaging the enemy. In almost every military operation, there is a need for proper planning, but we had failed one of the five fundamentals factors of SUN TZU, the "Methods," 'Failing to plan is planning to fail.' There is a popular quote in the United States Military: "Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance," I wish we had time for prior planning. The capital of Freetown was on fire and smoke could be seen below as we descended the hills of CONGO CROSS and it was just a matter of time before we are welcomed by the enemy. The element of surprise was not possible, and the enemy had the upper hand, but we had the will to retake FREETOWN and make it Free again.

This book tells the story of ending tracking in a suburban school district that denied African Americans rigorous education in 2007. This is the story of a local effort in 2008 to elect Barack Obama the first black US President, Art Haywood, and Kathy Hampton, the first black township commissioners in Cheltenham in 2009 and Art Haywood the first black state senator from Montgomery County Pa 2014. More importantly it tells the struggles to gain power and divest pension funds from gun manufacturers, adopt a local nondiscrimination ordination, a sustainability plan, address lead in water in schools, add money for affordable housing and protect victims of domestic and sexual violence in public housing. It tells of the struggle of ordinary people to make extraordinary changes, including electing an historic 14 Democratic members of the PA legislature in 2018. We beat the Democratic and Republicans establishments and won victories for everyday people.

Seventy-eight year-old Sherman Crumpler turns his imaginary march to the sea into a real adventure when, aided by the mysterious Savanannah Lovejoy, he steals back his Lincoln from his disapproving children and sets off across country. But is Savannah taking him for a ride instead? And will his children stop him from reaching the Pacific?

We all have only one life to live. It is safe to assume that we all want to live a long and healthy life free from pain, disease and untimely death. A New Lease on Life helps us to do that based on research by various authorities mostly in holistic medicine. It shows you how the body works and what you can do to help it do its work of self-repair or healing. We learn that the body balances its alkalinity and acidity at 80/20% ratio. The foods we eat need to follow that ratio of 80% alkaline foods and 20% acid-forming foods. Because we are unable to follow this 4:1 ratio the body has to break down healthy structures and tissues in a process called catabolism. This is needed to keep us within 7.4pH (slightly alkaline range) especially in our inner cavity to keep our vital organs from dying. Every fat mostly cellulose is pushed out and stored elsewhere in the body to keep us from dying prematurely. Since health is dependent on detoxification and nourishment, we need to find the best means to detox and nourish our system. Detoxification is best achieved by ionized, alkaline, micro-structured hexagonal water, which is able to easily penetrate our cells to deliver oxygen and nutrients while cleansing our cells on its way out. Without good water, not just any water, the cells are unable to easily receive nutrients and keep them clean. This results in excess tissue acid waste which is the root cause of pain and numerous diseases. It also deprives our cells of needed nutrients that cause nutritional deficiency diseases leading to untimely death. Your longevity depends on how well you take care of your cells since the cells are not supposed to die and you could live to over 100 years as is known in Japan and in many other cultures.

There are over 660,000 people in the United States with Kidney Failure. Of those, over 460,000 are on Dialysis. There are controllable and uncontrollable factors that determine how well patients do while on dialysis. This includes both the length and quality of their life. The most critical, controllable factor is how closely they adhere to their treatments, medications, and the instructions provided to them by their Dialysis Team. This book is a must-read for dialysis patients and their family members. After working in dialysis for over 27 years, the author has compiled several key focus areas for dialysis patients that can majorly impact their lives while on dialysis. These focus areas are all explained in detail with information geared to reinforce the education and training given to them by their dialysis team. "I have been with several patients as they were passing away and so many of them just wished they could have a little more time with their loved ones." This book is dedicated to every dialysis patient and their family members in an effort to do just that; give dialysis patients a little more time and a better quality of life. In the front of the book, there are excerpts from various members of the dialysis team, allowing them to tell you how important these focus areas are to your wellbeing. We all care and want the best for you; that is why we do what we do.

Bill Elkington's Mind IC: Notes on Intellectual Capital Management is not for just anyone. It's for businesspeople interested in improving the financial returns on their companies' investments in intellectual capital. It's for people who want to increase their business management ability and effectiveness, people in operating companies who occupy roles in strategic planning, operations planning, technology development and investment, program management, product management, business development, mergers and acquisitions, financial planning, transfer pricing, contract management, and purchase price allocation.Mind IC is for people who want what Elkington has learned in decades of C-suite work in intellectual capital management. Elkington is now a thought leader in the field, even being selected as one of a dozen people sitting on a government/industry committee to examine the US's laws and regulations regarding intellectual capital transactions in Department of Defense contracting.Mind IC offers pragmatic, field-tested suggestions on how to manage intellectual capital to increase its value to companies and includes metrics and sample communications to be implemented in your company immediately.

Washed ashore! A young man is lost at sea and survives a terrifying ordeal on the open sea only to arrive in a new land with nothing but his memories. His father abandoned him and left him with a curse. His mother gave him a name befitting a king, then died during childbirth. The monks of Skellig Michael raised him to be a pacifist and prepared him for life as a mason, not for the harsh realities of a fierce new world. Conchobar is rescued by one village, captured by another, and becomes a pawn in their never-ending war. Banished by one, condemned by the other, he must become a warrior. In addition to the enemy villages, he must fight the curse that follows him wherever he goes. He discovers that he has the gift of telepathy. Will his extrasensory perceptions be enough to break the curse? Conchobar must adapt or die. Evil surrounds him and there is no going back. The Adirondack Spirit Series is an epic, multi-generational family saga, and it all starts with this ancient ancestor, Conchobar. Are supernatural tendencies hereditary? If you guessed yes, maybe you are descended from old souls too. The year is AD 549. Start your Adirondack adventure with The Curse of Conchobar―A Prequel to the Adirondack Spirit Series.

Poets almost always write about their own experiences, thoughts and feelings from their own particular perspectives. That perspective can be constant and thus become an affirmation of what they think and feel. But it also can change, for like all artists, a poet's work is also an exploration into his or her own psyche and the psyches of the people in their lives and around them. They understand that change, if we respect it and appreciate it and accept it, often means real growth. I Am the Poetry of Self Realization is a perfect example of this process. Although born into poverty, crime and discrimination, Lamp Cruickshank's intelligence and artistic sensibility remained intact. The poems in this collection show the spirit of not only will, but plain old-fashioned grit, the grit to overcome seemingly unbeatable odds that create disadvantage and succeed. Mr. Cruickshank's writing talent is obvious, his vocabulary original and always interesting and his ideas are thought provoking. He is a poet who not only has something to say, he is also a poet who possesses the words and intelligence to express it. His readers will be well-rewarded by this book and look forward to the many more that are to come.

Who would choose to expose their mistakes, their flaws, their embarrassments, or even their disappointments on a public platform? Not my idea of 'private' healing. And certainly not my idea of fun. But, I guess God saw otherwise. Because here I am! I have never been much involved with social media. But, while God has been transforming, renewing, restoring, & healing my heart, writing has ultimately become my 'social media' platform. "Growing Up In Marriage...Perfectly Flawed," is a book about choices. My choices. My journey. My detours. My vulnerabilities. My insecurities. My feelings. My life. This book is all about me. Although it is about me living through my brokenness and my pain, it is mainly about my testimony of how God redeemed and healed me through the beauty of it all. I would not have chosen to expose myself in a public forum. But, I did not. God did. So, in my obedience, I am putting myself out there to possibly be ridiculed. To possibly be judged. Even to be condemned. And, maybe even to possibly be ostracized. But even with all of that, my obedience to God's instructions outweighs everything. If being transparent in my flaws means that God can use my experiences, then my journey will have been worth it. It just reaffirms what God has already told me, "Your life 'really' is not about you. For you are living a borrowed life not your own."

Is Anyone Ever Who You Think They Are? Hiding from the past just became impossible for Allison Paige, so her only option is to vanish without a trace in the middle of the night, leaving behind two young daughters and the love and security of the life she's known. Who is she? What is she running from? Does her husband have the answers, or is he merely trying to keep his own secrets from coming to light? When local law enforcement accuses Garrett Paige of causing his wife's disappearance, he realizes he has to come clean and reveal the heartbreaking story of his past. While Chief Ed Charles works to uncover the Paige mysteries, FBI Special Agent Chuck Niles is busy with a case of his own. He's staging an elaborate plan to capture the psychopath Antonio Caruso, a sadistic killer whose one purpose is to expose the truth about the cop who hospitalized him for months with a shattered jaw and a burning need for revenge. How does the short career of Chicago PD Detective Finn Harding influence Niles' decisions, and what part does the mousy, yet cagey Emma Reed play in the agent's plan? Most importantly, how do these fragments of lives become the missing pieces of an unsolved puzzle that will change them all forever?

Philippe hopes that spending a week with his father who is moving to a senior residence near Paris following the suicide of his wife, will help him patch up their difficult relationship. He also wants to understand his mother's fatal deed, for which his father claims to have no explanation. Intrigued by his father's lack of interest, Philippe investigates his parents' past before he was born and discovers the cruel environment of their youth. This is how he learns the secret that led his mother to her tragic decision. Inspired by the gaps that all parents, even ones with peaceful pasts, leave in the stories they tell their children, Pierre Delerive has written a page-turning novel. A Dark and Distant Place delves into family histories-and finds that their connections to our present make them not so distant after all.

Growing up during the turbulent '60s, A young boy listens as his Great-Uncle, a Florida Game Warden nearing retirement, tells him and his friends about his lifelong search for ancient Spanish gold, which he knows to be buried near one of the many springs that feed the Santa Fe River near his home in North-Central Florida. Little does young Charlie realize that the search which begins when he is nine years will lead him on an adventure that during the next twenty years, will bring much more than he bargained for, including murder. From the beautiful Santa Fe River, through the jungles of Vietnam, and the ancient records of the Spanish Treasure fleets in Seville, Charlie's life would never be the same following his search for Miranda's gold.

Are you a "Doubting Thomas"? What is God's purpose for us? A 29 yr. veteran of police work, the author describes the daily struggles of policing, and constant battle between good and evil, and the question of God's existence.