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In the Belnine System, life is peaceful, idyllic. Life is the same as it was for the past Age. Princess Yuelene, the oldest child of the King and Queen, marries a Military commander, Raric Mizel. Shortly after, a prisoner from the only hard labor camp in the System, escapes with disastrous results. It is a race against time to stop him. With the help of the Hatayan Military, they wage an assault on Thozen Orekran and his followers. Running out of options, Commander General Raric Mizel and Princess Yuelene Verumlen travel to Earth to get help. In 2030, the world is voting to create a single government. At Pearl Harbor, Alessandra Bailey and Marcus Hunter, Lieutenants in the United States Coast Guard, are recruited to help Yuelene and Raric. With the help of a Marine Private, an Army Private, a Technical Sergeant, and a Chief Petty Officer, can they stop him in time?
Tum Tum is a baby panda who loves adventure. Join him as he explores his surroundings with wonderment and gratitude.
Chasity Johnson has only one objective: to seek revenge on the man who broke her heart. Will she go through with the "e;She-Devil"e; tactics she has in store, or will she let the attention of a beautiful stranger distract her from the mission at hand?
Rachel is in her eleventh year at Meadowsprings High School. Rachel is shy but has a big heart and yearns to help those around her. Her eleventh year takes a turn when her math teacher, Mrs. Williams, falls ill to cancer. Wanting to show her appreciation and what Mrs. Williams means to the school, Rachel and her friends set out on a project to bring the school together.
Lily Wren Blue was just walking in the forest when she was called to a river by mysterious whispers and fell in, then Lily finds herself in a different world. But to add to her problem, a dark evil challenges her and pushes Lily to her limit. With the help of a few new friends-Rory, Azai, and Zale-they journey all across their world to a dangerous island. It's what's on the island that Lily and her new friends will all have to face. What is Lily willing to risk to get back home?
What once was a reoccurring nightmare carried the truth of a past reality saturated in love, hate, passion, and jealously. So much has changed in such a short period of time, but the genuine bond between Amirah and Devin, which was built on love, had a way of drawing them back into each other's lives. They have overcome the challenges that have come so far, but they have no idea what truly lies ahead of them. Now that things have started to fall into place, the truth is slowly revealed, adding to the endless hurdles they have to face. Their journey to the Triangle isn't just a physical journey but is also spiritual and emotional and will test every boundary they have to prepare them for the darkness that has the potential to consume them and destroy everything they stand for. In order to fight the darkness, you have to explore it and embrace it for what it is. Can Devin and Amirah maneuver through regular relationship problems and learn about themselves all over again? This is new territory, but will the love they have be enough for them to get through this together?
On a warm summer day, Cami Novarro heads to her grandfather's cabin to help him clean up the last of the remaining miscellaneous items he needs to be removed prior to selling the place. Little did she know that several bad seeds were on their way to the property to use as an outpost for a terroristic plot they planned to carry out. The evildoers are unaware she's there as they murder her grandfather and proceed to lay out their plan. Cami is trapped in the labyrinth walls of the old, isolated home that once served as a transport point for liquor bootleggers. She must remain completely silent as she navigates the hidden tunnels of the cabin in an attempt to escape the foreigners who have invaded her family's vacation spot. Any noise and any wrong move could alert the dangerous men of her presence. With no cell phone service and one path for entry and exit, Cami has limited options for getting away. She must use her wits and instincts in order to survive the ordeal.
The Angels on Our Doorstep is the tale of thirty years spent on a remote Ohio farm and the steady stream of neglected little souls who found solace there.The blending of hearts and the melting together of natural enemies occurred simply as a result of love.Marc and Joelle opened their hearts and their home to all those they found in need. Over time, however, the rescued became the rescuers, and the humans received more than they gave.By offering a second chance to those fresh out of chances, Joelle found the fulfillment for which she was so desperately longing. Fulfillment comes in a variety of ways to those seeking it. Some work in a straight line, always keeping their eye on their ultimate goal. Others stumble along until it seems divine intervention shows them the way.Life's journey takes us to places we may never have expected and teaches us to appreciate the small gifts we are given daily. Those finding love and joy on their journey are truly fortunate. Those making the journey in the company of angels are blessed beyond measure.Angels appear in various ways in our lives. In Marc and Joelle's experience, they tend to have four legs, a lot of fur, and beating inside them are enormous hearts full of love.
It was Thanksgiving eve in Macy, a small town in central Washington state. Sarah Barnes had nothing on her mind except the scrumptious feast already being prepared for the next day's dinner. However, before she reached her home, events took place that would shatter her life forever.To save her own life, Sarah traveled incognito on a cross-country journey. Along the way, she met and helped many interesting people. After months of traveling and looking over her shoulder, Sarah decided it was time to return home and get some answers. Surely, after all that time, it was safe to do so. Wasn't it?
A dirty cop beats an unarmed homeless man to death in Los Angeles, California, and is transferred back east to the sleepy little town of Dartlett, New Hampshire, where he is given P.O. Box 13, and his life is changed forever.
A Clash of Civilizations is an alternative history novel set in both Europe and Mesoamerica at the start of the nineteenth century. It postulates, What would have happened if instead of bringing smallpox (which wiped out over 80 percent of the native population) to the New World, Columbus and his crew had been infected by this illness and taken it back to a Europe that had no immunity to the disease?
Reflections by Dr. Sofija Grandakovska, Professor, CUNY, on the book Remembrances and Other ObservationsThis book, first and foremost, is committed to the importance of remembering the past and its careful preservation at the gates of oblivion. The importance is emphasized in plural form: "e;remembrances."e; It is not one story; it is more than fifty varied short stories. The author recognizes the multilayered and polyvalent existence of remembering. It is personal and collective. It is mythical, genealogical, literary, historical, and anthropological. Short stories were written as prose poems. Although we cannot qualify these prose forms as typical short stories in a literary genre context, they qualify as short stories because they each reflect an event, history, and truth about the overarching event: the Holocaust. The author, don david Calderon y. Aroesty, chooses poetic prose to guide the readers through the tragic dimensions of the Holocaust by cherry-picking some exceptional heroes, heroines, and gratifying events through the duality of poetry and prose without solid metrical patterns but with rhythmic moderation of poetic expression. Remembrances come alive as a coherent and legitimate whole. No description of the criminality, suffering, and sadness would ever be sufficient. The author does not forget the bleakness and the horrors while challenging all of us to remember the shining lights, the occasional rays of human sunshine, extraordinary courage, and amazing bravery exhibited by some.The hybrid linguistic form becomes clear and legitimate, highlighted at the very beginning of the volume in the qualifications section where he asks the question and expresses his suspicion: How dare me, dare to write about the Holocaust? Who am I?The first philosophical question, which he answers with a dare to all of us to each undertake to study, learn, and write about the Holocaust. This is where the message of the book is strongly positioned. It is a message of deep humanistic, anthropological, and historical significance.Dr. Grandakovska teaches at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Department of Anthropology where her areas of specialization are comparative literature and interdisciplinary studies in the Holocaust and Jewish history. She served as one of the advisers to the author's book of remembrances.
Jackson Berman's career as a criminal-defense attorney was exploding. He was widely reputed to be defender of the innocent and protector of the rights of the guilty. The rightly and wrongly accused wanted him in their corner. But his marriage was imploding. He would stop at nothing to remain in his young daughter's life, even if it meant giving in to his estranged wife's whims and demands.While balancing the highs of his professional life with the lows of his personal life, he took on the most important and challenging client of his career-himself.Annoying acts of vandalism quickly escalated to attempts on his life. Searching for the person who wanted him dead, he found himself accused of a horrific crime that could send him to prison for the rest of his life. Who would defend the defender?Certain Truths is a compelling story of one man's struggle to deal with exaggerations, distortions, and lies and his search for the peace that comes with living with the truth...no matter how ugly it is."e;Stephanie Wyler's ability to take the reader inside the personal and professional life of a criminal defense attorney will send you on a journey of unexpected twists and turns. Each page draws the reader in as the story begs the question: what are certain truths?"e;Sandy Phillips Kirkham, author of "e;Let Me Prey Upon You - Breaking Free from a Minister's Sexual Abuse"e;
It can be difficult to give up control of our lives. Weather it's to fear, pride, or past hurts. The stress that comes with our life on our own can be exhausting. But there is one who is ready to help us right now through every situation, so that you can get your strength, comfort, and creativity back in your life your way versus God's way, giving control to God. Love is patient, is kind. It does not envy. It does not boast. It is not proud. It is not rude. It is not self-seeking. It is not easily angered. It keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth, by letting go and letting God.
In February 1992 Todd and Coby Gent went to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, so Coby could be evaluated for, and hopefully have, a double-lung transplant. Transplants were a new way to prolong the lives of cystic fibrosis patients, and this major surgery was Coby's only hope for living beyond his twelve years.Todd, Coby's dad, kept a journal from day one of the Gent family's journey from borrowed lungs to new life. The journals include other patients from all over the country awaiting transplants. Coby, at twelve, was the youngest among others in their twenties, thirties, and forties. Tricia and Casey, Todd's wife and daughter, respectively, remained in their hometown of Wylie, Texas, and traveled back and forth to North Carolina during the transplant process.Todd Gent had not read these journals since he wrote them in 1992, but his daughter brought them out in order to publish them by the thirtieth anniversary of Coby's double-lung transplant. The journals prove that Coby made it count.
Facing Reality: The Man in the Mirror is about love, unity, and guidance as a whole. In this world, it's hard to find people who will love you unconditionally. All they want to do is use you to their advantage. Coming together is not an option. Therefore, when the road seems cloudy and you're all alone, you must continue to hold on to God's unchanging hands because he will never lead you in the wrong direction.
Life is a mosaic of pieces that don't always quite fit perfectly together. Tragedy and reward both take their places in the life puzzle that is Caponi's Home of Champions. Its unavoidable fingers touching each and every one associated within its walls. Secrets of the past don't always stay that way. Revenge is a meal best served cold. In today's world, Dan and Marylou are what the gym rats would term old school. They hold friendships sacred. This time their friendship with Paul DeLuca could cost them everything, even their lives.
The Heart of a Lion will captivate the life pains and victories of men and women like you. Until my last breath, in the summer of 1983, a little boy was kidnapped from his mother and has since conquered numerous challenges in life. This book will captivate your being once you read the first poem. This poetry is about the life and struggles of everyday men and women. Some are happy, some are sad, and still, some are angry poems, but all tell a story about learning, letting go, remembering, and being grateful. This book will inspire you to live life, to focus on the true you. It will inspire you to be better, to lead, to move on. Upon reading the first page, you will want to continue and crave more reading. Because this book of life poems is not just from a man but from above. Everything good comes from above. Until I see you in my words. To God be the glory.
Follow the tales of mystery from Maine to Virginia and back again. Discover the hidden secret of a Boston family that owns a summer home in a small coastal Maine village. Join the investigation of an old bank robbery by a Maine criminology student. Next, travel to Virginia where a special investigative unit is tracking down a serial killer. Finally, return to coastal Maine to learn about a Nazi attack on one of the state's lighthouses during World War II.
What is one year of human life worth?In the not-so-distant future, criminals are no longer given lengthy prison sentences. Instead, they must surrender years of their lives by subjecting themselves to an artificial aging medical procedure that leaves them older, broken, and despondent. Sixteen-year-old Mia suddenly finds herself convicted of a horrific crime, and she knows that her life will be cut drastically short. Having always wanted to be a writer and knowing that she will never get the chance to be one, she begins to urgently document everything in a journal, hoping that someone will find it someday and give her life just a little bit of purpose. As she fills the pages with a combination of profound observations and dull everyday minutiae, Mia begins to slowly accept the person that she has both become and been turned into, finding beauty in unlikely places and ultimately realizing that she simply wants what everybody wants: to figure out what humans-and life itself-are really made of.
There Is No Music is based on incidents that happened in life to people that were struggling to live in a place in time where you could not hear joy, peace, security, love, trust, patience, and loyalty. There is no music when a child is abused or misused by an adult.There is no music when you just want your civil rights, but you are punished because you want equal rights, and you have to leave where you live and have no place to go.There is no music when you are abused by people who see you every day and say they love you but do not have the heart to love and keep you safe.There is no music when we allow Satan to captivate our lives because of our selfishness.
Prison is a closed society, and even the news media has an extremely difficult time getting inside to interview prisoners. Special permission is needed from the warden, which is normally denied. This book does not criticize prisons. It gives the reader a view of prison life in a way not seen or heard. It is full of true stories, true events, and true situations.Mama, I wish I would have been a better son.
This book, Water Meditation: Its Significance, majorly addresses the issue of stress and anxiety. The author has talked about how stress affects an individual's life and some ways of coping with stress. The author has also talked about the various water meditation techniques as well as their significance and benefits to individuals who are infected with stress.
She looked at me shocked, mouth wide open, and eyes wet from the tears that had just fallen from the telling of my story. "e;What do you mean you would not change anything? The things that happened are so horrible!"e; My reply, just like all the other times I have been asked this question, is always the same. "e;No, I would not change any of it. I love who I am today. I would not be me if I had not endured everything throughout the years."e;This life has not been an easy one. I honestly don't think life is supposed to be easy, as we are all here trying to learn new things once forgotten from our past lives. I have met many people in my life, and the one thing most of us have in common is the struggle. The struggle to have and be what we are told to be. The struggle from paycheck to paycheck, the struggle in relationships, the struggle in careers, and the struggle to love ourselves. We all struggle with something. My hope is to give each of you some insight on how I have survived my struggle. How to keep moving forward during the struggle, and how to be happy despite it all. I am not perfect by any means, but I have heard this conversation too many times. The intention is to help those in need. It's not meant to hurt or make anyone feel sorry for me. I am one of the strongest people I know, and I don't need pity. I need to help those who have felt trapped or wanted it to all be over and have had nowhere to turn. I want to give hope to those that feel there is none left.Finding the courage to move forward is hard, but I have found it in every event that has happened because I am still here, still spreading love and knowledge the best I know howAs I look back on the things I have endured in my life, I know I have been blessed even through the heartache and pain. Even through the desperate times where I thought life was never going to get better. I have been blessed beyond my wildest dreams and also tested to the same degree.
If anyone only knew what God has asked me to walk through is a personal memoir filled with trauma and miracles. A journey of finding peace and self-worth, forgiveness, and healing. It is a beautiful story of God's love and promises.He wants to prepare you for a testimony. A testimony of becoming more like him. A testimony of overcoming obstacles and circumstances where you felt the things and people you loved the most were what made your life complete. Life is not completed by tangible items or relationships with other human beings. Life is completed when you come full circle, work through your disappointments, have a complete change of heart, and love others the way God loves you.
When Buckley the Duck falls asleep under a tree, he mistakenly gets left behind by his friends. Sad and lonely, Buckley wonders if he should fly away or stay and hope his friends return to find him. While he is deciding, a mysterious but friendly visitor comes along and offers Buckley a very important job as a birthday duck. Will Buckley accept the challenge and become an inspiration to children of all ages? Read this heartwarming story to find out.
For Jasper and Miley Klein, their lives are forever altered when their father gets married. This means a new school, new friends, and most importantly, a new family. To Julia Bliss, family is everything. All hell breaks loose when she leaves for college. What will she do to protect her family from afar? With her sister off at college, Holland Bliss has taken on a new set of problems. How will she deal with the life-and-death situations which face her? Who will Holland turn to when her world comes crashing down? Dansby Swann is nobody. At least, that's what people tell him. He has no friends, and his family is dirt poor. What happens when he crosses paths with the most unexpected person possible? Bella Jax brings an edgy style to a small town in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Look no further for some good ole Southern recipes guaranteed to get your mouth watering! From scrumptious desserts to Southern favorites like fried green tomatoes. Get ready to be the talk of the picnic or gathering when you show up with one of these dishes or desserts. This book is a culmination of roughly eighty years of family recipes.
Petey, a pigeon, and Quackers, a disabled duck, form a natural relationship and become inseparable friends for life.
I decided to call the book Lito Wuz Here and use a picture of the neighborhood I grew up in (Georgetown South) because I want to be able to inspire young kids who grew up in that neighborhood or in a similar one. Lito is my childhood nickname; my siblings, along with close family and friends, still call me that. When I was growing up in the South (Georgetown South), there were times when I felt trapped and thought to myself that I would never make anything of myself in life. I look back now and realize the drugs and alcohol had a heavy influence on the mindset that I had at that age. I am now thirty-one years old and have been completely sober since Christmas of 2019. Many of my poems were written while hospitalized in many different psych wards and throughout many sleepless nights. It makes me realize that there is a purpose, even for our hardships in life. My goal is to reach out to anyone that is willing to hear and make them realize there is always hope, no matter where you come from. That hope may just not come from a direction you initially thought. I never thought nor had the goal of becoming a published author or poet. I wrote my first poem in April 15, 2020, and have been writing them ever since. Though I do not follow a certain poetic format, I believe I've meshed my love for hip-hop and my fondness for poetry and developed my own style, which is the way I like to write. My poetry book, Lito Wuz Here, was written with the hopes of inspiring a younger generation.
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