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PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, POLITICS & CULTURE, AFRICAN MUSIC FUNCTIONCOULD YOU BE LOVED  is of all Humankind acknowledging shared origin for Progress with Peace. “ . . insightful . .  incisive and instructive . .  a beautiful poetic move . .  brilliant . .  author, poet, philosopher Tekla Mekfet relates Bob Marley’s poetics to African philosophy, the Bible and the problems of Babylon as we encounter them in Jamaica and the world.  . . helps to resolve the tension between the individual and the community, in Rasta poetics . . Historical memory . . clues to liberation in the present. Out of history and prophecy . . philosophy in Rastafari offers unaccustomed wide practical application.” (Dr. Noel Erskine, Professor of Theology & Ethics, Emory University, USA). “ . . deep understanding of world politics . . knowledge of the world’s literary works whether fiction or treatise . . wide knowledge of music of all genres . . erudite . . encyclopedic . . for every and anyone.” (Dr. Erna Brodber, sociologist-historian-novelist, University of the West Indies). “In his own thoroughly original way Tekla Mekfet evokes the largesse of spirit and innovative rhetorical performances of Walt Whitman . . Whitman opened up the space of the line in American verse; he had an agile poetic persona; he was chronicler, seer, prophet. In our time Ras Mekfet is accomplishing much the same through his vision and voice.” (Michael Kuelker, Professor of English, St. Charles Community College, Rastafari-Reggae researcher, DJ, Missouri). Structure is as vocabulary item, social commentary, music of meaning, “Often, life is not nice neat sentences’. The index invites piece-mealing focus on such as The Word, Logic RHYTHM Household-Community, Reality, Freedom, Whiteness, or Oneness.Varied subjects are explored as symbiotic - as could be related to Spinoza’s All is One and The One is Divine’, to ‘Selassie is The Chapel’, to Hegel’s ‘God’ dwelling within Humankind & permanently pervading the universe - related to shared African principles of an all-manifesting all-embracing ‘NTU’, or JAH of Rastrafari. Of Nature’s Logic & Kant’s ‘Categorical Imperative’ for universal oneness. Concept ‘Babylon’ de-constructed throughout, as is ‘Zion’. Of ‘Concrete Jungle’, The City, Marketed ‘God’, Moral Relativity, “life-long insecurity”. “ . . the heavy and the weary weight / Of all this unintelligible world / Is lightened.” Mekfet invites you to be free ‘of being psychologically blind. For YOU, are living of some measure & mix of philosophy . . that you may be living unperceived.” to be recognized “for sense of options for direction. .”• Mother Africa’s Philosophy, Rastafari, The Bible, & cross-refs philosophy of West & East• Philosophy in Reggae, Jazz, Dancehall Music : Atavistic Appeal African Rhythms Worldwide• Culture of Politics, Mis-Education, Violence & Masculinity in ‘Jamaica’/‘Carry-beyond’• A Rastafari Journey, Jamaica & Social Prejudice• Animism & Literary Imagery. Multi-cultural imagery ‘Christ’/Re-patria-tion/Ancestor Worship• ‘Israel’ & ‘Jerusalem’ not as geographical entities, but as universal concepts for social organization related to Rhythm of Ecology & Bio-diversity, the Cosmos as a single organism,  &   Bio-mimicry - all antithesis of concept of ‘Babylon’Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/TeklaMekfet 

10SKU (if available)In Thirteen Months a Year, the second book of his fictional trilogy, real-life doctor Henry Rex Greene revisits two married physicians, Max and Jan King, as they start their internship at L.A. County Hospital in 1969.For the next year, their jobs and personal lives working in the busiest hospital in the country are highly stressed. Max is an anti-war activist who was lucky to graduate med school, while Jan was nearly the class valedictorian.Despite his lack of educational prowess, Dr. Max King is driven to make the world a better place. He believes it’s his duty to fight against the system. This stunning medical novel weaves the lives of these young doctors and their patients into the moral ethics and radicalism of the ‘70s era in a believable fashion. And when patients are dying due to a monumental hospital screw up, Max is there to lead the charge against the bigwigs.Can this couple survive the wrath of the hospital administration? Can their marriage survive? Or are all their efforts doomed in failure? Activism is alive and well in this powerful medical series.Henry Rex Greene is a hematologist and oncologist. He earned a BA in zoology from UCLA and an MD from UC Irvine. He has been involved in medical ethics, hospice, and palliative care throughout his career and is active in organized medicine. Dr. Greene has two grown children and lives with his wife Mary Jo in Florida. His other books in the series are The Class of 1969 and Stone Mother: Final Installment of the Medical Trilogy. “I’ve done my best to explore an era that we shall not soon see again.”Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/HenryRexGreeneAuthor’s website: http://www.medicalschool1969.com 

Our tale is the story of a young English archer who has become famous because of his rescue of English sailors, and his capture of a Spanish galleon loaded with treasure.Proficient in the use of flaming arrows, Alon wins the King’s archery contest and is then asked by the King to free the Archbishop of Canterbury from pirates.On his way back to England after accomplishing the mission, Alon comes across a stolen English revenue cutter, which he recaptures. Due to all his successful and daring exploits, the East India Trading Company asks Alon to help the company eliminate pirates off the coast of Africa, vicious men who have been harassing English shipping.“In the year 1624, a young archer by the name of Alon was caught poaching deer on Lord Harold’s property. The punishment for poaching was death, but Alon’s life was spared by Lord Harold because Alon had won the king’s archery contest. Instead of punishing Alon, he was instead made Lord Harold’s gamekeeper and chief hunter.” Thus starts this seafaring adventure.Originally from Upper Michigan, Ronald I. Johnson has lived in California for more than thirty years. Now retired, he previously ran a health care technology consulting, mergers, and acquisition firm. This is his sixth book.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/RonaldIJohnson

Welcome once again to Rommy and Reemy''s world, where love, honour, and friendship abound in warm and fuzzy tales of derring-do, as these twin kittens push the boundaries of feline knowledge to the limit!Each chapter in the fun-filled children''s book More Cats Tails (The Further Adventures of Rommy and Reemy) presents a separate adventure with its own conclusion.Kids can explore the crazy world of these very special kittens and their friends, when they interact with the other animals they meet and deal with the consequences of their actions.Loyalty and honour are paramount in these curious kittens'' lives.And there is usually a happy ending, even if it is not quite what you expect...About the Author: Derek T. Morgan has lived his entire life in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. This is the second book in his Cat Tails series. The first book was Cats Tails (The Adventures of Rommy and Reemy).Publisher''s website: http://sbpra.com/DerekTMorgan

Dr. Audrey Gittens is a Caribbean woman with a global perspective on life. Her experience in health care and involvement in socio-economic and political spheres have given her wisdom beyond her years. Despite her achievements, she considers being a mother and grandmother her most significant accomplishments. This book is based on her life''s trajectory, the hills and troughs she has climbed, and the passion she has for any undertaking.The author''s strongest characteristic is the ability to overcome challenges. She knows what it is like to be tossed in the wind, to be battered and bruised, yet she survives any storm. She rose to the highest rank of the nursing profession, earning her BScN, MSc and doctoral degrees in nursing. Her education, training, and experience have propelled her to other career fields, including housing, public service, information, and labor. She has been chairman of the board of several organizations and sat in advisory capacities on others. Her most notable trait is that she is a humanitarian, always defending the vulnerable and marginalized.Apart from her mother, the women who inspired her and whose legacy she emulates include the head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde; Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister; Mary Eugena Charles, former Prime Minister of the Caribbean Island of Dominica; Elnora Warner, nurse leader and educator of Antigua and Barbuda; Dr. Marjorie Parks of Belize, nurse leader and educator; and Aberdeen Brown of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a former nurse leader and educator.Dr. Gittens'' motto is "The sky is never the limit, look beyond."First-time author Audrey Gittens grew up in humble circumstances on the island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Eastern Caribbean.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/AudreyGittens

See what happens to a little black kitten with silver whiskers and golden eyes when he is found the day after Halloween. The little black kitten belongs to a gentle old witch, who becomes ill on the scariest night of the year. On the morning of November 1, the kitten enters a church basement where a bazaar is about to take place. A lady takes him home to give to her nephew, Alex, who gives the kitten a name, a home and love. Tom Kitty and Alex become great friends, but by the next Halloween, Tom suddenly remembers the kindly old witch, so he must leave. Alex searches everywhere for The Witch''s Cat and later learns that Tom Kitty has a commitment beyond being his pet and friend. The Witch''s Cat was inspired by a true incident that happened to the author, when a small black kitten was found in a churchyard one cold November 1. Jeanie Vant has been married for thirty-nine years and raised a family of two. A retired teacher, she has written poetry since she was a young girl and previously published a children''s book in 2006, called The Squirrel Family. She lives in British Columbia, Canada.Publisher''s website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheWitchsCat.html

Blue Skies of El Dorado tells the poignant Civil War love story of Obadiah Bradford and his beautiful slave of mixed blood, Penelope. Their tale began in the first book of the series, Dark Clouds over Alabama.To escape the stigma of hate and prejudice, Obadiah and Penelope marry and move away from Alabama with their mothers and several slaves to El Dorado, Arkansas.They purchase a 600-acre plantation named Three Oaks, situated a few miles from El Dorado in Southwest Arkansas. In this quiet, peaceful town, Obadiah opens up a medical practice and becomes the town''s beloved doctor.Under the Blue Skies of El Dorado, Obadiah and Penelope''s love blossoms, their family grows, the Civil War ends, and freedom comes to slaves in the South. Obadiah''s Christian beliefs and his deep faith in God see him through the troubled times. The novel presents love and hope in the best definition as it deals with tragedy and triumph in the Old South. Blue Skies is a must-read for anyone interested in this fascinating chapter of American history. Carl J. Barger grew up in the Ozark Mountains of Cleburne County, Arkansas. He spent thirty-eight years in the public schools in Arkansas, thirty-three as a superintendent of schools. Barger is the author of four other historical fiction novels: Swords and Plowshares, Mamie, An Ozark Mountain Girl of Courage, and Dark Clouds over Alabama. He is also the author of a two-volume history of Cleburne County and its people. He resides with his wife, Lena, in Conway, Arkansas. "I love history and I love the Civil War."Publisher''s website: http://sbpra.com/CarlJBarger

Dreams of the Exile is the final book in the Legacy of Dreams series that began with Dreams of the Many and Dreams of the Few.Dreams of the Exile rejoins actor Brody Murphy in a dream created by his protégé, Casey Wheeler. In an effort to protect his wife and son from a legacy of alcoholism and abuse, Brody remains in Casey''s dream, and while the world mourns his absence, he faces the inevitable destruction of his virtual world.Brody''s wife Vanessa fights to protect her unborn child and her son, and tries to understand why Brody abandoned his family. Casey has forgotten his mentor, and can''t help his father and friends find a way into the dream to bring Brody home.As the dream unhinges, Brody faces the physical manifestation of his dead father. To get out of the dream alive and sane, he must come to grips with his family history.Will Casey remember his mentor? Can Brody''s friends find a way into Brody''s dream before it''s too late? Will Brody be lost to the dream and death? And, can Vanessa forgive her husband''s choice?Dreams of the Exile is a story of struggle, devotion, and love. It''s also a reminder that we are all connected and that we must face our fears to achieve our dreams. Susan M. Obijiski lives with her husband in beautiful Sedona, Arizona. She is the author of Dreams of the Many, and Dreams of the Few, and is a contributing author for "Sedona Awakenings."Publisher''s website: http://sbpra.com/SusanMObijiski

The text in Significant Secular and Sacred Matters in America contains nineteen commentaries, nine on secular matters and ten on sacred matters.The secular materials focus on various matters in American society, including the reprehensible treatment of war veterans, racism by celebrities, Congress'' usurpation of citizens'' rights, and other issues. The sacred matters focus on religious privilege, the terrorism inherent in Christianity, the enigmatic genesis of Jesus, the evil of Yahweh, and more. An American citizen, military veteran, and secular humanist (which benighted people confuse with "atheist") wrote all the commentaries. His intent was to edify fellow citizens, who perhaps never thought of matters the way the author does, due to social indoctrination, indifference, and willful ignorance.After teaching for thirty-five years at three universities in Michigan, H. G. Hastings-Duffield retired in 1997 and now lives in Atlanta.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/hghastingsduffield

The Disappearance of Surfer Girl tells the story of a World War II B-17 bomber crew diverted from their normal bombing mission by an entity that insists the crew has a far more important mission to perform.The entity takes control of the bomber and flies it to the entity''s destination. There, a man in a brown robe explains the mission and its importance to the crew. After agreeing to perform the mission, the crew is released to perform their original bombing mission. But shortly afterward, the bomber is shot down and disappears without a trace.Two decades after the war, the children of the crew participate in worldwide antiwar demonstrations that lead to the end of a war in Asia, and a general easing of tensions between the major nuclear powers of the world. This results in the calming of the fears of annihilation among the people around the world, thus completing the bomber crew''s mission assigned by the man in the brown robe.About the Author: A retired machinist, Tony Pitasi grew up in Franklin, Massachusetts, where Ben Franklin started America''s first circulating library in 1731. He now lives in Cape Coral, Florida. This book was written in memory of the author''s father as a tribute to him and to all the people, military and civilian, who had a part in World War II. "We, who are the children of those people, need to never forget the sacrifices that they made to preserve our freedoms."Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/TonyPitasi

The final installment of a medical trilogy, Stone Mother refers to the old Los Angeles County Hospital.On entering residency training, a married couple carry their 1960s activism into the ''70s. They struggle to balance overwhelming responsibilities with their ideals, attempting to reform the "system," but ultimately it is their personal lives that suffer.Max King is driven to make a better world. As a medical resident at L.A. County Hospital, he has daunting responsibilities. Jan King, his wife, is a resident in pediatrics. She''s a reluctant reformer. On New Year''s Eve 1976, Max visits his best friend, Abe Grant, and pours out his soul about the last five years.In 1970, Max and Jan King finished a difficult year of internship at the hospital. Max has transformed from an indifferent medical student into a leader of young activists, while Jan struggles with an abusive academic culture.The hospital is short of funds and key staff. The activists hold a press conference to claim that twenty-five patients have died from inadequate care. Afterward, they''re subjected to a witch hunt to quash their complaints.Meanwhile Jan is pregnant and delivers a baby with a medical complication that suggests paternity other than Max.Henry Rex Greene is a hematologist and oncologist who lives in Florida. He has practiced in California, Ohio, Michigan, and New Hampshire. Active in "medical politics," he served on the California Medical Association''s ethics council. His wife Mary Jo is a hospice/palliative care nurse. His other books in the series are The Class of 1969, about medical student activism at the end of the ''60s, and Thirteen Months a Year, a transformational year of internship at County hospital.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/HenryRexGreene

The All-Write Winsome Collection of Poetry and Prose by Winsome Mary Payter is diverse in content. Although it is fiction, many of the stories and poems in the book are based on observing true life.There are almost 100 poems and stories, providing an entertaining read for all ages. Some are exciting, some are uplifting, and one is written from an animal''s point of view. One story is about a young Iraqi woman caught up in the Twin Towers disaster and how she eventually overcomes her fear. Winsome Mary Payter was born in Biggin Hill, Kent, England, where she was primarily educated at Jail Lane School, a church school. At age eleven, her family moved to Christchurch in Hampshire, where she continued her education until she left school at age fourteen. She started work as a costing clerk until her family moved again a year later. She changed careers and became a tracer in the drawing office at the Ministry of Defence in Malvern, Worcestershire, until she married at twenty-one.She then worked for The Mining Engineering Co. doing home tracing. The author moved with her family to Loughborough, where she became a counter assistant in a sub-post office. She and her husband have three daughters and a son. Always an avid reader, she started to compose her own stories to narrate to her children. Once retired, she started to write in earnest and has written two romantic novels. The All-Write Winsome Collection of Short Stories was published in 2013. This is her second venture in publishing.Publisher''s website: http://sbpra.com/WinsomeMaryPayter

Poems for Teens is an anthology of fifty poems, with themes touching on children''s diverse needs. These include the need for love, independence, and nurturing by parents.Adolescence is depicted as a turbulent period in which youngsters query about life, love, sickness, and the desire to achieve. The children in these narratives graduate from adolescence to adulthood, needing role models among peers and adults to assist them. At the same time, the poet, Francis Emson Dakwa, aptly describes the children''s need for fun, so they can face life with dignity and enrichment.This anthology is subdivided into five themes: Our Happiness, Our Needs, On HIV and AIDS, Our Problems, and Our Views.In these narratives, the young people are calling for recognition and communication with the outside world, which includes parents, siblings, and friends. But, at the same time, they want the world to understand their teenage identity and not disturb their freedoms and peace.Francis Emson Dakwa is a senior lecturer in special needs education at Great Zimbabwe University. He has authored two other anthologies: Poems for the Young and Poems for Couples, and co-authored a fourth book Reflections on Disability: An African Voice. His next book is titled Poems for Older Adults.Publisher''s website: http://sbpra.com/FrancisEmsonDakwa

Become a winner!People play the lottery hoping for a better life and to make their dreams come true. Because of the excitement and possibilities, lotteries are popular throughout the world. A gambling enthusiast, author J├│zsef G├╢nczi has constructed variations and systems with special and difficult algorithms that attempt to beat the system. He helps gamblers by submitting mathematical formulas and a system that doesn''t just rely on chance.Gambling is all about math. This informative book offers numerous variations on mathematical schemes that gamblers can use to better their chances of winning in different forms of gaming.These variations are compiled according to special computer algorithms. All the variations for lotteries require fields of six number positions. Gamblers must substitute their favorite lottery numbers into the position numbers of the variations.The book provides 69 variations in 11 chapters that offer different guarantees for hits. The variations are made with the number of positions in which gamblers must substitute their own lottery numbers (from 1 to 49) whenever numerical order isn''t required.Winning is made so much easier by studying the G├╢ncziSTEM I. Lottery system-book.J├│zsef G├╢nczi studied mathematics to become an architect in Hungary. He was also a professional volleyball player and now enjoys gambling. "I constructed a lot of variations and systems for gamblers. I have rich experience and knowledge in the world of gambling. In the world of computers and math, Hungarians are the best: Neumann constructed the first computer; Rubik became famous for his toys (Rubik''s Cube); and G├╢nczi is the author of this book."Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/JozsefGonczi

Stories of The Buffalo Soldiers have not been portrayed in history books enough. Abdullah Bin Juttie felt a responsibility to tell this story, giving positive images of African American men who dedicated themselves to restoring the Union. It intends to reestablish the dignity of the African American, whose battlefield prowess is demonstrated throughout the history of the United States military.The story is about a black man from Nashville, Tennessee, who wanted to avenge the massacre of 300 African American men, women, and children by Southern troops under the command of Nathan Bedford Forrest (a prominent figure in the foundation of the Ku Klux Klan) at the battle of Fort Pillow on April 12, 1864. After serving in the Civil War, he joined a Negro Cavalry unit respectfully named The Buffalo Soldiers. Upon retiring from the U.S. Army, he faces similar racism to what he experienced before risking his life in war, when he fought to protect the lives of Northern white men from the troops under General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.This soldier watched his best friend die in an attack by a racist mob attempting to lynch all the black men of his community. The story culminates with him calling his former commanding officer, General William Tecumseh Sherman, to rescue his surrounded community from KKK sympathizers who wanted to massacre his people in the same fashion that was later done to the Black Wall Street community of Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Abdullah Bin Juttie works as an ESL teacher. The movie "Glory" inspired him to write this story. This is his second book; the first was titled The Last Crusades. Publisher's website: http://sbprabooks.com/AbdullahBinJuttie

To those whose lives have been touched by cancer, The Courage to Die with the Spirit to Live tells of one man’s journey, from his diagnosis to his final 30 days.In June 2011, my late husband, Craig Sanders, was diagnosed with non-small cell squamous lung cancer. Writing this book keeps the promise I made to Craig when he learned his battle with lung cancer was coming to an end and he was transitioning to his next phase of life.During this time, he lived his life to the fullest, in spite of chemotherapy and radiation treatments. He went on two cruises, flew a plane, went fishing, crabbing, and was able to keep his sense of humor. He gave us strength, and left an indelible impact in our hearts and minds.The book depicts the various phases of Craig’s year-and-a-half battle with cancer. He loved helping people, and knew that as I penned his journey with this disease, he would be helping others, as well as myself.We don’t always know what paths our life will take. Often when something catastrophic does occur, we’re caught off-guard. Had it not been for our support system of family, friends, and our faith, the journey would have been impossible. We honor and salute you, and I know that Craig will always be just a prayer away from us all.Glenora Wells-Sanders is the director of social services for Genesis Healthcare and a certified dementia practitioner. She is also an adjunct professor at Coppin State University in Baltimore. This is her third book. Publisher’s website:  http://sbpra.com/GlenoraWells-Sanders

While Vanna’s guests were on the beach watching the Fourth of July fireworks, Austin stood hiding in the woods behind thick bushes, watching and waiting for his chance to grab Vanna.Austin whispered to himself. “Come this way. That’s right, just a little closer. Come on, just a little closer ... closer. Come into my web said the spider to the fly,” he chanted. “Soon you’ll be all mine, my pet. You and everything Fallon gave you. That’ll teach that thief not to steal my woman.”Quickly Austin saw his chance and moved forward. In a flash he captured Vanna from behind, slapping a chloroform-soaked rag over her nose and mouth. He began to drag her backwards into the woods. Only her heels dragging on the ground left two lines in the sand that pointed the direction her kidnapper had taken her.This exciting novel is the second book in the thrilling Stargazer sci-fi series.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/BarbaraEPleasant 

Lucky you! You have an audition. Now what?An audition is a truthful clip of a moment lived in a surreal circumstance that must clearly exist in the actor’s mind, and carry physical weight and presence. It only takes knowing how.Often, acting classes are about theater – scene study, performance, memorized lines, sets, costumes, etc., and the luxury of time. Auditioning for a part in film and television has its own skill set. Usually, an actor has one day to get ready, assess a character breakdown, the clothes on his back, perhaps a chair in an empty space, and a stranger with whom to read.Gerry Cousins fashioned In the Moment as a direct segue into the professional world of film and television – emphasizing craft, focus, preparation, relaxation and commitment. In her workbook – as in the studio – she stresses individualism to meet each student’s needs – no single technique for all.  Step by step, scene by scene, she builds on what went before and what to do next, until you’re there.Whether an actor, trial lawyer, executive, sales and marketing professional, you have a voice that should be heard. “Who am I in this moment and how am I going to communicate that?” Gerry will teach you how to prepare your script, make choices, and understand where you’re coming from. When it comes down to it – what people see, what they want to see – is not a role or character or piece of work, certainly not a performance. What they want to see … is you!Gerry Cousins has been writing for 25 years and founded her own on-camera acting school, IN THE MOMENT, in Studio City, California.Publisher’s website: http://www.sbprabooks.com/GerryCousins 

Teresa Bravo-Cortines looks back at her harrowing life in her inspiring true story Bravo: A Memoir. She stands as a testament that when things look their bleakest, it is possible to overcome the odds.In her own words:My book talks about my father being killed when I was only five years old, the great adversity and poverty we lived in, and about my kidnapping at the age of thirteen to work in the fields with migrant workers.It continues with my going back to college and becoming a successful insurance agent with State Farm, raising three children on my own, and tells of my chronic and terminal illnesses that could kill me before I reach my forty-fifth birthday.Follow my journey as a single parent and the two careers that I’m no longer able to perform due to my illnesses. But I’m still able to smile, sing, and wish I could dance, because I would ...(About the Author)Originally from Yakima, Washington, first-time author Teresa Bravo-Cortines was abducted as a teenager and taken to work camps across the United States. After escaping the man who kidnapped her, she studied business in college. The author worked in the insurance business until she had “a seizure that landed me in the hospital for a couple weeks, followed by the bad news of cancer.” She later graduated first in her class at the Cordon Bleu and became a chef. Following a diagnosis of COPD, she is no longer allowed in professional kitchens with oxygen. “I have many hobbies, I’m pretty much an old soul in spite of losing my eyesight. I try to do as many crafts as possible, but my No. 1 hobby is cooking.”Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/TeresaBravoCortines

Biblical Events Told Truthfully and with Compelling Critical Commentary - Not the Shammed Trash of the Testaments discusses the difference between fact and fiction in the Bible, between truth and fabrication.The heart of this controversial yet incisive book explores the absurd discrepancies between reality and the Testaments of the Bible.The author was inspired to write this book by "the plethora of willfully ignorant Christians who merely read the Bible but do no thinking about it. They go from word to word without questioning anything. Their reasoning, or lack of it, is that whatever is in the Bible is true because whatever in the Bible is true: the logic of an imbecile. For example, they never ask who is narrating Genesis or what 'beginning' is referenced." Born in a coal mining town in West Virginia, H. G. Hastings-Duffield is a retired professor emeritus at Central Michigan University. He spent thirty of his thirty-five-year teaching career at three universities in Michigan. The author retired in 1997 and now lives in Atlanta. This is his twenty-second book. Publisher's website: http://sbprabooks.com/HGHastingsDuffield

Finding someone in the Witness Protection Program is excruciatingly difficult, precisely because the Marshals Service goes to great lengths to change a witness''s identity and to move the witness, plus spouse and children, far away. Yet Private Detective Rocky Stonebrook accepts an assignment to do precisely that. Astonishingly, Stonebrook and his two sidekicks manage, with a great deal of luck, to locate the hidden woman. But in doing so, they encounter hostile federal marshals and unknowingly elicit the attention of three separate hitmen dispatched by the National Hitpersons Society. One hitman wants to murder the witness, one seeks to kill the witness'' daughter, and the third killer tries to terminate Stonebrook with extreme prejudice.Behind the Curtain: Piercing the Witness Protection Veil is a taut mystery/thriller chock full of adventure, sharp turns, assassins, surprises, and several near-misses. In other words, it''s a must-read.Garibaldi Sabio has published two other novels, 2358 (a mixed genre of sci-fi and courtroom scenes), and Action (a murder mystery for which Behind the Curtain is a sequel, and features the same central character). The author lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where he is a member of the Jackson Hole Writers Group, Teton Back Country Horsemen, Citizens Mounted Patrol, and the Jackson Hole Historical Society, for which he is walking tour guide. In previous vocational incarnations, he was an attorney, mediator, trainer, planner, magazine columnist, and the editor-in-chief of a neighborhood newspaper.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/GaribaldiSabio

My book begins with my early years growing up, describing a childhood filled with memories of excitement, happiness, warmth, and security. It continues with experiences of growing up with relatives, friends, and neighbors, and how this period of my life molded me into a person with standards, values, and work ethics.I move forward explaining how life is not always fair; bad things happen to good people. My story comes to life as I travel through time, sharing the good and bad relationships along the way, dealing with the consequences of my actions.My ride on this roller coaster explains all the emotions I feel as I leave one phase of life and enter into another. I explain how I dealt with my emotions on puppy love, true love, and the greatest of all: unconditional love.Decisions are made, new paths chosen. I experience marriage, childbirth, rearing children, divorce, and loneliness. My book ends summing up everything that I wish to accomplish, which would be to inspire my readers to take a journey into their own mind, compare their own life, and realize that tough times never last, but Tough Cookies do.About the Author: A semi-retired nurse, Diane Rissner lives in Indiana. This is her first book. "My family is deceased. I am the only one in my immediate family living. I wanted to make sure my children and nieces would come to know our family history. If I did not tell them myself what is in my mind and heart, they would never know."Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/DianeRissner

It''s Between What they Say is very timely, because increasingly the gulf between secularism and religion gets wider. Unlike the days of old, when there were tremendous conflicts between different religions, today atheism is perhaps a larger threat to the notion of religion or God than another belief. Therefore, the author includes atheism in his specter of beliefs, rather than belief versus non-belief. Khalid A. Wasi promotes the idea that the survival and future of mankind is dependent on global re-education, the type that promotes humans being endowed with the ability to think, as opposed to being subjects of society. He makes the point that character is more than simple manners, but rather is a trigger with universal potency. The author believes compassion is the password, which like a key, unlocks the ability for the world to evolve to its next phase. In spite of numerous wars, global conflicts, and atrocities that we see daily, we still live in the age of Aquarius, and enlightenment will prevail.Discover the key to the genius inherent in many of the great souls and luminaries who have lit the path in religion, science, or art. Humanity is an evolving consciousness and the human family is in conflict because of the lack of true dialogue between societies. Behavior embedded in love and compassion is the key to social salvation.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/khalidawasi

Abdul Al-Hazred had almost finished. Just the final sentence, and his lineage. "Amen!," his pen swept out the wide, detailed Arabic characters, "I have completed it! Naught more can I do! The future is in thy hands, thou who shall read this writing!"And that was as far as he got!Thunder crashed across the sky!But it was as nothing to the roar of triumph that resounded and echoed inside his head! Sheer terror struck his heart. "Oh, my god and goddess!" he screamed, "Save me from the powers of the Old Ones, and the horrors of beyond!"But the voice roared with laughter, "THY GOD AND GODDESS WILL NOT HELP THEE NOW!" it bellowed, "I, AZATHOTH, THE CRAWLING CHAOS, HAVE WON! BE AWARE, MORTAL, AND DESPAIR! THE SPELLS AND CHANTS THAT THOU HAST SO CAREFULLY WRIT, FAR FROM BINDING, WILL RELEASE! THE OLD GODS WILL BE FREED! THOU HAST DOOMED THE WHOLE OF THY PITIFUL HUMAN RACE TO DESTRUCTION!" With a scream of despair, the Arab reached out to the pile of manuscript in a desperate attempt to destroy that which he had written. But it was far too late. Al-Hazred''s heart failed him, and he collapsed to the earth floor.Thus was The Necronomicon, the most evil book in creation, completed, with the death of its author.It was due to destroy other lives in its existence ...Joseph S. Dale lives in Auckland, New Zealand. "I have always been interested in H.P. Lovecraft, whose Cthulhu Mythos I freely adapted for this story."Publisher''s website: http://sbpra.com/JosephSDale