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When Rajavijayan, a Tamil tea picker, murders a top official – the tea taster – of a tea estate in Sri Lanka, the young man is forced to flee to Nepal via India.Traveling through the wild and hilly country, Rajavijayan chances upon a swamiji (Hindu mystic) living in the Nepalese mountains. With the swamiji’s help, he gets a job at the nearby tea plantation at the foot of the Himalayan Mountains. Here he hopes to conceal his identity and live a normal, quiet life.But the wanted man is slowly drawn in by the spiritual teacher, moving him to live with the old guru in his cave, where Rajavijayan sets upon a journey of inner enlightenment. He seeks divine secrets, and most importantly, acceptance from his new master.And when the son of the man Rajavijayan murdered is supposed to arrive at the Nepalese tea plantation, the killer-turned-neophyte will have to face his crime, and reconcile with whom he must keep the temple running as per his master’s final instructions.With The Payyoli Pendant, published by Strategic Books in 2009, Mohan Narayanan, hailing from a remote village in South India, shot into the international literature arena. CUTS is his sixth novel in eight years. His books are extremely popular with American, European, and Japanese readers. All have been rated 4.5/5-stars, and each book enjoys over 100,000 downloads as a pdf. “My father took up a teaching job in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and we lived in the foothills of a tea estate in Hatton, the place I have used in the book,” he explains. The author taught business management (MBA Studies) at two of India’s top universities, and is also an engineering and management consultant.  

Here’s a sneak look at who’s inside and what they get up to.ALLIGATORS—a sort of joiningBUSTARD—big bird, no tasteCATBIRD—a bird that eats cats?DOG—a sad hound storyEEL, SEAL—no dinner todayFISH (Grouper)—an awful mistakeGUMMY SHARK—beware!  HORSE, GOAT—a mixed marriage   INVERTEBRATES—let’s hear it for the little guys! JACKRABBIT—making a monk of himself KANGAROO—(don’t tell Mama, this one’s naughty) LORIS—a sort of Dinosaur?MICE—what the farmer’s wife didn’t know . . . or did she? NEWT—an unpleasant event  OWL—a horror moviePUFFERFISH—an overblown reputation QUAIL, RAIL—seeking the Holy Grail RETRIEVER—a love story SPIDER—watch what you drink, Miss Muffet! TRITON, CHITON (Mollusks)—sparring partners UROCHORDATE (Sea Squirt)—this story goes nowhereVARANUS (Lizard)—a fairy wizard saves her life! WORM—size matters XENOPUS (Frog)—a repaired blow-up   YETI—the very first spelled word! ZIPHIUS (Whale) + Friends—whale mail AT THE ZOO—a field trip for you  

In the gripping novel Life of a Suicidal American, a young man tries to find peace in life as he struggles to take care of his family.Landon returns home from college to find his grandfather has dementia. His mother can’t walk and is suffering from multiple sclerosis and cancer. Following the sudden death of his father, his life is spinning out of control.As Landon becomes reacquainted with his family, he starts to see one common thread: They are all losing the will to live.Join the author as he takes readers into the minds of what could be considered suicidal America.From young to old, the greatest country on the planet is facing a crisis!Americans are losing the will to live at a staggering and increasing rate. What is happening?About the Author: Landon Mitchell changes careers every two years. This is the first book by the Brownwood, Texas native.

A Heart Felt Emotion is a collage of poems by C. Dale Baldwin based on the feelings and emotions of the character Climentine, as Climentine goes through the twists and turns of loving Ravel. Unable to let him go, she holds on to a psychotic love.Love and desire are the main ingredients, added to a dose of self-esteem as being pushed to unimaginable limits.‘Deception’, Addiction, and finally Double-Cross — feelings of anxiety, anguish, mistrust, frustration, and passion — as well as I should say mostly; love, have come together to create this brief combination of poems. As a woman myself, using my own imaginings to interpret the emotional rollercoaster that I created in Climentine. I dove deep into my soul and aroused what I felt would be memorable poems. Considering all aspects of feelings that would be involved while writing this compilation of poetry and how our emotions interpret our hearts. I also gave into the realm of what life means and how our environment affects us as people, and as lovers in general. Women who are sometimes considered the weaker sex and off times taken for granted. I’ve provided a little push to vent life’s frustrations. I’m trying to work up to what I consider to be the best of me. I think this is a great start and I hope you will too!About the Author: Literaturist C. Dale Baldwin grew up in a brownstone house in Flatbush, Brooklyn. She now resides in Canarnsie. “My husband and I love to travel and he is also my muse!”

Dr. Michael J. Manley, a therapist for the homeless in Los Angeles, wanted to know what it’s really like living on the streets. So following his retirement, he purposely became like the people he had counseled, discovering that their life is far more difficult than he could have possibly imagined.African Americans living in the United States are treated unequal to the white Americans. At Starbucks, colleges, and other institutions, due to their color, as the novel Shadow contends.Manley is the author of seven novels: Parlay; The Emeritus: Who Will Rule; The Tides of Time; The Gene Factor; Games of The Gods; Take the Ride of Your Life, with The Uber-Groover!;  and Still Waters Run Deep.His eighth book is Shadow: Based on a True Event, which focuses on his life adjusting to retirement after thirty years working as a therapist at a veterans’ hospital in Los Angeles County.Manley loves the challenge of switching genres. He has written fiction, nonfiction, romances, thrillers, and mysteries. “Observing people and talking to people made me get into writing,” he remembers. “I like conversing with people and telling my stories to a wide and vast audience of readers.”Born in the Los Angeles community of Watts, M. J. Manley graduated from the School of Forensic Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He interned at the University of California. Now retired in Palm Springs, California, he spends time with his grandchildren and writes stories about human cultures. 

It happened without warning. Millions were torn from their peaceful sleep as the Song of Morning cut off in mid-sentence.The voice of Logos, the Talking Sword, was forever silenced as the Curse came upon the Lands of the Adoni. The Sword would still sing, but the ears of all those in the Lands of the Adoni would be forever deaf to the songs of worship and praise.Asseem left the Council of Ancients, came to live among the gnomes, and eventually found the lost Garden of Tangar in his efforts to lift the Curse. Through it all, the Adoni continued to work behind the scenes preparing the world for the coming Battle of Es-Soh-en that would resolve forever the issue of who owned the Lands of the Adoni.This is the story of one man – Singer – as he serves the Adoni to prepare the Chosen Kingdom for the coming battle. It is a story that will cover many lifetimes, and he will be able to live them all since he has eaten of the Tree of Unending Life.Author Bio : Dennis Knotts lives with his wife and their daughter, Shalom, in Riverside, California. This is his tenth book.

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The phone rings. The door slams. Suddenly, a tragedy that happens to "other people" happened to me. One minute of time - sixty seconds that I will play over and over in my mind for the rest of my life - one minute.The kaleidoscope of my life, which spun in beautiful tempo to cereal bowls, toy trucks, soccer balls, and practice schedules began spinning way too fast. Doors slamming and lights from emergency vehicles flashing.Why can't I breathe? I'm the mom; I can fix anything. Why can't mommy fix this?I want my life back.I don't want to hear that Bobby is in a "better place." I don't want to hear that time will heal me.I don't want my kitchen counters covered with casseroles. I don't want to smile at the endless line of people awkwardly walking toward me saying phrases printed on sympathy cards, although I appreciate their support.I was a stranger in my own life. I was simply breathing in and out to the rhythm of what others needed from me.When I was unable to clear the fog that became my reality, my FAITH carried me. I decided that although my son was gone from this world, he would not be gone in spirit. Slowly, I noticed a new version of myself starting to appear.It was then that I decided to reconstruct my life after unspeakable loss.

In a deserted school dormitory, a fourteen-year-old boy is sound asleep. A mysterious old man dressed in a homespun loincloth sneaks in, makes several small cuts on the boy’s skin, and disappears. When the boy is woken up by school prefects, he has been changed to an old man.The school deviates from its main activity of a mid-day football match to a late evening treasure hunt. Although the changed boy is kept away from the school function and is watched over by a shift of three policemen, sometime in the evening, he successfully eludes his police watch and allies with a friendly student, who informs him about the old man who caused his transformation.The two boys head towards the forest where the old man was last seen, arriving just behind a party led by the school’s senior prefect.Will the boy be forever changed or will he regain his boyish self?This classic thriller was inspired by incidents from the author’s youth. He says, “In the first year I attended secondary school, there were several incidents of students waking up in the dormitories to find mysterious minor cuts, usually on their limbs, back, and faces. Although students would discuss these occurrences, no conclusion could be made, and the matter led to so many unanswered questions.”Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Rolic Oboh received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from California State University Fresno. He worked for his home government’s national oil and gas company for many years before moving to England, where he now resides. This is his first book. 

My Journey Is My Life: Living to Fulfill a Purpose tells the story of author Nwaoha Ugochukwu C., who grew up in a remote village in Nigeria.In his own words: It is based on a true-life story and my life experiences in general. It was written to teach others that the things that costno pain provide lesser gains, while things that cost more pain provide larger gains. Where there has been little sweat, there will be little sweet.The experiences and activities in my life''s journey, if not for God''s intervention, were beyond what words could explain, cruel and nearly unimaginable. Frankly, throughout this period what life gave me was more than terrible and frightening pictures, so I thought the only thing remainingfor me to do was depart from this world. But I refused to die like a coward, who dies more than ten times before his death. Seeing what this life was all about, it must be believed that it was by the will of God that I was saved. And to give God all the glory, I will employ the word of God from the Bible as I describe my survival efforts. "For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favor unto them" (Psalm 44:3)."In the journey of life, when fear is set aside, greatness can be achieved in adversity."Nwaoha Ugochukwu C. is the founding Pastor of Word Base Believers Church in Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria.

Jesus shares the story of love, happiness, fun, and beauty in this inspirational children’s book. These four lessons are designed to teach children about the universe they live in and how love defines their interactions with the new people they meet every day.Love is the Most Important Thing in the Universeis a beautiful and heart-warming story that teaches children in a contemporary way that love is a good thing.Church ministers, teachers, and parents will find this book the perfect reading material for teaching children about the message of love.About the Author: Christopher R. Phillip, originally from Los Angeles, California, is the director of communications for a marketing agency in Clearwater, Florida. He says, “Having Jesus in my life has changed my understanding of why I am here, and I hope that this book introduces both children and parents to Jesus. Of course, the title of this book gives away the story’s most important message, but there’s another message that I find equally as inspirational: Choose to make Jesus your best friend, and whether you’re eight years old or 80 years old, now is the perfect time to do it!” Previously a full-time national magazine writer in the music and automotive fields, he adds, “I could feel Jesus helping me with every word, every sentence, and every page. Writing this book was unlike anything else I’ve professionally written, and I’ve written and been published for 30 years.” 

In 1950, Tommy Small disappears whilst taking a shortcut through the Dark Woods to stay overnight at his best friend Brian Seymour’s house. Of the three people who saw what happened, two are not talking, and the other is not believed.In 1980, a young boy mysteriously turns up in the Dark Woods, which for thirty years has been closed off to the public. Controlled by the military, the boy should not be here. And, he knows he is in the wrong time. Locked up in high security, Tommy must find a way of escaping and return to his own time.Follow Tommy as he discovers The Mystery of the Dark Woods,in this exciting, fast-paced story that will keep young readers on the edge of their seats.Born in England, Shirley Coughlin has lived most of her life in rural Victoria, Australia. This is her fourth book. 

Ethnic Cleansingis about the various forms of population displacement, from migration and ethnic cleansing to violent removals and expulsions, which may end up in genocide.It also shows how amidst displacement, the Jewish people have developed a millennial culture of survival.This volume covers the experience of population displacement in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, where the most renowned cases of migration and ethnic cleansing have happened under different regimes and in various cultures along the history of mankind.Today the author is also concerned with the plight of the Rohingyarefugees from Myanmar living in Bangladeshand the perennial Palestinian refugee problem.Raphael Israeli has taught Islamic, Chinese, and Middle Eastern history at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A graduate of Hebrew University in history and Arabic literature, he earned a Ph.D. in Chinese and Islamic history from the University of California, Berkeley. Now retired, he has been a Fellow of the Harry Truman Research Institute at Hebrew University and the Jerusalem Center since the 1970s, and is the author of over 50 research books, a dozen edited books, and 100 scholarly articles about Islam. Born in Fes, Morocco, at fourteen, “I left my family when I could no longer bear the oppression of Jews in an Islamic country and moved to fledgling Israel. To this day, I consider that the wisest and most game-changing decision I took in my life.” 

Authors Peter A. Olsson and Laurence F. Messnerboth had high hopes when Barack Obama was elected President of the United States.“We were impressed with Obama’s gift for moving and eloquent speeches. As both black and white himself, Obama had a unique opportunity. We had hopes that Obama would bring black America and white America together to continue our country’s solid progress toward freedom and justice for all,” the authors state.“After a severe economic crisis, we hoped for the return of American economic prosperity, military power, and spiritual leadership for peace in the world through American strength of leadership. We have been sorely disappointed in Mr. Obama! This book expresses our intense disappointments and the rationale behind our thinking.” The opinions, discussions, and correspondence in The Trojan Horse Presidenttook place from soon after Barack Obama’s election to the presidency until just before the presidential election of 2016.About the Authors: Peter A. Olsson and Laurence F. Messner have a combined writing experience of 75 years. Both authors grew up in Queens, New York, in the 1940s and 1950s, which instilled in them a traditional, conservative value system. The authors currently reside in Hampton, New Hampshire. Olsson is a retired psychiatrist/psychoanalyst who now writes books on cults, domestic and international terrorism, and commentary on the current American scene via novels, essays, and poetry. Messner is a retired Air Force officer and professor of leadership, who is currently an antiques dealer and author writing on both topics.  

John Raffensperger, MD, describes how doctors in the mid-20th century learned medicine in the autopsy room, the laboratory, and at bedside, training to become well-rounded general physicians.Since then, many doctors have specialized during medical school, depending on X-rays and blood tests, rather than listening and “laying on of hands.” Medicine became a de-personalized business, subject to greedy insurance executives and hospital administrators.“A compelling and candid account of how surgeons learn and refine their skills. John Raffensperger shares successes and failures, advances in medicine and surgery, the faults in today’s system, what we might learn from health care systems in other countries, and the pitfalls of hospital politics.”– Di Saggau, Island Sun newspaper,Santiva/Captiva Florida“A candid narrative of more than forty years in practice and teaching of a pioneering pediatric surgeon, infused with historical perspective of medical education and medical practice … Dr. Raffensperger has done it all over those years, developing new procedures, teaching medical students and residents at the bedside, serving as surgeon-in-chief at a leading center for pediatric surgery, the Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, and authoring books … His concern for patients’ welfare shines through the book as he calls for fundamental reforms based on a single payer national health insurance.” –  John Geyman, MD, Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle“In the field of contemporary health care, it is generally acknowledged that Dr. John Raffensperger is one of the most eminent pediatric surgeons of our day… We are now lucky to see him produce a memoir …the portrayal of a life devoted to the care of sick children.” – F. Gonzalez-Crussi, MD, Emeritus Professor of Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago 

Edwina Bailey's I Can Do It! I Can Do It! I Can Say My Alphabet Sounds is written for students of all ages who are serious about learning the sounds of letters in the English alphabet, and who want to read English properly.The simplicity of the text makes it useful for foreign language students, early primary and preschool students, and for adults wishing to teach themselves English.The author is a preschool teacher who is intrigued with helping everyone wanting to study English, and accomplish reading and writing in the English language.As for the challenges in writing the book, the author says, "I consider all the characters as important because of what the book is about. I must say, however, that thinking of which animal to find for the letters Q, U, W, X and Z was very challenging."Author Bio:Edwina Bailey is a mother and visionary in Tobago. She has worked in nursing, tourism, and teaching, and her passion for writing started blossoming in her teenage years. After opening the first-ever kids' club in Tobago, Bounzy Children's Club, she went on to form the Grace High Associative Learning Pre School. She continues to work and observe children's fascination with learning. This is her second book.

Once upon a time in a small Westchester community named Laurelville, 71-year-old David Goldstein is called out of retirement to direct and piano accompany the high school production of “Fiddler on the Roof.”A disgruntled former Laurelville High School student named Michael LaDonna, enters the auditorium during rehearsal, shooting down students left and right. To stop further carnage, an injured Goldstein crawls over to the shooter and engages him in talk. It seems the previous school theater director molested LaDonna’s sister, and he is out for revenge.Goldstein’s brave and delaying tactic gives the police time to act, and they storm the auditorium, killing the shooter. In this horrific shooting, three students and the shooter lie dead, and many others are injured.Although a novel, this story is a scary reminder of the times we live in, and what happens all too often in differing scenarios throughout the country.Gary D. Chattmanhas been a teacher all his life, primarily in public high schools in the Bronx. He has also been a principal, an academic leader, and has created a special program for teaching Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah programs for young Jewish men and women outside of Hebrew School. He is a concert pianist, a lyricist, and a composer. A grandfather of four, the love of his life is his wife Patti. This is his tenth book. 

By the end of the 18th century, Corsica had been occupied by France for over thirty years. Islanders yearned to recover their lost independence, and the French Revolution gave them the opportunity. Their leader, Pasquale Paoli, realized that alone they could never defeat the well-organized French forces. He offered Corsica to King George III of England, on condition that the French were driven from the island.Based on documented historical fact, the author paints a detailed portrait of Corsica through the captivating adventures of Damian Berra, a young man from what is today the Swiss canton of Valais. After wandering through Lombardy to the Ligurian coast, as the victim of a press gang on a French frigate, he becomes marooned on Corsica, an island infested with bandits and crippled with vendettas, where murders are seven times more numerous than in mainland France. The story also describes the attempts of the English to administer an island they eventually called “The Ungovernable Rock.”Nigel Patten was born near London in 1940 and has lived in Switzerland since 1961, writing and teaching English in an alpine lycée. He has published nine books, including historical novels, a biography, and a three-act play on the last weeks of the life of poet Percy Shelley, and has twice won a Reader’s Favorite Award. The author has traveled widely on all continents, driving from Switzerland to India and back. For many years he sailed his own boat in the Greek islands, and has twice climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, as well as hiked other famous mountain trails. He has also directed and acted in numerous stage plays. 

This intriguing collection of the author’s stories includes the novella “I Γ¥ñ Rhinos” (“cos they keep on charging!”), which is about a very mixed group of people attending what is alleged to be “a marketing opportunity meeting.”Short stories span locations from Zimbabwe to England. The themes range from the successes of an entrepreneurial woman, to the memories of a victim of a war-time bomb, to “The Trouble with Uncle George,” as well as the title story about what happened to “That Guy What Kill Topsy.”The collection features twenty-five main characters in at least seventeen different settings set during the past seventy years.Peter Wood Cotterill grew up in Kent during wartime England. He resided in Essex, East London, Lincolnshire, and West Suffolk before emigrating to Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, where he lived for twelve years before returning to the UK. For the past forty-two years, he has lived in the same house in rural Hampshire that was built in 1642. Now retired, he worked in the financial industry and helped his wife run an education charity. This is his second book. 

Amy Taylor, now in the sixth grade at Longwood Academy, is learning a valuable lesson about friendships. Because of her father’s huge promotion at work, the family is able to afford a house nearer to the academy. The good news is that Amy no longer has to take the school bus. The bad news is that she no longer lives in the same neighborhood as her long-time best friend Naomi Davis.Amy is finding it increasingly difficult to spend time with Naomi. Instead of just Amy and Naomi doing things together, Amy’s new school friend, Michelle Porter, has squeezed herself into the mix.Naomi is not pleased that over the remainder of summer vacation, her time with Amy is increasingly being shared with Michelle. From bike rides to art projects to shopping at their favorite craft store, things are changing between the old friends.Amy hasn’t noticed the effect Michelle’s company is having on her relationship with Naomi.  How long will Naomi play third wheel, taking a back seat to Amy’s relationship with Michelle? Will it be too late for Amy to restore her friendship with Naomi?Vicki D. King is the author of six other books, including four romance novels, one biblically based inspirational book, and now two children’s books. Her first children’s book, Amy’s New Dress, is available in several elementary school libraries in and outside of Ohio. She welcomes the opportunity to speak at elementary schools to introduce her children’s books to students. Her books delve into the topics of bullying, teasing, taunting, and friendships. She has been married to Bill King for over 30 years, has two grown children, and two grandsons. 

Austin the Sheltie and Charlie the Basset Hound are best friends. The pooches travel from one tail-wagging doggie adventure to another in their Pawmobile, accompanied by their favorite toy, Mr. Stretchie.But one day Mr. Stretchie goes missing, as well as Miss Happy’s top dog collar. Where could they be?Meanwhile, Austin and Charlie have been invited to the Top Dog Rescue Show in Kentucky to be honorary judges. With the help of Miss Happy and Top Sleuth Dogs using different types of transportation, Austin and Charlie travel across America in search of clues.Can you help Austin and Charlie in their Great American search?This is the third book in the Austin and Charlie Adventures series and the next one is in the works.Linda Parker grew up in California and Las Vegas. She now lives in Oklahoma City and Bedford, Virginia. “Austin and Charlie were wonderful and loving dogs who inspired me to tell their story of friendship and travel. I lost Charlie two years ago at age 14. It took a while to create the right adventure for them.” Parker has traveled since she was little “and knew there was a wonderful world to see. I hope I can inspire children to travel and want to know more about places.” She is writing her first nonfiction book with husband Ken Parker about the supreme sacrifices of the Bedford Boys in the Normandy Invasion and the Homefront of Bedford, Virginia.Katie Langdon grew up in St, Louis, Missouri, and currently lives in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.Gayle Day is a lifelong resident of Oklahoma.Illustrator Dot Liles is also a native of Oklahoma. Her great-grandparents were part of the Oklahoma Land Rush. 

Erick W. Nason’s second book in his French and Indian War series furthers the exploits of Ranger Sergeant Jacob Clarke, as Jacob continues in the historical fight against the French, the Canadians, and their Indian allies.After the massacre and fall of British-held Fort William Henry in 1757, Major Robert Rogers continues to lead Jacob and his fellow Rangers in unconventional partisan warfare against their hated foes. They nearly lose their lives at the Battle on Showshoes, the disastrous assault against Fort Carillon, and in fighting their French partisan rivals Jean-Baptiste de Langy and Durantaye.Besides fighting their enemies, the Rangers had to deal with the growing tension between British regulars and the provincials. To fill their depleted ranks, Jacob leads a recruiting party to find the right men for the Ranger Companies, before heading north to join the British expedition against Quebec. This historical novel contains more real fact than fiction, including actual people and events.As an academic, Erick W. Nason has written numerous papers in support of the American Revolution. “I decided to take my love of military history, my twenty years of active duty in Special Forces, and my thirty years of being a reenactor, into a work of historical fiction. There has not been a good book written about the French and Indian War in New York since James Fennimore Cooper. 

Loaves and Kisses consists of devotional poetry, in addition to speculative short stories with a tinge of gospel. There are psalms, word pictures, and retellings of characters in the Bible in the first thirty poems.The last three stories in the book are:“The Meteor Book” describes two people on another planet who discover a mysterious book inside a meteorite and have quite a time deciphering what it means.“Every Tree Is A Library” tells of a world where pain is a currency that’s exchanged in blows and is banked in pain banks.“Gelp The Whelp” offers the remarkable adventures of a man in the future who works in a frozen food factory.The author wrote this book to express the message of the gospel in imaginative ways that everyone can understand and appreciate.About the Author: Othniel Poole lives southeast of Melbourne, Australia, and enjoys bushwalking, writing, music, and history. This is his eighth book. 

Edward’s Lost Treasure is a story of history … and mystery. It all starts in the late 1800s and takes a century to unfold. It’s about a treasure that’s been discovered, lost, and searched for. Treasure may be precious to one person, but mean nothing to another. And sometimes the search can be more interesting than what is found.Adventure means different things to different people. It can be as simple as a bored schoolboy looking for something to do while on holiday from school, or teenagers wanting a different lifestyle than the one they find so boring. Some may want change so much that they embark upon a journey that takes them to the other side of the world.This tale is about a treasure, how it was originally found, how it was lost, and how it was searched for with very little evidence that it could still be found. It’s also about the people involved with the treasure and where their search for adventure led them. For some, the search was a positive experience. For others, not so much. It all depended on the treasure seekers’ personalities, and if adventure brought them what they were truly seeking.Bronwyn Heeney grew up in a suburb of Sydney, Australia, which became part of her book, and now lives near Melbourne. She wrote this story over a period of years and the characters became real to her. This is her third book. 

The Bloodiest Prison Uprising in US Penal History provides lessons for present-day institutions involved in American corrections.This is the untold story of the man in charge, who was intimately involved in the bloody prison uprising, and how he later suffered the politics of the uprising. Nominated as Secretary of Corrections two days before the New Mexico State Prison near Santa Fe exploded with violence on February 2, 1980, author Adolph B. Saenz was deeply involved in ending the prison insurrection, but not until thirty-three inmates died and more than two hundred others were injured.The murdered inmates and their killers are identified, along with the corrections and state officials who were involved in the prison debacle. The problems and politics of dealing with a mass prison uprising are described in graphic detail, even as the book resonates with present situations and problems in American prisons. 

Kiriathsepheris a village of imagination.Kiriathsepher is a collection of poems that express the occupation of imagination for the good. The epic title poem features four children - Marcus, Matthew, Lucas, and Jeanne - who live in a future war zone, comforted only by virtual reality as an escape.While inside their virtual world, they discover someone very real, who tells them about Kiriathsepher, the City of Stories. They enter this world and it comes flooding into the war zone, changing everything.There is also an epic poem about a stubborn teacher from China who encounters a challenge, as well as poems set in science labs, mazes, and at weddings. Some works feature characters from the author''s previous stories, letting fans in for a treat.About the Author: Othniel Poole lives near the sea, southeast of Melbourne, Australia. He enjoys bushwalking, writing, music, and history. This is his tenth book. "I chose the pen name Othniel, for Othniel was the first Jewish judge to occupy Kiriathsepher, which in the Greek Old Testament known as the Septuagint is known as the City of Letters or the City of Stories." 

This historical book presents a list of the world’s emperors and the years of their reigns from the Babylonian empire to present day.The comprehensive list includes the emperors of pagan Rome; Byzantine Rome in its new capital; Holy Rome of Northern Europe; Hapsburg Rome from Germanic to Austrian, and Spanish empire in the New World; and Papal Rome, echoing the pontificates of pagan Rome at the beginning, since Babylon was a power with Egypt and its might.Since the Roman republic of its founding in 506 BC to 1776 AD, much has altered in our view of history and of where we live.History is important and can be reread and studied to learn the present. The world is larger than imagined. This book will make sense of our culture today. It tells of Egypt of the Old Testament, and Rome followed Egypt with its rod and shepherd's staff, of Moses and Aaron his high priest of that flail and bishop-like shepherd's staff.About the Author: Daniel Anthony-Ignatius says he “was conceived in Germanicus Mannheim, and born to a Grand Ducal and Archducal family.” A diplomat, he has lived in America since 1945 in twenty different locations. This is his fourth book with Strategic since 2010.