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Kill a Moose for Jesus contains 100 three-minute essays ranging from absurd humor to political and religious satire to heartbreaking and inspiring profiles of everyday people."There is a flint-like integrity that shines through every one of these stories, revealing the essential nature of this brilliant satirical writer."- Len Leatherwood, author of the popular blog "Twenty Minutes a Day"

Seventeen years old when the Germans invaded her hometown of Niwka, she would struggle to survive throughout the war years. She saved her parents' lives once but ultimately lost them along with dozens of family members in the Nazi death camps. Homeless, starving, and constantly on the run, she faced death often, but always succeeded in finding a way out - not only for herself but also for her little niece, Henia, for whom she acted as a protector. Whether in the hellish ghettos of southern Poland, jailed in a Nazi prison for her work in the underground resistance, or at the epicenter of dehumanization, the Auschwitz death camp, Adela never lost her humanity. She created pockets of freedom for herself and others in times when freedom came at the price of death. After surviving the war, rather than follow most other Jewish survivors and leave her tarnished homeland, she started a family and a new life in Communist Poland. She embraced communism in varying degrees until the wave of anti-Semitism in 1968 forced her to pack her belongings and leave the country permanently. Her husband, a government official, stayed behind. A quarter century after the war, profoundly disappointed by the results of state communism, Adela settled in Frankfurt, Germany. Even as she coped with the stigma of returning to the land of her oppressors, Adela plotted one last heroic maneuver - the heroic rescue of her husband from behind the Iron Curtain.

It seems as if the good times will be over for Justine Collins. Every special part of her life seems to be slowly vanishing away, leaving her with nothing to hold on to or to cherish, all because of her new baby sister, who would be moving into her room with her, as opposed to another brother who would be living 'elsewhere'. The five brothers that Justine already has do not seem to place as much of an impact on her life as this new baby sister does. All the little details that mean so much to Justine mean twice as much now as she fears losing them. Seen through the eyes of an 11-year-old, finding ways to continue appreciating the things that are important and accept change as an addition to one's life instead of as a replacement, Justine realizes there is room in this world for her new baby sister.

Dave's Life Lines is a simple book with 588 motivational thoughts or observations which I primarily created myself and in some cases borrowed from gifted writers and thinkers, as clearly noted. Beyond entertainment, the purpose of this book is to motivate each reader to live life without excessive worry and always with something positive to look forward to. Enjoy!

Long Island's Gold Coast, more than any other section of the country, has captured the imagination of America. This, in part, is attributable to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.This revised and updated two-volume analysis of the North Shore families documents over 1,700 estate owners in a modified "Who's Who" format. Included are 1,394 photographs of the estates, biographical data on the estate owners and their families, locations of estates using current street references and village designations, estate names, acreage, architects, architectural styles, dates of construction, landscape architects, subsequent owners, location of archival photographs of the estates, and information as to whether mansions are still extant and, if not, the dates of demolition. Included are family cross-references to the other four volumes in the series.The appendices list estate names, village locations of estates, as well as, architectural and landscape commissions. The civic activity and occupation appendices document the contribution of Long Islanders, including statesmen, intelligence agents, financiers, writers, and inventors. Maiden names, rehabilitative secondary uses of estates including golf courses which were formerly private estates, motion pictures filmed at estate sites, a general bibliography of the "Gilded Age," and a bibliography specific to individual estate owners, with the location of personal papers, have also been included.

Long Island's Gold Coast, more than any other section of the country, has captured the imagination of America. This, in part, is attributable to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.This revised and updated two-volume analysis of the North Shore families documents over 1,700 estate owners in a modified "Who's Who" format. Included are 1,394 photographs of the estates, biographical data on the estate owners and their families, locations of estates using current street references and village designations, estate names, acreage, architects, architectural styles, dates of construction, landscape architects, subsequent owners, location of archival photographs of the estates, and information as to whether mansions are still extant and, if not, the dates of demolition. Included are family cross-references to the other four volumes in the series.The appendices list estate names, village locations of estates, as well as, architectural and landscape commissions. The civic activity and occupation appendices document the contribution of Long Islanders, including statesmen, intelligence agents, financiers, writers, and inventors. Maiden names, rehabilitative secondary uses of estates including golf courses which were formerly private estates, motion pictures filmed at estate sites, a general bibliography of the "Gilded Age," and a bibliography specific to individual estate owners, with the location of personal papers, have also been included.

The year - or season - is 1779. The legend of Kahuru the human leopard has spread to the far off lands of The Americas, in particular to a plantation in Raymond, Mississippi, where the tales of this remarkable being are told and retold among the slaves. This prompts Henry Thomas Davies, the slave master's son, to eventually lead an expedition to 'The Dark Continent' in search of the human leopard. This he does in spite of unspeakable dangers along the way. The excursion was prompted because of the trust Henry developed from a forbidden friendship with the slave, Melvin Davies, whose real name is Sanza Kazadi. Melvin is a slave of unsurpassed intellectual prowess and an uncanny ability to recall facts very few people can - a slave who claims to have seen the human leopard in person.