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This book gives a comprehensive view of the various types of hands a beginning player might expect to encounter in a tournament. The various categories of hands presented will teach you how to play the first card, how to ruff, how to set up a long suit, how to avoid the danger hand, how to avoid being ruffed, how to play for the drop, how to get a count on the hand and how to handle special card combinations. In addition, you will learn about finessing up to a lone honor, the ruffing finesse, the backward finesse and other finessing techniques.

Flash has a special Lunch! He learned so much about helping Mitch ,Suzy and Rasdog. Flash washed lots of pots and pans. He also washed sinks full of dishes and glasses and cups. He even enjoyed mopping the floor. Flash enjoyed his French fries and of course his ice cream cone!

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What happens when "What happens here stays here" turns into a constant reminder? A last hurrah before 'adulting" Toni and Drew hook up on a week long vacation in Cancun and spend a week of hedonistic fun. The last night of vacation, they wish one another well and continue with life as planned. They'd always have Cancun and what happened in Cancun was supposed to stay there. Right?Three years later:A braceletA storyAn Academic advisor and a handsome little boy All prove that fate did not want what happened to be just a memory?

Time ...Space...Opportunity and Life in general put young love on hold.Imagine those same factors bringing you back together.Adara Michelle Williams was a sought out gospel soloist on the church circuit engaged to up and coming preacher Henry ClayboUrne. They were destined to be the next ministerial power couple of the west coast.Her complete world turned around when Henry's criminal activity, infidelity and indiscretions were announced . Her hurt and embarrassment caused by the church gossip sealed her decision to move her California life back to New Joy with her grandparents the Bailey's. .In the sleepy town of New Joy, she knew she could lick her wounds and hide from judgmental eyes. To her surprise, meeting the new pastor of New Joy church only dredged up old memories.Pastor Michael "Mike" Mc Neal and his little girl Mikayla were new to the sleepy little town of New Joy. His main goin is to make subtle changes in the sleepy town because he is and always was unconventional. He's taken the role of Pastor head on. He's just become engaged to Delia, one of the prominent women in the church and the community. He's adopted the Bailey family as his own . But a holiday visit to his parishioners proves that everything in New Joy isn't so sleepy or conventional as it may seem Seeing his first love for the first time in over a decade reminds him of why he became the man he is today.Will Mike and Adara's past wake up the sleepy town?

This is a book that will surely educate, entertain, as well as enlighten its readers. Never has social, as well as political issues of the day been introduced to its readers in such a way that children and adults of all ages can comprehend.

Being in a foreign country, immersed in the great atmosphere of western culture, what is still in my heart is the quintessence of China, and the DNA of Chinese culture still flows in my blood. The United States is a multi-ethnic country, and the cultural essence of various ethnic groups blooms here like the flowers of spring. Chinese calligraphy, the gem of Chinese culture with a history of 3,000 years and the genius of the world that has shocked the history of art, has been splendid in this melting pot!The sages said: There are at least two aspects in life, one is life and the other is spirit. Once one settles in a foreign place, there will be spiritual pursuits; cultural factors will become active, childhood dreams will come into life, and flowers will bloom in the cradle of multiculturalism...In the educational world dominated by western culture, eastern culture and Chinese culture are not featured prominently, especially in art departments in universities.I am honored to be a practitioner and inheritor of Chinese calligraphy, and I am a frequent guest speaker in various schools and museums in New England, such as Harvard and Wellesley universities, giving lectures, demonstrations and exhibitions, etc. These invitations compensate for the neglect of Chinese calligraphy in the main curriculum and allow students to witness the creative process of Chinese calligraphy as an art form. In Asian art departments of western universities, there are capable people who study Chinese calligraphy theories from the perspective of westerners, but only a few who are capable of doing calligraphy. To answer this need I felt compelled to take up a teaching role, shuttling between colleges, high schools, and elementary schools.

This book mostly focuses on my days growing up and running track over the years, the competition, my track squads, and some of the challenges I faced from 1969 to the early '80s. Growing up in Orange County, the many genres of music inspired me to run as fast as I could. In life, I faced some drama, such as being kidnapped and getting juvenile diabetes a.k.a. type 1. The way the kids grew up and the places we went to . . . The temptations and crazy fun and friends I encountered . . . How our track squad was ranked last in the sprint medley race and won . . . I would say my goal is to spark memories of the time, also to share some things a lot of us may have in common at one time or another.

Flash tries playing every instrument he can. He finds all of them to be wonderful. He even has a chance to conduct the orchestra. However, He knows that the Piano is his true love

Thank you for picking up my poetry book, "My wife knows Revenge is only a baseball moon" The title showcases three poems in the book, the first, middle and last poem. "My wife knows what is red and what is right" is a poem about the genocidal methods taken up against Native peoples. My wife is of Maidu heritage. "Revenge" is a tongue and cheek look at Medusa, with a chorus of lyrics of a hard rock song. The final poem is "It's only a baseball moon" about a relationship seen through baseball terminology by an avid, hockey fan. If you like this poetry book, check out my other two poetry books, "Stolen Poems Carried by Canoe to Blind Man's Bluff" and "Someone is making Kartoffelkloesse for Chicken Scratch Christmas".

This book shows how to prevent high blood pressure, diabetes, osteoporosis, arthritis and dementia without medication. The book shows how to lower blood pressure by the use of potassium and garlic supplements. The book then demonstrates how to reduce diabetes using the 8-hour maintenance diet, which effectively reduces insulin resistance by unclogging fat from the cell's receptors. The book next shows how to reduce osteoporosis by reducing blood acidity using alkaline supplements as a buffer. The book then points out the benefits of exercise in preventing arthritis by removing waste products from the joints. The book lastly points out the benefits of NAD and PQQ in preventing dementia and Alzheimer's disease by improving the health and number of brain cell mitochondria.

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"Mimea lived where the desert winds blow across the grasslands, and pink flowering kloudoring rise from the red earth of the Kalahari.Like most pink-nosed dwarf mongooses, she and her littermates were born deep underground in a burrowed-out termite hill.""However, unlike her brothers, her mind did not perform like a typical pup...hers was filled with an endless parade of daydreams ---- maladaptive daydreams.""Mimea's family tried to understand her lack of focus, outbursts, and needless fears. However, they could not because they were unable to walk the endless halls of her imagination."

Charlie has published twelve children's books. It's Charlie's hope that these books will bring a smile to many faces!

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MaryLou Williams began her life as an abused child before her grandmother, Lou Hardin Harris, stepped in and sought and obtained full custody of her. This happened after Marylou was brutally beaten by her mother's drunk, abusive third alcoholic husband. Lou found the husband passed out on the couch in their cheap apartment, so she woke him up and beat him half to death for abusing her granddaughter. Lou obtained full custody of MaryLou two months before her 6th birthday.Unfortunately, all of MaryLou's problems were not solved by Lou receiving full custody. The gossip mill in the little town of Galway, championed by a bank president's socialite wife, made life miserable for MaryLou. Almost everyone ostracized her and ruined her reputation in the little town. Her mother's lifestyle precipitated this attitude toward MaryLou.Fortunately for MaryLou, her grandfather was an intelligent farmer and rancher who took MaryLou under his wing. He taught her all the ins and outs of farming and ranching, preparing her to become successful herself before he was kicked in the head by an irate Angus bull. This all occurred just before MaryLou's 15th birthday. Fortunately for MaryLou, her grandfather could impart his Christian faith to MaryLou before his accident. Much of that was also imparted to her grandmother, Lou Hardin Harris Lou was a direct descendent of the infamous outlaw, John Wesley Hardin and still harbored a few of John Wesley's traits, mainly his explosive temper. Marylou proved that all is well that ends well.

A young lady recovering from a bicycle accident uses a get-well gift to gather information for her school report on Pirates. She has no idea of the outcome of her pursuit!

In 1834, fourteen-year-old Chance Early kills a man in self-defense and must leave his mountain home. He soon acquires both a slave named Lloyd and a mortal enemy named Radisson. His initial attempts to free Lloyd are unsuccessful, as Lloyd refuses to be manumitted in a slave state-but before they can leave town, Chance must fight a duel with Radisson. To make matters worse, he is being tracked by a brother of the man he killed.Will Chance live to free Lloyd and redeem himself? And will he keep his sense of humor through it all?

Through the Gate is a short and simple tale which demonstrates how a life can be changed by one wrong decision. It also chronicles the importance of friendship and bravery in frightening times.