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Cynthia Ehrenkrantz was six in 1939 when Britain entered WorldWar II. She was twelve in 1945 when the war ended. SeekingShelter is her vivid childs-eye account of life in wartime Englandas she lived it: an adored only child in a large Jewish clan whosecomfortable existence becomes one of food shortages, gas masksand air-raid sirens, and - worst of all - being sent away for months and years at a stretch to escape German bombs.Contending with bullies, rushing from a warm bed to a backyardshelter when sirens wail. Life is hard but also good: shining in a school play, collecting foil for the war effort, celebrating Passover... These are the mixed realities of wartime that mark young Cynthia forever inways only adult Cynthia can understand.

People unknowingly subscribe to false assumptions. When widely shared, these become powerful mass delusions. While voices of truth ultimately have the advantage, and do win out eventually, there can be epic losing streaks along the way. This author (who has a passion for arguing with people who are clearly wrong) noticed recurring patterns in these false assumptions, and in the characteristic ways theyre advanced and defended. Here he reveals (and explains) a multitude of common tellsuniversal clues to the presence of bunk. This book offers a new weapon to the side of truth. By listening to people explain and debate, youll be able to spot the faulty theories and challenge their misguided proponents, even on unfamiliar subjects. Whether you look at others theories or your own, 73 Clues will help you understand how wrong ideas infect the minds of otherwise reasonable people, and possibly recognize your own false beliefs and misconceptions.

38 WILDLY ENTERTAINING, HIGHLY PERSONAL ROLLER COASTER RIDES THAT HIGHLIGHT NEW YORK'S UNIQUE DNA.38 more humorous, poignant, entertaining, and powerful short stories about a New York that is almost gone, chronicled by Manhattan-born M.G. Crisci, the critically acclaimed author of 18 books based on true events.This final volume of the popular series again exposes New Yorkers as arrogant, confident, aloof, and insular yet surprisingly self-effacing, thoughtful, sensitive, and willing to offer kindness and a helping hand to those in need. Among the memorable stories, you'll learn how a heavyweight boxing champion fell victim to a salacious rumor created by a cub reporter, how a high-powered New York executive lost his shirt negotiating with an Arab vendor, how an aging Walter Cronkite came to lead the UNLV marching band, and why the Russians and Chinese butted heads at the United Nations.

Frank Tennant served his National Service in the British Army, where he was seconded to the Somaliland Scouts, a British Colonial Regiment. Returning to the UK, he decided the ideal lifestyle would be to farm in Africa. He studied Agricultural Science with that in mind.With two other students, he drove through some twenty countries in Africa to 'find somewhere to farm'. But at the halfway mark, he began to realise that Africa was not a place to invest his future. He ended up on a large sheep station in the Australian outback where he wrote an account of the Bumble Expedition. He became immersed in other ventures and never bothered to attempt publication.Early in 2021, he came across the draft of the book.On reading the draft, he realised the changes that had taken place in the sixty years since driving through Africa were immense and the experiences and the description of the people and their views were of considerable interest. He considered it could well be of interest to others.

38 WILDLY ENTERTAINING, HIGHLY PERSONAL ROLLER COASTER RIDES THAT HIGHLIGHT NEW YORK'S UNIQUE DNA.38 more humorous, poignant, entertaining, and powerful short stories about a New York that is almost gone, chronicled by Manhattan-born M.G. Crisci, the critically acclaimed author of 18 books based on true events.This final volume of the popular series again exposes New Yorkers as arrogant, confident, aloof, and insular yet surprisingly self-effacing, thoughtful, sensitive, and willing to offer kindness and a helping hand to those in need. Among the memorable stories, you'll learn how a heavyweight boxing champion fell victim to a salacious rumor created by a cub reporter, how a high-powered New York executive lost his shirt negotiating with an Arab vendor, how an aging Walter Cronkite came to lead the UNLV marching band, and why the Russians and Chinese butted heads at the United Nations.

A Battle for Hope is the coming of age story of a young girl as she grapples with the challenges of growing up. On move-in day, eleven-year-old Leah discovers an old diary hidden in the window seat of her new bedroom. When a series of events causes Leah to develop an eating disorder, the diary becomes a lifeline in ways she never could have imagined.

Enter the mad, mysterious, and unreliable world of the Fictionalizer! Waldo Stanton, a high-technology executive, takes a frightening but revelatory journey from Manhattan to Los Angeles in the last two months of 1999. Waldo suffers from paranoid schizophrenic psychosis, and his condition has been worsened by his psychiatrist, who has his own strange agenda. Following some life-changing and traumatizing incidents, Waldo heads west to confront the person he suspects is responsible: Richard Love, CEO of a shadowy, Los Angeles-based corporate empire that controls his company. Light seeks to perfect a drug called the Fictionalizer, which could purportedly modify reality itself. As Waldo travels cross country, he invades several of Lights heavily guarded office buildings to uncover information about the development effort. But as the narrative progresses, questions arise: How much of this journey is fact, how much fiction? Who is who in the world of Waldos multiple personalities? Will Waldo find Light? Will the Fictionalizer work? If so, what does Light intend to do with it? And what will happen then?Praise for Love Song - Michael Schulzes previous novel (available on Kindle):To read Love Song, a work twenty years in the creation, an audacious and uncompromising descent into the American fascination with violence and the contemporary pornography of horror, is to be abruptly within the terrifying/intriguing sphere of brutal novelty, something deep, formless, and profoundly dangerous. It plays with genres - the horror story, the play-within-a-play, the psychosexual mystery-thriller - in streams of language that test the weight-bearing capacity of the printed page . . . .-from the Review of Contemporary Fiction, October 2003As well as the stylistic qualities, I like the attitude of this book. Not the puling whine of the postmodernist, the cringing minimalist but good muscular revulsion, a cadenced roar against the nastiness of humanity ....-Laura Argiri, author of The God in FlightCustomer reviews:Youd need bionic nerves to take on this novel. Young bionic nerves. The book is drenched in sex and violence. And monsters. And paranoia. It made me feel titillated, repelled, baffled, and indicted all at the same time.aStill, the narrative, at least at the beginning, barrels like a semi rolling downhill, and even at the end, when the text begins to break down into seemingly random words and letters, the momentum holds. How the author does that, I dont know. The observations are acute; the language has a sort of vibrating flatness, like an obscene joke being told with a face so straight you could roll a marble across it ....a-Sue CologgiLove Song is a highly creative, multidimensional effort combining a detective story, subconscious undertones, and a myriad of characters in a fantasy thats surprisingly readable. This is the book Stephen King might write if he were willing to take the time... its a fascinating tour de force that works on many levels ....-Doug Grant

Savor the flavor of delectable, uplifting Food for the Soul. Explore new realms of joy and delight as these lighthearted, thought provoking recipes provide nourishing nuggets of insight and wisdom.Recipes For a Delectable Life includes 42 recipes, which to name a few are: Eggs Benediction, Three Been Toss With No Regret Dressing, and The Food of Gratitude.A A workbook follows, guiding the reader to reflect on and receive simple, yet profound insights into personal and universal questions. Interspersed among the recipes are whimsical, playful illustrations by the author.

Inspiring True Stories of Pets Who Survived Against All Odds - Discover That Love, Forgiveness, and Hope Will Always Prevail!Theres nothing quite like the bond of a human and their pet. Which is why our hearts ache when we see our furry friends in pain.As a Vet, Stephen Birchard often treats animals with severe medical problems. Whether its intense injuries or dire illnesses, hes seen them all, and nothing hurts more than to see an animal suffer.Luckily, thats where the sad part ends.In this book, youll find a collection of personal stories of Dr. Stephens encounters with animals who have the odds stacked against them. But, their will to survive will always prevail.These pets have helped shape him into the professional he is today, and he hopes that by sharing these stories, they can inspire you as well.Be inspired and moved to tears with each chapterhrough the hear as you read about the impossible conditions affecting these animals and how Dr. Stephen helped them overcome.In each story, he details the animals medical issues, procedures they must go through, and their life after treatment.Follow the stories of:Rip, the young athletic Labrador who overcame serious surgical complications.Hershey, the fighter who conquered severe infection.Charlie, who underwent multiple surgeries and rehab.Josie, who survived an arrow through her heart.Billy Bob, the service dog cancer survivor.Jack, who pulled through a major operation that other doctors thought impossible.Bob, Dr. Stephens personal dog, who battled cancer and beat the odds.Maximus, the severely burned young cat.Bruiser, the vet school surgery course lab dog who gave his life to help Stephen become a doctor.And Tigger, the young cat who survived a major accident and returned to normal life.Take these stories to heart and see that through love, loyalty, and forgiveness we can overcome anything!

This unique book will open your mind to the power of incorporating Optimism into your spiritual life. Mr. Rankin uses his twenty-five years on writing and lecturing on the subject of Optimism. He uses the timeless wisdom from Christian Larsons creed entitled, Promise Yourself, written back in 1910 to launch this life changing project. You will learn innovative ways to pray, witness and deepen your relationship with your fellow man and with God. There is a Optimistic Psalm that will touch your heart and equip you to take on lifes challenges.

FOREWORD REVIEWS INDIES BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD, FINALIST 2016READERS FAVORITE FIVE STARRED REVIEW, SILVER MEDALIST 2015EAST TEXAS WRITERS GUILD BOOK AWARDS, 3rd place, 2015A basement apartment, an undertaker, three resilient kids, and the mysterious disappearance of their mother. Forty years later, in this heartbreaking, uplifting, and darkly humorous coming-of age memoir set in the 1970s and 1980s, one daughter explores the truth of what happened.Heather Siegel was six years old when her mother disappeared, sending her funeral director father into a tailspin that took Heather and her siblings down with himfrom a comfortable suburban home to a barely habitable basement apartment, a dark world they soon found themselves fighting to return to from the exile of foster care, then fighting even harder to escape. Forty years later, Heather Siegel tells the remarkable story of how she and her siblings, Jaz and Greg, banded together to find out what happened to their mother and fight their way Out from the Underworld with nothing but their wits, determination, unbreakable bonds and gifts for humor and compassion to sustain them. A wrenching, inspiring story filled with heartbreak, hope and love, Out from the Underworld will move you to laughter and tears.PRAISE FOR OUT FROM THE UNDERWORLD:Heather Siegel has taken the raw material of an unusually deranged childhood, and done with it what very few can do: fashioned a piece of writing so smart, funny, and insightful that, as we read, we see the narrator growing from a street-smart little cynic into a remarkably understanding woman. More one cannot ask of any memoirist.- Vivian GornickA graduate summa cum laude of the school of hard knocks, Heather Siegel has written this dark, riveting memoir with refreshing if mordant humor, rueful tenderness and compassion. She is a stunningly gifted storyteller.- Phillip Lopate Heather Siegel is a master storyteller like none I have encountered.- Sarah Cottrell, HUFFINGTON POST BOOKSHeather Siegels unforgettable memoir is authentically heartbreaking, but also filled with the kind of dark humor that will have any reader turning pages, eager to keep up with her masterful storytelling. Revelatory in many ways about childhood, parenting, family, identity, forgiveness and, above all, survival, Out From The Underworld examines some of lifes greatest tragedies with admirable honesty, exquisite detail and a redemptive insight that is both inspiring and illuminating.- Julia Fierro, author of CUTTING TEETaHIts about mental attitude and how positive change is achieved against all odds, and its about accepting parents for who they are rather than who they should or could become. Out from the Underworld illuminates one womans transformation and serves as a beacon guiding pathways of possibility for others to follow.- Diane Donovan, MIDWEST BOOK REVIEWaHeather Siegel writes well - really well. And her story is so astonishing youll be tempted to check the cover again to see the word Memoir - but memoir it is, and what a journey! Gripping and compelling, filled with the kind of nuanced details that only someone who lived through this could write. An impressive debut from a talented writer.- C.E. Lawrence (Carole Bugge), award-winning author of the SILENT series thrillersIf Frederick Douglass or Elie Wiesel could rise above, why cant I? These are the questions a precocious young girl is forced to ask when, after an idyllic beginning full of Oz-like dazzle, shes suddenly dropped into the black hole of foster care. She spends the rest of her life investigating what went wrong. What she learns is this: demons can be holy messengers; empathy must be balanced with responsibility; and managing the shit sandwich that life foists upon us is part of the human condition. And its our duty to rise above. Thank you, Heather, for showing us how.- Elizabeth Koch, publisher Out From the Underworld is one of those stories that shows how people can rise from difficult situations and prove society wrong. If you have a dream, intelligence, resourcefulness, and a sense of humor, you can accomplish anything.- Stacie Gorkow, THE GAZETTE While Siegel was a victim of parental neglect and emotional abuse, she does not present herself as a victim. Rather, she shows strength and gritty determination. Heather Siegel is a role model for each of us, teaching us how to meet difficult circumstances head-on and overcome them. Out from the Underworld is a book I will not forget.- Deborah Lloyd, READERS FAVORITE, 5 star reviewHeather Siegel has written a funny, painfully honest, and ultimately inspiring coming-of-age memoir. Her story of escaping a dysfunctional family and coming to terms with both her dead mother and demanding father, is a great read.- Alan Rinzler, Editor

ORPHANED. HUNTED. ON THE MENU.After seven years apart, Jon, Kelly, and Travis Bishop move in together with a foster family, and it seems their lives may finally be normal again. But while exploring little known Pandoras Cave, a freak earthquake traps them deep underground. In the cave they witness an alliance between a mysterious businessman and a group of terrifying demons that promises to plunge our world into darkness and death.The good news? The kids have video proof of the entire event. The bad news? The video may still be in the demon-infested cave, and nobody believes their story.READ WITH CAUTION!

This book contains poems about life and love, separation and heartache, prayers and thanks. They were written over a period of several years as the author dealt with various aspects of life as a single mother.

A comprehensive guide to writing funny, specifically geared toward middle/high school students, adults, teachers, pastors, motivational speakers, wanna be comics, and amateur/semi-professional comedians.

Imagined Indecencies is Rp Verlaine''s third book.  Poetry that is Profusely Illustrated with color photos taken by Verlaine of models and friends who posed for him. The poems are haiku, Seneru, sonnets and one line poems. A notable change from previous books is there are several free verse poems as well.All the poems have been published before in Literary Journals,Magazines, Newspaper''s , Magazines and websites. They have been published in Japan, Africa, Wales, Scotland and of course Verlaine''s native America.