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The year is 1943 and the world is at war. David Robinson is a non-commissioned army officer and a good soldier, until he is kicked out of Officer Candidate School (OCS) in New Jersey. After this, he goes out of his way to bend army rules. While awaiting reassignment, he meets a movie actress and advises her on the grounds for divorcing her husband, an OCS candidate.Robinson is persecuted for his divorce advice and is transferred to Camp Shenango, where he meets and falls for a clerk at the local PX. She becomes the cause of a race riot and Robinson becomes involved, killing several black rioters.Despite a lack of evidence, he is tried, convicted and sentenced to Ft. Leavenworth military prison. Before leaving for prison, however, Robinson is wounded by a guard, and while in the hospital is able to sneak out word that his trial was a farce. This novel is loosely based on real events.Author Melvin Anderson lives with his wife in Puyallup, Washington. He is a retired electronic engineer and World War II veteran who has lived and traveled all over the United States. "I was at Camp Shenango during the race riots and, although no one was killed, I cited the correct cause and wanted to show race relations in the service during that time." Camp Shenango is located in Pennsylvania and was later renamed Camp Reynolds.

When James Broadwater went to work in Mississippi's state government in 2004, he soon found that what he thought was a good place to be employed turned out to be a network of "good ol' boys" who were committed to the status quo of corruption, waste, fraud, abuse, harassment, and persecution, which went all the way to the Governor's Mansion. For six and a half years he risked his job by filing complaints up the chain of command within the agency and charges with a dozen state and federal agencies. He found out that no one would do anything, including the media, so now he is taking his case to the court of public opinion through this book, and running for Governor in 2011!About the Author:James Broadwater and his family own a small business in the Jackson, Mississippi metro area. He is an ordained Southern Baptist minister, former state employee, and veteran of the Mississippi Army National Guard. Mr. Broadwater is a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Mississippi in the August 2, 2011 Primary.Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/ANewDayInMississippi.html

From Greed to Grace is the story of one man's struggle to find his path through life from a meager beginning to what many Christians would call a successful conclusion.Author David McCracken's unhappy childhood took place in the 1940s on a small 200-acre farm in Lyon County, Kansas, without running water or electricity.Attending Sunday school at the age of nine for a couple months was the only framework upon which he could build a Christian life. Yet as a teen, he cried out for God's help. The author had no knowledge of the Holy Spirit at that time, but sensed that God heard his prayer and a peace came over the author.The heart of this memoir is devoted to the transformation the author went through that includes his years of struggle to overcome greed and allow God to guide his steps; how he became a successful self-taught day trader in the stock market; and how he won a 39-year-old claim with the VA.Along the way, McCracken served in the United States Air Force, taught speech and debate, was an award-winning debate coach, learned the stock market and became a religious man.This stunning book about overcoming adversity will open windows when others have tried to close doors.JDavid McCracken is now retired and living in Arizona.Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/FromGreedToGrace.html

Fifteen-year-old Sarah Bella is not like most girls her age. Sarah prefers quiet dreaming to parties, fiction to fashion, and alone time to large groups. Sarah's mother worries about her daughter's social development and persuades Sarah to move to Florida to spend time with her gregarious cousin, Lily. Opposites often attract and these two girls become fast friends-each bringing out the best in the other.With a new school and new friends, Sarah's life becomes very busy indeed. So much so, she doesn't notice that she is beginning to open up and experience life with a newfound interest. What she does notice is Kristopher-the cute boy in school with his intense green eyes and goofy smile. Sarah feels something she's never felt before, and as she embraces the feeling of falling in love, she finds that life and all the drama that comes with being a teenager is much more fun than she could have ever imagined.Mariel Doty's joyous and poignant tale will bring back memories of youth and the exhilarating rush of falling in love for the first time. With an exquisite and superbly original voice, her book resonates with all women-from 15 to 95! The author is a writer and educator in Illinois, where she lives with her husband, David, and kitty, Raven.Publisher's website: www.eloquentbooks.com/ADifferentKindOfPrincess.html

Do you consider yourself an expert on fine food and wines? Do you like to explore the sensual delights of texture, color, taste and smell from marrying different cuisines?At the Cutting Edge is that kind of cookbook, containing a vast and delightful cornucopia of foods from all over the globe. This expansive collection of eclectic recipes comes from a food and travel enthusiast who gained her techniques and knowledge from chefs, restaurateurs and contacts over a lifetime of adventures.Designed with the experienced cook in mind, At the Cutting Edge is an entertaining and informative read with quotes from famous figures and two quizzes-on world cheeses and on alcoholic beverages.Sylvia Quenet-Chute writes with finesse and a lifetime of experience-combining her knowledge of the finer things in life with delightful essays on food and drink that our ancestors may very well have enjoyed. Quenet-Chute will take you to faraway places where you'll not only learn how to create masterpieces of culinary delight, but glean a sense of how they came to be.Sylvia Quenet-Chute was born in Newcastle, England where her French great-grandfather settled and became a ship broker. Mrs. Quenet-Chute spent her working life as an international advertising executive based in London and traveled the globe most of her career. She lives with her husband in Marbella, on the Costa del Sol in Spain.Publisher's website: www.eloquentbooks.com/AttheCuttingEdge.html

A breathtaking novel of danger, intrigue, suspense, terror and world chaos. Al Aqrab - The Scorpion Cell - is destroying the House of Saud using oil as its weapon. CIA Special Agent Jon Gold is yanked from a round of golf. Little does he know the danger he is walking into in the high stakes worlds of oil and terrorism.About the Author: Author John Opie is a heart surgeon and lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/ScorpionSanction.html

Discover through the new eye-opening book The Fundamental Principles of a Good Government how the dominant classes have used their economic power to maintain their social privilege. The book establishes a relationship between poverty and social injustice, examining how an ineffective government's bad social policies can and often do have disastrous consequences for the community. While it offers a social, political, and philosophical analysis of the kinds of human behavior that foster conditions for social instability, the book explains how the problems that impact individuals and families are both ethical and political.While working with low-income families and assessing their needs, author Jose Saint-Louis came to realize that the socio-economic gap that defines the life of the poor in America is mainly rooted in our domestic and international policies."I write this book to enlighten members of our community, from the rulers, to the governed. I strongly believe that humankind makes history, and can change the course of history by posing the foundation for a suitable social environment where human dignity is respected."Meanwhile, the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.About the Author: Jose Saint-Louis is the author of The Tragedy of a People, a Poetic Book; Christian Advocate, a Socio-religious Revue; and The Haitian Revolution in the Shaping of American Democracy. He is a graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and holds the Master of Divinity degree. He has started writing his next book, Race and Politics in a Multicultural Society.Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheFundamentalPrinciplesOfAGoodGovernment.html

Karis was a happy girl with a wonderful life, until the fateful night when everything came crashing down on her.After a terrible accident that robbed her of her memory and left her badly injured, Karis now faces the difficult task of rebuilding her life. As she endures numerous surgeries, unimaginable losses and obstacles confront Karis. And after a paranormal experience that leaves her frightened and confused, she must learn to push fear aside and open herself to her own faith and spiritual guidance.Inspiring and heartfelt, Keep Me is a story that reminds us all that there is a light at the end of every dark tunnel, but we have to have courage if we are going to reach it.Author K. Clarke is a mental health consultant living near Poway by way of Mira Mesa in the city of San Diego. She is currently working on the sequel to Keep Me as well as a book of poetry.Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/KeepMe.html

August, 1899A mail order bride, we've heard that before. Little did Megan Mellington imagine she would be a substitute for her tearful traveling companion while journeying out west. Escaping a greedy, grasping uncle intent on keeping guardianship of her wealth, the New York heiress faces no other choice. Marry Bad Billy Baxter or the milksop her uncle has chosen. Of course, Bad Billy has no idea he is the pawn in question. His drink sodden friends had coerced him into signing the contract while totally inebriated.Springtown, Montana has not much to offer the society heiress, only a way to reclaim her wealth. Marry Bill Baxter and take the train out the next morning with a valid marriage certificate in hand. It would be so easy, or so she thought. Easy if the groom wasn't seeking revenge for a forced marriage and a non-existent wedding night. After waking with a hangover, tracking down his errant bride and delivering her out to his rundown ranch, Bill and Megan begin a battle of tempers rivaling the shootout at the OK Corral.Would love win out in this marriage for money? Christine Elwin brings you a laugh-filled battle of two star-crossed lovers who must reconcile themselves to patience and trust, if they are to endure a lifetime together.Christine Elwin makes her home in Mexico with her husband Robert. Initially renovating homes as a pastime, she turned to writing and Marriage for Money is her third novel after Masquerade for Marriage and A Tale in Time.