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Set in a remote village in the wilds of the Kenyan bush, A Place Beyond Midnight chronicles the exciting and luminous stories from the journal of a young Peace Corps volunteer. Cody Hawks experiences the wonders, challenges, and personal injunctions in East Africa with friends bound together in noble purpose. He has come to Kenya to break from his past and write a new story for himself. A story of service and sacrifice. His indelible often humorous narration recounts the problems he and his friends face as they struggle to navigate an alien landscape, a different culture, and a new language. His journey to reinvent himself is framed by perils at every turn in Kenya's harsh environment. Along the journey, daring misadventures test his resolve while kindness, compassion and the lessons of genuine friendship and self-discovery evolve. He confronts ignorance, tradition and danger when faced with life and death, and discovers unexpected passion in the turbulence that is Africa.

The principal audience for this book is the person or persons who wish a camping experience with a minimum of camping equipment. It is oriented for those who go camping with a minimum of food or no food, without a tent, without utensils, etc. It is based on this author's years of experience camping in the swamps of South Louisiana. It covers instructions on how to build shelters, how to minimize biting insects, how to construct a campfire, how to boil water with and without a pot, how to secure food, and many other survival methods. There are, however, many tips in this work for those who may only wish to go on a weekend campout; tips that can make any campout trip more enjoyable. This book also has a wealth of references at the end of each chapter, giving more detail concerning the material covered in each chapter. Just one example of a useful tip; it concerns a simple way to minimize insect bites, especially those of mosquitos and gnats (which are a huge problem in Louisiana). If one significantly increases the consumption of garlic for about a week or two before going camping, mosquitos and other biting insects will pretty much leave you alone. Although I do not have any specific scientific evidence concerning this, the experiences of many, many camping trips in the Louisiana swamps attest to its effectiveness. Also, the type of shelter you build can have a major impact on minimizing most biting insects.This author hopes that everyone from the casual camper to the very ambitious camper will find some useful nuggets within the pages of this book, which will make any camping trip a more enjoyable experience.

This book is about the figures I capture in the clouds on a daily basis. Some arrive with a high-pitched melody. Some appear through my dreams first, but they all come together to form the beautiful pictures that I capture!

The delightful antics of five enthusiastic kids from Poplar Bluff, Missouri: Mackenzie, fifteen; Sasha, twelve; Booka, ten; Amariyah, eight (Mari the Munchkin); and YzaBella, six (Bella the Muffin). Along with their somewhat offbeat pets: Tanglefoot the Superdog, Hssss the Wondercat, and Walt-Hare (Rex), an Oryctolagus cuniculus (American rabbit). Bella said, "e;I asked for a puppy. They thought I said something 'fluffy.' All who communicate by holding up signs."e; (This is referred to as sign language.)Follow them on their daily treks, offering their views, opinions, and somewhat less-than-useful advice on topics ranging from family to friends, school to everyday life.

Are we alone in the universe?The answer becomes apparent when Mac becomes the first to journey from Earth and the Milky Way and lands on a planet in the Andromeda galaxy, where he meets the civilization that lives there. They call their home Jhalacalm.Mac's adventure begins with his ship's sarcastic computer (Doc) who somehow becomes sentient, and as time goes by, they become the best of friends. Mac falls in love, learns of another universe accessed by portals, delivers secret plans to that other universe, and becomes involved in a dangerous war that he knows nothing about. With Doc's help, he becomes a hero and a prince, all the while meeting new people of different civilizations who become his newfound friends.Mac's new life is only the beginning.

Suppose you are a modern person in the contemporary world and find yourself possessed of a power that obeys no logic and resists scientific examination. You can't provide proof of your ability, and the timing of the fulfillment is uncertain, but what you foresee always happens. David McIntosh was a normal, healthy kid for his first thirteen years. All that changes when he sees a black spot on his best friend's head. An hour later, his friend dies. David takes on guilt for his friend's death but tries to get on with life.The grief fades, the future beckons, then the spots strike again--twice! On a sports star and the mother of one of his friends. Both die, and David is left reeling.Blessed on one hand by success in business and love, David is also cursed by his ability. David struggles to find meaning in his curse through loves lost, trauma, the death of friends and family, and hardship. When his Grandmother dies, she leaves a letter containing clues about where he might find answers, sending David and his wife on a quest. The journey reveals an ancient matriarchal Celtic faith, that his an da shelladh (2nd sight) has a long history in Scotland, and that the sight often passes within families. As time goes by, he's relieved that his ability doesn't seem to have passed on to another generation--or has it? Rich in the history of Scotland and ancient faiths, An da Shelladh is a saga of love, suffering, self-discovery, and finding meaning in hardship that will leave the reader asking, what would I do in that situation?

Featuring the Tarver, Rollins, Cook, and Laird Families of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas; including their migration north, east, and west. Families migrated to and from the old South, settling in places from California, Virginia, Florida throughout these United States. Cultures and traditions were passed down, merged, and spread from generation to generation.Throughout the history of this family, God is ever-present in the lives of all of them. They were God-fearing, Jesus-loving, Bible-believing people whose lives centered on their family and their church. There are over eight hundred names of our family spanning the pre-Civil War and post-Civil War era agrarian society to the modern mechanized culture--farmers' families turned into pastors, factory workers, mechanics, philanthropists, businessmen, doctors, nurses, and soldiers. This family is particularly focused around "the Greatest Generation," the generation that provided the men and women needed to stop the spread of the dictators' empires of World War II.Our family veterans fought in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the deserts of the Middle East in Iraq and Afghanistan. Families are documented in this genealogy history with the use of census, marriage, social security, birth, and death records. Obituaries of our ancestors, through their deaths, bring the families to life and bring them together. Military records honor those veterans who served our country in times of war and peace.

The first ten years of my career in education was as an elementary school teacher. Nevertheless, the focus of my book is on my twenty-three years as an assistant principal.Utilizing true stories and conversations, I attempt to illustrate how poor leadership transformed a once proud school district into Pittsville.There is no possible way that I would have ever attempted to write my story, had not my career taken so many twists and turns. Working for twelve principals, in spans that ranged from two months to seven and a half years, enabled me to develop my own set of strategies, learn what ideas worked, and accumulate enough stories that made me angry, made me laugh, and motivated me to write my story.In closing, bitterness is not a character trait becoming to anyone, yet bitterness is what motivated me to write my story.

Imagine my excitement. As a newly minted college graduate, I just arrived in New York City, soon to begin my first real job. I will be joining Peter and Wells, as an editorial assistant. I quickly signed a lease on an affordable apartment. To supplement my modest salary, I found a weekend bartending job at a popular restaurant. I reported early on Monday morning. After paperwork with the personnel department, I was introduced to Anne Hopkins, a senior editor, who would be my supervisor. She was a superb editor and an outstanding mentor/teacher. Meet Henry Smithe Weathersbee, Managing Editor, later Vice President of Publishing. In my early career, he was an exceptional mentor. I moved rapidly up the corporate ladder, thanks to strong mentorships, my diligent work habits and being the right person in the right place at the right time. I was given an exceptional opportunity to work with a newly signed, but difficult author. Larry O'Neil was a brilliant author and lived up to his reputation of being difficult. Larry is gay and has been in a long-term relationship. Working closely, we developed a productive relationship and became close friends. I met and married Natalie Hewitt, the daughter of a Chinese mother and a bi-racial American father. The family controls a worldwide corporation. Natalie gave me 3 magnificent children. In process of writing his novel, dealing with Sainthood, Larry has extensive contact with the Catholic Church and with a Msgr. Murphy. Larry reaches an independent decision to end his relationship with long-time partner and to abandon his gay lifestyle. Peter, the rejected partner, blames me and Msgr. Murphy for Larry's decision. He joins forces with Weathersbee and launches a substantial attack on me. In a Board meeting Weathersbee demands, that I be fired! He will resign if the Board rejects his motion. Peter initiates a lawsuit against Peter and Wells and me personally. My Perfect Life could now be ended!

The Perfect Melody is a searing psychological profile of what fame can do to a man, and how the woman who loves him can bring him back from the brink of insanity. Michael Beck has enjoyed more than his share of everything success has to offer. He has fame, fortune, fast cars, beautiful women, and a legacy which will endure well beyond his lifetime. Yet, for the past two years, he has existed on the very fringe of life, cutting himself off from the world that has given him so much, shutting down his emotions, feeling nothing but bitterness as he harbors a secret so dark that nothing can penetrate to save his soul. And then she shows up at his door. She threatens his well-ordered seclusion, rekindling long-dead feelings he has worked hard to repress. Juliette Winslow, her name alone is the stuff of songs and stories of tragic, immortal love. Her wealth of untapped beauty and untold resilience concealed just below the surface, she has lived the last six years of her life filled with heartache, anguish, and loneliness. Her one salvation may lie with a man so dark and cruel that the demons which rage within him threaten to keep them apart forever. If only she can break down his walls, find a way to touch his hardened heart and heal his tattered soul. Can she vanquish the vicious beast within him which threatens to consume them both?

By Dan Lee, former journalist and author of Indian ShadowI was sitting in a tree house, which was cozied up to the jungle, when Adelia came in. I'd known her for years, but we'd never met in person. She looked into my eyes and said, "I need a margarita." I felt empathy right away.Los Gatos Locos restaurant and bar is in Ojochal, Costa Rica, and is a tree house in the jungle. We go there to visit our son who owns the place. Adelia was in Costa Rica, scouting out a place to live, but had been visiting over several years. She was going to make the jump from Washington state for personal reasons.These vignettes give a flavor of what it's like to leave the US in your seventh decade, with what you can take on the airplane, and ship the rest in a container. Of course, you might be just sixty or even fifty, with a taste for adventure. The jungle will lower your blood pressure, and expat society is far better than looking at the UPS man on a bell cam.Behind the vignettes, the brightly colored houses, the friendly natives, and the ecological consciousness, there is the reality of the jungle. There are jaguars that follow the banks of a river, flocks of rainbow-colored parrots, bands of monkeys, snakes, caymans, and termites.I'll let you make up your own mind about eating termites. Adelia says they taste like peanuts. Or was it popcorn? Anyway, she's adventurous. You can be too. Buy this book.

My goal on this book is to make you aware of who you are and to make you realize that everything and anything you've learned about life is a concept that can disappear the same very moment that it came into existence. The universe as we know it is only a creation of our consciousness. The only tangible concept is our thoughts that light up whenever we accept them, but they can disappear just at once when we aren't conscious about it.The creation of consciousness is like a small light in the horizon that if you are not paying attention, you won't see it, and your life will be the same as it had been since you were born, influenced by your surroundings and everyone in your circle, instead of being the creator of you own existence.Once you discover your purpose in life and stay on that path, everything will come your way. The universal law will take care of all those things.Remember, the possibilities are endlessly waiting to be discovered. The answers and discoveries in this book are for you and yours only. The magic wand is in your hand, and what you do with it is your choice.

The reason for this book is to remind parents and guardians the importance of teaching children words while they are small. This will open doors later on in life for them. Remember, to equip a child with the best starts at home, not in school. Teaching a child words and how to use them builds character, confidence, and also awareness. Doing this will also help teachers when it comes to your child's learning. Their listening skills will be better, and with better listening skills often comes a better understanding that often helps their growth in every way. So we must learn to take advantage of this opportunity in teaching our children for they won't stay small forever.

Remy is a Pomeralien from the planet Pearth. One day, while traveling in his spaceship, he crash lands on a mysterious, but familiar planet full of new friends and all sorts of surprises. Come follow The Adventures of Remy the Pomeralien as he travels the globe to see the world, sees new sights, and even picks up a few souvenirs for his family and friends back home!

Invest your energies in your dreams, not your fears. The author was born in Petting, Germany, in 1946. At aged eighteen, he was looking for a new home in Canada. The young man's life was full of events, adventures, and varied experiences. He did not shy away from change or letting go. His energy and positive attitude allowed all his dreams come true. Ambition, discipline, and perseverance are the qualities that helped him to great success. He is telling his touching story, how the emigration came about, how doors opened for him, how he overcame obstacles, and how he is now looking back on his life. After thirty-four years, he was drawn back to his old country and to his new love.

This book, At Your Core, is part of your journey in finding your purpose in life. It will give you ideas to apply to your own life and help you have a better understanding of your emotions, feelings, thoughts, behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs. Your core values determine what is important to you and will have an influence on your actions, reactions, and behaviors. By learning to control your mind, you will live a more fulfilled life with optimism, desire, and a positive attitude. You will learn to create your own positive energy that others are attracted to and want to be part of. You will use what you have learned to allow you to be fulfilled and have inner peace. The best way to become fulfilled is to develop your core values, make sure they align with God's expectations, and use your mind to control your thoughts, behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs. By learning how to control your emotions, understanding how your mind and body work together, developing your core values, and having faith and the determination to make the world a better place, you personally will live a more fulfilled life with purpose!

The journey continues for Johnny and his friends. Johnny and Anna and Victor and Suzy go on a long summer vacation. They find many exciting things leading to another maze. At the finish, they find a dancer. She is behind some mist and haze.

Patrick Taylor, breaking onto the scene for the first time, brings a page turner that moves with such speed you will wonder where the pages went as he winds you through the streets tamed by code.Who's his friend; who's his foe? Where murder is always an option and money is always the motive, Tay tries desperately to balance loyalty, family, the drug game, building an empire, and the two loves of his life--all while trying to get it in and get out before getting locked into a game where everyone has a hidden past or a secret. Nobody is who they say they are, and only a few understand why certain lines, like certain rules, have to be crossed and broken.

The book is a coming-of-age story related to my grandparents' and parents' generations. I enjoyed listening to the stories of how my parents lived as teenagers and young adults, the skillset that they had which helped them make a way for themselves when they arrived in the City of Detroit, Michigan, in the fall season of 1952, a City which had at that time a population around 1.8 million people.Many people, like my parents, left small towns in the deep South, wanting a better opportunity for work and living. Education and a chance to build a better life for their children caused them to press their way to the big city.

This is a word-for-word record of divine communication between the author and God about the principles and proper application of forces of creation (the law of attraction) and the hazards of its misuse.A correct understanding of these principles is essential.If you've ever wondered why we can't seem to bring peace and abundance to our own lives and to the people of the world of earth and what we can do about it, the answers are in this book.The understanding and application of the principles here will usher in a new era of peace, love, health, and abundance for you, your family, and for humanity on earth into the future.Danica, a master of the spiritual realm, is here on a mission to educate humanity on earth about the principles of the forces of creation, the hazards of its misuse, and how not understanding the forces of creation (creating by default) has shaped our world.This book will teach people that are alive now how to take immediate control of their own lives, and it will do the same for people of generations yet to come.

Observations at the Speed of Life is a collection of stories that have been shared with others throughout a career of mentoring and motivating friends, family, and coworkers. Sometimes humorous, sometimes inspirational, and occasionally packed with wisdom. They are all about aspiring to be the best version of yourself. Some of the essays are very personal, and some are philosophical, but regardless, each one packs a message about hope and the value of persistence.This book is a result of more than forty years of preparing and writing weekly messages to the teams Ed managed. Those messages consisted of his workplace observations about performance, motivation, management, leadership, and integrity. They were timely lessons that could be applied immediately. When Ed transitioned to full-time consulting, those messages continued but in the form of a Wednesday Weblog to an international audience.The stories range from working as a pipefitter, third-class unskilled, during the Vietnam War to an all-night production session with Larry Bird making a television commercial, to befriending an eighty-year-old usher at Fenway Park, to running the Boston Marathon for the first time at the age of seventy, and everything in between.

Each of us comes into the world with a special little something that sets us apart and makes us unique, but sometimes people, experiences, and events in our lives change who we were designed to become. Meet the most special of little boys who, strong and brave on the outside, had things that made him sad and angry on the inside. With the help of a friend who sees potential in that which others have grown to give up on, he finds trust and the courage that reignites the spark that had once been lost. Join him on his journey as he learns of his splendidness through the patience, kindness, and love of another to become stronger, wiser, and now shining a little bit brighter.

There are places - still - where all isn't mapped.Whimsy abounds where sense leaves off.So what does one do when they find themselves enmeshed in such a place?If you're normal, you take air and fly...

The book Transformation Through Christ captivates the reader in an interesting way. Here, you will have the opportunity to familiarize yourself with the change of a girl at twenty-four years of age. As you delve into the progress of Christ's providence in the life of an ordinary girl with an extraordinary God, you will receive an appeal and a call directly from the Holy Spirit of Christ.Tedy Petrova is the girl who grew up in a not-so-warm family atmosphere, and it caused a rift in her relationship with God. In her teens, she entered a hard life with heavy moments. She took handfuls of everything that life in the world offers today, and inevitably the life of this girl turned into failure. Years later, when she turned twenty-one, the love of Christ entered her life and turned all her notions about Christianity upside down, which she knew and had heard of since her childhood. Jesus visited her, and she developed a strong and close relationship with His Holy Spirit. He gave her the gift of extraordinary dreams and, a little bit later, to preach the Gospel and to write for His glory. From the girl named failure, often pointing fingers, she has become the moving glory of the Lord. Bearing the glory of God, she ignites more people for Christ, and her God-led ministry is growing to this day.Tedy is waiting for the upcoming promises of God in her life and wrote this book to give people like her the chance and opportunity to realize that there is an exit and salvation for each life situation through Christ. Reading this book, you will understand not only her changed life but also the way God chose to communicate with her. All extraordinary dreams and visions, together with some teachings, are especially for each one of you.Enjoy this God-inspired book and choose the reasonable. Led by the Holy Spirit, you will know what it is. All that is gray lightens up, and all that is dark becomes white when Jesus the Nazarene starts to live in the human heart!

North American Adventures is another in the Odyssey series. It's another adventure trip with Captain Mobley and the good ship Sheila II. Our purpose is to see an old Indian friend who roams the north woods, mountain, and Ash Lake in Canada. He is the honored Ojibwe chief Eagle Feather, a friend to me and mentor to Hawk, an Ojibwe pilot introduced in "Return to Fiji."Many stories were told around the campfire at night by Eagle Feather. One was Return of the White Wolf, which I've included in this three-part book. Though Quest for Quannah has no connection to the other two, I've included it out of my love and respect for my friends in the Indian nation.This trip will be by sea and air! Come aboard for a fantastic journey!

The world, as we knew it, ended in the blink of an eye when they returned, bringing with them destruction, chaos, and magic.What would you do if you were given magic with no instructions? Could you keep your humanity? With the help of old friends and new, can this group of average and now not-so-average people use their newfound gifts to save not only themselves but also some of the new beings that are popping up all over the place like, well, like magic? And save humanity as a whole? Can this group impress them enough to save everyone while learning as they go, knowing that the deck is stacked against them?

PERSONAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSBeing that this book is about women, there is absolutely no way I could have put it together if it wasn't for the women that have crossed my path. During my years of dealing with various women, I have to admit that I have had more than a little, whether it was laughing with them, going out to dinner, to a movie, to the park, to the beach, shopping, joyriding, playing cards or having sex. I enjoyed every precious moment with them and I will cherish those moments as long as my brain continues to work.Thank you so dearly for putting up with me. On the flip side of this coin, there are women I have dealt with that I pissed off or hurt during my years of immaturity. If there was a way I could go back in time and undo the pain and frustration I caused you, I wouldn't hesitate to do so because I know you ladies thought more of me back then. I know you all didn't forgive me back then, but I surely hope you do now.Whether it was good times or bad times, I shared with you wonderful women, each one of you played a significant role in the man I am today and for that wonderful experience I am humbly grateful, deeply honored and sincerely appreciative to have been blessed to have had our journeys connect.I wrote this book to start a dialogue, create awareness and get women to realize and believe that they are worth way more than they can imagine in life. I want women to know that they do not have to settle for any man just for the sake of convenience, security or whatever. There will always be a gentleman available; who is not only compatible with them, but one that will find them intriguing, interesting, intelligent and beautiful.Sometimes it takes a little time to find a man that really honors women, but trust me - it's always worth the wait. I intend to reach millions of readers, mostly women. If I can get one woman to read my book and walk away feeling much better about her life and the direction she wants to go in terms of a relationship, then my mission will be complete.Nothing that I have written in this book is intended to disrespect or offend any of my readers. I mention this because some of the language in this book may not agree with the readers.