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Several children have died in a measles outbreak in the village of Newton-Upon-Sea. Equally as frightening is what begins to look like an epidemic of murder that may be related in some way to the measles contagion.  Dr. Alexandra Gladstone finds herself deeply involved in both threats. Not only is her own life endangered, but the lives of members of her own household are at risks.Her attempts to stop both epidemics are hampered by the reappearance of an old lover who threatens to reveal secrets of Dr. Gladstone's past.

In All of Me, Tatiana and Mikhail marry in a gorgeous Russian wedding and befriend a five-year-old girl who has been traumatized by the war. They decide to become her family’s patrons, helping them find refuge at Tsarskoye. But life is not all happiness. Several attempts are made on Mikhail’s life. Mysterious dark characters help the Bolsheviks spread vicious propaganda about Alexandra and her daughters.A retired clinical social worker, Judith Welsh brings Mental Health knowledge to her historical fiction. By applying today’s diagnoses to what we know about historical figures, Welsh offers readers a brilliant new understanding of the people who came before us.

The saga continues in Book Two-Ora Gad: High Seas and Middle Passage of the Ora Gad historical fiction trilogy. What is the fate of two teenage girls, kidnapped by slave traffickers in Central Africa, after they had been sold from master to master, to wind up living on High Seas? Ora Gad is the heroine of this historical fiction trilogy. Her saga spans over a century, and over three continents; Africa, Europe, and finally culminates in America in our day; more specifically in New York City Central Park. Ora Gad is an epic tale filled with magical powers, seductive charm, and the clash between good and evil. It''s an account of love, betrayal, murders, hope, despair, religious zeal, witches, pirates, trolls, and non-stop action. Hers is a world of alluring magic where vigilance is her ally at every turn, for what looks good or bad may not necessarily be what it appears to be. Distinction between good and evil isn''t as evident as black and white. There''s a gray area, things are foggy; how will Ora Gad, the heroine, proceed? Book One-Ora Gad: The Old Country, Book Two-Ora Gad: High Seas and Middle Passage, and Book Three-Ora Gad: New York Central Park.

Its lifeline floats aimlessly beside,as if mourning the loss of a soul at sea.A knot, improperly tied to a life raft releases.The mariner and his only means of survivalare sent adrift to fight the desolateand turbulent sea—the sea wins!The poet, Raymond Sylvester, stresses the importance of living life as securely as the knot one has tied. Life cannot be almost lived; a knot cannot be almost tied. His poetry will provide the guidance needed to ensure one’s lifeline is as strong and secure as possible. Words cast upon a page are as powerful as the third splice. When splicing a line, the fourth splice adds no more strength to the line than the third, although it adds protective value should the last splice fail.Raymond Sylvester lives in Branford, Connecticut, with his loving wife Terri and their cat Boots. His poem “War” won the gold medal in the patriotic division of the 2018 National Creative Arts Competition and his poem “The Darkness of War” won silver in the 2019 competition. His poems are personal yet universal.

'Senior Tails" is a collection of stories shared by seniors about their beloved animals. Some stories will make you laugh while others may make you cry, but they will all tug at your heartstrings!! Profits from this book will benefit the Arizona Pet Pantry, a non-profit corporation whose goal is to keep pets in their loving homes by providing a bridge to assistance through community resources. www.arizonapetpantry.org

My name is Bruce McGowan, and contrary to everyone''s belief, I have not yet gone away. Remember when Saddam Hussein was suspected of having weapons of mass destruction, but then the U.N.''s inspectors found no evidence of them? Even though the American President, not at all convinced, subsequently invaded Iraq and fought a lengthy war over them, the world remained convinced the weapons never existed in the first place. Nonetheless, a dozen years after the inspections, I was taken prisoner by a former MI-6 mad man named Alistair Chalmers who knew for a fact they existed. As he also knew of my reputation as a counterterrorist operative, code name Scorpion, by threatening to kill my Scottish cousins who he was holding, I was coerced to go on a search for the weapons. If I found these nuclear and chemical devices and placed them into his hands, he stood to net millions by selling them to Iran. But, where were the WMDs? Chalmers believed they were shipped to Yemen. I had two weeks to find them or my cousins would die. It would prove to be my most dangerous undertaking.

Gui Gu Zi, or Wisdom of the Ghost Valley in modern English, is a compilation of Daoism philosophy and Persuasion Techniques, which were written about 2,400 years ago. Though the exact author is still a topic of debate among scholars, several trustworthy evidences points to the fact that a hidden sage, whose name was Wang Xu, lived in the ghost valley (modern He Nan in China) and composed this book that incorporated Daoism, School of Naturalists, and School of Diplomacy. Perhaps due to his belief on secrecy and mysteriousness, he meditated in solitude. However, it is said that he lived for more than one hundred years and was the mentor to some of the most distinguished political and military figures in the Warring States Period in ancient China. Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Sun Bin, and Pang Juan, to name a few. A few chapters of Gui Gu Zi is now lost due to ages, but numerous Chinese intellectuals in the past have read and annotated it. For some, it was a priceless treatise on military and diplomatic strategies that can dominate the world if used appropriately. But for others, it was nothing more than a flattering scum''s pocketbook on manipulation and deception. I, as a translator, did my best to articulate each arcane word in ancient Chinese to break down the barrier of the past and present, assess its current meanings and implications, and present it in an easy and understandable way for Western audiences. This book is ideal for all people who wish to succeed in their lives and comprehend human psychology to use it as a razor-sharp edge in all relationships.

Mastering Your Company-How to Start and Build a great Company-Mr. Botdorf has been a serial Entrepreneur for over 30 years and has helped build or found five companies since he graduated from college. These companies were based in software, consumer products, real estate development, high tech, and in the cellular space. He has raised and closed over $1B in private equity and real estate ventures over his career and is a frequent speaker on business and private equity issues. In his newest book cited above, Mr. Botdorf provides over 30 years of secrets, methods, and short cuts for organizing your company, raising capital, managing professionals, building a sales force, and provides proven techniques used on five straight occasions to build and sell a successful company. Mr. Botdorf helped co-found and raise over $22M for his last software company, all from angel investors, and has now started his sixth venture, Advanced Travel Systems, Inc, a company that is re-inventing luggage for today''s "Road Warriors". Mr. Botdorf recently earned his MBA with a focus on International marketing and E-Commerce as additional research for this project. His new book is designed for business students, new Entrepreneurs, and even seasoned CEO''s looking to focus on creating significant shareholder wealth. Please find more detailed information on his bio and background at the end of this book.

McGinty Family Secrets dives into Samantha McGinty and Kenneth ''Gunny'' Gunther''s closets. Sam''s hidden secret dates back to the year Gunny came to Benton: 1926. He is in the dark until his cousin Tig Taylor reveals the dark truth. Sam is forced to face her buried demon. Gunny, himself, has his own obsidian cloud to disperse. Follow along as each character brings different experiences to the light. Mysteries arise within Sam''s ancestral and buried within the confines of the farmland itself...

The stories in this collection reflect my many years of work teaching music to children. True to my approach in education, the stories are based on striving for ideals. The language will appeal to children and adults as well. The stories reflect the longing of us all for a world where love and friendships endure.

It''s 1960 America, where optimism abounds, music is fun, cars sport chrome wings, Beats study Kerouac, and residents are secure, working, and happy. And yet in ''Milburn Avenue''s'' fictional city of Sylvania, a family business owner clashes with his patriarch father and mistrusted in-laws; the controller has launched an embezzlement scheme; an out of town cop pursues a factory worker over an old homicide; a high school girl has a crush on a negro student; strip clubs thrive; a college sophomore grapples with his sexuality; a young single woman finds herself pregnant and her boyfriend womanizing; local bars witness human frailties; and teenagers grow up in large inner city high schools where social class, money, race, and academic levels are as varied as the city''s neighborhoods.

This is the remarkable true story of a seventeen year old, who after graduating from high school, left his midwest home to spend the weekend at a nearby lake. He didn''t return for thirteen extraordinary months. The following weeks and months were filled with both joy and near death experiences as he wandered the wilds of Alaska and the Yukon. It truly is the adventure of a lifetime.

Behind in her studies, Tracey must pay the price. Her social activities have been curtailed. She has lost the privilege of the use of her cell phone. Her world is upset down.But then life changes. Mr. Harding, the principal, has given Tracey the responsibility to show a new student, Sarah Browning around the school.Within a short period of time, Tracey, her best friend Nancy Ann, and Sarah become good buddies.Growing up, there can be three best friends not just two.The winter holidays are arriving soon. It brings a trip to New York City for the three girls. Sarah's father lives there. What happens in New Your stays in New York, or does it?

The InterConnect is a story about how people deal with complexity, surveillance and automation. It is about people in the year 2029 living within gated self-driving-car cityscapes, and those who are outside of it, looking back in on it through the software code. It's about transportation and logistics, but it's also about people who look beyond the mono-culture status quo and question it. The InterConnect is ultimately about natural system resilience in the face of complex system chaos and the grip of control, as we wonder into it.Author Peter E. Steppe has taken his experiences in the information security and investment banking industries as well his extensive travel throughout the western US to write a fast-paced novel for people who like wide open spaces--especially young people who have only known automated lives lived through connected devices. It's about their future.

Prior to his wife's kidnapping, all was right in Rob Becker's world. Towers Above had retired to stud, and Rob's dream of producing another Secretariat had come true. While Rob's CIA friend Tommy was investigating the death of Towers Above's former groom, he discovered that Rob's silent partner Mark was involved with one of America's intelligence agencies. After Marty's kidnapping, Tommy and Rob, together with military forces, the CIA, and Homeland Security, set off on their own perilous journeys to rescue her. Towers' Progeny is an action-packed suspense thriller in the exciting world of horse racing. Picking up where author Buck Brannon's first novel, Towers Above, left off, Towers' Progeny also ends on an exciting note--as it leads readers into the third and final book of Brannon's Towers trilogy.

WORLD POPULATION? ONEMr. Grumpy was just fine with the world - except for one thing: too many people. People on busses, in stores and town squares. People in cars, on streets and everywhere! Big people, little people, tiny and tall; he had the gall to wince at them all. "Oh, how I wish the day would come," said he, "When I wished for people and there were none." Mr. Grumpy gets his wish.

"Jesus is Mine" by Evangelist Asther Sarmas Rauf shares the real life stories of God's hands performing miracles in her life and in the lives all those around her.

Dr. Angela Dijanic is a retired professor of natural and applied sciences, with over thirty years of experience in scientific research and investigation. In September 2014, she lost her only son, and has devoted the rest of her life to gathering scientific evidence of the existence and presence of the soul and the afterlife. This book is the culmination of five years of gathering evidence on the true nature of the human soul. With numerous scientific references, explanations, and insights and quotes from some of the greatest minds in physics and philosophy, this book is a must-read for anyone who has ever pondered the true nature of self.

A collection of conversations between Monkey and Blain during the period of Monkey's split from Blain in 2012 to November 2019. Actual conversations between Blain and Monkey, who are the same 'person', about life, work, society, and general nonsense. A Non-fictional diary of conversations between two Fictional entities. The first in a series, more to come.

BA sighed and turned to the Hangman. "He's never going to stop hunting you for your powers, your weapon, or your ring. You know that, right?"Five years have passed since the Hangman, A.K.A Kente Cromwell Sr, was sent back to Purgatory. He is close to being allowed to enter Heaven, when tragedy strikes back on Earth. His wife is killed by the sorcerer, Damian Red, who is in search of the Ring of Light for his master, the demon lord Hangoctuforre. Kente Jr, is now hellbent on revenge for his mother. However, Kente Jr is not only using the Ring of Light to destroy supernatural creatures, but he is also killing humans as well. This forces BA, the Bad Angel, to reluctantly return to Purgatory and help the Hangman escape in hopes of reigning in his son.Meanwhile, Hangoctuforre has once again gathered demons, vampires, along with the fallen angel Comet, and Damian Red, to launch an assault on the Earth. The Earth's only defense is the vampire slayer, Jericho Caine, the demon hunter, Father Tom Padilla, and a wizard, Alexander Merryweather. Together with a new hero, Susan Taki, they once again need to convince the Hangman to join the fight. But the Hangman must deal with Kente Jr first and decide if he even wants to participate in the coming war. With side stories and action scattered throughout, The Hangman Returns is an action-packed thrill-ride.The Hangman Returns represents Stage III of the Hangman Universe (HMU). To learn how we got here, please read; The Hangman, The Grand Librarian: Life of an Immortal, Father Tom Padilla: Curse of the Demon Priest, Jericho Caine Vampire Slayer: Dakota Rises, and The Bad Angel: Redemption.

Boomer is a memoir that captures many of the life experiences of baby boomers, but especially the author's: unsupervised playtime as children, dealing with family crises, going to college, questionable college pranks, the changing role that women would play, and raising the next generation. Along the way, the author shares his quest to land the girl of his dreams and come to grips with how his background shaped the actions and decisions that guided his life. Strong women played a key role in the author's story as they transitioned from being stay-at-home moms to filling dual roles in many families-working full time jobs, as well as running their homes. The author concludes his memoir with what is really important in life: faith, family and friendships.

Face hard times, again. Face the fallen hope inherent in a mid-life crisis. Face the near death calamity. Not with one's youth in full flower, but with half a life depleted and the other half in doubt. The middle of life one awakens on a bridge over rushing waters more downriver than not. The true way is lost. Do you wish to be recalled to life? How does one face this summons? How does one renew a life worth living with half a life left?It's nuclear winter this time 1990 in the pulp and paper industry. Look over the Hudson Falls with its raging waters over the turbines and wish for the governor's task force and Kurt Kallini's private investment in Peter Pryne's mill. Two women work out a deal with the Economic Council. Darlene Laird proposes a task force to reinvent industry in Albany's Capital Region, and Tessie Freer pledges further restructuring and economy in the Pryne Mill she runs. At the table sit Union rep Tom Mahoney opposite from mill security officer and sheriff of Hudson Falls, Seamus Rose. They have interests as do management, ownership, and Governor Livingston's task force on the Economic Council. They decide to recall to life Pryne Paper the best they can in hard times, rather than sell off its forested lands, its electricity output, and its mill machinery.For the group of reunion friends meeting back in Hudson Park they too are on the move upriver toward Albany and its greater opportunity. David Morpheys and Laurel Grove meet over summer vacation. Leslie leaves Hudson Park end of this year to work with Darlene Laird's task force in Albany. Joey Gallo leaves his Gin Joint along Poughkeepsie's river when it burns down during a class reunion. Flash Gordon leaves Clearwater Supply of Georgia to help Darlene with Charley Brown in the Arbor Hills slums of Albany. They all move to the Albany Region come their mid-life crisis.David returns to see CC in the Corning Tower and resume their relations in Albany. Leslie moved there to take over Teacher Pensions. CC works the newspaper with her journalism. And Darlene's task force brings life to Tessie's mill, to the Arbor Hills ghetto which Charles Brown runs, prepares city and suburbs to combine in the county, and makes the entire Capital Region part of a growth economy.Kurt Kallini, who funded Captain Jack's run for governor, now plans to bring together the raw material industries into an AMPer's Co-op. Commoditize the raw material industries and turn the local operation like Pryne Paper into a global enterprise. But AMron of Texas grows big fast and comes for the Pryne Paper Mill too. Morpheys the Albany girls ask to check out how the sale AMron will go and he gets inside the mill to help Sal Pryne survive the takeover. All have their mid-life crisis together. What more are friends for?

Barney and December both know what it's like to live with loss and change. All her life, December has been at the mercy of her free-spirited hippie mom, who continually moves her from one school to another-she met her father only once, when she was ten, and then he disappeared in the middle of the night. Barney has had stability at school, being lucky enough to go from kindergarten through high school with the same group of friends. But things are different at home, as Barney and his dad cope with the destabilizing death of Barney's mother, three years ago. Now, as they enter high school, Barney and December meet and find that they have a unique capacity to smooth the rough edges of each other's lives. As they stand poised on the edge of adulthood, searching for meaning and trying to find their place in the world, they realize that together, they can face almost anything. Poignant, warm, and deeply relatable, this classic coming-of-age novel will both enlighten and inspire you.

Fannie Maria is a teacher at the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. She loves her job and the students. Then she receives a letter from a stranger that could change her life.

There always seemed to be an adventure to be had and a story to be told, written or remembered! Pursuing a dream to travel, see amazing places, meet wonderful people from all walks of life, and sharing thoughts and experiences in my journals was the best way to memorialize it! Starting in my early youth, fantasizing about travel and adventure from books, movies to re-enacting them with make shift forts, rafts, and friends, a little "Walter Mitty-esque"! It was amazing to read our old encyclopedias, looking at world history and maps, learning about legendary figures! I wanted to be a writer, an artist, a singer, an athlete...lead a cavalry charge, swing from tree to tree, climb the highest peaks, cross the great divide, etc...endless dreams.At the age of 17, I was fully grown and asserting my young adulthood, with a say in my life decisions about my future education, activities, and travel! One of my best friends and I took off for NYC, Boston, and Walden Pond the summer before our senior year in high school for a TRULY awakening experience!!! A year later in college at Alfred State together with some other friends, 2 years later off to Arizona State with another friend, back east to SUNY Oswego, Outward Bound program in North Carolina and ultimately off to Bruges, Belgium to end my senior year of college and beyond... Did I say MIND-BLOWING, 5 years later and 22... on roads less traveled!Come join the ride and or continue on your own journey!!!

Catherine Noel presents the Gospel in a new, fresh way, making it easy for all of us to rejoice in God's word through poetry. Join her on her journey which will renew your mind from an old way of thinking and learn what the true Word is revealing. For it is only the Truth, we Know, that makes us Free!!! Catherine eloquently combines her two great passions: God's Word and Poetry. It has been written about the Gifts and Exceedingly Great and Precious Promises she has received as part of her New Identity! These are inspired poetic expressions, but they are written with Bible Scriptures. Her hope is that they will encourage you to examine The Word of God in a new glorious perspective and not let religion get in the way.

Perception is a powerful thing. Everything in your life reflects how you perceive things to be. Whether right or wrong. What we see is not always what is happening. It's just a figment of your imagination. We perceive life based on our limited belief system, expectations, and experiences. If you want a different outcome in life, change your perception. We perceive things based on the dimension of our expanded consciousness. We can only see as far as the mind's eye has awareness, clarity, and understanding. More scale. More scope. Frustrated perception leads to inadequate assumptions and inaccurate conclusions. Your life reflects your ability to process the future from God's perspective. Perception is reality. As you are in thoughts and feelings so are you in words and deeds. The power of perception can make you a master over your destiny. Never underestimate the power of it.

Have you ever looked at someone else's life and assumed it was perfect, and despaired because you knew you could never have such a great life? Has your self-esteem ever been so low that you wished that you were anyone but you? Have you ever longed for the love of a parent or grandparent but couldn't get it? Have you ever felt betrayed by the one you loved the most? Have you ever felt like you had your heart ripped out? Have you ever been told that you could never be more than you are? Have you ever stared death in the face-and decided it would be a better option? Do you continue to choose relationships that are dead ends? You're not alone. Author Karen Cherry has been there...and then been there again. But her life's path wasn't made of poop-there was just a little in the road. She stepped right over it on her way to something greater, and you can too.