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In these four plays, Mark E. Leib ("a writer of slicing wit and intellectual velocity" -Newsweek) examines some of the most pressing issues of contemporary life, from the crisis of finding a viable way of speaking to an appropriate response to the atrocities of the Holocaust. In Terry by Terry, Leib presents first a small boy who suddenly refuses to speak, sending his family and teachers into comic disarray. Then, in Part Two, he dramatizes the plight of the "writer" of Part I-a radically disaffected misfit searching for a perfect play in which to live. In How They Wrestled Until Morning, the Terry character is a jilted lover, trying to find emotional safety on the night his beloved marries another man. And in An Angel From Auschwitiz, Terry is first a college-bound adolescent insisting that his father finally tell the truth about his experiences in World War II. Then Terry is a family man and playwright visited by a Holocaust survivor who demands that the writer give up all his other work and devote himself to memorializing the war''s victims. The collection closes with Mindscape, in which the an Angel, a Devil, and an Ordinary Man make their cases to the audience in three probing and revealing monologues.

"One Woman's Story: Where is Alice?" Kate Herriott does it again! Book five in the One Woman's mystery series has finally arrived! Harri and her friends have many surprises in store for you. Not only that, you'll discover that it can't stay calm in Harri's life very long. This time, her crazy brothers travel and the adventures begin. As usual, Harri finds time to talk to her readers as she is always free with her thoughts. You'll find some of Harri's pratfalls in this book are quite entertaining if not downright laughable. Yes, the book is about a "who done it?" mystery as the plot weaves in and out and law enforcement tries their best to locate the villains. Of course nothing goes according to plan. The Bedlington siblings can't seem to figure out who's looking one moment and who's missing the next. Quirky Harri finally exclaims, "I'm tired of being little miss nice girl!" What's going on? Nothing is ever what it seems. Enjoy this book. Harri always tells a good story.Remember, as Darla says, "You might cry or smile about the past, hope for the future, but today, the present, is the only day you can have fun.”

Everyone''s heard of Cupid, that notorious little angel who flies around shooting mortals with his mini bow and heart tipped arrows. But no one has ever read the naughty tale of this angel''s very, first, assignment. So relax and be prepared to enjoy yourself as you discover that Cupid has been sent to hell and is captured by a beautiful demoness who has carried Cupid to her bedchamber and chained him to a medieval torture device called The Rack!The Great Intro is an evolution in fairytales. There is no other tale for adults that contains more chills and charm; with a twist, because like a John Grisham novel, Cupid is on trial charged with One Count of Seduction-by that beautiful demoness who had her way with Cupid while he was locked in her bedchamber!

Your accountant, controller, bookkeeper, CFO, or office manager - they oversee your finances, and you trust them implicitly. But can they really be trusted? Are you aware of how easy embezzlement is, and what a devastating impact it can have on your company? Embezzlement isn't just some exotic white-collar crime you hear about on the news or see in a movie, and you don't have to be a financial genius to pull it off. Embezzlers come from all walks of life and all income levels, and they cost businesses billions of dollars each year with their crimes. If you've entrusted your assets to the care of another person, the reality is you could be getting robbed blind right now! But you can do something about it. With this indispensable book, expert financial controller Tom Gatto shares the top ten secrets embezzlers use to steal your wealth and the simple steps needed to protect yourself from fiscal disaster. Inside you'll find the knowledge and expertise you need to protect what's yours in clear, concise terms you can understand. Don't keep wondering whether you're being embezzled - find out now, and take control of your financial security.

This is the riveting and untold story of the son of the mastermind behind the famous Krupp Diamond heist. From the banks of the Concho River during the great depression to the planning and heist of the diamond -later known as the Elizabeth Taylor Diamond- the life of the author''s father comes alive. It''s a true crime story with a twist. The diamond heist plays a big role in shaping Jim''s life. From helping his dad appeal his case before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to his unlikely conversion at a Billy Graham Crusade, this story will hold your interest from beginning to end. God used his father''s life of crime, abandonment and the emptiness he experienced to bring the author to faith in Jesus Christ. His life without hope, direction or the support of a father was transformed when he attended the Graham crusade and was discipled during the memorable days of the Jesus People Movement. After years of poor self-esteem and personal sense of failure, God delivered him and called him into an active role in missions. This saga of discovery during his pioneer days among unreached, indigenous people groups is captivating. He realized that traditional, oral learners who do not read and write need a new approach. The result was an oral Bible focused on biblical storytelling, dialogue, the parables of Jesus, poetry of the Bible, drama and the local oral arts including scripture adaptations of song and dance. He was the founder of a creative, one of a kind mission organization that inspires and trains hundreds of global ministries in oral communication methods.In a quote from the author: "As I reflect on my father, the events of his life I am reminded of the verse in Romans 2:15 when the apostle Paul says that God has written his law on our hearts and that our consciences also bear witness. My father was born into an unjust, corrupt world and he wanted justice. He justified stealing the Krupp Diamond because Alfried Krupp obtained it by corrupt and unjust means.

The Bentley Guide to Poets & Poetry in English is a reference forty years in the making by established poet and poetry scholar Daril Bentley. The book is intended for all audiences of poetry lovers. The book does not contain poetry, it recommends poets and poetry by way of several criteria. Find bios of hundreds of poets from Chaucer (b. 1340) to Brodsky (b. 1940). Find "Best Poets," "Best Poems by Individual Poet," and "Best Poems Historically." The book makes its selections based on what an audience is most likely to enjoy, not on what academe has traditionally come to consensus on based on other factors. The Preface and Introduction argue against "group think" and "mechanical analysis" in searching for great and enjoyable poetry based on individual taste.

Murder is the willful killing of a human being with malice aforethought, either expressed or implied. Malice includes not only hatred and revenge, but every terrible and unjustifiable motive committed by one person against another. Malice indicates the state of mind of the person charged. Insanity is a legal and not a medical concept, and can be determined by applying certain legal tests. A hundred years ago, the wildest delusions were not always sufficient to get the prisoner off. The insanity defense had to show previous notorious acts to demonstrate the irrational behavior of the defendant. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the most common weapons of death were the ax, gun, knife and poison. Murder was never a bailable offense; the defendant remained in jail until the trial and, if convicted, until his execution.This book documents crimes, personal hardships and other struggles, which occurred in Renville County Minnesota from the late 1860s to early 1940s. Find out what happened to: Andrew Anderson who stabbed his wife with a knife; Michael Dowling who almost froze to death in a blizzard; Ole Rogn whose wife fell in a well; Lincoln Parker who murdered his brother-in-law in cold blood; Emanuel Otto, a wealthy farmer, who was poisoned and shot; three men who robbed a bank in Danube; Ed Corey who murdered the woman he loved; Fred Zaske who attacked his wife with an ax; Ed Butcher who shot his daughter while she wrote a letter; Paul Schoepke who had a dispute with his brother about a gun; Joe Williams who beat and robbed a hobo on the railroad tracks; Odin Norby, who embezzled money from his employer; Ottilie Lindeman who attacked her husband with an ax while he slept? These are just a few of the many crimes that took place in Renville County. After reading these stories, you’ll be left with more questions than answers. Many of these cases remain unsolved to this day. 

With over 7 billion human beings living on our planet today, the odds of meeting a person who could later become our spouse may seem high. However, that is not always the case – so much so that many often ask:Will I ever find lasting love? Will I ever find the man or woman of my dreams? Who will my future spouse be? Will I encounter him or her in high school, in college, at a party, or on the street? How would I know if he or she is the right one for me? Is the guy or girl I am currently dating “the one”? How can I break the cycle of bad relationships to find the right person for me? How can I prepare myself to be the right one? How can I have a growing and fulfilling relationship with my spouse?If you have ever asked yourself these or other questions about relationships, this book is for you. You don’t have to be a serial dater or fall prey to one. Finding the right person for you is possible. In this extraordinary account, Narcy and Erin take you through their journey of how God brought them together. The time-tested principles of relationships they share in this book will prepare and guide you onto a successful adventure of your own.

Cleared for Takeoff is an adventurous memoir of a commercial-airline pilot who has navigated it all: from close calls and dangerous airports to aviation politics.After forty years on the job, Scott Kaye is no ordinary pilot. Kaye was one of the fewer than three hundred Boeing 747 captains in the US. And unlike most US commercial pilots who are trained during their military service, Kaye got to the top of the profession by owning a flight school and flying for foreign airlines before being hired by US carriers.More than just a fast-paced story for aviation and airplane fans, Cleared for Takeoff also appeals to a general readership. Writing easy-to-understand, amusing, informative, and inspiring stories, Kaye offers not only his expert take on airline disasters but also personal life lessons that can be applied to everyone’s life journey.

Do baskets come from the forest? Yes! Go into the forest with four little characters called Sweetgrass, Pine Straw, Bulrush and Palm as they help Jennifaye Singleton collect everything she will need to make her sweetgrass baskets and carry on this old African tradition. You will need to watch out for the spiders and alligators!

Mr. McMiller realized that you don’t choose your place of origin, but you can determine what you become in life. Being raised on the south side of Chicago Ron decided to make a change in the world, irrespective of where he has come from. He admits that he did not achieve much, but is proud of the fact that coming from the Southside of Chicago has not stopped him from fulfilling his dream, in fact, CHICAGO DEVELOPED HIM. Ron had a childhood dream of defending his country and becoming a Naval Officer. That choice has had its share of life’s vicissitudes, but amidst his mixed feelings that pervaded a humble beginning, he was afforded the chance. After his street luck ran out, and as he stood in front of the judge, he was strongly persuaded by a Chicago police officer of Joining the Navy. So at the age 18 of years old, he joined the United States Navy. In his book, he describes how Chicago Developed Him and The Navy made him a Man. He speaks of the challenges he faced through his lens of life.Ron was raised by two families, his mother, and his street family. He writes about his near life-changing events that have not allowed him to be deterred by his background with its attendant history of poverty, violence, and lawlessness. He writes about how his battles were not of weapons, but the mind, challenging himself that nothing is impossible. His tour in the Navy made him a man as he writes about the countries, leaders, and mentors that have helped shape and mold him into the man he is today. His book “Chicago Developed Me,” “The Navy made me a Man” is a memoir that will hit home it shows a true love for his country and family.

Arnie and Linda Erwin are nationally recognized amateur retriever trainers with over 50 years of training and field trial experience. They have successfully trained 10 Field Trial Champions, including two Double Header winners. Arnie is also an accomplished carver and artist.What's Included: Strategies for training field trial, hunt test and gun dogs in an urban setting. Selecting a puppy and important concepts while training him through basic to advanced skill. Evaluating your retriever. Fifty years of reminiscences about dogs, trainers, and field trials. Tips from the Professionals and Amateurs including: creeping, vocalizing, freezing, popping and real-life training stories that explain how the experts handle unique problems. Judging retrievers in competition. Shining Stars, people dedicated to promoting the retriever sports. Artwork by the author.

This monumental journey from my college enclave in Georgia to Western Canada, Alaska, and California in the summer of 1969 opened up and changed my life forever.

Having it all does not make you happy. These triplet princesses had everything money could buy so all they did was worry about how they looked-they were never pretty enough! Until one day, they saw the world outside of themselves and wanting to make that world a better place-found their inner beauty.

If you are a dentist, hygienist, or dental office assistant or administrator, you know that dental practices often focus on the business side of dentistry and making money, with less of a focus on patients. Avrum R. Goldstein, DMD, FRCD(C), wrote A Dentist’s Guide to Success! A Handbook That Will Show You the Keys to Reducing Stress, Improving Productivity, and Ultimately Finding Success and Happiness in Dental Practice to remind colleagues that if your priority is taking care of patients, the business side of the practice will take care of itself.By following the guidelines and suggestions now compiled in A Dentist’s Guide to Success!, Dr. Goldstein was able to achieve stability, growth, and success, with significant long-term staff retention, in two specialty practices, one for thirty-two years in an urban area and one for ten years in a rural area.Even general readership can take something from A Dentist’s Guide to Success! by learning what their dentist’s office should be like.

Donna Rosciti shares the true account of her family''s dedication to their father, a man who made the world a better place simply because he was in it. As age and illness diminished his once-bright light, his kindness, loyalty, and giving nature remained, and his family spared no effort trying to keep him safe and happy toward the end of his life. A story that will resonate with all those who have taken on the care of a loved one, Holding Onto Dad offers inspiration, hope, and lessons learned. The memory of a courageous, loving man lives on.

What justifies a poem? What is poetry? Who knows for certain why anyone would want to write words and try to call them poems. For me, the desire to know and do poetry became a life's longing when I was in the fourth grade and my teacher introduced us to poems by saying that poets are the people who see, feel, and know what life is. I started my education in literature and made my career in science. Along the way, I tried now and again to see, feel, and know I lived. What follows is what I wannabe the evidence of the quest.

Are you one of the good leaders? You will find value in this book whether you are the leader of your family, a community club or a giant corporation. Ms. Johnson shares delightful personal foster care parenting events in conjunction with over 25 years of human resources experiences in this self-help leadership support book. No one is born a good leader. Good leadership traits are learned through a positive willingness to make improvements. If one does not learn the qualities of a good leader than the poor leadership characteristics will be repeated. Not only will this book provide valuable recruiting and retention strategies but it will also encourage you to become a future square dance caller.

When he was in fourth grade, young Ken Black wanted to be a Lutheran schoolteacher. He followed his calling later in life, teaching middle school students, seventh-graders, and served as a school principal at several schools. He then served as an administrative assistant at Trinity Lutheran Church in Roselle, Illinois. Ken's teaching experience, his work with seniors, and his observations that young people need a strong support system, eventually led to the formation of the AIMS Mentor Program, a school-based outreach to the youth of the community. Ken's passion for mentoring is well displayed in the stories he shares and how, through his support systems, he found his calling for mentoring. He explains how AIMS was structured, providing the details of what worked for AIMS as he and others reached out to mentor young people. This book is a useful tool to help you reach out to our youth in a positive way. Find out if mentoring is for you!

In these lively, riveting narratives and poems, Zac Walsh chronicles over a decade in the life of a bipolar alcoholic/addict who loses his religious faith, loses those he loves, loses a job he loves, and almost loses his life before he finds his footing in the world. He writes of the highs and lows, the adventures, the travels, the failed love affairs, the blackouts, the DTs, the DUIs, his despair, and his intellectual and spiritual quest to find his way out of the darkness. While these stories of hitting bottom and recovery and redemption are universal, every story is individual and unique. Wry, erudite, impassioned, you won't forget this voice. Don't miss Love in the Utmost. Zac Walsh is a writer to watch. -Jacqueline Doyle, author of The Missing GirlLove in the Utmost begins with the narrator's experience of delirium tremens at the age of 23 and ends with his recovery after rehab for drugs and alcohol at the age of 34. In the space between the reader is taken to Brooklyn, the Black Hills and Cairo, behind the scenes of a major college football rivalry, inside the workforce at Yosemite National Park, invited as an audience member for Banjo Night, and most memorably deep within the psychological journey of a young man seeking wisdom while living inside a body and mind ravaged by the diseases of addiction and bipolar disorder. In the end, Love in the Utmost is a meditation filled with humor and pathos on faith, hope and the greatest of these: love.

During this era of "drill and grill," accelerated stressful learning, overdrive consumer lifestyles, excessive testing and a great decrease of play in the early childhood and elementary education curriculum, playful teaching practices are sorely needed...and playful teaching practices are essential to relationship building and creating "connections" to the learning process, to joy, to success, to self-esteem and to our group members of any age.

It's time for education to once again be on the rise; How better to inspire, protect, equip, and prepare students to learn. Setting order or standards for arriving at this destiny is essential. We are sure to eliminate stupidity and accelerate in education by using positive task forces and armor essentials that you will read about in my book, The Downfall of Education, Who's at Fault. Solutions for improving education and worldly conditions are: The implementation of Armor Essentials, the use of Apprehensible Plans, along with the determination and the desire of individuals to make this a better world. This book encourages individuals to apply Bible teachings to everyday life. It was written with strong beliefs in righteous living according to the Word (Bible). The information gives insight on family, education, spiritual growth, future spiritual leadership roles, obedience and personal maturity. It has much to offer the reader. This book was designed to enrich the mind; not only in education but all aspects of life. Do not be deprived of a wonderful nourishing journey. You are guaranteed the reward of a specified benefit through the enlightenment of gaining knowledge and understanding as to how and why education and society need to be regenerated. This book is designed for the eyes and ears of students, teachers, parents, politicians, preachers, musicians, the media and all individuals. More importantly, it explains how to pull together in unison using positive task forces and armor essentials as the solution for improving education and worldly conditions. So let us dazzle the intellect in order to help bring about something positive.

The characters involved in the activities at the Riverview Animal Shelter return in this third book of the series. Rehabilitating a battle-scarred, fierce former fighting dog, Champ, a Pit Bull Terrier, presents a major challenge. A different challenge is faced by a woman who must decide whether or not the man with whom she has fallen in love has indeed been rehabilitated himself, after extended incarceration in his youth.The lessons in Champ relate to training dogs, certainly, and rehabilitating Pit Bull fighting dogs in particular, but they extend to the rehabilitation of people who have erred, who have paid, and who have been changed, a theme that Helen Bemis started in the first book, Understanding Sassie, concerning a woman who was fired for misbehavior from her job; Helen has extended this question to marrying an ex-con in Understanding Champ.Besides offering entertainment, this book's intent is, in part, to guide its readers to no longer fear breeds like the Pit Bull Terrier that have exaggerated reputations for aggression. Certainly, one should choose a breed that reflects one's own energy level. (Helen has a Great Dane.) There are many dogs who will provide companionship and protection if treated with love, and their owners will be richly rewarded for taking them into their lives.From the author: "In my many years of teaching dog obedience, I have discovered that not all humans understand what their dog is trying to tell them. I've enjoyed my opportunities to teach classes on dog communication (the body language of dogs). My goal has always been to reach a wider audience, which publishing my books will allow. "I've always enjoyed telling stories. I have discovered that stories can help us to remember and learn valuable information. I hope the reader will find these stories entertaining and informative."This is the third in this multi-book series, following Understanding Sassie and Understanding Sassie, II. Readers can enjoy it without having read the first two. All three novels combine upbeat personal stories with insights about training dogs with affection and love.

A Walk with Moses is a Thirty-One Day Devotional written by A.R. Blancarte based on God's calling upon Moses who has lived as a fugitive from Egypt for forty years in the land of Midian. God now desires Moses to deliver a special message from Him to His children who Pharaoh holds captive in Egypt. Although Moses initially resists God's calling, he eventually relents and his missionary journey begins. Each day's devotional includes a select scripture from Moses' interaction with God taken from the Book of Exodus and a corresponding New Testament scripture. This Devotional is written to allow you to Connect, Consider, Meditate, Reflect and then Pray each day. Like Moses, all of us have journeyed through life in times of darkness, however today just as in Moses day, the God of all creation desires that His children would learn to walk in the light of His word.Moses was a prince, he was a murderer, he was a wanderer. Then one day on a secluded mountain, he encountered a burning bush and his pilgrimage began. Come take a walk with Moses through this devotional over the next thirty-one days to witness the adventure that changed the world, an adventure that is certain to change you!

The Adventures of ZEALY AND WHUBBA Children's Book Series - 14X Award Recipient  - Mom's Choice, Readers' Favorites 2016-2017, Readers Views, Independent Press, & National Association of Book Entrepreneurs, Pacific Book Review 2016/2017 Books 1, 2, 3 & 4Those two, heartwarming characters, Zealy and Whubba, develop their relationship through learning, loving and protecting one another. Although this little "killer" whale and fluffy little sealpup would normally be the most unlikely of friends, they become the most , adorable, fun-loving pair in the sea! Zealy learns to swim in this episode with her daddy's guidance and Whubba practices with her, while having tons of fun doing all kinds of tricks that Zealy never knew she could do! Just by practicing with Whubba, she learns so many moves, splishing and splashing, diving over and under Whubba and even riding on his back! Float along with Zealy and Whubba and enjoy the learning and the fun! The little "killer" and fluffy sealpup will kill you with their kindness and sweetness, melting your heart as they put a smile on your face and your little one's, too. Let the world of Zealy and Whubba light up your world with happiness! More adventures are coming- watch for their new escapades that follow soon!

Changing the Conversation about Race in America<br><br>If we are ever to find a cure for America’s racial dysfunction, it’s not enough to know what has happened; we must also understand why. Why have people of European descent oppressed their racial “other,” and why have we never been able to move beyond the resulting racial hierarchy? In White as Sin public theologian Scott Garber asks and answers the why question, offering prophetic insight and practical solutions.White as Sin identifies a moral flaw embedded in the very soul of white identity, showing how that defect enables an entire litany of racial ills. Moreover, this book explains the mindset that sustains a sinful solidarity between yesterday and today. It takes us on an epic journey into the origins of whiteness. It explores the twisted recesses of racial injustice. It lays bare our own hearts and our own hypocrisies.Ultimately, however, White as Sin: A New Paradigm for Racial Healing is just that—a formula for hope and healing. The author outlines a transformational process designed to change not just what we do but who we are, one that seeks to right the wrongs of the past and lay the foundation for a beloved community.