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A chance meeting on a plane brings together an international consultant of questionable character and background, James Drinnwood, and a beautiful, talented photographer, Megan Thompson—who just so happens to also be the girlfriend of the unpopular billionaire president of the United States. But what begins casually between Drinnwood and Thompson ultimately ends tragically—with a rigged presidential election, the worst terror attack in US history, and Drinnwood wondering if he can stay alive, protect the woman he has fallen for, and find out who is responsible.The Drinnwood Solution is Van Voorhis’s unique take on an international thriller. Believable and easy to follow, The Drinnwood Solution is also packed with twists, including a main character who is not necessarily a good guy.

For over thirty years, with fly rod in hand, Tim Peters’ travels to diverse places involve trips as simple as an afternoon at a state park to complex backcountry adventures.  His experiences include angling for trout, bluegill, or bass whilst surrounded by the majestic beauty of Yellowstone National Park, the remote peacefulness of the Catskills, the clear streams of the Ozarks and the swift waters of the Great Smoky Mountains.   He has ventured to Lake Miguel Aleman in northern Mexico and across the pond to the quiet, flowing rivers of central Ireland.  Tim’s love for the outdoors has now led him to employ his talents as a fly fishing instructor and guide for a renowned nature park.With the author’s obvious passion for all things fly fishing, the reader becomes Tim’s companion, able to recall his own experiences in nature, and to become inspired to traverse the stream once again to create his own new adventures.  Outdoor enthusiasts will enjoy the light hearted writing, and the humor found in the adventures, as well as the depth of his reflections, fit for encouraging the younger generation to develop their own passion for the beauty of the great outdoors.  Life lessons taught in joyful anecdotes that reach even those who do not yet know the difference between a fly rod and a fishin’ pole…while even teaching same.

Russia—no longer convinced of American resolve or military preparedness—has decided to test the U.S. as never before…plunging the planet toward the slippery edge of World War III.Dave McClure arrives in Bar Harbor, Maine, for some rest and relaxation before returning to the CIA—a world he left behind years ago. But he is unaware of the danger he’ll face in the days ahead as he discovers the secrets that lie in the deep ocean trenches of the Atlantic. Deadly secrets.McClure is unexpectedly thrust into the middle of a vicious Russian plot and a harbor town’s lethal intrigue, each as perilous as they are startling, and struggles to make sense of all the jumbled pieces in this deadly puzzle. Is there a connection between Russian drone submarines probing the U.S. coastline, a Top-Secret, advanced technology Navy torpedo program, and the sinister secret behind Tamarack Harbor’s missing boys? Another brutal murder is the catalyst that finally leads McClure to the juncture of high-stakes espionage and an impending attack on American soil. As the CIA and the U.S. Navy race against time and the Russian threat, the powerful pull of emotion will test the limits of Dave McClure’s skill, strength, and courage.

Aerial, the fastest Blue Jay. What stops him? Aerial, a Blue Jay that is slow learning to fly but becomes the fastest Blue Jay in the region, tries to see just how high he can fly, but gets lost as a result! That is where the real adventure begins. Tired and hungry, he almost becomes dog food! He gets pawed by a cat, caught by a little fat lady, imprisoned in a box, and sadly remembers home and the mischief he did. Aerial loved his family - will he ever see them again? He dares to escape and life springs eternal. He meets the most beautiful Blue Jay he has ever seen and his heart is opened. He makes a new home and has a new life but is haunted by his past. Will Aerial ever be able to connect his new life to the old?

A Journey in the Air is the story of a friendship between two wild ducks, Gray and Spotty. Gray is a more mature duck who has faced life-and-death situations from time to time when he travels with the flock to search for food. His role is to help Spotty learn to follow the flock and behave himself. Spotty, on the other hand, is very young and unpredictable-a duck who wants to venture off on his own and explore the unknown... Fortunately, his loyal friend Gray is there to lead him away from danger-especially during hunting season-and guide him toward making better decisions.

Vicksville Missouri was a slice of Americana, a stolen canvas from Rockwell''s Collection. Flowers and elms lined the main thoroughfare, Mayfair Way, and a sunflower covered twenty foot by thirty foot sign painted by the fifth graders of Amerson School greeted visitors. Entering the town, hidden behind the row of densely planted elms just beyond the colorful welcome sign was Vicksville''s police station manned by portly Sheriff Bill Maitland who prided himself in running a crime-free town. Next to the police station was Hank''s gas station and next that was the Blue Bird Inn, in quite an ideal location only a few yards from the highway exit. Many a truck driver stopped there after a long haul for a bite to eat and some pleasant conversation. Dorothy Madison was the proprietor and she ran and clean and pleasant place. A few blocks down Mayfair stood Stella Trenton''s antique shop and Mrs. Nichol''s boarding home with rocking chairs on the porch for guests. At the end of the street around a little bend in the road was the cultural center of Vicksville, the Beaumont Theater. The Beaumont Theater was the brainchild of Lillian and Lawrence Lawson. No expenses had been spared in designing and constructing the exquisite edifice. Lillian had been an English teacher who loved theater and delighted in putting on musicals. She was a rigid woman in her early fifties who dressed with tailored suits with padded shoulders and who donned a tight black chignon. Her husband Lawrence was a second generation German immigrant who was dapper with speckled grey hair, a neatly trimmed moustache and darting eyes. He was "easy on the eye" and easy in his demeanor. The theater was built with so much promise that no one could phantom that it was soon to be a place on unspeakable horror. The opening of the theater had been the "talk of the town". The first three hundred patrons had an opportunity to have their names etched on brass plaques behind the seats for a donation of twenty

Robby is running for his life! As a material witness in the Federal Crimes Division, fourteen-year-old Robby Hartman is an easy target for the violent men who would do anything to keep him from testifying. For his own safety, Robby goes into hiding under an assumed name. A foster home is found for him on a remote island off the coast of Southern California. The moment Robby steps onto the deck of the Santa Teresa Island Ferry, he feels his past life slip away. Here he is, traveling by himself to a place where he has never been, to live with people he has never met, and to be known by a name he never heard until yesterday. Robby, now Rory Mendez, becomes part of the Dominguez family. Cherishing Rory as one of their own, the family demonstrates the meaning of unconditional love. Rory and thirteen-year-old Mateo, the youngest Dominguez child, become fast friends. Rory feels increasingly remorseful about lying to these gracious and generous people. Ironically, it is an entanglement of small lies that finally reveals Rory''s whereabouts to the criminals who are tracking him, placing Rory''s new family and friends in harm''s way. A Good Reason to Lie is a rich tale filled with humor, adventure, and emotion. Set in 1955, the book is a poignant reminder of simpler times, yet it reveals how some things like friendship, first love, and a sense of belonging are timeless and universal to the human experience.

How to Protect you Principle and Succeed in Off Wall Street Investing for Secured High Yields An insider''s secrets of the world of Trust Deed and Mortgage Lending also called Hard Money or Private Lending. Learn the pitfalls of the industry from the inside; the inherent conflicts of interest between the investors and the Mortgage Broker, the crippling high fractionalized lending model, unimproved land speculation, the creative math of interest reserves, the commercial property myth, the gamble of future valuations, the ineptness of loan to own underwriting and to name a few. One of the major differences between the financial crisis on Wall Street and the private Trust Deed''s is that most of the pitfalls can be identified, mitigated or avoided by investors prior to investing. With this book anyone can learn to position themselves to diversify their portfolio away from the turmoil and lack of transparency of Wall Street. Potential investors should be looking for high yields with the safety of simple, secured investments.

A Halloween All-Night Fright Movie Marathon conjures up the ghostly appearance of Jett''s deceased husband, Jarrett Landon, and boy, does he ever map out her future!There he stood looking down at his beautiful wife, who was armed and ready for battle with a baseball bat. Jarrett had to smile to himself as only his pint-size wife would think to bear arms against a ghost. But upon kissing her and feeling her body mold against his in desperate need, Jarrett realizes that she deserves to know the truth. So, Jett learns that just before dying in her former boyfriend''s, Brodie Marxx, arms, Jarrett told Brodie to marry her. Saying that Jett was a bit bowled-over was putting it lightly. Hell, she was practically stupefied! But when Jarrett told her that he couldn''t rest until the marriage took place, Jett conceded in her own manner. What occurred once Jarrett''s apparition disappeared, was Jett mainstreaming down the hill to Brodie''s house where a very heated discussion occurred on how he''d lied to her about Jarrett''s last words. And the next morning at Royal Records, the mouth battle transpired into a no holds barred, knockdown, dragged out fight in Brodie''s office. Naturally, in Jett''s mind she won and was elated when Brodie presented her with a fabulous engagement ring. And now, knowing what her future held, Jett truly believed that once she and Brodie were married, she could finally have ''A Normal Life''!

Hypatia lived and died as a humanist among religious zealots.Hypatia of Alexandria researches the heavens and explores the everlasting questions of our existence when the Church preaches there is no need to probe into the nature of things. She imparts new knowledge to the world when the churchmen counsel women to seek knowledge from their husbands. She tutors Jews, Christians and Pagans while men of different religions wage wars. Her feud with the Church reaches a climax during a debate with the Patriarch of Alexandria who believes the pagan scrolls of the Royal Alexandrian Library prevent the populace from accepting Christianity. "If we torch the pagan scrolls of the Library," the Patriarch proclaims during the debate, "we would uproot the weeds of confusion in God''s New Jerusalem." "In the Elysian Fields," Hypatia retorts, "myriad flowers bloom and Truth, like the flowers is registered in the scrolls of the Library. If the half a million nonChristian scrolls are torched mankind, without a memory, would descend into darkness." Hypatia''s feud at the dawn of the fifth century CE is our feud too because her foes under different names are ever present.

A wonderfull childrens story.

Goliath Loves to Learn: Sizes, Shapes and Colors is the first in a series of children''s books that will help them learn along with Goliath, a friendly and amazingly smart Rottweiler. Goliath has learned to fetch several hundred objects on command, and can identify like items by size, shape, and color. They say dogs can''t see color, but Goliath has proven that to be a myth! For example, he can identify and fetch something in a group of items he''s never seen before just by asking him to get the "red" one.This book shows how Bill, Goliath''s master and trainer, encourages, challenges, and empowers him to try new things. There is a huge bond of trust between the two, and the intuitive way in which Bill works with Goliath is an example of how we can motivate young children to embrace new learning and reap the rewards of hard work and diligence, and have fun while doing it! The same holds true for anyone who is embarking on new learning through discovery and practice.If Goliath can learn in a fun and interactive way, so can anyone who sets their mind to it. All it takes is working with someone who believes in you, as Bill demonstrates through his journey with Goliath in learning practical things in a very fun and rewarding way!

The purpose of this work is to introduce a system of physics that supports the possibility that rather than our physical essence and our consciousness existing within a universe that is corporeal; the corporeal nature of the universe and our physical essence exist solely within our consciousness. Quantum research and experimentation have demonstrated that information is shared between our consciousness and the universe within the quantum level of order and under certain conditions the universe will change its behavior according to what has been made possible for someone to know. This is the basis for the measurement problem of quantum mechanics. Although these findings alone do not support the conclusion that the corporeal nature of the universe is a fabrication of consciousness, it does suggest that there is much that we do not understand about the nature of the universe and our reality. Aside from it being much more efficient for the physical expression of the universe to be created within our consciousness rather than our consciousness existing within a universe that is corporeal on its own, along with the fact that a quantum particle for space and gravity have not been found nor is there any evidence that one exists creates the possibility that the spatial property of the universe does not exist within the same Standard Model that matter and electromagnetic energy function within. This work will address why there is a connection between consciousness and the quantum level of the universe and why a quantum particle for space and gravity does not exist within the Standard Model. In doing so, a system of physics that involves the merger between two slightly different versions of the Standard Model that work together to simulate the universe within our consciousness will be introduced as well as proposing a possible solution to the measurement problem of quantum mechanics and a way that quantum mechanics and general relativity can be unified within a single system of physics.

Death Moon is a sinister tale about the haunting origins of violence and evil. Teddi McCoy and Jackson LaFevre have endless faith in their FBI supernatural investigative prowess. Nevertheless, they square off against adversaries more powerful and deadly than they've ever encountered in their professional lives. Gator Creek witches, warlocks, murderous shadow creatures, and gruesome demons want nothing more than to slay Teddi, Jackson, and Police chief, Dexter Lowe! One by one, the foul brutes attempt to bury Teddi and her friends six feet under . . . and fail. The witches and warlocks celebrate a rare full crimson moon, also known by these evil beings as the Death Moon. Teddi, Jackson, and Dex find themselves in a precarious situation at this immoral festival! Will her longstanding contacts lend a hand before death overtakes her? The thrilling conclusion of Teddi and Jackson's final case will leave you breathless!

"A Pea River Progeny: Alabama's Colorful and Controversial Governor James E. "Big Jim" Folsom chronicles the life of a 20th century Deep South politician who left behind a memorable legacy. A Populist who appealed to the common folks, Folsom directly bypassed the state's powerful, long-standing political machine and local power brokers to twice win the Governorship. He was devoted to helping the often-overlooked and less affluent residents of Alabama. Folsom's Progressive but largely unpopular views on civil rights were far ahead of his time.The biography of Folsom is filled with early- to mid-20th century Alabama and Southern history. At the same time, it is Shakespearian-like -- marked with comedy, drama, tragedy, and unfulfilled promises. At six-feet, eight inches tall and weighing 275 pounds, he was a literal and figurative giant. Folsom's compassion and Populism, however, were often tainted by his outrageous antics, progressive descent into alcoholism, and unpopularity with white supremacists.Those who read about Big Jim Folsom will discover his life and times are often stranger and more compelling than fiction.

On opposite sides of the country, two men take to the road, in different, unrelated pursuits. One has abducted his four-year-old stepdaughter after an ugly breakup with his wife, and heads south in Oregon on I-5. The other man has just been fired in Indiana, where he works at the local High Road Truck Plaza, for sexual harassment, a relatively new grounds for dismissal in this year of 1995. He vows revenge against his former employer, and has unfinished business with the object of his desire who got him fired. He plans to sabotage various High Road truck stops in the Midwest in retribution. The vast interstate highway system of the US is the backdrop for the story, where two hired detectives pursue the above two marks, with truck stops as the staging points for the plights of the pursued and pursuers. This book uses the thrill of the chase, vengeful love, and the romance and unknowns of the road as related by the author whose career in the truck stop industry adds authenticity and credibility to the narrative, which builds to an exciting climax in the end.

A Deadly Profession is a thrilling and fast paced work featuring many twists and turns all of which alter the life of anti-hero, Carter Holiday, who lives a double life as a corporate executive and CIA operative/assassin.

On May 5, 1868, General Order No. 11 was issued by the Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, John A. Logan. It says in part: The 30th day of May 1868 is designated for the purpose of strewing flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in the defense of their country. May 30, called Decoration Day, is today known as Memorial Day.Honor the Noble Dead is a comprehensive study of the many grave marker/flag holders that decorated the graves of thousands of Civil War veterans. The funeral of a Civil War veteran was a sad event not only for the family, but also for his comrades in the Grand Army of the Republic post to which he belonged. Grand Army posts wanted to mark the graves of their comrades with special markers, which would make the grave sites easy to locate and thus decorate. Companies like M. D. Jones and Balch Bros. & West began to supply special markers for this purpose. These markers were designed to hold a flag. This work studies the many types of markers that were made. It has been more than 60 years since the last veteran of the Civil War passed away. Due to the passage of time, many worn out markers have been removed from the graves and are now being collected. This book touches on the question of whether they should be collected and restored or is this considered grave robbing. After reading this book, you decide.

After Bonnie Merryfield's husband of forty-four years died, she channeled her grief by interviewing thirty-four widows, incorporating their stories and hers to write So Now You're a Widow: Tips, Advice, and Stories from Widows to Widows. The book's insights resonated with so many readers that she has followed it with The Ultimate Widower's Guide: Advice from Men.Merryfield interviewed twenty-one men who had been widowed in their forties to eighties, whose relationships had extended from under one to over six decades, and who had been widowed for varying lengths of time. Their stories provide advice, empathy, and encouragement on twenty-four topics including: finding inner strength, grieving, possible changes in family dynamics, handling finances, and choosing how and when to move through loss. The book contains brief backgrounds of the men interviewed, a checklist for notifications, changes, and cancellations, and a journal section relating to each chapter's topic. The Ultimate Widower's Guide easily adapts as a study guide for bereavement and grief support groups.

The Douglas Family Saga continues...Hattie and Elizabeth head for the Kansas Territory, then onto the great Powwow at Ft. Laramie. It could easily turn into a blood bath...Francis and his family head for New York. Jim becomes involved with a runaway slave as well as a young abolitionist. And someone is stealing from the Frailey Shipping Company.Ruf is stuck at home where he meets Betty Lou Marshall. Then he receives a letter from the Kansas Territory. He too heads west, fury pushing him as never before.Once Jim is back at school and Ruf visits him, their previous troubles collide at a neighboring plantation. Devastation, joy, love and murder will haunt them into tomorrow.

Gender identities are best understood as existing on spectra. One's gender identity or identities, more than one's biological sex or sexual orientation(s), influences the quality of binary as well as eclectic (non-binary) gender identity projections in the affective, behavioral and cognitive conversational and interactional patterns found in all dyadic relationships, from those first emerging during childhood to those expressed in intimate partnerships in adulthood.Projection, an unconscious interactional defense mechanism, is employed by all individuals, especially at times of stress. Projection reaches its culmination in couple relationships when either binarily-oriented "gender-conforming" or eclectically-oriented "gender non-conforming" conversational exchanges between partners become dominant, even entrenched. This phenomenon is examined "up close" in the charged and often over-rehearsed exchange formats of couples in general and then, more specifically, in three couples from the author's couple-oriented clinical psychotherapy practice. These clients' efforts to move away from debilitating binary-genderist identity projections are explored in depth.Images, graphs, and conversational examples portray the complexities of gender identity projections. Color-specific images are offered to depict the binary and eclectic spectra as well as to portray the gender identity projections that occur in all intimate relationships. A Gender Identities/Gender Identity Projections Wheel (related concentric rings that spin independently) is presented to visually portray the relationship between gender identity(ies) and gender identity projections while highlighting the importance of sex (gender) and sexual orientation as related factors in the establishment of a consolidated sense of self. Table are presented to further highlight the intricacies of identity and projection. Finally, case examples from the author's clinical psychotherapy practice demonstrate the reclamation process and the building of greater and more integrated self-awareness between mixed gender identity couple members.Cultivating an appreciation for the disabling, often paralyzing power of rigidly repeated binary or eclectic gender identity projections while moving consciously toward more flexible and tentatively-held gender identity projections in intimate couple relationships is best accomplished through effective dependency, empathic attunement, and intentional conversations dedicated to gender transparency and growth between couple members. Such communication resolve creates greater couple health and partnership satisfaction. Central to this endeavor is the couple therapist's own gender identity(ies) understanding and integration.

"Negative Shape - The Defining Attribute" takes what starts out as an artistic concept and expands and explodes its application in a wide area of experiences and relationships. Negative shape explores the BETWEEN. Negative space is quantitative. It tells about how far, how long, and how much. "Negative Shape" explores what we do WHILE we move closer; what we do AS we close the gap between now and next. Proximity is the negative shape that describes expectation and anticipation; wishing and hoping. Christine Archer explains that recognizing how we can use the negative space to evaluate what has happened and prepare for what comes next makes it a real and tangible part of our experience. It's not just "wait time". By seeing it as "shape" we can make it a valuable tool in our understanding that planning, waiting, and creative process are essential components of how we perceive and understand who we are and what we can become. Decision-making, evaluation, and judgement occur outside the event; in the negative "shape" that is the BETWEEN. Soundly grounded in artistic theory, this book is also a deeply personal anecdotal narrative of one person's experience with "Negative Shape" - IN the "Negative Shape".

Many of the poems and stories in My Sister Is a Mermaid were written for the author's family and friends, marking celebrations, sadness, and her husband's journey with cancer. This powerful collection is divided into seasons and details the writer's feelings and perceptions of life, inspiring imagination, awareness of experience, and emotion. As you read through these pages, look for the Giants in the Forest, the storyteller, the mermaid sister, and so much more!

We, as a species, have been blessed/cursed with the creativity and intelligence inherent in the phenomenal gift that is the human mind. It has given us dominion over the natural world and set us above all the other creatures we share this planet with. But in so doing, it has isolated us in a world of our own making, one that has imprisoned and so, restricted our awareness to a purely mind-based, ego-oriented assessment of life. Within the confines of that lower frequency perspective lies a sinister force, one that has kept us from a direct communion with our Creator's loving presence and oblivious to the sacred role we have been born to play here. The effect has left us chronically insecure and forever in search of something "more" with little other choice but to substitute the promise of hope for the fulfillment a full awareness of this Moment is offering. The Delusion of Hope introduces you to the Higher Knowledge and to the truth that will set you free. Allow its wisdom to end your banishment, liberate you from the illusion of your mind-based perspective and cast out the evil that would consume us as it educates, inspires, and uplifts mind to the higher frequency of our Source and Creator. That omnipresent Spirit is the essence of this very moment, your true Eternal Nature, and the love, unity and peace that is our sacred birthright and spiritual heritage. It awaits you here, in this, the ever present Now Moment, within the silent stillness of your own very Beingness.

Tommy Trex and Tina Triceratops are neighbors but never spend time together since one is a carnivore and the other is an herbivore. Until...one Thanksgiving, Tommy's turkey platter goes missing! Tommy's Thanksgiving is saved by an unlikely new friend. A treat of a Thanksgiving tale for toddlers through elementary school readers, Kasey Young's Tommy T-Rex Thankful Thanksgiving offers a gently rhyming story and amazing illustrations sure to hold the attention of everyone.

The most effective way to help people change is to understand how they adapt their behavior in childhood in response to the adults in their lives. That's the premise on which Vann Joines, PhD, based his book Insight Out: The Six Personality Types That Hold the Key to Success in Your Life and Relationships. Once you understand the personality type that has been at your core since your youth, you can begin to put your best self forward and transform your relationships. After more than 50 years as a psychotherapist, Joines has written an in-depth yet accessible step-by-step guide to achieving personal change and developing the kinds of relationships you desire.