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God desires a dignified, abundant life for each of us. The way to this life is through a personal relationship with him. Faith is first-and-foremost relational. It is not just an intellectual pursuit-knowing something about God-it is tangibly experiencing God, having hearts afire with love for Jesus Christ. Nothing will fill a weary soul or dispel darkness, confusion, and gloom like fervent Christian zeal. In this work, we focus on encounter, the spiritual or relational element of faith, to consider how God is near, active in his creation, and readily available to us. The offer is always there; we simply need to accept it. We are at an inflection point. With secular society rapidly drifting away from God, many people are left empty, weary, tired, and searching. It is time to evangelize with the urgency of the early missionaries who zealously spanned the globe to deliver the Christian message to the remotest corners. Today, these "remote corners" are much closer to home. Now, more than ever, it is time to return to the Lord, to reignite the fire within, to experience God who is always near, and reclaim the dignified life he intended for us.

"Huey Crew Chief memories of Vietnam"--Back cover.

"Soldier Chief, no Lakota braveheart forgets where he buries hatchet," said White Bull, a Cheshire-cat grin across his face. General Edward S. Godfrey (K Co., 7th Cavalry, Ret.) at the Little Bighorn Battle's 50th anniversary responds with surprise. A picture captures this moment at the burial of an unknown 7th Cavalry trooper- Bury the Hatchet Celebration-June 25, 1926. Horse-backed, Godfrey and Sitting Bull's nephew, White Bull, shake hands reaching across the open Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the battlefield. White Bull sneers. As Godfrey stares into the marble coffin, his face is in shock. Godfrey relives unspeakable horror of yesteryears' fighting. Out of context with the crowd's gaiety celebrating the grand occasion, Godfrey gasps seeing the headless corpse."We head-chopped thirty pony soldiers. We turned heads to face dancing-fire's heat, "goaded White Bull, gesturing to his neck with a cutting motion. Godfrey reached for a pistol no longer there. Remember the announcer's voice over the William Tell overture when the Lone Ranger TV show started? "Come with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear!"It's about Crazy Horse, tragic hero, real person - his foibles, his invincibility and incomparable hand-to-eye coordination. Readers meet his friends and adversaries who plotted his murder. Custer needed victory to become president.Lakota Headhunters is a novella, of the 5-book Talking Leaves series: The Crazy Horse Conspiracies. Taken together, these stories recreate the full-bodied character of Crazy Horse-where he stood, what he felt, and what he did-caught up as he was with intrigue, lust, betrayal, rage, and close-quarters-fighting against the U.S. Army. This is a character study long sought by avid Western history readers-a worldwide audience. It belongs in the library of those who must have every book on the subject of Crazy Horse's role in the American Plains Indian wars. Lakota Headhunters is a race to hide Crazy Horse's corpse.'Crazy Horse'-the very words invoke mystical intakes of breath, while Custer stands as the epitome of America's Western legend. The story line collides their myths-these warriors breathe again in full dramatic life as living human beings. This is a fictional history thriller which readers will want to believe is true, and it could be. No one truly knows how Custer died; save for secret Crow sect Curley confided in.The Crazy Horse People to this day do not "connect" with Red Cloud's followers. These Hunkpatila Oglala descendants of "nontreaty" Lakota-Sioux do not live at Pine River Reservation. If you get them to talk, Red Cloud and Spotted Tail are not heroes. Who killed Crazy Horse? A conspiracy continues even today to keep the story hidden from paleface Wasicus. Red Cloud's Oglala and Spotted Tail's Brule tribesmen want what happened kept secret.This story breeds contentious debate-it breeds antagonizing notoriety depicting Red Cloud, Spotted Tail, and the Army's agents in a conspiracy that killed Crazy Horse.These books are controversial, presenting never-before-described conspiracies regarding Crazy Horse's murder and killing Custer-America's beloved "Boy General."I've walked campsites and battlefields, interviewed Crow and Lakota tribal historians, studied historic facts in museums and libraries as well as found Crazy Horse's Quest Site-near where his body's buried.These books provide new perceptions delving into historical figures' human side. Holding true to known facts-in-evidence, these books reach beyond, interpreting where people walked, what they felt, why they acted the way they did.Crazy Horse. Custer. Little Bighorn. They interconnect myth, legend, and emotion as no other story line in American history-a sad tale of the destruction of the Lakota horse culture, Custer's "Luck" and Crazy Horse's "invincibility."

A Poem for Each OccasionA collection of poems that deal with love, religion and death. Written by a retired software engineer.

Tengo mucha agilidad porque tengo una cola tan larga, más larga que el cuerpo. Muchas veces la cola es difícil manejar. I am very agile because I have such a long tail, much longer than my body. My tail is often difficult to manage.

I Lost, But I Learn is a great children's book that emphasizes the importance of teaching children that a loss is not the end result. A loss is just an opportunity for anyone to learn from their mistakes or failures. This young boy learns a good life lesson after experiencing a loss in a Track meet. His parents and coach helped him stay motivated in the midst of his failures. Brayden finally learns that he must give his best at all times and outwork his competition!

Life isn't always fair. Get over it!"Comedy of Errors" is the story of Stewart Little, a boy who grows up with some handicaps that might have led him to failure as an adult, but which actually propel him to a successful career as an innovative and renowned cartoonist and graphic novelist.Stewart began life without any obvious physical or mental flaws, but was given a name at birth that was similar to that of a mouse-like fictional child created by the essayist E.B White for a book written in 1946, the year before Stewart's birth.It was not until Stewart reached middle school in the early 1960's that he was ridiculed by a classmate familiar with the children's story who nicknamed him, "Mouse," at precisely the same time that an undiagnosed learning disorder kicked in, which led to Stewart to failures in school and contributed to a decline in his grades and his self-esteem.The story takes the reader on Stewart's pathway through a childhood of poverty and aimlessness, through his teenage years, as he stumbles awkwardly with little assistance from teachers or his parents to expand his goals. With little to guide him, Stewart approaches adulthood at which time he forges a successful career as a cartoonist and an innovative writer and illustrator of graphic novels.Despite, or because of, his mistakes and mishaps, Stewart adapts quickly to his circumstances and develops relationships that enrich his life as he uses every advantage presented to him along his journey."Comedy of Errors" is about persistence, passion and survival, and the ways humans can change the course of their lives by making positive use of their failings as well as of their assets, their loves lost as well as those that blossom, and goals dashed as well as those achieved, to attain fortunes that are often far richer than those achieved by individuals blessed by perfect genetics, wealth, and opportunities.

What makes these books so different than other children's books, is the factual information they learn as well as a great fantasy outdoor adventure with nature. This adventure focuses on our main character Addison. Let's see what caught Addison's attention today. Look for clues on every page, then go to reference: Author, Carol Weygandt Smedley Facebook page to find the facts and continue learning from this adventure.

While defending his friend after being violently assaulted by Liam Flannigan, Sean confronted Liam. Sean had no intention of the confrontation becoming violent. However, Liam attacked Sean, and he was forced to defend himself. During the altercation, Sean punched Liam in the face and knocked him out. Liam fell backward and his head hit the floor. Liam was taken to the emergency room and then the ICU. Sean, like many others who witnessed the incident as well as those who saw it on social media, knew he was innocent. But, the school and Liam's family pressed charges; Sean was arrested. He was taken into custody. Sean was being charged with First Degree Assault and possibly, Second Degree Murder. Sean was taken to jail and spent several months in a juvenile detention facility. Sean, a star athlete, signed to play professional baseball, was now incarcerated in a secure lockdown facility surrounded by the most violent juveniles in Maryland. Now, he has to survive in a world where he is told when to eat, what to eat, when to move, where to move, and surrounded by people he wouldn't interact with. However, sometimes the most unexpected places turn out to be an unexpected blessing. He learned to embrace his time and the relationships he formed. Rather than dwell on what he lost, left behind, or what rights he has been stripped of; the experience made him stronger.

A messenger of God's words and chosen by Jesus to share them with the world, José Luis Rodríguez Calderón offers Christians-from spiritual leaders to those looking for reassurance during times of faltering faith and everyone in between-brand-new insight into the Scriptures in his latest book.The Third Day Explained is a compilation of some of the spiritual messages that God personally revealed to the author during his studies of the Scriptures. Most people don't notice when God wants to reveal new information to them in the form of spiritual revelation. Or they may read something but not fully understand the spiritual meaning...until the time is right. That is what happened here, for Rodríguez Calderón, and he hopes that in sharing it, readers will also receive guidance.All that's needed is an open mind and heart-a willingness to truly hear God's messages now.

The alien invasion is over, and the province of Draegahn is FREE! Or so it seems.Now is late summer of 2461, more than two years since the last of the aliens departed the province of Draegahn and, in fact, planet Earth.Fight for Right has assumed provincial rulership, to help the cities and towns of Draegahn to repair themselves, rebuild their localities and establish new customs and culture for their everyday lives. But within this struggle lives a population that has lost faith in its appointed leaders, believing their motives to be in the service not of the people, but of themselves and the despotic alien rulers who had recently held the province under their boot.For this reason, above all, the people have decided to seek new leadership.In the midst of this era of science and technology - the late 25th century - lives 27-year-old Darius, young wizard leader of an avaricious, amoral cult of dark magic practitioners known as the DarkLight. Darius stands center-stage in order to widen the eyes of countless spectators with his mind-boggling performances emanating from his mastery in the art and craft of spellcasting. The culminating result of years of this is Darius becoming an unwitting icon and leader in the eyes of the peopleAt first merely fun-loving and somewhat narcissistic, a personal tragedy arouses within Darius a desire for vengeance which, in turn, develops into a thirst for power. And this hunger may, in turn, lead the DarkLight to bring upon the people the darkest era of the history of Draegahn!Darius charms the provincial masses with his genuine mystic arts demonstrations, and as his popularity with the masses grows, anarchy and dark religious practices spread, and Fight for Right has an increasingly difficult time maintaining law and order in cities and towns throughout Draegahn.Fortunately for Fight for Right, a crop of light magic practitioners rises out of obscurity to aid them. And, of course, as always, those clad-in-black superheroes known as Night Crusaders come to their aid as well. However, as Darius grows increasingly powerful while he charms the masses, turning them toward the dark side, do even these allied forces of Light stand a chance against Darius?

Mirroring the Moment reflects the essence of a cognitive and empirical voice resounding and responding to the poet's perception and the perils of the nation at a moment in time. The author weaves words together into a meaningful collection of poems-Architects of Racism and Negrophobia give insight into the notions of white superiority and the origin of racism. Climbing the Rough Side reflects hope and human effort against opposition. A thematic accumulation of values and vision addresses policies, practices, and possibilities of a nation in pain.

The Price of Glory is the story of a noble mission, conceived by the man who vowed to see it through to completion. His name was Robert La Salle.His goal was to establish a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi river and then claim the entire river valley and all its tributaries for his king, Louis XIV. While it was La Salle who conceived the brilliant idea, it was he who was responsible for its failure. That and the primitive state of navigation in the 17th century.Taming a wilderness populated only by its original inhabitants was a grim task. The Price of Glory, based rigorously on historical facts but written as a novel, will place you at the center of all the action, terror, cruelty, betrayal and bravery induced by the attempt to tame that land which would become part of America. It will also reveal the volatile and unstable personality of Robert La Salle which insured its failure.In the end, the hundreds of lost lives under his care proved to be too high a price for his glory.

REALMS... ...A diamond of the highest caliber, its radiance reaches through the galaxies, calling to those who thirst for an extraordinary adventure. A casino royale among the stars, Realms is home to fantastic venues such as two-hundred plus eateries, catering to the most refined of species, Sensory flicks for all ages, in-house gaming and exotic forms of gambling, as well as interactive holo suites, just to mention a few of this casino's delights. The mighty space station also boasts the best Mixologists as well as the most sought after poison lounges. In this final installment of the Realms trilogy, the lives of beautiful Terran, and head Mixologist, along with her mate, rugged Rali ex-soldier and current casino manager, join forces with their longtime friend and gritty loyal ally, former slave and captain of the Casseian armada, Mrita Cadagh in the final conflict against the despicable Rali Zerim, the notorious Gerg Undersin. Lives are lost, battles are won, and a planet is once again restored to its former greatness. Realms Book Three, the final chronicles.

The sequel picks up where "Massacre of the Innocents" left off . . . the murder of Bishop Rizek. Father John Paziek, once again, is pulled into the police investigation along with Detective Doug Emery. Father Bernard and a scoutmaster were caught by Father John while attempting to molest a boy scout. He is on the run. He left after a troubling encounter with Bishop Rizek and is on a quest to make changes in his life. The changes he perceives as his epiphany are leading in the direction of evil rather than good! Father John's life takes on new directions as his feelings for Denise Novak, a former nun, intensify. His vocation to the priesthood is questioned and he must decide whether he can continue a life of celibacy and serving God. As he struggles with this decision, he reconnects a friendship that he has enjoyed with Calvin Teasley, owner of a blind pig casino in the Black Bottom area of Detroit. Father Bernard's psychosis leaves a trail of torture, murder, and eventually a thirst to satisfy his revenge on both Father John and Denise. The killer of Bishop Rizek is revealed amid a murderous, revengeful plot at Saint Francis Parish . . . where the saga began!

The cute and expressive Namuh tribe share a simple, but highly effective way, to avoid TALKING TO A PERSON (oh no!), but stay connected to your Buddies. The adorably fuzzy Namuhs know that everybody wants to be happy, to be loved, to be accepted exactly how they are, to have deep connections, and to belong. The Namuh tribe has watched the Humans use their screens to make up the life that they wished for others to see. They saw the Humans think that their made-up life story would endear others to them, have others like them, and to connect them to the tribe. They saw the Humans gradually get to where they:¿ Preferred texting over talking; ¿ Prayed others left a voicemail (or better yet a text) so they didn't have to TALK TO A LIVE PERSON (oh no!);¿ Hoped the cashier didn't small talk (or even look at them) so they could just put their credit card near the machine and leave;¿ Chose to communicate with others sitting right next to you via a screen;¿ Avoided eye contact with others;¿ Began to hate every other driver out there that was in their way, going too fast, or too slow; and¿ Had fewer close friends than they used to.The Namuhs saw that the more the Humans connected to their screen, the more fixated they became on the screen, the more disconnected they became from everything. The Humans stopped listening to their inner voice and their true nature. Their made-up lives were built on a lie, projected on the screen what they wished for others to see in us. In trying to protect their made-up story, to be liked and to belong, the Humans isolated themselves to the very screens where they made up their life story. Being playful and in the moment, the Namuhs build their lives on trust, vulnerability, and shared experiences as the very things that connect them to each other and all that is. The Namuhs live an authentic life and share their wisdom in simple stories to help the Humans connect more meaningfully. Screens entertain us, provide comfort, find us lovers and friends, and allow us to buy life's necessities. We no longer need to leave our homes or have access to other humans. Outside of (anti)social media, most of us would prefer to remain anonymous. Communication, like everything else in the life of a human, is a use of lose skill which is being lost. This book shares a cute and super simple technique to start to communicate again.In Buddy Check!, Oculos, the nerdy, thoughtful and resourceful Namuh, shares how two simple words via a screen can lead to more meaningful conversations. He teaches us how to Buddy Check!, who to Buddy Check!, and the benefits of Buddy Check! With the help of his buddies (Kallos, Satya, Crus, Skok, Klem, Bata, and Cubo), Oculos discusses the emotions and scenarios in which to us the simple message: Buddy Check! Join this cast of colorful characters as they teach Humans to communicate again. Buddy check!

As he rode in the boat traveling in False Bay, South Africa, he continued to look at the mountainous region that circled the coastline. Floating up and down, the mist of the ocean water sprayed around the sides of the boat as the hull pounded the waves against the vessel. Two men were up front driving the boat, they were both Wade's men that he had served with in the military. Wade was in the rear of the boat with a special guest sitting across from him. This distinct guest had his hands tied behind his back, his feet were bound, and under the black hood that shrouded his head was a ball gag placed into his mouth in order to keep things silent and peaceful. There was nothing that this special individual had to say that would change anything anyways, he was here for one reason, to die. Wade was good at his job, that is why the DIA used him as a contract killer. His work as an assassin evolved around being a savage, methodical, and heartless man. Wade let the cool air hit his face, a few thoughts ran through his mind as he looked around at his environment. The most prominent thought was the operation at hand. As the boat plowed through the rough waters Wade felt a calmness that he had not felt in a long time. This mission was not a tough one, but it was one that he had never done before, so Wade had to admit to himself that there was a level of excitement. The man wearing the black hood sitting across from Wade was a very important man, and not for his good deeds, but evil. The planned mission would overall involve enormous sea creatures, and the disposal of an animal of a man into the natural environment. The boat would travel to the hunting grounds of Great White's, located near a seal colony. Once the boat reached its destination it would drop anchor and the person with the black hood would step off the rear of the boat into the black water, and this is where the struggle for survival would begin for the former warlord. Normally, Wade would keep things simple and use a silenced pistol and put a bullet into the cranial plate of the person identified for execution. But, every once in a while, a special request for a little extra heavy-handed torture is requested on a target by the agency. This was one of those times.

On September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian struck Fort Myers, Florida, ravaging Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel, Captiva, Matlacha and Pine Islands. Ian was just the latest in a series of storms that have influenced how the region has developed since the mid-1800s. In fact, it was an 1841 hurricane that followed roughly the same track as Ian that caused the Army to move its central supply depot to Fort Myers' present-day location, a site presumably safe from impacts such as storm surge, hurricane force winds and inland flooding.That was not true then. It is not true now. Of all the towns and cities that dot the coast of the United States from the Rio Grande to Eastport, Maine, the City of Fort Myers has the sixth most homes and fourth most multi-family dwellings at risk for storm surge in the entire nation. With more than 400 miles of canals encompassing 520 square miles, neighboring Cape Coral is America's most vulnerable city when it comes to flooding produced by tropical systems. The severity of these impacts and the associated loss of life and property damage are expected to increase in the future due to sea level rise, climate change and ongoing development of single family, multi-family and commercial properties in the shallow flood plains that drain the Caloosahatchee River and its tributaries.With Historic Hurricanes of Fort Myers, local historian Tom Hall blends a meticulously researched analysis of where and why Fort Myers is uniquely subject to storm surge, wind damage and inland flooding with old-time stories of how the region's early pioneers weathered storms as they built a town and an economy based on cattle exports to Cuba.For the historian at heart, Historic Hurricanes of Fort Myers transports readers to a time when rugged, enterprising men and women assayed to build a town in the footprint of an old Seminole and Civil War fort on the southern bank of the Caloosahatchee River. It chronicles the role played by iconic cattlemen like Jake Summerlin and Capt. Francis Asbury Hendry and the singular importance of the cattle industry in decades following the end of the Civil War.For residents and property owners, this book provides a street-specific road map that delineates each neighborhood's risk for mild to catastrophic damage from storm surge, hurricane force winds and freshwater flooding. It considers how these impacts are likely to worsen in a wetter, hotter climate. And with input from WINK TV Chief Meteorologist Matt Devitt, Historic Hurricanes of Fort Myers provides useful tips and concrete recommendations for how to survive a storm ... and when and why to evacuate in advance of one.Readers will glean a greater appreciation of the factors that led to the settlement of this part of Florida. But given the region's unique risk for storm impacts in a changing climate, Historic Hurricanes of Fort Myers serves as the quintessential tropical cyclone survival guide.

Amanullah Khan is passionate about Poetry. His previous book, Barefoot in the Rain, was a collection of villanelles. In Heaven in the Woods, he explores multiple styles of poetry, as he felt constrained by the villanelle format. He created a new means of expanding the expression of the villanelle's composition. Thus, a new style of poetry, the Ballanelle, was born. It allows for the extension of thought and stretched imagination yet keeps the reader focused as in a villanelle. In Heaven in the Woods, he writes about themes such as family, nature and life.

Are you looking for a guaranteed way to make cheerleading?Well, I can't give you a guarantee, but I can give you the secrets to success at tryouts! With easy to follow, step by step learning plans, you too can make the squad!

Science Is Not GreatThroughout the COVID-19 pandemic, politicians repeatedly appealed to "the science" to justify tyrannical policies, and much of the population passively complied. Such compliance stemmed from a deep, religious reverence for science in which people see science as an infallible god. But is science really that great, or is it doing more harm than good? In Science Is Not Great, author Colton Martens-a university professor who holds a BS in Biology and a PhD in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology-explores the political biases that dominate scientific institutions and call academia's politically charged conclusions into question. He discourages people from blindly putting their faith in science, citing problems with the scientific method, past failures of biomedical science, and past vaccine mistakes. The author also takes a somewhat unique stance against advanced biomedical science and discusses the long-term negative effects this will have for our species' health. The book shows how science has a surprisingly poor track record and should not be worshiped as the be-all, end-all solution to society's ills. In fact, the author argues that science is being used to create a highly undesirable dystopian future, and he offers suggestions on how to fix science and once again make it a force for good.

MUSICAL SCALES that "sing" THE MAYAN CALENDAR?? Could they really exist?Indeed they do! And anyone holding this book can not only READ about them, but EXPERIMENT with them, since full tuning data is included here. As to their creator, JEREMY HALADYNA, here are clear case studies of the original music he devised to fold around his scale creations, much of it now commercially released. Here are scales that "sound out" the delicate dance of Earth and Venus, which the classic Maya observed with the keenest eyes, making them possibly the greatest Timekeepers that ever lived...there is even a scale here for the heart-stopping moment that was December 2012! Within these covers, too, are photos from the author's 10 trips to the Mayan region (Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras)--alongside a wide range of monochrome musical examples... fully covering the gamut from Mayan sport, to Mayan flora and fauna, through their colorful roster of traditional deities, to their own reckoning of ancient history.

Can Shelby Harder, the pretty new detective for the Carson City Sheriff's Department, solve the mystery of dozens of murdered mustangs? Who would be capable of such gruesome, wholesale slaughter, and where are they hiding? A full cast of Nevada characters unwinds as Shelby tries to find the culprits and overcome prejudice within her department, along with an unexplainable hatred of animals on so many levels. Facing opposition at every turn, Shelby has a daunting task ahead of her, and the lives of wild mustangs are at stake. The Horse Murderers is an intense study on the plight of the wild horses of the American West and their struggle to survive, and a beautiful portrait of the love shared by these wild horses for each other and the people who try to protect them. Set against the backdrop of the wild state of Nevada in the eighties, the novel features glamorous showgirls, greedy gun dealers, and daredevil helicopter and hang-glider pilots going to extremes-all hoping to claim their share of the Nevada Dream.