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Lonesome George, the last Pinta Island tortoise on earth, hates a lot of things; people, goats, even his own existence. After forty years alone at the Charles Darwin Research Station, he longs for his extinction to finally come. But when his time arrives, it's not at all what he expects. George is awakened one night in a garden to find himself being asked by nine already extinct animals to lead them on a mission to save mankind. How can one tortoise save the world? Why is he the only one who can lead these animals? What happens if they don't succeed? Despite George's best efforts, one creature is captured, one succumbs to fear, and one creature meets a tragic end. If the dodo and the others fail, they simply return to the splendor of the Garden. For George, his place in the Garden is not assured, which leaves him facing the possibility of being "deader than a dodo".

After a long, hard breakup from an "overdue" relationship, I found myself lost. I "gave up" on dating, relationships, love and ever being with anyone ever again. Then, out of nowhere; I met someone, and it was then that I sat at my computer and poured out ALL my feelings into this book.

Rōmon is a traditional two-storied gate found in a place of worship in Japan. "Rō"means "multi-storied", and "mon" means "gate" in Japanese. A typical rōmon in Japan is constructed with wood; massive and decorative; and has a large hip-and-gable roof and a wraparound small balcony with railings. Rōmons that are noted for their artistic beauty and historical significance tend to belong to Shinto shrines. Yet no one can answer such simple question as how many rōmons exist in Shinto shrines in Japan. This very first book about Shinto rōmons has two parts. Part 1 is about reporting results of my search for existing Shinto rōmons across Japan. First, I explain the unique and systematic techniques I used to search for existing rōmons. Then I report findings from my search. Results are organized by various topics, such as time of construction, geographic location, relative spatial position, notable exterior characteristics, zuijin statues, and preservation of rōmons. Findings are primarily aggregated at the group level, but notable examples of individual cases (specific rōmons) are also provided. In short, Part 1 is designed to answer such basic questions as "What is rōmon?" "What do they look like?" and "Where are they located?" Part 2 is about lost Shinto rōmons. The existing rōmons are only a small part of the rōmons that have ever been built, and on average in every several years a rōmon is lost due to fire, earthquake, old age, among other reasons. Part 2 consists of a collection of fascinating stories and trivia of lost Shinto rōmons. These stories and trivia relate to specific shrines, famous persons, or historic events, and are organized chronologically. Examples of topics include "Iwashimizu Hachimangū - Eight Generations of Rōmons", "Kashiwahgi Jinja - Musical Chairs of Rōmons", "The Toyotomi Clan vs. the Tokugawa Clan - Who is the Rōmon Shogun?", "End of the Syncretism - Did Shinto Shrines Lose Rōmons?" and "A Forgotten Lost Shinto Rōmon Overseas." This book also contains 12 tables, 8 figures, a glossary of Shinto gates, and bibliography. Finally, the appendix lists all 225 existing rōmons, their locations, structural designs, and historic preservation designations.

Seeds of Scripture blends ancient wisdom and modern knowledge to expand the biblical Jacob story. As an old man, Jacob tells his story while striving to organize a trove of writings collected by his grandfather, Abraham.

If you love country music sprinkled with a little bit of Scandal, and have a slight obsession with true crime you will love this story. To determined women, one amazing man, and a family that you will never forget.

"Slaves in Texas knew of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and responded to it beginning in that year by enlisting in the Union Navy and Union Army. The Union Army and Union Navy were in Texas and military records documented enlistments. Union Navy records annotated slaves in Texas escaping from owners in 1863 and 1864 and accessing Federal vessels monitoring the coast of Texas. The claim that slaves in Texas first heard of the Emancipation Proclamation on June 19,1865, is without foundation."--Back cover.

Read heartfelt expressions fueled by love, fear, frustrations and no doubt at times anguish. See, relate and understand sixteen years of my pen capturing life's moments at a glance. Mentally walk with me page by page, venturing on a journey you won't regret.

The reader will also learn what caused the revolution, how King George III and the British Parliament burdened the colonists in the Americas with harsh regulations, such as the Stamp Act, the Sugar Act, and the Quartering of Troops, leading to the Boston Massacre. It was as a result of these Intolerable Acts(R) that Honeyman, a former British officer who had fought for England against the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham and now lived in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, became a devout Patriot. In time, Honeyman and Seymour meet and join Washington and, in unique ways, assist the brave American soldiers as they recover from four straight defeats and struggle to get to safety in Pennsylvania.

Tohnie Hynds records and shares the personal messages of love, grief, sorrow, strength, honor, and so much more in the writings of Scattered Glitter. While intimate, these poems strike the hearts and imaginations of the reader.

In Boca di Lupo is Sue Hassel's first novel following up her initial book Random Thoughts of a Creative Mind, a collection of poetry and essays also published by Outskirts Press which has enjoyed wide readership internationally. In Boca di Lupo is the story of talented Soprano Lisa Brennan who began as a modest farm girl in Wisconsin and whose talent as an important solo artist which began in Wisconsin, expanded to Europe internationally performing at Covent Garden, Vienna Stats Oper, La Scala and the Lincoln Opera in New York City. It is the story of a dedicated musician with great discipline who managed an initially modest voice and thrilled audiences throughout the world as her voice matured. Operatic voices can begin as shooting meteors and with time the brilliant lightning bolt begins to age like a fine wine, eventually thinning some and refining to become an established artiste. At a certain point the body changes and the voice follow into secondary leading roles that can be managed to the end of a career. Lisa, however, is not so lucky since fate throws her a curveball when she is thrown into a sudden life or death struggle in the remote woods of New Jersey as a result of an unintended kidnapping by a criminal who has been a lifelong grifter who made a ghastly mistake and jumped into an empty cab for a joy ride and drove off with an unseen famous opera singer who had her head buried in her luggage as she dug through her bag in the back seat of his cab! Was it fate or just bad luck? The rest of the story plays out in the dense woods of New Jersey in a battle of survival to the death. The irony is that Lisa grew up on a farm and did heavy work. The grifter ends up dead in a heap of bloody sinew and scattered cerebral tissue. The grifter misjudged his mark. He is dead and Lisa is charged with second degree murder and is brought to trial by a famous attorney. How will this all play out? Will Lisa ever sing again publicly?

A Minorcan Family Heritage highlights a beautiful culture that appeared in 1768 and continues to this day primarily in St. Augustine, Florida. These exceptional immigrants left their homes on the Isle of Menorca and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. They had signed contracts to become indentured servants of Dr. Andrew Turnbull. After serving from seven to nine years at his indigo plantation in New Smyrna, Florida, they would be free and given a tract of land. Over 1400 Minorcans began the trip from Menorca. When they fled from the plantation in 1777, they had to walk 70 miles on King's Highway, to a bustling St. Augustine. They arrived when the American Revolution was being fought. The British flag flew in St. Augustine from 1763 to 1783 and during the war over 15,000 Loyalists escaped from the Colonies seeking refuge and passage out. The Minorcans were present for this mass exodus as well as the Indian Wars, the War of 1812, the Civil War and both World Wars. A Minorcan Family Heritage tells the exciting story of Antonio and Catalina Usina and one line of descendants in the Usina family.

The Harvester is a fast paced mystery surrounding the discovery of several bodies in various stages of decomposition. The investigation leads detectives to uncover a ring of black marketing of human organs for transplanting and the unwitting doctor that got caught up in middle.

Streams of Consciousness. Looking at the different ways we interact with each other from different vantage points. When we interact are we showing who we really are or who we think the other person expects to see. We tend to modulate back and forth along the continuum.

If you think aging is a passive endeavor, you are wrong. We don't stop using our bodies to propel us through our daily lives because we've reached a certain age. We become sedentary at our own peril. Instead of becoming weak, learn how to stay strong. Instead of risking a fall, learn how to be stable. It only takes three hours per week to build muscle, improve balance and stability, and slow bone loss. And resistance training offers even more benefits, such as a lowered risk of a heart attack or stroke. Train to Age is about more than cardio and resistance training. It's about all the things you want to do with the last third of your life. You can passively walk through the process of aging, allowing its degradations to take away your strength and eventually your independence-or you can Train to Age and live your best life well into your eighties!

During the post-emancipation through to the 21st century, the descendants of slaves had established on the small Grenadine island of Carriacou, the village of Goat Hill on marginal lands. These lands had been over-cultivated to produce indigo, sugarcane and cotton primarily for the benefit of Europeans. The plantation owners had gone, forced to give up their parasitic life on the backs of Goat Hillians' ancestors. While the people who now occupied the small village were all poor in material things, they utilised the culture of their ancestors to live in harmony with nature and with one another. The uniqueness of a village transitioning over time but anchored in the beliefs, myths, culture and the socio-economic experiences that laid the foundation of life in Goat Hill, Their basic philosophy, which is one of community, was exhibited then and now, and is often expressed in the phrase "one for all and all for one" or sometimes in a patios: "Caca Bawee for Caca Bawee." Unable to escape the effect of globalisation, the village has been able to withstand the changes, both bad and good. The village is, now a modern community, no longer experiencing material poverty but is challenged to avoid a corruption of its basic philosophy as money and politicians play on their souls and diluting those characteristics that made Goat Hill the envy of so many.Set in Carriacou, the novel captures the essence of island living from post-emancipation through to the 21st century. The characters, rituals and events recounted place the socio-cultural heritage centre stage, taking the reader back in time and bringing the discourse to life. At the same time, skilfully woven into the tapestry are the changes that propel economic advancement and the attendant challenges that threaten to erode what is sacred. In a society where cultural preservation is dependent on the oral tradition, the writer fills a documentation void and invites the younger generation and the world over to explore

Like a light in darkness, the music of Giacomo Puccini continues to brighten the world long after his death. Forced into a music career, Puccini resisted every effort to shape his future. He preferred to loaf, to pursue women, and to cavort with like-minded friends. However, Fate and a determined mother had other plans for him: He was destined for greatness. Success brings exhilarating rewards, and all of them came with La Boheme, Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Turandot. But success can also bring cold disappointment and intense pain. Giacomo Puccini discovered this to be true every day of his long and fascinating career.

IF DOGS COULD READ (and I believe they can - just not in the way we translate the printed word) then this collection should appeal to those who care about dogs: their behaviors, their importance in our lives, and their noble quality which most of us (including the author) strive unsuccessfully to attain. For those of us not fixated upon dogs, you will find the majority of poems addressing family and death of family, the Vietnam War, a thankfully brief selection of limericks, vintage North Carolina postcards in a Haiku format, and other mostly personal observations, to include a neighborhood suicide, growing older, Autumn, and rain.

"Spiritually Appraising" is God's commandment for the way Christians are to assess and to judge all things - I Corinthians 2:15. Well in order to spiritually appraise all things, you must first know God's word (rhema - 4487 GK.), meaning His scriptures. This is why we are also commanded to live by His every word - Matthew 4:4, because only His word, scriptures, are the truth. And no, we don't use our human mind to spiritually appraise, we have to use the mind of Christ - I Corinthians 2:16b, which is why we are commanded not to think like the world, but to have our minds renewed - Romans 12:2. Yes a renewed mind gives you the mind of Christ. Well this is why God has given us close to 8,000 scriptures in the New Testament. Think of it like a puzzle. If there was a 500 piece puzzle and all you had was 2 or 3 pieces, do you honestly know what the whole puzzle looks like? No you don't! You need His knowledge (epignosis), meaning His full and complete truth, in order to rightfully spiritually appraise ALL things. Well God has done His job by giving us His knowledge in abundance, so that we can now spiritually appraise all things according to His word. It's now time for us to do our job as Christians, AKA His children, to honor and obey Him by spiritually appraising all things.

"If I Tell You A Rooster Can Fly!" Don't Ask How?JUST HOOK HIM UP!In this book of words and inspiration. Smith compiles words of inspiration, wisdom and humor taken from the coolest man she ever met, her husband of forty-nine years. These quips and quotes were words he lived by as a declaration during his life to command respect. Most times he sought to bring his listener's attention to the many challenges he encountered and the lessons he learned on how to live a successful life. He was a man of the sixties. He taught music, was a high school band director, loved Jazz & Soul music. In this book of words of humor and wisdom, each subject aptly addresses Kool Joe's way of speaking. Smith hopes that it inspires and challenges the reader as he or she establishes motivational thinking.As an author, Smith is aware of the limitations of her experience in music and the use of language of prose in the text. However, she is keenly aware of her experiences with the man called KOOL JOE.

"Memorable Menus" Is created for everyday cooks, who question which dishes create a delicious, as well as, eye-appealing meal... After all, you EAT with your EYES FIRST!!!So, whether you're planning a meal for two or twenty - two, a timely plan makes it a lot easier!And the "Themed Dinner Parties" Plan is your answer! It helps make it easy to coordinate all the different components for entertaining - and allows you have fun doing itOnce there is a plan - just gather the recipe ingredients, read the directions and follow the step-by-step instructions for timing each phase of the meal to completion. Then TA-DA - you have created a meal you can be proud of because it LOOKS GOOD and it TASTES GOOD!!AND don't forget the added extras - the décor and the presentation of the meal! Just makes meal- planning for family and friends extra special. But above all...all things in perspective -Do not forget what is written in Matthew 4:4 -"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God"...and in I Corinthians 10:31 -"So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."ENJOY AND HAPPY COOKING!!!

Joel and Mary Schaefer, professional chefs who both live with food allergies and intolerances, wrote At Home with Your Allergy Chefs: Cooking Up Gluten-Free and Allergy-Friendly Meals Everyone Will Enjoy to make the journey to delicious meals with purpose easy and accessible. The book is a treasure for those with food allergies or sensitivities, including those with celiac disease and on gluten-free and vegan diets. The Schaefers began their journey in food allergies at Walt Disney World(R) Resort. Joel was the culinary development and special dietary needs manager, responsible for developing the food allergy and special diets program for Disney properties worldwide and Disney Cruise Line, which is known as the gold standard in the food service industry. With Mary's role as pastry chef, she worked with Joel on developing amazingly safe and delicious desserts that helped bring Disney's reputation for serving people with food allergies to the next level. The Schaefers believe that recipes modified to accommodate food allergies don't have to compromise taste. All you have to do is turn the pages in their book to have your favorite meals come true.

A Book in Search of a True Recognition of America's Generosity Towards Others, and to Say at Last, "Thanks, America." Americans' continual trust in a unique Creator, expressed through the motto "In God We Trust," could not be changed even by the events of 9/11. I love America and its people for many reasons: for their commitment to making one another happy, their unparalleled generosity toward non-Americans, for being the land of the free and the home of the brave, where dreams come true, and where liberty is in the very air they breathe. America's greatest triumphs lie in its laws, which guarantee that it will remain the light of democracy throughout the world. My name is Mr. Karamba Bayo, son of Soriba and Mariama Conde. I was born in Conakry Republic of Guinea, West Africa. I am married to Salematou Bangoura, born in Dakar, Senegal and have four sons and two adopted daughters. I graduated from High School Conakry/Guinea 1965 - General Studies/Accounting/Finance. I graduated from the Shipping College of Gdansk, Poland in Shipping Accounting 1970, and received a diploma from the English language school in London (Euro center). In 1982, I graduated from Shipping Academy of Norway (NORAD) Oslo /General Shipping certificate. I attended Columbus State Community College 2008 - 2010.

The year is 2060, and Juniper Blakely, a fact checker for Artificial Intelligence, dreams of building the most complex model train layout ever imagined. Along the road to realizing his dream, Juniper veers off in a direction that blends robotic technology into the classic holiday film, It's a Wonderful Life, to reinvigorate the legacy of Jimmy Stewart and the small town in which the actor was raised. It's a Wonderful Life - 2060 is the story of how humans might deal with the world of tomorrow, and how tenacity, moral courage, hard work, and dedication to duty are universal guideposts that can lead most every generation to a sense of purpose, dignity and fulfillment. It's a Wonderful Life - 2060 is a collaborative project with The Jimmy Stewart Museum.