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The Spiritual Journey of a Very Ordinary Man: The Search for My Spiritual Essence is author Jim Russ's conversation with other everyday people who aren't experts in religion or spirituality but who strive to better understand the existence of God, the soul, free will, and the mind. Is there proof of any of these things, or must we take that leap of faith and embark on a journey? Guided by experts, Jim leads readers on a spiritual journey of exploration into the world's religions, philosophies, and science to gain perspective on-and ultimately, personal comfort with-real answers.

The NIGERIAN CAPTAIN signaled for the drivers to get ready, and he turned and signaled for me to sit with him at the front of the lead truck. There was no time for rehearsals, the enemy was already within and there was no Orders process. I sat there not knowing what was going to become of us once we start engaging the enemy. In almost every military operation, there is a need for proper planning, but we had failed one of the five fundamentals factors of SUN TZU, the "Methods," 'Failing to plan is planning to fail.' There is a popular quote in the United States Military: "Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance," I wish we had time for prior planning. The capital of Freetown was on fire and smoke could be seen below as we descended the hills of CONGO CROSS and it was just a matter of time before we are welcomed by the enemy. The element of surprise was not possible, and the enemy had the upper hand, but we had the will to retake FREETOWN and make it Free again.

We all have only one life to live. It is safe to assume that we all want to live a long and healthy life free from pain, disease and untimely death. A New Lease on Life helps us to do that based on research by various authorities mostly in holistic medicine. It shows you how the body works and what you can do to help it do its work of self-repair or healing. We learn that the body balances its alkalinity and acidity at 80/20% ratio. The foods we eat need to follow that ratio of 80% alkaline foods and 20% acid-forming foods. Because we are unable to follow this 4:1 ratio the body has to break down healthy structures and tissues in a process called catabolism. This is needed to keep us within 7.4pH (slightly alkaline range) especially in our inner cavity to keep our vital organs from dying. Every fat mostly cellulose is pushed out and stored elsewhere in the body to keep us from dying prematurely. Since health is dependent on detoxification and nourishment, we need to find the best means to detox and nourish our system. Detoxification is best achieved by ionized, alkaline, micro-structured hexagonal water, which is able to easily penetrate our cells to deliver oxygen and nutrients while cleansing our cells on its way out. Without good water, not just any water, the cells are unable to easily receive nutrients and keep them clean. This results in excess tissue acid waste which is the root cause of pain and numerous diseases. It also deprives our cells of needed nutrients that cause nutritional deficiency diseases leading to untimely death. Your longevity depends on how well you take care of your cells since the cells are not supposed to die and you could live to over 100 years as is known in Japan and in many other cultures.

There are over 660,000 people in the United States with Kidney Failure. Of those, over 460,000 are on Dialysis. There are controllable and uncontrollable factors that determine how well patients do while on dialysis. This includes both the length and quality of their life. The most critical, controllable factor is how closely they adhere to their treatments, medications, and the instructions provided to them by their Dialysis Team. This book is a must-read for dialysis patients and their family members. After working in dialysis for over 27 years, the author has compiled several key focus areas for dialysis patients that can majorly impact their lives while on dialysis. These focus areas are all explained in detail with information geared to reinforce the education and training given to them by their dialysis team. "I have been with several patients as they were passing away and so many of them just wished they could have a little more time with their loved ones." This book is dedicated to every dialysis patient and their family members in an effort to do just that; give dialysis patients a little more time and a better quality of life. In the front of the book, there are excerpts from various members of the dialysis team, allowing them to tell you how important these focus areas are to your wellbeing. We all care and want the best for you; that is why we do what we do.

Bill Elkington's Mind IC: Notes on Intellectual Capital Management is not for just anyone. It's for businesspeople interested in improving the financial returns on their companies' investments in intellectual capital. It's for people who want to increase their business management ability and effectiveness, people in operating companies who occupy roles in strategic planning, operations planning, technology development and investment, program management, product management, business development, mergers and acquisitions, financial planning, transfer pricing, contract management, and purchase price allocation.Mind IC is for people who want what Elkington has learned in decades of C-suite work in intellectual capital management. Elkington is now a thought leader in the field, even being selected as one of a dozen people sitting on a government/industry committee to examine the US's laws and regulations regarding intellectual capital transactions in Department of Defense contracting.Mind IC offers pragmatic, field-tested suggestions on how to manage intellectual capital to increase its value to companies and includes metrics and sample communications to be implemented in your company immediately.

Washed ashore! A young man is lost at sea and survives a terrifying ordeal on the open sea only to arrive in a new land with nothing but his memories. His father abandoned him and left him with a curse. His mother gave him a name befitting a king, then died during childbirth. The monks of Skellig Michael raised him to be a pacifist and prepared him for life as a mason, not for the harsh realities of a fierce new world. Conchobar is rescued by one village, captured by another, and becomes a pawn in their never-ending war. Banished by one, condemned by the other, he must become a warrior. In addition to the enemy villages, he must fight the curse that follows him wherever he goes. He discovers that he has the gift of telepathy. Will his extrasensory perceptions be enough to break the curse? Conchobar must adapt or die. Evil surrounds him and there is no going back. The Adirondack Spirit Series is an epic, multi-generational family saga, and it all starts with this ancient ancestor, Conchobar. Are supernatural tendencies hereditary? If you guessed yes, maybe you are descended from old souls too. The year is AD 549. Start your Adirondack adventure with The Curse of Conchobar―A Prequel to the Adirondack Spirit Series.

Poets almost always write about their own experiences, thoughts and feelings from their own particular perspectives. That perspective can be constant and thus become an affirmation of what they think and feel. But it also can change, for like all artists, a poet's work is also an exploration into his or her own psyche and the psyches of the people in their lives and around them. They understand that change, if we respect it and appreciate it and accept it, often means real growth. I Am the Poetry of Self Realization is a perfect example of this process. Although born into poverty, crime and discrimination, Lamp Cruickshank's intelligence and artistic sensibility remained intact. The poems in this collection show the spirit of not only will, but plain old-fashioned grit, the grit to overcome seemingly unbeatable odds that create disadvantage and succeed. Mr. Cruickshank's writing talent is obvious, his vocabulary original and always interesting and his ideas are thought provoking. He is a poet who not only has something to say, he is also a poet who possesses the words and intelligence to express it. His readers will be well-rewarded by this book and look forward to the many more that are to come.

Is Anyone Ever Who You Think They Are? Hiding from the past just became impossible for Allison Paige, so her only option is to vanish without a trace in the middle of the night, leaving behind two young daughters and the love and security of the life she's known. Who is she? What is she running from? Does her husband have the answers, or is he merely trying to keep his own secrets from coming to light? When local law enforcement accuses Garrett Paige of causing his wife's disappearance, he realizes he has to come clean and reveal the heartbreaking story of his past. While Chief Ed Charles works to uncover the Paige mysteries, FBI Special Agent Chuck Niles is busy with a case of his own. He's staging an elaborate plan to capture the psychopath Antonio Caruso, a sadistic killer whose one purpose is to expose the truth about the cop who hospitalized him for months with a shattered jaw and a burning need for revenge. How does the short career of Chicago PD Detective Finn Harding influence Niles' decisions, and what part does the mousy, yet cagey Emma Reed play in the agent's plan? Most importantly, how do these fragments of lives become the missing pieces of an unsolved puzzle that will change them all forever?

Philippe hopes that spending a week with his father who is moving to a senior residence near Paris following the suicide of his wife, will help him patch up their difficult relationship. He also wants to understand his mother's fatal deed, for which his father claims to have no explanation. Intrigued by his father's lack of interest, Philippe investigates his parents' past before he was born and discovers the cruel environment of their youth. This is how he learns the secret that led his mother to her tragic decision. Inspired by the gaps that all parents, even ones with peaceful pasts, leave in the stories they tell their children, Pierre Delerive has written a page-turning novel. A Dark and Distant Place delves into family histories-and finds that their connections to our present make them not so distant after all.

Growing up during the turbulent '60s, A young boy listens as his Great-Uncle, a Florida Game Warden nearing retirement, tells him and his friends about his lifelong search for ancient Spanish gold, which he knows to be buried near one of the many springs that feed the Santa Fe River near his home in North-Central Florida. Little does young Charlie realize that the search which begins when he is nine years will lead him on an adventure that during the next twenty years, will bring much more than he bargained for, including murder. From the beautiful Santa Fe River, through the jungles of Vietnam, and the ancient records of the Spanish Treasure fleets in Seville, Charlie's life would never be the same following his search for Miranda's gold.

Are you a "Doubting Thomas"? What is God's purpose for us? A 29 yr. veteran of police work, the author describes the daily struggles of policing, and constant battle between good and evil, and the question of God's existence.

John could not believe the black hole that he was in. Wanted for murder, justifiable in his mind, but salacious in Sheriff Knapp's mind. Not only that, he had killed the most notorious renegade in Texas history; and praised for that killing by everyone. Why had he been the one to protect the innocent settlers in the wagon train? Confounded by those events about taking life was an understatement for John. A kid, just out of college looking to take over the family freighting business, marry the most beautiful women in the world and look at him now. Where did it all go wrong? He never wanted this. He never sought to be a murderer nor a hero. He just wanted to settle down with Nancy and start a family.What about his reputation. John had spent his whole life seriously guarding his reputation. Any southern gentlemen would. But that was now in tatters. Accused of murder, wanted posters hanging everywhere he went, and at the same time hailed as the pacifier of that villainous Apache raider, Sannd. John's internal conflict with the Catholic faith was tearing him apart too. 'Thou shall not kill'. John had done just that. John had to survive and find a single witness to clear his name. He had to survive and convince Nancy that he was not a wanton murderer of men. She had to be convinced that he was the man she admired the most and what had happened was all a mistake. But how? He could not write her, no one would carry the letters back to New Orleans. He wished he had never left home to come out west.What about John's family. What would they think of him. How would they feel when they heard he had taken a man's life? He had done it not once but twice! The family would be ridiculed in public by the lesser people in New Orleans. But it would sting nevertheless. Both Cajun and Creole sides of the family would be mortified at John's actions. Chatter behind their backs would hurt even more. Would the family business be affected? What of the history of his life. How would that be written? Was John destined to be the notorious Alvarado that the family tree tried to hide. That shameful branch of a wanton killer, who descended into hell for his deeds!John hated his life right now. How was he to survive? How would he retrieve what he had lost, how would he be remembered? How would his grandchildren, if he ever had any remember him? John's internal conflicts racked him unmercifully. He would never show it outwardly, but John suffered every day. He had to set things right. Right with himself and right with all around him. He was not a quitter. This was uncharted territory for him. He had to do it by himself. The only solace he could take is that this might be what his ancestor's might have gone through, and they survived.... Yes, that was it. How had they overcome similar circumstances? How had they survived? He tried to remember.

Carly Herter is a certified and trained Functional Diagnostic Nutritional Practitioner, holistic health coach, and most recently received her board certification from the AADP (American Association of Drugless Practitioners). She has extensive experience in working with clients all over the world, focusing mostly on autoimmunity and chronic late stage Lyme disease. Her success in the field comes not only from her unique training but also her extensive personal experience with multiple chronic illnesses. Carly never tires of staying up to date with research, education, and certifications as well as collaborating with other influencers and practitioners. Carly works out of her home and spends most of her time with her three young children and husband in a small town on the coast of New Hampshire. She enjoys long distance running, reading, cooking, entertaining, crafting, and spending time with her family. After experiencing years of trial and error, lack of medical support and escalating sickness, Carly is determined and passionate to assist those still stuck in the merry-go-round of darkness associated with autoimmunity and Lyme disease.

Insanity is sometimes fun, but sometimes deadly. The 1960's are coming to a close. The young Rita Pierce, having spent her childhood isolated and lonely, is coming of age and looking like her mother more and more. She has suitors. Rita's, fire-scarred monster-pa, full of hate and darkness, teeters between yesterday and today. Between sanity and madness. He believes Rita, conceived in lust and sin-born, is a witch from birth. Will he listen to the voice in his head, tie her to a steak and set her on fire? A witch doctor's conjure going rogue, unleashes an evil, bringing to life a hoard of scarecrows. Strawmen roaming the city and countryside of the Ozark town of NuSprings, Missouri, brings the city under curfew. Death is always near. No one is safe and not everyone will survive. However, with Storm Clouds comes a silver lining; his name is StormDancer. The one person even demons fear. The days are dark. The nights are scary. A storm is brewing. Will a wielding of magic help Rita escape a witch's fate? Will the scarecrows be stopped or merely pushed back deep into the witch-woods from where they came?

Angel's Shoes Are Missing! Can you help Angel find them? Join Angel and Angel's playful puppy Spot on their adventure to piece together the mystery. Will they find Angel's shoes, or will Angel discover something even more important?

British Intelligence, American Special Forces plus a James Bond-inspired means of communication play a part in this love story. Leila, ever critical of the Kingdom's social restrictions, is in love with Walid and he loves her, but they're not sure of each other's feelings because in Saudi Arabia an unmarried couple is not allowed to be alone. Walid links up with British Intelligence in a scheme to find and destroy an Al-Qaida cache of explosives. Posing as a suicide bomber he connects with the terrorist group hoping it will lead to the secret location. Upon learning of his dangerous mission, and a setback in the original plan, Leila confronts the intelligence heads and joins them in their concern for Walid's seemingly hopeless situation. A great deal of suspense (plus a miracle) figures in Walid's fate.

The Legend of Tierra del Puma continues... Valerie and Jake Cahill have finally made it to the solitude of Tierra del Puma, Jake's family legacy ranch. His days as an LAPD pilot have come to an end, and together the couple have left the dangers and drama of LA behind, or so they thought. A violent storm rages over the Sierras. Something is ejected from the tempest brew of angry clouds and plummets into the ranch backcountry. Unbeknownst to the Cahills a clandestine search is underway to locate whatever fell from the furious sky. Meanwhile, a new arrival at the ranch carries a secret. It is a secret that will place the young wrangler and the Cahills on a collision course with those that will stop at nothing to recover what lies buried in the snowy depths of Tear Drop Pass. Events quickly unfold into a vicious, rapid-fire confrontation pitting Jake and Valerie against forces that reach far beyond the Sierra Nevada. Yet, in the midst of chaos, a longstanding legend remains; the namesake of the ranch. The elusive guardian may again be called upon to prove that the land will always be "La Tierra del Puma."

Retired psychotherapist David Chatsworth returns with a second volume of short stories which include unusual therapeutic situations, both comedic and tragic, and insights into the process of discovery, understanding, and change.

This story is so much more than just numbers, it has everything a diehard Indian's fan needs to know! This book gives in depth detail of the players Hall of Fame careers and the path that got them into the league. Where they grew up, their life before baseball and how they got started with the Tribe. - Vince McKee, CEO & Founder KEE On Sports Generations of Cleveland baseball fans, when entering the home of the Indians gaze at upper deck corner of right field and see the names and numbers of immortalized Cleveland Indians greats: Feller 19; Boudreau 5; Averill 3; Lemon 21; Thome 25; Doby 14; Robinson 20; Harder 18; and The Fans 455. This book gives an overview of the stories behind the names and jersey numbers immortalized in Cleveland Indians history; their accomplishments on and off the field and the facts that tell the narrative of their inspiring play. In addition to those who played on the field for the Indians, there are two numbers of enduring fame also displayed for all fans to see. Get the facts about the legends of the game of Cleveland Indian's Baseball.

America is the greatest country in the world, the land of opportunity. America is an amazing country, a country raised up by God for the nations to be a beacon of hope and light to the world. America's Founding Fathers came here seeking religious freedoms and a place to worship God. The United States of America is one nation under God. This country has a purpose. This country has a destiny that has been given to it by God. Anyone who lives here should be thankful and grateful to live in a land that God has raised up. Many years ago, I wrote a book called Seed Prayer, a workbook born out of my morning prayer meetings. We had thirty or forty people who would gather Monday through Sunday to pray. We would pray mostly in the Holy Spirit; however, I found that some people would lose focus over time and their prayers would begin to taper down. At that point, I would read scriptures to help regain focus, and their prayers would pick back up again. Simply explained, seed prayer is the praying and declaring of scriptures (planting seeds) and then the "watering" of that seed planted by praying in the Holy Spirit. Out of those meetings, I put together a series of scripture-based prayers, advice, and declarations. The more we prayed and declared these prayers and scriptures and watered them, the more powerful they became inside of us, manifesting tangible results in our lives, our finances, and our bodies. Based on these same principles, I put together prayers that we could declare over America. The prayers of many, and the voice of many, praying for our nation is effective and powerful. Watering the seeds planted by following these prayers and declarations with praying in the Holy Spirit is even more effective and powerful!

To China with Faith and Love tells the story of God's love for the Chinese people, while knowing they are being oppressed by the Chinese Communist Party. He uses the Father's Touch Ministry to reach out to people struggling with unwanted same sex attraction and gender confusion. Though a small ministry, the Father's Touch Ministry has a lot of experience behind it as it expands throughout the U.S.A., some parts of Europe, Russia, Mexico, South America, and even Israel. The Ministry faces opposition from the Gay Enforcers organization and other people opposed to seeing individuals reaffirming their biological gender identity and religious values. There have been incidences of harassment and violence. Members of the leadership are in hiding to protect their families, as other staff members are vulnerable to attack. The novel offers hope and optimism in the midst of danger and tragedy. But God is still in control!

Turn your gymnasium or playground into that magical space that your students will look forward to visiting week after week. Jim Eagan shares over 60 of his tried and tested activities developed over his 40 year career as one of the top Elementary Physical Education Teachers in New England. This book delivers a unique set of individual Physical Education activities that incorporate all of the components of an outstanding curriculum. Each of these activities (games), in many cases, has been modified over the course of several years to better meet the individual needs of today's physical education students. Not only is this a terrific resource for new teachers, but it will help experienced teachers introduce new activities into their established curriculum. The students will love these activities. Detailed instructions with diagrams, and in many cases, "modifications," are provided for every activity. This publication will also be an invaluable tool in helping Principals, Physical Education Directors, and even Camp Directors, to provide their staff members with a complete "skill based" set of over 60 activities that are easy to implement in even the most challenging teaching environments.

Tillman's poems dive into philosophical, theological, and realistic ways we suffer and encounter joy in this world. He invites his readers on a journey to freedom from the chains of bondage which so easily entangle us. Throughout Tillman's book, he shows his readers that they hold the power to set themselves free, and when they can't, someone by the name of Jesus can. Tillman's poems provoke self reflection and contemplation about life in ways that require humbling ourselves, so that we may learn to live, laugh, cry, and once again - dare I say - hope.

Are you struggling with negativity, hopelessness or fear? Do you feel like you are unable to focus on a task? Do you fear the future? You don't have to live that way! That is not God's desire for your life! This journal will give you a quick guide to get you started on your journey to a life of gratitude and accomplishment. How will this journal help? By giving you: Practical steps for setting goals Weekly Bible verses to encourage & guide you Weekly gratitude suggestions A place to list what you are thankful for Guidance tracking daily and weekly goals Suggestions for reflecting on your gratitude journey and life events God did not create anyone to live a life of mediocrity! This book can help you find the path to the life you were meant to live!

Time travel with his grandfather to Tiger Stadium, to Toledo Mud Hens, and searching for the lost family heirloom, a baseball signed by Abraham Lincoln. Returning to a game at old Swayne Field uncovering the real holy grail of baseball.