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Delightfully collapsing into a refined taste of devout sentiment allows heiress Alexandria Van Sassen to explore her affections in her newfound yet reliable confidant. Her first year attending Columbia keeps her comfortably entrenched in her home cityscape by the absolute determination of entanglement with one of the worlds deadliest gangsters. Her captivation of Tomas Dmitri, whose father is the head of one of many Russian Mafia families, is nothing short of expected and discreetly anticipated. Their whirlwind romance must show respect when in the same vicinity of the macabre obscurity lurking within the trusted walls of her very own heart. Treachery prevails, inciting a defensive instinct that will guide her through the unknowingly precarious position she holds between her grandfather and her love. Actions taken by those before her will lay the groundwork for the difficult path she has to take to secure her own birthright, awakening an innate magic sustained with her reverence of complete loyalty toward protecting her family. Many marionettes play the stages of growth she endures on her pilgrimage to becoming the worlds most important CEO. Her immediate succession was decided at sixteen, when the cogs of a greater machine began to spin round and round. She learns to balance the interests of the Firm, ensuring its undying success while toying with the beasts of her true loves world, breaking the illusionary glass amid the provocation of an old demon who is unwilling to let go of his stronghold. A world divided into politicians and gangsters can tremulously dictate the balance of power in a matter of seconds. Her new role keeps her on the world stage, while removing the mask tests her quick wit and Tomass endearing devotion for nothing less than her happiness. Become involved in the blissful love that is tangled within the reach of a heart-wrenching violence.

A compassionate, candid, and often humorous, biographical (and partially autobiographical) narrative/memoir of a six-decade long productive marriage of a remarkable woman and her distinguished veterinarian and professor husband, and how Alzheimers disease, and its physical and psychological manifestations gradually, yet progressively, affected the couples last four years, and especially, the authors supportive editor-teammate spouse, as the disease steadily eroded her personality and day-to-day ability to function. The account begins with Brucyes early years and gradually extends through how the couple first met on a blind date that was engineered by one of their mothers mutual friend; through their courtship, early marriage, the birth and early development of their two children, the husbands (authors) professional veterinary school curriculum experiences leading to an earned doctorate and, later, his graduate school training, surgical residency, and a second residency earned him a degree in comparative pathology. Later, his career and some notable experiences in private exotic (nondomestic animal) veterinary practice and their life together, as they traveled widely as he served as a popular visiting clinical professor of comparative medicine and pathobiology at numerous North American, European, and Asian colleges and universities. This story is further leavened by relating details of numerous innovative and outrageously humorous theme parties and other events during nearly thirty years of the couples summer recreational boating in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, their planning and collaboration during the establishment of their organic farm and home located in Northern Californias Mendocino County, and the wifes eventual development of dementiawhich created many challenges. In the latter parts of the book, the author provides a lengthy and useful guide for others contemplating service or who are already serving as a caregiver for a loved one, including numerous specific suggestions and sources for items and services that he found of benefit to all parties while he was involved in being the designated caregiver for his much-loved spouse and best friend. The essentiality of gaining temporary respite from the responsibility as a caregiver is also discussed, as are some external pitfalls that are common to this situation.

Alley is a young alligator who goes for her first dental checkup before she has a dental “problem.” The book attempts to present some of the basic things a child may see or experience in a very positive way. The book also presents terms that are commonly used by a pediatric dentist that are less intimidating to a child. Words such as “tooth counter” or “Mr. Thirsty” are substituted for “dental probe” or “dental suction.” Alley Alligator’s Awesome Smile attempts to instill a desire in children to be excited to care for their smile at an early age and reduce anxiety for future dental care.

Have you ever lost something so important to you that you were willing to go to great lengths to find it? Travel along with Charlie the Wiener Wonder Dog as he crosses the country in pursuit of his precious woobie! While leaving the familiar McDurgle farm is scary, Charlie decides he must venture out of his comfort zone to retrieve the woobie! Along the way, Charlie encounters friends and relatives who try to help him locate his coveted woobie. Will Charlie find it? Will Charlie be called upon to answer the call of a citizen in distress? Read on and travel with Charlie on the trip of a lifetime!

The ’80s of self-indulgence and “It’s all about me” has turned us into “Nobody understands what I am going through” and “Nobody cares.” There is power in the memoirs on the bookshelves today, with such authors as Dave Pelzer, Carol Burnett, Mackenzie Phillips, Ashley Judd, and Shania Twain. These authors are giving us positive nourishment and starting conversations. We are reconnecting with our neighbors across the street as well as across the globe, with two common threads—we are all human beings and we are not alone. These books allow a reader to open up at their own pace. The memoirs of today contain everything, from abandonment to the taboo. Still, these books are all basically one person talking to another, with the exception you know exactly what the subject is about. The books give you a voice that inspires you to take the next step to be able to talk to your family and friends.I have spent my life with some of the right people, but mostly all the wrong people, hoping they could show me I am a worthy human being. In this story, I have brought together all my challenges and teachers that are now my allies to tell the story of my life. In those seconds when you have looked soul to soul with someone to fight for your worth and your heart pounds and your mouth is dry, you can only hope that in those fleeting seconds they have looked deep enough to see you. We all want to have our voices heard; sometimes we just need a little help. 

Maps are Amazing! introduces young readers to the wonderful world of maps through rhymes.  Maps let children know about the world and they will discover there are more to maps than just taking them to where they want to go.  Maps tell children about the world, directions and landmarks.  Maps are Amazing! gives the freedom to explore and learn more about maps.

What war on drugs? Is our government complicit in the continued proliferation of the illegal drug trade in our nation? This supposed war on drugs has been ongoing for better than one hundred years with no apparent conclusion in sight. Perhaps we should entertain a new strategy to achieve ultimate victory in this never-ending conflict.Our criminal court system provides numerous avenues for offenders to eschew responsibility for their misdeeds. Overburdened criminal courts rely heavily upon “deal making” as the primary means to adjudicate their caseloads. And in the rare instance when a case goes to trial, the primary objective of the attorneys is to win the contest, attainment of justice be damned.The prison system has become the de facto long-term mental health facility in our country. Our recidivism rate is obscene, and we spend much more money incarcerating our youth than educating our youth.Speaking of education, the educational standards in our nation have devolved to a point where the educational achievement level of students in most of the other industrial nations far exceeds American students. And there is an irrefutable relationship between graduation rates, academic achievement, and index crime.Issues regarding the use of force by police officers still plague our country. In minority communities, the divide between law enforcement officers and the citizenry they serve is ever expanding.This book does more than illustrate the various inequities and deficiencies of our Criminal Justice System. It provides tangible solutions for such. This text shall ruffle the feathers of liberals and conservatives alike...oh darn! The sole objective of this book is to advocate for a Criminal Justice System that is effective, and that serves each of identically.

This is the story of five talking dogs—four living and one dead. It contains about seventy-two thousand words. The story deals with how these canines react to the human world, its rules, and its way of life. Although this is a book of fantasy, it portrays how the dogs might interact with the humans. The dogs try to figure out what makes the humans tick in the manner they do. They are certainly an odd duck species. The story reveals how the dogs live for the moment, not concerned with the future. Meanwhile, the humans live for the future, which may never come. While the dogs are prepared for the next life, the humans are definitely not prepared. The dogs know where they are going. The humans think they are going to one place but are really going to another. It’s a story of love, compassion, relationships, endurance, dependence, and independence.The main characters are five dogs: Runner, a greyhound, the leader of the pact Danny, a greyhound, deceased and spiritual leader and earthly advisor Vinney, a whippet and risk-taking lunatic that acts first and thinks later Doggie, a treeing walker coonhound and cocker spaniel mix and an immigrant from West Virginia who is educated and rationalPeanut Butter, a pug and beagle mix that is naive and uneducated except for four months in a biology class.Danny, the dead one, communicates with the Almighty frequently. The Almighty informs Danny about the dogs’ next adventure as to benefits and hazards. Danny relays the info to Runner. On every adventure, the dogs run against the grain of the law. The Almighty makes sure the dogs never get into trouble. He is an accessory to their crimes, before and after the act. The dogs seem to be invulnerable to prosecution, thanks to the Almighty’s playing interference for the dogs.

This is a tale of three cousins with a very special magical secret that takes us to strange and awesome adventures in worlds far beyond our reach.Grandfather’s GoldEddie lives on a ranch in the Arizona desert. The ranch sits under the Superstition Mountain. One day while Eddie’s dad and uncles were in the mountain searching for gold, Eddie found a gold nugget. Too excited to wait for them to return home, Eddie went looking for them.Eddie got lost and fell into a crack. He entered a time warp, discovered a vein of gold a foot and a half thick, and the ghost of his grandfather. Eddie returns from the mountain with not only more gold than his family can use but with a secret so powerful that it sets him and his cousin Jessie on a journey into other worlds and planets far beyond our galaxies.The Planet HtraeAliens invade Earth. They steal all of Earth’s fresh waters. The evil Captain Rameses from the Planet Zuard in the galaxy of the Five Suns come to earth with a sinister plan to steal Earth’s water and take it back to their home planet. Oceans and rivers disappear. Our world is doomed.Eddie and Jessie must return water back to Earth before our planet becomes a dead star and all life dies. With the help of Grandfather’s spirit placed into a divining water rod and the crew from the Planet Htrae, they take us through the depths of the mountain, caves, volcanoes, fire, gases, spitting lava, and the largest water rapids in the world, all while being chased by aliens.Aliens Among UsA scientist discovers that the Stones of Life and an Ancient Book of Spells are missing from the top of the universe. The stones must be returned. They keep the planets and universe in balance, which creates peace in the cosmos. Time is running out because without the stones, the planets are now unbalanced and are in danger of complete disarray.Jessie and Eddie have won a trip to Egypt, wanting to tell her sister Crystal about the good news, Jessie accidently found out about the universe and cosmos are unbalanced. Crystal and her team are sent back in time to ancient Egypt to retrieve the stones and book. Wanting to help her sister, Jessie devises a way to hitch a ride back in time on Crystal’s vessel, but Jessie’s plan goes awry. Jessie, Eddie and White Cloud, get lost in the tombs of the Valley of the Kings, shot into space, and shot down by space bandits and end up in a time machine trying to find a way home.Bermuda TriangleA starship cruiser crashes into the ocean with nine aliens (ambassadors) from other galaxies. They are on a mission of peace and are pulled into Earth’s magnetic field. Eddie and Jessie discover them and must find a way to fly them back to their home planet.Eddie and Jessie are on a cruise to Bermuda with Eddie’s parents. The ship encounters a weird storm in the Bermuda Triangle. A rogue wave hits the ship, and Jessie and Eddie are washed overboard into the choppy sea, fighting off sharks. They are pulled into the magnetic field forcing them deeper and deeper into the ocean, landing on top of a spaceship. The hatch pops open and they are sucked inside.Sitting on the bridge are two aliens who are ill. They are dying. They find seven more aliens with the same sickness. Jessie and Eddie get in touch with Crystal and her team in hopes they can help her and Eddie find a way to fly the ship out of Earth’s ocean and return them back to the planet of its destination. While in flight, White Cloud finds a alien game called Meet the Master of Your Fate, but he did not read the instructions. On the last level, he is sucked into the game and must find his master before all of the monsters, ghouls, and demons get him.

An epic story of two brothers raised in sunny California, then forced to live in the desolate wilderness by their survivalist father. The only way in or out of their residence was by boat, snowmobile, or airplane.Set in the picturesque Denali Mountains outside Nenana, Alaska, this is a true story. Both brothers have struggled with loneliness, heartbreak, and loss. Following years of slave labor by their father, they forget what it’s like to be kids. Year after year they toil in the frigid arctic weather, becoming survivalists themselves, but with criminal tendencies. They are societal outcasts.When these two boys finally escape the mountains and begin a new life in the nearby city of Fairbanks, they’re not free for long. They soon discover that their father has been brutally murdered while they’re away. To date, the cold case of their father’s murder is still just that—a cold case.For the rest of their lives, these brothers are chained together by the loss of their past, loss of their childhood, and the loss of a parent in the most violent way: murder.

The continuing saga of the DeMarco brothers begins with book 3 as they both struggle through college. The inheritance the twins received from some mystery man would not only bring change intheir lives but also in the life of their mother. This event will forever change their future, their journey and their story. Years of intense study at college prepare the boys for this new global adventure. Newpeople enter their lives which results in great friendships and eventuallybusiness associates. Book 4 continues as the DeMarco brothers run the gauntlets of Wounded Knee in the early ‘70s, the building of the town of Eagleton, Colorado high in a valley of the Rocky Mountains in the late ‘70s and the sky tower, the DeMarco international headquarters in downtown Denver being built in the early ‘80s. Several deaths occur, natural deaths, because we all grow old. But as one dies, others are birthed and the story of the brothers continue. Within the same family, to be quite honest and somewhat crude, out with the old and in with the new. More secrets are revealed, old friendships are reunited, challenges lie ahead, dreams come true and new adventures begin.

The poems herein are imaginative, intuitive, powerful, and timeless.            A true gift.  This book is a must read and a must keep.

Near the town of Tazewell, on the western edge of the Mississippi Delta, amidst vast fields of cotton and ponds of catfish, twenty-four-year-old Warren Pope manages the Paradise Catfish Farm. He befriends most of the locals and struggles with the Delta’s lingering reluctance to cast aside the last remaining vestiges of social injustice. Pope’s archnemesis, Chief Deputy Leo Abrams, doesn’t appreciate the northern outsider and the two tangle in a suspenseful, action-packed sequence of events that could only happen in the backwood haunts of Mississippi.

“Earth Under Siege” is the “Loud Cry” that wakes up the sleeping virgins of Matthew 25:1-10. “Prepare to meet thy God.”    An inspiration from God over a period of 28 years – not a teaching of any church or religion. This is the final message of the last generation upon whom the ends of the Earth have come.

Snap! A young girl named Sally discovers an egg at Sole Tarry pond. She brings it home and out hatches a snapping turtle that bites at everyone. Can Sally save her pet turtle from his anger and most importantly their relationship?

I cry every day before and after school because I have been a victim of bullying for most of my life. I had the misconception that once I reached middle school that I would be free from being [a] victim. Wow! Was I wrong [!] I am now a 7th grader and the torture continues. I suffered in silence until I met Ms. Smart; I feel some level of comfort because she let us know that she does not tolerate bullying in her classroom. Like many others I tried to commit suicide by jumping out of a window of a three-story building. I am also a cutter. I want to live but how? –Seventh-grade studentUnfortunately, stories like that of this middle school student are all too common. The social pressures of bullying can lead to intolerable unpleasantness for some students. Bullying in schools is a growing concern in the United States. Bullying causes many problems, not only for the victim, but also for the bully. Students desire a safe haven at home and school; however, problems with bullies lead to insecurity in the victim and make home and school feel more like a prison than the safe haven they are supposed to be.Bullying via the Internet or cyberbullying is steadily increasing. A bully can harass someone via text, email or hurtful comments on a social network site. This has led to a whole new breed of bullying. A bully no longer has to be face to face. He/she can now say harmful things about a person through the Internet for others to read and comment.No matter how it is looked at, bullying is wrong. It’s never okay. It’s never cool. It never makes one person look better than another because they are bullying someone. This book offer strategies as to what to do if one should find themselves as a victim of bullying behavior as well as if you happen to be the bully.  Also covered are tips for parents, teachers and community members.  

A fatherless father.As a boy, I became keenly aware early on that I was without a father figure in my life. A true dad. To be sure, there were plenty of male role models, some decent, some shady, some out for their own good, and at least two that truly wanted the best for me. Nonetheless, I did not have a father.There wasn’t the bonding of playing catch with a baseball or football. No one to confide my struggles and inner battles or my first broken heart to who could say, “I know what you mean, son. Let’s talk about it and figure it out.” I’m not complaining. For me, it was my reality and, therefore, the only reality that I had true experience with.I had plenty of friends who had a dad in the picture and truly a part of their lives and wanted to be. I also knew many others in the same shoes that I was—from broken homes, for one reason or another, and by choice or happenstance, their lives improved, or the path they had been shown was repeated for the next generation.I knew and have always known I would be all right, and I knew very quickly how I did not want to live my life by the examples set down for me. I have always wanted to be a dad and to give to my sons the pieces of the puzzle that I was deprived of but knew existed.I am not perfect by any means and will never claim to be. What I do claim to be is of Irish ancestry, with a poet’s heart and the want and will to be fully present in my sons’ lives. Through thick and thin, struggles, victories, broken hearts, discoveries, and life choices, good and bad.This book is about my sons and life moments captured in images and verses from my heart and soul.What a gift I was given as a child! I am a father now, and the chain has been broken.

This book was written in remembrance of the author’s long time teacher and best friend who was a commercial fisherman and a practicing shaman in scrying, numerology, the Ogham alphabet, divination, philosophy, ancient wisdom, herbalism and magic.

The last six words in the Pledge of Allegiance, "With liberty and justice for all," continue to ring hollow for many Americans and will continue to do so until it becomes clear to all Americans that it is as difficult for the African American community to see justice in the continued murders of unarmed black men at the hands of men and women in blue as it was for white America to see justice in the acquittal of O. J. Simpson in the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson twenty-plus years ago.Silent Terrorism, A Look at American Racism and Hypocrisy was written in hopes of opening and stimulating dialogue about race in America. I have been blessed to travel to many countries outside the United States of America, giving me a very good understanding and appreciation of the benefits of being born a citizen of the greatest country in the world. As great as this nation is as a whole, as honorable as its ideals are, the founding fathers left huge holes in its foundation related to race and racism which continues to divide our nation today. The tactics, techniques, and practices (TTPs) used by racist men in our society today differ from those of their forefathers. Their TTP's continue to evolve, change and are embedded in every facet of our lives, our justice system, and our government, which from its inception has been a state sponsor of terrorism (racism) within its borders. One can argue that many of the atrocities committed by the founding fathers and other immigrants from Great Britain were necessary to establish and build this nation, that excuse cannot be used to explain the continued racism, voter disenfranchisement, repelling of the Voting Rights Act, many of today's laws, and a grand jury system that continues to allow for the murders of unarmed black Americans. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, said "most of the black scientists in this country do not come from the most advanced schools" and black students do better in at "slower tracked schools." Scalia continued to express his racist views from the bench when he said students of color are being "pushed into schools that are too advanced for them" due to race-conscious affirmative action policies.

It is a fact that Africa has been booty to the world. It is also easy for Africans and most commentators on African history to blame the continent's woes on outsiders-Western slave traders, colonial powers and neo-colonialists-without taking cognizance of the destructive roles played by conniving Africans. For the reasons of greed, politics for personal enrichment and tribal affinity, connivers are abounding on the continent of Africa always ready to betray their people.In his book, Alex O'Femi, blames African woes-especially that of Sub-Saharan Africa-on conniving elements in Africa without which the continent's conquest would not have been possible. Through reliance on historicism, a method that treats history as a science, O'Femi concludes that Africa lost the battle to interlopers in previous centuries and may yet again do so in this century if enemies within are not effectively contained.

Derek Anderson is an ambitious go-getter. After several years as a professional student he decides to step out in faith and take a huge promotion that requires him to move his entire family from their comfortable home town in Bradley, Ohio. On his quest for success, he quickly finds out that what he believes is his destiny only ends up as road blocks in his path. He also finds that money can't buy them happiness and no matter where and how he searches for it, family comes first. 

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moment of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."-Martin Luther King Jr. 

In a world where computers seem to be taking over, The Chip is on our side. The Chip’s story, although spectacular, begins in the same unspectacular way all of our stories do… Stanley’s parents Jane and James had always wanted to have a child, and knew they would not be complete without one. When Stanley was born, life seemed perfect – at least until the day when Stanley started to develop some strange habits and what some might call“super powers.” Pulled out of his everyday life by tragedy and treachery, Stanley must survive in the cruel word he finds himself in – a world where he becomes the subject of lab testing and learns to survive almost entirely on his own. At the same time, however, he finds one benefit amid the horror: the implants he is given allow him control over his powers. Melding together a flair for the dramatic and a sense of the commonplace, authorGeorge Jack brings to life a society in chaos in need of a savior. That savior is “The Chip” Stanley’s super alter-ego. Set in the early 21st century, the story of The Chip reads more like a plausible biography than a work of science fiction. Of course, it is the biography of a young man with super powers and enhanced cybernetics. But no one is perfect. 

Lord Charles Hawkly, the new Duke of Hawkhurst is still reeling. First his father died at New Year's, then his brother dies in a fall that may not have been an accident at all. If it wasn't for his best friend's wife giving birth, he'd think bad luck was following him. They say bad things happen in threes. So what could possibly be next?  At the bequest of her father, Lady Angelique Barnes is on her way to London for the season with her maid after mourning the death of her mother. Unfortunately, an unavoidable crash has left her injured and her maid dead. It's as if someone is trying to keep her from London. Thankfully the young lord of the adjoining estate has kindly offered to put her up while she recovers. Could this be the 'Prince Charming' she dreamed of as a little girl?  Unsatisfied gentry and disgruntled soldiers are running rampant through the Hawkhurst estate and surrounding lands. The ongoing investigation reveals things are not as they seem and decisions must be made. Charles has found his own personal angel. The question iscan he keep her?