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In this coming-of-age historical family drama, twelve-year old Fransie learns her family is leaving rural Halifax, Virginia and moving to New York City. This starts her on an emotional roller coaster.The only life Fransie knows is the country with its farm animals', trees, dirt roads and living in a one family house. But now she's forced to accept living in a city filled with traffic lights, cement sidewalks and attending an interracial school. How will Fransie cope with this major challenge in her life?Fransie's humorous and outgoing family play a supporting role in helping her to adjust to city living.She has a loving Papa and Mama who relish reliving their love story. Larry, her older brother who is sometimes clueless. He has discovered the excitement of dancing at the Savoy and Palladium ballrooms. Fransie has discovered he now has three girlfriends and hoping to keep them away from each other. Fransie plans to keep her brother's secret, but in case of emergency she may have to use this secret weapon to get what she wants from him. Vivy, her older sister who has just graduated from high school is dating a solder named Huey and does not want her parents to know because she's leaving for college. She's trying to hide her dating from Fransie. Eileen, her younger sister makes friends with the girls from Sugar Hill. She sneaks out with them adding to Fransie's anxiety.Fransie's life is filled with changes and excitement. She's introduced to a cast of colorful characters like Lipstick O'Leary, Darwin the Square, Moving Mouth Mohanna, the mysterious Rupert and others that add sometimes drama, but also chuckles and laughter to her young life.Fransie's story of change concludes with an ending that even surprises her!

For 27 years, U.S. Treasury Special Agent Ryan Corrigan investigated suspicious and criminal financial activity flagged by the IRS. In Special Agent, Corrigan revisits many of his most interesting cases, offering a unique perspective and a fascinating spin on the catchphrase "e;follow the money."e; Tasked with several high profile assignments, Corrigan recounts his dealings with mobsters, bookies, hoteliers, and even a serial killer. From racketeering to tax evasion to casino scams to money laundering, this remarkable memoir provides a rare look at a day in the life of a Special Agent.

The book analyzes U.S economy, construction industry, and residential market crisis and recovery from 2000 to 2019. The motivation emanated from the need to document the unprecedented housing market crisis (and recovery) and its negative ei ects on the hitherto seeming formidable U.S economy. The expectation is that analysis of the data and findings should yield some policy recommendations and suggestions on how to ameliorate the impacts of weak economy and housing crisis on the nation, regions, cities, neighborhoods, groups, and individuals. The question is what factors were responsible for the housing crisis, economic meltdown, and the recoveries? What type of economic and housing policies and programs should guarantee a Goldilocks economy in the U.S? The corrective measures were on how to create enough demand to keep the economy humming at a healthy pace. The study should likely help students of housing and economic development as well as policy makers at national, regional, and local levels by equipping them with adequate knowledge of what led to the housing bubbles of mid-2000 decade that overheated the economy; the policy instruments used to mitigate the economic and housing market problems when the bubbles busted; and the necessary proactive measures needed to protect housing industry market and economy. The significance of the study includes the lessons learned about what caused the housing crisis and ensued economic meltdown; the recovery policies and programs; and how to guard against the crises from happening in the future, should undoubtedly make the study a worthwhile ei ort.

After the Summer of Love and the heyday of the Haight-Ashbury in the 1960s, San Francisco mutated over the next two decades into a city under siege by serial killers, radical under-ground extremists, antiestablishment groups, gangs, and drug wars. The rise in violence brought a spike in murders that put unprecedented pressure on the San Francisco Police Department and its storied homicide squad. Inspector Frank Falzon represents the best of those elite detectives.

One day several individuals would participate-either by design or by fate-in an evil experimental initiative in rural Minnesota.But first, they would each face trials, and these are their stories: an abduction and the disruption of life goals; the provocations of a jealous family member; confrontation by an old friend; redirection along a career path; addiction and the perils of the drug world; deception and coercion by a beautiful woman; liberation from corrupt authorities.And the revelation of closely-guarded secrets in the ancestral line of the man who would eventually attempt to manipulate their world.Offering interpretations of the principles of each of the biblical Beatitudes, these eight short stories provide glimpses into the lives of ordinary people who confront life-altering crises which demand response.

Are we educated, or are we indoctrinated? What do we really know? How do we know these things? Let us now open our eyes, our ears, and our hearts and get ready for a brand-new narrative! It is time we take a hard look at our history books and get together to discuss what needs to be done to change things. We always talk about how our history and the textbooks are inaccurate, but we never correct them, at least many of us do not. This history discussion must be inclusive to include all races, creeds and colors. We must not be afraid to look at the past, explore it, correct it and move on unified. We are stuck, and we cannot fail another generation of school children. This work must be done together. We will never achieve equity if the common people hai ve limited access to the truth. Let us make things right and get back to the ideals of freedom and equality for all.

Set in the 1970s in the deep South of Simpson County, Mississippi, "e;Southern Stories: The Family Secret"e; is a fictional story centered on the flawed but loving Smith family. Parents Charlie and E. May are respected members of their community and have raised their four children, Johnny, Freddy, Cassie and Emma, to love and respect God and one another. But when Cassie's husband Ray has an affair with her sister Emma, the family's bond is fractured by the betrayal and an unplanned pregnancy. Concerned about their reputation, the family conceals the infidelity and constructs an elaborate lie to move forward. The family's secret weighs heavily on Cassie, and in a moment of painful desperation, she makes the decision to abandon her family. While away, Cassie meets Ace, a handsome, mysterious man who awakens her romantically. Her feelings are torn because she is attracted to him, but his lifestyle appears to be contrary to everything she was raised to believe. Meanwhile, Ray's attempt to pay a gambling debt goes awry, leaving one man dead. This sends him on his own journey away from the family. Longing for reconciliation, Cassie reflects on what drove her away from her family and how she can move beyond the hurt to find a path toward truth and healing.

This inspirational and spiritual book of knowledge for daily living reveals the truth about what it takes, not only to be Saved, but to be living for the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom represents the mindset and stability of the believer, as we are the Kingdom of God (Heb). The book expounds on such topics as Taking the Mask Off, Church Age, Destiny Revealed, and the Church Identified. It is daily food for living morally and spiritually conscious. It brings a i much-needed reality check to the living conditions of today's world.