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Keys of Blood is the second book in the continuing story of Lord Lane DeLuca and his family, both mortal and immortal. This occult novel delves into Lane's past, uncovering more of his clan's history, and introduces two new types of vampires. His story is riddled with adventure, the paranormal, and mythology.It is 1730, seventeen years after we last saw Lane, Blayne, Relisys, Sacha, and the infant Rykael in the first book Strigoi. Lane DeLuca has cared for his mortal sister and the mortal child in Greece, and is now ready to bring her to meet her birth mother Relisys, who is staying with her husband Sacha in Lane's family villa in Umbria, Italy.Lane was turned into a Strigoi seventeen years previously, after the love of his life was murdered by the same vampire who made him immortal, the evil Kesar. After a long journey, Lane begins to unravel the sinister plot that changed his family's destiny. His lover's twin sister Relisys fell in love with Sacha, a count who is also Kesar's brother.Says the author, "After I wrote Strigoi, I wanted to take the characters further. I thought it would be interesting to follow them from that time to modern times. So I continued on with the story."Born in central Kentucky, Wynter Wilkins has been a social worker and a special education teacher. "There was a great deal of family illness around me. I was in the hospital taking care of my family and needed an escape. Having always enjoyed this genre it made sense to me. The characters became like old friends helping me through a most difficult time in my life." Publisher's website: http://sbprabooks.com/WynterWilkins

Set in the 1960s, this intriguing novel portrays the struggle of a young North Indian couple who want to marry, but are denied the support of family and friends. The conflict stems from the traditional belief that marriage partners should belong to the same caste.The middle class Indian family in the 1960s did not know how to compromise, especially when it came to caste distinctions. Caste is associated with the standing of the birth family, while individual aspirations and actions are unrelated to caste.Baldev and Padma believe the choice of a partner should be based on love and personal preference that reflects similarity of attitudes toward important matters.The characters have their own strong views they wish to sustain at any cost. The young lovers' story captures the flavor of the existing traditions and norms of society during that time in a very enticing way. Older Indians will feel nostalgic of this period of Indian society. Younger readers will gain a better understanding of marriage traditions and the decisions put into this lifelong commitment.Overall, the novel makes an important contribution in bringing emotional and cognitive richness to the marital life of persons of Indian origin.- Reviewed by Mahesh Gupta, Ph.D.Savannah psychologist in independent practice Publisher's website: http://sbprabooks.com/SKUppal

"The continued usage of the Australian Constitution Act (UK) by the Australian Governments and the judiciary is a confidence trick of monstrous proportions played upon the Australian people with the intent of maintaining power.... Authority over the Australian Constitution Act lies not with the Australian government, nor with the Australian people. It rests solely with the UK. Only they have the authority to repeal this legislation...." - The late Professor G. Clements, UK QC and emeritus Professor in Law at Cambridge University This book is the first of its type to be written in the last 114 years. Nobody has done so since Quick and Garran in 1901. The British Colony of Australia Act (1900) represents Australia's primary law. It is still used today as our Constitution. That Act controls all our lives. The British Government added the first eight parts of this Act and the ninth part is the draft Constitution. That draft was changed by the British Government before they would allow the Act to be presented to their Parliament. This amended Constitution was never presented to the "people" of Australia for their approval. The document is steeped in nineteenth century colonial thinking, and has never been brought up to date. It remains antiquated and bears very little relationship to the way we are governed.It is a myth that the referendums in 1899 and 1900 asked the "people" to approve the draft Constitution. The few selected "people" were asked if they wanted "union of the Colonies or disunion". The acceptance of the original draft Constitution was taken for granted. The draft Constitution was never about democracy or Australian sovereignty.Another of the myths this book debunks is that the Constitution can only be changed by a referendum of the Australian people. The fifty colonial representatives; referred to as our "the founding fathers", saw fit to include thirty nine provisions allowing Parliament to change the Constitution any time the ruling party wished. They have done this so many times in the last 114 years that no one has kept count.Read this book and find out why this primary law of the land is never taught in our schools, and how it controls your life. Publisher's website: http://sbprabooks.com/GrahamLPaterson

Fifteen million people worldwide suffer strokes each year. Five million die and another five million are permanently disabled.While recovering from a major stroke in 2009, the author, a successful certified public accountant, grew to understand how much her positive attitude helped her cope and ultimately accept the significant losses brought on by her stroke. Focusing on the positive effects of optimism in her own recovery, she shares the valuable techniques she uses to maintain her can-do attitude, so other stroke survivors can use them for their own journey of recovery.Carol E. Yorke wrote this book so others can better understand strokes and the potential devastation that they can wreak on so many lives.Focusing on the positive effects of optimism, the author shares what has helped her to survive and thrive. She truly believes "every day is a new discovery." Carol E. Yorke was born an Army brat in Georgia. Her childhood was spent moving every two to three years in the U.S. and overseas. "My clarity of mind was diminished by my stroke, so I had to learn again how to use my computer and word processing software. I also did brain exercises daily to improve my brain's functioning, particularly my verbal skills. In addition, having lost the function of one hand by my stroke, the whole book has been typed with only one hand." Her next book is titled A Stroke of Luck. Formerly a CPA, she is starting a new career helping people gain control of their finances. The author lives in an assisted living community with Lulu, her miniature dachshund mix, in San Jose, California. Publisher's website: http://sbprabooks.com/CarolEYorke

The Lyric Self offers a precise and thorough examination of Zen, based on classical and contemporary scholarly works as well as the author's personal experience.Eight themes that are common to the practice of Zen Buddhism and the poetry of E.E. Cummings are compared and explored, with an emphasis on their respective value to contemporary psychology and education.It is the premise of The Lyric Self that both Zen and Cummings' poetry are profoundly concerned with individual awareness, and that they both employ an unorthodox use of words to break through the static structures of conventional language and thought. Michael Buland Burns is a published poet and a retired professor of psychology from Concordia University in Irvine, California. He has taught graduate courses on the philosophy of education at California Lutheran University and has an extensive background in early childhood development, including work at Pacific Oaks school in Pasadena, California. He retains doctoral standing at Claremont Graduate School, where he majored in the philosophy of education with emphasis in Asian studies. Rima Snyder is a composer, singer, and sound editor. She has a BA in music from Pomona College and an MFA in music composition from the California Institute of the Arts. She writes music for small ensembles and for choir. She has done audio post production for radio documentaries, music, and arts features, and sound effects editing for film. This is her first book project. She lives in Culver City, California, with her husband and their Australian shepherd, Merlin.

Gone with the Wind in verse, smoothly done and succinctly outlining the book's plot, features poetry containing the main characters and the tragic heroine, with all her wiles and self-destructive passion and courage.Poetic Narration of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind lays out an accurate foretaste of the great American romantic novel and its take on war and peace. This quick summary is a good introduction for those who have not read the book and are curious whether they want to or not.This long narrative poem, precisely constructed and carefully thought out, will certainly be a welcome addition to fans of the classic. It also presents the many timeless and real-life messages brought forward in Gone with the Wind. Born in Tehran, Iran, Ali Samavati attended high school in a Swiss-American school near Geneva, and obtained his B.B.A & M.B.A. degrees from a German-American University in Germany. He returned to Tehran to live and take on the family business, saying, "Iran is country of poetry and love with an old, great civilization." He speaks English, Farsi (Persian), German, and French.

A Dreamer's Thoughts: Whispers from a Sleeping Mind is a stirring collection of poetry that touches on love, loss, self-affirmation, and beauty.Notes author Caressa Calens, "This is a selection of poems that I have written over a period of time, describing feelings that I have had about love and falling in love. I have also included some poetry that was just passing thoughts and observations that I have made."Take it from a dreamer; Whispers from a Sleeping Mind introduces a new poet with something beautiful to say. Caressa Calens lives in Port of Spain, Trinidad. She has been writing for over twenty years, but this is her first published book.Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/CaressaCalens