Ellen Groovy is an actress, and she improvises her life, which reads like a B-movie.She is a mother who adds products into shops without telling anybody. She is haunted by a mysterious purple woman. She has been to the future, which is west of Bacchus Marsh, and to the past, to the origins of fast food.She makes many friends, and even her enemies really like her. She would love to meet you!About the Author: Othniel Poole lives near the sea, southeast of Melbourne, Australia. He enjoys bushwalking, writing, music, and history. This is his eleventh book. "Bacchus Marsh is a suburb of Melbourne, and features in Ellen Groovy, the future being west of there, according to the text. I started writing this story in 2006 and was inspired by B-movies from the 1950s, like Ed Wood's "Plan 9 From Outer Space," and from my Dad's sense of humour. I would make jokes going to movies, and a lot of the jokes are in this book. I also used to look up the history of businesses, and history of man. It all paid off."
"Beware the time the golden mist seeks you; For one of you shall taste of death and you shall not return." This was the warning of the Great Hobber to the Children of Earth many years ago.The warning came with David and Tanya's first visit to the Lands of the Adoni. Now young adults, the mist seeks them out on this visit. But when they arrive in Dula, they find Queen Dianna missing.The Children of Earth are called into the Lands of the Adoni just as the Last Trumpet sounds upon the earth and the Rapture takes place. David and Tanya must assume the throne and prepare the kingdom for all-out war with their long-time enemy, Magar, and the Dark Lord himself, to prepare the way for The Return of the Adoni.As they assume their final roles as the Steward/Stewardess of the throne of Dula, they discover as many enemies within the walls of the palace as without. Assuming the throne was easy, but holding the throne may cost them their lives. Can they hold it until the Adoni return?This is the sixth and final book of the Dulan Archives series.Author Bio : Dennis Knotts lives with his wife and their daughter, Shalom, in Riverside, California. This is his eleventh book.
How to Kill Your Batman uses the character Batman to help heal male survivors of childhood sexual abuse.Using material from his previous award-winning self-help book, Heroes, Villains, and Healing: A Guide for Male Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Using D.C. Comic Superheroes and Villains, author Kenneth Rogers Jr. this time focuses on the character Batman, to help male survivors understand the pitfalls of hypervigilance after being sexually abused.The trauma of childhood sexual abuse is related to the childhood trauma in Batman's story, when a young Bruce Wayne witnesses the death of his parents. In the first part of the book, the author explores the term "Boy Code" and the societal norms of being a "real" man.In part two, the harms of hypervigilance are explained, using Batman and the development of cognitive distortions by male survivors as a result of being sexually abused.Part three helps survivors understand how to "kill their Batman," allowing them to explore the need for intimacy and healing rather than hypervigilance. Throughout each part, Kenneth includes autobiographical stories of his own struggles with hypervigilance as a sexual abuse survivor striving to heal, grow, and become a "good" man rather than a "real" man.About the Author: A native of Peoria, Illinois, Kenneth Rogers, Jr. teaches secondary English. How to Kill Your Batman is his ninth book. Over the span of eleven years as an author, he has won six national indie book awards. How to Kill Your Batman is the first in the How to Kill Your Superhero series. His next book in the series will be How to Kill Your Superman.Publisher's website: www.sbpra.com/KennethRogersJr
A true story in the life of Marion, a suburban Johannesburg housewife, this is a spellbinding account of a woman's triumph in escaping the clutches of a cross-dressing psychopath. She cannot bring herself to walk away from his emotional and sexual perversions and is caught in a web of love and deceit.As a man, Just Alan has strong committed feelings towards his lover. However, as Cylk, her mood changes to wanting to hurt the woman in her life. As Alan's hormonal change develops, he makes love but wants to punish her first.Marion, on the other hand, has the need for him to revert to a normal man again. Their love affair continues for some years with Marion forgiving his strange behavior. The reader is caught up in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies as the story unfolds and ends in a climax of revenge.
Retired astronomer Thomas Wm. Hamilton has written six books on astronomy. But science always changes. His most recent book, Moons of the Solar System, has just been revised to incorporate the newest research and information on these amazing bodies in the sky. The new title is Moons of the Solar System, Revised Second Edition: Incorporating the Latest Discoveries in Our Solar System as well as Suspected Exomoons.Having once worked on the Apollo Project, the author has long been fascinated in studying moons. From Galileo's discoveries in 1610, to the latest returns from the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn, four centuries of discoveries in the solar system are summarized, complete with the names of those responsible for finding them.The 185 known moons of the planets and dwarf planets in the solar system are described in great detail, from how they were discovered, and by whom, to information about their sizes and orbits.The strange and exotic origins of the moons' names make for astonishing stories. Moons of the Solar System also includes the possible dangers faced by human travel in space.About the Author: Thomas Wm. Hamilton taught astronomy for 32 years. He has devoted his efforts since retiring to writing about astronomy as well as three books of science fiction. The author lived most of his life in big cities including San Francisco and New York, "which are about as bad for viewing the sky as living in a cave. The year I spent in New Hampshire was the best time for getting personally acquainted with the night sky. The asteroid 4897 was named by the International Astronomical Union Tomhamilton for me."
In 1989 the Brazilian student Paulo Roberto was abducted by a "flying saucer". His captors are representatives of a super developed civilization inhabiting the star Cygni 61, which they call Omeron. This is civilization-parent of the terrestrial one. For an earth man such as Paulo this is a strange and completely unaccustomed world in every respect. On this planet money and states do not exist. They have withered away; the same way as verbal speech has withered away, too, replaced by telepathy. In this civilization things are accomplished by the direct exchange of energy - without money, as well as the direct exchange of information - without speech; all are united in a common energy-info exchange. These humans look somehow not so solid, not so heavy, pale, and faintly gauzy. They are an odd society of slightly lucent at times yogis. They have a transparent blood and unknown metabolism. But even the bravest visionary's dreams cannot vie with this reality - for these humans can fly! Yes! These nondescript supermen, almost imperishable and ethereal, soar through the air like biblical angels. In 2023 Paulo comes back to the Earth. What does he find here and what happens with him then?
During the 1950s and '60s, Buddy McLean had the reputation as the toughest man walking the streets of Boston. Hundreds challenged him. No one could take him.In the same time span, the young truck driver/longshoreman from Somerville began building a criminal enterprise. Years later, it became known as the Winter Hill Gang. In 1961, Buddy faced confrontation with the ruthless and violent McLaughlin brothers of nearby Charlestown. When he wouldn't concede to them, a feud started. More than sixty people died.From those who knew Buddy McLean best, this is his life story.Larry Leavitt once lived in Everett, Massachusetts, close to Somerville, where Buddy McLean lived. He had relatives in Somerville who were friendly with Buddy. The author currently lives in Peabody, Massachusetts, where he teaches physical education in the public-school system. He is married, and has a daughter and two sons. This is his first book.
Ignorance of the particularity and the peculiarity of the exclusive material of the Gospel of Matthew lead to a serious misunderstanding of the essential thrust of the Gospel. The ongoing attempt to read the Gospel without clarity, especially as it relates to the meaning, purpose, and function of the Matthean M, is an injustice to the Matthean community and its effort to advance the Gospel of liberation of Jesus, the Messiah of God. Ultimately, this research into the meaning, reason, and function of the Matthean M is a call for a rethinking of all the Gospels. To do so would require a revisit to the evangelistic thrust of each Gospel and to review what might be considered the hidden function of the Gospels.The most striking injustice to the Message of the Gospels is the failure on the part of succeeding generations to mistakenly read the Gospels without due consideration for the socio-moral-theological journey of the religious group.Those who joined the group in its journey caused a continuous evolution of the socio-moral-theological practices and beliefs, to the end that sometimes it was not clear as to what came first: the message of Jesus or the socio-moral-theological adaptation of the dynamics that define the point and time of the journey.The mistake is made in limiting the socio-moral-theological premise to the impact of the Gospel on the people, while at the heart of the mission, the people revolutionized the Gospel. The journey continues. Readers are challenged to read the Gospel through new eyes, and to recognize the diversity to engage and to embrace a new strategic mission community.Dr. Livingstone R. Malcolm, a Methodist minister, taught New/Old Testament and theological ethics, and currently has a practice in clinical pastoral counseling.
There is romantic, erotic love. There is game-playing, uncommitted love. There is obsessive, possessive love, and there is friendship-based love. There is pragmatic, practical love, and there is gentle, caring, unconditional love. Where does self-love fit in? Just Passing Thru is a tale of a self-absorbed and wealthy ladies' man and an emotionally immature, but brilliant and successful corporate consultant who crash into one another in a passionate attraction that intertwines them, yet confuses them. Belinda and Anton are caught in negative and positive powerful pulls that thrust them onto the same path and then forcibly pull them apart again and again as they just pass through different types of love that could lead them down the path to self-actualization or down the path to self-destruction. Just Passing Thru is an account of the romance, confusion and inevitable growth that can result when alcoholism and co-dependency get mixed up with self-empowerment and intelligence as the driving and conflicting forces. Who has the most to lose? Who has the most to gain? The church girl or the party boy? Belinda wants to gain true love. Will she find it with Anton? A good partner will ride with you until hell freezes over and even a little while on the ice. But when will enough be more than enough?
When my grandmother passed away, I inherited a wonderful memento, a chest containing her handwritten twenty-page memoir.A Year in the Life of a Southern Girl features one year of my grandmother's life around the year 1900, describing life in small town Arkansas at the turn of the century. In it, my paternal grandmother comes of age, tells her favorite funny family stories, and at the same time, demonstrates her faith in God.Along with her stories, I have also included my other grandmother's tales, as well as my own research and stories. All these tales are fiction based on facts.The stories remind us of what we have forgotten of "the good old days," how to be at peace even in the worst of times, and how to trust that life will get better. And, we should all share a laugh in the meantime.(About the Author)"I want to write the stories before they are forgotten," says Polly A. Bakker. "They gave me great joy when I was growing up, and I would like to share that with my children and grandchildren." A retired school teacher and administrator, the author is from Yarbro, Arkansas. This is her first book and the second is in the works.
Set in Mumbai, India, this epic story explores the heartaches, the joys, the sorrows, the successes, the failures, the passions, the intrigues, and the drugs. It is a story of love and hatred, revenge, and greed. Revenge Is Not a Game exposes the intricate details of the financial world that motivates and influences the game of cricket.A saga of two very strong characters, drawn together by a common ambition to build the biggest financial and management empire at the highest level of sport.However, sudden and tragic circumstances cut deep into their relationship, inextricably drawing them apart to the point they become bitter enemies.Tony de Silva, India's greatest cricketer, retires at the height of his career. All he plans to do is settle down and relax, that is until he meets Leya Raman, a strikingly beautiful woman, and the owner of a successful financial management company. Leya falls in love with Tony, but he has eyes only for her sister, Karma. Dejected and distraught, Leya swears revenge.Two potential tycoons full of testosterone and ambition play out their rivalry, reaching a climax that ultimately destroys one of them.This book should be read just for the sheer brilliance of John Sealey's storytelling ability, which makes readers eager to want to turn to the next page.(About the Author)John Sealey has spent most of his life in London, England, but on retirement from the film and television industry, now lives by the sea in the county of Essex. "In my travels while filming in India and Sri Lanka, I realised cricket was somewhat of a religion with millions following the game, which gave me the idea to write what goes on behind the game."
I'm the President, by Donald Thump was written by George A.M. Heroux, although it pretends to be written by a fictional President who has to deal with all the issues currently confronting the real President, Donald Trump. President Thump writes his book during the campaign and during part of his presidency.In this book, we get to know an American President who is outrageous in thought and action. He is totally over the top, as he confidently describes his business beginnings, his connection with Russia, his attitude on guns, his womanizing, and many other topics that demonstrate the mind of a dangerous President. But the book is not without humor, because Thump's actions are sometimes so ridiculous that readers can only be fascinated and amused.This is Donald Thump's tell-all, because his plan is to write the truth and publish it only after he leaves the presidency with a so-what attitude, returning to his billionaire life and his hideaways.Set primarily in the White House, the characters are somewhat based on real people or on very ridiculous people with interesting names. George A.M. Heroux is a lawyer, victim advocate, university instructor, and acclaimed author. He has a law degree from Albany Law School (Union University) and an MBA from Florida Atlantic University, but he is proudest of his efforts as a writer and playwright. He wrote the best-selling novel But for the Crash, a book on writing (Write Now! Let Your Writing Talents Emerge), a book for continuing education professionals (Continuing Professional Education - How), a book of short plays, and seven full-length plays that have been successfully staged, including one musical comedy, The Rev, and two plays that became movies.
Mariana Castillo is forewarned that she must guard her family's secret of clairvoyance. But the brave twenty-five-year-old always meets life's ups and downs head on, saying, "I want to be me and to be free."She soon learns that her defiance carries heavy consequences, when she's attacked because she avoided discretion.To protect her family, she buries her emotions, vowing never again to open herself to anyone. That is, until Cassius Russo comes into her life and confusion enters with him. An undercover FBI agent, he holds the key that will unshackle her from her fears and doubts, but only if she can accept his friendship and once more learn to trust.Hiding and distrust have become habitual, but Mariana will die before she allows gun-running warlords to corrupt her most precious gift, her son, Michael.(About the Author)Margie Vieira lives in the San Joaquin Valley of California with her husband and three daughters. The simple life of farming and living out in the country has given her ample time to write. She also works four hours a day as a bilingual para-professional, working with second and third graders on phonics and literary comprehension. This is her third novel.Publisher's website: www.sbprabooks.com/MargieVieira
This rich collection of contemporary short stories will sweep readers into the heat and passions of the Arabian world. The unique rhythm of each tale combines to create a collection that brings about greater understanding.From the opening tale, where a lovestruck woman plots to attract her neighbor, to the trials of a young woman braving a war zone to retrieve medication for her mother, this anthology is filled with themes and emotions that readers from all over the world will relate to.The writing styles are diverse. The story of a mythical bird, the arfaj, is reminiscent of Aesop's Fables. There are even touches of the supernatural, as one author spins the story of a student who gets ethereal assistance preparing his graduate thesis."It is very easy to simplify, stereotype, and misunderstand cultures that we are unfamiliar with. In choosing the pieces for translation, Abdallah Altaiyeb presents a society, family dynamics, and perspectives that, in many ways, mirror our lives in the West. Translating someone else's work is a monumental task. Doing it well is an artform. This is a masterful job of choosing stories that paint vivid pictures that know no borders." - Gene Gumbs, journalist and authorAbout the Author:Abdallah Altaiyeb is a poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist, and translator in several languages. He was born and raised in Medina on the west coast of Saudi Arabia. He studied chemical engineering, earned both MBA and DBA degrees, and worked as a manager for the national oil company, Saudi Aramco. His first translated anthology, On the Weave of the Sun, presented great Arabic literature to the world, and was called an exhilarating treasure chest of short stories, resonating with readers everywhere.
Author Gerald A. Moriarty takes a new direction in his seventh book, a Western thriller, as he leaves behind his beloved mountains and gold fields, taking on a young man's adventure to hell and back.Set in the 1850s in the Wild West, Randy's life goes astray, and he must fight his way out of dangerous situations. He leaves behind a trail of violence before his life turns around in a most bizarre way. Helping him turn the corner is a young woman who saves his life in The Day Hell Rode In.Author Bio:Gerald A. Moriarty grew up on a forty-acre farm on the outskirts of the small town of Enumclaw, Washington, located at the base of the foothills surrounding Mt. Rainier. He and his wife of forty-four years now live in the small town of Buckley, Washington, which is three miles south and across the White River from where the author was born and raised. "I was drawn to the mountains at a very young age and spent my every spare moment exploring them."Publisher's website: www.sbprabooks.com/GeraldAMoriarty
For five years Me'acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his "sworn enemies," pretending to be one of them. One night he buys a journal, its pages blank. The woman who sells him the journal extracts his promise to record his deeds for study. "Lo, the steps of your life mark the journey of your soul." To expose his prior life, however, would be akin to suicide, for Sheever is a man brimming with secrets.He begins the journal cautiously, describing the area where he works as a cook, and the people he's forced to endure. Hints of his past emerge as he also records day-to-day events. As the journal evolves, he finds himself more entangled than he ever wanted to be in the lives around him, and more sympathetic to people he wanted to hate.Memories haunt him, and he struggles to maintain a grip on his sanity as he prays for - and fears - the signal that his years in exile have ended and he can return home.This then is Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master.Author Bio:K. Ritz lives with her husband in a small town in Massachusetts. This is her first book in a series about a world of shadows.
Dying as a Shahid: Martyrs in Islam examines the motives, religious and psychological, which make the so-called "suicide bomber" tick.What is usually so called, must rather be termed "Islamikaze," a combination of Islam and kamikaze, due to the phenomenological resemblance between the Japanese kamikaze who fought in the Pacific during World War II, and the present-day Muslim terrorists.In addition to the religious, social, and psychological underpinnings of the phenomenon of Shahid (martyr), there is a rich array of historical precedents that have fixated this sort of terrorism with self-immolation, dubbed "self-sacrifice," as a prominent feature of Islamic life.(About the Author)Raphael Israeli has taught Islamic, Chinese, and Middle Eastern history at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A graduate of Hebrew University in history and Arabic literature, he earned a Ph.D. in Chinese and Islamic history from the University of California, Berkeley. Now retired, he has been a Fellow of the Harry Truman Research Institute at Hebrew University and the Jerusalem Center since the 1970s, and is the author of over 50 research books, a dozen edited books, and 100 scholarly articles about Islam. Born in Fes, Morocco, at fourteen, "I left my family when I could no longer bear the oppression of Jews in an Islamic country and moved to fledgling Israel. To this day, I consider that the wisest and most game-changing decision I took in my life."
A good plate of food goes hand and hand with a good conversation. Tinika B Love, author and entrepreneur, lives up to her last name, as she has chosen to share her journeys around the world that are filled with both her passion for family and food in this coffee table memoir. Readers will glean a unique perspective of Tinika through her real-life stories.She explores her past and the many roles she plays with others, from mother and wife, to entrepreneur and cook.Tinika's personal stories are the conversation piece, while her unique recipes tie into times of tragedy and learning. Each chapter tells a story that will resonate with readers who are able to connect fond memories to places, smells, and taste. This book represents the unique life Tinika has led, and gives cooks, both beginner and advanced, new ingredients to try on well-known dishes. The author offers the opportunity for friends to gather around, get cooking, share some wine, and explore the short story of an overcomer. The conversation starters show that a journey can be rocky, but dark times, good food, and great company can create a survivor.About the Author: Tinika B Love grew up in Spanish Harlem and currently lives in Danbury, Connecticut, where she is a life coach. Her story is one of an overcomer who faced challenges, discovered self-love, and is no longer a victim. Instead, she became a survivor. This is her first book.
This mixed genre of short stories and poems set in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s have one thing in common: They show how travel opens the world to new ideas, yet expresses the universality of mankind.Roamers and Wanderers is a collection of short stories and some poetry set in different countries or cities and written over a period of about forty years. Each is about travel and the effect the trip has on the traveler. Characters may react in negative or positive ways. In one case, memories surface, resulting in emotional turmoil. Primarily in the poems, political issues are visited.In the first short story, "Markers," a newly married woman confronts the controlling behavior exhibited by her husband.The poem "Take Off" reveals the universal fear of flying. In the poem "Nobody Knows," a woman reflects on how she appears to others - looking crazy? - in the airport as she walks back and forth looking for the ground transportation sign.In "Remembering Caracas," the narrator is waiting in a Rhode Island train station and notices a provocative sentence built into the tile floor: "I travel not to get someplace but travel for travel's sake." This exemplifies all the stories in this collection.(About the Author)Retired teacher Frances Webb has written many short stories over the years and plans her next book to be another short story collection. She grew up in a small town in North Jersey in a house built in the 1890s by her grandfather.
Boogie Bigelow does not want to attend kindergarten. After much consoling from her parents, the little girl finally believes she can go to school.But the day before her big day, Boogie becomes sick with butterflies, nausea, and a tummy ache. Her parents take her to school, only to have Boogie throw a tantrum on the playground.The teacher greets Boogie and her parents, and she comforts and encourages Boogie to enjoy her big day. Boogie soon forgets about her fears and begins to enjoy her first day at school.Boogie Bigelow's Big Day will help young children with separation anxiety to overcome their fears. Norma A. Dolmo, M.Ed., Psy.D., is a doctor of clinical psychology. She is also a practitioner of Biofeedback training, a Master-level Reiki practitioner, and is certified in Contemporary Cupping Modalities. She attended Phillips Graduate University, where she earned her doctorate, with an emphasis in diversity. Dr. Dolmo has been working as a mental health clinician for over 20 years. Starting her career as an early childhood educator teaching preschool, she later developed skills in health care as a child life specialist, working in major Los Angeles County hospitals, where she provided services for chronically ill pediatric patients and their families. She currently helps families in general, as well as young children with separation anxiety. The author has been published in research journals and has written several children's books. She lives in Los Angeles, California.
The Eyes of Summer is a fun-filled tale of adventure, mystery, and danger aboard a luxury yacht.Ian Conner, a medical student interning at the University of California, Irvine, and his surfer girlfriend Dee live in Huntington Beach. The two are spending their summer on a 70-foot yacht moored at Catalina Island.Naturally curious, Dee is a journalist for a local newspaper, leading the couple to soon suspect that some illegal activity is going on at another yacht. The situation turns sinister when they discover what they believe to be drugs and money laundering taking place.In the blink of an eye, the couple's summer jaunt turns from pleasurable to deadly. A beach lover, Denise Ann Stock grew up in Huntington Beach, California, and currently resides in Florida. This is the sequel to her novel Blow Out Summer.
The Romantic Vs. The Gregariousis a comedy about relationships that's set in Stabethy, a town where all men are gregarious and have curly blonde hair.Ari Helvetica loves Libby and wants to make a good impression on her, but during a cab accident they stumble upon the Rhomanthique, a big man the colour of ruddy rust who is covered in lumps. He eats only chocolates and drinks only wine, and throws roses at people who pass by. Because of this, he is picked on and lives alone.Attracted by his strangeness, Libby falls in love with the Rhomanthique. Ari tries to win back Libby's affections, but is stymied seemingly at every move. Can he win back the girl of his dreams?If you've ever wondered where romance begins, you're about to find out!About the Author: Othniel Poole lives southeast of Melbourne, Australia, near the sea. He enjoys bushwalking, writing, music, and history. This is his ninth book.
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