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Sara is a bossy cat who likes to get her way. Sam is a cuddly older bunny with spotted fur and wise advice. Sam and Sara love to go on adventures, but when Sara keeps seeing a red butterfly, Sam is sure she is just imagining things. Red butterflies don't live in this part of the country, she tells Sara.But is the red butterfly really just something in Sara's overactive imagination? Or is there more to these strange sightings?Everything becomes even more mysterious when Sam and Sara's human, Meg, has visitors who bring with them a new mystery about the red butterfly. Will this be their next big adventure?

When his wife Jane was diagnosed with Alzheimer's dementia, Jeff Camhi believed he could manage caring for her at home. From his professional background in neurobiology, he had some idea how the illness might progress, and his recent retirement left him time to be her caregiver.But as Jane's dementia increased, he began to feel overwhelmed. He started meeting twice-monthly, for a year and a half, with a professor of occupational therapy who advised him on caring for Jane, but even more on caring for himself. The result was life-changing.Thought-provoking and compassionate, Care for the Carer: An Alzheimer's Memoir is essential reading for anybody troubled by the pressure of caregiving.

Antonee's Anthology of Remarkable Children's Tales is a delightful collection of seven unique stories. This colorfully illustrated book is guaranteed to become a treasured keepsake passed down through generations.

My starting point is going back to Gyorgy and Erzebet Moravszky living in Circa in the early 1700s. Those reading this book may still be in this particular Clan if their name is Morauszky, Morawszky, Moravszky, Morauski, or Morauske. This surname is the beginning, but this tree has many branches. Most current families attached to this group are Ondrejka, Ondris, Olson, Sopha, Selk, Banfe, Banfi, Mihaly, and hundreds more.My personal family adds the following families: Boreen, McKnight, Douglas, Mckinze, Wells, Buscher, Schar, Helfer, and Fedrich. One can see how extensive this can become as we begin to include the 50 first cousins and the 100 second cousins from the CORE group. If you are not related, then just enjoy this historical journey from Circa to Austria-Hungary to America -- a journey through time.

Understanding biblical prophecy requires an open and flexible mind based on a cohesive and contextual understanding of the Bible. When Roy Anderberg first began studying the end times forty-one years ago, he was coming from the vantage point of only one view. He soon realized there were several views to consider, and in time, he switched his view to one he felt was closer to the ultimate truth. However, the more he studied, the more details came to light, and he once again modified his view. Today his anchor is on a short chain, ready to pull up in a moment of new discoveries.While Anderberg now ascribes to a detailed pre-millennial, post-tribulation, single-advent model, he wrote Prophecy Explored to assist others in understanding the nuances of all three major views-Preterism, Historicism, and Futurism.In Prophecy Explored you can benefit from Anderberg's forty-plus years of study, come to your own conclusions, and have the knowledge needed to defend and support those conclusions.

In the Shade of the Olive Tree is the true story of young love during the tumultuous era of World War II and the aftermath six decades later. It is a compelling story that will be remembered long after the last page is turned. Here, adventure, tragedy, and poignant moments intertwine to create a fascinating tale. Readers-young and old-will learn of the courage and selflessness of the young men of the war years, as well as the determination of a woman searching for answers.

Exploring the Human Spirit is a collection of essays Richard Dance wrote for a study group that grew out of an East-West philosophy course he taught at several colleges in Arizona. His philosophy students asked him to start a study group to explore more deeply the ideas presented in the class. He obliged by writing essays on various topics that he thought would benefit others, and everyone met at his home monthly for a presentation on each essay. These Mindful Medicine Salons unfolded spontaneously over two years with several hundred participants in attendance, creating a wonderful sense of community in the pursuit of self-knowledge. Great thanks go to all the students without whom this book would have never existed.

Several factors cause decision blunders in marriage, including ineffective communication and psychological defense mechanisms such as denial, projection and identification, and believing personalities will change. How Marriages Survive provides wise guidance to help couples navigate through and even avoid these blunders. Every couple can benefit by understanding and practicing the valuable principles taught in this book.

Judith Mariner's life is a portrait of non-conformity and unique experiences. She wasn't like the other girls in the '40s. She reveled in the outdoors and played with the boys. She discovered yoga and vegetarianism long before they became fads. She faced abuse of every kind and a feeling of "not enoughness" with everything she attempted. In high school, she taught herself to play tennis and became the state champion-twice. Through tenacity and conviction, she followed her artistic passions from the streets of Venice, Italy, to the barrios of Tucson, Arizona. She didn't care where she lived or how she made money, as long as she could paint and provide for her children. No matter what obstacles she faced, she found a way to survive and thrive, never losing the fire in her belly.

To movie critics, a bomb is unequivocally bad-something that failed artistically, failed at the box office, or both. John Vetto, who describes himself as a cinephile but (most assuredly) NOT a professional movie critic, defines the term more broadly. To Vetto, a bomb may have bombed at the box office or become a cult classic. It may be genuinely terrible or merely silly. The one thing all bombs have in common? They're fun to watch.In Bombs Away: Fifty Old, Often Bad, and Mostly Forgotten Films, in No Particular Order, Vetto takes a deep dive into these works not to make light of them (well, not just to make light of them) but to explore their history and themes, draw connections, provide insight into human nature, and enlighten us as to how and why these cheaply-made films were created.So, grab some popcorn, dim the lights, and settle back for an edifying, entertaining journey through an underexplored corner of pop culture.

America's Solar System and the Black Aliens, with its tense and relax poems, is no more than an effort to help set the course of humanity back on track. Those betrayed by history remain infants at every juncture of our modern civilization and poor in everything, including knowing how to resolve the issues they face. The past is not the fault of the present, as if those living today have an option of changing or severing the actions that came from the past. But no one other than those living in the present can determine the future.Some of the contents in this book may anger readers, but that was not the author's intent. Instead, author Clement Ayei is using this book to plead with his human family by bringing to light some of his own experiences through poetic expression. He has no hate, nor is he holding any grudges. Life is dear to all because life is all.

Do, Due, Dew, Doo-Doo, or Doo? Which should it be? Stew, "The Dog with the Doo," will help children understand through a fun story about a new Doo gone sadly awry. So, whether you Doo, Due, Doo-Doo, or just DO, you'll have fun learning the difference!In the story, "The Sit-Still Bee," author Ron Bailey explains in bee terms why youngsters who have a hard time sitting still may suffer a pinch from the Sit-Still Bee. But, is the Sit-Still Bee really the culprit?

Patty has spent much of her childhood seeing to her older brother Tommy, a hemophiliac who's often confined to bed. When Patty is eleven and Tommy nineteen, he asks her to make a secret pact with him, one that will strike a blow against his debilitating disease. If she says yes, he'll share the magic inside a small orange box containing folded pieces of paper he calls "belly buttons." He promises that these little packets hold enough substance to carry her through the darkest of future days. Explaining that by choosing carefully using the clue atop each one and performing the ritual printed inside the lid, the words written within will act as a guide toward her future path. As the decades pass and Patty struggles to both keep her end of the pact and selfishly hold onto a love letter meant for someone else, she opens six of the seven belly buttons and is always astounded at her brothers' foresight in creating them. With only one belly button left in the little orange box to last her the rest of her days, she must ask herself if she believes enough in its magic to offer it to her brother in his time of need. If so, can she also find a way to unburden herself of the yet-to-be-delivered letter?

Savannah, a Ukrainian orphan, wakes up in a hospital bed after being raped at an after-school party. She is pregnant as a result but is helped by her American adoptive parents to begin anew. Then life-demands flood in, forcing her to leave her child with her new family and travel across the ocean. Can she still build a future for them both? Savannah never dreams her life is about to play out in a drama that started thousands of years earlier. There we find another Savannah who gets unexpected help from someone who sees her as she is and loves her all the way home.

Sakyamuni Buddha taught The Great Prajna Paramita Sutra in sixteen assemblies in four locations over twenty-two years. It was recorded posthumously by his disciples in six hundred fascicles of approximately five million words and is regarded as the largest canon in Buddhism. The Sanskrit original was translated into Chinese by Xuanzang (Hsüan-tsang) during the seventh century (from 660 through 663). This text is now available in English.The Great Prajna Paramita Sutra is important not only because of its extensive teaching, but because it explains what the great bodhisattva, the great bodhisattva path of cultivation, and the great bodhisattva vehicle are. It depicts, manifests, and provides guidance on how one should learn to become a bodhisattva-and eventually a Buddha-transcending self-interest to reach a state of emptiness, selflessness, and nonattachment. Regardless of where you are on the path to enlightenment, you will be nourished by its parables and dialogues.

Did you know you can change someone's opinion about you by being nice to them? Or that a business should first establish trust with its employees before it does so with its customers? And you may think you want that job more than anything, but you shouldn't want it badly enough to violate your conscience.These are just a few small samplings of the kinds of wisdom packed inside A Little About a Lot.Whether you're a student of life or just curious about things, author Jeffrey Posnick's eclectic treasure of more than two hundred short topics-from human behavior to the economy to the arts-has something for everyone. All that is needed is a curious mind and a desire to learn. So, step away from yourself, and pay attention to the details. A Little About a Lot will help you along that journey of learning new things, and hopefully, you will discover more about yourself in the process.

In 1994, young Dr. Eli Kurz is in over his head after he's appointed to a coveted position as head of a major division at Harvard's Department of Pediatrics. After a gaffe during his presentation at a major departmental review, he is "advised" by his chairperson to get up to speed on his research at a distant basic science lab or risk losing his position altogether. There he stumbles on a discovery with some clinical promise. Convinced by his rich and raffish new friend, DiBene, that he can fast track his research at a private lab on an island in the Antilles, Eli learns the lab is not as it seems, and he must find a way to save his job, his reputation, and his life.

Jed Springs's high school production of the once controversial play The Children's Hour was a total success in late June 1997; the talk of the community for all the right reasons. But frustrated with America's puritanical roots and its skewed take on human sexuality-and goaded by his lover, Matt, to put up or shut up about it-Jed decides to workshop a radical idea, The Sex Show. By day, he teaches AP language courses and rehearses a production of Cabaret with his students. By night, his new play, The Sex Show, begins to take shape with a cast of fifteen eccentric LA actors. When Steve Paliri, a born-again Christian, is hired to helm Jefferson High School at the start of the new academic year, it becomes quite clear that the Christian right has gained a foothold. Jed and Matt's dream of growing old together, having children, and living happily ever after begins to crumble.From the improvisational to the absurd, The Sex and Dope Show Saga unwinds like a finely tuned timepiece, calibrated to explode at any minute.

Sylvia Denton's vow to solve a childhood hit-and-run mystery presents her with a decade of memorable experiences while delivering packages for a living. All are vying to be recorded in her notebooks, and each are urging her to listen for the real clues while she's rescuing children, fighting off starving dogs, overlooking hitchhiking rattlesnakes, and praying while holding a taser to ward off drunken men.Weeding out the clues has her wondering if she just delivered the makings of a bomb. Was it drug money she saw bundled in rubber bands? And were any of those packages she delivered to Madeline Murray O'Hare ticking?She must ignore thoughts about aiming gun barrels, forget about the bulky, bundled-up quilt laying all alone in the ditch beckoning to be opened, and instead, concentrate on finding the murderer while following a trail lined with plump red tomatoes. The real question is, what will she do when she discovers the truth?

"BURN ZONE showcases the power of the human spirit against the devastating darkness of an alien invasion. Inventive, complex, and compelling!" -Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of CAVE 13 and THE SLEEPERS WAR Christopher McMillan no longer holds his gaming skills in high regard. It's not like he's fighting in real wars like his father did before disappearing with the rest of his special forces unit in Afghanistan. Leading his friends in multiplayer game "missions" is just a way of escaping reality for a while.Until the aliens attack.In less than twenty-four hours, an armada from another world wipes out 99 percent of Earth's population and vaporizes our infrastructure. Now, a reluctant Chris must assume a crucial leadership role in a survivor camp, scavenging for food and supplies while evading alien drones programmed to hunt those left alive. But the aliens aren't his only problem. His former gaming rival and camp nemesis, Zane Hacker, plots revenge for numerous imagined wrongs. This time, their next battle won't unfold on a computer screen. Can Chris stop his adversary, exploit a weakness discovered in the aliens' defenses, and unravel the mystery surrounding his M.I.A. father's disappearance? With human survival at stake, the answers may only be found in space.

When Copply Robinson leaves the oppressive Jim Crow South in the 1940s, she finds herself working in the hot fields of Safford, Arizona, picking cotton with other migrants and with her frustrated, philandering husband. Although she forms close friendships with some of the pickers, her life feels thwarted and bleak. But, Copply knows things are not as hopeless as they seem because she has a plan.One morning, while her husband is sleeping off a drunken binge, she packs up her two small children, grabs a wad of twenty dollar bills she has saved, and drives their car west to Tucson. Life there gets better for her; then it gets worse-forcing her to flee once again.Picking in High Cotton is the true story of author Shirley Robinson Sprinkles's mother, whose courageous fight to thrive motivates her to never accept poverty and destructive social norms. She is determined to change her destiny and that of her family at every opportunity. Hers is both a timely and a timeless story.Part one of this book has been adapted to a screenplay titled, High Cotton.

Twelve-year-old Bobby Dalton doesn't want to grow up. All his life, he has relied on the imaginary games of childhood with his best friends Joe and Max to get him through the tough times. But this all changes when his Seventh-Grade class buries a time capsule to commemorate the end of the 1980s. Now Bobby is being haunted by visions: ghostly doppelgangers of himself, his friends, and others. He calls them "déjà view." Are these visions real, or has his imagination finally gotten away from him? And if they're real, what do they want? Bobby needs to figure this all out to survive his childhood...and his life.From the author of the award-winning Danger Peak, Déjà View is a darkly funny coming-of-age dramedy with a sci-fi twist, cranked up to eleven. But even more, it's at once a pulse-pounding thrill ride and a haunting portrait of paranoia, mental illness, and the unbearable sadness of growing up.

The journey of a writer is one of storytelling, opening one's heart and reflecting on special moments with those we love. Reflections of the Heart: Stories and Poems from Life covers an array of emotions -- love, loss, awareness, joy, compassion, and serenity. It begins with the author's self-reflection and provides a tribute to family members and friends.With heartfelt prayers and descriptions of healing places, Reflections of the Heart will tug at your soul. It will spark memories of your family, places you have traveled, and special events that have brought awareness and growth.

When a friendly knight is hired by a king and queen to kill a dragon who stole their money, the knight faces many challenges along his journey. But his greatest challenge is still to come. Did the king and queen tell him the whole story? What will happen when he finally faces the dragon? Read this book to find out!The Knight, the Dragon, and the Evil King and Queen was inspired by author David Ibanez's love for dragons and storytelling. He wrote this book as a summer school class project when he was twelve years old.

Inspired by hometown hero and patriot spy Nathan Hale, who gave his life for the cause of independence during the Revolutionary War, Sara Fleming grows up wanting to serve her country. Joining the US Army Reserves as a military intelligence soldier seems to be a good way to fulfill this goal -- and a means to pay off her student loans. When Sara and her new Army Reserve unit are deployed to Kuwait and then to Iraq during the first year of Operation Iraqi Freedom, she finds that serving in a war zone is not the heroic dream she imagined as a child.Ill-equipped and untrained for the conditions in the Middle East, Fleming and her unit are mostly shunned by their active-duty counterparts in Kuwait. They wait for a mission assignment with almost nothing to occupy their time and little to no direction from leadership.When her unit is sent to Iraq, they are put in extremely dangerous situations without proper equipment, safety measures, or logical protocol. For over a year Fleming goes from one chaotic situation to another, losing friends to deadly attacks and realizing that every day her team spends in Iraq could be their last.Told from a woman soldier's perspective, The Army You Have brings readers into the confusing and frustrating inner struggle of not believing in the war you are asked to fight. Through her experience, Fleming finds healing through the embattled comradeship of her fellow soldiers, a new emboldened strength of character, and a greater appreciation for life, friendships, and family.

Raised in the collective dystopian empire known as Paragonia, Jade rises through the ranks to become the premier spy and assassin who trains others to blindly serve their leader's whims without question. Paragonia is a world empire that thrives on strength and total control. There is no tolerance for independent thought or even the desire for basic human dignity through religion, philosophy, and close family ties. All are outlawed, and those who show this weakness are exploited in highly elaborate public executions.But Jade has a secret. She knows Paragonia's dictator, Owen Fireside, is responsible for her parents' murder. And it is this secret that inoculates her from Paragonia's propaganda and mind-control methods.As Jade plans to murder Fireside in retribution, she isn't aware there are others who also know about her secret. Leaders of the Hostile resistance have been watching her for many years, hoping to turn her and use her as a spy against Paragonia. Their plans include not only overthrowing Fireside's regime, but also destroying the Paragon elites, a highly organized network of families who keep humanity in a machine-like existence for their own purposes.But those of the Paragon trust no one -- not even their premier spy and assassin. Will Jade be caught in their web of deception to be used as a weapon of evil instead of a weapon for good? This thought-provoking thriller will keep you engrossed as the deceptive strategies of evil doers try to erase anything that gets in their way.

In the heart of Chicago, where shadows conceal secrets and organized crime reigns, one retiree embarks on an extraordinary journey. David Blazen spent 50 years comfortable in his work routine but now is retired and desperately searching for purpose in his life. He ultimately finds it in the most unlikely of ways: by becoming a self-proclaimed detective. Travel through a labyrinth of adventure in this award-winning novel, where suspense lurks around every corner and laugh-out-loud moments break through the tension. Follow along as David's search for truth and justice gets him caught in a web of contentious cases, all within his first week on the job. The most puzzling? A murder he witnessed that police are calling a suicide. Will his investigation help identify the killer? It's up to this amateur sleuth to solve that mystery, prevent a budding turf war between Chicago's two dirtiest crime lords, keep a corrupt candidate out of the mayor's office, and bring peace to a city rattled by crime and violence. The problem is, to succeed, he must become a criminal himself. All net proceeds from this book will be donated to non-profit organizations benefitting senior veterans."We're all searching for purpose and fulfillment in our lives, and this crime fiction adventure is both heartwarming and inspiring, An action-packed and surprisingly poignant yarn about a man's search for himself as he enters his golden years." - Kirkus Reviews2023 BookFest Awards Winner: 1st Place in Cozy Detective and 2nd Place in Amateur Sleuth