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Veritas means "truth" in Latin. In Veritas' Shadow is a memoir that reveals deceit and deception within U.S. Special Forces' military operations. It is based on the experiences of Green Beret Stan Bowen, who served two tours of duty in Viet Nam between 1966-1968. The action takes place primarily during his tours in Viet Nam, but the story spans the years 1968-2002. In 1967, Sgt. Bowen was asked to investigate apparent corruption and a murder a...

A collection of rhymes and poetry drawing attention to the abuse of power, the corruption and the general mismangement characteristic of the Bush Era, American empire. Includes original, political cartoons. This book was formerly published under the title Poems of the Empire.

Valerie Mair was born in Belfast, 1932, to Mary and Charles Plumb. Her father, a poet, co-edited the Oxford Poetry magazine in 1925 with Patrick Monkhouse and in 1926 with W.H. Auden. Her mother and father were divorced by an Act of Parliament in 1939, and the world Valerie lived in changed at the same time the world changed due to World War II. Valerie Mair's memoir chronicles her life from 1932 to the present. It includes notes on the ancest...

Natural waxes and wax-like materials have been used, from time immemorial, for candles, waterproofing, sealing, decorative, preservative, and other purposes. Synthetic waxes and wax-like materials, developed in the last decade, are finding increasing use and are supplanting natural waxes for many purposes. Since different waxes have different properties, each one is used to obtain certain end results. Many of the earliest books, particularly t...

Full of adventures and memorable characters, this memoir tells how living through the Depression prepared one man to survive the bloodiest action in American military history: the invasion of Iwo Jima in WWII. Gene Curnow was among a contingent of 36 Medical Corpsmen landed with a Regimental Combat Team of 2, 500 Marines. After 10 days they were taken off the island, but of the original force landed, only 6 of the Medical Corpsmen and 88 of th...

Terry Andrews is an award-winning writer. Her first novel, Dance of the Jaguar, won a 2008 Silver Nautilus, given to books that promote spiritual growth, conscious living, and positive social change. She is also the author of four other books and creator of the Talisman sacred path cards. A journalist and editor for many years, she now offers guidance in spiritual growth and personal awakening (www.terryandrews.org).

How do you say, "We will take you, but there is no room for you?" Lil' Waif Puppy Rescue on setting all paws forward: Inspiration comes on many levels, sometimes it comes through a wagging tail and four paws. Timmy's Rescue, One Lil' Waif at a Time is a story of devoted love, commitment and finding unexpected purpose. It is a true story highlighting shared experiences, often humorous and daring. This book celebrates the incredible bond dog...

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Once in awhile a book is written that speaks not only to the current circumstances of life but also to a future condition of human perception. Joseph W. Greif in this volume of poetry connects an individual experience of human life to a living cosmos of life. Greif is inspired by the search for those thoughts that move humankind forward into the future by uncovering questions that attract and intrigue the imagination. This is a book that speak...

Funny, spooky, sexy, and literate, The Legacy of Emily Hargraves starts as a paranormal thriller and ends as a meditation on the nature of the human soul.

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Mystery Codes from Ancient Times is a showcase for years of passionate research into the mystery of life on Planet Earth before current historical records....often way, way before history as we thought we knew it! Don Parks, a once-skeptical engineer who grew up in the rural Bible Belt, has taken quite a journey. His book recounts and ties together research ranging from the evolution of the Bible, readings from Plato, political intrigues and...

BOOTLEGGING, BARNSTORMING and a Hard-Rock BOONDOOGLE. Los Angeles, 1934: Based on a true chapter of California history, Houdini Pie explores the depths to which a family, and a city, will sink when hard luck comes knocking and there's nothing left to lose. Young Hal Gates is a celebrated pitcher for an upstart rural ball club, and the son of a notorious booze smuggler who vanished at the end of Prohibition. At his lonely mother's urging, an...

Neither marriage nor murder are on Magnus Torval's agenda when he and his fiancé, Mariela, travel to the tiny mountain town of Swiftwater, Washington for a reunion with their friends, but the recently retired police officer soon finds himself caught up in the rip currents of both. Magnus' promises to Mariela require him to stay away from police work but, as Shakespeare put it, "the course of true love never did run smooth." Mariela's spontane...

A collection of three short books in a single volume. Set in a mythical land called The Golden Path, these are homespun tales of tribal societies facing their past, fighting the battles that arise as a consequence, and struggling to overcome their differences in order to preserve The Golden Path.