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At long last, Ludi and Pedro Perez can afford a suburban residence for raising their precious baby daughter, far from the troubled inner city of their own upbringing. But a car crash threatens that dream, prompting Pedro to consult the local herbalist about a peculiar pendant that fell at his feet during a thunderstorm. When she claims to channel spirits from on board a spacecraft heeding an extraterrestrial distress call, he has to wonder: Is...

Modern Manufacturing Methodologies have undergone three different evolutionary stages over the past 200 years. Before there were modern manufacturing plants, the world only knew skilled craftsmen who labored as individuals in very small groups to produce goods and services. The first factory evolution came about when James Watt invented the steam engine. Metal cutting, forming and assembly machines were co-located near streams or rivers formin...

Stroke Recovery: A No-Brainer gives the survivor's perspective from a deep stroke through which she was not expecting to live. Her own medical reports from three hospitals gave her answers to questions she had for over a year, and gave her the determination to write her medical journey. Because of extreme aphasia and a mind so twisted up, she could not get the right words out when certain events happened to her. Though it was written not prima...

It was a year like none other. We learned to see ourselves, and each other, differently. We found new ways to do life. From the sublime to the ridiculous, the tragic to the absurd to the occasional ray of hope, the long, winding road that was the year 2020 is captured here in a series of essays. Thought-provoking and familiar, Bastos's writing encapsulates what we learned, and the work that is still left to do. Join her on a truth journey that...

The small town of Willow Springs has a secret. A secret that has been passed down form generation to generation along with the homes and businesses. It is a powerful secret conjured by ancient native magic. It is a supernatural secret with fangs, claws and magical powers. Visitors are welcome in Willow Springs but be sure to mind your manners. If you upset the town folk you may feel the wrath of Yona.

Goin' Through the Motions: Last Renderin's of a Questor and Rounder, most of which is interior monologue, employs a stylized dialect best described as "Southern Mountain English." In 1984, terminally ill and confined to a VA hospital, John Henry Shields reviews his life.Prelude, a dialogue between John Henry's son Martin and his wife in 2012, opens the novel. The Prologue to Part One, presents John Henry on a day in 1932, when he undergoes an ...

The Book of Daniel is the Old Testament bookend of prophecy, and the Book of Revelation is the New Testament bookend of prophecy. Daniel was a remarkable person who was never rebuked or criticized by God. He was called a man who was greatly loved (Daniel 10:11). He fasted and prayed to God after almost 70 years in Babylonian captivity to show him what would become of his people. God's response was recorded in Daniel 7-12. In a series of panora...

This is the story of my fifteen and a half years in an orphanage during the depression and WWII years, and how it has impacted my life. It was one of the finest institutions in that time period but the traumas and pains I endured have had a lasting effect on the rest of my life.My wish for years was to be able to curl up and die - not suicide but of a mishap of any kind. I felt unlovable, helpless, and hopeless.I have written this book to tell...

The two most important events in the history of mankind are the Birth of Jesus Christ and the Death of Jesus Christ. When Christ was about 30 years old, He began His ministry of reconciliation at the River Jordan where He was baptized by John. This began a 3.5 year period of time during which Christ revealed Himself as the Son of God who would redeem all men from the curse of sin, and offer eternal life to all who would believe in faith that H...

As Gibran shared, "Love possess not, nor would it be possessed. For Love is sufficient unto Love." Still, we all fit " LOVE " into our own box. In his book LOVE, through poems and aphorisms, John explores what he perceives as LOVE in approaching, experiencing and receding from a mental state of equanimity. John shares, "I try to let go, as LOVE in its omnipresence, attempts to obliterate the box.

Like its Southampton counterpart, East Hampton has had a considerable evolution with the influx of entertainment celebrities and high-powered tech executives. Once a bucolic, New England-style fishing community, a refuge of artists, East Hampton traditional East End architecture now sits side by side with contemporary and modern structures-a microcosm of American social change.This book is the sixth volume in the Long Island Prominent Families...

In depression era Philadelphia, Jewish upholsterer Jake Glazer prays for God's forgiveness while dodging man's retribution. Irish detective, John Maloney pursues him while struggling with his own conflict: he's in love with a Spanish divorcee. Marriage to her seems impossible until a ghost prods Jake to intervene with information that opens the door to Maloney's marital bliss. But will Jake help his nemesis? And will the detective reciprocate,...

How hard is it to forget the past and start anew? Noah wants to forget but the arrowhead he continues to carry in his pants pocket makes it very difficult. That arrowhead was given to him by Dorothy, a park ranger and one of the two women he loved . . . and lost. Dorothy sabotaged herself by pretending to be someone she wasn't. She moved to a more distant national park after being afraid to confront Noah with the truth about her subterfuge.As ...

By popular demand! Fungi magazine is back with a super special 23rd issue! That's right! Fungi, the Magazine of Fantasy and Weird Fiction, the magazine that never says die, is back with a lineup of talent and special features that its fans have come to expect! Weird, horror, fantasy, science fiction, Fungi has it all in stories told by past masters of fantasy fiction, favorites of the fanzine world, mainstream authors, and talented amateurs. S...

Jeff A. Benner shares his over 20 years of research and studies of the Torah, revealing new insights from the language and culture of the Ancient Hebrews. This work explains the linguistic and cultural background of many verses, topics, names and words in the Torah. When the Torah is understood from the perspective of an Ancient Hebrew, rather from a Modern Westerner, the text comes to life and new revelations are discovered throughout the text.

Wikerus, a young German noble joins the Teutonic Order of knights and fights in the Fifth Crusade. He meets the Swan Knight, the sworn protector of the Holy Grail, and becomes his steward. After the crusade, Wikerus lives in a secluded Bavarian valley with the Swan Knight's family. He finds love and fear, bliss and more war. He escapes his previous life and roams the Holy Roman Empire as a philosopher, poet, and minnesänger, giving birth to th...

Wikerus, a young German noble joins the Teutonic Order of knights and fights in the Fifth Crusade. He meets the Swan Knight, the sworn protector of the Holy Grail, and becomes his steward. After the crusade, Wikerus lives in a secluded Bavarian valley with the Swan Knight's family. He finds love and fear, bliss and more war. He escapes his previous life and roams the Holy Roman Empire as a philosopher, poet, and minnesänger, giving birth to th...

One Man's Strength is a book men can relate to, as the issues are common. Often someone will know a man who does all he can in life, but the adversities are complicated. He would do his best to be a better person, whether he is in a relationship or going through issues in society.

They met at Nicodels, unofficial commissary for RKO and Paramount.Holly: A Beauty Contest Winner from Passaic, N.J.Todd: An ice skater from Penticton, Canada.Each with a dream of movieland success.But can dreams and reality ever come together?Maybe. With help from an unexpected source … the secret ties between the worlds of entertainment and organized crime.Maybe, just maybe…

My late husband - Dr. Derry Magee - and I enjoyed 62 years of marriage. He graduated from Texas A&M, in 1958 and spent 49 years in veterinary practice in Louisiana and Texas A&M, University before retiring in 2007.After our daughter and only child graduated college, I enrolled in Southeastern Louisiana University at age 38 and began my college career. In 1978, I received a BA in Business Education. In 1980, I received a Master's Degree in Busi...