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Lynwood Roe spent his young years toiling in fields of tobacco and corn that grew lushly on the rolling hillsides of the eastern Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. He grows up expecting to follow a life not unlike his father and his grandfather before him. That is, if he were to reach his majority. At nine years of age he is felled by rheumatic fever which leaves him hindered with a weak heart and an uncertain future. While recovering he becomes a ...

Twenty-nine-year-old James McRiley has grown up detesting those who pick on others. A humble underachiever, James realizes his true talents lie in his hands, he is a gifted musician and an excellent butcher. Despite his desire for musical employment, James accepts that his unglamorous job of cutting meat pays his rent and ultimately allows him the experience he will eventually use to combat those who torment the innocent. At first, he finds hi...

Here are the lyrics of Andrea's Poerty. They are metaphorically based on my association with life's experiences. "The Other Side of Love" is a collection of poems lovingly compiled with the intensity of yearning...that reveals vivid images of passion and love.

I've read about American Jews and I've read about African Americans, but I've never read a book that so brilliantly illuminates these two groups as does Ernest Adams' "From Ghetto to Ghetto." And that is because the author has been an insider in both worlds...Adams sheds important new light on black-Jewish relations, racism and anti-Semitism. This is a fascinating book that has a lesson on every page. -- Ari L. Goldman, author of "The Search f...

There was a time when life seemed simple and not so complicated. In Life through the Seasons, author John Comer reflects on those times. In this personal memoir, he describes life through the eyes of a farm boy growing up in rural Missouri during the 1940s and 1950s. His family of eight-two parents and six children-lived from season to season, always preparing for the next. Comer tells of life before electricity, running water, and television,...

Twenty-nine-year-old James McRiley has grown up detesting those who pick on others. A humble underachiever, James realizes his true talents lie in his hands, he is a gifted musician and an excellent butcher. Despite his desire for musical employment, James accepts that his unglamorous job of cutting meat pays his rent and ultimately allows him the experience he will eventually use to combat those who torment the innocent. At first, he finds hi...

Aceste bucurii trectoare" este titlul unui serial de corespondene i dialoguri cu cititorii, publicat n ziarul "Meridianul Rom[nesc"(Anaheim, California), ntre anii 2001-2004, n care i-au exprimat idei i simminte, oameni de diferite naii, aflai pe diferite meridiane ale planetei. Mrturisirile rom[nilor nstrinai, ar putea forma un capitol dintr-o viitoare istorie a exilului i emigraiei rom[neti. Telefoanele i scrisorile, reportajele, convorbiril...

After working for the federal government for thirteen years, Matt Pine longs for more out of life. The Cold War wages on in 1987, but Matt's looking for a little excitement of his own, a little romance. He didn't plan on risking his life to find it, but when he meets Sue, a woman to whom he is instantly attracted, he ends up almost terminally smitten. Matt and Sue hit it off pretty well on their first date, until the sky falls in, literally...

Lynwood Roe spent his young years toiling in fields of tobacco and corn that grew lushly on the rolling hillsides of the eastern Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. He grows up expecting to follow a life not unlike his father and his grandfather before him. That is, if he were to reach his majority. At nine years of age he is felled by rheumatic fever which leaves him hindered with a weak heart and an uncertain future. While recovering he becomes a ...

From the author of "Picking Up Jellyfish" (subtitled The Bobble Head Legacy) and "Guitars and Telescopes" comes a book about the impact one Down syndrome child can have on those fortunate enough to enter her world.

From the author of "Picking Up Jellyfish" (subtitled The Bobble Head Legacy) and "Guitars and Telescopes" comes a book about the impact one Down syndrome child can have on those fortunate enough to enter her world.

Beware the curse of El Tejano!" "If anyone shall find the gold and not take it all... He shall suffer the Curse of El Tejano!" "The hangman placed the noose over his head... "Remember, take it all or none!" One hundred years later, in the Cerro del Gato, high up on Cat Mountain, a troop of Webelo scouts on an overnight camping trip accident found the treasure of the famed stagecoach bandit, El Tejano, and fell to the lot of his ghostly curse, ...

The concept of human identity or who we really are has perplexed thinkers in all ages. Currently psychologists have shunned discussing this topic since it is an area that is incapable of being objectified or accurately defined. Yet the lack of self-knowledge is the problem of all problems. Due to such a lack we, for the most part, lead lives fraught with illusions, superficialities, and economic woes.This book is about how we can know our real...

Ron Cervero's new collection Blood & Glory Contemporary Christian Poetry finds the author speaking with new maturity. The poems are well defined and much more substantial than the fragments that marked his earlier work. Rather than simply the angry observer of life of his last volume, this book finds the poet with a far more philosophic world view, and world view it is, as Cervero wrestles with life, death and Christianity. Where before the po...

Meet a vampire named Byron, a mummy named Natalie, a witch named Chelsea, a goblin named Goblin, and many other magical creatures that inhabit Vision City. A fairy named Pokie decides to throw a party and invites her magical and entertaining friends. Deep in the forest, on a dark night, anything can happen...

A love story (of sorts)... The novel, fragment(s), focuses on a few months in the lives of three individuals that have been drawn together in a series of events. The main characters, John and Kate, are in a relationship which seems to have taken a downturn recently. Kate's coworker Brian plays the role of the concerned friend-be it concern for her well being, or for his own personal agenda. Communication breakdowns, betrayals, and horrific nig...

A gripping story that offers inspiration, hope, sustenance and personal redemption to the poor souls who see that they are caught up in an organization where the sands have shifted, and where the old evolutionary process and the old reward systems no longer support winning behaviors." Kim Morrison CEO, GrokChina, LLC NYC, New York "A really interesting page turner that underscores the importance of "voice of the customer" and offers some great...

Dan Apeatu is a reformed alcoholic and a workaholic. He is an acknowledged trainer in leadership with a successful consultancy. His work is his life. Till his children, from whom he has been separated for twelve years, find him. He is willing to play his role as a father, which he understands to mean his paying their school fees and providing money for their other needs. However, in his first real conversation with his daughter he discovers th...

Megha Dootam is a lyric by ancient Sanskrit poet Kalidasa. It is a love story of a Yaksha separated from his Yakshini, who seeks the help of a cloud-envoy to convey the lovers re-uniting message. The author transcreated this Allegoric Quest for Divine Beloved into a well rhymed, brilliant work of art.

This book was written with a specific premise in mind, that failure is never the end, it is the beginning of another opportunity to succeed. The lesson brought forward in this book is aimed at those students who are struggling with their own identity, having difficulty in school, and will or have already dropped out. This true story delves into a childhood dream of reaching the clouds and overcoming obstacles in order to see this dream become ...