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The Japanese have faithfully preserved their ancient myths as a connected and well ordered system. And as a system, Japanese myths say much about the human condition in the cosmos and about the human place in the cosmic order. Not until now has a book-length, English-language study been released on Japanese mythology. Drawing on his meticulous research, Asianist Peter Metevelis presents this selection of analytic essays that form a mosaic of t...

Using poetry to express life's trials and triumphs, author Dollar Kidd offers a collection of poetry with a unique approach in Out of My Mind. The work intimately explores Kidd's life and experiences, while the comments following each selection from both Kidd and his online readers, provide additional background from which to understand and appreciate each poem. In "Winter Night, " he writes, / As I turn into my drive / I see a woman standing ...

Using poetry to express life's trials and triumphs, author Dollar Kidd offers a collection of poetry with a unique approach in Out of My Mind. The work intimately explores Kidd's life and experiences, while the comments following each selection from both Kidd and his online readers, provide additional background from which to understand and appreciate each poem. In "Winter Night, " he writes, / As I turn into my drive / I see a woman standing ...

Grieving the loss of his wife and ten-month-old daughter, twenty-four-year-old Roy Johnson seeks a change in his life. He leaves his job as a heavy equipment operator in Bentlyville, Pennsylvania, to be nearer to his family in Kansas. Linda Powers mourns the death of her husband Jeff, who died in Spain at the hands of terrorists. When she abandons her job and friends in Litchfield, Ohio, she's not sure exactly where she's going. Lonely and sad...

Clinical psychologist Beth Vander operates her private practice out of her lakeside home in Minnesota. Independent and comfortable in her way of life, Dr. Vander doesn't shy away from the challenges she encounters with her clients and with her dysfunctional family. But when strange packages, mysterious cryptic notes, and murdered animals begin to invade her haven, her life and very identity are threatened. She fears the culprit might be one of...

Grieving the loss of his wife and ten-month-old daughter, twenty-four-year-old Roy Johnson seeks a change in his life. He leaves his job as a heavy equipment operator in Bentlyville, Pennsylvania, to be nearer to his family in Kansas. Linda Powers mourns the death of her husband Jeff, who died in Spain at the hands of terrorists. When she abandons her job and friends in Litchfield, Ohio, she's not sure exactly where she's going. Lonely and sad...

Clinical psychologist Beth Vander operates her private practice out of her lakeside home in Minnesota. Independent and comfortable in her way of life, Dr. Vander doesn't shy away from the challenges she encounters with her clients and with her dysfunctional family. But when strange packages, mysterious cryptic notes, and murdered animals begin to invade her haven, her life and very identity are threatened. She fears the culprit might be one of...

This is the story of a family in the 1800's, leaving family and home to follow a dream of going West to the "Promised Land." The main character is a young tom-boyish girl named Johnnice who grows into a lovely woman. Johnnice's family is headed west with a wagon train when Indians sneak into their camp to steal their livestock and they abduct Johnnice. Johnnice's newly found love, Caleb is determined to find her and bring her back to the wagon...

Alex Half-Moon Peoples knows he's one of the walking wounded. As an international journalist, he knows, too, that abject poverty and global injustice breed terrorism. Having witnessed one massacre, famine, epidemic, or civil war after another during his years in Africa, he dreams every night children are starving to death and it is his job to save them. Returning to the States has only increased his anxiety. Exactly five hundred years post-Chr...

Irony... is an impressive debut novel. The kidnapping story line is taut and suspenseful. Hurley knows Boston as well as any novelist out there. You will have a hard time putting this book down." - T.J. English, New York Times best-selling author of Havana Nocturne and Paddy Whacked Trisha Barron, a fifty-three-year-old woman, goes out for her daily walk. She is kidnapped and used as leverage against an alleged wrongdoing by her son, a young b...

Irony... is an impressive debut novel. The kidnapping story line is taut and suspenseful. Hurley knows Boston as well as any novelist out there. You will have a hard time putting this book down." - T.J. English, New York Times best-selling author of Havana Nocturne and Paddy Whacked Trisha Barron, a fifty-three-year-old woman, goes out for her daily walk. She is kidnapped and used as leverage against an alleged wrongdoing by her son, a young b...

Don't be a Dummy" is a primer on automotive safety. It is "Auto Safety 101." What every driver or passenger should know because it May Save Your Life, or a loved one.The author uses personal experience and crash dummies to explain the consequences of not following the laws of Physics and not utilizing the safety features that are available to both drivers and passengers of automotive vehicles. The focus of this book is driver-responsibility an...

In Reflections of Helen, Gary explains how the words and wisdom of Helen Keller have helped him in his life. More importantly, he hopes this book will help you in your life. As Helen Keller overcame her limitations, Gary shows you how to overcome challenges in your life.In this book, Gary will help you find the magic that is within you. Reflections of Helen will help you feel healthier and happier about your life. As Gary says, "We don't need ...

This is an important book, because many people, even Creoles know little or nothing about the history of the Creoles. Their history began in the year 1719 when the first cargo of slaves were brought to the United States. Some blacks were freed in France and the Carribean, came to New Orleans as cooks, housekeepers and hairdressers for the rich French ladies.At first these people were called (Les gens de couleur libre) the free people of color,...

Anne Brewer, a corporate marketing consultant, was stunned when she began receiving telepathic messages from a group of friendly non-physical beings sent to help raise the consciousness of Earth. According to these beings, in eons past, humans were created with only two active strands of DNA which limited our evolutionary potential and inhibited the ability to ascend or function as Spirit in physical form. They taught her a process called 12-S...

In today's world, at least 90 percent of Americans under age thirty are said to know their Sun sign, yet no one has ever really delved into answering the question: Is astrology really a science? Tapan Das earned master and doctorate degrees in electronic engineering and his passion for astrology is evident as he shares the results of his years of intense research into the fascinating and complex realm of astrology and cosmology. Das clarifies ...

For any parent, losing a child to miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death is devastating. For Patricia McGivern and her husband, Tim, it was no different. They endured fear and physical pain from the miscarriage of their first child. Four years later, Patricia heard a child call to her. Thinking it was her young daughter awakening from her nap, she turned around. But Meghan was not there, she was sound asleep upstairs. The communication conti...

Put Your Potatoes on the Desktop will: ● Challenge the belief that you need to be powerful in order to succeed ● Expose the myth that your emotions are a liability ● Enlighten you to apply the constructive mindset of anger in yourself and others ● Motivate you to teach your children or others about emotion intelligence what they do not necessarily learn in school ● Liberate you to choose forgiveness and apology to experience greater fulf...

In today's world, at least 90 percent of Americans under age thirty are said to know their Sun sign, yet no one has ever really delved into answering the question: Is astrology really a science? Tapan Das earned master and doctorate degrees in electronic engineering and his passion for astrology is evident as he shares the results of his years of intense research into the fascinating and complex realm of astrology and cosmology. Das clarifies ...

Kerrigan McAdams' life is coming apart at the seams. After battling her estranged mom over her grandmother's estate, her marriage begins to fall apart. It isn't long before her husband, Ryan, is moving out. Now, all Kerrigan has is her lackluster job as a mortgage officer and her assistant's friendship. But those troubles almost pale in comparison to the migraine headaches that she's been battling for years. Seeking to gain some sort of contro...