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Updates Gatsby to Beverly Hills-Malibu in 1979. The writer attends garden parties and interacts with a mysterious millionaire obsessed with a beautiful but married woman. The reader observes activists for progressive causes, hears pseudo science and pseudo New Age philosophies discussed, and observes the pain of male midlife crisis. Perfect for senior citizens or liberal arts college students re: meaning of life, the universe, stoics/hedonists...

Durango, Colorado, and Farmington, New Mexico square off against each other in a fight to control the general area in this tale, based upon actual facts. Each side is busy rustling cows and horses from each other's herds and blaming the other. But, Ike and Port Stockton of the Colorado faction are a little more liberal and sometimes grab available Colorado ranchers' stock for the butcher shop. Ike is a good PR man and influences several Colora...

Durango, Colorado, and Farmington, New Mexico square off against each other in a fight to control the general area in this tale, based upon actual facts. Each side is busy rustling cows and horses from each other's herds and blaming the other. But, Ike and Port Stockton of the Colorado faction are a little more liberal and sometimes grab available Colorado ranchers' stock for the butcher shop. Ike is a good PR man and influences several Colora...

James yearned to weave science and religion into a popular philosophy useful for the everyday life of everyday people of faith. He saw that many were defenseless in an increasingly agnostic, even atheistic culture. "Thousands of innocent magazine readers lie paralyzed and terrified in the network of shallow negations which the leaders of opinion have thrown over their souls, " he wrote in 1882. To which he added, "If I, . . . like the mouse in...

Honey Diehl's varied life, spanning almost a century, parallels the remarkable progress of a nation and a society that came of age and flourished in the 20th century. From country girl to sophisticated woman, this memoir demonstrates that with courage, humor and compassion, a girl can achieve most anything, including one great love.

What is that voice in your mind that is trying to guide you to make the right choice? Why have you survived events in your life that should have taken your life? "My Guardian Angel" approaches its reader on many levels: On a personal level, it is a story of a series of real life events that turned a boy into a man. On a spiritual level, it is a testament of a person's faith in God's promise in Psalm 91, and how that person has made God real in...

What is that voice in your mind that is trying to guide you to make the right choice? Why have you survived events in your life that should have taken your life? "My Guardian Angel" approaches its reader on many levels: On a personal level, it is a story of a series of real life events that turned a boy into a man. On a spiritual level, it is a testament of a person's faith in God's promise in Psalm 91, and how that person has made God real in...

In Growing up in Mexico, Peggy Brown Balderrama tells the story of her family's life in Mexico. She describes trips through various cities and towns in the country with interesting details, and as a bonus, she gives humorous descriptions of several trips through Europe and South America that she took with her family. The author arrived in Mexico with her parents from England when she was seven years old, and relates, with wit, the impressions ...

The only book of its kind, "Profitably Buying and Selling Radio Stations, " provides never published-before information on the business, technical and legal aspects of investing in and acquiring radio stations. If you are interested in buying, selling or investing in a radio station, this book is for you. Written in plain English by three prominent communications lawyers, it is designed to decode the mysteries of radio station purchase and sal...

In Growing up in Mexico, Peggy Brown Balderrama tells the story of her family's life in Mexico. She describes trips through various cities and towns in the country with interesting details, and as a bonus, she gives humorous descriptions of several trips through Europe and South America that she took with her family. The author arrived in Mexico with her parents from England when she was seven years old, and relates, with wit, the impressions ...

Kendry wants a life as hearty and remarkable as the lives of the black girls...Kendry wants to smoke marijuana and be bold enough to announce it on a crowded train. Kendry wants the black girls' struggles, their tragedies, and their poverty and resilience. Kendry wants to stand among them and complain sassily about her mother. Most of all, Kendry wants to be their friend. Kendry wants to belong. As the daughter of a drug-addict and a victim of...

Kendry wants a life as hearty and remarkable as the lives of the black girls...Kendry wants to smoke marijuana and be bold enough to announce it on a crowded train. Kendry wants the black girls' struggles, their tragedies, and their poverty and resilience. Kendry wants to stand among them and complain sassily about her mother. Most of all, Kendry wants to be their friend. Kendry wants to belong. As the daughter of a drug-addict and a victim of...

Buckley's Story is the story of how one small cat changed the author's life in ways she never could have imagined. In this warm-hearted memoir, Ingrid King shares the story of Buckley, a joyful, enthusiastic and affectionate tortoiseshell cat she meets while managing a veterinary hospital. When Ingrid leaves her job at the veterinary hospital to start her own business, Buckley comes home to live with her and Amber, another tortoiseshell cat wh...

Buckley's Story is the story of how one small cat changed the author's life in ways she never could have imagined. In this warm-hearted memoir, Ingrid King shares the story of Buckley, a joyful, enthusiastic and affectionate tortoiseshell cat she meets while managing a veterinary hospital. When Ingrid leaves her job at the veterinary hospital to start her own business, Buckley comes home to live with her and Amber, another tortoiseshell cat wh...

Evil has hidden itself for a thousand years and now a taste of it surfaces." The first book of the Koschei Trilogy depicts a young and neglected, Alex Campbell, who lives in the small village of Kaslo in southern British Columbia, which unknowingly dwells among fantasies and myths. These are reborn when he discovers hidden powers that may or may not destroy the world. It is up to him along with his three best friends, Leon, Amanda and Kasen, a...

Lafouchfeye County, Mississippi, and the entire Mississippi Gulf Coast were still reeling from the double murder in August of 1987 of a distinguished Judge and his wife, when a week before Christmas of the same year, the newlywed couple of recently elected District Attorney Wendell Matthew Holmes, Jr. of Warren County, Mississippi, and his wife Emma, are discovered dead in a refrigerator car in the Lafouchfeye County railroad yard. Percy (Teas...

Zima Crenshaw, a junior curator at the University Museum, is challenged to find a valuable work of art from the Renaissance era. The painting has acquired a name, Giovane (pronounced Joe-Von), and has escaped from its owner's possession under unusual circumstances. When Zima sees a photograph of it, she is captivated by the painted image. Hunting Giovane becomes an obsession. In her search she encounters intriguing personalities, mysterious re...

Stormy weather and sunny skies, our lives have many moods. Choosing Grace is for all the women who face challenges every day, and still manage to go on with their lives and enjoy the richness of faith, family and friends. We all face challenges, whether it's divorce, major illness, loss of a job or a loved one, but we can pick ourselves up, keep going and even enjoy life again. Through her inspiring and heart-felt poetry Elizabeth Olivia talks...

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Have you ever wondered about the rise of global terrorism? Have you ever thought about finding a solution to terrorism? Are you worried about the next 9/11? Have you been concerned about the threat America and its allies are experiencing from Islamic extremists? Is terrorism your concern and do you wish to gain insight into the psychology of terrorists? Do you want to know why terrorism is perpetuating in the world? In short, are you concern a...