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Rising from the fragrant, soothing water, Hideo allowed the liquid to stream down his face. His long hair trailed down his well-muscled neck in a satisfying weighty mass. Wiping his eyes and completely relaxed, Hideo looked first at the swords on the stand nearest him and then fell into a reverie. His earliest childhood memory was not of his beloved mother but of his father's swords. The ritual was invariable. Before his father would kiss his ...

In a world where racism, violence, illness, and poverty can feel so overwhelming that we often close our eyes-and our hearts-to the suffering around us, we may not believe we have the power to change things. As Barbara Greenspan Shaiman shows us in Live Your Legacy Now!, this simply isn't so. This part memoir and part how-to guide provides the tools and strategies to help you create meaningful change in your own life as well as in the lives of...

Dave Jackson, an Air Force captain and trained pilot, is left wondering what to do when he suffers a serious injury and is told he can no longer fly high-performance aircraft. But then he's visited by a military intelligence officer who tells him his career doesn't have to end. Soon, Jackson finds himself in Kirkuk, Iraq, which is no sleepy Kurdish village but a vibrant city. There, he meets a cast of shadowy figures pushing for Kurdistan in...

The authors began their philosophical and scientific studies together in 1998. In developing their theory of omnipresence-the timelessness of mass-energy through which consciousness flows-they concluded that even though the concept of time provided consciousness with the ability to sequentially order events, it didn't function as a physical reality weaved into the fabric of space. They specifically questioned the premise of time dilation in Ei...

Dave Jackson, an Air Force captain and trained pilot, is left wondering what to do when he suffers a serious injury and is told he can no longer fly high-performance aircraft. But then he's visited by a military intelligence officer who tells him his career doesn't have to end.Soon, Jackson finds himself in Kirkuk, Iraq, which is no sleepy Kurdish village but a vibrant city. There, he meets a cast of shadowy figures pushing for Kurdistan indep...

Sometimes life doesn't always unfold the way you plan. On July 20, 1984 while at USMC Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Virginia, a young Marine was a passenger in a three-ton troop transport vehicle that, while traveling at sixty-five miles per hour, flipped and rolled several times, finally coming to rest upside down. Several Marines were dead, but one man was still alive. He was Terry Smith.After dying twice during brain surgery on that...

In 1957, the novel "Mandingo" stunned readers with its lurid, unforgettable tale of Falconhurst--a pre-Civil War slave-breeding plantation where unspeakable acts of sex and brutality took place everyday between the masters and slaves. Over the next three decades, "Mandingo" sold millions of copies worldwide and spawned thirteen official sequel books as well as dozens of paperback imitators. The big-budget movie version of 1975 was one of the b...

It's never happened beforea dead body discovered in a highly secured location of a nuclear power plant. Was it an inside job? And could it affect the outcome of the upcoming election and cause the shutdown of the nuclear power plant? Will Lindy Andrews figure out before it is too late that there's also a plot to cause a deadly leak of radiation that could affect thousands of nearby residents? The convergence of the public's need for electricit...

Many seek a life of deeper contemplation and union with God, but few see the connection between this desire and the need to live apart from the world. There is an essential connection between contemplative living and contemplative praying. Contemplative living consists of being apart from the world. One must have a heart that is reserved for the Lord alone and remain separate from the delights, sights and sounds of society. By doing this, one ...

Sometimes life doesn't always unfold the way you plan. On July 20, 1984 while at USMC Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Virginia, a young Marine was a passenger in a three-ton troop transport vehicle that, while traveling at sixty-five miles per hour, flipped and rolled several times, finally coming to rest upside down. Several Marines were dead, but one man was still alive. He was Terry Smith. After dying twice during brain surgery on tha...

It's never happened beforea dead body discovered in a highly secured location of a nuclear power plant. Was it an inside job? And could it affect the outcome of the upcoming election and cause the shutdown of the nuclear power plant? Will Lindy Andrews figure out before it is too late that there's also a plot to cause a deadly leak of radiation that could affect thousands of nearby residents? The convergence of the public's need for electricit...

The authors began their philosophical and scientific studies together in 1998. In developing their theory of omnipresence-the timelessness of mass-energy through which consciousness flows-they concluded that even though the concept of time provided consciousness with the ability to sequentially order events, it didn't function as a physical reality weaved into the fabric of space. They specifically questioned the premise of time dilation in Ei...

As the Bird Sings is a collection of inspirational poems that will cause you to reflect, tug at your heartstrings, and ultimately touch your soul. In it, the author addresses the experiences of life that we all share--our feelings, our goals and dreams, our fears of illness and aging--and with her poetry manages to instill in us a fresh perspective and a renewed hope. Lovers of traditional rhyming verse will appreciate the almost musical caden...

As the Bird Sings is a collection of inspirational poems that will cause you to reflect, tug at your heartstrings, and ultimately touch your soul. In it, the author addresses the experiences of life that we all share--our feelings, our goals and dreams, our fears of illness and aging--and with her poetry manages to instill in us a fresh perspective and a renewed hope. Lovers of traditional rhyming verse will appreciate the almost musical caden...

Body into Earth is a testament to a time and place, an era that spanned the removal of the Cherokee from the North Georgia Mountains to the beginnings of our modern time of science, technology and skepticism. The poems describe an older world where mankind is in harmony with nature, and the phases of the moon and the alignment of the constellations offer a guiding light along the pathways of rural life of a half century ago.Easter Ramps... a w...

From the author of Musings of a Meandering Stream, Streams of Thought offers innovative, provocative concepts that challenge the mind and inspire thought. With piercing wit and wisdom, Redheffer tackles a wide range of subjects such as agnosticism, beauty, doubt, hypocrisy, marriage, religion, science, sex, sin, and everything in between in over 1, 100 original aphorisms.An indifferent student yet widely knowledgeable, he has said that he neve...

From the author of Musings of a Meandering Stream, Streams of Thought offers innovative, provocative concepts that challenge the mind and inspire thought. With piercing wit and wisdom, Redheffer tackles a wide range of subjects such as agnosticism, beauty, doubt, hypocrisy, marriage, religion, science, sex, sin, and everything in between in over 1, 100 original aphorisms.An indifferent student yet widely knowledgeable, he has said that he neve...

The church insists that Christians are people who have been "converted, " "regenerated, " "born anew, " and set free from the habitual practice of sin. Whereas the church should be expected to positively influence society, the degenerating North American society is clearly influencing the church. Since Christians have been taught to love one another, we want to believe that we live by a higher moral-ethical code than non-Christians. But someth...

In the hope of finding something to stop her tummy from growling, Anna and her dog, Ruby, embark on several fun-filled adventures. Along the way, Anna's imagination takes her and Ruby to many exciting new places, all the while they discover several things to taste. Anna tries pizza, crackers, broccoli, cookies and so much more! Learn all about Anna's eating experiences and see if she will ever stop the weird noises in her tummy. This colorful,...

This story is about animals' adventures in different kinds of situation and how their owners handle it.