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Bill Stephens is a veteran author, poet, and teacher for many years. He has the Holy Spirit leading him and blessing him to write words of comfort to a hungry and hurting people. His book is bot entertaining and interesting to all Christians as well as those who are searchers.He hopes to help all who read this book be aware of his thoughts and struggles in his walk with the Lord. That's why the book is titled, From My Heart to Yours. May all who read it come away a better person than before.

"...indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." The words now felt like a distant memory to Stephen Moore. North Korea had successfully orchestrated an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attack that did exactly what China had hoped for- split the United States into warring factions, unleashing a level of violence and terror that would have made even the biggest horror movie fans go pale.How could this have happened so easily? Is there anything that could bring the US back?In a struggle for power and territory, there seems to be no depth of immorality that people won't sink to- including former Vice President Sirrah who assumed control of the presidency and claimed a critical territory in the northeastern states now known as The Meg. Citizens are operating in survival mode, making the boundaries of good versus evil, right versus wrong, and patriot versus rebel all the more unclear.From food shortages to new foreign invasions, nuclear threats to voracious hogs in the NYC subway tunnels, American Calamity: The Continentals leaves no terrifying stone unturned in the sequel to the acclaimed dystopian page-turner, American Calamity. Perhaps the most alarming of all is that this fiction doesn't stray far from what could be a future reality.Are you ready to get deeply immersed back into Moore's post-apocalyptic reality? Don't worry. Spanky, the old military tank with a never-say-die spirit, has got your six.American Calamity: The Continentals continues the story of Moore's journey into the abyss of a worldwide nuclear disaster. From a rag-tag group of regional rebels to a growing North American movement, American Calamity: The Continentals provides hope in a country where little exists. A hope continually challenged by America's enemies--both foreign and domestic.American Calamity: The Continentals is perfect for fans of One Second After, Edge of Collapse, and Out of the Ashes.

Cyber Election Meddling: The Impact on Voter Beliefs and Decisions explores the rise of cyber-influence campaigns that have shaped modern elections. Beginning with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Russian state-sponsored organizations systematically deployed misinformation across social media and news outlets. This unprecedented effort undermined public trust in candidates and the electoral process, reshaping how voters perceived key issues and made decisions at the ballot box.This study takes a quantitative, non-experimental approach to examine the relationship between voters' belief in foreign election meddling and how it influences their decision-making process. Using the social cognitive theory as its framework, the research highlights the role of information sources in shaping voter perceptions, finding that those who relied on traditional news media rather than blogs or social media were more likely to recognize interference efforts.The findings of this research are compelling: awareness of cyber-meddling doesn't necessarily reduce its impact on voters. Better-educated individuals were likelier to detect these disinformation campaigns, yet their decision-making process remained susceptible. Cyber Election Meddling offers a timely, critical examination of how foreign influence operations affect democratic outcomes and public trust, with implications far beyond a single election.

When private detective Walter PKK Montgomery wades into the cold waters of the Nolin River for a birthday weekend of trout fishing, he doesn't expect to catch a briefcase containing $150,000 in unmarked bills. In the next 36 hours, Walt, his country-singer girlfriend, Belinda, and his partner, Johnny Horoscope, are pursued up and down Interstate 65 by a psychopathic cop and a crooked Kentucky lawyer, and both of them will kill to reclaim the money.A former Alabama Highway patrolman, Walt knows that a dirty cop is the worst kind of fiend to have on your tail, and when this knife-obsessed, psychopathic killer takes Walt's girlfriend hostage, Walt must outrun the state police in three states, outwit a crooked Kentucky lawyer, and unravel a twisted plot that ultimately pits him against a perverted judge who has paid to have his own wife kidnapped and killed. To save Belinda and the judge's wife, Walt must confront the memory of his first wife's death. Finally, he must find Belinda and overpower the cop before he subjects her to the most hideous torture and death imaginable. $150,000 is not enough money to die for, but all of these characters are ready to kill for it.Joe Marshall Hardin crafts a thrilling and action-packed ride as Walt races to save his girlfriend and clear his name. This crime thriller races to a dramatic and gun-blazing conclusion.

Someone Better Than You is a comic novel of manners that demonstrates it's never too late to "know thyself." The novel also dramatizes how, in a time of relentless change, remembered private experience is what redeems daily life.It's early June. Change-averse and critical of the young, retired newspaperman Brady Ritz is seeing off his artist stepdaughter Jane and her family at Florida's Fort Myers Airport. The visit has obviously not gone well, but it's clear that Brady sees Ashley, Jane's four-year-old as a rebellious kindred spirit.On the drive back to Naples, Ritz's estranged wife calls him from their Michigan home. He tunes her out as she begins a familiar lecture: the publication of a collection taken from his secret satire column in a little magazine has hurt and angered friends and family. Ritz dismisses such talk as the whining of humorless people "mired in a steamy compost mound of feelings."Back in Donegal Golf and Country Club, his gated golf community, we see that Ritz has offended almost everyone. But not Ace Foley, a right-wing exercise fanatic with dementia. Ace represents the social and political bubble occupied by many enjoying an upscale retirement.Ace leaves. Bitter over the failed visit with Jane and at being left by his wife, Ritz calls Sunshine Urbanski, a clever young "sex worker" he recently met in a Naples restaurant. She comes to his club, and when she presses him to talk about his wife, Ritz tells her "She suffers." With odd certainty, Ritz knows this is true: "Sitting in a bar with a hooker, he has thought his way to something worth remembering."Their date is interrupted by the arrival of Ritz's older, latter-day-hippy stepdaughter Anne, and her two children. Ritz has never forgiven Anne for her counter-culture revolt in adolescence. She tells him she will leave the next day to visit friends.The following morning, Ritz's likeable, blind neighbor Murray Grunwald makes Ritz read aloud the snarky column on karaoke that caused so much anger at the club. Hearing his own words, Ritz decides to apologize on karaoke night. During "rehearsal" in his walk-in closet, he discovers that Anne has left her dog in his house. Alone all day, it has urinated on the rug."I'm sorry." The dog won't look at him. It's been in here since ten this morning. Seven hours, and not a sound. "Your name's Truman." Nothing. Ritz goes in the bathroom and grabs a hand towel. He runs it under the faucet, comes back and drops to his knees. "I know all about it," he says, rubbing hard. "I have an enlarged prostate. I couldn't last three hours."This sincere apology to a dog contrasts with the following night's disastrous fake apology at karaoke: the song Ritz sings turns out to be the signature song of a man who has lost his larynx to cancer. It also initiates the process by which the dog will help Ritz recover what he has long suppressed in his relations with people: a capacity for feeling and kindness.Anne returns, and soon leaves in anger with her children. Ritz's neighbor Murray sends him to another neighbor's house. Crazy Ace Foley has wandered into Daisy Pruitt's. Daisy has had lots of "work done," and cosmetic surgery is something else Ritz wrote about. Daisy denounces him, and he leaves with Ace.At the novel's midpoint, Ritz discovers Anne has again left her sad dog. A thunder storm rages, and he does his best to comfort the terrified animal. He calls her previous owner, and learns that, like himself, Truman is suffering over the loss of a companion.A growing sense of guilt leads Ritz to visit Aspen Afternoons, the nursing home where Ace Foley has been taken. Ritz now sees a reality he has always ignored.The novel ends with Natalie Ritz returning to Naples. In the first person, she explains the suffering that has kept her gone so long.

This book is a history about how the small English-speaking Baptist Church in South Chicago encouraged Mexican immigrants who were arriving in the area to find work shared a building in which they could worship and serve God in a Spanish-speaking environment in a Baptist worship service that began in this building in the mid-20th century.We learn about how this particular Spanish-speaking ministry was stablished and how it grew in its weekly morning, and evening worship and other services for over sixty-five years. We learn how particular congregants and their officials served here and in various Baptist associations and conventions to spread the Gospel.The latter part of this books discusses a brief history about how the Spanish-speaking Baptist congregation was the impetus for the development of a new branch of Christians in the early 1960s.

Life is a voyage and for Thalia McGrath, the voyage is literal. In 1965, she sails on the ocean liner Oriana from Australia to America engaged to marry journalist Douglas Barton, the man she met when he was working temporarily in Australia.The long ocean crossing of Polynesia and the glamor and fun of a sea voyage-a rite of passage for young Australians-take a serious turn when Thalia, in a misguided attempt to be more alluring to her husband-to-be by acquiring some sexual experience, impetuously begins a shipboard affair with one of the ship's officers. Meanwhile fellow passenger Nigel Somerville has fallen in love with her and asks her to run away with him.Refusing Nigel, and ending the affair with the officer upon arrival at her destination, Thalia marries Douglas, but does not reveal the shipboard affair. She settles down to be a wife and mother, only to find that marriage guarantees neither fidelity nor honesty. She begins to suspect that Douglas is serially unfaithful to their marriage vows, and although her own conscience is hardly impeccable, she is appalled by his amorality and by the larcenous conduct he exhibits toward his dead brother. When he takes a new position in Belgium and imperiously orders her to make the arrangements to sell their house and move their household to Europe without his assistance and support, she is angry and resentful. Pregnant and with a toddler, she accomplishes this task, but begins to consider whether she wants to remain in the marriage.Douglas goes ahead to Europe, promising to find a new home for them, and Thalia and their son Daniel set off to Belgium. Passing through London en route, Thalia re-encounters Nigel Somerville and the group of amusing friends she had met during the voyage across the Pacific; a new, intriguing door is opened for her.Should she continue to follow Douglas and his unsavory ambitions or accept this enticing new opportunity and follow her own uncertain compass as her life's voyage continues?

This book describes 23 unusual animals from different ecosystems around the world. Some are newly discovered; others have only recently been investigated. All contribute to the amazing biodiversity of planet earth. Many are threatened with extinction.Their presentations are introduced by an amusingly descriptive poem followed by a brief description of what is known about the animal.A delightful water color or digital art accompanies each animal. The reader will be challenged to consider important questions and additional references at the end of the book.

The magazine "Psychology Today" has said young people are being unduly influenced by what they see on social media on the internet. Many even admit that being on social media platforms for hours can make them feel depressed. And yet, they are so hooked to their so called smart phones that teachers in school have to collect them or institute other policies to get them to quit looking for a while.We live in a fast paced world in Western society, but especially in America, dependent on technology for almost everything, from factories canning our food and making our clothes, to dependence on the family car to go to work or recreation. But some are looking at this and wondering, in this twenty-first century, is human dependence on so much technology healthy or beneficial? And what about its effect on the environment and especially the climate? In the nature vs. technology debate, who is winning anyway?In the book "Nature vs. Technology -- Who's Winning?" D.J. Mathews does look at various topics and sees where we are going, what we can improve, and what technology can be helpful overall. Take the internet, for instance. Though it can contain a lot of disinformation and get young people addicted to it, or even show fake news and fake images, there are ways to spot fake information and not be tricked into a fake relationship.The book also looks at the pros and cons of how our food is produced, whether robots can be helpful, the pros of going off into space, the wonders of the ocean, and even how to survive if you are lost in the wilderness. Nature can be harsh if you are not prepared, and there are ways technology can be helpful.This is a book that gives you much to think about. If you are a parent of grandparent you may be especially concerned about the future. It can be bright if we work to address different modern issues logically and quickly. So learn more how.

"Creating Your Living Plan" is a transformative guide for those who want to shape a life rooted in purpose, clarity, and fulfillment. More than just a workbook, this book is a pathway to aligning your deepest values with a personal roadmap that evolves as you do.Whether you're seeking a greater sense of direction or striving to live in harmony with your values, this step-by-step guide invites you to uncover what truly matters to you. Through thoughtful exercises and reflection, "Creating Your Living Plan" offers tools to explore your life's purpose, establish fulfilling goals, and build resilience to face life's challenges.This book is ideal for those who want to invest in themselves and live with intention, whether you're at a crossroads, entering a new stage of life, or simply wishing to create a balanced, meaningful existence. In a world full of distractions, this guide helps you tune into your own voice, build authentic connections, and design a life you're proud to live.Inside, you'll find:Clarifying Exercises that prompt you to identify your unique strengths, values, and vision for the future.Actionable Steps for creating both short- and long-term goals aligned with your true self.Guidance on Resilience to help you adapt to life's changes without losing sight of your purpose.Techniques for Mindfulness that help you remain present and engaged on your journey."Creating Your Living Plan" empowers readers to chart a course that feels right from within, crafting a path that's as adaptable as it is fulfilling. Designed for individuals from all walks of life, this book is a resource for anyone ready to live more consciously, make values-driven choices, and cultivate a life of lasting impact.Embrace a life where each step aligns with your purpose and values. With "Creating Your Living Plan," discover how to set intentions, deepen your understanding of yourself, and build a life that resonates with who you truly are.

A Montana Rivalry is a sweeping story of Rusty Blackstone and Warren Weston, two young men who become bitter rivals the first time they meet. It is a complex tale with many interacting characters. Set on modern day ranches in Montana and rodeos all over the West, the story is told by an author who grew up on a Montana ranch and competed in rodeos at all levels. Whether it is ranch work, saddle bronc riding or steer wrestling, the details that only an insider would know create a slightly exotic world that is completely authentic.Warren Weston is an only child. His parents own one of the best ranches in the state. His father is from back east and has a trust fund. His mother is the fifth-generation descendant of the hardy man who founded the ranch and made it prosper. His mother thinks of herself as Montana aristocracy. Although she can be a demanding woman, as far as she is concerned, Warren can do no wrong. On the other hand, nothing that Warren can do pleases his father. Although his family is wealthy, Warren grows up arrogant and emotionally destitute.Rusty Blackstone has two sisters. His father works on various ranches and often switches jobs and moves his family. His is a former professional saddle bronc rider and starts teaching Rusty to ride broncs at an early age. When he takes a job in New Mexico working for a large rodeo company, Rusty's mother refuses to go. She keeps the kids in Montana and works whatever low paying job she can find to support them. Rusty finds a job on a nearby ranch and spends all his free time working. He loves the work, and the older couple who own the ranch take him in as if he were their own. Even though his father only shows up a couple of his is supportive. With a loving mother and two younger sisters, Rusty grows up in a stable environment and has no idea that they are poor.Because Warren's parents sent him away to boarding school, the rivalry between the boys isn't a constant burden for either of them. At their hometown rodeo, on Labor Day just before their senior year in high school Rusty enters the saddle bronc riding and is astounded to see Warren steer wrestle with modest success. He decides right then that if Warren can do it, he can do it better.They both compete successfully in college rodeo, often trying their best to outdo each other. When Rusty ultimately partners with a professional steer wrestler to go down the rodeo road, Warren has to stay home on the ranch. He does manage to steal Rusty's girlfriend and marry her. Later, when he watches Rusty on television competing at the National Finals Rodeo, he figures that if Rusty can qualify for the Finals, he can too. He decides to buy a new horse and become a full-time professional steer wrestler himself. This has all kinds of negative effects on his personal life and makes Warren a pariah on the rodeo circuit. His encounters with Rusty are fraught with tension. It takes a couple of years before Warren can come to terms with all the unfair things in his life and find a way to be happy.In the end, Warren and Rusty go head-to-head for the World Championship in steer wrestling at the National Finals Rodeo.

Zombie Beach follows the lives of Aaron Parker and his family along with other survivors as they persevere and adapt to this new world after their lives are turned upside down from the start of the zombie apocalypse. These seemingly random survivors fight to find safety, family, and understanding in what becomes the end of the world as they know it. Is it the end of the world or just the end of America? With bigger forces at play, flesh eating monsters all around, and the country cut off from the rest of the world, these survivors are forced to focus on what is in front of them, unaware of the evil schemes that are unfolding.

Senior executives and Organizational Resilience practitioners across organizations continue to focus on understanding their continuity risk profile. Making informed choices about continuity assessment, planning, and overall preparedness is vital. Implementing enhancements can demonstrate continuous and systemic improvement of an organization's risk posture. Ultimately, organizations need constant and comprehensive visibility across continuity-related activities to support their strategic and tactical decision-making needs. In other words, precise data is required for leaders to make data-driven decisions.This book focuses on the often overlooked aspect of Organizational Resilience metrics. Candidly, when most leaders become interested in these metrics, it's due to an audit, crisis event, or customer complaint. Yet, the development and publishing of metrics can be daunting. While metrics are a science of statistics, they are also an art. What are the critical metrics best suited for your company culture? What industry-standard metrics can be leveraged? Do organizations continue to struggle to define the best organizational metrics for their Organizational Resilience management programs? How can they clearly understand and articulate the performance of such programs and, most importantly, their ability to recover from a disaster?We have written this book to ease practitioners' strain when they kick off this initiative. From definition to building a plan with a maturity roadmap to learning how to tell the story behind the numbers to execution - this book is the playbook you need to deliver best-in-class metrics.

The Darién Gap. A 10,000 square mile rain forest between Colombia and Panama. The most primeval, unexplored, and dangerous jungle on Earth. Each year, thousands risk their lives in a hellish trek northwards through the Gap, for a chance at something better.Thirty men, women and children set out to find a new life. But an old one found them instead.Over the next four days, each of these desperate people will discover that certain paths are better left untraveled. That a new life can take on many forms. And that some gaps were never meant to be crossed.

Over the past five decades, I have been delighted to be a therapist and psychology professor. My career is a vital science, allowing me to theorize questions regarding psychological development and mental states. This is my testimony because, for the past 50 years, I have been paralyzed while rolling around Earth, pondering these questions.This book encompasses what I have learned from my conventional perspectives. One thing is clear: True success in life directly correlates with the quality of health, finances, mental health, family, friendships, hope, purpose, and a relationship with God or a Higher Power.I have filled this book with scientific theories, strategies, and stories that can encourage and inspire inner growth. This book is easy to read and can be used as a daily learning tool as you become your genuine therapist. Who honestly knows you better than you? No one! This is why you must candidly be familiar with the latest psychological theories as you live through the transitional stages of a happy life.In addition to my writings, I have included quotes and stories from incredible people who have motivated me throughout my lifespan. I trust you will be inspired in the same way.

This is a charming children's story about a city ant that goes to the country to visit his friends, a cat and a dog. They have a good time together and meet a horse named George, a lion flying a kite, a very friendly octopus, and a busy zebra.If you want to, you can also use this book to help teach children the alphabet and how to read using phonics and the 42 Magic Words that are always shaded in the story. These 42 words start with ordinary, easy-to-read words like ant, bus, cat, dog, egg, fish, gate, etc. They are "magic" because they contain at least one spelling of all of the 40 sounds in the English language.In the back of the book is useful information that explains phonics and how to teach your children to read. This book teaches children the letters of the alphabet and all of the 40 sounds in English, using songs and other fun activities. These sounds include the five short vowel sounds, the five long vowel sounds, the five other vowel sounds (aw, er, ow, oy, and short oo), and the digraphs: ch, ph, sh, th, wh, and -ng.As you read this story to children over and over again, they can learn to read the 42 Magic Words. This will give them a great start in learning to read. Later children can enjoy reading this book themselves.(Comment from the author: I wanted to see if I could make it easier for children to learn to read using phonics by introducing short and long vowels at the same time. And by teaching them not just the alphabet, but also teaching them all of the 40 sounds in English, using songs and other fun activities. This is the purpose of this book. Pat Stryker)

2Pac 4Evr is the outstanding new book by renowned author Francis Nicholas Driscoll, which depicts in great detail the trials and tribulations of the artist, while diving deep into the specifics of his albums and movies. The author simultaneously pinpoints the parallels between his and 2Pac's own life, being that Francis had a traumatic near death experience in '91 that left him with a C7 Quadriplegic Spinal Cord Injury, and wheelchair bound for life.Francis got hurt in '91, the victim of a train accident in NYC, and barely lived through it. That happened right after he discovered 2Pac's first works under the Digital Underground collaborative Rap Group.The author, despite sustaining a permanent Traumatic Brain Injury, somehow remembered all of 2Pac's albums and movies and, following an unjust eviction from a handicapped living community, Francis proceeded to write this book as a moving tribute to the prolific rap star.

"I would rather teach than eat," Alice King Ebey once commented. She began teaching in 1890 at age eighteen in a one-room Wabash County (Indiana) schoolhouse, then attended Mount Morris College in Illinois and later became an instructor in the Bible School at Manchester College in her hometown of North Manchester, Indiana. But Alice could not ignore the call of her Christian faith to teach the Gospel message of hope to those who had never heard of Jesus.In 1900, Alice and her husband, Adam, sailed to Bombay, India, where they served as Church of the Brethren missionaries in the villages and towns of western India until 1931. Together they raised two daughters there and made their home at seven different mission stations. Mastering both Marathi and Gujarati, they worked together to improve living conditions and health care in areas of great need. Adam built orphanages and schools and alleviated the suffering of sick people who lacked access to medical care due to caste restrictions. Alice worked with women and children, teaching them to read and work together as a Christian community. After retirement to North Manchester and following Adam's death in 1939, Alice returned to India for another term as missionary in 1945-1947.Adapting to a very different way of life, Alice and Adam lived through turbulent times of personal tragedies, hardship and social change. Yet Alice vowed to "teach and teach and teach with love, and pray with confidence," trusting God to guide them through grief and discouragement. Returning to North Manchester, where she lived until her death in 1960, she spoke and wrote about her experiences and told marvelous stories to her grandchildren. Her words taught many others of the wonders of India, the kindness of its people, and our common humanity.When Alice died, she left a trunk full of diaries, letters and other documents containing her private thoughts and public writing for her granddaughter, Janice Shull, to discover. From this treasure, the author reveals Alice's story of faith, courage, and hope, a story that continues to teach a message of service and compassion today.