Teen-aged Resistance fighter Liddy has persevered, going toe-to-toe with Nazi officer Keppler. Living out her faith has helped save the Mittendorf family bakery in Berlin.But now, as WW II is winding down, the city is under siege by the Russians, and the family's very survival lies in the balance.The final invasion brings with it an unthinkable atrocity forced upon Liddy. With mounting misfortunes, she questions not only the viability of an unwanted pregnancy, but also her once strong faith.Meanwhile, Liddy's sweetheart and fellow Resistance warrior, Marek, who was snatched away from her by the Nazis, has been longing to reunite. Escaping from a gruesome work camp, he strives mightily to find Liddy, but time and again is re-buffed.The end of the war brings hardship to all. But out of nowhere, the redeemed Keppler, imprisoned in a POW camp, comes back in a most startling way.Sequel to The Baker's Daughter, Illumination Award Winner.
In 2018, Michael Ting shocked the slam poetry community when he became the first Chinese-American to win the Individual World Poetry Slam in San Diego, CA, and hold the title of Individual World Champion. Past winners such as Rudy Francisco, Ed Mabrey, and Buddy Wakefield have become household names for poetry lovers around the world, while former competitors like Brandon Leake, Elizabeth Acevedo, Michael Harriot, and Hanif Abdurraqib have gone on to become international celebrities for their captivating performance, spellbinding writing, and generation-defining prose.In this timely, debut collection, Michael Ting challenges the notion that the Asian-American identity is a cheap copy - a novelty - of someone else's American Dream, insisting that the reader take a deeper look at the stories, viewpoints, and challenges that define him and a generation of Asian Americans looking to find their voice. After a year marked by both heartbreaking violence against Asian diasporic communities and breakthrough moments of representation in popular culture, this debut collection adds a critical piece of commentary that will leave the reader with a more complicated, expansive, and layered perspective.From playground assimilations to flipped microaggressions, misplaced masculinity to culinary confessionals, Ting takes the reader on a journey through some of his most hard-earned lessons in a way that only a world class slam poet can. Balancing his trademark wit and humor with gut-punching truths, these poems may just transform your understanding of Asian-Americans, but perhaps more importantly in this moment, yourself.
With a gifted imagination and artistic soul, Kelley Christine Phelan was led down a path of intimate creative writing. A number of events led to a sudden shift in consciousness while she was at one of her lowest points, with a broken heart: self-realization, a Kundalini awakening. For a split second, she was brought into union with the creator and felt nothing but pure nirvana. During her dark night of the soul and transformative healing process, the only way out was in. Writing down her life experiences was a way to release the burdens of the ego and purge the darkness she had been carrying. Not only in this lifetime, but others as well. All poems in this book are her truth.
Candy is a story about a young girl growing up in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Candy is swept away by life forces beyond her control and understanding. This Suspense-Thriller-Love Story follows the people and events that lead-up to a life-or-death struggle between her brother Santiago, his childhood friends, and fellow veterans, with a burgeoning drug syndicate in New Mexico. Candy is caught in the middle. The action escalates as outside forces fuel the flames. As the flames grow higher, the excitement builds until it reaches a boiling point. The cauldron explodes and all hell breaks loose.
This cookbook is a love letter to those whose hearts sing loudest int he kitchen.Comfort food is an unforgettable, powerful expression of love. A single bite of potato salad can transport s back to a warm 4th of July where we stood with friends and family close by, watching fireworks explode in the sky.These recipes are more than simple and delicious step-by-step meals to impress. They are memories in the making with every bite, precious moments yet to be made.A great meal should be carefully orchestrated and lovingly planned by filling the air with heavenly smells of fresh bread and baked chicken coming from a warm oven. Wow them with a beautifully set table. Showcase visions of what's to come with an array of decadent desserts artfully displayed nearby. It's more than just comfort food. It's your love language in full bloom.This cookbook is designed for anyone who may need a little extra mama hand holding along the way. It is for those who passionately long to create the kind of "Southern Yum" experience that is sure to inspire timeless memories that fill the soul and leave them coming back for more.You've got this darlin'.Bon Appetite ya'll!"May you bask in the joy you createWith every Southern Yum morsel on their plate."Blessings,Michele E. Mathews
There's nothing like the open road to help clear your mind and put things in focus. This is my attempt to help someone find a strand of God's cloak and be healed. To see Him move in my life may help you find a new perspective to seeing Him move in yours. Let's embrace every bump in the road as well as when it's smooth sailing. Program the GPS and put the truck in gear! Here we go.
The Upsilon Factor is a re-thinking of the underlying assumptions humans use when designing societal decision-making systems, which can include governmental policies, as well as decisions about personal influence.It proposes a minimalist yet factual perspective that can inform how people collaborate to make group decisions. One based on objective scientific facts and logical deductions, that can maximize the probability of societal consensus, while minimizing the attachment to unproven assumptions often prevalent in modern-day decision-making contexts.
Join Meg and her friends as they compete in a 10-day scavenger hunt across the state of Virginia. Each day starts with a clue sheet that reveals a series of outdoor adventures they have to complete to stay in the race. Their journey includes hiking to Devil's Bathtub, sliding down a natural water slide in Shenandoah National Park, discovering shark teeth at Fossil Beach, and kayaking through the Great Dismal Swamp. The competition heats up when they encounter two bullies who try to throw them off their game. Along the way, Meg and her friends explore several regional treasures and visit the gravesites of all 7 U.S. presidents buried in Virginia. This is an adventure you don't want to miss!Learn more at www.virginiaisforadventurers.com
For as long as I can remember, I always wanted to be a pilot, and when I first saw F-80 fighter jets making practice gunnery passes on a firefighting training tower in Anchorage, Alaska, I knew I had to become a fighter pilot. This experience happened when I was 12 years of age and during the period of the Korean War. Seventeen years later I was invited to join the Oregon Air National and informed that I was going to become a fighter pilot in the 123rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron, in Portland, Oregon. The squadron is known as the "Redhawks,"My journey in this chapter of my life began in Miles City, Montana, the place of my birth. Miles City bills itself as "The Cow Capital of the West", holds an annual bucking horse sale in May of each year, and was the only American city in the contiguous United States to be bombed during World War II. That feat was accomplished by our own U.S. Army Air Corps. On both sides of my family, my grandparents were ranchers and farmers, and the hired workers on the ranch were trustees from the Miles City jail, reform school teenagers, and German POWs. I spent summers in the country and rode a full-size horse at the age of five. I didn't ride a bicycle, however, until the age of eight when my family moved west to Portland, Oregon.Circumstances in my life, extending into early adulthood, generated a host of highly unusual real-life stories, ranging from the humorous to the tragic, several of which were woven into the fabric of then-current events that made their mark in history. The interesting people I came into contact with during these events contributed significantly to the richness of the experiences.A divorce and remarriages by both of my parents sent my already active early life into a tumultuous spin. In eight grades of schooling, I attended six different elementary schools in three different states plus the Territory of Alaska. Although we were settled for my years in high school and college, those disruptive moves created a restlessness within me that made it a challenge at times to remain focused on my studies. My selection as the University's Air Force ROTC Drill Team Commander and the program's Flight Indoctrination Program in which I received my Private Pilot License, imbued me with the direction and confidence I needed to successfully complete Air Force pilot training which I did in South Georgia.My first assignment after pilot training was as a T-33 jet pilot training instructor in Texas. The T-33 was the trainer version of the Korean War vintage F-80. In meeting my "need for speed", I later converted as an instructor into the supersonic T-38 trainer. After four years of instructing basic flight training, I was reassigned to Korea as a Forward Air Controller and became the Air Division's T-33 flight program manager. When I completed this overseas tour, at the height of the Air War in Vietnam, I resigned from the Air Force and joined the Oregon Air National Guard. This started a new chapter in my life.
Whoever knew West Virginia would be the promised land for hundreds of thousands African-Americans escaping the hardships of the South after the Emancipation Proclamation. Freedom comes in many forms. West Virginia became a refuge for individuals looking for a better life, but It sometimes came with a deadly price. This book captures the spirit of one family's devotion for one another and the drive to never give up on the American Dream at a time in the United States when dreams of Black business owners were plentiful, but the reality of Black business ownership was just a dream.
Heroes Rising /The Power of the Crystal is an Historical Fantasy set in dynamic New York City.After years, of standing proudly in the bay of New York as the symbol of freedom for all, the famed Statue of Liberty comes to life and abandons her post. She's fed up with everyone taking the gift of freedom for granted. And she might have gotten away with it too if eight year old Nick Paolo, and his older brother Adam hadn't witnessed the statue escaping. Nick and Adam are thrust into a dangerous world of magic and mystery as they embark on a journey through time to convince the Statue of Liberty to return to her pedestal. History comes to life in this exciting adventure novel that is the first in a series.
What would you choose, if you could live the last moment of your life over again?FBI Special Agent Glory Hymark hasn't had to make many hard choices in her life. Police Academy- check. FBI Academy at Quantico- check. After the loss of her family, Hymark has been living her life on auto-pilot.But when a dangerous serial killer sets his sights on her and her partner Xavier DeCorias, Hymark's life comes to a full stop.Four people have been brutally murdered, their torsos carved with one of the seven deadly sins. Next to each body, 'Liar' is written out in the victim's blood. There's no timeline, no pattern. No warning. Only evidence that none of the victims seem to be guilty of the sins they supposedly represent.In fact, they're opposites.Regardless of the truth, this killer believes he's been called to force sinners to repentance. And that Hymark and DeCorias are two of the worst. They soon find themselves in the killer's crosshairs, putting their skill as agents- and their relationship as partners- to the test.When sinners and saints collide, Hymark is faced with the ultimate choice. One that will bring her to her knees... whether she's ready to repent or not.Perfect for fans of Tess Gerritsen and Kathy Reichs, To Dodge a Bullet takes readers on a sinfully wild ride.
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