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This book is about a German family starting in 1805 and ending in 1945. It is written from a German point of view. I am a historian who really enjoyed learning European and Military history. So, I thought it would be interesting to write a story about a family and to witness history through their eyes. Also, this story is more than just this family there is a mysterious personality that they meet and intertwine with. This new character is raised by this family and takes on a leadership role within this family. This story is more than good and evil, it involves the reasons why we go to war and the moral decisions that we have to live with.

The present time is difficult, unpredictable and frightening, but it does offer opportunities as well. It''s a time that urges us to learn lessons that can''t be learned in times of complacency. The pandemic has overturned our beliefs and changed our ideas about how the world works. It''s taught us we must find joy in the present moment. This new understanding can allow us to watch ourselves adapting, learning, growing and getting stronger. This time is one that can be used for personal metamorphosis and transformation. That''s what this book is all about. Sometimes You Can Hear the Butterfly''s Song provides you with ideas to consider, meditations and guided imagery exercises designed to keep you balanced and hopeful.

In 1766 at the age of five Abby is sent away to live with various people. After a few years she finds a home as a servant girl with the Thomas family. Being a young female among ten boys quickly proves to be a physical and mental challenge for Abby. However, she refuses to let others define who she will be, as she fights to overcome prejudice and gain equality. In 1775, she is caught up in the American Revolution and finds that her courage, faith, and character will be tested to the limit. When the war reaches her doorstep, she learns firsthand the sadness of losing loved ones and the horrors of war. As the Revolution draws to a close, Abby makes a decision, and if her secret is discovered she will face disgrace and possibly jail.

Swirling Emotions: Poetic Therapy is a story told in poems, both long prose poems and short free verse, about a girl who survived grief, heartbreak, trauma, abuse, isolation, and living on her own at a young age. As raw as is the first part of this “fictionalized poetic memoir,” Donna Kessler just as powerfully lifts the readers by the end of Swirling Emotions with happiness, healing, love, and self-discovery. Kessler’s story drowns the reader in black tidal waves like a tsunami, then rescues with clear, crystal waves, sparkling into serenity. Readers who have been through any kind of trauma, dealt with grief, or known hard times will benefit from reading this book as it shows recovering and healing. Kessler’s poetic skill draws readers through her life experiences toward self-reflection of their own personal experiences.

The main characters of Finding Lord Stanley are three sisters who started their summer vacation in the usual manner, playing with friends. Playing games in the front yard turned into a surprise discovery under a bush in the neighbor''s yard, a tiny grey kitten. The girls set out to convince their Mom and Dad that the kitten needed a home. Although Mom was easily convinced, their Dad would be a challenge. This delightful story takes a few twists and turns until the sisters gave this lost kitten a "furever" home.

A recollection and history of experiences over a 30-year period living with and caring for a spouse diagnosed with a very long-term illness.All proceeds to the Parkinson’s Foundation.

Highfalutin Mountebank is, in part, an adaptation of a true Russian historical event in which a con goes violently awry. Alongside the adaptation of the true event is a fairy tale involving children and a precocious duck which ends happily ever after. While one con is a goner, there is another which explains how the hero is a highfalutin mountebank instead of a hustler, scammer or bunco artist.Life as Prick characterizes P(at)rick Squent as a rich personality who has obsessive compulsive disorder but makes no attempt to mitigate it. It is a part of who he is! The school nurse misdiagnoses his OCD as body dysmorphic disorder even though she has no way of knowing his penis is deformed.Early in adulthood, outdated English laws (sumptuary laws), and the categorical imperative, along with solitude and evolving meditation lead him to a uniform disdain and independence from crystalline truth. This independence gave him confidence and a feline hubris, which, in turn, obliged him to make proclamations that are whimsical, inexact, and opaque. He considered his insupportable, free-from-encumbering-truth statements cunning alternatives which turned other people’s opinions into mere cobwebs. (He boasted he alone had access to the Akashic record which legitimized his behaviors and verified the categorical imperative.)Prick’s Coma is a series of dreams within his coma-nightmare which challenge Prick to review his life as user, truth denier, man incapable of wrong-doing. Like Scrooge, Prick sees the nightmare as an opportunity to reshape his life for the better. However, the suggestion he could better his life is such an outlandish undertaking, he decides it is an effort not worth making.Ol’ George is a rustic farm boy whose innocence is a contrast to the Prick model. George’s purity and trust in his friends foreshadow the difficulties he manages. Beginning with the tragedy his playmates could have prevented, George’s life becomes even more clouded. Since he does not complain of disappointment or discontent, his existence is just matter of fact. His life is spent acquiring the sympathy of all he meets, and George is buried in that honor.Working from Home reveals how Prick seems to land on his feet after failing as a Cavalier/Splendid Man of international esteem. He is, of course, a Splendid Man but of only a smidgen of esteem. The reader will see how he arranges his day at Brachupaca Enterprises doing things he thinks are worth doing such as writing memoranda, assigning code words to secret endeavors, delegating. Being a man of no small ego, his ideas for spring forward, fall back, and leap year are considered worthy of eponymic holidays. (I think he considered stealing the byline for “The Performance.”)The Candor Bureau was created just for people who treat truth with disdain by using dissimulation, dead air space filling tautologies, and clumsy casuistry. And then have the temerity to cover it up with affected equanimity. (What, who, me?) These are the people who, instead of solving problems through cooperation, throw up roadblocks making the process an even bigger pain in the ass.

This is a must-read book for children and families. Let the children play is not your ordinary children's book. It is the second book from master storyteller Terry G. Nelson Sr. The stories in this book will grab the child's, young teen and even grownups attention. The stories seem to come alive and jump off the pages. You will be able to visualize each story. In today's society we must come to see that the children are our future and they must be taught life's lessons while they are young. And a good book can be part of the teaching. And when they get older there will be something in their hearts and minds to fall back on. So if you are looking for a good book this is a good book. Writing the Vision was the beginning, Let the Children Play is the continuation, and it is only the beginning. There are more amazing stories and inspiring messages to come. Let's change the world by letting the children play. When you get your copy, you will be sure to want one for a friend or family member. This book will be a blessing.

King Halvar is ill and childless, so he visits the village orphanage, narrowing his search for a suitable replacement to the throne to two young brothers, Silas and Dregz. Halvar knows the new king must be strong, resilient, determined, and most of all, honest. Dregz wins the competition, and his brother Silas, in a fit of jealousy, has him banished to the Island of Dregs, warning the people that “only the dregs of the earth live there!”But Silas’s actions have dire consequences. Dregz’s son Dreck is determined to uncover the secret his father has kept for years, and as he sets out to save the people who once looked down upon him and his family, he finds himself in a terrifying chain of events. Will he be able to save Silas’s daughter, Princess Elle? And can he defeat Nazaar—the slithery stranger who seems to hold such power over them all?

Author Alexander Flint has taken over a dozen luxury cruises, and based on those experiences, particularly a 109-day around-the-world cruise, he has written a harrowing report called Dark Ship. During that long cruise, Flint's ship spent several days in Chinese ports. Months later, COVID-19 was a pandemic. Was the sickness that ran rampant through Flint's ship, and that he fell ill to three times, this coronavirus? Throughout Dark Ship, Flint explores cruise lines' often substandard level of care; for example, the book's first chapter, "The Floating Petri Dish," details dangerous cleaning practices Flint witnessed directly. With Dark Ship, Flint hopes to educate and warn future cruise passengers and encourage cruise management to improve their business practices.

God in Heaven and the LORD on the EarthThis book will captivate you as soon as you begin to see the five Gods in the Bible.The Hebrew Bible is written in allegories to differentiate God in heaven from the LORD on the earth. Moses mentions God and the four different LORDS (Yahwehs) on earth in the book of Exodus. Jesus illustrates these five different deities in depth throughout His parables, and so do the prophets Daniel and Enoch, as well as the Psalms. Jesus gave several distinctions to differentiate the Son of God from the Son of Man, and that these two Sons have their own monarchy. The ancient writers of the Hebrew scriptures gave certain continuously characteristic clues to differentiate God in heaven from the LORD on earth--for instance, that God in heaven lives in His palace among women, whereas the LORD on the earth lives in His temple among men. Literally hundreds of scriptures throughout the Bible mentions the four different LORDS on the earth, whereas God is in heaven. As soon as you start studying the Torah, the five books of Moses, and all the prophets, you will see that the entire Bible is written in a secret royal language to explain the five Deities and their kingdoms.This book will challenge your views on and opinions about the Bible forever, and you will find that these scriptures are not actually religious texts per se, but that the Hebrew scriptures, in fact, explain in depth the five different Gods and the two main monarchies.

This is the story of my Great Grandfather''s voyage on a whaling ship from New Bedford to the North Pacific and back from 1842 to 1845. The official log of that voyage of the Nimrod is missing so this the only log available. He kept a running daily log throughout the voyage. Some days little happened and others were full of action and danger. Hawaii was the place that they returned to in order to replenish their supplies, load wood to make barrels, repair the whale boats and the ship, and get fresh food and water. At one point when his boat lowered for a whale, after a long chase out of visual contact with the ship, the whale dived and came up under the whale boat, crushing it and dumping the crew into the sea. Graham was one of two survivors but was on the verge of letting go and sinking when the ship finely rescued them. I have added some information on terms that were used on the whale ships, the tools of the trade, a bit about the types of ships that were used and the types of whales that they sought, as well as several surviving letters that were written to Graham while he was on that voyage.

This book was written as I was inspired by the Holy Spirit to elevate my mind to a place where I could fully appreciate God''s gift of life to me. It was in seeking His face that the words, Basking in His Glory, came to me. I began to write as fast as the words came. Then, I entreated Him for what hindered me from experiencing His glory. His answer was the evil spirits: slothfulness, depression, evil thoughts, unbelief, and debt. I, then, set out to know what His Word taught concerning these spirits. In my search of the scriptures, I found that there are no issues we face today, that haven''t been addressed by the Word of God. It is my sincere desire that everyone who reads this book will be blessed beyond their expectation, and that it will encourage someone-who needs a change in their life-to seek God as never before. Reading and studying the Bible for these insights, helped me during a very difficult time in my life. It ultimately brought me the healing I needed in my broken life and allowed me to open myself more freely to the glory of God. I pray it will inspire you to break free of the hindrances or glory snatchers in your life so that you, too, can bask in His glory.

Incarceration to ExecutiveDr. Michelle Shaivitz shares her journey in her new book, Broken is a Gift. Not just a tale of personal triumph, Broken is a Gift gives readers a blueprint for realizing their own potential. Part personal narrative, part self-help, this book is both engaging and enlightening.Anyone who has ever struggled with just existing from one day to the next will identify with Michelle’s personal story. With a beautiful family, nice house, good job and all the things that come with that, Michelle was silently struggling. An alcohol addiction pushed Michelle to rock bottom and landed her in jail.During her struggles and her journey, Michelle realized, sitting in the middle of her cold jail cell that being broken was a gift because it meant she could rebuild herself however she wanted. Today, Michelle leads a local nonprofit organization, appears as a speaker, and provides personal coaching to people interested in living a life they don’t want to get away from.After realizing that “You cannot be the captain of your ship if you are also the anchor that is weighing you down,” Dr. Shaivitz has made a point of focusing on solutions for change, not just the problems.

This chapter entails a brief case history of moving human groups of people from a place to another in Belad Al-Sham, searching for safety, security, and survival. The introduction is meant to inform the reader of the principle chain links which grew and developed, and enumerated such human movements, leading those groups of people to a happy ending in spite of the many difficulties they encountered before reaching their goals and the place they wanted to live in. Furthermore, the information is planned to treat these movements both socially and politically to the reader to advance clarity of this human outset, and therefore to understand the contents of chapters explaining the background of those moving groups, their beliefs, their characteristics and their ambitions. Including as well, the places they covered in this moving episode and the towns or cities they settled in during their long and difficult journey, and then had to leave them to reach their dream destiny. They knew they are here to make successful steps to advance human thinking, morality and charity, national belonging and learning. They were men and women of courage, and most of all, of good character, spirited and refined. However, at points the reader may counter certain information repetitions in these chapters, and those are meant, to bring attention to the principles connecting the story of those moving groups, who continued their journey to reach a destination, and give services to humanity, and advance human civilization and culture.

Five brothers (Kye, Jye, Gabriel, John James, and Ty) were sold when they were less than a year old. When they were 5-years-old, they started working as servants. When they were 8, they were rescued by a detective (Michael). Michael adopted the brothers. He loved them deeply and was very protective. All the brothers struggled to get used to their new lives. Ty struggled the most. Years later, the brothers are found by their biological family. They have Michael and their original family.

Many of the same characters involved previously involved in the activities at the Riverview Animal Shelter return in this sixth book of the series.In this book, you will meet someone who seeks to understand almost everything. The author can identify with her because she is also one who seeks to understand. To her, knowledge supports wisdom, and she loves to share wisdom with others.In Understanding Miss Understanding, we find young adults Alice and Ben serving as counselors at the Kids’ Camp run over the summer at the Riverview Animal Shelter by Jane, Ruth, and Millie to teach local youth how to care for and train their dogs.Seriously sick dogs and an ill camper make Alice into an amateur detective, aiding a real detective, James, from the local police force to seek the truth of the apparent poisonings. Her dog, Misty, plays a role in solving the puzzle.Alice’s inquisitiveness and insights earn her the playful nickname, “Miss Understanding.”The results of the investigation put Alice on a new course for her life, one that intersects with the path being taken by Tippie’s owner, Art, on his way to becoming a veterinarian.Another camper’s life changes greatly, too.From the author: “In my many years of teaching dog obedience, I have discovered that not all humans understand what their dog is trying to tell them. I’ve enjoyed my opportunities to teach classes on dog communication (the body language of dogs). My goal has always been to reach a wider audience, which publishing my books will allow.“I’ve always enjoyed telling stories. I have discovered that stories can help us to learn and remember valuable information. I hope the reader will find these stories entertaining and informative.”This is the sixth in her multi-book series, following UNDERSTANDING SASSIE; UNDERSTANDING SASSIE, II; UNDERSTANDING CHAMP; UNDERSTANDING TRIXIE; and UNDERSTANDING TIPPIE. Readers can enjoy each without having read the others. All six novels combine upbeat personal stories with insights about training dogs with love.

A group of merrymaking cousins travel to Texas to spend their annual vacation at the Dude Ranch for a week of trail rides, BBQs, barn dances, roping, and other fun activities. They enjoyed meeting new people, and they were not disappointed at the colorful characters they met while on this vacation. They became friends with the Dude brothers, a pregnant lady, and an extra tall ball-bat-toting woman named Tinker Bell. Last year''s vacation to Missouri had more adventure than they ever could have imagined. This year they were looking forward to fun and relaxation without problems, but when a guest of the ranch was found murdered on the property, things began to get tense as strange events begin to happen making the cousins nervous and baffled. The cousins along with their new friends they had made at the ranch worked hard to keep their heads clear and stay as sane as possible. They were determined not to get involved with the murder until one of the cousins turned up missing. All bets were off now that one of their own had been taken.

Retired detective Dave and his wife, Linda, are back in New York City after their adventures in Israel and life is not quite what the couple expected it to be. Dave has become an alcoholic and a womanizer and Linda has thrown him out of their Manhattan apartment. He is angry, depressed and drunk, so when he wakes up one morning duct-taped to a chair in a dilapidated bungalow on the Atlantic Ocean shorefront in Rockaway, he is not really surprised. He becomes surprised and alarmed, however, when responding police officers find the dead body of a woman floating in the surf nearby and that woman turns out to be Dave''s nemesis from Israel, a woman who was assumed to be rotting away in an Israeli prison. Did he kill her? He can''t remember. This begins a new mystery involving the legitimacy of the State of Israel that takes him and Linda from the bungalow to the honky-tonks and bar-b-que joints of Nashville (Tennessee) and finally, to a former airport in Brooklyn that has become a national park. Filled with mystery and mayhem, "Ain''t Love Enough will have you asking for more of Dave and Linda.

Letting go had not come easy for Rebekah Snow. With a horrific past hovering over her like a dark cloud, Rebekah must learn quickly how to forget those things which are behind; and reach forward to those things that are ahead. Determined to do just that, Rebekah lands a job at the Spirit Bay Inn on the coast of North Carolina. What she finds there is not just a means to get by, but a family who mirrors the very love of God in a way that both captures and heals Rebekah''s heart beyond her wildest dreams. Spirit Bay''s owner Edna Wells made it her mission that her inn would not just be a place to feed and nurture the body, but a healer for the wounded and the brokenhearted. Partially because of the one shattered within her. Having given up her own child from her youth, Edna is particularly drawn to Rebekah who in many ways remind her of her younger self. Only Edna knows the ending, and she refuses to let Rebekah give up on her happily ever after.

Wild Bird Encounters consists of 442 groupings of quotes, from my earlier books, about my personal encounters with birds. They are listed in ΓÇï alphabetical order from Abert''s Towhees to Zone-tailed Hawks. Each includes material I consider unusual, unexpected, or exceptional.

Eighteen short stories set in San Francisco and other Northern California locations.

The boy that cried out to "Yahushua", gives vivid details of my early life... until my graduation year of high school. To some it may have appeared that those years were easy on me but that was only what appeared on the surface. Lets just say that growing up in the rural south isn''t what it always appears to be. I may have had things a lot better than some, but I would go on to experience the growing pains of coming from a broken home... while searching for myself.

These poems are of me and my life, my ups and my downs, my pain and my suffering. my victories and loses, my travels and my explorations, my family and my friends, and also the heartbreaks that was given to me by ones that I loved and trusted.

These are notes from my life and the natural world, sometimes reflective, sometimes funny mostly true, plus five stories of fiction. I sometimes say I am writing this for my kids or others who might be interested. The truth is I am mostly writing for myself, for like family jewelry, a life can still sparkle when unpacked.

Aside from the rapid growth of the Christian church itself, it may just be the most amazing story in the Christian Era-I am talking about "The Amazing Story of How We Got the King James Bible and All That Came With It." But, the translation and publication of a version of "the Bible"? Really? Consider the following: for a millennium the church had been effectively deprived of its most important material resource, that is, the word of God in a language the common people could understand. Once more, this was done under the auspices of the official-institutional church! But then there were a few who dared to translate the Bible into the English vernacular. Of course, the political and ecclesiastical authorities were not exactly keen on the idea of people having access to a Book coming from the Highest Authority, not when it contained ideas which might enable the people to think for themselves, and perhaps to think differently about those lower authorities. Needless to say, it remained difficult for the average Englander to obtain a personal copy of the Scriptures. Then along came King James, one of the most complex and problematic regents England had ever seen. SPOILER ALERT! As it turned out, it was James' perceived nemeses, the Puritans, who goaded the King into becoming the official sponsor of a new translation-written expressly with the purpose that it should be read by all the people! And it would be that same Bible which would not only become facilitative in unseating the Stuart dynasty, it would go on to change the world!

Five-year-old Joey is learning all about the world with the help of his nine-year-old sister Marley. What he learns is war, for it is the spring of 1944 and America is in its third full year of World War II. Even the comedies and musicals at the picture show end with a newsreel showing the battles being fought overseas. They come home and act out what they see at the show.  But not all of Joey’s battles are make-believe. He is constantly at odds with his brother, who is in conflict with their father. By accident, Joey is drawn into that conflict too.  When Joey and Marley uncover something that could cause a family crisis, they decide that only they can stop it. Marley comes up with a daring plan for children their age, but will it work?  This is a lively told story about a family’s love for each other in spite of their quarrels. It shows how even the shadow of war cannot dampen the hijinks, wonder, and imagination of children.

Because of one verse in the Holy Bible that God says, many people find themselves embroiled in conflict over this verse and the image of Jesus they have formed in their mind. I never knew one verse could cause so much controversy. I believe to be a true Christian one should obey God in all things. Don''t you?

SUPERNATURAL NOVELS AND MOVIES ARE SOARING. FROM THE LATE 80s TO PRESENT 2000s IS THE MARKET ABSORBING THEM IN SELLS FROM BUYERS.“What had taken place at ElmOak weird and spookish, but existing.…“No one has been arrested or prosecuted for these crimes and may never be, considering the security at the cemetery. Better security is needed at the cemetery. ElmOak Cemetery would be wise to install video cameras around the cemetery. The cost would not be hurting the cemetery, but to have what has taken place at ElmOak for the past several months, the pending lawsuits, and the harm being done to the cemetery, might help deter such other incidents like those that have occurred there…”

Retirement in Florida - Manufactured Homes & The Land-Lease Option is the first modern book covering this unique retirement lifestyle. Every year thousands buy homes in these parks seeking resort class living at bargain prices. The most common lament heard at resident gatherings is "If I knew when I was buying what I know now, I would have made different choices". This book was written to explain the many facets of choosing a manufactured home community. The knowledge it contains will empower you to determine if this lifestyle meets your needs and, if it does, select a community which fits your idea of retirement living. Making the right choices can easily save you thousands of dollars and a lot of disappointment. More importantly, it can make your retirement dream come true.