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Featuring over 90 stunning original nature images, Rich Earl juxtaposes them with stirring quotes and intriguing commentary to awaken your heart each day. In the Hollow Winter Volume One is the first in a four-part series of seasonal devotional books accessible as much to the seeker as to the devoted follower.

The Hermitage Effect tells the tale of how Bill Browder went from being Putin''s biggest cheerleader to Browder claiming he was Vladimir Putin''s number one enemy. This book examines Sergei Magnitsky''s police testimonies and speculates if the real whistleblower to the biggest tax heist in Russia was a seventy year old Russian woman named Rimma Starova.

Stories from the Shelter is a collection of stories from volunteers, staff and guests at a nonprofit day refuge for homeless men and women in metro Denver Colorado--St. Francis Center. These are stories about how guests live and survive; about where they are going; stories about hidden knowledge and talents; stories about problems and incidents; stories about successes and tragedies.

Once upon a time we believed in Santa Claus, but we quickly grew jaded. We surrendered not only the beliefs of childhood but we held loosely to what are the foundations of today. We utter the Pledge of Allegiance so often that it loses its meaning. We worship God, but we no longer believe to the depths of our being the words he taught us, "Our Father who art in heaven...." Where are you on the journey to believing that which will sustain you? How far have you come to a childlike faith which will enable you to be in God''s arms? This book is intended to reflect on one person''s journey toward this magnificent aspiration and hope.

A fun filled true story of one couple''s unique and somewhat bizarre journey to get married. A story that has been repeated with friends and family over the years, always with laughter and disbelief that it actually happened. Have you ever had a Forest Ranger help you get married or paid off a County Clerk to short cut the marriage license process..on a holiday weekend? You both probably didn''t have to break dates to elope either! If you haven''t, then this story is for you. Sit back and enjoy this unique journey.

Follow a young man''s involvement in a one month journey that started with a misunderstanding between teenagers that turns a domestic altercation into a race war. The characters are believable everyday Americans that get caught up in the escalation of racial division by a power corrupt judge. A battle takes place in a middle class neighborhood between biker supremacists, protesters, students, and neighborhood citizens. The diversification of the parties involved let''s you identify with one or more of the characters. It''s a refreshing real life fiction without magic, superheroes, zombies, or vampires. You''ll read how innovative urban warfare and sophisticated law enforcement techniques bring an end to this impromptu race war. You''ll applaud the two heroic family members that get rewarded in this surprise ending.

We Can Talk with Our Loved Ones in Heaven!In her first message to me from her new world, my twin sister Terri described her transformation to spirit.  “I saw the accident because I was already out of the car when it happened. I was floating above the car with the angels. I didn’t feel any pain or suffering. I felt nothing but peace as my spirit left my body. There was a swirl of energy surrounding me; my energy became encompassed and encased into that energy. It was a breath of the fresh air I had longed for, for so long. A weary soul was able to return home fulfilled.”We were all born with the innate ability to see and hear angels and the spirits of our deceased loved ones. We played with them. We talked with them. We were friends with them.Unfortunately, for most of us, the adults in our life didn’t remember their childhood friends. They told us that these beings were imaginary because they could no longer see or hear them. When we stopped talking to them, our friends went away. They were still around us; we just could not see or hear them anymore. And because we could not see or hear them, we accepted the mistaken belief that we need to see or hear something for it to exist.For Terri, much of her existence is still the same. She continues to take classes and serve God in her new home. She had reunited with family and friends that lined up to welcome her when she arrived on the Other Side.She has not forgotten the family she left behind on the Earth Plane. She is still very much a part of our lives. She has flickered lights and gifted pennies and feathers. She has visited various family members in different ways; as a white or yellow butterfly, a dragonfly, and even a little green frog! She has come to all of us in our dreams. Her youngest grandchildren can still see and talk with her, while the rest of our family works to re-develop our loss abilities.In Connect with Heaven: Talk to Angels, Contact Spirit, Spiritual Gifts, you will find methods to re-discover your lost gifts of communicating with angels and the deceased, along with dozens of riveting, first-hand accounts of spiritual experiences.What would you ask a loved one in Heaven? What would they tell you about their new world?

Humanity in general is misled daily by past failures and circumstances directly or indirectly from our lives.  Most of the times, those obstacles can be very hard to overcome unless one finds the will to come out of the miry clay and stand on a rock to stay.  That rock is only Jesus, the means by which our lives and focus can be reform for a better tomorrow.  This is the purpose of writing The Point Of No Return.  It is to inspire the broken hearted and neglected that there is a better way than drugs or alcohol.  Our lives are important regardless of what we have gone through.  The situations of the past were not to destroy us but to edify us.  I am persuaded that the troubles of my past were not to make us bitter but to make us better.  That is why this book is written to help the needy rise to the full potential that the maker made us for.  We were made in his image and after he was done, he said, we were good.  That is what I believe and know, God does not lie!By reading this book one would be encouraged to know obstacles are not forever but are seasonal.  Like the different seasons, they come and they go.  Each season has a specific purpose and plan.  Without one, our world and lives would be disastrous. That is why tests and trials are only but for a moment working in us something greater than what can be seen.  At the end, our tests are going to bring growth and immeasurable experience for the future wellbeing of many.    The point of no return shows how our path can and will be hard but circumstances will stop us and make us bitter, only if we allow it.  This book is a timely answer to many successful people victimized presently by past situations. You should not let this happen to you so I encourage you to rise for this is your season of harvest. 

An Egyptian immigrant comes to New York city, engineer by profession, struggles through a new life in America, enjoys his single status by going to movies, Broadway plays, bars and horse races, loves Jones beach, meets a gay guy at race tracks, becomes friends, goes through cultural differences, language problems that create funny situations, meets a moody/nympho in new apartment building, feeling sad and sympathetic for that girl, gets bored of his loneliness, goes to Cleveland, away from New York''s hectic life. After two failed affairs gets bored of Cleveland''s dull life and missing New York and that girl, comes back to New York and that starts an unconventional romantic love story. The book depicts culture of New York City in 1970s. The past lives of both have dramatic and sad events. This work of fiction narrated in first person in friendly manner. He tells you his feelings and expresses his emotions. Witty, friendly writing style, romantic, touchy, emotional love story that makes this book worth reading. Please, do not read the last chapter till the end.

The Snowman: rising from the lowest ranks of drug dealing, Faustino Carbona builds his cartel with unimaginable violence. Hank: unable to walk or talk continuously deals with the consequences of poverty and disability. Hank and The Snowman: share a common past with an unexpected reunion that will keep you guessing to the very end of their story. Hank enters the world through an emergency birth on the side of a mountain in Columbia, South America. Birth complications can be hazardous in a hospital - they can be life threatening in the wilderness. This story is uniquely written through the thoughts of Hank made available to the reader in order to share “the rest of the story.” As a result of his cerebral palsy, Hank is unable to walk or talk, but the narrative allows him to connect with his perspective from one encounter to another.Carlos, Hank’s father sizes up the situation pretty quickly when extended medical care and hospital stays push his debt beyond resources. Faced with limited options and meager wages, the decision is made to enter into the more lucrative business of illegal drug dealing. Despite his efforts to stay at the bottom of the distribution chain, Carlos finds himself indebted to Faustino Carbona, The Snowman, with no way out of his life of crime.The Snowman has a history of violent enforcement of anyone attempting to escape his world of crime. After making a spectacle of Carlos’ family with a gruesome murder of everyone but Hank, local law enforcement and the community in general determine that Faustino has gone too far. The Snowman activates his untraceable escape plan to leave Columbia and enter the United States to continue his drug trade. Faustino reinvents himself in order to rejuvenate his drug network without being detected. One small mistake unravels The Snowman’s intricate escape route if the right authority decides to recreate his trail. Unaware of any flaws in his plans, Faustino accepts a series of jobs to help further his new identity and full integration into the community he chooses to reside in.Back in Columbia, Seth and Lorraine, missionaries from the United States, take Hank in when realizing the impossible circumstance of this orphan. Hank and the missionary parents bond as a family in the last two years of their assignment from the church. A few secrets unfold for Hank before their relocation to the U.S. Life in the United States is radically different for Hank as he thrives with new opportunities. He is also befriended by some outstanding faculty from the nearby university who begin to unfold some of the barriers to Hank’s communication. These faculty members help Lorraine and Seth to better meet Hank’s needs in addition to their advocacy of Hank in a number of different capacities. As promising as Hank’s life has become, it is not without some additional unexpected tragedies.Hank meets new friends with disabilities in a community recreation program. His new acquaintances form a friendship that will be tested like no other alliance. Unknown to Hank, his past is about to pose another startling revelation. Will Hank find a way to tackle his greatest life challenge? Will the Snowman be able to build his network without revealing his former identity? The twists and turns are magnified by the unique limitations Hank has to contend with every hour of every day. You just might begin to question your own ability when you realize how accomplished Hank has become despite the obstacles thrown in his path.

In this book I have examined thirty points of God ending prophesies of a coming event and then begins a new thing in the New Testament. Not always are these points clearly seen in the church. One that is not clearly seen but when pointed out, it becomes obvious: Leprosy. In the Old Testament, Naaman the Syrian, the four lepers at the gate of Samaria, the instructions for the offerings of the cleansing of a leper in Leviticus, and other places pointed to leprosy, but no leper was ever cleansed that was an Israelite. These places did not seem to be a prophecy, until Jesus healed leprosy and told them to go show themselves to the priests and offer the gift Moses required as a witness. And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: 13. And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 14. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. (Luk 17:12-14) Literally, every leper pointed to Him who was coming to heal and deliver from leprosy. Then Jesus came, and thereafter He has been healing the leprosy of sin ever since through the gospel message. So also, are the twenty-nine others. In total, there are one hundred, yet the book had to end at thirty. The next 70 may be given to you, the reader, to write and thereby finish this work that I have begun. The title of this book says it all: "A New Thing."

Jenna Harris is an Air Force Meteorologist. Fleets of aircraft are dispatched based upon her data interpretations. It is important for her to perform at the top of her game, but she can’t seem to get back there. Her commanding officer is threatening a general discharge, but has decided upon a medical leave of absence to give her time to try to get her life back together.Jenna is plagued by flashbacks from the day her son drowned in Carlyle Lake. The visions are random, life-like, and paralyzing. There he is, face up in the eddy, just beyond her reach, swirling around in the water. And then he’s gone. Over and over she hears him whisper, “I’ll wait for you, Mommy!”She remembers endlessly scouring the banks. Emotions resurface as she relives overturning every rock, wading through every weed and backwater, and snorkeling what seems like every inch of the lake. What has she missed? Where is he?Feeling as if she is going mad, Jenna confides in Ivy, a long-time friend with no ties to the military. To her surprise, she is referred to a Phoenix clinic to meet the Brain Stormers. The clinic is known to everyday heroes as a place to heal spiritually and emotionally. Veterans, active duty military and first responders are able to get help fully reintegrating into the lives they lived before suffering trauma. With nothing but time on her hands, Jenna decides to make the journey. Who and what will she encounter there?There is no one like Maura anywhere else in the world, at least that Bella knows of. She can touch a person’s arm and clearly see the troubling idea that holds them back. With the help of her deceased grandmother’s thought transfer technology, Bella will substitute for Maura in clinic today.With the help of the experimental bands, Bella identifies the thought that Jenna cannot reconcile. But an unanticipated side-effect of the technology is that Jenna can also see into Bella. Their impressions forge an undeniable bond that catapults them into the adventure of a lifetime, one they will not undertake alone.Maddie is Bella’s oldest granddaughter, next in the bloodline to inherit the gift. Her telepathic abilities allow her to communicate with her grandmother and others like her. Only four years old, it is difficult for the young psychic to distinguish some of the voices she continuously hears. She has no filters and feels no fear.When the mastermind group discovers that Tanner has been talking to Maddie telepathically, they decide to help Jenna find out what happened to her son. They believe that he could actually still be alive. Their research leads them into uncharted waters.Will what began as a mission to recover a body turn into an unprecedented rescue attempt? How would their success impact beliefs about what’s happening in the invisible? Are the Brain Stormers willing to risk it all? Is the world ready to accept the truth about Tanner? Are the inhabitants of Hidden Harbor ready for what comes next?

Are you...Planning to tie the knot? Send your kids to college? Buy a home? Lease or rent a car? Invest in real estate? No matter the Challenge, this book can move you from utterly overwhelmed to empowered. With proven and profound insights and practical suggestions, Winning Strategies to Triumph Over Challenging Situations is a must-have for every home library.

A little girl; a big giraffe; and a tub full of bubbles.What happens when you put them all together?

Author John Sager writes about a country with which he is intimately familiar, having visited New Zealand several times in the 1980s. His principal character is Jeffry Reardon, a private investigator on leave from his Bellevue, Washington law firm. With the help of native Maori friends, he discovers the perpetrators of several crimes: a drug-running syndicate in the nation's capital and a murder closer to home. As committed Christians, he and his Kiwi wife establish rehabilitation clinics for the country's drug addicts and their families.

The year is 1835, only twenty years after the war of 1812.  The methods of war and medicine are crude compared to the standards of today.  The United States is a new and struggling country, ill-prepared for a virulent outbreak that aggressively sweeps through the young nation, ravaging all in its path.   Inadvertently created by a brilliant doctor at the edge of the western frontier, while researching Native Indian tribe medicines in an effort to save the lives of his family.  Across a barely tamed America, where steamships and horseback are the fastest ways to travel, divergent people and bands of defenders come together to combat an enigma beyond their understanding. striving to outrun an enemy sweeping through the countryside, they must create new methods to find something, anything to stop the madness.How will our heroes be able to put aside differences, adapt and rise to the occasion?Can this young and struggling nation face down this macabre new threat?Will groundbreaking technologies turn the tide and contain the horror of these dead-like enemies?

The prevalence of Uterine Fibroid among black African women of childbearing age has dimmed their hope of conception and destroyed many marriages, homes, and lives. Many of these women did not realize the presence of this deadly scourge in their uterus until it became symptomatic. You don''t know what Oddie went through in trying to conceive after many years of marriage and no baby; yes, no single baby to show for it. The pains, the tears, the anguish, the pressure, the stigmatization, the rejection, the low self-esteem, and the shame were unimaginable. You certainly don''t know what Oddia and his wife Oddie did while they waited. They became vulnerable and followed all medical, spiritual, natural, and diabolical pieces of advice that did not work but rather left behind grave avoidable consequences; and like the Biblical woman with the issue of blood, their affliction left deep holes in their pockets. Some of those who were children when Oddia and Oddie first got married became themselves married, had their babies, and joined the free bandwagon of Senior Special Advisers. Soon, the couple became the bywords and objects of haggling by mockers, scoffers, and pretenders in the marketplace of public opinion. As a result, they retreated from public glare and stopped looking up to a God who was busy looking down at someone else. Read on if you really want to know.

Few people outside of South Carolina are familiar with the name of, much less the role, James F. Byrnes played in shaping 20th century America. He is the only man in the history of the United States to occupy positions in all three federal government branches--executive, congressional, and judicial. From pre-World War I through the 1960s, Byrnes was an influential legislator, supreme court justice, and intimate adviser to presidents. "The Assistant President: South Carolina''s James F. Byrnes" chronicles the life and times of an important but often forgotten public servant.

The ABCs of Head Injury focuses on socialization steps for head injury survivors to recover from trauma. It is a fundamental part of the series of books on head injury that is written to achieve the best outcomes from head injury.

Within these pages lie a passionate outburst of creativity, the expressions of deep love of one person for another in the form of poetry. The images, words and phrases are the author’s efforts to paint a loving portrait, to colorfully communicate feelings inspired by knowing and revering another. The poetry form is unique among writing styles in its ability to formulate and describe life’s experiences at the heart level. It can be said that the purpose of poetry is to inspire, to call out to the human spirit for validation and acknowledgment of that which lives in all of us: the experience of love. You are invited to enter and explore one person’s journey through the wilderness of love, and perhaps encounter sights, sounds, smells and places that may be familiar to you, that may remind you of adventures of your own. You are invited to live in and savor the moment…and perhaps be inspired.

Several children have died in a measles outbreak in the village of Newton-Upon-Sea. Equally as frightening is what begins to look like an epidemic of murder that may be related in some way to the measles contagion.  Dr. Alexandra Gladstone finds herself deeply involved in both threats. Not only is her own life endangered, but the lives of members of her own household are at risks.Her attempts to stop both epidemics are hampered by the reappearance of an old lover who threatens to reveal secrets of Dr. Gladstone's past.

In All of Me, Tatiana and Mikhail marry in a gorgeous Russian wedding and befriend a five-year-old girl who has been traumatized by the war. They decide to become her family’s patrons, helping them find refuge at Tsarskoye. But life is not all happiness. Several attempts are made on Mikhail’s life. Mysterious dark characters help the Bolsheviks spread vicious propaganda about Alexandra and her daughters.A retired clinical social worker, Judith Welsh brings Mental Health knowledge to her historical fiction. By applying today’s diagnoses to what we know about historical figures, Welsh offers readers a brilliant new understanding of the people who came before us.

The saga continues in Book Two-Ora Gad: High Seas and Middle Passage of the Ora Gad historical fiction trilogy. What is the fate of two teenage girls, kidnapped by slave traffickers in Central Africa, after they had been sold from master to master, to wind up living on High Seas? Ora Gad is the heroine of this historical fiction trilogy. Her saga spans over a century, and over three continents; Africa, Europe, and finally culminates in America in our day; more specifically in New York City Central Park. Ora Gad is an epic tale filled with magical powers, seductive charm, and the clash between good and evil. It''s an account of love, betrayal, murders, hope, despair, religious zeal, witches, pirates, trolls, and non-stop action. Hers is a world of alluring magic where vigilance is her ally at every turn, for what looks good or bad may not necessarily be what it appears to be. Distinction between good and evil isn''t as evident as black and white. There''s a gray area, things are foggy; how will Ora Gad, the heroine, proceed? Book One-Ora Gad: The Old Country, Book Two-Ora Gad: High Seas and Middle Passage, and Book Three-Ora Gad: New York Central Park.

Its lifeline floats aimlessly beside,as if mourning the loss of a soul at sea.A knot, improperly tied to a life raft releases.The mariner and his only means of survivalare sent adrift to fight the desolateand turbulent sea—the sea wins!The poet, Raymond Sylvester, stresses the importance of living life as securely as the knot one has tied. Life cannot be almost lived; a knot cannot be almost tied. His poetry will provide the guidance needed to ensure one’s lifeline is as strong and secure as possible. Words cast upon a page are as powerful as the third splice. When splicing a line, the fourth splice adds no more strength to the line than the third, although it adds protective value should the last splice fail.Raymond Sylvester lives in Branford, Connecticut, with his loving wife Terri and their cat Boots. His poem “War” won the gold medal in the patriotic division of the 2018 National Creative Arts Competition and his poem “The Darkness of War” won silver in the 2019 competition. His poems are personal yet universal.

'Senior Tails" is a collection of stories shared by seniors about their beloved animals. Some stories will make you laugh while others may make you cry, but they will all tug at your heartstrings!! Profits from this book will benefit the Arizona Pet Pantry, a non-profit corporation whose goal is to keep pets in their loving homes by providing a bridge to assistance through community resources. www.arizonapetpantry.org

My name is Bruce McGowan, and contrary to everyone''s belief, I have not yet gone away. Remember when Saddam Hussein was suspected of having weapons of mass destruction, but then the U.N.''s inspectors found no evidence of them? Even though the American President, not at all convinced, subsequently invaded Iraq and fought a lengthy war over them, the world remained convinced the weapons never existed in the first place. Nonetheless, a dozen years after the inspections, I was taken prisoner by a former MI-6 mad man named Alistair Chalmers who knew for a fact they existed. As he also knew of my reputation as a counterterrorist operative, code name Scorpion, by threatening to kill my Scottish cousins who he was holding, I was coerced to go on a search for the weapons. If I found these nuclear and chemical devices and placed them into his hands, he stood to net millions by selling them to Iran. But, where were the WMDs? Chalmers believed they were shipped to Yemen. I had two weeks to find them or my cousins would die. It would prove to be my most dangerous undertaking.

Gui Gu Zi, or Wisdom of the Ghost Valley in modern English, is a compilation of Daoism philosophy and Persuasion Techniques, which were written about 2,400 years ago. Though the exact author is still a topic of debate among scholars, several trustworthy evidences points to the fact that a hidden sage, whose name was Wang Xu, lived in the ghost valley (modern He Nan in China) and composed this book that incorporated Daoism, School of Naturalists, and School of Diplomacy. Perhaps due to his belief on secrecy and mysteriousness, he meditated in solitude. However, it is said that he lived for more than one hundred years and was the mentor to some of the most distinguished political and military figures in the Warring States Period in ancient China. Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Sun Bin, and Pang Juan, to name a few. A few chapters of Gui Gu Zi is now lost due to ages, but numerous Chinese intellectuals in the past have read and annotated it. For some, it was a priceless treatise on military and diplomatic strategies that can dominate the world if used appropriately. But for others, it was nothing more than a flattering scum''s pocketbook on manipulation and deception. I, as a translator, did my best to articulate each arcane word in ancient Chinese to break down the barrier of the past and present, assess its current meanings and implications, and present it in an easy and understandable way for Western audiences. This book is ideal for all people who wish to succeed in their lives and comprehend human psychology to use it as a razor-sharp edge in all relationships.