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In today's environment of dizzying amounts of conflicting news and huge swings in the financial markets, more and more people are looking for personal guidance from Financial Advisors and Investment Managers. But how do you know if the one you're working with is truly competent and worth following? Author Kevin S. Gallagher is a former multi-million dollar stock exchange floor trader turned Financial Advisor who brings and insiders expertise to what to look for in choosing a Financial Advisor. Well beyond the all-to-familiar '5 questions you should ask a Financial Advisor', Mr. Gallagher tells it like it is and calls out the poor practices and salesmanship of today's Financial Salesmen. Simple to read and direct in its approach, 'Is Your Financial Advisor Failing You - And How To Tell' will arm you with everything you need to ensure that you work with only the best-of-the-best advisors, and of course, how to get away from the vast majority of advisors who are nothing short of just sales people. With the experience and belief that a competent Financial Advisor is absolutely worth their costs, Mr. Gallagher provides real life scenarios that will allow you to ferret out the worthy ones from those who you should be staying clear of. If you currently work with a Financial Advisor or Investment Manager - or if you are wondering if you should hire one - this book is a must read.

With strange, ethereal connections to an obscure and forgotten incident, a small town in California wrestles with mysterious, shadow-like forces. Now, at odds with the residents of that community, those ominous forces create an unnerving atmosphere that threatens the very sanity of all those within the boundaries of the town. Can Robert and Miranda Rhodes, inexplicably summoned to the small coastal town, discover the underlying secret before its too late...for everyone? More importantly, can the Rhodes somehow release the town from the decades old grasp, or will they too fall victim to the hidden force that uses time itself to become stronger.

Does the state of the world leave you feeling battered, gloomy, depressed?Phil Trapp's new book will have you laughing despite yourself. The title - Did the Smarter Apes Stay in the Trees? - should be a dead giveaway that this satire takes an irreverent, tongue-in-cheek look at human foibles.The book is written in the form of five taped dialogues between Grandfather, the fount of wisdom, and his newly graduated, somewhat lost Grandson. Grandfather proposes a hilarious group of related theories about human intelligence, including the role of Dum-Dum (DD) and Smart-Smart (SS) cells in some of the more irrational, ill-considered, yet basic human behaviors. Few beliefs are left unchallenged, beginning with Adam and Eve and continuing through healthcare today.Grandfather's theory can explain the brilliance of the discovery of DNA, the invention of quantum mechanics, and the landing of a space shuttle on the moon. On the other hand, the theory also sheds light on such follies as the boarding of flies and mosquitoes on Noah's Ark, Custer's Last Stand, and the vote for prohibition. Drawings by Rhonda Butler underscore the whimsy in some of his concepts.Over these conversations, Grandfather also shares his understanding of the inconsistencies and inherent flaws in the perspectives of many in our most valued professions, including medicine, theology, science, education, and law. Nothing is sacred. Each new revelation pushes the satire further, challenging commonly-held beliefs. The reader is torn between laughing out loud, wincing, and snickering appreciatively at the creativity of Trapp's reworking of the facts of life as we know it.Some examples of Grandfather's dry wit will help flesh out the workings of his mind. On human intelligence: "Since the brain is 80 percent water, it's little wonder most of our lives are all wet." On religion: "That it's much more fun being bad than good is proof of the pudding there is more devil than angel in us." On health: "Heart mechanics charge a heap more for valve jobs than auto mechanics because they have to keep the engine running." A secondary theme running through the dialogues is the common flaw of taking life too seriously, the tragedy lying in the roadblocks it sets up to happiness, the much-needed balance to grim reality.This is a book to be read slowly and savored. The levels of meaning and humor can be appreciated on first reading, but there is even more to enjoy on subsequent readings. The satire can also be an ideal gift to a friend or relative associated with one of the professions challenged in Grandfather's world view.

The Porch Swing Cookbook: Letters, Songs and Recipes from Grandmother is a cookbook, full of small-town Midwestern and Southern recipes, but it's also much more than that. Each retro recipe includes an excerpt from one of the many letters Jeanne Anne Craig and Sue Earnest received in the 1960s from their wise, loving, and very funny grandmother. These letters take readers back to a slower time, an era when families cooked and hung out with each other. Now, family affection may be constrained or restricted, due to schedules and attitudes, but through this grandmother's letters and recipes, readers may find themselves re-creating the family table she valued so much.

As I look back at the 1950s and early ''60s I realize now that what seemed like a depression to me, truly was a blessing in disguise. I honestly believe that if today''s children had a little taste of the past we would all be better off in many, many ways. I thank God that I was born and raised in Eastern Kentucky and I will be an old head-of-the-holler Kentuckian until the day I die. - James A. Adkins

This book is written to explain God''s view on homosexuality and its consequences. I realize that a lot of people do not attend church today & this is a way for you to understand God''s view.

Taking his cue from James Joyce''s Dubliners, Jago Muir offers up twelve stories about people from his hometown, Glenby, Texas. An eclectic mixture, we are given touches of humor and mystery-a sloppy airplane landing, a midnight trip down a lonely dirt road seeking a ghost light. But we also find twisted sketches of men and women consumed by moral depravity, given to incestuous lust, sadistic abuse, even murder most foul. Meet these Glenby travelers and journey down this road with them. It''s an experience you won''t soon forget.

Five Tales with a Supernatural TwistTales are based on the author’s experiences with some exaggerations and twists from reality.The author entered military service at the age of sixteen and served as a military policeman, MP investigator, customs investigator, and drill sergeant, followed by experiences as a Pinkerton private investigator, a personnel head hunter, a truck driver and a private policeman.

When 8-year-old Kree visits her Grandfather at his cabin in northern Wisconsin he becomes her guide into the unspoiled wilderness and a heritage woven together with Mother Nature. As their adventures together unfold, she finds wonder, excitement, and a connection to her Grandfather and the natural world that she never knew existed.

Everyone has a story that needs to be told. We all have had our share of pain in life. Some of us have recovered; others are recovering, and some are still trying to navigate their way through. But, through all of the dark clouds is a light that is ready to emerge and shine. Reaching for that light involves peeling back one layer at a time. This is the journey that many speak of when they come out of painful situations. They talk about what led up to their recovery and freedom. Many, however, are feeling trapped and weighed down by trauma and emotional pain. They sit beside us in church service, preach in the pulpit, sing on the choir, participate in outreach, teach children’s church, serve in positions of leadership, or just occasionally attend on Sundays. They’re experiencing a great degree of difficulty in their lives, but masking it by going through the motions of church as usual. They praise with pain, worship with wounded souls, and say, “Amen” while concealing their anxiety. Many are carrying around unforgiveness, regret, fear, guilt, and shame. They’re in need of mending and healing, but continue to go on as if everything is okay. In fact, everything is not okay and hasn’t been for quite some time. How long will this cycle continue in today’s church? From Pain to Purpose examines the condition of the heart and comprehending God in the context of one’s heavenly Father. It looks at the challenges we all face from time to time as we go about our Christian journey and offers fundamental, practical insight into what it means to reach for God when facing painful situations and emotions. Anthony opens up about his own struggle with reconciling God’s love while going through personal challenges—something that many Christians contend with because they’re viewing God from an unhealthy perspective. The core purpose of the book is to help readers understand that their emotional wounds are of great concern to God’s heart and that freedom from their pain is within reach!

In SINTOWN SAINTS author Jacques Bordeaux recounts stories of his family''s journey from the South Side of Chicago to the suburbs of the Golden State. Along the way, Jim Crow, assassinations, the Viet Nam War, the draft, political movements and reactions to those movements converged to shape his family in ways that had long-lasting effects. Long before Black folks moved in, ''Sintown'' was the name given to the suburban Pomona, California neighborhood of Jacques'' formative years. White flight, red-lining and African American aspirations later produced the surviving, striving, thriving community that was Sintown. The Bordeaux''s were one of the first Black families to move into the neighborhood in 1964. When he left in 1971, it was almost entirely Black. Jacques is the youngest of four boys with Sammy, Jude and Visey, born to Clovis and Bernice Bordeaux. His was an upwardly mobile family on the cusp of the Civil Rights movement and other seismic cultural shifts in America. As post-war Black Boomers, the Bordeaux brothers were beneficiaries of the struggles and sacrifices of generations of Black Americans. They did chores and spoke the King''s English. College degrees were expected in this family. Whatever advantages "Clo" and "Neecy" - the Original Sintown Saints - could provide, their sons would receive. No extravagance, just a leg up. SINTOWN SAINTS is a collection of stories about family, mischief and adventures, the formation of lifetime friendships, and the value of patrons and advocates. This book is a tribute to Saints who helped to mold Jacques'' life.

When young, pretty, successful Lana Ross divorces her indifferent husband of ten years, Cadillac dealer Lucas Chisholm, she randomly chooses a local locksmith to change the locks in her home located in Columbine Point, nestled near the iconic Flatirons of the scenic Rocky Mountains and nearby Boulder, Colorado. The selected locksmith, sinister, grimy, and smoky, Leon Alvarez, unbeknownst to Lana, was a former classmate who had been infatuated with her in high school but forgot about her when she went to college. But her renewed contact with him stirs his old feelings for her into lust and obsession and the demented belief that she will want him. After a series of calculated sinister events occur in her house, Lana asks Leon to set up a security alarm system. He uses the opportunity to place hidden surveillance cameras throughout her house to watch her in her most private moments. But his plans to win her affection are derailed when Lana meets dark and handsome Louisville Harley-Davidson dealer, Vincent "Roadking" Romano, on a writing assignment, as the editor of the Boulder Essence magazine. There is an instant attraction between them that leads to an intense and deeply moving love affair that is accompanied by their mutual appreciation of classic cars and rock and roll music as they journey beyond Boulder and Louisville to Lyons, Estes Park, Walsenburg, and Trinidad. Leon''s wrath and jealously of Roadking kindle an evil monster inside him, that he believes is love, and leads him down a path of no return that begins with vandalism and evolves into murder. Boulder Girl, Remember Me When the Moon Hangs Low, is a tale of spellbinding suspense which is interwoven with an unforgettable, compelling account of tender love set in and around beautiful Boulder, Colorado.

There is always a time for everything just as there are songs that must be sung, words that must be spoken. Twilight Dreams and Musings is a collection that appeals to the sense, the heart, the soul, and the mind. Each work, in its own way, addresses the human conditions and encourages each one to dream, to wish, to believe. The poems are inspirations and challenging...a collection of the songs of one''s heart, the music of one''s soul.

A man’s love for his wife and his tribute to her life is the basis for “Answering The Call: Teaching Life Lessons Through Volleyball.” The Vicki Samarin story is one about living life to the fullest.Tim and Vicki Samarin met when they were very young, though a three-year difference in age prevented anything more than a casual friendship. But when Tim was in college, and he enlisted the help of Vicki’s family to find an apartment near the campus, he reconnected with this lovely young lady and a life-long love affair began.It wasn’t always a smooth road. In fact, there were more curves in that road than on fabled Lombard Street in the nearby city of San Francisco. But their love for each other, fueled by their love for the Lord, allowed them to travel that road together.Vicki was a notable success in the coaching ranks of California high school volleyball. Often taking lesser-talented teams beyond her more-talented opposition, she led by example. She didn’t preach as much as she demonstrated. She lived out her faith and brought her teams along with her.She succumbed to a very rare form of cancer in spring 2017, but cancer didn’t win. Her impact in the communities of volleyball, coaching and several small towns of northern California, will live on for years. This book looks at her life, her impact and the sport she loved. It looks at how life is like a volleyball match and teaches us that there are many aspects to every point in every match.When you read “Answering The Call,” you will be inspired to become a better person and to live out your beliefs in a more tangible way. You will be entertained by a love story that seems like a corny movie script, except it’s real. And you will be challenged to make sure your story is one of answering the call to which you were chosen.

Okinawa, October 10, 1944, a six-year old boy was awakened by the deafening blasts of an aerial bombardment.  Terrified, frozen with fear on all fours, he could not find his mother.  During the chaos of invasion, then occupation, the family survived but was separated with one of the family members tragically lost.  Miraculously, they were reunited and after the war migrated to Argentina where they lived peacefully.The young boy, Zenko Heshiki, now a grown man went to New York to study engineering but soon began studying Karate and assisted in teaching classes.  In his own words: “I don’t remember having a particular interest in Karate when I started.”  Nevertheless, in 1966 he decided to open a dojo.  The more he studied, the more he read books on martial arts philosophy; however, the more he read serious texts by D.T. Suzuki, Miyamoto Musashi, and Yamaoka Tesshu, he realized that his Karate practice was lacking; something vital was missing.  In 1968, anxiously, he travelled to Okinawa in search of a teacher who he found in Master Shoshin Nagamine, founder of Shorin-Ryu Matsubayashi.  It was during this time that Heshiki Sensei realized what had been missing in his Karate practice:  Zen, more specifically zazen (sitting meditation).Back in New York, with a renewed enthusiasm, Heshiki Sensei integrated zazen into the Karate curriculum.  From this point on, and continuing for decades he trained intensely in New York, Okinawa and Hawaii where he and his family moved to in 1977.  Sensei Heshiki found Chozen-ji International Zen Dojo in Honolulu, taught Karate classes, and trained under two Roshis (Zen masters), Tanouye Tenshin and Dogen Hosokawa.In the author’s own words:  “The reason I decided to write this book is to share my experiences of Karate-Do shugyo (forging of mind/body/spirit through zazen) with sincere practitioners of Karate throughout the world who, through the years of strict and hard physical conditioning, discovered with nagging inquest that there must be more to Karate than mere self-defense or tournament sport.”  With his deepening understanding of his teacher’s dictum, Ken Zen Ichi Nyo (Karate and Zen as One), he gave seminars in New York, Ohio, Hawaii, Florida, Argentina, Uruguay, and the Dominican Republic.In 1993, the young terrified boy who had survived the horrors of war, relocation to a foreign country, adapting to a new culture and its language was ordained in Hawaii as a Zen priest in the Rinzai sect of Zen with the Buddhist name, Genshin Zenko.  In his new role as a priest, he became even more resolute to bring Tao (Chinese), Do (Japanese) meaning Way to the world.As Master Nagamine would often say: “Karate-Do is a lifelong marathon”.  Sensei Heshiki’s ‘marathon’ continues as Shihan (founder) of Chozen-ji Ryu Kempo Karate.

EVERY HEARTBEAT IS A MELODYThe quality of life is determined by the melody of our heart, harmonizing with the music of our soul. Every heartbeat is a melody of compassion and gratitude that resonates in the orchestra of life.  Life is an orchestration, a myriad of opportunities that enables us to be our true selves. We begin life in search of self-discovery. We ever seek to be our true selves, and to express the love that flows within us. Whatever experiences we encounter are guides, which compel us to move in this direction. We engage in relationships that help direct us to the paths most suited for us to be our very best. Love and a sense of belonging are the basic and most important of these relationships. Belonging is primal, suggestive that as relational beings, we seek to receive and give love.Love in its widest sense is true energy in the universe. It is humankind’s greatest gift, for it encompasses itself in everything. Without love, what would sustain the universe? Keep everything in order? Keep the world spinning around?  Love is a reflection of truth, a validation that all that is…IS. Love is vibration– music, sweet, and lingers in within as a song of life. Like love and music, poetry unfolds in the heart. Like every heartbeat, love expressed through poetry is a melody that excites the heart. Love breathes life into all creation as a symphony of harmony and beauty. Like, love, poetry speaks and communicates with passion, by way of heart to heart, mind to mind – soul to soul. Poetry is a means to discover, to unveil meaning in life. Poetry enables us to elicit the essence of our feelings and thoughts, by allowing our imaginations to soar like eagles’ wings. Every journey begins with desire, and through poetry, emotional truth is communicated in a positive sense; and through relationships, we express and experience love vibrations, which are as close to us as each breath we take, and each heartbeat we witness.Reflections of Love Vibrations is a collage of poems and poetical selections that takes its readers on a journey. It is a book of inspiration for the heart, soul, and imagination, with a variety of themes, from the prosaic to the profound. Love, the awesome power of dreams and the imagination, is shrewd throughout this compendium, which seeks to deepen our relationships through the use of poetic prose with a heartfelt, lyrical style. Reflections of Love Vibrations takes its readers on a spiritual journey of insightfulness, commonplace observation, and awareness of the essences of love and contemplation. This work sheds light on how reflections have transformative powers that rekindle the spirit and add more joy to life. Likewise, it helps its readers to view life, on a daily basis, in myriad ways, beyond those sometimes overlooked or often taken for granted. Reading this work is like breathing fresh air, outdoors, while listening to sweet music, and mellowing in the lingering perfume of a bright red rose, in early spring.

It has been supposed that there are still thousands of unknown mysteries still being uncovered that will continue to tease man’s imaginations and research such as the missing link and all the other unknowns of the earth to which we still search for answers. That missing link and other wonders may very well come from new finds archaeologists can dig up from the ground…or it may just be that the answers can come from the stars. When man is desperate to save that which he loves and feels comfortable with and when we could be dangerously close to having it destroyed for all mankind, there are those who will fight at all costs to save it.Committees, formed to protect and hide the ‘families’ from the stars that have been present in various ways on Earth for over 250,000 years, are in a fight to save their own families under attack. They are being hunted by those who are renegades expelled from their own starships, outside their control. All these families have been sent over time from light years away on one way trips and have established homes and made a place in all corners of the world. The cabals who gathered against them have been established for centuries also, made up of ruthless star-traveler renegades but out to commit destruction and uncover the identities of all those who traveled here to have a better life for themselves and mankind. Rodane, Sabina, Agatha, Quimby and a host of others from one of the most advanced ‘families’ for over a century have the most to lose. They are willing to put their own lives and interests on the line to recover artifacts left by others of their kind from centuries ago to safeguard their tools and secrets and prevent the renegades and others in league with them from obtaining them. If that were to occur, some very corrupt and criminal people would turn the gifts brought to Earth into weapons to endanger the entire planet just to enrich them. It would also allow them to extend their control over most of the globe. Stopping them is the first order, protecting their own identities may be a thing of the past and any uncovering of ancient secrets would change the history of the entire Earth.

One might say she overthinks everything, or is it that she is just a deep thinker with a stimulating psych? Raylene has pushed herself to better her life in every aspect. She has built herself to live a successful and content life. And now she even has that perfect man with whom she can envision her future. But something in her past keeps her from trying to find the missing dots between her and Bryan. After years of failed relationships, she finally wants to stick with him but no matter hard she tries, she finds herself drifting away. The key to finding that closeness is rather challenging than she had anticipated. How far away in the past will she travel to find the connection? This mind travel leaves her both is both overwhelmed and uplifted. Will she ever get what she had been seeking her whole life? It''s an intriguing journey to finding the core inner self! Almost every reader can connect to many pieces of Raylene''s emotional journey. Raylene''s authentic story is not only inspirational for the readers, but the inclusion of free-flowing poetry enlightens the experience of reading the book. Loud Echo of Silence Perseverance captures some essential emotions and experiences of the human condition that will appeal to just about anyone!

The four-month-old baby at the end of Rebecca Mark's first novel, A Calm Round of Hours, is all grown up, living in Chicago, working as an emergency room doctor at Northwestern, and trying to find the love of his life.It's the Monday after Easter in 2014, and this new novel's first-person narrator, Dr. Peter Byron White, has just turned thirty-three. Stopping after work one night in a Lincoln Park bar, he hopes to meet a woman he can take home, but instead he encounters five DePaul seniors, only one of whom he is attracted to. He thinks he will never see Ellie again, but then he chances to run into her one Sunday in May, and she agrees to go out to dinner with him the following Friday.Earlier Peter has learned that his friend-with-benefits co-worker Jennifer no long wants to see him because she has begun a new relationship, so Peter is eager to see Ellie. During dinner that evening, she tells Peter she does not want to talk about her family because of a "hardship" her family is dealing with. Later, back at his condo, Peter tells Ellie all about his family, and after he finishes, he hopes to bed her, but she tells him that she will not sleep with him so early in their relationship; instead, they get to know each other by asking questions, and Peter learns a little about Ellie's college boyfriend Darnell.For their next date, Ellie joins Peter for his volunteer tutoring session and then has dinner with him. Back at Peter's condo, she tells him she wants to get to know him better, so Peter reveals more about his Iowa youth. Although Ellie will not sleep with Peter, they do plan to see each other on May 23rd, but before that day Ellie sends Peter an e-mail saying that she is going to New York over Memorial Day weekend to see Darnell and that she will understand if Peter wants to cancel their date. Although Peter is very disappointed upon learning of Ellie's travel plans, he wants to see her, and so they go to a movie and have dinner, and then, back at his condo, Ellie, with many tears, finally tells Peter about her family's "hardship." After the trauma of hearing that, Peter tells Ellie he cannot sleep with her, but they agree to see each other after she returns from New York.However, another e-mail from Ellie telling Peter that she has re-connected with Darnell and does not want Peter to contact her devastates Peter, but he respects her wishes. During the next several months, Peter dates two different women, Japjit and Bridgette, but he ends his relationships with both.Finally, on his 34th birthday, Peter receives a card from Ellie telling him all about her new life, and after he calls her, they agree to meet for lunch on Friday, May 1, 2015.Will the changes that both Peter and Ellie have made in their lives bring them together at last? Will Peter finally have found the love of his life?An epilogue written a year later, in May 2016, tells the reader everything!

Love is like this: Revised and New Poems is about learning to voice the grief that is part of the experience of loving. The author takes a hard look at loss in poems like "Gutting the Doe" and a softer look through poems like "Flowers were everywhere." Everywhere, there is something beautiful to aspire towards and something heartbreaking to mourn and the challenge of loving is being able to do both and not let it keep us from remembering why we love, even if we are still hurt, even if our grief still haunts us.

Sometimes, the most beautiful solution is not what you imagine it should be. Carmel the camel despairs of ever matching the achievements of his illustrious ancestor, the camel who carried a wise man to worship the King of Kings. At his lowest ebb, Carmel meets a boy with big problems of his own. As Carmel turns from his own worries to help the boy, he realizes that small gestures of kindness can be as large as the world.

NEVER IN THE ANNALS OF INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY, HAVE THE HEADS OF THE TWO MOST POWERFUL INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES IN THE WORLD; COLD WAR ENEMIES; MET WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS, TO PLOT THE ASSASSINATION OF THEIR OWN SENIOR AGENTS. AN UNKNOWN SECRET FROM THE PAST, LINKS THE TWO INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS, AND MAKES THEM POTENTIAL THREATS TO THEIR GOVERNMENTS. THE STORY FOLLOWS THE TWO AGENTS, AS THEY ROAM THE WORLD, TRYING TO ESCAPE ASSASSINS SENT BY THEIR OWN INTELLIGENCE DELEGATIONS; AND TRY TO LEARN THE REASON THEY''VE BEEN MARKED FOR EXECUTION BY THEIR OWN PEOPLE. THOMAS ADDISON, MIKHAIL ARBATOV, AND HIS PARAMOUR, KATERINA BOGDONOVICH, COMBINE THEIR TALENTS AND SKILLS IN AN ATTEMPT TO UNCOVER THE REASONS FOR THEIR DEATH SENTENCES, AND THE DETAILS OF DISTANT EVENTS THAT HAVE BRANDED THEM FOR ELIMINATION.

Dealing with the loss of a loved one is a unique, personal experience. Many books provide helpful advice on how to best manage loss, but we all know that one size of grief does not fit all. Build Me a Windmill is not only a tribute to one woman''s extraordinary life; it offers the reader a positive approach to grieving-a different perspective on reinventing oneself after loss. Taking the concept of soul mates to the next level, the author shares how to merge the best qualities of the deceased and survivor, helping to make the survivor a better person. Readers dealing with their own loss will find this book both uplifting and empowering.

Sixty-million Dead!World War II. What many historians now call the defining event of the 20th century. The truly global war that resulted in the deaths of an estimated 60,000,000 civilians and combatants around the world. Tens of millions more were wounded or left homeless. In America, between 1941 and 1945 over 16 million men and women served this country, and over 408,000 lost their lives fighting the Axis powers. Gold stars were in widows throughout our country. The motivation for "It Has Been My Honor" came from five World War II veterans who allowed me to bring their stories to life including their memories of what they went through in places like Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; at 20,000 feet at 50 below zero over France and Germany; in the sweltering heat and monsoons in the South Pacific; and in the bloody fighting on Okinawa and Iwo Jima. Even 75 years after their experiences in World War II, the memories of what they saw, heard, and smelled stays with them. Each share what they did when they returned from the service, and the lives they led while trying to forget their time in combat. Each of these veterans were in their mid to late 90s at the time of their interviews. They also recall their Honor Flights, traveling to Washington, D.C. to visit the World War II Memorial, and how they experienced finally being thanked for serving their country, albeit 75 years after the fact. As members of the "Greatest Generation", they lived a part of our country's history, this world's history, that must never be forgotten.

Do you know how you are being perceived by others? How do you know?Is your face, voice and body language in synchrony with the message you are trying to convey? Do you think there is room for improving your personal performance to optimize success?Prepare to embark on a journey of self-discovery through which you will be able to answer the questions above. In the context of Acting Successful, how one person interacts with another is considered a “performance” and thus by definition a process that can be improved upon.The Acting Successful patent-pending method provides the reader with a fun and exciting approach to document, study, transform and optimize their outwardly perceived persona. As you step through the activities outlined in the book you will become very aware of how you are being perceived by others and empowered with a process to improve your performance through learning to align your face, voice and body language with the message you are trying to convey so your interactions are as impactful, and successful, as possible.We all play many roles in life and our character’s performance in those roles determine the impact and success the performance has on our intended audience. Studies show overwhelmingly that it isn’t so much what you say but how you say it that determines what a listener perceives, and retains, from your performance.The truth is we all operate within a range of personal performance relative to our fundamental capability and drive and with few exceptions, there is always room for improvement. For those of us that make up the vast majority of the "average" population trying to climb a little higher on the ladder of success, a methodical approach to self-improvement may be just the help you need to take your performance to the next level of your capabilities.

Eleanor Wilson, the 46th president of the United States, elected to her position by the thinnest of margins, four electoral votes. A life-long and certified Liberal from the state of Massachusetts, she brings to the nation''s capital a team of likeminded helpers. Her legislative agenda includes The Green New Deal, the forgiveness of college student debt, Medicare for All and free college education for those who want it. America''s adversaries soon learn that she is a neophyte in the realm of foreign policy, and pay her no attention. Over the course of her four-years in office, the nation''s debt climbs to 24 trillion dollars. She loses her bid for another four-year term and most political observers conclude that she was the worst president in the nation''s history.

The backstory of humankind is rich and complex. Most people know the basics when it comes to ancient history, culture, language, and religion. But once a deeper understanding begins, perspectives change profoundly with the realization of the best is yet to come. Knowing our human backstory has the potential to change everything.

This book is entitled "Paranormal Contact with Famous Celebrities". The Stars included are "ELVIS PRESLEY", "ROY ORBISON", and "JOHNNY & JUNE CARTER CASH" of the twenty one Famous Celebrities making contact from across the veil from the Spirit World. Chuck Bergman known as the "Psychic Cop", and Patricia Mischell "World Renowned Psychic Medium" provided amazing contact. Their gifts are remarkable which made this book possible. From the Historic Alhambra Theatre in Jacksonville, Florida where over one hundred Movie, and Television Stars performed as well as Famous Celebrities which are performing in 2019, attending Gallery Events, and a Reading that brought amazing contact that I know that you would like to read. I know the reader will enjoy seeing the ten Autographs and ten pictures in this book. The Famous Celebrities that are included range from Famous Music Stars, Movie and Television Stars, a Grandmaster in Martial Arts, Famous Psychics, and many more.

Our Country is in trouble. After WW II we assumed the role of a Super Power and also became the world leader in standard of living, quality of life, income distribution, quality of healthcare, international respect and many other factors. After only 40 years of dominance our status began eroding. This book examines the elements that have and are contributing to the Country''s decline. While some of the contents are opinion, most of the statements are backed up by facts and opinions of others who are much smarter than the author. Elements that are examined include: The constitution & amendments, our four freedoms, lost leadership, the healthcare tax, changes in our economy, the new royal class, service to country, individual freedoms, short vs. long-term thinking, government spending & transparency, fair wage compensation, middle-class fairness, citizens in need of assistance, the best representation that money can buy, least government is the best government, the election process, effective & participative capitalism, taxes - who pays and who should, and "hidden taxes", the free market economy, growth for the sake of growth, career politicians and their compensation. Practical and financially viable solutions are proposed to improve living conditions for our residents and in the process restoring our status and respect.

Impeccably groomed intruders breach security and interrupt a secret meeting at the Pentagon. They render the President unconscious, but treat the generals with courtesy and respect. Attempts at resistance prove futile. Once the generals admit defeat and settle down, Octavius, the obvious leader of the intruders, offers them refreshments. He then begins a long, detailed presentation, complete with amazing holograms. He claims to represent an empire, ruled by a king, that has been surreptitiously observing the human race for many years, but has now decided to establish dominion on Earth. He makes it clear that they are closely monitoring all United States military operations and capabilities. He provides them with a detailed look at their advanced technology and powerful military. As the meeting moves along, some of the generals begin to grow sympathetic towards Octavius, but others start to bristle. " Listen to me, whoever you really are. I don''t believe in you, nor do I accept anything you are saying. I know you are a liar." Eventually, the generals become more convinced of the power of the intruders and some of them attempt to negotiate a special deal for the United States. Octavius seems unimpressed. " The political system in the United States, the beacon of the world according to some of you, is hopelessly divided and the conflict is becoming increasingly violent. You are much closer to another civil war than you realize. Freedom of the press has evolved into propaganda and disinformation. The goal of your media is persuasion for political purpose and economic advantage and non-biased reporting of actual events has become inconsequential. " They realize there are no bargains to be made. The tension builds and the generals become overwhelmed with a sense of foreboding. Could this be some kind of elaborate hoax, or does the fate of the world truly hang in the balance?