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Some dried-up foam on a stick. Is it real? Where did it come from? Morgan and her summer-friends, Chase, Jason and Holly, examine the mysterious object found in the garden. Together they work on research and hunt for clues. While cleaning out the garden shed to create their own lab, they find an important treasure. A collection of clues helps them discover facts in unraveling the mystery of what's inside this strange-looking thing attached to a stick!

Stuck in the past with no way back!Tired of being bullied, high school senior and science whiz Caitlin vows to become popular before leaving Piney Ridge High School forever. Befriended by head cheerleader Evie, she gets introduced to the cool crowd and even scores a date with the football team captain. But soon Caitlin finds herself in situations she is unprepared for, which leads her to a drastic decision: get out of Piney Ridge!While attempting to run away, Caitlin is mysteriously transported into a time of cassette decks, pay phones, and disco dancing. It's the late 1970's, she is a sophomore at Cottonwood College and her roommate looks surprisingly familiar. It's her own mother Beth! Caitlin must now learn to negotiate her way through a pre-internet time while reconciling her out-going, free-spirited roommate Beth with her serious mother. More importantly, she must figure out why she is there and how to get home!

Retirement was next for FBI Agent Quinton Hawke. Choosing the sugary sands of the Alabama Gulf Coast and a secluded beach cottage was a no brainer. But Hawke didn''t count on the unexpected death of his wife. To complicate matters, buying a rare postage stamp cover turns things topsy-turvy. The twists that follow causes him and his friend, Brad Heath to hon their sleuthing skills. The stamp cover would lead them down the same dark path taken by the notorious assassin John Wilkes Booth. Flat out adventure and mystery is in store for both when they discover and crack a cryptic code that offers a different perspective to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Hawke''s life becomes more muddled when he butts heads with a deceitful Jesuit Priest for possession of the stamp cover. Falling head over heels in love with a Russian intelligence agent only adds more fuel to the fire for Hawke.

This is a spell book. A series of poems to cast a poetic spell, to enchant you with life itself.

Pawwell Jensten: The Galaxy of ELL shadows Pawwell Jensten through three stories of tragedy. The first is focused on a fellow colonist, A’nee, who is charged of murder. Pawwell must face great challenges to help determine her innocence. The second story is about Pawwell, as a retired sociologist, discovering what caused the suicide of 111 colonists on Henston II. In story three Pawwell is risking his entire colony to help an Isolated world where life no longer has any meaning. Throughout everything, the characters, and readers, learn good things happen if you work hard and do what is right.Author Sue Westgate brings her skill as an IT technician and network designer, in which she translates highly technical information for people without tech backgrounds, to Pawwell Jensten so that the stories are both fun for long-time readers of science fiction and accessible for people new to the genre.

Two men, each on his own path, careen from dangerous choice to dangerous choice. Suddenly, neither is in control of his life so that there is only one choice left: staying alive or not.This is the moment they meet.In Rome, they form a powerful bond, determined to fight the power that is pursuing them both. Their battle with forces involved in terrorism and human trafficking force them to invent unusual means of defeating them.Collision Course is a thrilling action adventure novel aimed at young men. Though the characters are gay, their sexuality is not the driving force of the story. Above all, they are human. Author Frank Lowe should know-he's lived much of what he writes in his own travels and experiences. In Collision Course, adventure and excitement lead to a wider enriched experience-for characters and readers alike.

In mid-twelfth century Mongolia, a baby boy was born clutching a blood clot in his fist, a sign portending future greatness and power. As a young man, against horrific odds, he rose from poverty, slavery, and obscurity to build the world’s largest contiguous land empire. His father named him Temüjin, but he became known to the world as Genghis Khan.Forger of Empire, by Jeanne Maxant Blanchet, PhD, is based on the shrewd, brutal conqueror’s incredible story. Rare is the book on the military warrior and political leader that does not focus on his legendary career or sex life (he had over 500 wives and concubines, not to mention multiple casual liasons). Blanchet’s Forger of Empire breathes new life into the already larger-than-life character by focusing on his personality development and psychological strengths and weaknesses. With Blanchet’s skilled and knowledgeable guidance, lovers of historical fiction and adventure novels will thrill at getting a fictionalized look at the “man behind the mask.” 

Veronica Howard has it all.  She’s an intelligent woman with a great sense of style, a quirky sense of humor, and the confidence to walk her own path.  She takes a leap of faith and rises from the secretarial pool to an advertising copywriter position before fate takes a hand and is laid off from her job.But Veronica doesn’t miss a beat.  She fulfills her dream of opening a vintage clothing and jewelry store and quickly finds herself involved in an international art theft ring and two murders.  And as if that isn’t enough, Veronica’s boyfriend, an art benefactor from an old Boston society family, becomes the prime suspect.To Paint A Murder is the first in the Veronica Howard Vintage Mystery series by E. J. Gandolfo, who has worked both as an advertising executive-copywriter and as an antique dealer.  Readers will enjoy reliving their own days of career independence through Veronica, and will thrill at the escapist adventures that make Veronica’s story uniquely hers.

The inner city of Baltimore, Maryland is a tough place to grow up. During her childhood, Alithea struggled to find love and acceptance. She was desperate to be included in her peer group, willing to do anything to find what she thought she needed-and she ended up with a lifestyle that resulted in many dark memories. When her mother abruptly moved with Alithea to Santa Clara, California, it seemed like the end of the world-but little did Alithea know that she was about to discover her passion, purpose, and God-given talent. From employee to manager to business owner to entrepreneur, follow Alithea on her incredible journey from a 9th-grade dropout with a learning disorder and no self-esteem to an industry expert with goals and dreams still ahead. This extraordinary memoir will inspire you to dig deep and discover who you are when you're living your truth!

Gordon Pless’s One Loony Eclipse: A Real Full Moon follows the descendants of perpetually penniless Odem Jack Schitt as they interact with characters on both the right side of the law, like police officers Lauren Order, Jason Crooks, and Brook M. Danno, and those who take the law a little more into their own hands, like Mauri Pulsive, Izzy Normal, Moe Lester, Ken Peckenpaw, Lou Smorels, Morty Mented, and Holden Groper. If they are looking for one-liners developed into a full novel as well as saucy humor delivered without profanity and vulgarity, readers will love Pless’s One Loony Eclipse.

Drawing on her personal story of moving herself from an ordinary life to one that fulfills her success vision, Delores Crum wrote Simple Strategies for Successful Living: A "How To Guide" for Getting the Life You've Imagined for other dreamers and doers. You have ambition, drive, and determination, and Crum's Success Strategies format provides a foundation, a framework and a blueprint to follow in getting what you want. By incorporating the Seven Simple Strategies into the actions you take and the choices you make, you too can achieve and enjoy greater financial, professional, emotional, and personal success. Simple Strategies for Successful Living is the story of "average girl does well"-and so can you. It doesn't matter where you started from-it only matters where you're headed and how you get there.

My rather sudden spiritual awakening came in the middle of an extremely self-serving point of my life at the age of 24. When the mercy and grace of God hit me head on, I became acutely aware of the reality that I was truly loved by my Creator. It was an event I will never forget. The next year I was blessed with a new wife, my high school sweetheart. Then, a difficult part of our journey would further shape my attitude as we walked through six years of infertility. No words can describe the joy and gratitude as the first of our first of three sons arrived over thirty two years ago. Today, busy with our beautiful grandchildren, I feel this calling to help these guys remember God and inspire them to keep Him first place.

What if you made the life for yourself that you had dreamed of since you were little? Starting a family with a wonderful spouse, having a good career and living in a nice house are some things that many long for while others take for granted, but not Jena-Mari Lindell. Jena-Mari was so very grateful for her life with her husband, Preston and their 3-year-old daughter, Graciela. Until one day her whole world came crashing down when she discovered that only half of her life was true and the other half never existed. A few years earlier, Jena-Mari was in a car accident that left her in a coma. For 3 years she dreamt her normal life in her coma and lived it every day with one big difference, she dreamt up an imaginary daughter. A comatisation level 3 was what she endured. Waking up to find out that her daughter never existed was the equivalent to actually losing a child because comatisation mimics a real life with real feelings in one''s brain. Jena-Mari had to grieve and mourn the loss of an imaginary daughter, while trying not to neglect her husband. He has missed her for 3 years, and for him it felt like they were dating again but to Jena-Mari, she saw him every day in her coma so how could she miss him too? A lot will change in 3 years. Jena-Mari knew that in order to achieve her goal, which was to get back to being the woman she was before the accident so she and Preston can really start a family, that she would have to fight hard, trust in God and believe in herself. With the shocking twists and turns that come to light, you get a glimpse into the mysterious ways that God can work and realize what fate will do to make sure you''re united with your destiny. You will not believe the ending.

This personal memoir recounts eighty-one years in the life of Eugene Solomon. Born in New York of immigrant parents to a mother from Poland and a father from Russia, it is a study of a child's rise to adulthood from poverty and welfare to financial success. It captures the gripping events of 1939, when his father dies leaving child and mother penniless in the Brooklyn slums, while across the world the German army invades Poland and traps and exterminates his mother's family of two-hundred, including parents and grandparents, ten married brothers and sisters all with little children, and scores of uncles, aunts, nieces, and nephews. But those remembrances are only Part One of this memoir. Mr. Solomon goes on to offer his personal observations on political happenings during his life, his religious grappling with God, anti-Semitism, male-female relationships, and his thoughts about aging and death.

A renowned expert in the martial arts and Chinese medicine reveals the acupuncture point secrets of the great martial arts mastersFor centuries, martial arts masters from different warrior traditions have carefully guarded the secret uses of acupuncture's miraculously effective and even life-saving acupuncture points. Gaining access to this precious and powerful knowledge was literally like trying to wrest "a pearl from the dragon's neck." Now, in this sequel to his acclaimed book, A Tooth From the Tiger's Mouth, author Tom Bisio reveals this formerly secret knowledge to general public.In A Pearl From the Dragon's Neck, Tom teaches the reader how to use:• Life-saving revival points and revival methods passed down through generations of martial arts masters• The 12 Miraculous Points of Daoist acupuncture• 30 Acu-points to treat hundreds of diseasesA Pearl From the Dragon's Neck introduces the reader to a handful of acu-points that have wide applicability in treating sports injuries and other illnesses. Many of the key acu-points are presented multiple times in different contexts, giving the reader deep insight into the many applications of just a few powerful points. Learn the secrets of:• The Four Gate Points• The Four Energizer Points• Points of the Three Powers• The Four Master Points• The Five Intersection Points• The Six Barrier Points• The Eight Influential PointsYou don't need to be an acupuncturist to benefit from this book!In A Pearl From the Dragon's Neck, acu-points and revival methods are presented so that they can be easily understood and practically applied, even without acupuncture needles. For the martial arts enthusiast, there are chapters on herbal revival formulas, and practical methods of treating deliberate attacks to the 36 "Fatal" Points. As in A Tooth From the Tiger's Mouth, Bisio smoothly and effortlessly guides the reader through the mysteries of Chinese medicine and the martial arts, making the seemingly arcane and mysterious easily accessible.Although written for the general public, martial arts practitioners, sports enthusiasts, and just about anyone who has an interest in preserving and improving their health, A Pearl From the Dragon's Neck has much to offer practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine and other professional health care practitioners.Tom Bisio is known internationally as a martial artist and practitioner of Chinese medicine. He has studied Chinese medicine and martial arts extensively in Mainland China and practiced acupuncture, tui na and herbal medicine since 1990. Tom has written numerous books and articles on Martial Arts, Nei Gong, Daoist Meditation and Chinese medicine. He is the founder of New York Internal Arts and Internal Arts International (NYIA/IAI) (internalartsinternational.com).

Unapologetically silly and brutally honest, fantastical and ranting, Murder and Sausage: A Mindless and Totally Absurd Collection of a Recovering Drug Addict's Silly-Ass Rants and Pop Culture Ramblings, is a wild ride of real-life experiences mixed with observational humor. Bryan Lundberg wrote this collection to serve as a mental break for readers suffering from life's daily grind and even those struggling with more serious concerns. After his own decades living with drug abuse and mental illness, Lundberg knows one thing for sure: laughter is a great natural medicine, and Murder and Sausage offers a damn good prescription.

While you may never meet Bill in person, you will get to know this man and want to know more about him as you turn the pages of his memoir.Here is an excerpt from Chapter 1:"There were no church bells ringing, no celebrations on that cold, winter day, December 11, 1929. It was just another day in the little community of Eagleton, Arkansas, which is near the town of Mena. Though located in one of the prettiest places on earth, Southwestern Arkansas, my family was more concerned with finding food and shelter for their family. There were already five children; I was the sixth child and another mouth to feed. Three more would follow in the next few years. I was named William Franklin Carter after my mother's father." "Mama and Daddy raised us nine kids with a cook stove that had to have wood cut for it. We lived off the land, raised our own food and if we went to town, it was the team and wagon that took us there.""It brings back such memories, for this was the life of the Carter family.""There has always been a song in my spirit. When I was nine years old, I was riding in the back seat of my teacher's car where we all lived in Loneoak, Arkansas. I suddenly began to sing 'A Pocket Full of Dreams.'""My teacher said, 'William, I cannot believe what my ears are hearing; you are a very good singer for a nine-year-old kid; I'm going to get you on the radio in Little Rock. Sure enough, she kept her word.""That lady teacher made arrangements for me to go to Little Rock the following Saturday to sing in a talent show on radio station KGHI. We arrived at Radio Station in Little Rock where I sang, "A Pocket Full of Dreams." A little kid from a poor family would identify with a song like that.""My imagination was at work as the broadcast took place. This was a small step in the right direction for a little guy who usually went barefoot in the summertime and was often seen with only one strap of my overalls up.""I have been asked the question many times as to when I started singing; that was the beginning of a career in singing that has spanned all these years.""I somehow felt that one day that would be my life…and it was."In Bill's memoir, he tells of rubbing elbows with other rising country music stars that reached the pinnacle of success. And finally, the dream of singing at the Grand Ole' Opry came true and a record label with MGM, the coveted title he had sought.But God had other plans for Bill's life...His story is a beauty of a testimony of God's great love for the soul of a man, as his open and honest memoir tells his journey through the pits of hell to the Kingdom of God.He takes the reader through a journey of many roads traveled with his home-spun style of telling his story which makes you ask for more and at times brings laughter to your soul.Within the pages of Bill's book, you will find the impact of one man - one story at a time as Bill takes you back in time, to a much simpler, faith-filled way of living.Enjoy taking the journey through Bill's life with him. It is a story you will not forget!

For most of us who would read this, it is beyond belief that a leader of any country would issue orders that would lead to the deliberate starvation of millions of his own people. But that is what Stalin started in the Ukraine in 1929. Equally hard to imagine, is the authorization of the murder of millions of Jews and others by Hitler. Vallie not only lived during that starvation but survived nearly ten months in Auschwitz. Rescued by a German officer, she was trained to be a war nurse for Germany and then volunteered to work on the front lines of battle. How that all came to happen is the story of the neighbor I came to know as Vallie. I just knew her as someone who loved bright colors, painted beautiful flowers, and enjoyed making cookies and having tea with friends. But it was over time, tea and cookies the stories began to unfold. Not all were hard to hear. Survivors seem to have an ability to see humor in themselves and some of the situations they find themselves in. For Vallie, it was her own disbelief at some of the things she managed to do while a nurse working on the front lines of battle. Other humor emerges in the USA working as a nurse in a doctor's office while learning English. I would add this. Nothing about starving and nothing about Auschwitz was ever funny. Nothing.

"And Then There Were Twelve," finds our quirky Harri in new surroundings and new circumstances but still in the thick of things. She continues to work with Bolen to aid in solving crimes. Harri continues in this book with her inner monologues as Kate Herriott tackles serious situations with sincerity and comedy all mixed together. You'll enjoy Harri's suggestion box ideas for the Judge, like truth buzzers. According to Harri, her neighbors, Rose and Florence, "swallowed my stories with as much relish as I swallowed their food." This book is a great read for mystery and a little laughter. And, the good news is that you won't have to wait long as the fourth book is on its way to the publisher.

Forget everything you thought you knew about Mrs. Elizabeth Bonduel Tabor.For over 80 years, historians and authors alike have filled dozens of books describing her as crazy or mad. They claim that Mrs. Tabor spent 36 years living the life of a hermit, inside an old tool shed, located at a Silver Mine she didn’t even own…but nothing could be farther from the truth. Marrying first for money, then engaging in two scandalous affairs, Elizabeth Tabor set social protocol aside to become the Silver queen of Colorado, before her world came crashing down.Following the death of her second husband and with two children to feed, she held her head high and fought the corrupt men who stole her deceased husband’s fortune and rebuilt a new life for her daughters. Building her own alliances and becoming a successful business woman and mine owner, she watched in despair as her oldest daughter married a close family member, while her youngest daughter slid into alcoholism and prostitution. Desperate for a distraction, Elizabeth Tabor spent the warm Colorado months dressing in men’s overalls and digging silver ore from her mines by hand, until just before her death at the age of 80.From running inside a burning apartment building to save a cat, dressing nude roman statues in lingerie to piss off the neighbors, fighting alongside the Unsinkable Molly Brown for women’s rights and chasing away trespassers with a loaded shot gun, Elizabeth Tabor held onto her pride and her Catholic faith with  firm fist, until her dying breath.

If you're looking for a new place to explore in America's great outdoors, Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is waiting for you! Rich with history of early settlers, Cades Cove is an eleven-mile loop crossed by Sparks Lane and Hyatt Lane, both named after families who lived there. The pioneer life of the 1800s is still present with original log cabins, churches, and a grist mill. For your convenience, the settlement offers two stores and a campground, as well as horseback riding and bike rentals. If you like to hike, take the trail to Abrams Falls, where you might see river otters. There are two scenic roads exiting the cove, but make sure you're ready to leave...they're one-way only! Parson's Branch Road is currently closed, but Rich Mountain Road is open from spring through fall. Whether you enjoy camping, hiking, history, or wildlife, Cades Cove has something for everyone. This guide from a Cades Cove enthusiast is exactly what you need to make your vacation memorable.

Join along with six year old Kaila and her fellow students of American Urakan Kenpo Karate, as she walks you through test day at her father's karate school and shows you fun techniques. She will begin when she puts on her uniform and enters the Dojo to stretch and warm up. Learn as Kaila and her fellow students kick and punch their way from a white belt to a yellow belt!

People considering retirement receive plenty of advice on how to prepare for retirement on financial and health issues. Something equally important, perhaps most important, is what to do with all that free time to keep intellectually alive and challenged. Glass Half Full: Ramblings of a Recent Retiree provides a humorous and optimistic account of one retiree's take on how to survive and thrive throughout this new phase of our life.

If you ask Pat Carroll how long it took to write this book he will respond "82 Years," a lifetime of reflection on scripture and life, blending together the stories of Jesus and the real-life questions and struggles we all face. A Jesuit priest for 33 years, Pat was a pastor, a teacher, a retreat director immersed in the lives of thousands of people and their search for meaning, for faith, for hope, for an increased ability to love. The past twenty years as a married man have added texture. His homilies are food for personal and/or group reflection. Each is part of Pat's life-long effort to "tell the story of Jesus, over and over, until we get it right!" Drawing on his extensive experience as a Jesuit priest, pastor and retreat leader, Patrick Carroll has now added to his published books this collection of homilies covering the full liturgical cycle. While the readings may be familiar, Carroll's treatment of them is unfailingly novel and imaginative, especially in the vivid ways he brings Jesus and His message into the world of today. This is a treasure of spiritual reading. (G. Donald Maloney teaches theology at Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH. ) As a Roman Catholic woman priest I have enjoyed reading Patrick Carroll's homilies and used parts of them in my own preaching. He brings the gospel into our everyday living situations. I look forward eagerly to having all three cycles bound together in one book. (Rev. Dr. Juanita Cordero RCWP, San Jose, CA.) I have been using Pat Carroll's homilies to help me with my own preaching for the past three years. Pat combines solid pastoral and biblical theology with wisdom born from experience with real people and an ability to find God working in many situations. I highly recommend his work both as a homiletic aid and for personal prayer. (Peter Henriot, S.J., founder of The Center for Concern and 30 years in Zambia-Malawi as a pastor and also national consultant on Social Justice and Educational issues.)

Jail, prison, eviction, unemployment, the homeless shelter: these were just some of the destinations awaiting John Bermingham's beaten down and desperate clients. For 25 years, Bermingham, using an off-the-wall assortment of court room tactics, coupled with an empowering vision of reality for those who sought his aid, enabled men and women to break the grip of despair, elude personal catastrophe and begin life anew. In this autobiographical account, attorney Bermingham describes not only his own conquest of hopelessness, but how a chance encounter at a diner opened his eyes to the system he'd actually been using to transform clients from lifers in the quicksand of poverty and incarceration into individuals with jobs, purpose and freedom from debt.If you or someone you love is overwhelmed and ready to give up, Your Mother Sent Me will let them see, through actual cases handled by the author, that no situation is hopeless and that change "happens fast". How is it done? Let Bermingham show you.

The Basketball Novels includes three stories - written over the course of 30 years - in which the sport of basketball plays a significant role. All first-person accounts, Even The Losers tracks the journey of a high school senior as he navigates life in a group home, academics in a special education class of "losers," and his relationship with an old teacher who sees his potential; Animal Behavior follows a psychologically-damaged struggling artist coming to terms with his mistakes and himself, and his twisted (and yet beautiful) relationship with a female counselor; and The Winners is an autobiographical story of a therapist working to understand his own life as he helps others do the same and strives to emerge victorious in a basketball tournament against unbeatable foes.

Since 1970 award winning photographer Eric Raddatz has created a collection of diverse images from the abstract to the heart felt experience of his Mother's last days. Utilizing 35mm slides, print, cellphone, digital and IPhone technology he continues to seek new ways to interpret the lives, nature, and structures that fill our everyday surroundings.

Dawn Crystal is a pioneer of sound-energy therapy. She makes fear- and anxiety-relieving sounds with her voice, a gift she discovered as an adult. She has done this for over 20 years, for individuals and groups. Imagine your world free of fear and anxiety. Imagine if sources of fear and anxiety could be relieved immediately. Imagine being fear-free fast and easy. This is one of Dawn's missions. She tunes into people and sees from their energy the locations of the causes of fear and anxiety. Her goal is to stop fear by bringing people back to their center, joining body, mind, and spirit. This is alternative help, working with "life force energy," what the Chinese and acupuncturists call "chi." FEAR FREE includes examples of Dawn's techniques as applied to sufferers of fear and anxiety, and presents useful reference to the relevant scientific literature. You should read this book if you suffer from fear or anxiety or you know someone who does, and you or they have tried many different techniques, without success, to get remission.

Randall Collins had spent all his life applying practical skills to achieve results. As an accountant, he was used to organization, analysis, and responsibility. After he retired, he found himself with a gap in his life; he wanted to be productive, but he'd had enough of being answerable to a boss or a client - he wanted to work on his own terms. Like many people, he turned to gardening and found it to be a compelling, fascinating world. For him, it was a perfect solution - the meticulous, observation-focused mindset he'd developed as an accountant translated beautifully to the process and science of gardening, while the art and creativity required to nurture and grow ornamental plants allowed him to explore a new side of himself. But at the heart of this memoir is Collins' greatest challenge: how to outsmart a foraging white-tailed deer who saw the garden as his personal gourmet salad bar. A warm, relatable story of how one man came to terms with retirement and nature, Stop...and Smell the Mints is both delightful and educational.

Are you feeling unfulfilled? Do you find yourself asking, "Is this what I really should be doing with my life?" If you are, then it is time you seek advice from Jacquel Tucker. After years working in corporate America, Tucker successfully started her own business and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.It's Time for YOUR Transition: Get the Real Deal from an Entrepreneur Who Made the Big Jump is not just a book-it's a workbook. Stop dreaming and translate those goals into a master plan.Making that big change-your own "jump"-in your professional life can be scary. Where do you even start? It's Time for YOUR Transition tracks potential pitfalls, shares advice on how to avoid them, and offers tools, resources, and scenarios to help you learn. With Tucker as your guide, gain more confidence to not just make but succeed at that big move.