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A Teenage Runaway Creates Life on His Own Terms. . . The son of a violent, sociopathic father and an ineffectual, codependent mother, Enzo Giovanni grew up knowing that his family wasn't good. As the abuse and lack of safety skyrocketed, he made the choice to get out-the mean streets of New York City in the 1970s were safer than his house. His fight to survive changed him from a shy boy into a dangerous, rebellious misfit. But even at his worst, Enzo had two qualities that would shape the rest of his life: intelligence and determination. Submerge yourself into Enzo's wild world and learn how he became a US paratrooper, how he ended up in jail, how one day was a janitor, and how a short time later property manager of ten Manhattan skyscrapers, and the owner of a successful commercial trucking company-what he did when he was accused by ATF agents of being a gun-runner, the unbelievable events that led to his relationships with officers of Russian military and KGB. Enzo's ingenuity and grit failed him when it came to his dysfunctional family, as he learned hard lessons about not trusting anyone related to him. But the sense of adventure that earned him his parachutist's wings also put him in the water as the owner of a forty-two-foot 1400HP world-class offshore powerboat, and on the road with dangerously fast muscle cars and motorcycles that satisfied his need for danger. Last but not least, Enzo took a calculated risk that got him the greatest prize of all: the love of his life which he found in Russia. Son of No One is an exuberant, hard-hitting examination of a life lived well despite impossible hardships. It is an inspiration, a thrill ride, and an unforgettable testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

Fabrics TaleSnuggling in bed as Mom or Dad reads a good book. Cuddling with siblings or cousins on the couch in front of a movie during the holidays. Maybe even watching, fascinated, as an older relative thoughtfully and lovingly sews colorful squares of patterned fabric into a quilt-which will be enjoyed at next year's holiday! Every day kids enjoy the warmth and comfort that a blanket brings. It smells and feels like home, even when it's packed in a bag for a trip far away.Joe Perrenod's children's book Fabrics Tale offers a charming way for children to learn more about one of their favorite things. In its own voice, a swatch of fabric tells its life story, from its birth as a puffy cotton boll all the way to its final place of honor: as a square in an award-winning quilt.

"Nothing or no one outside myself disturbs my peace, determines who I am or how I feel."Are You Living a Life of Empowerment, Love and Joy? Are You Happy? Are You Standing in Your Own Power? An honest accounting of a journey from suffering to transformation, How To Give Your Power Away and How To Reclaim It, invites readers to explore their own beliefs and actions in order to recreate a life of happiness, peace and joy. This is a book about empowerment, specifically for women, and a listing of the variety of ideas and activities that often get in the way of expression of power and self-love. There is also an emphasis on how to spiritually heal from physical, mental and emotional abuse, physical challenges, and how to forgive the unforgivable. Acclaimed artist, Nadine Cox, provides honest stories from her own life experience to show that one can move from tragedy, dysfunction, betrayal, and abuse to a life of joy, balance and self-love.

George Haddad is a deeply conflicted man. A doyen of Washington's high society, he is also a life-long member of a terrorist organization. George resolves his inner conflict when he discloses secret information to Tessa Barnard, a young television reporter, who soon finds herself treading a treacherous path of intrigue and deception involving murder, abductions, and brutal assaults. Someone is determined to silence her. Is it foreign terrorists, or does the danger emanate from somewhere much closer to home? Meanwhile, George Haddad himself becomes the object of the boundless cruelty of his organization's star assassin, and he has to make a fateful decision that could cost him his life. He knows the odds are heavily stacked against him. A tightly written and intricately plotted novel, with many twists and unanticipated revelations, The Paymaster is hard to put down.

This is the first book to argue for the study of classical divinity in biological terms. Introducing the H bond theory, this book will make you wonder whether cancer may be a condition of hydrogen bond deficiency, how intracellular communication might be affected not only by environmental radiation but also by subatomic radiation, and when the promising experimental results of so-called alternative medicine will be factored into our national health insurance models.Using grade school science, the H bond theory produces logical arguments for policy reform that are compatible with every religion on the planet. This book will make you believe in love.

Increase your self-confidence, find your identity, and make a change. Millions of women and men are trapped in dysfunctional situations that seem hopeless and inescapable. It is time to awaken, break the silence, escape your prison, drop all that old baggage and begin living. You can go mad calculating all the factors that go into making decisions. You must let go of the fear and make that first positive move. Life is a privilege and our path through it depends on you and God. Go ahead and take what has been broken, and put it back together in a new and better way.

A nostalgic coming-of-age novel... London, 1969, hot spot of the universe! The Beatles, bell bottoms, Vietnam War protests, reefers in Hyde Park, hopping on the Tube, and freaking out in Trafalgar Square between tea and crumpets... In the safe confines of a posh boarding school a fair walk from the end of the Bakerloo Line, Wendy, Tabitha, and other blossoming girls debate Yoko Ono's role in the demise of the Beatles, compare erotic fantasies, yearn to fall in love, queue up for the payphone, and scheme to escape. The girls do get away from time to time. Loose in the center of the universe, they wander chic neighborhoods, experiment with drugs in edgy pads, flirt with blokes, try on clothes and makeup, and change their minds. It's all allowed.

This book comes to you from an author / poet who is already published, and in some cases, with award winning material. Little Lessons" If you see the door is closed, Don't rush in hard-nosed. It's not a good idea to walk, 'Till on the door you knock... Then maybe, knock again, But, Please, wait to hear, "come in" " B Michele Stone c 2007This book is about things that a small child would find behind the various doors they would walk through in life. It is a poetry book.All the illustrations have been done by her friends 14 year old daughter, Rachel Huff.

Twelve-year-old Daryl Jenkins' summer plans are shattered by the death of his best friend, Terry, who died in an automobile accident caused by a drunk driver. With the memories still fresh in his mind, he tries to deal with his anger, disappointment, and frustration by playing baseball with his friends and drawing pictures for an art contest. But the ache in his heart tarnishes everything he does. Better Than a Homerun is the story of a boy who faces the monumental challenge of forgiveness. Through the encouragement and wise advice of his parents, Daryl begins to trust God and depend upon Him in all that he does, and his personal relationships with family and friends help strengthen his trust in God. But one big question remains. How can he ever forgive the drunk driver who took his best friend's life? To Daryl, it seems almost more than a boy can handle...

The Ivey family's roots have been in Manhattan, New York City for over 120 years, when Carlo Ivanisimo moved with his young family from Palermo, Italy to settle in the United States. Carlo decided his surname needed to be simplified so he changed the family name to Ivey so it would be easy to pronounce and fit into American culture. A few decades later Carlo's great grandson and now family patriarch Carl Ivey has a successful business in commodities trading which he owns and operates as sole proprietor since his father's retirement. Carl and his wife Jenna have three children, two of whom, Ronald (Ron) and Carrie, are young adults, and they reside with their youngest child, teenage son Gabe in an opulent three-level townhouse on Manhattan's Upper East side. Jenna, a former model, is happy with the life she has built with Carl and their children, but sometimes wonders if she might have been happier if she had pursued the dream she'd had since she was a teenager of having her own business in Hollywood. Still, all three Ivey children are extremely talented and Jenna has gotten a lot of joy by living her life through their children, especially their middle child and only daughter Carrie. Carrie has become a brilliant corporate attorney working in a prestigious Wall Street law firm, Ron is an exceptionally gifted multi-talented instrumental and vocal musician and Gabe is a high school star athlete. But after only two years spent practicing law in New York, Carrie made the sudden and radical decision to leave her high-powered, well-paying Wall Street law firm and move 3,000 miles from their family home to experience living and working in Los Angeles, California. Carrie reasoned that by utilizing her parents' friendships and their many national and global contacts, she would have a head start making contacts of her own and establishing a west coast entertainment client business base. In the meantime, Ron has disclosed to his parents he is a gay male and Gabe se

Emily Smith is an intelligent and gifted young woman attending the prestigious University of Science and Mathematics. And then she is abducted by Blain, who is very much not of this world.It turns out Emily is more than just a student-she is pivotal to protecting the Earth from a new enemy from another universe. Tom Young's Seed of Hope: The Emily Smith Trilogy is for dreamers and positive thinkers, those unafraid to question the status quo and those who do not take explanations at face value, those who choose adventure despite the unknown, and those who acknowledge a supreme being. We are but a small part in a grand experiment, and there is a supreme hand involved. Readers of Young's Seed of Hope will find peace and reassurance.

They said that communism had to be stopped. They said the communists were hell-bent on world domination, and that The Free World had to stop them. If we didn't stop them in Vi¿t Nam, the countries of Southeast Asia would topple like an upended row of "falling dominos"-one after another into communist hands. That's what they said. That was their theory-The Domino Theory.Their theory did not much include the Vietnamese people or the reality of their country. So the Vietnam War was based more on a theory about communism than on the dilemma of Vi¿t Nam. Save South Vietnam from conquest by North Vietnam, they said, because the northerners were the communists.The Vietnamese called it The American War, to distinguish it from the previous French War. Those who were called the communists called themselves the nationalists. America threw itself against them, and massive American firepower destroyed them massively. But they would not give in. Die for cause and country.THE DOMINO WAR spans the four peak years of the American war in Vi¿t Nam. Written with fictionalized names, the true story is replete with historical snippets and authentic 1966-1970 photos taken by the author. The narrative delves into the conflict from two angles by alternating between Jesse Parsten's odyssey in that tortured tropical land, and the Parsten family saga back home in an America convulsed by upheaval over the moral quandary and the morass of an escalating war.The U.S. Army drafted Jesse in early 1966, and soon cast him into the maelstrom. Yet despite all the destruction and disruption around him, the strange new country and culture captured Jesse's fancy, and struck a chord in his heart. He would eventually range over the entirety of South Vietnam, his eyes glimpsing the immense suffering of a lovely but star-crossed land, from the northern border to the far southern tip, and from the lengthy seacoast to the interior highland plateaus and forbidding mountain ranges.The unorthodox Parsten family and the realities of Jesse's corner of the war are revealed in their exchange of letters from 9000 miles apart. But it is the scenes from within the theater of conflict that bring to life the challenges Jesse faced, trying to do his best while holding to his principles in a war he detested, all the while striving to find the innate goodness in people uprooted by a cyclone of inhumanity.Jesse Parsten finally bid goodbye to that primevally beautiful but violently disfigured land of strife and death, after experiencing it from top to bottom for most of four years. He had witnessed a lethal mayhem that had put a million lives to an early end-a flood tide of coffins that brought grief and misery to countless families in both countries. But his own life had tacked in a new direction, a course that had launched him on a trajectory not of despair, but of love, renewal and family.The United States fought a limited war in Southeast Asia- strategically limited, tactically limited and geographically limited. Then the U.S. withdrew when its limited credibility was exhausted and the nation reached its political limit, leaving the battle once again to the Vietnamese.The struggle between reunification versus permanent partition into two countries finally ended with Northern victory, and reunification between North and South.The Domino had toppled.

A Tribute to the New Jersey - New York Kink Community. Devastated by the death of his love, Lynn, Nicholas turned to the community they had become part of: the kink community. He reconnected with some old friends, and through them, met some new ones. Randee was an in-your-face, self-proclaimed slut, and Cassie was an intriguing, intimidating dominatrix. To Nicholas, they were just his friends. Sometimes sex is just a distraction, but sometimes it can help to heal. For some people, sex is the only way they know how to seek or give comfort. Nicholas found an honesty and acceptance in the fetish community that he did not experience in his vanilla life. After his eye-opening relationship with Lynn, there was no going back. It was time to make new friends. What some people are saying... "I don't even know what to say." - Kevin. "I like to sit on my naked slave and paint on a canvas while he reads your books aloud to me." - Jennifer O'Neal, artist. "I'm your mother. I will never read this book." - my mother

When Bill Faust saw the "girl in the red coat" in his college history class, little did he realize that 20 months later it would lead to a marriage that would create three children, last 44 years, and take them from Phoenix to Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. The foundation of their story rests on the cards, notes, and letters they exchanged. It is the story of shared values, the joy of laughing together, and doing what it takes to keep love alive and a marriage last. It will make you laugh, make you cry and, as Bill illustrated in a short poem that was written after Pat died, to appreciate the daily opportunity that life brings to each of us. The poem is titled Today: I died a little bit today, One cell gone from here or there, One less tomorrow left to share, Today, was it worth dying for, Today?

Set in rural America in the 1950's, Chasing Butterflies revisits the author's childhood days in his attempt to recapture its joy and charm. A small band of boys share adventures, some comical and some poignant, displaying the innocence, fearlessness, and mischievous living-in-the-moment spirit that once resided in him. JIMMY, BILLY, GILBERT, and other members of their tight little group live an ideal life in southern Maryland. Everything a boy could want or need to have fun is at their disposal, their neighborhood surrounded by fields, forests, and streams, two gravel pits, an abandoned army base, and a haunted old mansion. Exploding homemade rockets, homemade bows and arrows, and riding a plastic boat filled with kids down a snow covered hill all end in near disaster. The reader will not be surprised when Billy spits fire and miraculously escapes serious injury. Jimmy learns valuable lessons during Sunday school on Saturday, having the birds and bees explained by one of the boys, and puzzling over his newly acquired interest in the opposite sex when, at age twelve, he sees a neighbor girl in tight blue shorts and understands his life, thereafter, will never be the same. Recently retired, the author hopes that locked away in those youthful exploits are secrets that can help fill the balance of his earthly existence with the delight he experienced in his childhood. Join Jim in his journey to rediscover the magical joy of life by looking through the eyes of the child he once was.

It seemed that Banister blood was destined to wander, starting with the earliest of settlers in the original colonies. This desire to see what was beyond the mountains or the sea flowed like a curse through their veins, pushing them on... In the third installment of the popular Banister Ranch Series, we discover what it was like to travel into unknown regions of the western frontier as an early settler. Spending months riding in a hot, crowded, bone-jarring covered wagon was only part of the challenge. A shaky treaty with some of the Indian tribes opened the Santa Fe trail for travelers, but nothing guaranteed their safety or insured their success as they struggled not only to survive, but to build a ranch during a violent and dangerous time in American history. Banister-Raiders of Santa Fe blends American history with the saga of a fictional family, the Banisters, revealing what it was like to face multiple, seemingly unsurmountable challenges and surviving against all odds on the frontier. The series offers relevant, realistic historical fiction with real places and events woven into exciting storylines that will resonate with the modern reader.