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The question we ask ourselves in the midst of our distress, in the midst of our severe circumstance is, "Does God really care about me?" and "Do I really matter?" The answer to both of these questions is absolutely "Yes." You and I do matter to God, our situations move Him, our trials touch Him, our crying out to Him in the midnight hour stirs Him into action on our behalf. We are worth it to Him, we are worth the time, we are worth the effort, we are worth every moment. He has chosen us, He has called us, He has saved us by His Grace, He has come to reside in us through His Spirit. There is no circumstance, problem or situation that is too great for Him to stop loving us.

So Help Me God presents twenty-one realistic combat accounts shared from the vivid memories of heroes who lived to tell them. Yet, deep from the memories of each hero we have the rare privilege to experience what they saw, said, and did each time the "death angel" knocked on their doorstep. From gripping details mixed through tears and painful memories, we "feel" the anxiety Doc felt as he frantically tries to save the life of an innocent child, wounded by the savagery of hidden bombs. We gasp in horror as Khmer Rouge goons torment Chou Te's humble, innocent family. We feel the tension in Leo as German boots walk within mere inches of his hidden hand, hiding from them in moments of darkness. Visually swim underwater with Don, approaching the shores of Iwo Jima. Learn of Betty Lynn's (Thelma Lou of the Andy Griffith show) heroic service during WWII. Be inspired by these heroes, touched, led, and protected by the hand of God. It is a rare talent where an individual, through his own military experiences, can recognize and illuminate another veteran's honor to serve his country. Jerry Barnes possesses that God-given talent. -Edwin N. LeGard, Commander, United States Navy, (Ret)

For eight-year-old Kiwi lass Ellie Borich, major life changes often evoke anxiety: her family plans to move from small town Paeroa to big city Auckland after Mr. Borich lands a major promotion in his job. This shy girl will now have a new home, new neighborhood, and have to make new friends at a new school. Whoa! To help Ellie navigate and work through these adjustments, Mr. and Mrs. Borich decide it is time to grant their daughter her most persistent wish: add a pet pug puppy to the family.

Pearl of the Orient...on a Stick is a story about Jon Ho and his friend, Myra Kaye Morgan. Jon, a first-generation Japanese American man who dresses and lives as a female most of the time, is pretty, smart, and funny. Myra makes him laugh, comforts him when his on-again/off-again relationship with a straight man isn't serving him well, and protects him from outside harm. Jon asks Myra all the right questions about her relationship choices and fulfills needs within Myra she didn't know existed.Their relationship is at the heart of Len Greyson's exploration of metaphysics and spirituality-through their friendship readers get a gentle dose of spiritual growth, humor, and an occasional glimpse of risqué fun.

No one wants to get struck by lightning, of course. But what if getting struck by lightning could grant you unique powers? What would you choose to do with those powers?Struck: Born from the Storm tells the story of a special kind of lightning storm, one that strikes only occasionally-and strikes only Black men and women. Some of those struck turn their newfound abilities to the service of Black people and humanity as a whole. Others use their powers for evil. Either way, their stories all influence the world...Written by a sci-fi/fantasy fan for other superfans, Struck illuminates the complexity of being Black across time and space while entertaining with stories of courageous superheroes, terrifying villains, and everyone in between.

Picking up pop bottles along rural dirt roads for candy money in rural Pennsylvania and traveling the world in the military, to turning a love for motorcycle riding into a hobby gone bad with classic motorcycle restorations. Buying a first cheap fly rod and pounding streams and rivers and morphing into a fly rod building business that sours over the years of dealing with elitists, self-anointed experts, and dipsticks. Inciteful, snarky commentary on snobbish connoisseurs of beer, wine, and gadgets, near brawls with drunks at back country campgrounds as well as with good friends, and some lively exchanges with family that will resonate with many. This is a collection of irreverent, hilarious, and at times serious essays, commentary and stories of youthful adventures, and growing up into a world of military service, wide-open outdoors and adult buffoonery.

This memoir, spans nearly a century, a childhood under the shadow of of the great depression into the horrors of World War two. and the atomic age; three marriages with children, a life rich in adventure and love despite harrowing loss and trauma. Still vital ad engaged at ninety-five, her journey is enlightened throughout by her passion for music and the creative life.

Route 66. The Pan-American Highway. The Oregon Trail.Up there with some of the greatest well-known American travel routes is a lesser-known one, the Santa Fe Trail. For about sixty years, this primarily commercial highway stretched between Missouri and New Mexico. Both Mexican and American traders used it, as did gold rush adventurers, stagecoaches, and many others. With the expansion of the US railroads by the 1880s, the trail fell into disuse. But before then, life-and-death dramas played out daily along the rough, remote route. In Gunnar's Odyssey, Richard Hollenback's meticulously researched Old West adventure novel, Gunnar Mann is facing many of those trials and tribulations as he travels along the Santa Fe Trail for months, his only goal to get back home to his girlfriend. Driven by a factually accurate history of life in the Southwest during the mid-1800s and brightened with romance and the author's genuine passion for the region, Gunnar's Odyssey is the perfect page-turner for anyone who loves reading about the early American West.

Big Pine Lake is really Crescent Lake in Enfield, Connecticut. The family of woodchucks lived on the High Meadow overlooking the lake. The places identified in the stories and the animals are real. The animals that frequented the lake were regular guests in my back yard and were a constant source of amazement.My young son used to wait every spring and every fall for the return of the Canada Geese. He would stand at the end of our dock with his bag of cracked corn, waving and calling, "Welcome back geese!" and they would swim to him, tentatively at first, to be fed. J. Duncan Beaver lived on the quiet cove and under our lake garden timbers in two very cozy lodges. The Great Beaver Pond Flood was a real event. Edward is modeled after my younger brother Ed, now retired. He is a curious and kind man, also a wonderful fiction writer who is now a naturally bearded Santa Clause living in Wichita Kansas. Uncle Bert is our late Uncle Bert Bremmer who knew every backwater pond and fishing hole on the lower Wisconsin River. The spring peepers were our first real sign of spring in the north and we waited all winter to hear them calling into the night in early April when we were kids. Gustav and Gerte were our great aunt and uncle in Wisconsin, both loyal and kind. The Ice Rescue is dedicated to them and to the migrating flock of geese that would come every spring and every fall on their way to and from their winter home on the Chesapeake Bay.We were lucky to be able to watch animals in their own environs at close range, both in Wisconsin as a young man and in Connecticut as an adult. It taught us to appreciate them and to cherish each moment and each shared adventure.

In the captivating fourth installment of the epic adventure of the Quest of the Staff and the Sword saga, the "hooded man" and his wife, Elizabeth, are tucked away in Luke's dungeon. With the help of a forgotten ally, Luke is guided back through time to a place called Halcyon, where he is certain he will fortify his hold as king of the world. Before he leaves, Luke attempts to tear apart John and Elizabeth by introducing a new woman into John's cell. Elizabeth has to push aside her increasing feelings of jealousy to step onto the Quest of the Staff and the Sword. John's role in the Quest is to gather eight individuals, known simply as The Eight, including Elizabeth and the new woman, Jena. Now Elizabeth, John, and Jena must find a way out of the dungeon to search for a series of codices that form the Codex Nexus. Their Quest takes them into harrowing tombs and ancient ruins around the world, all while deciphering clues and fighting against Luke's tyranny. This exhilarating, character-driven adventure will keep you on the edge of your seat!

This is a genial memoir of a Luxembourger's student days in New York during the turbulent nineteen-seventies. The narrative describes the author's diverse adventures encountered during daily life and discovery of America, and his experiences as a graduate student at an élite American University (The Rockefeller University). The account is replete with observations on the sometimes peculiar (to a European), and sometimes admirable, behavior exhibited by Americans. Paralleling impressions of Japanese, Swedish and German lifestyles round up the author's paean to New York and his decision to settle there for good.

Modern Christianity discusses such controversial topics as Creation, Nature of God, What Jesus was Really Like, Faith, Satan and Sin, Sex and Marriage, Discrimination and the Church, Anger, Fear, Doubt, Guilt, Temptation, Evil Events, Declining Morality, Politics, The Good Life, Evangelism, and The End Times.

Certification Specialists has been helping teachers become New York State Certified since 2001. We provide services to both the New York City Department of Ed­ucation and the City University of New York. This guide is designed to assist candidates who are certifying to become Early Childhood and Childhood educators. Our guide includes practice problems for all aspects of the test. Introductory problems review foundational skills and three practice tests give you the opportunity to see your progress using mixed reviews that mimic the test. Detailed answer explanations have been refined based on our exten­sive experience building these skills with institutional and private clients. Certification Specialists is a boutique test preparation company that specializes in teacher certification. Our materials are developed by teachers, for teachers and are based on extensive research of these exams.

God has given us abilities to quiet our storms. He has given us the authority to rebuke the winds and waves (John 14:13-14). Storms can be swift, unexpected, and overwhelming, as well as small, persistent, and annoying. Yet, every storm carries a lesson, be it large or small, we just have to be receptive to what that lesson may be. If we listen carefully, our storms and setbacks can become our opportunities, which set us up for success. Remember, not all storms come to disrupt our lives, some come to clear our paths to greater things. When we learn to take our eyes off our storms and set our sights toward the only One who can truly do anything about them, then, we will make it through the storms, or find peace during the storm. We will be able to command our storms and declare, "I'M COMING OUT". It is my hope that those reading this book find inspiration and support through the words of God while weathering our storms.

This manifestation journal is second to none. This journal has been used to manifest many things in many people lives. If it is followed correctly and you believe you will be surprised at how much power the law of attraction and manifestation can bring into your life. Try this journal for 30 days or more and you will find yourself amazed. Set your intentions, believe and write it down.

Rice is the staple food for more than half of the world's population, but it is often taken for granted and regarded as a common cereal crop. As a rice-eater and a botanist, the author delves deep into the fascinating history and biology of rice, and discusses the past, present, and future of rice as an essential cereal. The Story of Rice includes a discussion of the cuisines that have been built around rice in different parts of the world, as well as the cultural legacies and heritage left by thousands of years of rice farming around the globe. Rice is life!

One need 10,000 hours to become a master at a skill. To become a great driver, one will need at least a million miles. I did it with passengers in Las Vegas. Drove a million miles and wrote A Million Miles in Vegas. It's a journey of stories and making money behind the wheel. Get lucky and finish rich. There is always room at the top. We just need to get there. The view on top is worth the drive. Become a millionaire. Make a name for yourself. Zero to hero. It's a drive. Ride or die.No need Ph.D or M.B.A. Just become a streetwise. Know how to read the situations and act accordingly. That's all it takes. You blink, you lose. Lol! Vegas game. Master the game. Get a belt. K.O is the name. Driving is my game. I'm One in a million. Driver, "Follow the leader", "Wide waiting", "Turn & Burn", "Rock & Roll", "How you do that?", "Tell me more", "No one sit on my lap, please don't lick my ears."Drive a little, make a lot of money. Get lucky, finish rich. Come drive for a month, a year or a decade. Join now! Life start at 30.com

The Unstoppable God is a collection of inspirational poems which highlights some of the struggles that we face when waiting on the Lord. It explores themes as endurance, hope, godly love, patience; commitment and relationships. This work encourages readers to walk more closely with God by developing an intimate relationship with Him as you come to understand His nature. Each poem is supported by a relevant scripture that undergirds the elements which the author wishes to evoke. The poems are conversational and interactive and there is something for everyone in these poems. If you need some encouragement after a hard day at work, you will find something in the book to provide strength and comfort.

On September 17, 1862, an explosion at the Allegheny Arsenal in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, kills seventy-eight girls rolling bullet cartridges for the Union army. News of the catastrophe is buried, however, beneath the horrendous casualty reports coming out of the Battle of Antietam, fought on the very same day. Inspired by these two real-life tragedies, Consecrated Dust tells the wartime story of four young northerners - feminist, Clara Ambrose; soldier, Garrett Cameron; industrialist, Edgar Gliddon; and immigrant, Annie Burke - friends, lovers, and bitter rivals. In the teeming streets and factories of Pittsburgh, and on the battlefields of the Army of the Potomac, they struggle to survive, forced to choose between love and duty, sacrifice and greed. Their choices ultimately lead to their presence at both the Arsenal and the Antietam battlefield on that fateful September day, a day that reveals the true meaning of courage - a day not all of them will survive. "Mary Frailey Calland bridges the gap between historian and storyteller, adeptly using characters to walk the reader through the times and events in 1862 Pittsburgh where life and the consequences of war collide. Rich in historic detail, Consecrated Dust is a narrative window to the past." MICHAEL KRAUS, Curator of Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, and military consultant to the films Gettysburg and Cold Mountain."The Civil War is seared into American memory for the horrors of the battlefields, North and South. Mary Calland's Consecrated Dust brings the tragedy to the northern home front and Pittsburgh - the Arsenal of the Union - which experienced in a single day the greatest death of civilians during the four year conflict." ANDREW E. MASICH, President & CEO of the Senator John Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh, PA.

There are many ways to become successful in life. So many right and wrong paths to follow. Which did The Reverend Dr. Dorothy Blakley take in her childhood journey from the segregated dirt roads of rural Alabama to the paved city streets of St. Joseph, Missouri? Her inspirational book "Making Ends Meet: Life Lessons From Locust Street" tells of the struggles and triumphs of The Stewart Family (from largely segregated World War II Era America through the desegregated 1960's) and how it shaped the life of its middle child (Dorothy). Filled with spiritual and practical guidance that helped many "make ends meet" in tough times, the book is also an interesting history lesson on how the road to success has widened since integration and become even more accessible to many different people than before.

I don't remember what we were talking about, but my Granddaughter Kaity, her dad and I were talking about something and she said "There's always a story isn't there Bumpa." Upon reflection on that simple statement, I said, "Yes. There is." The more I thought about it, the more profound it became. There is always a story. A family story. A friend's story. A stranger's story. Just something wandering around your head. But what do we do with them. Hopefully family stories we tell the next generation so it can be passed down. Some just drift off in never, never land, maybe to be told by someone else. But those bouncing around in our heads we need to put down on paper, to share. So, for Kaity and her cousins, my five wonderful Grandchildren here are five of those bouncing around in my head stories, now out, relieving pressure and avoiding aspirin. Enjoy.

The source of this story is a cache of seven notebooks found at a remote site in the northwest high desert by a geology student. The anonymous author-the lack of attribution crucial-is finally discovered to be an autistic genius who many years earlier disappears. The student's mentor, upon retirement, seeks the source of the find and puts together this book. Essentially the notebooks are the diary of the last member of a family whose handed-down wealth allows him to circle the country for eighteen years, living on trains, in stations, and camping more or less randomly in the surrounding wilds.Prior to this, the diarist lives in a mansion, cloistered in the in-house library built by a father who has achieved some renown as a scientist. But the father has not the genius of the son. In the son's own words: "While he built the library, I put it to use."The son's publications in science journals earn him an invitation to join a university. Then things fall apart. His father commits suicide, his mother (a complex figure) is likely murdered, whereby at her funeral our subject is whisked away by a random female mourner we never get to know.That's where this diary (his journey) begins. The Man I Never Was asks: what defines identity - places, persons, events? Can its roots and causes be identified, found through exploration? Where in one's untold pages can formative triggers and trajectories be discovered, altered, erased? Seeking answers our subject travels into his past, present and future circuitously seeking (perhaps cleverly evading) an anchoring self, all the while testing if predestination is all and immutable.Movement and the strangeness of a self in alien spaces is the centrifugal force driving the novel. While the tale never slows or gets lost in detail, the reader is drawn to focus on the existential exploration of a personal reality.Sjogren began his writing life while subsistence living on Florida's Big Pine Key, fishing, gathering, embedded in and contending with existence in its most basic form. From the beginning, living through and within spaces colors and directs his literary sense, first in an old Ford, then traveling nearly a million miles on motorcycles, going repeatedly across the country and down into Central America to Panama. Finally he "settles" on charter boats sailing around the Caribbean while raising a family on a houseboat on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.The Man I Never Was is the second volume of a trilogy-The Separated Woman being the first-augmenting and redefining the form of existential expression in the modern novel.