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Rudy was born in 2003, in the slums of Guatemala City, to a woman that didn't want or love him. She discarded him at birth. He was tossed from place to place and physically abused by a bitter stepmother. When Rudy was 7-years-old, a glimmer of hope began shining into his bleak life. A Guatemalan woman, an American missionary serving in Guatemala, and an American pastor and his wife, step by step, began changing this young boy's life. For over six years, things only got better and better for little Rudy. He traveled, and everywhere he went, people fell in love with him. In the USA, in Guatemala, and in Costa Rica. Then tragedy struck.You won't want to put this book down as you read the details of Rudy's life, learning to fish with his grandpa in a remote village, helping his grandma gather firewood, or living with the only white woman in town. You will laugh at Rudy's reaction to his first airplane flight. You will feel the young boy's excitement at getting to live near the beach in Costa Rica, watching monkeys swing through trees, and avoiding iguanas sunbathing on the rocks. You will learn to love Rudy too, like so many others. Yet there will be moments where your heart will break at what he had to endure. This book will not only tell Rudy's unique story but hopefully inspire you to never hesitate in taking a risk on love.

"I simply could not put it down-marvelous storytelling. This book makes you want more. Aside from being incredibly funny, S.D. Turner honors America's soldiers past and present. I could see A Soldier's Tale of Combating Hangovers being adapted into a mini-series."- MAJ Donald "Captain Hand-grenade" Vandergriff, MA, FRSA, US Army (Ret)A Soldier's Tale of Combating Hangovers: Debauchery Before the Internet is the funniest damn book you'll ever read about the military. S.D. Turner, in his debut memoir, brilliantly captures the mood and spirit of life in the early 1990s. After signing up for the Army's delayed entry program at sixteen years old, he found himself at Kentucky's Fort Knox a week after his eighteenth birthday. As a new recruit, the story starts with him running from irate drill sergeants and ends with him running from 1,800-pound angry bulls in the cobbled streets of Pamplona, Spain. Part One follows his 4-month training cycle where the recruits are at the hands of the drill sergeants and every torturous, but funny punishment they can dole out. Having come from a long line of service members, S.D. Turner breaks down the hysterical irony of it all in perfect fashion, as he masterfully puts the encoded world of the military into a language that civilians will understand and service members, young and old, will appreciate. It's a page-turner that will have you wanting more.Part(y) Two finds our author stationed in the beer capital of the world-Germany. As a newly minted soldier on his first night in Europe, he wasted no time in drinking too much, as he defiles a First Sergeant's boots with pizza and beer. Follow along as he finds his first experiences, like driving on the famed Autobahn, mostly-naked, in a 10-ton Army truck, and with an audience of French tourist buses, are usually down-right laughable. He guarantees you will look at soldiers in trucks very differently. Beer fests, an unauthorized weekend in Amsterdam, being chased by the German Polizei and Military Police in one night all happened before the advent and proof of the internet.Aside from being laugh-out-loud, the story, interestingly, is not all beer brawls and bull fights. The subtle theme is the author's reflective quality on character and the bonds of brotherhood that were developed, while their mostly innocent and youthful spirits soared in the moment. As WWII was less than a half-century removed, the rich European history they lived and breathed was not in the least lost on the author. S.D. Turner and company literally walked the hallowed footsteps of Patton at the Battle of the Bulge, slept in barracks still adorned with Swastikas, and hiked a section of the D-Day invasion. The humor is a constant throughout the book, but the subtle theme that every service member can appreciate, is the one quality that defines them as soldiers, airmen and airwomen, marines and sailors-adaptability in every situation. The author has seemingly pulled back the curtain into not only the past, but into a world about the military that few knew existed-the funnier side of all the guns, guts, and glory. America is wrought with warrior heroes, and having only combated hangovers in Europe, the author pays a fitting tribute to the humor of life as a soldier. Sit back and enjoy this hilarious and unbelievable journey and meet some of his closest brothers in the storyline, as they regularly hold reunions.

From its genesis in North Korea, Z7R2 is racing around the world unchallenged, a fatal virus infecting tens of millions. The world is now severed into two partitions: those who must wear a red mask to show their infected status, and those with white masks, who give the reds a wide berth. The world's pharmaceutical companies scramble with little success to unearth a treatment or vaccine. After an appeal from their friend, FBI agent Matthew Johnson, Jon Levine and Alyssa Martin join the hunt for a way to combat this deadly disease. Together they learn the shrouded secrets behind this toxic invasion, and find themselves careening from Los Alamos, to a meeting with Mossad operatives in their home, a midnight execution in Geneva, meetings in Tel Aviv and Tehran, and ultimately, the White House itself.

A call to leadership is a privilege to influence others to follow the path they need to go. In time of crisis, the role of leadership takes on a greater significance. This is because crisis tends to usher in fear, pain, confusion, uncertainty, and an overwhelming sense of hopelessness. To lead others effectively, a leader must command influence, and influence is more powerful than authority. This is because while authority can move followers in the direction they should go, it tends to fall short when the leader is not present. Conversely, leadership influence can inspire and motivate people to follow in the direction that they should go, whether the leader is present or not.Therefore, LEADERSHIP I.N.F.L.U.E.N.C.E. describes a leader who can influence his followers by providing them with the vital information that can assist them to navigate a crisis. Also, followers tend to put their faith in such a leader because he listens to them and to other reliable sources, to gain a good understanding of the crisis. Additionally, such a leader applies emotional intelligence to nurturing his followers and to making the necessary changes during the crisis. Overall, he remains exemplary in his character and conduct.

The Many Moods of Dis - Ease: Who I Am, As I Am is a book of expressive poems offered through the author's lens of living with a neurologically degenerative disease. The poems invite the reader to partake in the experiences of this journey through the disclosure of the many moods, emotions, and phenomena encountered. Each Mood (Discovery, Despair, Compassion, Acceptance, Transformation, Healing, Hopeful and Gratitude) invites the reader to recognize the diversity of experiences from the initial diagnosis forward. This book is written for those living with all forms of neurologically degenerative disorders like Parkinson's Disease, ALS, MS, as well their Care Partners and society as a whole. The more one delves into the poems, the moods and paths traversed, the more one becomes aware and awakened to the journeys of adversity and acceptance along with that of sorrow and hope.

Pavel Javornicky was born in 1932 in Prague, Czech Republic, which, at the time of his birth, was called Czechoslovakia. He earned his doctorate in biology at Caroline University in Prague and subsequently worked as a scientist at the Academy of Science in Prague. He spent one year at the University of California in Davis, where he worked with a team of scientists in the department of hydro-biology. Later in his life he became a pastor of the Evangelical Church "Církev Bratrská" (The Church of the Czech Brethren). He worked in that capacity till his retirement.He is the author of several books published in the Czech republic: Written in the Dust and The Resonant Stories (co-authored with his wife, Viera,) and treatise where he deals with the problem of science and Christian belief, Faith and Science Are Not in Conflict.

Following the Civil War, a cauldron of conflict existed along the Oregon trail. Southerners, Yankees, whites, blacks, soldiers and Native American Indians, would-be settlers along with scoundrels, all seeking a new life in the west. Then add in a forbidden love affair, challenging the accepted norms of the people and the time. A white female southern plantation owner along with a run-away black slave share love and passion while journeying west seeking a new life together. From their covered wagon they experienced the thrill of seeing a massive herd of Buffalo appearing to stretch to the far horizon. At Fort Lincoln, Kansas, they encountered friendly Indians while learning something of the Native culture. Further along they encounter hostile Crow Indians who threaten their very lives. This then is a true slice of American history and of the settlement and maturing of our nation.

In times of great change and turmoil like these, people often feel helpless, hopeless, and afraid. They don't know what to do to make things better. Too often they fail to trust themselves and their neighbors enough to search for answers collectively. Instead, they cede their power to a strong leader to save them. They want the leader to show his/her power with a war-like stance, where there's no room for compromise, where there's only one correct way, and where everyone blindly agrees with this so-called leader.Cheering for the Good: Leading When It Matters urges all of us to step up and be the change. People are hungering for a different view of leadership, one where they can embrace hope. And that's what we've seen lately. Many leaders have come to the fore during the COVID 19 crisis. They have put the common good ahead of their own comfort and safety. They have spread the message that we are all in this together and that we must look out for everyone. They have used their creativity to serve the needs of the whole. When the COVID 19 pandemic is behind us, we will need to make decisions about who we want to be as a people. Will we go back to who we were before, or will this challenging time have been a point of transformation for all of us?Using the metaphor of cheerleading, the author urges readers to exercise leadership in their own corner of the world, using their unique gifts, collaborating with others, embracing our oneness, and focusing on what's right with the world. Good leaders inspire us to be our better selves. The models of leadership which can do this call for much more collaboration, compassion, inclusion, humility, and integrity.In order to become leaders, people need first to believe in themselves as good, with unique gifts and wisdom. Throughout the book, the author cheers for the readers to claim their power. She gives examples of good leadership in today's world, and provides reflection questions at the end of each chapter to help the readers further delve into their own call.Then the author cheers for them to use their gifts to influence the world for the better, not through solving its perceived problems, but in recognizing and revealing what's already right with the world. This revolutionary stance of goodness will bring about the change we all seek.

The beginner as well as the experienced professional will garner a hive full of information from Applied Beekeeping in the United States. Honeybee information has been compiled and published in book form in hopes that beekeepers in the United States and worldwide will benefit. There are many topics in this book not contained in more theoretical books and through 342 pages, supplemented by 246 full-color photographs, both the novice and experienced beekeeper will take away new knowledge. This book is a collection of articles published in Bee Culture, Beekeeping: The First Three Years, and American Bee Journal over the last five to eight years plus some unpublished information and articles. The information covers a broad range of beekeeping topics from basic beekeeping (smokers, moving hives, pulling honey, going through a colony, laying workers, the bee-year, splitting, extracting your honey crop, when is a colony worth saving, swarming, drawing out comb, feeders, installing a package of bees, safety in the beeyard, frames and foundation, beeswax candles, bottom boards, walk-away splits, feeding, rotating old comb, determining how many colonies to have at each location), equipment (assembling frames and foundation, assembling equipment), planning (establishing out-yards, sales and marketing, pollination, mentoring, starting a bee club) and finance (when and how much equipment should you purchase), and much more. David MacFawn has over 50 years' experience working with honey bees, mainly in the southeastern United States.

Embry endured a life-changing tragedy, which caused hopelessness, fear, and anxiety to rip her world apart. She experienced isolation and loneliness, but through the power of Christ, her husband's love, and music, she overcame many barriers. She found refuge in her dreams coming true and let go of the past. She was finally free and happy!

Have you ever felt like you've hit rock-bottom? Have you ever felt broken or afraid? Regardless of your answer, this short story will allow you to take a journey into the lives of two strangers who hit rock-bottom. Knowing their story may allow you to see that perhaps people and situations come to us in the precise moment that they are meant to come into our lives. Will these two strangers prevail? Will they have the strength to fight off their demons? Which path would you choose?

Contemporary Man Believes in Logic, questions his Faith and can't Fathom or Perceive Miracles; It's time for a Reality Check? Wake up! Societies must Maintain, Law and Order. Obligations and Consequences are Vital. 'Will-Power' is Sacred. Faith is Divine. Together, they are Life Changing.Be Aware of Logical Deception as it is TABOO. Unfortunately, Inner Chaos is Natural? Fears, Doubt and Curiosity are Normal. It All Starts in your Mind. Life is a matter of Political Evolution, as Everything is Inter-Connected. Systematically, Organized Chaos is Man-made as are; Governments and Corruption. Organized Ignorance is also TABOO! It Deceives Humanity! It is an Evil Tool used to indoctrinate our children; by dumbing them down and thus conforming to a desired Belief System. It is Brain washing, via lies. Ironically EVIL is LIVE, spelled Backwards. Unfortunately, man has a habit of Wrong Living, as Devil is; Lived spelled Backwards. Go Figure! Society is in a Spiritual War? Mankind is Guilty of Ignorance. But when Ignorance is Ignored, Stupidity is Justified! Ultimately, we are Here to Bring Joy to the World; as Peace on Earth. You have to Re-Think your Mind-Set. Psychoanalyze Yourself. "Self-manifestation allows you to trust that the universe will provide exactly what you need at exactly the right moment." Thoughts Become Reality; from Irrelevant to Essential; Destiny Still, Awaits Your Command. You Manifest Your Own Destiny. Ironically, both Ordinary and Extraordinary; are mere Options. Happiness is Paramount. Ego, does Exits? Be A Ware of Egos. Egos are Compulsive. Learn to Tame your Ego. Influence is a Sacred Choice. An Iron Will, Does Not Compromise with Evil. Greed and Corruption are Unconscionable!Never Underestimate the Power of Your Imagination. You were born with all the tools to Thrive. Trust Your Intuition. Master Your-Mind-Set, Control Your Emotions. Let Your Conscience be Your Guide. Love is Essential. Confession and Forgiveness are Divine Gifts. Imagination, Defies Logic. Manifestation is The Secret, to Control Your Own Destiny. BELIEVE! Follow Your Dream. Shine On... Glory Be when- We All Embellish; Joy to the World as Peace on Earth and Mankind, Reflects LOVE... God Bless America! United We Stand, Divided We-???? America was founded as One Nation Under God. Amen!

It all started with a dream... and as this dream is unfolding, we are far from done. We pick up where we left off; Tink finds herself on a pebbly beach, an island in the middle of nowhere, and Tommy, last we knew, was floating in that bizarre liquid and ended up possibly mummified. Lorenzo fell through the floor of Tommy's cabin into some crazy purgatory, Maddie ended up in the Regeneration Room and found Tink's starburst necklace, and Demonica brought Derek to meet Lexi. Now, we get to know Lexi, who her father is, and where she's been her whole life. Tink befriends the little girl she meets on that pebbly beach and finds out who this girl is related to. Later, Tink discovers something about herself and what she is capable of. Tommy is... different. What will become of him? Lorenzo discovers how powerful magic can be. One more room in the vault is opened; the first reveal is quite a surprise, but the second one is shocking, at best. We digress to Franti¿ka's past, before Demonica existed. We find out how she raised her first-born child, how her relationship with Ludv¿k began, how she and Josef became involved, and why Demonica took over. And then there is Lexi... poor, secluded, isolated Lexi. We certainly get to know her quite a bit; and yet, we've only scratched the surface where she is concerned. Is she sweet and naïve, or is she a chip off the old block...? We'll just have to wait and see. Will we encounter more body swapping? Will anyone die? Will Demonica finally succeed and take over Tink's life? So many unanswered questions... Just as we imagine we know what is about to take place at the end of this book, a new character appears. This one is other-worldly, literally. How does this being fit into this story? You may not figure that out; blink, and you'll miss it...

I THINK ANYONE WHO HAS EVER PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO SUIT UP JUST ONE MORE TIME AND IN A WAY THIS GIVES MY GUYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT THROUGH THIS IMAGINARY SEASON THAT UNFOLDS. FURTHERMORE, THE TEMPLATE THAT IS USED TO RANK THE TEAMS IS ADJUSTABLE TO ANY TEAM IN THE COUNTRY AND COULD BE USED FOR OTHER FANS OR COACHES TO DO THE SAME THING WITH THEIR FAVORITE TEAMS. EVEN THOUGH THE ACTION IS IMAGINARY AND REGIONAL, I FEEL AS THOUGH FOOTBALL FANS CAN FIND SOMEONE OR SOME TEAM THAT THEY WILL IDENTIFY WITH IN THIS BOOK AND THEY WILL PULL FOR THEIR FAVORITE TEAM AS IF IT WERE REALLY HAPPENING.THIS BOOK IS MY OFFERING TO ALL FANS OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL BUT ESPECIALLY TO ALL FORMER PLAYERS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO LOVE AND MISS THE GAME THEY PROBABLY PLAYED SINCE THEY WERE YOUNG KIDS IN RECREATION LEAGUES.ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME OF CORONA VIRUS PUTTING THE FOOTBALL SEASON IN DOUBT THIS WILL OFFER FANS A CHANCE TO READ ABOUT FOOTBALL COMPETITION AT A HIGH LEVEL AND CAN GET THEM THROUGH UNTIL THE REAL THING IS BACK AT FULL STRENGTH.AMERICANS LOVE FOOTBALL AND THIS BOOK IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO FULFILL THAT DESIRE FOR GRIDIRON ACTION.

A "Mesmerizing", "Spellbound" story of 2 best friends, Malik and TJ. One a highly decorated Army Sargent who served in the Irag and Afghanistan war and the other a street-savvy civil rights lawyer. Their lives would change forever one faithful day on the freeway. A life tragically cut short, one man will carry on the legacy of the other, fighting against a corrupt local transit authority, in-spite of the hatred and rekindled grudge of his former commanding officer and FBI Agent, Captain Nick Niles! An Iraqi Village was illegally` bomb on the orders of Captain Nick Niles killing an innocent village woman Ani who met Malik and they fell in love. Fire Chief Lumps served in combat during Vietnam and later he instructed Malik on demolition explosives in the Army. Paramedic Mike served in the Army with Malik in Irag and became a Smoke Jumper. Their lives will again intersect and in unimaginable ways. Follow this riveting tale of "LOVE", "FRIENDSHIP", "HATE", and "TERROR" as Malik and Mia his new love interest, fight to save innocent lives including their own during rush hour traffic on an overcrowded, dark and rainy freeway!

This book is an interesting account of defeats and triumphs as encountered by one African American Male. It is a raw, unpretentious view of life's intricacies. Enjoy turning the pages of this adventures and ponder your own life as you read it.

This book is a short read keeping a child's attention with beautifully illustrated rhyming prayers and blessings allowing children to memorize the words through repetition. The best two presents a parent can give their child is quality time and having faith in God. As a busy parent, they can accomplish both while putting their child to bed and reading them A Childs Grace bedtime story. These prayers will teach children how to talk to God and develop a trust in his love. There's no better gift than having the faith that can help them through the most difficult times as they grow older, knowing that everything will turn out okay. Saying grace at mealtime is a wonderful way for parents and their children to give gratitude for the blessings they have received and hope for their worries and concerns for their loved ones.

A beautiful but daunting modern day fairytale set in the enchanted seaside village of Kennebunkport, Maine.In 2016, 24-year-old Meghan Murphy returns home to coastal Kennebunkport, Maine to live with her father Jack, after a terrible break-up. In her father's attic, Meghan finds a faded photo and then a letter Jack wrote, but never sent to Lizzy Bennett of Alexandria, Virginia. Over time, she learns that Lizzy and Jack were once in love, and their story intrigues her enough to uncover a devastating family secret and a number of mystical signs from the universe.In 1990, Lizzy Bennett first meets Jack Murphy while teaching at an elite prep school in Virginia. The single mother and quiet art teacher become best friends, fall in love quickly, and begin to plan their future until it is all stripped away when Jack decides to leave suddenly to raise a child he didn't know he had, and they painfully agree to part ways and never speak again. However, the universe has a different plan for Jack and Lizzy as they experience both real and magical encounters that bind them together for a lifetime.For lovers of delicious fiction meant to be devoured quickly. For those who believe in everyday magic. For those who need a loving escape from reality.