Briars, Brambles, and Barbed Wire is a collection of short stories written in first person- most conveyed with biting sarcasm and self-deprecating humor. The stories are intended to entertain and amuse the reader. With titles like 'Driving Miss Crazy', 'MEGA DONGS', 'Great Cluster Buster of 2020', 'Nice Balls, Betty', and 'Peeing in the Gene Pool' one should not be disappointed to discover stories based on memories and observations from the mind of someone a half bubble off plumb. One will know to not expect the inspired work of a literary genius or plan to see the movie on NETFLIX. Although some more serious and poignant stories are interspersed within the works, most are intended to evoke a laugh or smile. Finding humor in awkward situations and the good among the bad is the common theme. Believing we take ourselves entirely too seriously, the author demonstrates it is acceptable and alright to laugh at our mistake and move along. The creative force behind the stories is an old tired woman living on the family farm. Retired and inspired to improve the farm (her legacy), she began the process of shredding briars and brambles and removing old barbed wire fences. The stories are instigated, formulated, ruminated, and regurgitated...all by a little ol' lady from a little ol' briar patch in Texas. "I postulate we are surrounded by an abundance of pricks; I have merely chosen to surround myself with pricks I can actually run over with a shredder."
This fictional novel shows how a terminally ill American Nationalist billionaire compiles extensive amounts of internet-hacked personal information about hundreds of leftist/socialist/communist elites. These corrupt elites have formed a cabal that controls the hierarchy of the Democrat party. They control the dissemination of fake news to the American people along with the dissemination or withholding of crucial information. They also control the purposefully twisted education of our children. The billionaire recruits, arms and funds four small, well-trained assassination squads. The story follows the bloody exploits of a squad of two Army veterans who are also first cousins as they track down and eliminate the leaders of the cabal.
For many of us, our high school days can best be summarized as a time of personal growth, frequent confusion, raging hormones and an incomplete or limited understanding of what life entrails. The Sac Prairie High School Class of 1973 was no different in most regards from thousands of other graduating classes except for one glaring exception. The class was torn apart by a vindictive Homecoming prank orchestrated by its male members, creating a divide the size of the Grand Canyon within and among male and female members. Subsequent class reunions were marked less by a celebration of fellowship and more by continued animosity over real and imagined past harbored slights. The story might well end there except for the heinous act of international terrorism committed on August 18, 2018 during the 45th class reunion. Unbeknownst to the attendees at that time, the foreign exchange student, a renowned Al Qaeda terrorist, with unbridled hatred for his former classmates, decided to ensure that this was the last reunion courtesy of the explosive conclusion to the evening he had meticulously planned. While the basic facts have been reported ad nauseam, the shocking events of that night and their subsequent impact on the surviving members of the class and the communities remained a closely guarded mystery. Like the sea retains its dead in Davey Jones locker, small towns retain their own secrets. It's well past time that the rest of the world finally hears the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. What A Fool Believes gives a compelling account of the shocking events of this infamous international terrorism incident delivering the most accurate intimate perspectives as told by surviving participants. Join the Class Clown, the IT girl, the Stoner, the BMOC, Miss Congeniality, the Music Man, the Multi-Millionaire, the Farmer, the Gossip Girl and a host of others, if you dare to learn this amazing story. Follow these individuals from the people they once were, people that each of us encountered to some degree during our own high school years, to the people they've become. The story is a cornucopia of emotions, the battle between good versus evil, courage and heroism in the face of the unimaginable danger, enduring love, unrequited love, loss, hope and ultimately, redemption. The deep thinker of the class lived by the motto "everything will be all right" but will it? Or is this just what a fool believes? The answer, along with the strategic use of bubble wrap, will likely surprise.
Her name is Mary Parks. She is a private investigator (P.I.). She is young, she is beautiful but most of all she is smart. The F.B.I. has a lead on the smuggling of cocaine, they never drop a lead until every angle is investigated. This lead leads to where Mary Parks has worked since she was fourteen years old. The small grocery chain becomes the focus of attention. Live to Die! Mary Parks is hired by a large cattle owner who is personally involved who killed who and why? Three people are plotting to kill one of the three. Why? No significant amount of money is involved, no jewelry, no large insurance policies, no affairs are present past or now. The word boredom pops up but is boredom a reason to kill? Is there any reason to kill? Let's see how Mary Parks will solve this mystery. Read on and maybe just maybe the answer will come up.
Unprecedented Times call for Unprecedented Actions!Robert Hernandez, author promotes the idea toAwaken and Come Alive!with the power of Self Awareness to change your life.Featuring the 5 Master Keys for Life SuccessFrom Principles to PracticeBased on natural and universal principles to support our lives, when we understand that: - Forces shape form-all originates from invisible forces.- Life naturally proceeds in a proper order.- We must change to live and live to change.- All humans are inherently and spontaneously creative.- All is connected through relationship.Chock Full ofInsights, information, and inspiration to enhance a life of self control, self direction, and self fulfillment!Learn how to: -Manage the unseen with the 5 most critical inner resources and how to make them work for you, not against you-Promote order with the Five Rs for Pattern Recognition-Create possibilities and solutions when we understand how to properly "breathe information" for fertilizing our seeds of potentiality-Be Change Ready through the practice of the ART of Change for Letting Grow and Moving On-Cultivate Relationships, and realize the one most important relationship, and how to let it go Includes true stories to enlighten the soul and warm the heart: -The US Marine who died three times and came back to tell the story!-The Magic Word that Turns the Will-Spill the Beans: A Cooking Lesson in Letting Go -The Big Fish Story: Not the one that got away but the one that wouldn't let go!You will learn new terms, principles, and actions like: - Inner-fearance, Invisi-abilities, The Law of Proper Authority, the Toilet Bowl Principle, and the Jiggle Effect, - The answer found within PAIN that must be attended to for relief, - How to generate PEP, your best Personal Emotional PerformanceAll intended for a life filled with happiness, wellness, and a higher lifestyle through the most powerful principle for self discover to: Know thyself!
The planet Saturn is attacked by an overwhelming alien force. David and Danielle Odessa along with family and friends are forced to flee the only homes that they have ever known. Pursued by the Pyorian Domain, the siblings battle overwhelming odds to escape their grasp. They then join a mission to end the alien's siege on the galaxy.Robert Perrin's A Quest for Survival is for anyone wanting more than a simple science fiction story-and for anyone wanting a moral themed story that is relevant for the current times.
A How-To Guide to effective customer service for Theatre House Managers and Patron Services Supervisors and Staff. Step by step instructions for planning, hiring, training and managing staff, volunteers and facilities to bring a happy audience into and out of a theatre performance, plus a collection of stories about what can and will happen while you do...
I am writing this book because I have had many wondrous visions and spiritual experiences including a face to face talk with the Lord of Glory. I began hearing the voice of the Holy Spirit at the age of 18 even though I was not studying the Bible or going to church. I must explain; I am not writing this book from the point of view of a historical, linguist, or a professional or a dogmatic religious Christian. I view scripture from a reality of many actual spiritual encounters including a face to face conversation with the Lord of Glory (Jesus the Christ) in which he qualified my understanding of organized religion by saying, 'what you say is true'. I had just made the statement, 'the people do not know you'. This would be because they follow the dictates of organized religion without having an actual relationship with the Spirit of God. This book is designed to expand your mind and give you a better understanding of the elusive and provocative subject of Bible prophesy at its conclusion, you will know the story, without question. This would include a unreputable scientific explanation of creation, what really happened to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the purpose of Baptism and coded information found in the Bible. In today's world faith in God has become a myriad of life experiences. Everything from the ultra-conservative right who think that God is the sum total of the American historical understanding, to the rainbow liberal who thinks that religion is a necessary evil for the stability of the human psyche. This kind of thinking has fostered a new concept of spirituality and created a new order of the religious elite. If you cannot credential yourself with some seminary, university or college of higher learning, you are not considered to be qualified to be a leader in the church, by the clergy or the laity. Yet most non-Christians consider Christians to be psychologically inferior.I am not placing blame anywhere because there is enough blame to go around. But how have we arrived at such a place in time where this kind of thinking is so commonplace, not only in the churches but also in every echelon of human endeavor. There is a conspiracy in this world today. It is found in our system of government, in our institutions of learning and in our social/religious endeavors: Keep them Guessing, keep modulating the frequency, never acknowledge the truth, glory in the darkness is the mentality that is slowly eroding the greatest society that has ever existed. The challenge for mankind today is to embrace not only wisdom (education) but to disdain all lies and falsehoods. If we consider ourselves to be enlightened, we must demonstrate a true example of understanding, based on knowledge and not dogma.I am a person who believes in the faithfulness of good people even before I developed a personal relationship with God. God believed in me because I believed in goodness a word that organized religion has written out of faithfulness but it's actually the very foundation faithfulness is based.
Wyndliege is the land of dragons. Book 1 is the Battle of Beardly. Interesting characters will be unraveling great mysteries, exploring strong magic, and a great battle will decide the future of the land and your favorite characters.
This fascinating story explores the dimensions of friendship and family, of loyalty and love ... among people who are essentially good and caring, and generally wanting to do the right thing. But no one is perfect. Alan Colmar had been at a crossroads. Again. His third wife, Sylvie, rescued him from the wildness of his earlier personal life, which he carried into his 40s, while maintaining his successful career as a graphic designer. In his late 50s, she now was gone - a staggering blow. His commitment to his career, and the company he co-owns with his partner, was wavering. And, he was so alone. A divorced magazine reporter, Carol Buley, interviews him for an article on how men recover from losing a wife. They become friends; he meets her two adult children who quickly come to adore him. Alan's and Carol's relationship grows despite some uncertainty. Individually and collectively, Carol's family provides Alan needed stability and joy. And then ... Alan suffers a sudden, unexpected health crisis, triggering uncertainty in the minds of his friends and his estranged family. Who cares the most? Who is most responsible? Who acts? Who decides? We come to know these people very well.
Lifestyle influences infectious disease: This book examines the relationship between lifestyle and infectious disease. Infectious diseases are highly variable in terms of how they affect different individuals, and this book makes the case that differences in lifestyle underlie this variation. More specifically, factors such as poor diet, lack of exercise, poor sleep habits, psychological stress, and exposure to pollution are known to increase one's susceptibility to infection and to increase disease severity. Conversely, healthy lifestyle elements confer disease resistance. Each of the abovementioned lifestyle factors is discussed in detail as it pertains to infectious disease, and the scientific literature on each topic is thoroughly evaluated. The general mechanisms through which these factors alter susceptibility to infection are also considered. Mechanisms include damaging the immune system, damaging barrier defenses (like the skin or lining of the intestine), activating dormant viruses, driving the evolution of more virulent viral strains, and creating cellular microenvironments conducive to infection. Human-environment interactions influence infectious disease: The book also contains a discussion of how human-based damage to the natural environment has promoted the emergence of new infectious diseases. When natural ecosystems are stressed, they undergo alterations in their species composition and species relationships in order to reach a new state of stability. This process also involves the alteration of host-pathogen relationships, which increases the chance that new infectious diseases will enter into human populations from natural reservoirs. By driving widespread extinction, deforestation, pollution, etc., humanity is widely perturbing host-pathogen relationships, and this likely contributes to the increasing rate of disease emergence. Humanity is also creating artificial environments that can increase the burden of infectious disease. Urban environments can make ideal homes for disease-carrying organisms like rodents or bats. Artificialized agricultural settings also put humans in close contact with densely packed animals, which has resulted in many livestock-to-human infectious disease outbreaks in recent decades. Finally, our overcrowded living centers coupled with globalized trade and travel have allowed rapid disease transmission, and this allows localized outbreaks to quickly become global threats. These examples highlight the contribution of artificialization to infectious disease.Overall thesis and conclusions: The central thesis of this book is that infectious diseases are controlled by many modifiable factors, and that we must change our behavior as a society and as individuals if we are to maximize our resistance to these diseases. Additionally, it appears that the behaviors that promote infectious disease also cause many other societal problems. Thus, it is possible that infectious diseases actually serve a valuable role of deterring destructive behaviors and purging society of offenders. Pathogens may thus be purposeful. This book is intended largely for infectious disease experts. Most sections are quite technical, but there is a generalized summary at the end of each chapter for lay people.
In the year 2068, America is a high-tech society that is bordering on anarchy. Crime and vice are rampant as three new political parties attempt to control the government. Uncertainty looms as overworked law-enforcement agencies try to maintain order in a society that accepts the drug culture and the criminal warlords that vie for power. The borders are gone. Half of the one billion people now living in America are on welfare. Enforcement of law is sporadic as local government entities must find new ways to continue to pay their departments. Private security firms become popular; but many are for sale to the highest bidder. Amidst the chaos, a new American hero emerges. Navajo Ben Ayani is determined to help his people. He seeks a nomination to the state congress of New Mexico; hoping to gather support for neglected children living in poverty on the Navajo reservation. Murder, blackmail and betrayal set the stage as Ayani manages to survive an assassination attempt. The Navajo Tribal Council hires George Solidae's private security firm to protect him. Find out what happens next as Solidae investigates and Ayani is thrown into the arena of ruthless politics. Organized crime figures heavily in this glimpse into one possible future of the United States of America.
We all love to spoil our dogs with treats and this book Kookie Krumz lets you share that experience. This book contains many organic recipes which your dog will love. Including cat treats because we cannot forget to spoil our kitties. You will enjoy making something simple, decadent, birthday surprise or something for your dog with food sensitivities. This book contains Paw Notes with nutritional information. Let's get baking!! Your dog will thank you!!
I told her "I'm sorry baby, daddy can't fix it." Her eyes were black and her face swollen from the trauma. I leaned over and kissed her gently on the forehead, and slowly let her fingers slip from my grasp, letting go of my world, and turned and left. Damn the doctors, Damn the world, Damn God.
The images seen in the rearview mirror are one man's stories about the reflections seen when looking back over the years and recalling many of the memorable events in his life and the lives of others important to him. It is a blend of nostalgia, humor, and a few surprises along the way. It is a "must read" for anyone wishing to generate a smile and satisfying a positive outlook on life.
Ricky is a smart young man...he has studied about the measurement of TIME and is completing a project on the ways that time has been measured through the years. For a long time Ricky has also been pondering the meanings of other expressions that involve the word TIME, and his burning desire is to learn what these expressions mean. For instance, "TIME is running out" or "you are running out of TIME" may not be confusing to grown-ups, but it made Ricky wonder what would happen if his TIME runs out! Will he also have no more life left? And when he is told that "TIME flies", he wants to know where it goes and what it does when it gets where it's going! After having received no satisfactory answers to his questions from his parents and grandparents, he realizes, after he dozes off to sleep, that his persistent questions conjure up a beautiful Spirit he names "Mother Moment", because she reminds him of his Mother. She comes to help him reach some reasonable explanation of the many phrases he has heard over the years, and answer any questions he might have. The first question Ricky asks is "What is TIME?" After offering suggestions to Ricky, she then takes him on a whirlwind tour through the development of implements of measuring TIME, many of which Ricky is already familiar. After learning that "time measurement" was not his main concern and determining what Ricky's real interest is, she then offers her possible explanations, and helps him reach into his own consciousness to arrive at some 'TRUTHS' he can use to guide his life as he grows to adulthood. One of the best things that "Mother Moment" shared is that since no one knows how much TIME one has in this life, it would be best to value this TIME, and spend (use) it consciously, wisely, and thoughtfully. Ricky agreed that it sounded like good advice for all youngsters growing into adulthood ... and as well even for grownups who should never get too old to use advice like that!
The second book in this series continues Judy Bishop's struggle to save her children from the horrors of the ongoing Tribulation. With her daughter now in the clutches of the leader of the Nephilim, she desperately seeks help from anyone who will offer it. During her journey to the only prospering human sanctum, she discovers both friends and enemies who all have agendas of their own. With her long history of being suspicious, knowing who to trust is a skill she's still learning and when she chooses poorly it nearly costs Judy her life. Rejected by God and betrayed by her own kind, Judy now languishes in defeat with death grinning at her doorstep. Though all seems lost, she's offered one last chance to save her children and maybe even some of humanity itself. As Judy's life ebbs away, a desperate plan to gain allies thrusts her and John into dangerous quests that risks his life, as well as Judy's eternal soul. While John confronts his greatest threat from those he once enjoyed as friends, Judy is cast into the gates of hell, and faces down a powerful old adversary. But even if they both succeed, there's one more enemy who stands in their way, and this one cannot be defeated. Roger Wilco again finds a way to blend the mystical elements of biblical scripture with the temporal aspects of a modern sci-fi drama. While many religious works tend to stay centered around spiritual powers and themes, Heaven's Gate explores the potential in a hybridization between celestial magic with human technology.
Twelve Signs. One Vision. A Quest to Discover the Truth. In a world ruled by twelve deities who represent the renowned Zodiac, people look to their birth signs for inspiration. This was the case for Oliver, a Leo who was balancing high school and a job to make ends meet. But everything changes when he receives a vision that the Zodiac deities may not be the benevolent guides everyone believes them to be. With the help of Skyler, the new girl at school, Oliver chases the clues that will lead them to the Zodiac and the answers they seek. Just what are the stars truly planning for them? Imaginative, character-driven, witty, and wise, Wheel of Stars is the first in a series that will keep you on the edge of your seat . . . and might make you rethink your horoscope!
This is Book III of Michael Meadows' exciting Gods of Olympus series. Book II of the series, Interlude of the Dragon, presented the story of the unique crew of the colony spaceship, Olympus, during their virtual reincarnation into the sword-and-sorcery world of the Intermountain Valley. Book III of the series presents more of the back histories of two of those characters: the magician, Yokesh Singh, and the former Eastern Empire soldier, Ramsey Hua. Yokesh's journey from a disgraced, assistant professor of fire-realm magic at the Cassandra Collage for Magic Arts to the principal magician in the small village of Olympus Landing involved a scandal, battles with river pirates, and a close encounter with the mysterious river fairies. Ramsey's transformation from an injured stranger to respected trader would require first earning the trust of his partners and resolving a surprising conflict with the legendary high elves.
"Agatha the Beloved Queen" includes medieval fantasy, philosophical fiction, and erotic fiction. It is an adult fairy story, not a children's fairy story. The target audience is adults 18+ who admire strong women, sympathize with the common people in preference to the fabulously wealthy, and for whom occasional fantasy, a fairy godmother and an evil sorcerer, and a few explicit adult scenes will enliven a story. People who are socially and politically conservative probably won't like it.Queen Julia rules the mystical and medieval land of Xana in which fabulous wealth is concentrated in a tiny aristocracy and most of the common people are very poor. Her daughter, Princess Agatha, is champion of the commoners but does not have the power to correct the imbalance. The evil sorcerer Magi comes to Xana, kills the queen, and ravages aristocrats and commoners alike. Her fairy godmother comes to Agatha and says that if she identifies her handsome prince incognito in the crowd on her very first try and makes love to him (just kissing is not enough), Magi will be destroyed. But she will not have a second chance. Agatha succeeds, and now as queen devotes her entire reign to devising economic and social methods to bring prosperity to all. She must deal with corruption on her own council of advisers, a vicious usurer, the school bully, brutal bandits on the frontier, and invasion by an army much larger than her own. She nurtures several children with humble backgrounds into adult greatness.In Agatha we discover an inspired princess who becomes a wise queen with a destiny, a mission to bring prosperity to every person in her medieval land. Agatha has infinite compassion for the downtrodden, a work ethic that inspires work ethic in her people. She loves children and children love her. She has zero tolerance for abusive behavior; when it happens she stops it real fast. To put the proverbial icing on the cake, Agatha and her handsome prince are both sexually insatiable - with each other. The methods used by Queen Agatha in the fifteenth century to bring prosperity to all may also work in our 21st century. However, some readers may disagree that her methods were wise and wholesome. The author leaves that decision to you.
Max Goes to Town is a sweet children's book, charmingly illustrated, and written in verse about a cunning family farm cat, Max, that hops a ride to town with his very surprised family. When he attempts to stowaway with them, he is outsmarted.
What lies behind what you see? John Thompson goes from Iowa to Georgia for one mystery and finds many others. No one and nothing is as it seems.
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