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Do you ever wonder about the hearts and souls of the men who make up our society? Have you ever been tempted to ask them about their life realities and the secrets that shape their identities today? Men around the world have different stories to tell. Some stories are tragic and others are full drama and maybe enduring love. Whatever the case may be, each one's narrative is unique and important, not one story is greater than the next. This is the cornerstone of our society, the foundation by which our nation stands. But for black men in America, this foundation has appeared faulty and unjust. There has been a Great Divide that now beckons a bridge of togetherness.What if men could live peaceably without discounting one another, no matter their race, culture, social or economic status? In this historical documentary, you will travel in time from the 1920's to the year 2019. You will discover what it feels like to be a black man in American society, each generation plowing straight ahead and never giving up on a land that has promised liberty and justice for all. The men in this book are living the lives of modern day pioneers. You will get to know them on a personally level and quickly understand why the process of plowing should never be minimized. It is what sustains the hope of a grand harvest. This hope requires extreme hard work, steadfastness, and unwavering faith. A faith that invites the unity of all people.There is a hope of not only creating a positive environment for a dialogue concerning the challenges of unity, but the importance of implementing a "Call to Action" by stepping back into time and identifying the deadly root, then cutting it off once and for all. Healing a nation begins with acknowledgement, repentance and forgiveness. The Understatement of Plowing is raw and organic. It will give you a close look inside the minds of four black men. You will hear the whispers of their hearts speak, "We just want to be valued as MEN, period." And with that, we trust that hope will not disappoint. I implore you to receive what you will and find a way to not only understand their perspectives, but be compelled to join them on a quest to walk out God's original plan for true diversity and unity in America.

The second in the "Enhanced" series, Enhanced Executive Performance is quickly becoming the "How To" guide of becoming the type of executive many dream to be. It picks up where Enhanced Life Performance leaves off. ELP focused on the becoming a better person, someone who can reach an enhanced state and now Enhanced Executive Performance takes that state of well-being to executive leadership conference rooms, board rooms and offices of the world. Want to execute at work like never before and do so while maintaining a near constant state of fulfillment? Then Enhanced Executive Performance is a must read for you. Starting with a conscious decision of the type of executive you wish to be, to executing on that decision in a very specific and effective manner, this publication will help you be a better executive and leader that people in our work world are longing for!

Horace Clarington is a first time author who discovered his love for writing as an outlet to express the pain that was caused in his life.Hence, why this book is titled w.i.m.s, which stands for Writing is My Sanity because this book will be his Genesis. A voice to the voiceless, and and a clear path into the world of Horace's thoughts through the lenses of poetry.With his first collection, Horace takes readers on a epic journey into his life while covering engaging topics such as life, pain, and triumph all in poetry form. Over the past year, Horace has used his writings to be very vocal about his failures and mistakes in life including losing his long lost love.W.I.M.S is an amazing collection of poetry for readers who want to experience a rollercoaster of raw, transparent, emotions all in the name of poetry.

Having grown up in a small town of five to six thousand residents, I totally appreciate life's simplicities. This work was created to simplify what most people would complicate: a house renovation with the goal of flipping. To be honest, real estate is a very complicated field with multiple sub-industries that do not necessarily correlate. Yet the home renovation and house flipping industry has, in recent times, gotten the general population excited about real estate investing. I like to call it the rebranding of an industry. House flipping has a silver lining so rarely mentioned that many active flippers do not fully understand the advantages until putting in several years of work. This is because the benefits of flipping are almost always seen as huge profit margins. Big profits are absolutely obtainable, but they are actually not the best benefit nor reason to start a house flipping business. The key to expanding any business is leverage. Flipping homes consistently helps you gain experience. That experience can then be used as a bargaining tool with lending institutions to allow you to leverage, or get financing, for larger and larger sums of money. Going into house flipping to make vast profits is not a strategy that fits the business model of 2020 and beyond. While liquidity (cash on hand) expedites one's ability to acquire properties, the access to leverage allows one to buy larger, more valuable and usually more profitable assets. For example, if you could put up $100,000 of your cash and gain control of $1 million worth of properties to renovate, you could end up with a much bigger check to deposit. The goal of any business is to first understand its industry and then use that knowledge to create a system of processes. If the blood of a business is money, the heart of a business is its systems. One cannot function properly without the other. In the following pages, I will teach you a method for flipping houses that will simplify the way you think about this industry. I will also teach you system design techniques that will place you years ahead of most of your competition. This short book is designed to obliterate your fears and misconceptions of the house-flipping process. It is also a blueprint for checks and balances that you can even use to flip remotely. Thank you for allowing me to share this information with you. This guide is the first of many to come.

"This story is an exciting, fresh twist on the time travel genre." Remember the time, after a particular encounter, you said to yourself, "Well, that could have gone better." Or the moment you did something, or did nothing, that you instantly regretted. And in the back of your mind, you desperately wished you had a "do-over." In the novel, Do-Overs, Jake Patterson, a 72-year-old retiree, discovers that he can travel back through his own timeline and actually change those failed opportunities that he, like you, experienced in his life. And, while those second chances are not history-changing and don't alter any outcomes, Jake feels a little better about himself. They are exhilarating experiences, until he's pushed to uncover the answer to an awful question that's been haunting him for nearly 50 years. Finding that answer forces him to "do over" one hellish night as a soldier in the Central Highlands of Vietnam as a 23-year-old. When he makes a spur-of-the-moment decision that saves a friend, he begins to understand, to his horror, that when you mess with time for any reason-no matter how innocent or well-intended-sooner or later, she's going to seriously mess with you. "A stirring ride through a violent war experience that catapults the reader onto the floor of the real (and imagined) chaos that was the 1976 Republican Convention."

No fairytales or games are being played in Valley Pines... Will you survive? Holly Hall 2 is a mind-blowing action thriller from the first page to the last. This is the highly anticipated Junior and Senior year for the Valley Pines Clique. Last year, the Valley Pines Clique barely made it through the school year with their lives. Have all of the late-night partying and heavy drug use at Valley Pines University caught up with them? Will the Valley Pines Clique continue to live their lives so wild and recklessly? When the crooked streets and college life mix, it can ignite to become a highly explosive and dangerous combination.

Is there a truly low-cost way to get into orbit that is being overlooked; and is there any real substance to the claims of UFOs? In our own time, these two topics are becoming an ever-larger part of the national dialog. This novel explores how both of these intertwined possibilities may be moving from fiction to fact. Hans-Peter, the novel's namesake, has spent his considerable career looking for that truly low-cost way into orbit. From an abandoned Air Force Base now called Norton Field, he has focused on tri-propellant rocket engines. His work was generally scoffed as science fiction, but back in the late 60s the tri-propellants demonstrated the highest performance ever achieved by chemical rocket engines. His work began where the others left off.Ruthiebelle, an old college acquaintance and now the science editor of the largest newspaper in L.A., is one of the few people who remember Hans-Peter's interest in Low Earth Orbit. She is also discreet enough that "Black World" whistleblowers are willing to give her their best information. She knows things most insiders don't and has developed her own agenda. When she learns that Hans-Peter's titanium metals factory has rolled out a new hypersonic airplane, she decides to renew her acquaintance. She knows from anonymous sources that at extreme altitudes and hypersonic speeds there's more up there than thin air. On the pretext of reporting his experimental flights, she hopes to achieve her own goals. She manages to secure a dinner invitation and then over the next several weeks, as they renew their friendship, they unexpectedly fall into an astonishing secret.

Life is full of both good and bad choices. Regardless of the type of choices we make, there will always be consequences following them. If you sow to the flesh you will reap from the flesh, bringing on destruction. However, if you sow to the Spirit you will reap that which is of the Spirit, which leads to us reaping life everlasting. Blessings and prosperity follow behind good and wise choices. Curses, destruction, and bad consequences follow behind poor and unwise decisions. A renewed mind in Jesus Christ longs to follow the ways of God, but a mind stuck on flesh tends to seek after the things of the flesh! The way we think, and our level of commitment to God determines the choices we will make in life. When making choices, follow the heart of God, and you will never have to regret the outcome of your choices!

What chance does the son of Greek immigrants in St. Louis have at the end of a Depression and at the beginning of a war? Thrown into World War II with a high school education and not much life experience Michel Poulos is among the troops that go ashore at Utah Beach and fight their way across France to Germany. En route Michal is awakened to life, love, and the realities of war, and he emerges after two years in Europe with an awakened awareness of the economic realities of life in the Twentieth Century. Poulos can sink or swim. He is carried along by a tide like the world has never seen before. Six million service men and women left our shores to fight in the European and Pacific Theatres. Many had never been one hundred miles from home, but they returned determined to change the world. Michael Poulos was swept along with their enthusiasm, hunger and ingenuity into a developing economy, inquisitive scientific quest, and a thirst to do more, make more, improve on old ways and question the status quo. He elected not to be a bystander, but rather, to jump headlong into manufacturing, and success was soon to follow.What Poulos learned in his two years in Europe during World War II marked him for life. There were good and bad lessons, some of which he couldn't help; some he could not forget, but all were a part of the teaching moment of a man who started with little but who proved to be a fast study to the lessons of war.The lessons were not all economic. Some were about love and relationships. The loss of a wife from the ravages of cancer; the love of his sons, and a haunting fling with a French girl in 1944 all propel him toward the century's end sometimes excited, sometimes depressed, but always intrigued with the situation with which .he finds himself.As readers we are swept along from the loft of a French barn to the canyons of Wall Street, and from the life of a grease monkey living under an army truck in a muddy field in Normandie to the touchdown of his private jet at Paris' Orly Field, Michael Poulos was a poster child for America's Greatest Generation.

It is normal to get stuck in a routine, but it's OK to incorporate little changes that make you feel special in ways that are sometimes viewed as selfish but are really selfless. Life can be mundane, but when you have some type of support system, it is much easier. God gives the best gifts, children, spouses, relationships, health, jobs, peace, love, hope, and joy when you can believe in something bigger-God.Perfect for anyone juggling life, family, work, and relationships, Flash the Teacher & the Guardian Angel offers an uplifting, informative, and humorous story. Author Karen Perla also used to experience doubt, fear, and anxiety but shares here what she learned to do to make life better for herself and her family.

The Knight family are long-time soldiers in the army of "the most evil one", affectionately known to his subordinates as the Supreme Patriarch. One of the highest ranks in this army of miscreants is the rank of Global Traveler, a rank that Santini Knight has attained.Santini is an expert in his field and his specialty is transforming the morals of the most devout. His career was progressing at a record pace until a trip to rural Mississippi.There he met Joanna, a young woman of unshakeable faith; Jeremy, the son of an evangelical mother; and Reverend Daley, the pastor of a small rural church. Corrupting the souls of "The Mississippi Three", as Santini called them, was supposed to be a piece of cake - that is until his powers were compromised by the transgressions of a member of his own family. With his abilities impaired, a determined Santini pursues his prey using the human frailties of hatred, greed, and addiction as his allies.

Sometimes mystical, sometimes gut-wrenching, as if a mélange of cinéma vérité had been superimposed on a background of gritty photorealism when she looked back on those scenes.This story is about Sarah living in Northern California over many decades. She reveals through the angels who watched over her and through the mirroring of movies she watched as a child in St. Helena seeing her life as a montage of miscellaneous film loops. This was especially true when growing up in Oakland during the black and white fifties into the Wizard of Oz technicolor sixties. Sarah tells her life story and that of her family and the people who come across her path through an honest and caring heart. She finds beauty and meaning arising from dissonant life experiences in the natural world of Northern California and in the deep recesses of her imagination. It seems she lived many lifetimes in one, but Sarah always knew her core self, her main rhythm and where to come back home. She sees herself as a casual mystic, an imperfect, sensual seeker of God. During the present decade, Sarah reluctantly returns to the Lost Coast where her son, Noah, and his partner, Heidi, are grieving over the loss of their young daughter who died unexpectedly. Sarah meets Michael there by chance and while uncovering who they may be for one another they become unwittingly over shadowed by Shasta. A Native American man who insists that the land where Michael has built his home and where he grows his cash crop, must be returned to his ancestors. A conflict of wishes, culture, and humanity makes this story resonant with depth, and through the interweaving of the past with the present.Roberta was living in Oakland when she married young and had four children by the time she was twenty-four. She enjoyed, in her earlier life, making theater productions with elementary and middle school aged children. Especially at Canyon Elementary School in Canyon, Whitethorn Elementary School in Whitethorn and Quaker First Day School in Berkeley, California. Some of the plays the children performed were inspired from Pomo and Maidu Indian myths. Pacifica KPFA Radio Journalist Vic Bedoian, and Roberta produced a series of Pomo Indian Oral Histories which were made into a series of radio programs titled: "These Things That Cannot Be Replaced." She published a portion of an interview aired with Kashaya Pomo Shaman Bernice Torres in "News From Native California" by Heyday Press publisher, Malcolm Margolin. Bernice was the daughter of historically well-known, Kashaya Pomo Shaman Essie Parrish. Essie was a Prophet and a Dreamer. The aired recording of Bernice includes her singing a spontaneous song for healing the nation as learned from her mother, as well as how she was identified as "one of them," as a child.

When good-looking Ben "Tano" Montano, of the Boulder Colorado based rock band "Badge", encounters a pretty red-headed girl stranded after a concert in San Angelo, Texas, he offers her a ride home to the Oklahoma Panhandle on his way to Kansas for the next concert. Two days pass on their fortuitous music-filled ride together in Tano's van, during which time they connect in an unforeseen and intense way. When they arrive in Sage, Oklahoma, with regret they say goodbye on a dirt road main street in the tiny town believing they will never see each other again. Five years pass as Badge's fame grows and Tano's Boulder tequila bar thrives, but he is haunted and taunted by his memory of the girl, Holly. Without even knowing her last name, Tano is convinced that he must take a chance to find her, and he sets off on an August morning for Sage. When they reunite, their romantic past is renewed, and a secret is revealed. But the chance reunion is threatened by a hostile brother, a boyfriend in Kansas, a jilted ex, and a wildly obsessed woman stalker with guns and a hunger for Tano's love. Dirt Road Main Street is a story of the strength and survival of love lost and found, entangled with the apprehension produced by the unpredictable desperate acts of an edgy mad woman.

Eight minutes after entering the bank, and after locking the three tellers and manager inside the vault, and hitting the silent alarm button, the couple exited the building. They stepped out onto the sidewalk, the man turned left, and the woman turned right. They each calmly walked three blocks and watched as two, and then three more, police cruisers screeched to a halt with lights flashing and sirens screaming. The man removed a walkie-talkie from his back pocket and spoke into it, saying only one word, "Go."

This book chronicles our designing and building a zome-adobe house in Placitas, New Mexico in the 1970's. Our house is featured in the Zome pages of the 1973 publication, Shelter, a book that celebrates innovative architecture, grounded in indigenous building techniques world-wide.

Shouldn't we be living in the United States of Colibria? What is a puffbird? How do cold refried beans on crackers comprise a fantasy lunch? Why are 15 rabies shots in the stomach, 35 years ago, of value today? How can pollution from the exploitation of oil and gas reserves be no one's fault? How do you find a coherent philosophy of life consistent with your values and experience?These are among the themes examined by Nic Korte in this sojourn into a pristine rainforest and into a thoughtful mind. Korte intertwines his personal passions with rare experiences in one of the few remaining truly remote locations in Central America. During the first day, spent in the urban jungle, Korte sets the stage. He considers why Costa Rica's geography, once considered a detriment, resulted in the most favored country in Central America. He relates this tiny country's mostly peaceful history including the story of the backwards fort that collects bullets, and of one young man's selfless martyrdom that was instrumental in driving out North Americans who wanted to conquer, rule, and establish slavery. He also observes that Costa Rica is urbanizing too much and too quickly, overpowering some of the world's most progressive environmental laws.Once in the rainforest, Korte follows the lead of the great ornithologist and truth-seeker, Alexander Skutch; one of the most careful observers of wildlife and of humanity the world has seen. Korte highlights, not Skutch's bird study, but his painstaking evaluation of the world's religions. Skutch concluded that the goal of every human should be to achieve harmony by living a life of appreciation and cooperation. Lovely as this philosophy sounds, Skutch saw the world with equanimity as he wrote: "The blue threads of happiness and the red strands of pain are so tightly interwoven in life's fabric that...not even the wisest and the best of us succeed in disentangling them." Korte describes his personal quest to be as equanimous as Skutch while struggling for meaning and happiness. He applies mature perception and evaluation to childhood memories, such as a Christmas Eve spoiled by family mental illness. He battles his introspection as it contends with his twin desires in the rainforest; to notice everything and to find seldom-seen species such as Thicket and Black-crowned Antpittas. Although year-around residents in well-traveled and intensely birded Costa Rica, these are only glimpsed a few times each year, if at all. Readers participate in the thrill of his hunt for the rare birds and experience exultation comparable to watching a favorite team win a championship. Simultaneously, Korte reflects on how fleeting are feelings of success and whether our planet will be capable of providing the same experiences to future generations.The natural journey goes beyond birds as we are awakened with blood drawn by the sharp teeth of a jungle mammal. And, what of a strange, purple worm-like amphibian that lives mostly underground yet bears live young, or a coal-black frog with a snout so narrow, one might think it can hardly eat at all? Tamanduas, curassows, nightingale wrens, a friendly tapir and the deadly fer-de-lance all appear in this engaging book. In the closing chapter Korte speaks of death and how curiosity drives his will to live. He summarizes his life beautifully by concluding with a nod to Darwin: "I have recognized and reveled deeply in the presence of unimaginable beauty. I've felt the warmest and truest of emotions, especially the feeling of love. There has been much grandeur, and there is much grandeur yet. I don't want to leave."

Are you looking for a book that will encourage, equip, challenge, and inspire you to live a more fruitful Christian life? If you haven't noticed, the world desperately needs YOU to be an effective servant of the Lord. And you absolutely can be, even if you have failed or doubted yourself in the past. The author, James Scott, wants you to know that you do not have to be a mega-church pastor, seminary graduate, or famous author to faithfully get the job done for God and help advance the Kingdom of Christ right where God has planted you. This unique book, "from RANGE RIDIN' to SOUL SEEKIN, '" showcases how a normal, everyday cowboy was called by God to spread the Gospel to the ends of the earth. As the title suggests, James wasn't born to any sort of prominent position in society. He was busy riding fences, roping cows, and living the "romantic," but mundane life of a cowboy in Wyoming and Montana. James got saved by God's grace, just like anyone else (details provided). But then James was set in motion by God in unimaginable ways. In this book, you will get a first-hand account of how God's call came into James' life, and how best to respond when God calls YOU to serve Him as well. Through trial and error, guidance from God, help from a mentor or two, and plenty of Bible doing (different from mere Bible "study"), James has mastered the art of loving and reaching people for Christ. He addresses many of the big questions in life, such as: calling, purpose, mission, and Kingdom. But he also provides pinpoint, incredibly practical advice on evangelism and discipleship. So many other books on the topic just provide generic, one-size-fits-all treatment of the Great Commission. James, in contrast, gives separate and detailed instructions on how best to witness to your family, friends, casual acquaintances, and then total strangers. James provides many stories, all completely true and unembellished, about his experiences in the trenches

As a high school athlete transitioning into playing college sports or an individual transitioning into a new career or phase in one's life, know that there will be ups and downs, highs and lows, and pitfalls to overcome. In 3rd & 10/ Overcoming the Pitfalls of Becoming a College Football Player, author Dr. Roosevelt "Bug" Isom, Jr. describes some of the pitfalls pertaining to the game of football, in life, and how to overcome, despite the constant challenges we face. Filled with painful truths, realistic guidance, motivating quotes, and riveting testimonies, 3rd & 10/Overcoming the Pitfalls of Becoming a College Football Player is a must read for all high school and college athletes, specifically football players, men and women, and mothers and fathers who seek guidance for their kids and for themselves on how to persevere, gain strength, grow spiritually, and overcome the pitfalls in life. "A famous Chinese proverb states," To know the road ahead, ask those coming back." In other words, if you want to know what to expect on your journey, take the time to learn from someone who has already been there. My friend, Dr. Roosevelt Isom Jr., has not only traveled the roads that you have begun to navigate, but he is also passionate about sharing the biggest lessons from that journey. Through 3rd & 10, he provides a transparent account of both his triumphs and defeats as a Division I student-athlete.Experience is truly the best teacher; however, not all learning experiences have to be your own. If you are committed to being the absolute best college student-athlete that you can be, I encourage you to read every word in this book with a receptive heart and an open mind. In doing so, you will have the opportunity to unlock your fullest potential in every aspect of your life.In my travels to various schools around the country as a motivational speaker, I constantly encounter young athletes who become their own worst enemies in their pursuit of success. Instead of being intentional about the steps they should take to see long-term success both on and off the field, they rely solely on their athletic talent, expecting all of the right cards to simply fall into place. However, the reality is that only 2% of all high school football players actually make it to the NFL, and many football standouts are prepared for neither the academics of college nor for life once their football careers come to an end.If you utilize the tools provided to you within the pages of this book, you can be confident that you will be able to successfully navigate the waters of being a college football player and overcome any pitfalls that commonly hold student-athletes back from achieving their goals. Dr. Isom is a living testimony of the ups and downs that can occur as a result of your decisions both in the classroom and on the football field. As someone who wants to see you succeed, I urge you to consciously carry each of these powerful lessons with you every day as you transition into college football."Your future self will thank you for it!Raven Magwood, International Speaker, Best Selling Author

In 1991, two hikers in the Austrian-Italian Alps discovered a 5,300-year-old mummy partially embedded in a glacier. Ötzi may now be considered one of the most significant archeological finds of all time, but who was he when he was alive?Award-winning author Jeanne Blanchet, PhD, spent years researching Ötzi to weave a suspenseful fictional biography of intrigue and murder. At Ötzi's birth, a shaman foretold that he would do amazing things and impart priceless knowledge to future generations. But to reach that goal, he was forced to endure a life of hardship, including avalanches, bear attacks, and enemies intent on taking down the one man capable of revealing an earth-shattering secret that would revolutionize society.Vivid and realistic, yet as thrilling as a mystery novel, The Iceman: A Novel of Ötzi is a revelation of one man's saga in Europe's Chalcolithic Age. This riveting work of historical fiction will keep readers breathless to the very last page.

Have you ever wondered where monsters like to hide? Monsters Are Everywhere uncovers some of the best monster hiding spots! Under beds and behind closet doors, monsters are peeking around every corner of your home. Explore the pages of this book to discover a new monster hideout. But beware! Monsters aren't hiding to frighten you. Monsters are ducking behind book cases and squeezing under furniture to keep an eye on you. You scare them, too!

In the book, Maximized Entropy: Death of the Internet, the main character SYLVIA MOON, former CEO of a homeless shelter now a barely employed security salesperson, struggles to cope since the demise of the internet. It is not that SYLVIA cannot live without the world wide web, but the insurmountable changes attributed to the global networking loss make for apocalyptic times. The modern world is adversely affected by the lack of internet capabilities, i.e., entertainment and travel industries, retail and wholesale operations, pornographic trades, and financial institutions. In summary, the world goes to hell over a short period of time and a fresh new underbelly of society is exposed. ME: does not focus on the technical aspects of the computer crash but, delivers a shocking realization of what industrialized society could become sans the world wide web and other consumer communication tools. Think about it .... what the world would look like without internet capabilities? This book will help you to imagine this future contemporary society in all of its diabolically depraved glory.

This book delves into the importance of understanding the gift of righteousness. Our God is sovereign, In order to approach him access must be granted. Righteousness is the key that gives you the access, because of right standing with him favor is granted to approach him. As you read this book get ready for Kingdom authority to be granted. Your access will change things in the earth. The rise and fall of nations people and places are directly connected to those who have access to the king. Get ready for your relationship with God and your prayer life to go to new places.

This story is about an eight-year-old boy named Peter, who was in the third grade at Leonard Street Elementary School. Alex and his friends, Max and Jax, picked on Peter every day. These boys were also in the third grade at the same school. This bullying made life miserable for Peter, and he knew he had to find the courage to tell his parents how Alex and his friends were terrorizing him at school.

The world is full of wonder, of magic, of the unknown. It's a dramatic and exciting place in which to live. But oftentimes we get lost in the mundane, in chores, in schedules-and sadly we become merely accidental tourists. We jaywalk through life, missing out on what is fascinating around us and within us.

This diverse neighborhood in the shadow of LaGuardia Airport was once called "Manhattan's Bedroom." Famous comedians, actors, physicians, scientists, and business leaders called it home, playing stickball in its streets and handball in its schoolyards. The roster of alumni is impressive; it includes comedians John Leguizamo and Don Rickles, NASA scientist Dr. Willey Ley, shock jock Howard Stern, actor Mercedes Ruehl, rock musician Gene Simmons of KISS-and me, Cary Silverstein! Join me as I share stories of my youth, my family, and of why growing up in Jackson Heights had such a profound impact on my life and the lives of others.

Positive affirmation and self-esteem are essential for young children if they are to grow up to be productive citizens with a positive outlook on life. Big Dreams No Fears takes us on a journey with Jamie, a young girl who has big dreams and wants to share those dreams with those closest to her. When her excitement is met with dismissals and disbelief, she must make a conscious decision to push beyond others' doubts, and her own fears, to pursue her goals. She chooses to think positively and stay confident in her dream. Her determination is a reminder to children of all ages that we all have a built-in support system to help us achieve our dreams! The author, Dennette Bailey, decided to write the book she would love to have read as a young child toencourage herself. She hopes it encourages many children, and adults alike, to achieve their dreamseven if a little fear rises- up in them.

Contrarian Bacon - IntroductionDiscipline last because it's the only thing that works. (Try everything else for experience.) This book is intended to be consumed daily and is suggestive rather than explanatory. While traditional dietary nutrition is critical in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, I wrote this book to focus more on mental nutrition with a sarcastic spin on mainstream habits.

KC and Sam are forced together by fate. Sam subconsciously suppresses her desire to sing professionally until she meets KC. Watch as their paths continue to cross and develop into not only a working relationship, but a personal one as well... JD and Bella meet serendipitously and eventually fall in love. Bella can't recall a memory that's been suppressed for years and struggles with her current life-style. But when that memory is finally realized, she starts to question her purpose in life and what role she can play in making a difference in the world. Will she be able to pull it off? Que and Carmen have paths that are destined to cross. But Que struggles with a tremendous loss that Carmen inadvertently helps him to overcome. Follow all of these fictitious characters as they attempt to journey through life coping with love, loss, money, hidden desires and just about everything in between. And it all goes down where everything that happens at KLUB KISS stays at KLUB KISS!

Instead of presenting a "super teacher" or "super teaching strategy", The Sensitive Heart Vision: Revelation Two continues the compelling story of a fulfilling Call by God to teach, as well as a vision of how things should be...an illuminating view that casts out confusion in a dark world.Perfect for teachers, students, community members, and those seeking purpose for their lives, The Sensitive Heart Vision Series demystifies the world of education, challenges demeaning stereotypes and questions the smokescreen status quo. Author Hannah Hope has over twenty-five years of experience as an inner-city public school teacher, and Hope's experienced yet still fresh, honest, and humorous voice takes the reader on a thought-provoking and entertaining journey.

The Wyandotte sisters find a lot more than bugs and seeds while growing up on Uncle Kenny's farm. Winnie Wanda and Weesie discover that looking out for each other is more important than always trying to be first. Read their story and follow along as these little sisters learn an important lesson and how scary one day became when they didn't pay attention.