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'TURN NINE EXECUTE' is a memoir of the actual humorous and serious incidents which occurred on the destroyer U.S.S. GOODRICH DDR - 831, during the period of 1952 through 1956. This is not a military document, but rather the recollections of the author, his shipmates, and several senior officers who preceded him, who actually experienced the events. It depicts some of the midshipmen training of the author, and covers operations areas of the ship from the home base in Newport, R.I., the North Atlantic, the Naval training base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in the Mediterranean and Red Sea with the Sixth Fleet, and to the Elbe River of North Germany.

Twenty-year-old Anna Carrington has always been jealous of her twin sister Bella. Bella is gentle, sweet, attending an Ivy League college, and has the relationship of her dreams. Anna is abrasive, a little rougher around the edges, a college dropout- and is constantly under her sister's shadow. Bella seems to have the perfect life, and everyone tends to favor her over Anna. To the eye, the two are nearly indistinguishable. There's just one difference. A difference so minuscule, yet a difference so mighty that it consumes Anna. Anna has plain dark brown eyes and Bella has radiant royal blue eyes. Blue eyes that come from the father they never met. For this alone, Anna feels that her father too, has chosen her sister over her; and she viciously despises Bella for it. After nearly a lifetime of manifesting envy, resentment, and constantly being in Bella's shadow, Anna's jealousy becomes catastrophic on the night of their twenty-first birthday, when she causes a freak accident that puts Bella in a coma and strips both of them of their eye color. Anna sees this as her one chance to change her fate and in a split second, makes the decision to switch not only her and Bella's eye colors, but their entire identities, stealing her sister's life. After just hours of pretending to be her sister, Anna decides that just a few hours aren't enough. She wants to be Bella forever. Anna is ruthless, and willing to sacrifice everything to continue to be Bella- betraying her family, friends, and her own humanity. Bella's coma is only temporary though, and Anna's drive becomes nefarious when she realizes the lengths she will have to go to ensure her plan goes smoothly. Anna sees this as her chance to finally have the perfect future, the perfect love, and the perfect life; and she won't let anything or anyone get in her way. She refuses to give up her chance at having everything she's ever wanted and is determined to eliminate all obstacles. At whatever cost.

Bayou Charlie is quite a character. He travels all over the state from Bossier City to Slidell to Lake Charles to Baton Rouge. No one ever knows when and where he will show up. He just does. He will listen to your stories and maybe tell you one of his.Bayou Charlie draws a crowd wherever he goes. People run to see him. Bayou Charlie will listen to any story from anyone who will tell it. The young and the old, the old man or woman that everyone thinks is crazy he will listen to what he/she has to say. You never know when a delightful story will be told, or what the source it came from. "Always listen to your elders." His grandma told him, and that is what he does. Bayou Charlie is all for having fun, if none is going on he just may go up and tell a few jokes. Bayou Charlie loves to make people laugh. Even if he has to sing a song off key. That's bayou Charlie, anything for a laugh. And the people love him. If he goes to the casino people will start winning, just because he is there. Bayou Charlie may appear at a night club and ask a girl for a dance and maybe even steal a kiss. (All in fun) Bayou Charlie would never hurt anyone.He usually wears bib overalls open toed shoes and a funny hat. Consider yourself Lucky if you ever run into him. You will not be disappointed.He may be at a bayou near you smiling and walking away.

Software developer Joseph McClarin awakes to find a strange man who has inexplicably appeared in his house, with no knowledge of how he got there. After initially dismissing the event as a strange, but random encounter, Joe begins seeing this man in other places, and discovers that not only are the two somehow connected, but both appear to be involved in the deadliest potential terrorist attack in U.S. history. Unsure if this stranger is friend, foe, or just insane, he must unravel the mystery and try to do the right thing to protect his family, and possibly save the lives of millions!

Miss Hattie, of Greek descent, pushed the proud parents aside to take a penetrating look at her newborn grand-baby already named Patricia Marie Register. She then turned to the parents and proclaimed, "This child is an 'Old Soul, ' and you will be called upon to follow her lead." Though bewildered, her parents O.C. and Athena Buster, followed the advice of their elder. It was to lead the family to reject the evil of black and colored segregation in the South for the next 80 years.

Dr. Gainson Fan, a husband and father of two boys, Brandon and Christian Fan; is an Epidemiologist and the author of the fiction novel, "Skye Wasn't the Limit." Dr. Fan lives outside Orlando, Florida with his wife and their boys. Dr. Fan is a passionate writer with great illustrative skills. Along with his Sons vivid imagination and inquisitive nature, they have created, the Brandon and Chris Adventure series. This is to spread knowledge and smiles on certain historical events that children of all ages can benefit from. God has been an unchanging factor in the Fan family's inspiration and success.

Frank, highly personal, truthful, and candid, My First 80 Years is John Klein's personal story of triumph over physical adversity. More than that, it is a lifeline to other seniors, reminding those who have experienced serious illness or injury that their fourth quarter of life can be enjoyable and stimulating and can continue to result in a sense of accomplishment. Klein himself is a patient but is also a patient motivation consultant, providing Americans with information on Disability Act compliance, safety, equipment, and courage. My First 80 Years is low in BS and high in motivation, reminding readers to keep going.

Throughout her twenty years of clinical practice, Dr. Kara Paat would often hear parents admit that they struggled to get their picky eaters to choose healthier foods. The dinner table discussion would turn into an argument full of anger and frustration, having two expected outcomes; tears from the children or parents throwing in the towel, saving the battle for another day. This pervasive parental challenge inspired Dr. Paat to write this book-helping parents educate their children and understand the importance of healthy food choices. This book illustrates that food choices have an immense impact on how we think, feel, function, and behave for better or worse. Dr. Paat has worked with many picky eaters in her holistic practice. Many also struggle in some way at school, whether it be a difficulty with reading, writing, focus, behavior, repetitive behaviors, emotionality, anger outbursts, or coordination. To respond to this situation, Dr. Paat became certified in the diagnosis and treatment of Childhood Developmental Disorders through the American Board of Functional Neurology and obtained her licentiate with the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology. Regardless of Dr. Paat's functional evaluation, diagnosis, and protocol, dietary changes were foundational more often than not. The majority of the children lacked in nutrient-dense foods. Instead, the children were often stuck in a dietary pattern that included plenty of processed foods, artificial colors, preservatives, and added sugar. They were consistently deficient in whole foods such as vegetables, fruits, healthy fats, and unprocessed meat. Education, not dictation, has been the most effective way for Dr. Paat to facilitate an intrinsically self-motivated change in each child's dietary habits, allowing her to witness the fantastic results that accompany the transition to a healthier diet.Her unique approach to educating and empowering children has helped them make small dietary improvements over time, resulting in a positive impact on behavior, learning, focus, emotions, and physical abilities. As a mother, Dr. Paat can relate. She has written this book to help alleviate the struggle that most parents have at home. She hopes that with the routine reading of I Don't Want to Eat That, children will learn from Jack's choices and will want to eat healthier foods, realizing the importance of making healthier food choices for themselves, much like her own daughter Roxie. This book is dedicated to the mission of helping each child to be the best version of themselves.

Jerry Hansey was starting his senior year at George Harding high school. This is the time that most teenagers have looked forward to their entire life. It should have been filled with excitement and anticipation, but for Jerry it was the complete opposite. He felt nothing but dread at the thought of stepping back onto campus. Jerry knew that once he got to school he would once again become fair game for all the people that bullied him relentlessly. Jerry had been bullied for years and his only reprieve came when he was able to separate himself from his bullies. He was teased and tormented so badly the year before, that he actually started skipping school so he wouldn't have to deal with it. His plan did help cut down the bullying, but he wound up missing so much school that he ended up failing his first go around as a senior. With no self-confidence, no friends, and no escape from his tormentors, he just accepted his fate and never even tried to defend himself.The one place that he felt safe was at home, but lately that had changed. His father was so upset with the fact that Jerry had failed his senior year that their relationship had soured to the point where his father only felt disappointment and disdain for his son. When Jerry's dad would look at him he could only see a failure and a freeloader. He demands that Jerry goes out and find a job so he can start paying rent or he threatens to throw him out of the house. To satisfy his dad's demands he gets a part time job as a pizza delivery driver. It is at this job that he is introduced to a fellow driver named Kyle and his whole life changes. Unlike everyone else Kyle doesn't care what Jerry looks like or what other people think of him. He accepts him as a friend and Kyle is the kind of guy that would do absolutely anything for a friend.Once he learns about the bullying that Jerry is enduring he decides that nobody is going to treat a friend of his like that and get away with it. Taking Jerry under his wings he shows him how he can use his new job to get payback on all of his bullies. It doesn't take long before they are out delivering revenge, along with the pizzas to their unsuspecting victims. Calling themselves "Partners in Crime" they prove to be absolutely ruthless when dishing out the punishment that they feel is justified to even the score with Jerry's tormentors. With Kyle's help Jerry gets the revenge that he's always been looking for. After a while Jerry starts feeling bad and questions if they've gone too far. He wonders if he tells Kyle that he doesn't want to do this anymore, will he accept it or will he turn on him so he can't spill the beans on what they had done. Step inside and see just how far they are willing to go to get the ultimate payback as they deliver their justice one slice at a time.

Dreams are remarkable lenses for introspection-and Multicolored Dreams are the best kind. Multicolored Dreams is a companion to the popular Syncopated Love Dreams-a compendium of poems and poetic writing revolving around timely themes of familial relationships, long-term friendships, and coming of age in a racially hostile and divided nation. A focus on inspiration, gratitude, and love also serves as a thematic way of helping us to understand ourselves intuitively, and to respect others so that we can harmonize with one another, become the best within ourselves, and seek the best in others.

After a long, successful career as the author of an esoteric newspaper column, "Rambling With Milton," Jock Petitte finds himself unfulfilled and at loose ends. Two failed marriages have not diminished his romantic ideals or his youthful desire to become an actor, so he begins to compose one-man plays based upon historical events and to perform them at senior centers and retirement homes.Prudence Rogers, beautiful and intelligent, has struggled with clinical depression and chronic anxiety throughout her life. When Jock meets her at the rehabilitation facility where she is recovering from an overdose and he is performing a Christmas play, he is instantly smitten. Rambling with Milton is the deeply touching story of their romance and their attempt to save each other and themselves.

DEMOLITION POLITICS has consistently permeated political effort in America over many decades. Loss of any moral compass, and disregard for civility and human dignity, has created an elitist class of politicians with an unquenchable thirst for power that will allow them control over the people of America.A total disregard for the National Good, yields to a rampant desire to drastically change the fiber of our society and repeatedly burdens our democracy with untenable challenges to our liberties, our economy, our health system, our judicial system and our American Dream.Misguided and deceitful legislators, seek to demoralize all major institutions, and in general achieve degradation of our history. They pretend to promote "evolution" while endorsing criminality and malfeasance, yielding nothing productive or constructive for the betterment of our Nation and its people.Dialogue becomes confrontational, diversity trumps unification, debate leads to censorship, and perception confuses reality. Our National Pride is undermined by fake news and a new cancel culture.Our ethnicity is challenged and gets confused with race, while free speech negates respect for the opinion of others.WE THE PEOPLE are the true essence of this country. Disingenuous and misleading rhetoric has led our people to aspirational delusions that result in radically mistaken identities. WE THE PEOPLE, the voters of America, deserve the best effort from our legislators without causing the destruction of our social fiber.WE THE PEOPLE, want change for the better, construction and not destruction should be the guiding principle, that will preserve our democracy and the American Dream.

They call themselves the LadyKillers Liberation Army, bound together by their rage against women for denying them the sexual favors they feel are their birthright as men. Their leader is a shadowy figure known to them only as The Colonel. Their mission is to assassinate members of a bumper crop of newly elected Congresswomen at a rate of one a week. And they've made one big mistake: One of the women on their hit list is the wife of a streetwise New York PI named Max Christian. The Colonel brings in a ringer, a professional assassin, to bring her down on the steps of the US Capitol. Can Max and his pals get there in time to save her?Coauthored by a political journalist and a private investigator, Peter Goldman with Nicola Malatesta, PI, The LadyKillers War: From the Case Files of Max Christian, PI, is perfect for readers with a taste for thrillers played out in a real-world political setting-a world in which armed violence by right-wing fringe groups is the stuff of headlines.

A young boy learning about life in a small mission boarding school in Central Africa; development workers trying to build roads across barren countryside, provide logistical support to a failing state, and assist in relief efforts after the Rwandan genocide; a "Perfect Embassy Wife" struggling to keep her marriage together: These are some of the characters that inhabit the stories in Nestlings. Author Paul Olson's rich descriptions of expatriate life in the developing world during the second half of the twentieth century will appeal to anyone who has served in the Peace Corps, the Foreign Service, or development work, and to those with an interest in travel and adventure off the beaten track.

In everyday life, many seek avenues to find success in life. There is only one true source, yet almost everyone has it. One only has to pick it up, read it, and follow its guidance. The Holy Bible is what it is called. It is the one true source from cover to cover. My Refuge introduces some of those many avenues. Seek and you shall find. Read and you shall discover.

Many have faced a diagnosis of the dreaded "C" word. Cancer has brought much fear and anxiety to many. Now in the 21st century we are dealing with Covid-19 another dreaded "C" word, not to mention the various crises we must confront in life. This devotional book is filled with 31 "C" words more powerful than cancer, covid-19, or any life crisis. One word a day for a month will assist you in finding comfort. We explore words like, covenant, community, cling, and many others. These words will bring to light the truth of God's Word and what He has to say about the circumstances you may find ourselves in. Let Him have the final say about the situations in your life. Find comfort for your soul as you become encouraged in realizing there are more "C" words with power stronger than cancer.

Why pick up yet another book on spiritual and personal growth? This question was the one I asked myself when considering the publication of this book. Originally, I wrote this book to fulfill my Chaplain residency at the Duke University Medical Center in 1998. In my present position as Supervisory Chaplain at the Canandaigua VA Medical Center, a friend of mine encouraged me to pursue publication. So, I share with you what is near and dear to my heart and hope and pray the pages within will assist you on your way to wholeness.

Jackboy was born into slavery on a Barbados sugar plantation. His constant attempts to escape finally pushed the masters too far. They punished the whole family by splitting them up and selling them off. His father's last words had been, "It's okay, son, don't ever give up." Several years later, wracked by guilt, but still obsessed with freedom, he slips away from a South Carolina tobacco plantation and outsmarts the Confederacy's most vicious slave patrol captain who is hot on his trail. He swims across the Savannah River and taunts his pursuers by hurling obscenities at them from the opposite bank. After days of searching for the safety of Sherman's Army in Georgia, he stumbles across a Confederate soldier behind enemy lines and gets into a life or death fight. A maverick Union lieutenant named Jack Johnson happens upon him just as he is about to bash in the skull of this rebel sniper the officer has been chasing for days. After taking control of the situation and assuring Jackboy that he is safe, Johnson interrogates the young man and discovers he is remarkably intelligent and resourceful. He takes Jackboy under his wing, enlists him into the army, and teaches him to read, write, and use a gun. Jackboy is beguiled and confused as he witnesses the soft-spoken young officer transform into a cold-blooded battlefield killer with his small squad of seasoned troops wielding sixteen shot Henry repeating rifles. When Jackboy asks him about it, Johnson says, "My folks had money and sent me to war with a dozen Henrys. They told me to use them wisely and not to come home dead. I only hand them out to a few veteran soldiers I really trust. We're usually outnumbered, but we're never out-gunned. I figure the faster we kill them all the safer my men will be." Jackboy embraces the logic and hopes to be in that rare company one day.Under Johnson's command, Jackboy learns quickly, gets promoted to sergeant, and is allowed to recruit an all-black squad of raiders who fear him more than the enemy. The ex-slave soon becomes a legend to his own people who readily share valuable intelligence about hidden southern resources and troops. On a mission to plunder Confederate assets, they encounter a small band of terrified black men on the run who report that the same depraved slave patrol captain who once chased after Jackboy is now selling hunting trips to southern elites on his nearby estate using captured runaways as prey animals. The next one is scheduled for the following day. They also share a piece of information so shocking that Jackboy keeps it to himself knowing that no white man would ever believe it possible. When Jackboy reports his findings, Johnson realizes there is no time to seek approval from his commanders or wait for reinforcements. They are the only ones who can prevent the mass slaughter of sixty men, women, and children despite the odds against them. Johnson hands Jackboy one of his spare Henry rifles and says, "You earned it. Kill 'em all and do it fast." Filled with pride, Jackboy replies, "We might be outnumbered, but we won't be out-gunned."With steely resolve, the small band of Union troops launches a rescue mission to save the sixty doomed slaves and maybe even capture two dozen high-ranking enemy officers and politicians. They know it will be bad when they get there, but what they actually find is worse than anyone could have imagined. Then as a complete surprise, in the heat of battle, Jackboy discovers something he thought had been lost forever and earns personal redemption for what his obsession with freedom had once cost his family.

There are many titles that teach children about religion, but very few that teach children about their spirit, the spirit's purpose, power, and practices all in one engaging and dynamic book. Children are facing so many challenges- loss of loved ones, illness, disabilities, racism, divorce, trauma or losing something precious like a friend or their home. Causing them to feel separated and alone when they are not. Children need spiritual coping skills more than ever. Here, children can learn that in the midst of challenges, life is still good and they can still prevail and overcome any obstacle. Children will enjoy activities that invite them to visualize, meditate, pray, use positive divine words and play with the interactive game (included inside)! This book is guaranteed to engage, enlighten, and inspire children of all backgrounds and circumstances. It also shows a child how they are connected to infinite divine intelligence, the world, others, and the universe. Children will really understand how all things are one and connected because of- Spirit. Children learn that they are more than their body and their feelings. They will learn and understand who they really are, what that means, and how & why they are so very powerful. Identifying with Spirit is the most important coping skill and practice of our time. This book offers valuable skills that every child should have in their spiritual tool box.

Distinguished Nigerian businessman Kó̩lé has a past full of mysterious heartache and betrayal. Born out of wedlock, young Comfort is a child of low circumstance and few prospects. But their love story is one that hearkens to a more innocent age. Kó̩lé at first resists the much younger Comfort's charms, but when it soon becomes clear they are soulmates, he sets out to mould her into his own made-to-measure bride and the most accomplished of young women.Steeped deeply in the Yorùbá storytelling tradition, the main narrative, told by Kó̩lé himself, is interwoven with the stories of others and African parables to create parallel themes and lessons as the characters move through their own lives and challenges.Kó̩lé lifts Comfort from her own circumstances by providing her with an education otherwise unavailable to her. Her own mother, Ale̩ro̩, whose youthful indiscretion led to Comfort's conception and being forced into a polygamist marriage, is aided by Kó̩lé when her husband dies. Upon Comfort's graduation from A Levels, Kó̩lé unites Comfort with the father she has never met, and Ale̩ro̩ is able to finally forgive herself and Akín, the man who stole her innocence so many years ago. Ale̩ro̩ and Akín marry, and Ale̩ro̩ is able to cast aside the slavery chains of the title paramour.Kó̩lé finally reveals his past to Comfort. When younger, he was engaged to a girl named Tó̩lání. The night before their wedding, he discovered she had been having an affair with another man, Bashy. Distraught, he retreated into the woods to stay with the Sage, a wise old mystic. Comfort earns her degrees in Bristol, England, and Kó̩lé and Comfort marry, but during her studies, Comfort becomes passionate about the history of the slave trade. One day, she learns the story of a wealthy Bristolian white woman, Dolores, who was the daughter of a slave trader. A devout and religious woman, she was disgusted by the family trade and begged her father to stop. She finally convinced him - only after one more sale. He and her brother met a storm on their return from the Caribbean. The twelve slaves survived; her father and brother did not. Dolores liberated the slaves and found a young black tutor, Boripé̩, originally from Nigeria, to teach them English. The former slaves learned trades and gained employment, and Dolores and Boripé̩ fell in love. As no church in Bristol would marry them, they travelled to the Caribbean, where the eventually wed in a church in Antigua.Throughout her years teaching high school, Comfort is haunted by Dolores's story and the horrors of slavery. She sees parallels between the slave trade of old and the political and economic slavery of today. She realises that the only way for the people to take back their lives and the economy is to turn their focus from the white-collar sector that has seduced them with empty promises of prosperity to learning trades that can provide them with self-sufficiency and self-employment. She decides she must finally act, and she and Kó̩lé, with the help of the Sage, set up a trade school.At the trade school, Tó̩lání and Bashy both make an appearance, as they are unknowingly employed there. Comfort and Kó̩lé, with the Sage's help, work to heal the wounds of the past, and eventually all is forgiven. Bashy realises that Tó̩lání was his soulmate and not a mere conquest, and the two marry.

Eight cousins travel to the state of Louisiana to their annual vacation together with light hearts and hopes of fun and adventure. After arriving at their destination, the lady at the desk of the luxury resort told the cousins they were sorry, but they had overbooked, and could put them in the mansion at the edge of the property. The ladies were told they could still do all the activities at the resort, so it would be okay with them. The cousins were not disappointed, because they had never been in a mansion that big, and they would have fun no matter where they were. One thing they didn't know was it had been told the mansion was haunted. That didn't concern the cousins because they didn't believe in such things. They knew the staff at the mansion would have things set up to scare their guests, but they were tough and could take it. The new people they met were colorful and fun, and the activities they participated in were just what they needed. It was all going well until two people were shot and carried out on a stretcher from the dining room while eating dinner. This had happened two nights in a row, and no one knew who would be next. Could the mansion really be haunted?

This sixth novel in the series about the Father's Touch Ministry illustrates the costs of trying to help people with unwanted same-sex attraction and gender confusion. The ministry continues to grow in spite of the opposition from militant pro-gay groups, especially the Gay Enforcers. There continues to be incidents involving harassment and violence. In spite of it all, the people who frequent the centers and safe houses are changed for the better. Focusing on the spiritual aspects of addictions can result in changed lives. The Gordons, Formosos, Halls, and Father Gilligan continue to play a vital role in keeping the ministry moving forward. In the midst of tragedy, love still blossoms for some of them. And it is still a mystery why the staff members remain so committed to the ministry and its divine purpose, while serving in the inner cities and other challenging locations.

Less than 1,000 collected thoughts, insights, ideas, and observations;to be read at leisure or in earnest; one or many at a time; from the beginning, end, or middle; to intrigue, provoke, repulse, or please;to start the day or end it. BGood, BWell, BKindPMQ for LJQ

Little PiecesIt's so very hard to die in little pieces, Not by cancer ravaged over time, Or by bullet suffered grievous wound, But by hateful act or cruel word, Tiny bits of tissue rot from human bone.It's so very hard to die in little pieces, Not from thirst for lack of water, Or from starvation for not a morsel to eat, But for lack of a mother's kissOr for the presence of a father's love.It's so very hard to die in little pieces, Bruise by bruise, blow by blow, Tissue torn, skin burned deep, broken bone, All alone, completely forgotten.It's so very hard to die in little pieces.Tiny pieces of humanity have been strewn over the face of the earth for many millennia with no end in sight. These are stories of human suffering reflecting the dilemma of how can an individual survive in the face of worldwide cataclysmic events or personal tragedies, whether self-inflicted or as a victim? "What can I possibly do? Leave me alone. I never asked for this" Hide you might, resist you will, but your fate remains your own. Noir is a genre characterized by cynicism, fatalism and especially moral ambiguity. However, these stories, dark as they are, may have gems buried deep within them. Search deeper! Perhaps light dwells in the darkest of corners! These stories and poems are continuous action, psychologically thrilling and thought-provoking as well as entertaining to the reader desiring something from the world of noir but with a twist. Each story has a "you never saw that coming" ending.A collection of four short stories and four poems.Shock: An idyllic day of rest on the beach is shattered by tragedy which leads to phantasmagoric travel through time and history. It ends where it started. To sacrifice oneself is a voluntary act, or is it? Whether by choice or chance, what will I do when confronted with human suffering? Abused: Do the child victims of abuse grow up to be abusers or are they able to overcome their past? Andy is born to an abusive parent. His life follows the tragic script which is suddenly interrupted by good fortune. But will it be enough? Time and circumstance has charted his self-destructive course but can the determined love of another soften and recast Andy's future?Letters from the Grave: The dead plead their case from the grave. Ignorance, anger and arrogance confront the Messiah. What hope does He offer them? And does that hope extend beyond the grave?The Minister: A child with a severe facial disfigurement gives the appearance of avoiding reality which is hurtful to his mother and confuses his father as he lives a secret life in the open.Four poems, including: O, Mother, Have You Heard: Having to endure the loss of a child might be the greatest of human suffering."A debut volume of short stories and poems explores the impact of human suffering. Maddy's greatest strength is his storytelling..."-Kirkus Review

The Wonderful world of Corkle is an imaginary trip to a fanciful island where magical beings, called Porple, await the opportunity to help humans overcome their self-made problems. These characters point out the private traps that we set up for ourselves, and how we might find our way to happiness and fulfillment through self-examination. The poems and fables in The Wonderful World of Corkle are great material for reading aloud. The characters, and the humans they help, stimulate discussion on individual behavior, hopefully assisting the reader, or listener, to look inside themselves for answers. If you find the world an unhappy place, start by changing yourself. The Wonderful World of Corkle may help youngsters deal with self control, positive goal setting, and in understanding why certain behaviors hurt them, and how to make changes. This unique work is written with humor, insight, wisdom, and love. It combines a descriptive narrative and positive messages, with lighthearted imagery to present a creative examination of the human character. Written primarily for children, it may appeal to the child in all of us.

An American POW returns home after the Vietnam War only to find that his life has changed drastically. He is now a single father of two. The family ranch that he grew up on is about to be sold to someone else and his career as an airline pilot is in jeopardy account of his recurring nightmares. An old high school and college rodeo team member and now a reporter enters the picture for the first time in years. Dakota had every guy on the team including the coach chasing her through those early years except Larry; who had more important goals other than some barrel racer.

Michele Bower had it all, a loving husband, two children, a family pet and a cozy little home in North Carolina. She had been suffering from chronic sinus infections for a while. The beach had been the only real relief she could find. The mall she was working for had locations all up and down the east coast. Searching their website, she found a job that she qualified for in West Palm Beach, Florida. Just for fun she decided to apply and she lands the job. It was like a dream come true. She loved the beach and she wanted more than anything to fulfill this dream. The ocean had been so peaceful to her since she was a little girl. She grew up loving the ocean more and more. She found the peace in the crashing of the waves and the beauty of it all. But the decision she makes, changes her whole life. The Journey it leads her on and the Danger she faces was not expected. She meets up with a guy named Buddy Jackson. Will he be able to protect her and her family from what they are about to face? Then Fate throws something her way that will change her life even more. Will she be able to overcome all this and still have that same love for the beach? Even more important will her family survive through this and remain unchanged.

It's 1887, and a prison on the east side of the territory has been ordered closed by the legislature. The governor wants the convicts transported to the newly constructed Territorial Penitentiary outside the city of Walla Walla, Washington Territory.The warden only has eight guards to take with him on the train, so he has sent Levi Sawyer a telegram asking him to assist in the transport. Levi's old friend Badger insists on going along. But when Badger learns that a man from his past, a sworn enemy Badger thought was long dead. Is planning to free convicts from the train before it reaches Walla Walla, and after Levi is shot while standing along-side the train. Events are put into motion, that will change their lives forever. Someone will not be coming home

The Life Section is a compilation of columns written by popular newspaper columnist Michael K. McMahan. McMahan is author of three books: A Breach of Faith; Confessions of a Preacher's Kid; An Act of War; and, editor of The Little Orangemen, a book written by Coach Earl Groves. McMahan is a U.S. Army veteran who served in the First Air Cavalry in Vietnam in 1968 - 1969. He also served in the 82nd Airborne Division. He is a frequent lecturer on military, economic and religious topics.MICHAEL K. MCMAHAN is author of three books, A Breach of Faith; Confessions of a Preacher's Kid; and, An Act of War. He is also editor of Little Orangemen-An account of the most dominant football team in America from 1959 to 1968. His columns and articles have been published in Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Winston-Salem Journal and other newspapers. He writes a weekly column for the Gaston Gazette, the Shelby Star and the Hendersonville Times-News. Life Section is a collection of articles and columns that have been previously published.

"This is a modern-day story of Damon and Pythius, who personify brotherly love. Pythius is accused of treason against King Dionysius 1 of Syracuse and is sentenced to be executed. He asks Dionysius for a year to get his affairs in order and then will return to be executed. As a guarantee for his return his friend Damon agrees to stay in his place as a hostage. If Pythius does not return his friend Damon will be executed in his place. At the last hour Pythius returns to save his friend. King Dionysius is so impressed by this show of brotherly love that he sets both men free"--Publisher marketing.