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Have you ever wondered how some people get so much done every day, every week, and every year?How do they do it? What magic ability are they blessed with that you're not?I have good news! The secret of goal setting is in this book.It's a friendly and step-by-step process to plan, identify, and accomplish all your goals every year that will fall under eight different categories.It's life planning made simple! Perfect Planning 4 Life: The Workbook will soon be invaluable to you. Use it every day and keep track of your accomplishments. The more you use it, the more you get out of it!Good luck and happy planning!You can do this!

Call Me Cecilia is story about a high school ladies' man who messes with the wrong girl. In the course of courting his new conquest at a party, Cecil accidentally falls on top of her in a drunken state. In an angry response, the girl, Beth, uses her special powers and puts a spell on Cecil, effectively sending him into a parallel world where he has to be a female for a full year. Over the course of that period, Cecil, now called Cecilia, gradually transforms from the boy he was into the girl he is to become. He must adjust to the many male and female differences and make sense of who he is while living out his female life. Over the course of time, Cecilia endures the horrible pain of a breakup and losing a lifelong friend. At the end of the spell, Cecilia must then decide whether to remain a girl or go back to being the boy he was before his transformation.

The Getting to Know Me Dialogues and Exercise book gets students talking and interacting!It teaches self-identification information using dialogues with follow-up practice dialogues and practical reinforcement worksheets.Units address school, family, work, friends, and favorites.Characters and visuals are infused to enhance comprehension.It provides oral presentations, as well as listening, reading, and writing exercises.The dialogues are written to provide an understanding of questions in various ways.Picture cards are included for the final unit: My Favorite Things.

The title Seeking Community: A Spiritual Journey came to me almost before I knew what the content of the writing would be. You could say that this writing was created around the title, as my eighty-year life journey has made me became more aware of the importance of the friendships and relationships that are made with everything. Each of these relationships constitutes or creates a community unto itself. Most of us spend our entire life looking for and modifying our relationships and communities in accordance with our life needs as those needs change throughout life. The motivation for the creation of any relationship is the need to belong. The connection that is then made is spiritual, meaning that it is about the feeling of belonging, the creation of the friendship, the connection that is of importance, whether those relationships are with people, animals, things, or with the world around us. It is the connection itself that is spiritual, not the entity. The realization that all feelings, good or bad, are spiritual, which is the essence of this writing. Without the connections made through community, there would be no evolution, which is growth and/or change, because there would be no entity to share that which has been learned with. This is the scenario for all species, not just man.

Who Me is a story of a life framed and supported by a bevy of pets. From a pigtailed child wishing for her first kitten to finding herself in the cockpit of a spy plane, from a sheltered teen losing a father and then a president, from finding love to losing it and finding it again Who Me travels a path similar and unique to those of us who say, "e;Well, I'm just ordinary."e;This story will push and pull you through those experiences that shape us to be who we are. There is tragedy, joy, truth, and love. And there are cats, dogs, and birds who partner with our heroine to soften her falls and celebrate her successes, who are always on her side and avid proponents of the sunlit day and one more romp through the grass.

A team of scientists had a plan to study a creature that had been extinct for well over a million years. Or so it was thought.What they found was a nightmare-one in which they found themselves facing a mysterious and dangerous being, an ancient creature existing in a modern world to which it did not belong. They were left examining their faith and its interaction with what science thought it knew.In Cold Trail, our team of anthropologists continue their research into the mysterious beings and find themselves thrust into a much more recent mystery-a modern murder. They also uncover much evidence of the presence of the mysterious hominids, but no proof. They were first confronted by these creatures in the African Rift Valley, found the connection to the cryptohominids around Willow Creek, and are tracking them now in Alaska, where they also have to sort out the creatures' behaviors from those of a modern-day killer. Now it's twice the mystery, with even more questions lurking in the shadows.The old man thought for a moment. "e;I don't believe or not believe. I have never seen him. But if someone has seen something that I have not, how can I say it wasn't there? If I don't see something, that is not proof that it does not exist."e; He studied Wil for a few moments, almost as if looking into his soul. Wil felt the old man's mind reaching in, strangling the turmoil with which he'd wrestled these past four years. It felt like the old man was speaking directly to him, and he wondered just what he himself really believed. Sam paused again, looked at Officer Sterns, and asked, "e;But you're a policeman. Why is a policeman seeking a legend?"e;

This book is about the love shared between a grandson and his grandfather and the adventures they took together while the grandmother sat back and watched them explore.

My name is Vicksay Baby Moten-Richardson; I am the last of fourteen children. I realize now why I am so different in so many ways, not in a bragging way but in a way that God has laid it on my heart to share my life in this book. Not too many people are named Baby. It was not until I was eighteen and graduating from high school when I revealed that my middle name was Baby. When the principal of the school called my name and I walked up to get my diploma, it took over ten minutes to stop the class of 1974 from laughing. What a wonderful memory that was.For many years, I felt like I was a nobody, even though forty-two years ago I bought a new home when I was twenty-two years old with my sister, and she still lives there to this day. I was voted most likely to succeed. I completed high school in three years instead of four. I was number fifty-six in a class of 560, grade-wise. I would have ranked higher, but because I was graduating a year earlier, it caused my ranking to be calculated differently from the students who had attended high school for four years.I received three four-year scholarships to the University of Arizona. I completed a twenty-four-month computerized accounting program in eighteen months while raising four extremely sickly and one very difficult foster child and while running a full-time day care from my home. I took twenty-four classes in those eighteen months and received twenty-three As and one B. Of course, I give God the glory because He is the only one who gives us strength. I was a straight-A student.Since I was in first grade, I have always assisted children with learning disabilities. However, the one thing that I am proudest of was that I married a virgin. Inside I was this sad and disappointed little girl that I thought no one would love or care for. And one more thing that I am proud of is that with the only two men I have been intimate with in my whole sixty-four years of life, I took my wedding vows first. But that same person whom I just told about filed bankruptcy several times, moved over fifty times, and lost over fifteen cars and over forty jobs, all because of pride, disobedience to God, and letting people speak negativity into my life. It is very difficult to share your weakness with the world and those whom you love and know. But it is more liberating to know that my story is going to help many people, especially women, not to make the mistakes I have made.

The Adventures of Gerry and Gerome is a fun read while instilling some basic life lessons in children aged three to six. Topics covered range from bullying to running in parking lots and even littering.

This book is the result of our love for music, for our families, our musical colleagues, and even our dogs. The story is by no means chronological, though after a "e;Prelude,"e; it does follow very loosely accounts of our youth, our education, our musical experiences, and adventures. Those experiences have included playing with the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Boston Pops, Peter Nero's Philly Pops, our concerts in Moscow (in the midst of a revolution), St. Petersburg, Carnegie Hall, the Salzburg Festival, Havana, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, Slovenia, Denmark, Norway, Italy, England, Germany, Peru, and the Library of Congress. It is also a history of Orchestra 2001, the Swarthmore College- and Philadelphia-based contemporary music ensemble I founded and directed from 1988 to 2015. It includes in the appendices a complete list of O2001's concerts, repertoire, and recordings, as well as highlights and critical commentary about many of those performances and CDs.

A Little Something for All Ages is compelling and true. Throughout this thoughtful book are illustrations and pages written in a diverse array of poetry from Mark McCullogh, covering practical topics for children, youth, and adults with a touch of history and humor. Suitable for the entire family, this book is a must read and will enhance "e;family time."e; "e;Helping Mom and Dad with the Big Bad Storm,"e; a story featured in this book, is a great read to your children. With illustrations, it instructs younger children how to cope by helping you, the parent, prepare for natural disasters such as a hurricane and gives suggestion and comfort to the family during and after the storm. "e;In the Dawn of Morning"e; brings the story of 9/11 to life, on how we felt on that dark day in history, and gives a new generation an appreciation of its reality and how America grew stronger for it. "e;Bush and Gore"e; is more of a lighthearted historical look at the 2000 election, and with these, in a family setting, helps children understand real-world situations."e;Fire Is Not a Friend"e; helps the youngest of our children understand the dangers of fire, what it does and what happens to bad people who commit them while teaching what fire is for and how to respect it. "e;Love and Respect Older People"e; teaches children of all ages to not only love and respect grandma and grandpa but all elders. "e;The Taming of Deer"e; is a real-life look at Northern Nomads taming live reindeer with a familiar twist at the end, which makes it enjoyable for the holiday season. "e;Ode to the Essential Workers"e; is a tribute to all those on the front lines who have helped us through COVID-19 and continue to do so through all walks of life, who will always be with us in times of trouble. From history to satire and down to adolescent lessons, this book is suitable for the whole family to love. This is the first collection of writings by Mark McCullogh, and there will be more in the coming years.

This book marks the first time that the poetry of Curtis Wayne Parris appears in print. The poems were selected to showcase Parris' mastery of verse and provide readers with a broad range of poetic styles from Parris' diverse catalog. Readers should be advised-and forewarned-that they are about to enter into a world of hauntingly beautiful prose and verse that spans the spectrum of human emotion, from zeniths of bliss to nadirs of sorrow. In his cosmic meanderings, Parris wanders through psychedelic dreamscapes of sublime beauty but also descends into the deepest gorges of despair. Through linguistic alchemy, Parris skillfully blends subject, sound, syntax, and syncopation to create naturally rhythmic poems charged with pure emotion. Blessed with a gift for alliteration and cadence, Parris uses simple, everyday words to convey the most intimate and horrifying details of his life.Parris does not seek exposure nor notoriety, for he lives in a world of night, of moonscapes and shadows. Instead, Parris writes because he has a tempest inside. Parris injects metaphysical concepts into his poems, frequently traveling through time, space, and other dimensions as he explores the mysterious universe within his mind. In these respects, his poems can touch upon ancient nerves; for we are all, to some degree or another, just fellow travelers in time, journeying through life, seeking solace, and awaiting final destinations. Into this abstract poetic tapestry, Parris weaves his observations on life, death, religion, and politics. Come along and take a journey through the land of dreams.

Life for the animals in the shelter isn't so bad. It's actually pretty good. The animals are well cared for and loved by all the volunteers. It would be nice, though, for each of them to find a forever home. It's Christmas time, and that is the wish that each animal has-to leave the shelter and find themselves in a home where they can receive and also give love. For all their lives, the animals have heard of the fabled Jinglebella-one of Santa's helpers-a helper who visits animals in shelters on Christmas Eve. Is Jinglebella real, or just a make-believe character from a make-believe story? If Jinglebella is real, what is she truly capable of doing to help Santa? This Christmas, the animals in the shelter of the Portage Animal Protective League will find out!

Who was Sydney Rinard?God loves everyone. He does. But sometimes he sends someone to us who channels that love so well that their life revolves around sharing it. Not in fancy lights or productions. Just by being them.This book is about one such person. My dad, Sydney Rinard.He was an ordinary man. But he was an extraordinary man.Those who were lucky enough to know him already understand that. In his gentle, unpretentious ways, he touched so many lives. He would help anyone in need. Anyone.He was not a famous man. He did not walk the red carpet, win an MVP, or discover the newest scientific breakthrough.He was a son, husband, father, and grandfather. He was an engineer, a woodworker, a friend. He was humble as the day was long but affected so many others with his oversized heart and love for his creator. He loved everyone. And he was funny. Life made him laugh. He was truly happy.Why write a book about him? Sydney Rinard was the type of man that the world needs to know and emulate. As his only daughter, I felt it was not fair for me to keep him all to myself. He wanted to reach out to everyone before he died, so I am now giving all humankind this opportunity to get to know him and be his friend.This story follows his life and a final posthumous journey with me to the beautiful Rocky Mountains in Colorado that will touch your heartstrings.Does God have a favorite? No. But if he did, Sydney Rinard would make his short list.

In Naupaka Emmalee Gray Denning is trying to cope with the death of her husband. Burying herself in work, her children and the Lodge. She believes she is finding peace in her new existence until a documentary showcasing her as an artist appears on a local television station bringing with it danger. She chooses to flee life as she knows it, in order to protect her children and family. Can she find solace and safety in the new life she is trying to make for herself?

I was led by the spirit to write this book. On my journey in life, I have had my ups and downs. I remember when I was a young man. I was carefree, did not have a worry in the world. I had my strength and that was all I thought I need. I was strong, like a flower when the sun heats the morning dew. I had the job and all that came with it. I was doing good as a young man. I had been raised in the church as a child, and now I was of age and independent, had my own place, and no one could tell me what to do anymore. I even had the nerve to tell God I was too young to come and serve Him. I had everything a young man could ask for in the palms of my hand. I would go to the parties, stay out late-all the things that young people do. Little did I know what was lying ahead. I started getting hit with the storms of life. I was like a sheep caught in the dark in the forest. It took me years to get back on the track my mom started me on when I was a little child. I have been back on the trail for over thirty years. I know what it is to be in darkness and believe everything is all right. I kept stumbling along in this life in the dark. I really thought I was seeing things clearly. I have a high tolerance for pain, so I stayed in darkness longer than I had anticipated. Life pain was taking a toll on my life. Those things I thought were fun took more pain to have the fun. This life I loved did not love me anymore. One day I saw some people getting out of their car and going up the steps to the church. I said, "e;Lord, if you would change my life to be like them church folks, I will serve you the rest of my life."e; You know, it is said that the deeper that you were in darkness, the more loyal you would be to God. Now I'm in the light. I see with insight, not as much with eyesight over the years. I come to see some things that require our immediate attention. This can't wait. We have been brought to the light so we can show others how to get to the light, and there is a lot of work to do as a child of God. It is our responsibility to carry out God's will. We can't push it on the next person. We have to step up and do it. This book can help people to learn to treat people like they would like to be treated, and it gets you to know about the Lord. You can practice this in your daily life. I'm a new creature. Old things I don't do any more. I thought that my old behaviors would be with me all my life until I was shown the light. Now I must share the light and show others how to get here.

Raindrops and Rainbows lets the rain tell its story through the eyes of a child.

Have you ever stood in a historic building and tried to imagine what the people who lived or worked there experienced? Or wondered how many other faces a clouded mirror has reflected? Perhaps you've looked at a museum display and wished the objects could tell you how they came to be there. Eight stories and poems, inspired by family heirlooms, museum collections, and local history, explore the tangible connection objects and places create across time and the power of passing down stories through the generations.Author Lindsey Wood envisions the stories behind everyday objects, from the cross-country travels of a family quilt to the conversations around a spinning wheel. Short stories bring to life the eight-year-old Hugh Morrison, caught in the crossfire in the battle of Fort Montgomery, and Sybil Ludington's devotion to both the Revolutionary cause and her family. Newspaper articles and local lore weave together to form the stories of people living in New York City's Gilded Age and rediscovered appreciation for Peekskill's rich history.

The Destroyer is a detailed analysis of the factors which affect the dynamics of society. It was fiction to compare and contrast what is serious and what is ridiculous in the world around us.It is in fact two levels in one, for sandwiched within this book is another book written by writer Phil A. Mignon who lived in Canaria. In it Binsad, a space traveler, takes Abdul on a journey through the cosmos exploring wild, weird and wonderful worlds. It's quite a journey. It's the damnedest book you'll ever read.

When an eight-year-old boy went from playing cops and robbers in the streets around Boston to chasing down criminals with a real badge and gun, he knew that there was nothing else he'd rather do for a living.High-speed pursuits, drug busts, domestic assaults, burglaries, kidnappings, medical calls. Ed has seen it all.For six years, he patrolled the streets, proud of serving the community where he and his family called home.Until the day it all came crumbling down around him...Ripped from the headlines.Suddenly, the lead story on news outlets around the country, Ed found himself going from hero to zero overnight at the evil intent of the Nobodies. A series of false accusations and being in the wrong place at the wrong time, he now faced going to prison as a disgraced cop.Hitting rock bottom, and the bottom of a bottle, he found himself back where it all began, only this time he had nothing to lose. Everything built to a single moment that would define the rest of this life and realized that being on the wrong end of that gun could make a police officer do unspeakable things.Leaving all law enforcement and everything he ever loved behind, he must do something he never thought he would have to. He regretted nothing, did what he had to, and found himself in the most unexpected place.Breaking his twenty-one years of silence, this is the first time Ed Canto will tell his true story.

It is the mid-1980s in South Africa. The white minority of this black nation is fighting-politically and physically-to maintain its leadership. Into this unstable environment comes Shaka II, the descendant of a feared nineteenth-century warrior and Zulu king of the same name. Like his ancestor, this twentieth-century militant and charismatic leader has assembled an army of ferocious, loyal fighters that embarks on a bloody campaign to topple white rule.Shaka's warriors began an uprising by slaughtering a prominent South African family. Yury Isakov, a KGB agent posing as a hydroelectric engineer, offers Shaka the Soviet Union's clandestine support for the uprising. Mark van Rooyan, son of the slaughtered family, vows to avenge his family's death.Ensues a battle against time between van Rooyan and his supporters against Shaka's warriors and an impending Soviet nuclear intervention. This story of a farmer and a few friends clashing head on with the fearsome power of primitive warriors and the threat of Soviet military might portrays a classic conflict between good and evil.

Vin Fackler did not intend to do anything at the bar that night except support the sheriff department's fundraiser for the kids of Clifton County. But Kerry Court is just too attractive to ignore, and Vin is drawn to her and amazed when she accepts his invitation to join him for a beer. The fun and adventure begin that night and wind through the seemingly quiet landscapes of Clifton County, where love is as perennial as the change of seasons.

Woodlawn Giants. A story about a group of boys growing up in West Memphis, Arkansas, in the '60's and early '70's. The story begins with Daddy and Mr. Rick planting some pine trees. Those trees symbolize my lifelong friends, the Woodlawn Giants. Enjoy the trip back in time as the boys embark on several adventures to include Florida Ball, snipe hunting, and an attempt to jump the Ten-Mile Bayou. You will experience the "e;it takes a village"e; mentality that defined the everyday world the boys experienced under the watchful eye of Mrs. Mary Jane and Momma. Meet Big Phil Spicer the benevolent, larger- than- life patriarch of our gang. You will love the sassy Janice Smith, aka Skillet, quick and sharp with the tongue. Have a front row seat to the sniper operation where the entire gang comes together in a takedown of Old Man Donaldson. If you love to fish, you will enjoy the trot line stories on Dacus and Tunica Lake. Of course, anytime boys get together, there will be accidents and mistakes. We were not angels, and we learned some hard life lessons along the way. We all lived, we all learned, and it was a wonderful childhood. Miss you, Momma and Daddy. Miss you, Big Phil and the Woodlawn Giants. The pines still stand, and the memories live on.

Who would have thought by being a little curious, what an eight-year-old boy could find out.Zach is a boy with a big heart with a huge imagination. He always wanted to be a spy. One day, he spied strange comings and goings from a house in his neighborhood. What he saw was unimaginable! If only he could get his family to take him seriously?

Families are struggling with Alzheimer's disease on a daily basis. It is hard to share with children what is happening to their loved ones. This book will open the door to conversations about loving someone inflicted with memory loss through their memory struggles. The illustrations are of cheerful animals, because they are universal and comforting. The story shares the thoughts and feelings of a child who is recognizing that their loved one is not acting the same as they once did towards them, and questions what could be wrong? The realization that their actions may look different, but their love and heart is the same, is brought to the forefront as the story progresses. We can all benefit from this heartwarming book whether we are a child or an adult child to someone who is struggling with Alzheimer's.

War. Families are torn apart, estates are plundered, farms are torched, and the war lays bare the dilemmas of mankind--the struggle, boredom, treachery, and fear. Brothers Jacob and Aaron Abbott serve His Majesty's Army nobly, but circumstance and fate violently disrupt their lives, removing them from a peaceful war to a dangerous peace. They embark on a thrilling journey across the great state of Pennsylvania, a wilderness, in 1778. From Swatara Creek to Chambers Gate, they guard against the elements, befriend some unlikely locals, and display courage and good sense to combat the danger and confusion that lurk inside the dense gray foliage that engulfs them. One thing is for sure: the sun sets in the west, and that is where the adventure will send them.

My story is a candid and at times appalling account of the shameful events that led to my dependence on prescription painkillers. If you think that you are alone in your guilt and regret, you will find after reading my narrative that you are not. As an army medical corpsman, an inner-city high school teacher, and a drug- and alcohol-abuse counselor, I have met a variety of people with a variety of addictions. My hope is that the sharing of my personal drug dependence ordeal and my eventual victory over such will be of some benefit to those who struggle against all sorts of addictions.

Small-town judgment can be brutal, as Sherry Dyke, a high school student, finds out after she is date-raped, becomes pregnant as a result, and makes a difficult decision. The family moves to another state to avoid the harassment and begin to rebuild their lives. They win over their new communities, including Sherry finding love.But when the man who raped her shows up, the harassment begins anew until Sherry is brutally raped again and beaten. Sherry survives her injuries, and she and her family seek justice through the court system but are disappointed.Sherry's tragic story is contrasted by the beauty of the setting-the Columbia River Gorge, which separates the states of Oregon and Washington-and the manner in which she finally gets justice.

Please do not read if you want an entertaining narrative, a suspense or romance novel, a scientific or action thriller.The following is a series of events that took place from 2000 to 2020. Two-thirds of that time I worked for Rikers as a correction officer (CO). In my defense, I must confess that I was too tall, too opinionated, too theatrical, too self-righteous, and I could not keep my mouth shut. If I repeat myself, it is because I think it must be repeated to make a point. Hopefully, documenting the events I experienced will bring me inner peace and maybe give hope to others who find themselves in similar circumstances.This is the story of my recollection of some of the events that happened and often reminisce about. Everything is true. Most of it can be confirmed by newspaper articles, the many docketed federal and state lawsuits, and various other archives. Although I had a hand in trying to lift up a lot of people who were falling prey to the chaos and corruption that ran rampant throughout that whole department, at no time did I ever declare or think for one minute that I was anyone's hero or savior.

An explosion rocks Sam's world, causing her to lose her memories, and she finds herself lost in a forest with a stranger. There, she and the stranger meet an older man named Albin, who provides them with only enough information for them to begin a mission he is suddenly sending them on. Through a magical portal he creates, they are transported to another world to search for a mystical key. Completely lost and confused, they find shelter in a cave behind a waterfall, only to discover that it is not vacant.Chris, the owner of the shelter, is sent on the same mission, except he has been there for two years with no way back home. The three of them band together to continue the mission, recruiting others along the way. A ruthless king from another world who wants the Key and its powerful counterparts for himself sees Sam as a possible heir to his throne. In an effort to thwart their mission, he throws many trials her way to test her strength and abilities, making their mission harder than it was before.