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A collection of short stories and tales that dramatizes the realities of working men, women, families, and loners. Whether it's the discovery of old secrets or the pressures of work and family, the characters in this collection aim to do what is right for themselves and for their loved ones. They try to live their lives with meaning, while a loud, indifferent world aims to reduce them to nothing but the means to an end. From the first story to the last, the characters go about their business only vaguely aware of the larger forces controlling their worlds, and yet determined to live on their own terms. Some characters fight and some go with the flow, while all face their options with as much courage and focus as they can muster in the circumstances. In the first story, Ralph quits his job to protect the reputation of an eccentric customer. In "The Screw," Joe discovers that his brother has been lying to him, a lie that threatens to bring down his world. Caleb, highschool drop-out, wants to head west, but discovers a murder that he chooses to keep to himself.

The hit television series, Seinfeld, was once described as "a show about nothing." The same could be said of Particularly Peculiar People. Although the events in her life are of little consequence, B. Lynn views them through a curiously distorted lens that turns "something about nothing" into "something about something." In this collection of vignettes, B. Lynn wades through the muck of childhood, adolescence and adulthood, keenly observing the absurd and learning valuable life lessons:• Getting too chummy with God is not conducive to living a long and healthy life• Fingers make convenient playmates • It is not a good idea to aggravate her mother's eyebrow• It is impossible to hum Jimi Hendrix's version of the Star Spangled Banner • Grandmothers are physically disgustingWickedly humorous and irreverent, with an undercurrent of poignancy as B. Lynn exposes her own vulnerabilities and abiding love for the people she so mercilessly caricaturizes, Particularly Peculiar People begins in the 1950s and continues until B. Lynn is older than she would like.

"America is hard to see," observed Robert Frost, for America never stops moving, speeding always toward the promise of a future that is elusive, if not illusory. The American is a wayfarer who knows no rest, who is almost pathologically agitated. The American soul, restive and turbulent, finds its being in perpetual motion. There is no staying put, no sending down roots deep into the soil. Rather, there is in America, wrote D. H. Lawrence, only "the incarnate mystery of the open road." "Dark Fields: Poems and an Essay" offers a more chastened, and chastening, vision of the American past and present, emphasizing deliberation, restraint, forbearance, and responsibility in place of the exuberant feeling and ecstatic sensation that accompanies an America that is moving "forward then and now and forever." Standing within, but also in critical opposition to, the poetic tradition that Walt Whitman established, the poems in this volume question the American hope of millennial perfection. An expression of dissent, they counter the official American optimism, and instead cast doubt on the conviction that America is the City of God and that Americans are His Chosen People.

Journey through the Infinite Mind takes the reader on an exploration of the basic neuroscience of dementia and how its progression affects the brain and perceptions of the person experiencing it.The spirituality is theoretical and metaphysical in nature. It addresses the question, "If we are spiritual beings having a human experience, what could be the spiritual purpose to millions of souls living with dementia?"Included are practical tips on care intermingled with first person narratives and empathy building exercises that enable the reader to step into the shoes of a person with dementia.The information in this book is designed to raise questions and encourage the reader to think for themselves, formulating their own opinions. It presents an opportunity to see beyond the physical losses and disabilities and gain a more spiritual perspective of what the dementia experience could be.

Larissa (Lara) Crowell is a registered nurse with four young children. Now that her husband has made the transition from police officer to attorney, she hopes to be able to remain at home with their four young children. The sudden death of her husband causes her to have to return to work. This is the story of her adjustment and triumphs as she learns to combine both the world of being a breadwinner and a parent. It also traces her eventual meeting of the second great love of her life, and of her learning to trust him enough to blend him into her close family with her children. Sometimes the challenges you anticipate are not the ones that actually occur.

This book is about the growing years a boy who was part of a large family during the nineteen forties and fifties in the Missouri Ozarks. Life is filled with humorous events. The book is about these humorous times and events. As you read, the book will make you laugh, other parts will make your imagination kick into gear and you may feel a tear run down your cheek.The setting of the book is the Missouri Ozarks which gives it a hillbilly flavor. If you enjoy humor from a young person's propspective you will, no doubt, find youreself re-reading this book.For the older readers I am sure they will identify with many of the conditions mentioned and will recall similar times in their own life.I pray my stories make you laugh or at the least bring a smile to your face.

Maddog Malone has lived a life of high adventure and high stress working as a consultant for various big-city mobs. After a health scare, he decides to give up that life style and retire. He lands in Puerto Rico looking to make a new home and life for himself, and using his own aircraft, start a small airline charter business.With a dubious past like his, however, settling down to a quiet existence proves futile. Standing in his way are a number of aggrieved former associates with scores to settle. Almost immediately after touching down, Maddog finds himself plunged into a world of corrupt bureaucrats, saboteurs, local gangs, foreign mobsters and blood feuds. Even his friends harbor secrets, and nobody, it seems, is about to let Maddog go quietly into the breezy, tropical sunset.

Comes the Electric Circus is a novel that reflects the tumultuous changes from the traditional 1950's to the mind-blowing 60's. The story of the romance between two young Manhattanites, at a time when New York became the world's capitol of finance and the arts, captures the evolution of their love in the midst of the radical developments in the social and intellectual shifts that re-shaped America. Working in the lively television and magazine communication business, the couple witnesses conventional conservative values spin out of control with the advent of the sexual revolution, the Beats, the Boomers, cool jazz, new journalism, the rise of television and the continued escalation of the Cold War and Space Race. How does the young couple survive the mayhem and maintain their closeness?Alice Casey is one of the "Today Show Girls" who brighten up life in Manhattan. Jim Mahoney is a would-be writer learning the fast-paced magazine business. Their love story flourishes in the bright settings of Manhattan: cocktails at the Plaza, concerts at Carnegie Hall, ballet at City Center, weekends in the Hamptons visits to the Newport music Festivals and Tanglewood.On their journey, they listen to cool jazz, argue with the Beats, come across the New York Intellectuals, discover new journalism and the New Theater. They were there at the creation of the of the forces that would fully emerge in the tumultuous 1960's.

Have you given up on trying to make changes in your life that last? Too often we believe the problem is a lack of willpower, but it isn't. More than likely, you haven't been able to figure out strategies that support your efforts to meet goals, heal your emotions, and change stubborn habits. Learn the PARDA Process: 5 Steps from Wishful Thinking to Sustained Change to discover what works for you-not everyone else. Enable your head and heart to work in tandem as you identify specific steps towards your goals and dreams. Figure out what obstacles might derail you, and how to easily work around them. When your emotions threaten to overwhelm you, the PARDA Process will show you how to step back and disengage from painful situations, including events that happened years ago. Heal hurts and let them go so you can move on in your life instead of being stuck. Along with gently correcting stubborn habits, learn to savor your life, and focus on what is going right. Engage your senses and appreciate what you already have in the moment.

It's never too soon to start your son's or daughter's college search. After all, the choice of a college is one of the most important decisions your family will make. But how do you go about making this decision? Where do you start? Let's start in your own backyard.Ohio has nearly 200 colleges and universities. To make it less overwhelming for you, we've narrowed the list to the state's best residential institutions, Ohio's "Sturdy 30" colleges and universities. You'll learn how to clarify everything you and your student want in a college, including:• Cost• Academic majors• Study abroad opportunities• Cocurricular activitiesWe'll walk you through the all-important "family college meeting," and then you can match what you and your child want with our detailed descriptions of Ohio's best colleges. Once you know the colleges you want to visit, we'll help you prepare for your family's campus visits: who to see, what to do, and - most importantly - what to ask.You'll find this Trail Map to be an important tool in picking a good-fit college. As a result, your child will be more motivated, happier, and likely to graduate. The trail starts here!

Purposely Unchained takes the reader on an enthralling roller coaster journey with the author as the Holy Spirit helps her little-faith grow into great-faith. It began with The Call by the Father to start a new life. From there, her life fell into the deepest of valleys of personal trials and demonic challenges. On the final approach back to safety, she was able to clearly see the mountain top of triumph.Designed for the millions of women who formerly grew up without knowledge of God, and yet now fill the pews of churches around the world, Purposely Unchained humorously and yet biblically addresses the age-old issue of persecution that derails the faith of many Christians.Purposely Unchained shares a guaranteed battle plan that will strengthen the woman of God in her walk of Faith, while also demonstrating how to gain victory over ungodly strongholds. This book shares a life-assisting plan of action in which the perpetual promise and power of God's word is demonstrated several failsafe steps. It brings the biblical promise of victory off of the pages of the Bible and into the lives of today's woman of God to let her know that yes, she can be free.

Teenage Corky helps her aunt and uncle train wild mustangs for the horses' owners. This year she gets to train a mustang on her own. Challenged by the difficulties of training the feisty mare she names Glitter, Corky often feels her life is like riding a roller coaster with no brakes on uneven tracks. While working with Glitter, Corky must also deal with her own shortcomings, like taming her quick temper. This is evident after she bloodies the nose of the new boy at school for taunting her and calling her "mustang girl."Corky is determined to show everyone she has what it takes to become a real horse trainer in her own right, but does she? Can she train the mustang according to the owner's unusual demands? Or will her beloved Glitter be doomed to face the owner's rejection-and possibly the slaughter auction?

When love commands, destiny must obey. The year is AD 450. The Roman Empire wanes as the Medieval Age awakens. Attila the Hun and his horde conquer their way across Europe into Gaul. Caught between Rome's tottering empire and Attila's threat are the Frankish tribes and their 'Long-Hair' chiefs, northern pagans in a Roman Christian world, and a people history will call the Merovingians. A young widow, Arria longs for a purpose and a challenge. She is as well versed in politics and diplomacy as any man … but with special skills of her own. Emperor Valentinian, determined to gain allies to help stop the Huns, sends a remarkable envoy, a woman, to the Assembly of Warriors in Gaul. Arria will persuade the Franks to stand with Rome against Attila.When barbarian raiders abduct Arria, the Frank blue-eyed warrior, Garic, rescues her. Alarmed by her instant and passionate attraction, Arria is torn between duty and desire. Her arranged betrothal to the ambitious tribune, Drusus, her secret enlistment by Valentinian as a courier to Attila the Hun, and a mysterious riddle-threaten their love and propel them into adventure, intrigue, and Attila's camp. Rebels in a falling empire, Arria and Garic must find the strength to defy tradition and possess the love prophesied as their destiny.

This writing represents the culmination of fifty years of practical ministry, walking out the Word of God and taking His promises quite literally - the product of which is an extremely blessed life. In this book, Jim Croft draws on his personal experiences in living the Word and applying it as the unerring foundation of the "life more abundant" that all believers are entitled to. This book teaches that believers can easily cultivate an accompanying dynamic that has great power and that the confidence it brings to all of life's situations is irreplaceable. Optimistic trust is planted like a seed within the human psyche by coming into agreement with biblically motivated principles and decisions. As Christians guide their thinking and speech to concur with these decisions, they soon find that they've developed a mentality of optimistic trust in God. This mentality is best described as the inspiring confidence that no matter what life dishes out, they'll emerge blessed by the favor of God.

My flower friends came to me in my summer of transitions. One by one they greeted me as I wondered and wandered about my garden. They were born of a need to create and a soul's desire to keep a sunny disposition. Each appeared with serenity, my melancholy giving rise to laughter and joy. They became cherished friends bearing life's lessons. To step into a garden is to step into a magical space. Does not one set forth with seed or seedling with the sole purpose to bring beauty to their corner of the world? When we tend and care for flora, we discover we are tending and caring for our soul. Only in my garden could I find the peace, hope, and renewal I was longing for. I invite you to meet my flower friends. We wish you to gather in a lesson, feel your spirit uplifted, smile and even laugh out loud. And most important, you may experience the beauty of a flower.

The fifth book in the Senior Detective John Bowers series lands us at the scene of a tragic carjacking to find a young mother shot dead in her parked car. Homicide cops in Central Precinct catch a case which looks like a carjacking. There's a young mother slumped behind the wheel with a bloody hole in her head. But without a weapon, no brass, no prints, it's not going to be an easy collar.But when the full forensics team shows up and examines the evidence, it turns out to be something it isn't supposed to be. This is a premeditated murder with the killer trying to throw the cops off the track. The homicide team has to follow the muddy tracks their killer left behind. But there isn't much to follow. Very little forensic evidence to work with means they have to hit the streets and look for answers the old fashioned way.Their first job is to convince the Central Precinct Commander that the murder is not a carjacking and is not even what it seems to be as a random crime. This is a capital murder for profit, and Bowers and Raye can make their case through strong, circumstantial arguments. But the Commander and the DA demand they come up with strong forensics to convince a jury to convict.In the middle of a frustrating investigation, a carjacking occurs across town with a dead attorney of note the victim. Now the detectives are called off their main case and tasked with solving the carjacking case. It takes a while before they can persuade their betters that the real carjacking has nothing to do with their main case.When they finally are able to cuff their prime suspect and put their case to rest, a blast from left field zaps them with harsh reality -- no case is ever closed with all the dots and crosses novels seal the deal with. Readers and cops alike never saw this one coming. It's a reminder that even good cops wear blinders once in a while.

Above the Field of Play delivers the psychological essentials to complement the physical skills and strategies of your sport on the path to competitive excellence. The workbook offers a developmental approach to the psychology of sports, providing a dependable foundation for the changes required at each stage to unlock peak performance. You will discover a framework of the most important psychological concepts to structure your path to improvement.More and more studies point to the leverage that psychological principles provide for success and well-being. Above the Field of Play draws from the growing literature on development, motivation, positive psychology, neuroscience (and more), delivered in a concise and practical format. While most coaching and training focuses on doing something different and better, Above the Field of Play goes straight to the source, providing the information, processes, and tools to be someone different and better. This book is a must-have for the athlete who is serious about getting the greatest leverage out of the most important element of actualizing potential: the mind.