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In 1956, southern Alabama, Frederick Harris and Sadie, 5 months pregnant, lived in his grandfather's large Victorian style home. His grandfather was a field slave before The Ratification of The 13th Amendment in 1865. Fred's grandmother was a doctor and born a free slave in the North Carolina in 1900. Fred, and his father, The Minister discussed the gruesome and horrifying acts placed upon the black people only, that the Klu Klux Klan felt they had the rights to punish and take away their rights JFrederick Harris, hard worker, just got a new job with the railroad and wanted to move closer to the job; where the white people live. This is the beginning of a journey one would like to never foresee. The KKK come in and destroy everything and anyone.When his wife, Sadie goes into pre-labor, they rush to the hospital. The car they borrow is on "E" at mid-way. Frederick blows the horn many times outside for Pop to fill up, and no response. Fred gets out to see why no is around, but lights are on in the office. He opens the office door and immediately trips over a bloody body of Henry Pop Myers. The Deputy arrest him after beating him over the head. Sadie came in to see why her husband was taking so long, and the officers hit her and when she was down one officer kicked her in the stomach over and over, and over¿That same night Frederick's sister, Debra Harris a History teacher in the high school was horrifically lynched. Debra went against the principal's rules taught her white students that negros also gave to building of America. She said history books lied, Slavery is not the proper way to treat the Negro.The trial, goes on with many details of proof that obviously the KKK are involved, but who are part of the KKK? Frederick and Sadie' Harris' case jury- deadlocked.Why is Judge John Hardy killed by his son in the END because he didn't like the way he treated Harris'.

Put yourself in the shoes of a Marshall football fan on the night of November 14, 1970. Picture the camaraderie, the excitement, the dreams of the 75 people on the return flight from East Carolina. Suddenly, the unthinkable happens. That deafening silence wasn't just about a plane crash; it felt like our entire world crumbled. You're probably thinking, "I've heard this story before." Sure, it made the headlines, and the media had its say. But trust me, they just scratched the surface. I was so close to being on that plane, and only a choice I made one year prior changed my fate. Now, walk with me a bit. I'm Craig T. Greenlee, who once played in Marshall's secondary. I've got a gripping story to share that's been buried beneath the big headlines. "Marshall Ever After" isn't your typical retelling-it's an intimate journey into a college community's hardest times and the strength that saw us through. If you think you know the whole story, buckle up. Dive in with me and experience the real heart of Marshall University football.

This an autobiography that will carry you along with Duane as he really felt with his responsibilities as a young husband and father. You'll go through Marine Corps Boot Camp with him, and later, ride with him as he raced dirt bikes and reaped both consequences and rewards. You'll experience the drive and dedication it takes to become an ultra-long-distance runner, and you'll feel the adventure he felt as he ran one of the most difficult endurance tests in the world, the Western States 100 mile run. You'll feel his pain and devastation when he's accused of something that he had no part in or knowledge of, how it affected his life, and how he handled it. You'll question yourself again as to what options you'd take. And you'll see how God played an important role in Duane's life. What was God doing and why was he doing it? Is he really there? If he is, why would he allow this? Questions we've all asked, and we'll answer them together. This is a rare experience that you'll have when looking into the sole of a man who reveals it all. You'll find Duane to have had many experiences. Just like you, some good, some bad. But when learning the lessons they have to offer, we'll see how to turn each of those experiences into ----- ADVENTURES.

Este hermoso libro ilustrado del alfabeto fue creado por la artista contemporánea, Martha J. Weil. El "Alfabeto de la Vida Salvaje Mundial" es una colección única de veintiséis pequeñas pinturas al óleo. La obra de arte es realista, representando una amplia variedad de animales e insectos de todas partes del mundo en sus hábitats naturales. Las imágenes de Weil capturan la imaginación tanto de niños como de adultos. Este libro atrae a todos los grupos de edad, convirtiéndolo en una herramienta educativa inspiradora y en un favorito de la familia.

52 Weeks is a book about reflection on the promises of God. Most of our concerns and trials are not solved with a daily verse but require deeper reflection on the words of God. In this book I present topics that we all encounter focusing on the topic for a week as opposed to a daily meditation verse. The intent is to understand how God's words for us encourage and strengthen faith with a week of focused reflection.

Sit back and relax while reading "Meet Me Under The Maple Tree." Join Katy Sunbeam and her sister, Cathy, as they enjoy some good ol' fashioned fun at their grandparents' farm. Who knows, you might even learn how to call pigs while reading!

These poems I wrote are just poems of happenings in my life. Some are more personal than others, but they are all special to me.

One day in the car my daughter drew a sun on her hand and then she drew a moon on her sisters hand and then she said, "I am the sun and you are the moon." I was inspired and wrote this poem of the sun and the moon with colorful water colors for you to enjoy.

When Rose Philippine Duchesne was born in Grenoble, the beautiful gateway to the French Alps, in 1769, no one knew she'd eventually be canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. When she went to the Sisters of the Visitation convent, Ste. Marie d'en Haut, to study for her First Holy Communion at age twelve, she consecrated herself to God. That was the happiest day of her life.At age eighteen, she asked to join the sisters, and while her father did not approve at first, he eventually began to realize how happy Philippine was. During the French Revolution, the government outlaws any and all religious congregations, so all convents, monasteries, and Catholic schools were closed. Philippine kept busy teaching her cousins, visiting the sick, and teaching catechism to the poor children she met in the streets. Finally, after twelve years of praying and hoping to go to the New World, in 1817, Bishop William Valentine DuBourg, bishop of Louisiana, came to visit the convent to ask for help for his American missions. Philippine threw herself at his feed and begged to be invited, and against all odds she established religious communities in the United States to spread the word of the Lord.

Walter, who has recently experienced the loss of his wife, is having trouble adjusting to his new role as a single father. Feeling particularly down one Saturday morning, Walter is caught off guard by a question from his young daughter, Karen: What happens if you hold a mirror up to another mirror?

Forensic TV shows such as Sherlock Holmes, Bones, Forensic Files, Crime Scene Investigation (CSI, CSI Vegas, CSI New York), Law and Order, Dexter, Autopsy, Forensic Factor - continue to capture our attention and to multiply. Why? We find the application of science to solving crimes, and the amazing creativity of the criminal mind, fascinating. We enjoy a good puzzle, a good challenge that forces us to think, it is clear. In life we rarely find all the pieces of a puzzle, but we can develop skills to dig deeper into those we find. This is a unique book, part workbook, part textbook. We will focus on one case, the 1932 kidnapping and murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh's 20-month-old son. Lindbergh selected a retired teacher, John Condon, to serve as his contact with the five-person gang of kidnappers. Only one person, Bruno Hauptmann, was ever connected with the case. He was found guilty and executed in 1936.The reader works with the author, a trained scientist (chemist), to take a fresh look at some of the evidence in this case. Develop your investigative skills through quantitative aspects of the case. Together we will ask questions and pursue answers, make measurements, and consider their meaning. The book can be used in a high school or college classroom, or by an individual who wants to learn more about the case, related topics, and themselves. It's also written for those interested in this famous story, and the many hobbyists who debate the case in dedicated blogs and forums. Since this is a cold case, we will go back in time to define aspects of life in 1932 that must be understood. The author shares his thoughts and ideas and works with the reader in this interactive book to develop personal investigative skills. The book covers traditional and logical approaches, showing the reader how much more can be learned with simple tools, and a healthy curiosity.

As she passed nearby the motionless body of her beloved husband lying in the snow, now almost entirely covered by the drifts, she could not help but wail out a long cry of despair and goodbye. The children screamed and cried out also as they suddenly understood the severity of their situation.She almost succumbed to the temptation to fight to the death here and now. Only the cries of her children checked that temptation.She began to kneel down to gather them in her arms to comfort them when one brute gave Yah Doh Nay a shove, sending him sprawling into the snow."Get going!" He snarled.Deh Neh Totsi straightened up and faced him with such fury that he stepped back.With a ferocity and intensity that dropped her voice almost to a whisper, she said through clenched teeth, "when Chee comes, you will fall."She then threw back her head and screamed into the sky with such force and intensity that it froze every one of them in their tracks."Chee eeee!" She screamed and as her volume faded the echoes came rolling back, she dropped her head, grabbed the children's hands and started down the hill.

Wally Touch is a funeral director that has the gift of touch! He is given an opportunity to purchase a beautiful funeral home from a funeral director that lost his wife to cancer. Wally is called into a home of a wealthy banker to remove the wife after her death. As Wally makes physical contact with the woman, he sees her entire life before his eyes. He sees her as a young woman, middle aged as well as older...he sees the wonderful and important times in her life lived. This just from a simple touch. After the encounter, he shares his experience with his wife and his best friend. Wally has the same "visions" with every deceased body that he took in his care. Wally experienced that good and bad of many people that he comes in contact with. His life changed forever when he met Mr. Ross Salvator who was involved in unsolved murders from the 1980's. Wally is thrown into the public limelight and never regains his normal life.

Terrence Steven Lake grew up black in Hamtramck, Michigan with friends of all different colors.While he could get along with everyone, he also spoke his mind. For instance, there was a white man at work from a totally different environment. The author told his co-worker that the white race as a whole had been the most violent race of people in the history of the world, explaining how the pharaohs came to Africa to enslave people to build pyramids pointing at certain planets at a certain time of the year.After meeting and marrying Valerie, the author found himself increasingly questioning religion. Doubts about the nature and purpose of God, the universe, and man's place in the world began to plague him.In sharing his life story, the author hopes to show that there is a reason that different races were put on planet Earth, and until that purpose is fulfilled, those who are not enlightened will be a threat to peace.

Ang Bibliya ay itinuturing na pinakamalalim na koleksyon ng mga dokumento sa buong kasaysayan, at ang mga mensahe at kuwento nito ay tinutukoy pa rin ngayon sa sekular na mundo. Ngunit ito ay mahaba, kumplikado, mahirap unawain, at hindi nakaayos ayon sa pagkakasunod-sunod.Matapos ilathala ng may-akda na si Dr. Peter Bylsma ang Ang Maikling Bibliya, naging malinaw na kailangan ng mas maikling bersyon na gumagamit ng simpleng wika. Ang mas maikling Pinasimpleng bersyon na ito ay isinulat para sa mga taong hindi bababa sa 10 taong gulang at sa mga may limitadong oras. Binubuod nito ang lahat ng 66 na aklat ng Luma at Bagong Tipan sa 24 na maikli, madaling basahin na mga kabanata at nakuha ang mga epikong kuwento, karakter, at pangunahing ideya ng Bibliya. Istruktura tulad ng isang modernong libro, kasama rin dito ang makasaysayang at heograpikal na mga katotohanan upang makatulong na linawin ang konteksto ng mga kaganapan.Ang Pinasimpleng Maikling Bibliya ay angkop para sa mga pamilyar na sa Bibliya ngunit nais ng panibagong pagtingin sa mga mensahe nito. Ang mga abalang tao na gustong maunawaan ang mga kuwento at mensahe ng pinakabasang libro sa lahat ng panahon ay makikita rin itong isang nakakapag-isip na pagbabasa.

From the backwoods of the Pacific Northwest to the jungles of Southeast Asia, It Never Snows In Vietnam follows the lives of two boys, half-brothers, who come of age through changing times, family strife and self-discovery. Jeffery Nole is abducted at Christmas time when he was four and forced to live with his father. More the five years pass before he sees his mother again. During that time his mother has remarried and given birth to two children, one of them is a boy, Benny Olstein. With pageantry rich in humor and unforgettable characters we journey through their boyhood and learn of forbidden love, God and the secrets that bind or tear their families apart.

Greek mythology believed that the Aether was the God of light. It was also believed that the light could be manipulated through the use of gravity. The gravity could be directed with that of a virtual tube or writing instrument to create words, letters or drawings. It is the author's opinion that he now has proof or evidence of the existence of the Aether. The images contained within this visual publication are a representation of the evidence. You are invited to delve deep into the multi-layered imagery inside the pages of The Elements-Aether. The God of the heavens is magical and beyond comprehension. There is nothing that He cannot accomplish. His abilities are beyond what we could ever imagine or dream of. The infinite beauty, creativity and thoughts of our Adonai will never be contained or restrained within the dome of our cranium. He is the Alpha and Omega, The Beginning and the End. He is not limited by time, space or matter. Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

He first started seeing images in the clouds in April or May of 2021. His first memory of cloud images were on the football field at Willow Glen High School, home of the Rams. While on a short vacation to Santa Cruz California his son Jonathan pointed out to him a string of clouds that spelled out the word Resurrection. The next day while back home he would photograph the word Holy in the clouds. The next image viewed the same day was the word Blessed. The neighbor girl next door, Maya also saw this in the sky. She is the daughter toJose and Patricia and sister to Leah and Zoe. Their dogs name is Angel and they have witnessed or been shown miraculous images in the sky over the last two years as well. The Heavens declare the Glory of God! The images represented here are evidence of that.

I Justyn first started photographing the Fire while living with his good friend Hans Schmitt, one of his best friends. He is the owner of Dance Boulevard, located in San Jose California, and a Champion Dancer. They would sit on the back patio and enjoy food, drink and discuss all matters of life and existence. During one such evening Justyn felt the spirit beckoning him to photograph the flames of the fire pit. While doing this, he found that the flames would move in patterns, almost as if dancing before his camera. He has captured over 20,000 fire images to date. Please note that the fire images have not been enhanced or photoshopped in any way. As with the other elements each viewer sees the images from their own personal life perspective what you see is what you see. Which is ultimately captivating and fascinating! We look forward to discovering what it is you see in the fire. Please study each image for at least 33 seconds to see them come alive.

Susan Torricellas is a 80 year old widow, one of six siblings who grew up in Western, Pa. Altoona. She has been writing poetry since her teen year. Published articles and poetry and recently a story in Lancaster country magazine "What I love about Lancaster County". Also in January 2020 published her first book with Balboa Press entitled "From Holding Tight to Letting go" about her marriage and love between husband and wife and his decline and passing from Alzheimer disease. This book is all about the beauty of nature and the animals and trees and flowers and a creek that flows through her Peach Bottom Lancaster county home she had shared with her husband Bob.

We are now known as the Dragon ( Dafyd Rhees). I was born in Wales. on arriving in New York. I met up with (Katie Brooks). Known as the Eagle. We gained our names as we both have the ability to raise our adrenalin, whenever it is needed. Raising our adrenalin level, makes us very strong and we can run faster and think quicker. We would become like super heroes. But we were still only human and can still be injured or even killed. Together with Katies Rangers, we had helped George Washington drive the British out of what is now, the United States of America. (The Dragon and the Eagle. (Book 1.) During the American war of Independence.)New Challenges beckoned us. We had heard tales of people starting a new life in California, and also Oregon. From our home in Philadelphia, there would be a 3000 miles journey across mainly wilderness. There would be dangers. Disease, Indians, Storms, and Rivers to cross. Many people dream of a new life. There was a promise of six square miles, of fertile land. Free to each settler over the age of fourteen. Everyone needs a dream, something to follow and to fight to achieve. Our dream is to reach Oregon and build a new life for ourselves and our children. Will our Dreams come true?

The Two Sides of Being Single: A Biblical Perspective is a book dedicated to single Christian who are either desiring to maintain a single Christian life or who are seeking God to bless them with a husband or a wife. The book is divided into two parts. The first of the book focuses on maintaining a single Christian life. This is not an easy task, but it can be accomplished by a Christian placing his or her trust in God. With God's help, a Christian can draw closer to God so that Satan won't fan the flames of a single Christian's sexual desires, causing him of her fall prey to sexual immorality. The second part of the book discusses those who are single and waiting for God to bless them with a husband or a wife. God has a mate for those who are willing to wait on him patiently. The book concludes with a prayer for those who want to accept Christ as Lord and Savior.

Born in a farming village in rural Spain, a young girl is faced with the harsh realities of life at an early age. Forced to be separated from her parents' continents away she is raised by her grandparents as if one of their own. After years of being exiled from her family she is suddenly ripped away from the only life she had ever known. Called upon to rejoin her mother and father in South America she begins a journey of discovery that will shape what will eventually become her American Dream. Along the way she will face obstacles that seem familiar to some, as well as some that are so unique that unimaginable to most. As a teenager was diagnosed with a chronic disease, which she was informed would lead to her eventual paralysis. As a young mother she was faced with a decision of where to raise a family away from the growing violence of her adopted homeland, and as a young professional she was ostracized by her peers for her accent and the physical toll her disease had begun to take on her appearance. This book takes you on one woman's journey of self-discovery that spans from that small farming village in Spain to the big city lights of Miami and New York City all the while witnessing the internal battles that eventually shape her and allow her to be able to live Her American Dream.

As a prisoner of Jesus Christ, I write to share testimonies to encourage believers, that God is faithful to his word.In a time of chaos and confusion, dark doom and gloom, we can totally depend upon the word of God to do just what He says. Our problem is staying POSITIONED IN THE PROCESS, TO RECEIVE THE PROMISE. KNOWING how to WAIT (serve) in the waiting. The answer to every problem is the ability to SEE the answer; the REVELATION, revealed knowledge of God, and then WALK IT OUT!Let me help you to see through the EYES of MY UNDERSTANDING, being ENLIGHTENED, through step by step instructions given me on my journey to the promise. It is a PROCESS AND EVERY STEP IS CRUCIAL! Whatever your journey is, let God allow me to help take you there; so you can OVERCOME by the blood of the Lamb and the words of MY TESTIMONIES (REV. 12:11). When you are strengthened, GO and strengthen you bretheren. (Luke 22:32)

Spring Break seemed like a good idea to Marina and Salomé at the time. Sea, sand, and fun in the sun. But when they found themselves suddenly stranded on a small island, fun was no longer an option. Taking cover from a storm in a cave in a cliff, survival becomes top priority as the young women pray for their brother Jackson to come and rescue them. Morning brings rescue, however not in the form of Jackson. Carlos Gaitano was young, strong, handsome, and smart. He had his own ships and his own island. Being the head pirate of the Gaitano dynasty did not hurt. But right now he struggled with the implications of the reality of his books. Numbers did not lie. He needed help and he needed it fast. Coming home, however, he found his brother Indio distracted by the visitors. Little did he realize that the help he needed was there, waiting for him, in the form of Marina. Together, they worked to put things back in order, striving to save his empire. What they didn't count on was the storm that swept over their hearts.

MAN-DAR of Atlantis is based on the psychic readings of Edgar Cayce. Cayce showed Atlantis as a high-tech continent in the Atlantic Ocean fourteen thousand years ago. MAN-DAR's adventure begins with the necessity to bring a barbarian couple to Atlantis in order to have a world conference on combating huge beasts. To complete his mission he must defeat the evil priest of Inanna and his mother who plan to use the female barbarian to release a bloodthirsty army from the underworld and conquer Atlantis. The vile couple intends to accomplish their scheme using a magic harp to change reincarnation events in the future.