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I am on an endless journey looking back only to see from which I came!My life is the inspiration The light is my destination! Vol II will provide further explanation! Born Chicago,Ill.Seventh Son,Aquarian,Free Thinker Humanist.M.S.W New York University, Honorable Discharge Marine Corp!

hen Communist Pathet Lao Forces liberated Laos in 1975, Professor Pheng and three other tenured colleagues were dismissed from their teaching positions at the university and sent to work on a communal farm. Pheng had already decided to stay with his country no matter what happened, but four years later when several of his co-workers were arrested and sent to a remote northern province for re-education, he knew he was next. So, on a dark, moonless night, Pheng abandoned his home, livestock, and small orchard, and pushed the pirogue carrying his wife and five daughters off the Lao shore as they headed across the Mekong River to Thailand. In the hot, crowded refugee camp, friends told him about God''s love and he soon confessed Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. The night before his family left camp to immigrate to Canada, he came to our home to say good-bye. With moist eyes, he said, "Missionary, if I''d never had to leave Laos, I''d never have met Jesus."

Everyone has a legacy.According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, legacy is "something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past." I believe that all of us have a legacy we leave behind when we complete our earthly journey. Some will leave behind children they have raised to carry on a family's brand. Others will be remembered for their life's work, whatever form that may take. While still others leave behind the impressions they've made on the people they have encountered. I also believe each of us is sent here with a purpose. Often that purpose is not revealed to us here on this earth plane, but it's my belief that ultimately we will know why we were here. It's one of Life's great mysteries. The people you'll read about in this book are ordinary people who lived among us for one year to 39 years. They are not celebrities, or otherwise well-known in the world. But as you'll learn, each and every one of them has a legacy they've left behind, and each unfortunately left unfinished business. They most certainly would have done more had their time on earth been longer, but I think you'll be as amazed as I have been while writing the book at how many lives have been impacted by this handful of ordinary people. These stories are told from the perspectives of those who lost a loved one. I merely have the privilege of putting them on paper to share with you. And a true privilege it has been to meet the people who opened their hearts and homes to me so that I could meet some truly inspirational people who left us all too soon.

Mortal Conquests of the Dark Ages - The WayfarersA time has come when legendary creatures will rebel against the encroachment of humankind. Their struggle is a desperate attempt to save their races from simply becoming fairy tales of the humans who fear them. There is hope for some, but not all will prevail. Medieval Britain is in turmoil. The governing council of Wynelvenest has been overthrown, and the new elf king has declared war upon all of humanity. Poverty, famine, and uprisings plague the land.This is the compelling story of a young boy who must survive in a world that history will forever deem as "The Dark Ages". Hezekiah "Zeke" of Dumnonia is a simple farm boy who must flee his home after accidentally killing his cruel stepfather. Zeke''s flight takes him to the wondrous city of Haven''s Rest where his rotten luck steadily worsens when he again breaks the law by freeing a "nefarious" Halfling sailor from the hangman''s noose. Fleeing the city, the two begin gathering about them several unlikely wayward companions as they travel across the realms. Together they will discover the true meaning of friendship.About the AuthorDavid Michael Dean Sr. is a student of the human condition, wielding the written craft to enrapture the mind much like an artist wields a brush. The pages are a blank canvas on which to draw from a unique talent matched only by a very active imagination. Mortal Conquests of the Dark Ages merges medieval history with a whimsical mixture of fantasy in a way that will keep readers coming back for more.

Unquestionably the best book I''ve ever read on winning. It is the only one I''ve ever seen that truly teaches how to be a winner. It does so in such a simple, step-by-step way that anyone can do it. I will be using WinAmerica to prepare both of my sons for sports and for life after sports. In addition, I will be using it to my own benefit in business. I wish I would have had these instructions ten years ago. I can only imagine where I would be now. Great job Mike! Richard Zemlak5 yr. veteran of the NHLThe WinAmerica program supercharges the principles that I have taught in golfing for thirty years. It is clear, well organized and simple to understand. It deals with factors that very few athletes ever come to terms with. This will put athletes "over the top" with their goals and dreams. It greatly improves both the probability of achieving them and the speed with which they will do it. WinAmerica has provided me personally with better fuel to achieve my own goals in the field of golf instruction. It adds rhyme and reason to the process of becoming a winner. Thanks coach! Mark Egly-1982 Graduate of Michigan State University with an Education degree with studies in physiology, kinesiology, anatomy and sports mechanics. -2002 & 2006 Iowa PGA Teacher of the Year-Golf Digest''s #1 golf instructor in Iowa (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008) -Iowa PGA Teacher of the Year (2002 &2006) -Presenting speaker for ISU''s Annual State High School Coaches Clinics (2004-2009)

Exercises to learn essential skills for drawing in the classic sense, an analysis of how we arrived at where we are including the difference between photographic "reality" and drawn "reality", and from scientific discoveries, the important aspects of the study of drawing on the brain''s organization.

In the aftermath of this country's darkest hour, the attacks on the World Trade Center Twin Towers, DIA specialists stumble across a vital intelligence transmission that could lead to one of the masterminds behind the attacks. A team of ARMY Rangers is sent behind foreign lines to find and extract this mysterious man, but before they can reach the landing site their C-130 transport is targeted by a roving team with surface to air missiles - a team placed by CIA assets to protect the Rangers' target. With his chute damaged and the mission compromised, Lt. Jason Callaway (known as JC to his friends), faces the biggest challenge of his military career: to bring in one his nation's greatest enemies, one of her own turned traitor. After JC overcomes impossible odds to escape the intelligence assets who try to turn him for their own purposes, he finds himself court-martialed and the rest of his team imprisoned. The organization behind it all target JC's wife in an attempt to bring him in again. A failed midnight attack leads to JC being injured and on the run while his wife Karen, is hospitalized for GSW to the chest. With time running out, and his wife's life on the line, JC brings the fight to them, employing all his skill and training (and all the favors he can call in) to find the men who want him dead. When other means prove ineffective, JC's unknown enemies turn one of their best agents loose after him, a woman named Lori who has never failed. With rogue agents and intelligence turf wars, bitter secrets and desperate men with too many names; the only chance for success will come down to what one man is willing to do for the people (and country) that he loves. This whirlwind adventure is a must read for all.

Yo You Capeesh It's a CookbookCome on a wild journey filled with lots of masterpieces for your little ones when this cookbook comes to life. That's right parents this cookbook will teach your little ones new and exiting masterpieces that you could never imagine existed before. Why this is one cookbook that I promise you will never ever forget when your children show you just what they created. To how talented they really are why you might even want to give this cookbook out to all your best friends, but without them knowing it so you won't have to worry about any problems later. Truly though your little Darlings will have endless fun and adventure even in your house where you least expected them to be. Why they will always surprise you around every corner. But remember parents all the actions performed in my book have nothing to do with me. It's all their doing, because I'm always the innocent cookbook and I never would do anything bad. Why I'm just paper all sewed up full of fun only for your youngsters.

The Vagabonds: A Musician's OdysseyBy Thomas GambinoJust Below the Radar on the Outskirts of HistoryNew York City jazz saxophonist and author Thomas Gambino was a member of The Vegetables, the rock band that accompanied the Joffrey Ballet during its 1974 tour of the then-Soviet Union. The band was the first American rock group to visit that country. Gambino's startling account of that trip, "Nyet: An American Rock Musician Encounters the Soviet Union," was published by Prentice-Hall in 1976. That book created a First Amendment stir when the Kissinger State Department attempted to censor the manuscript. But Gambino's tale prior to that trip is interesting, too, as are the subsequent events that shaped his life. In "The Vagabonds: A Musician's Odyssey," you'll meet the famous, the near famous and the should-be-famous. As Thom states, "I've had a career just below the radar on the outskirts of history." Some people mean it when they say they've done it all. Thom Gambino has been a child television performer, clerk, mechanic, cook, petroleum tank cleaner, sketch artist and painter, high school and college teacher, touring jazz and rock musician, radio and television guest, publisher, author, poet, magazine writer and interviewer, editor, husband, father, grandfather, orchestra leader, arranger, copyist, composer, orchestrator, conductor, foundation leader, advertising director, recording and video producer and performer, and an advocate for a limited world government. Thom Gambino became a semi-professional at 15, performing on "The Horn and Hardart Children's Hour" on WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, "Tony Grant's Stars of Tomorrow" show on the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, and on "Ted Mack and the Original Amateur Hour" on CBS. He studied with the legendary saxophonist Phil Woods. Thom has performed with Lionel Hampton, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Illinois Jacquet, Milt Buckner, Bob Crosby, Ray McKinley, Warren Covington, Tex Beneke, Buddy Morrow and Machito. In his role as performer and arranger on Hamp's TV special "One Night Stand," Thom worked with Johnny Mercer, Jon Faddis, Moe Koffman, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Gerry Mulligan, Zoot Sims, B.B. King, Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa, Mel Lewis, Cat Anderson, Tyree Glenn, Joe Bushkin, Milt Hinton and Dusty Springfield. Thom Gambino is the author of "Jazz Patterns for the Instrumentalist," "My Gentle Pearl" (poetry), "The Wooden Flower" (a novel) and "Sunrise" (a poetry and music album). His articles and record reviews have appeared in Model's Circle Magazine and Allegro. He serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of World Peace News. In 1978 Thom and Lorry Gambino founded The UMANO Orchestra, a 26-piece jazz-rock ensemble, and The UMANO Foundation, which fosters the establishment of real, enforced international law under the framework of a World Federation. In "The Vagabonds: A Musician's Odyssey," Thom also pays homage to those family members who came before him and he offers an insightful history refresher course to assist the reader in understanding his trek fully. Gambino's memoir doesn't stop there. He describes his wife Lorry's rise to a position at The New York Times. Thom chronicles the lives of their children and grandchildren as they pursue careers in music, acting, art, advertising, education, law enforcement, business and fashion design. "The Vagabonds: A Musician's Odyssey" is a powerful story, both serious and funny, and filled with love and hope.

Everyday millions of people lose sight of their dreams when life's gut wrenching curve balls knock them off their feet and out of the game. With the grace of God, that was not the case for Lawayne Orlando Childrey, who has endured some of the most horrific trauma imaginable, including childhood sexual abuse, depression, a crack cocaine addiction and an HIV diagnosis. Childrey beat all the odds to become an award-winning and respected news journalist, a dream he has had since childhood. In his autobiography, Peeling Back the Layers, Childrey demonstrates his ability to persevere during times of immense struggle by relying on the faith that was instilled in him as a child.

The 13TH Devil, Key Gifford, seeks to change his fate, and avoid his death. If he is slain by someone with an evil heart, our world is claimed and destroyed by Hell. However, if someone good sacrifices him, the world becomes another Garden of Eden-granting all humans immortality. Not wishing to be killed, Key is on an ongoing search for the Shroud of Turin. With the unleashing of his Darkness and other threats that he felt were too great for Elizabeth Hellsing, Key abandoned his dear friend in Brazil-leaving the Chronicle of the End Time with her as well. Unsure of what to do, Key turns to his childhood friend, Beatrice Lincoln, to use her psychic powers to help him find the Shroud of Turin. What is going to happen to Key? What new challenges will he face? And will the he find the Shroud and become a human to hopefully negate the Prophecy of the End Time? In this installment in the Devil 13 series, Key reveals how he and Liz first met several years ago-when they were children-he fights more devils-while still being hunted by the Holy Knights: Evangel Unit-and more.

A Place Called Gouyave is a fantastic memoir that has been penned by Collis "Tony" DeCoteau. The author has done a masterful job in capturing and committing to paper the memories and the stories of the colorful and lovable characters during his boyhood in his hometown, Gouyave. The way he has shared the stories and wisdoms and presented his ideas and findings is simply astonishing. Mr. DeCoteau's style of writing is a joy to read. His words come across with a certain experience that is hard to put into words. There is no doubt that he has done a significant amount of planning and preparation in crafting A Place Called Gouyave. It shows that he has really considered his audience in his writing by adding details and adding a voice that is simply wonderful - very familiar and easy to follow. A Place Called Gouyave is beautifully well-written and will be well embraced by many. Bravo!

LEAGUE OF MODERN DAY SUPERHEROES(Correctional Officer, Emergency Medical, Fire Fighter, Police, and State Trooper Personnel)Keeping Emotional Kryptonite Away From Those WHO SERVE, PROTECT, and RESCUE

A novel of ideas about depression, death and resurrection.Reno Antonin, a middle-aged man, is rapidly falling into a deep depression ignited by a series of medical crises and fueled by the repressed memory of a dark event that happened decades before. When psychotherapy fails him, he searches for other means to resolve his problem. Finally, he meets a strange group of people who offer him an unorthodox solution.The more times he's been anesthetized for his surgeries, the more he's convinced that he has an idea of what death might be like.But if death were like what a lot of people believe, that some form of their consciousness lives on forever, he'd be damned afraid of dying."Shame on you. Those 'spirits' are manifestations of your imagination, churned up by some conflict in your subconscious.""Important clues are buried under protective layers, shadows, built up by your conscious and subconscious mind.""I agree. A total loss of consciousness simulates death.""When you awake, your consciousness is recreated, reborn from nothing. You won't be the same; your old consciousness is 'dead.'"

A risk taken.A battle for his soul.A chance for...Redemption.How do you keep going after the one person you always believed you were meant to be with forever gives their heart to someone else?In the second book of the Pursuit Series, Bryan Roemer is rejected, heartbroken, and lost. After losing his life-long love, Miranda Reid, to Derek Gainnes, he is faced with a new reality that has caused him to abandon love altogether. Meeting Mara - exotic, beautiful, sexy - on the flight back to California provided him with a welcome distraction to take his mind off his pain. Still, his days are a blur, and his nights are spent drowning in memories. Summoned back east to photograph the wedding of his friends, Nick Flaherty and Carrie Mayer, he reluctantly returns to the one place that he swore he'd never would. Six months away have changed Bryan. And when he arrives, the rest of the Circle find that he hasn%u2019t come alone. Something dark and sinister has come with him. Something that is determined to keep him at all costs.But waiting there for Bryan is a second chance...one that just might save his life.

6367or 40 ways to get killed without seeing combat The years between 1963 and 1967 are the years that changed America forever and they did a pretty good job on me as well. The struggles in one's life can be defined by the events that happened to them. In my case, everything that happened to me had a perceived life or death aspect to it regardless of what it was in reality. You don't have to be in combat to get killed in the service. You just have to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Narrowly escaping an event that could be fatal brings a little relief laughter afterwards. That's where the humor lies with how I got into the situation, what I did while it was happening and how I got out of it to tell this tale of 6367. America was growing up nice and easy until John F. Kennedy was assassinated; after that the world seemed to jump start that growing up process. Vietnam became a war. Hippies were preaching love while race rioters were burning cities. Hell Angels and the police were beating up protesters and concert goers. There were collage kids burning their draft cards while women were burning their bras and listening to invaders from Britain called the Beatles. That's what they were doing while I was running into all the discipline the Navy had to offer. All I wanted was a place to sleep each night, eat regularly, learn a trade and hopefully grow up a little. Instead I discovered that I had volunteered myself into bondage for 4 years and put myself into harm's way at the same time. The Navy was nothing like I thought it would be but they did promise one thing, the adventures of a lifetime, and boy, did they deliver.Willard Alston Ferguson Jr. came into his love of storytelling from his father who could spin a humorous yarn in the old southern tradition. His love for poetry came from his mother who would make him sit down and write when he became bored. With those two influences he began to memorize events in his life from a writer's point of view. He attended short story writing classes in college so he could write the many stories that defined his life. His adventures as a lifeguard and his service in the U.S. Navy only whet his writing appetite. After the Navy he became an ambulance driver once again finding himself surrounded by events that put him in harm's way while helping others.After his first son was born, he left college with a two year degree in English literature to focus on supporting his young family. He found a career in cosmetic manufacturing and worked his way up from a quality control inspector to purchasing agent and package developer which led him to becoming a vice president of operations in the industry. Along the way, he also received a teaching credential in kung fu training in Chinatown under a grandmaster. Currently he is semi-retired working as a TV, movie and commercial extra with and occasional acting job.

Diem Ngueyn's autobiography, Walk Around the Tree, chronicles her real life adventures from age four through early adulthood. The title comes from her first successful experience outside her home after having been sick with polio, but also represents the brave determination one must have to successfully walk through all of life's challenges.The first half of the book is about growing up in post-war Vietnam, and presents the lasting effects war had on life in that country as could only be seen through the eyes of a child, each event explained the way she experienced it. Diem only wanted a normal peaceful life, focusing on the same interests all young girls have. But the war that was supposed to be over kept intruding on her life, from her father's arrest for having aided the Americans, to the tragedy of someone stumbling over abandoned explosives.The central chapters of the book detail her coming to America and her struggle to learn a completely new language and culture, with determination to become a full participant in it. Even her own family members were holding her back, thinking there was no need for her to get an education or to have her own home and social life. But Diem found a way and the people who could help, accomplishing everything she'd set out to do.The last third of the book is an intense love story which flows like a romantic novel. Diem fell deeply in love with a handsome man her age, and vividly details those three years in a way that is surprisingly personal, descriptive, and honest.Then she ends her writing with a chapter that looks to the past with appreciation, and to the future with high expectations.A subtle sub-theme that gradually develops from chapter to chapter, is her belief in the Divine. What she first thought was only a dream, repeatedly brought her protection and guidance in new and unusual ways, leading her to become convinced her "guardian angel" really exists, and will never abandon her.Above all else, this book infuses one with the encouraging belief that no matter what problems life might bring, there is ALWAYS an answer. We simply have to be willing to take that first step, and then "Walk Around the Tree".

Ever go to the races with mom and dad?Marriage and the family, sickness and health, travel and the car, fun and games -- these are the key features of Jiddo's life.

This is an account of the authors experiences beginning in the 1960's , when many young men his age were migrating to the United Kingdom from its former Colonies in the West Indies. Starting out as a London Transport bus conductor, he quickly swapped his fare ticket machine ,for a Sterling Gun -machine, preferring a stint in the military, a life he had been introduced to back in his native land, as a member of the Barbados Regiment. He enlisted in the British Army, serving in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers(REME) for 12 years ,stationed mostly in Germany with the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). The highlights of his service career included two tours mainly in Belfast ,Northern Ireland in what became aptly known as 'The Troubles.' He was attached to the elite Grenadier and Coldstream Guards, as well as the Light Infantry, The Royal Corps of Transport(RCT) and the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC).