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Global warming and changing weather patterns are here. Beautiful Mother Earth is polluted and troubled! Flooding forces Grandpa 42 and his gnome family to leave their beloved mountain home. The gnomes make a new home with the woodland fairies but terrible forest fires force them to flee yet again. Eventually a magic lady from distant Margate saves the day and sends her magic carpet and her rainbow birds to rescue Grandpa 42 and his family.The gnomes make a new home in the lovely seaside town of Margate. They live in the chalk caves and become a familiar sight around the town. However, after a while they discover that all is not so bright, shiny and jolly after all. Sadly, Margate has a major rubbish problem! The gnomes are keen to help and rolling up their sleeves they get to work to put things right. They help to tell all the grown-ups and all the children to look after precious Mother Earth and to do the right thing."Rubbish goes in the bin, buy less plastic and recycle!"

"Life is full of tiny moments thrown together to create events worth remembering." Most people miss out on these mundane, ordinary, and bizarre moments because they are so busy living, they never take the time to stop and notice them.Not John E. Budzinski. He is an observer and storyteller. He not only stops and takes time to notice, but then he writes about them, too. For years the whimsical Budzinski has written about these moments with wonder, amusement, and bewilderment. For several years he chronicled his world in a column he penned in a New Hampshire weekly paper, writing about the commonplace moment, events, and items of his life.The discussions included a variety of topics, such as dating, highway travels, funerals, clutter, and more.Budzinski has gathered some favorite musings together in this book. He also included some new amusing and poignant vignettes written especially for this book. Those subjects include being stuck in the mud, being the aliens' first contact, the joys (and frustrations) of gift-giving, and others.Over 60 short essays and columns comprise the collection, grouped by topics such as Life on the Highway, Politics, Bewildering Society, and Clothing-The Naked Truth. Budzinski calls his essays "simple and uncomplicated yammerings." Indeed, the author's style is conversational and borders a stream of consciousness with humor embedded in all but the most serious subjects.Not that it matters, but none of it is all that special. Still, aren't you curious? Don't you want to know, anyway? After all, don't you think about these things, too? Isn't your world just as weird and strange?Budzinski's world probably doesn't matter much. But, just like you're willing to tell us your stories, and we're eager to listen, John E. Budzinski tells you about his world. Why? Because once you read his stories, you realize this. It does matter-to someone somewhere-someone like you.

Former sheriff's detective Michael Crawford suffers from night terrors and sees glimpses of the future in his dreams. Michelle has "intuitions". Together they form the most unusual partnership as man and wife and co-owners of the Crawford Detective Agency.Consumed with fighting terrorism, the FBI hires the Crawford's to assist them in tracking down a serial killer who has made his way to Colorado Springs. He leaves his calling card, an unfinished equation, scratched into his victim's bodies. The press give him the name, "The Mathematician."While the small agency is working its cases, Michael tries to find out what happened to his birth parents who gave him up for adoption when he was two. His obsession leads him down a dangerous and potentially deadly path.When the Mathematician sets his sights on Michele, the Crawford's play a dangerous cat and mouse game with a killer that has left behind a trail of victims in four states over two decades.

A nineteen, Victoria Werner journeys to an old home that's been in her family for over a hundred years. After arriving, the family curse takes her back to 1889. She and her German Shepard, Chewy-who must find a way to return to 2016 or die within the year.Fighting against time, Victoria falls in love with the Forman of near-by cattle ranch. Denver is a distraction she can't offered. Yet, Sara the witch's daughter cast a love spell over him. Should she let her emotions for Denver go, since he'd never belong to her, anyway.What cost must she pay to return home?If she stayed, how would that effect her family?

The story spans 1954 to 1966. During this time, Linda lives in a neighborhood of 100 houses in University City, known as the Gates of Opportunity. She knows the names of all the homeowners. Just about everyone is Jewish. It is easy to feel a connection to her neighbors. They share a common culture and history. ¿Notorious for being the first vegetarian in her neighborhood at age five, Linda becomes a known individualist, quirky. She turns ideas into reality. Her religion taught her to question everything. She admires Louisa May Alcott and plans to be a writer herself despite her mother's plans for her to be a secretary and marry a lawyer. Her home life is topsy-turvy at times and Linda goes exploring to get away. She is intrigued by a century year old stone mansion she sees from her front lawn and ventures there to explore a different place and culture. With the help of a librarian, she discovers several cultures and prominent people lived in that mansion over the last 100 years. She wants to understand the history and what happens when a culture replaces another. Why do current residents move when a new culture starts to occupy the land?

Congress and the world are shocked by the brazen attempt to assassinate the Speaker of the House. The villains will not give up until the job is done. Author Christopher Emery provides another powerful Washington mystery that includes assassination, lust, intrigue, and deceit in a struggle for power.Who Shot the Speaker? is the second in the debut series and follows Who Killed the President?, a Washington, DC whodunit authored by a true White House insider, former White House Usher Chris Emery. The novel revolves around the shocking murder of the president of the United States, which occurred right inside the White House. Almost as shocking, details emerge implicating a member of the White House Ushers Office. The evidence seems overwhelming, and the case is considered open and closed. If only the rest of the world knew the intrigue and subterfuge...everything that went on behind the scenes and just beneath the glossy white veneer of America's most venerated house. In Who Killed the President?, Chief Usher Bartholomew Winston, a fifty-year veteran of the White House, works with investigators to uncover the truth, even if it means diving headfirst into dangerous political waters to uncover it.The sequel, Who Shot the Speaker?, can be enjoyed independently.

Terry Flaherty, 39, is a Bay Area standup comedian at a crossroads. Frustrated by his lack of upward mobility in the comedy scene plus the pressures as a husband and father, he is reassessing his career. Complicated relationships with his own father, siblings and his Irish grandfather add to his dilemma.A unique opportunity to make it big in the entertainment world could be the break he's always wanted, but will he get it?Set in the early 90s at the end of the first booming era of standup comedy, this is a coming of middle-age story.

Be a Holy Man is a twenty-one-day devotional for men that inspires them to seek to be the holy men God has created them to be. It deals with some of the misconceptions men may have about the whole idea of holiness, as well as their doubts about the possibility of experiencing it. This book affirms the biblical truth that God intends for each one of us to be holy. It pictures what holiness should look like in the life and character of ordinary men, including how it affects them specifically in their various roles in life, such as husbands and fathers. The book is unique in that it isn't simply a compilation of random thoughts on the topic of holiness. These entries are meant to be read and applied in the order given, preferably in twenty-one days. They follow a progression of thought and experience. It is intended to be a journey - one that assists men either to begin a pursuit of holiness or to intensify their current quest to be holy men. This book isn't just about gaining knowledge about holiness but about experiencing it in one's life. Be a Holy Man is by no means an exhaustive treatment of the subject matter but is meant to be a catalyst for a lifelong pursuit.

Healthy Past 100 was written explicitly for those longing to be extraordinarily healthy-even past their 100th birthday. This breakthrough book is based on thousands of cutting-edge science articles identifying the causes of optimal health vs sickness and disease.Healthy Past 100 puts a wealth of cutting-edge, science-based healthcare information at your fingertips, empowering you to make the healthiest choices for you and your family. Healthy Past 100 is several books in one, and it also contains a mouthwatering keto cookbook that's exclusively based on the most nourishing ingredients you can consume.This life-changing book is based on the Short List, i.e., a distillation of the core factors involved in being healthy past 100. The Short List includes:¿ The Metabolic Masterplan Diet: the Metabolic Masterplan Diet may be the world's most advanced ketogenic diet. Nothing improves your health as much as following this research-based, anti-inflammatory, gut-healing ketogenic diet.¿ Nutrition and Supplements: providing your cells with all the nutrients they require to function optimally is key to a long, healthy life. Healthy Past 100 shows you exactly which nutrients you need and which ones to supplement with.¿ Metabolism: carbohydrates and sugar damage your metabolism (the process of creating energy in your cells), causing serious health issues. Healthy Past 100 teaches you to heal and optimize your metabolism, and which tests to rely on to know-not guess-that your metabolism is as healthy as can be.¿ Chronic Inflammation: this widespread health issue underlies all diseases, and must be healed to experience optimal health. Healthy Past 100 rids you of chronic inflammation-now and forever-paving the way to lasting health.¿ Gut Health: most humans deal with significant gut issues. Fortunately, Healthy Past 100's innovative gut healing method leads to lifelong optimized gut health.¿ Psychology: psychology is how you think, feel, act, behave and respond to life's circumstances. Healthy Past 100 provides the tools to heal and optimize your psychology, which is foundational to a healthy, fulfilling life.¿ Thyroid Physiology: inefficient thyroid physiology impairs your body and mind, zaps your energy and causes many diseases. Healthy Past 100 explains how thyroid physiology works, how to heal it, and the tests determining if it's in tip-top shape.¿ Exercise: crucial to your health and well-being, exercise must be performed regularly. Healthy Past 100 teaches you which exercises help you become healthy past 100.¿ Detoxification: humans are routinely exposed to dangerous heavy metal toxins. Healthy Past 100 shows you how to rid these harmful metals from your body and minimize your exposure to them in the future.¿ Oxidative Stress: oxidative stress is a primary cause of aging, sickness, disease and death. It has many causes, including carbohydrates, sugar, poor nutrition and impaired gut health. Healthy Past 100 helps you optimize oxidative stress where it matters most: within the mitochondria in your cells.¿ Spiritual/Religious Life: extraordinary health stems from optimal physical, psychological and spiritual well-being. It's just as important to focus on your spiritual fitness as it is to heal your physical body, and Healthy Past 100 helps you do both.This pioneering book has been written to help you experience extraordinary health past your 100th birthday. If you're ready to be healthy past 100, this is the book you've been waiting for!

This book is the 1st compendium of my life story and work. I have lived experience of bipolar 1, and a vision disability, and that informs everything I've done. Looking back at the past decade of my life, and all I've accomplished to date, I can see it all in perfect focus, and I can see the guiding will of God moving through my life, bringing me through my relationships, and setting me on the paths I've not just walked, but the paths I've paved.I've organized and build communities 150+ members strongI've built a company and game project off of the fuel of passion alone.I've not just influenced but have literally saved lives.I've done research summarizing and highlighting my findings, so others can carry on the legacy of Honor I've startedThe journey has been long, and it's been hard, but as I write this, I'm beginning a new chapter of my life, and I couldn't be humbler and prouder.This book includes all the people, communities and projects I care about, and what has shaped me into the man, leader, and founder I am today.I hope this lived experience of Bipolar 1 helps break the stigma shrouding mental health, both in general, and specifically in the creative industries I've been privileged to be a part of.I wish to continue a dialog on these subjects, and show that Mental health issues are indeed double-edged swords that are core to who we are.This book contains select documents of snap shots in time of my Tiberium Secrets mod, a passion project that looks to the future of the Command & Conquer video game franchise.This book contains a new theory and model of mental health that is called "The PPF Model" = The Past Present and Future model, which aims to ground mental health discussions in common understandable terms.Thanks to all the unsung heroes in my life, I would not be who I am without all of you.It's time for a new challenge.The Future is Bright!

A book of empowerment allowing the reader to look at the Jewish Tradition with an open mind using ancient sources. There is the voice of reason and the voice of feelings that one needs to be aware to distinguish between the two. The voice at Sinai is real and it speaks to us now and for all time. This book will get any Jew to hear this voice again and what it is telling us from a deep Torah perspective. My approach covers nearly 6,000 years of Jewish history with a vision for the future. How can one eradicate doubt to build faith by choosing well from the voice inside?The non Jewish community can benefit as well from ancient antidotes for success, health and balance. Take to heart the invaluable gems in this book and apply the wisdom of the sages to start understanding why the world is upside down for our benefit!It is the right time in this global virus to rethink our prejudices and to look beyond them. This book explains new hope for the future where to judge all people favorably in their unique roles we play as both Jew and Gentile and tap into the eternal wisdom of the sages. Israel moves center stage to new roles for all to play.He aims to share it with all the nations and with fellow Jews. This master piece provides readers with the tools to change negative attitudes and stereotypes, to see the common good in one another. It facilitates the construction of a common bridge for all people of faith to get along.As a businessman his focus on career has always lead him to humanize business. At a young age, I was a corporate executive in Atlanta, a Personnel Manager for a warehouse with 300 stores, 1000 miles from my birthplace in Springfield, Massachusetts. Fired from my first three jobs after University in 1977, I felt it nearly impossible to be both traditional and practical because of my Jewish beliefs. My conviction not to work on the Jewish Sabbath as commanded on Mount Sinai did not seem natural in America, I felt different and often hid my Jewish identity to fit in. I decided to go East 6,000 miles to the City of Peace, called Jerusalem."As I was walking between classes at Hebrew University with my professor at the Institute of Contemporary Jewry, he said with my background that I should try to humanize business. I thought , what a wonderful idea, but it seemed absurd. I learned from the Torah of Moses that Jacob called Yaakov and later Israel, was honest in his business dealings, so I now had a role model to try and follow."His work in Israel was to improve business. This was only if I was able to improve myself. I decided to learn much Torah through many great teachers called rabbis. He realized like every great Torah personality, one has to leave home to start living a life based in Torah knowledge. One of the many faces of Torah involves character development to improve the world.The Jewish People the Torah and the Holy Land was the eternal hope and plan for the Creator at Sinai. His mission today is make this dream become a reality for all Jews to find a spark of return. Jews can be a light unto the nations bridging the common element and focus of the Creator, to make Jerusalem great again for all nations. His book is the formula to do just that and restore the peace and kindness to the world that the revelation at Mount Sinai whose smoke on the mountain and fire in the sky appeared. The fire inside me is still alive to share with all the nations, and my fellow Jews in the pages of Dodging With the Devil Only If Lead.This book will transform and change the reader from the negative attitudes and stereotypes and to see the common good in one another and to make a common bridge for all people of faith to get along as the Torah secrets are revealed for greater understanding as to why the world is so crazy as it says in written ancient texts.

Get ready for an exhilarating journey that fuses sci-fi, spirituality, and humor in "Red Man's Gift," the thrilling sequel to "Ari Barak and the Free-Will Paradox." Join Ari and Howard as they embark on a mind-bending adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.After their yeshiva, Nekudas Habechira, is abruptly closed down, Ari and Howard must adjust to life at a more traditional yeshiva. But when Ari is falsely accused of wrongdoing, he finds himself fighting against a mysterious foe determined to tarnish his reputation and destroy his life.Fortunately, Ari and Howard still possess the Stream Engines that Rabbi White gifted them, enabling them to traverse countless parallel universes, each shaped by humanity's free will choices. As they journey through these diverse universes, they confront profound questions about the nature of free will and unlock a stunning revelation about the true identity and motives of their adversary."Red Man's Gift" is an epic tale for young adults and young-at-heart adults alike, blending thrilling sci-fi action with witty humor and profound spiritual insights rooted in Jewish tradition. Don't miss out on the wild ride of a lifetime!

Set in 1987, that faraway time when there was no internet and lawn darts were still legal, Rebel Without A Pause: The Story Of A Young Guy Who Gave Humanity The Finger! is a troubled teenager's sardonic look at life after just nineteen years of living.Identifying himself only as "Ronald," the candid teen quickly tells the reader: "I am the first person in my family to have a brain. Keep that in mind."But "Ronald" also informs us that "these sarcastic notes are being scribbled in a sanitarium somewhere in New England."Ronald is also the first person in his family to have a nervous breakdown.

Cleared for Time Travel follows the story of two sister's living in their dream town of Bluefin Cove, Maine. They enjoy their community involvement, small town gossip, and down east Yankee hospitality until a research vessel locates their father's missing jetliner, which disappeared off of coastal radar in 1971.As the wreckage is recovered from the seafloor, the United States Government informs Jackie and her sister, Candice, of a deep, dark family secret about their father's work with the government and the airline, Americonic International Airlines.Jackie's normal everyday life is quickly diverted to a new foreign destination with the help of Agent Taylor, who works for a top-secret organization within the US Government. She must endure the turbulence and accept her challenges in order to save her dad from disappearing in the Atlantic.Join the sisters as they depart on a journey to discover the untold truth of classified information that has been in a holding pattern since 1971. Fasten your seatbelts, we've been cleared to time travel.

About two years ago, when God looked around and spied Cora, a ragamuffin orphaned cat and Barbara, a disheveled, lonely 90-year-old widow, he knew there was a need for a call to action. It must have broken his kind heart to see Cora's once lustrous fur, now dull and matted from weeks of living alone in a dark closet and to despair at Barbara's tangled, unbrushed hair, slouched shoulders and worn and saggy jammies.God knew how uncomfortable-itchy and grimy-these two must feel, but he knew they needed more than a bath and cosmetic fixes. More than anything, this desultory duo needed compassion, friendship, love, warmth, understanding and heaps of hugs. In short, they needed each other. And so, God gave them as gifts to each other. Clearly they went together like peanut butter and jelly or gin and tonic. It was easy, not just because these were divine actions, but because Cora and Barbara lived in a retirement community on the same floor (the 13th) and same hallway.Cora was hiding in the closet because Marjorie, her owner, was dying, and the apartment was crammed with hospital equipment, nurses, aides, family and friends. Barbara was living a life of boredom alone at the other end of the hall because Ward, her husband of 56 years, a retired naval officer had suddenly died. During their married life, Barbara and Ward had joyfully traveled the world-to 100 countries. Now, mourning and alone, Barbara had no urge to travel. She wasn't pleased to admit it to herself, but she had no purpose in life.Well, God took care of that by sending Cora down the hall to be cared for when Marjorie died. She was a gift from God to Barbara. What a gift! A ramshackle little cat who was not only orphaned, but deaf! Well, so was Barbara. What a pair.

The Last Wanderer. An unnamed young college professor goes on a summer adventure in northern Canada alone when the highly interdependent world comes apart and he is unable to return to find his sister and uncle after two years of fires and nuclear meltdown leading to nuclear winter and the death of almost all the inhabitants of the earth that he has known.The unnamed wanderer returns to the Indianhead country of Wisconsin and finds no trace of those who he has lost. While finding wildlife are making a comeback, he finds no one alive and begins salvaging supplies and vehicles to begin his search for a safe place to live and find other survivors of fire, starvation, radiation, and disease. Instead, he finds a new Peterbilt 579 tractor with a sleeper that provides not only a safe place to sleep at night, but a means of traveling the interstate highways in search of others, like him, who may have survived somehow, what had killed all of the others.The wanderer's lonely trip across country finds an unlikely old hermit, Charlie Weaver, and they bond in their effort to improve their lots and search for others, but Charlie is dying of lung cancer and there's nothing that the wanderer can do to save his life from ebbing to a close. The wanderer must go on alone.The wanderer's search for warm winter quarters takes him to Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he happens on another survivor, a teenage girl named Lisa Adams who survived because her father took such care to save her that it cost him his own life. Lisa, immediately falls in love with the wanderer in her own, naïve way. It isn't long before they are expecting a child and have found another survivor, Oscar Bradley. But Oscar, like Charlie, is dying from radiation exposure cancer and meets the same fate. Lisa's fetus is also affected, resulting in a stillbirth. And the stillbirth of their daughter leads to Lisa's death from that ill-fated accident and hemorrhaging.Depressed and utterly alone, the wanderer is consoled by a capuchin monkey that the wanderer names Charlie after his friend and they travel the country looking for more survivors. Along the way, he saves a small German Shepherd mix puppy and names him, Rocky. Rocky and Charlie become helpful and loyal companions in the wanderer's travels. Twice, survivors are found, but they are hostile and the wanderer is unable to make contact. And then, like a miracle, the wanderer finds a commune with 47 people that have survived well, only to have them lost by a predictable, but tragic, natural disaster.Left alone without hope and with the southern United States becoming more tropical and uninhabitable, the wanderer retreats to northern Ontario where he stayed the first two winters and where he finally lives out his life to a surprising conclusion.

This book presents a thorough presentation of several of the Attributes of God as seen in the scriptures, science and the world. It includes Those attributes that are unique to God Himself, as well as those that may be shared by His people.Much of the information comes directly from the Bible.

What do invisible rats, aspiring rapists, axe-wielding gorillas, coffee shop ninjas and clown-faced kidnappers all have in common? They're just some of the shady miscreants and dubious heroes who populate the pages of the twisted tales making up Dave Lauby's rollicking short fiction collection The Big Day (and other stories). From the wimpy 13-year-old boy spurred on to criminal acts by his best friend from a Bizarro universe to the arctic survivalist whose sense of day and night (and pain and pleasure) become snow blinded and indistinguishable, the characters of Lauby's nine exuberant narratives pinball-collide themselves against tragedy and comedy and all the emotional bumpers in-between.Weaving in and out through a maze of twisting turns, unexpected jolts and surprise endings, TBD(aos) provides the reader with a well-balanced and intellectually nutritious nine-course story meal while tasting every bit like dessert with every bite. It's a guarantee that you'll want to come back for seconds.

Whimsy and fun are terms rarely associated with the legal profession, but El McMeen and Steve Baughman are not your typical lawyers. Steve came up with the idea for a joke: "Two snowflakes walk into a bar." El jumped on it. A flurry and then a blizzard of snowflake jokes from El ensued. The result is this "essential handbook of snowflake jokes." Get ready to chuckle, laugh, guffaw, and, yes, groan!

After experiencing an unlikely run-in with death during the winter of 2003, in Louisiana, Travis and his uncle Alvin unknowingly pull very dangerous people into their lives. This experience follows them many years later into their futures, culminating in a meeting with an uncanny news pundit, (Sandy Comeaux). Travis informs Sandy of a chilling mystery involving Springfield Avenue's unsolved murders that he witnessed more than a decade ago.Alvin is a gifted genius struggling to be a good role model for Travis, (Travis is a talented writer). There are some things that an author should never publish, especially if it puts his life in danger. The Capers are not to be toyed with, something Travis regrettably begins to appreciate-but maybe it's a little too late?

Seven-year-old Faith Carney again sat in darkness. She was bound and gagged like before and was groggy from the chloroform they had used to get her here. She glanced about at her surroundings and frowned.When she was taken two years earlier, she sat in darkness waiting to die. She was petrified with fear and could hardly breathe from the loud pounding of her heart.This time it was different. This time she had used the two years to learn everything she could about abductions and the actions she could take to keep from remaining a victim. She'd trained her little body and mind for the possibility and now glared at her imprisonment with determination.She had a secret.She had a friend... a bestest friend... who knew she was captive, knew she was all but helpless, and knew she would stand her ground when the time came.Her bestest friend?The Raven!

Welcome to the tale of Second Acts. Book One begins the story of young Madison Newman who has a remarkable gift. It's a secret that she keeps even from her parents. Madison has been blessed with the gift of healing, and as she grows up, she comes to understand that God's desire for her is to leave home and preach about Jesus Christ. Madison resists, not knowing how to explain to her parents what she believes God has asked her to do. One night, her secret is spectacularly revealed and the world takes sides, regarding her with suspicion and fear.In Book Two, Madison begins her ministry at a campground where she preaches her first sermon. It is a powerful message, and the Holy Spirit is present to touch people's hearts and lead them to salvation. As Madison continues her spiritual journey, she grows more confident, and increasingly bold. Some accuse her of fomenting violence by condemning sin, news programs portray her as a fraud, yet believers everywhere respond to her message. The end of days is approaching, and Madison is obedient to preach to the lost.In this exciting, final volume of the 'Second Acts' trilogy, Madison Newman is truly on her own for the first time after walking away from Stillman's show. Weary from her months on the road, Madison is desperate to return home to her parents and friends, and to the life she left behind. But home is not to be her destination as the Holy Spirit leads her to serve God in ways she could never have anticipated.Cataclysms afflict the Earth as an increasingly turbulent world struggles with shortages, disease, and political upheaval. While nations form economic alliances, they secretly plot to usher in a truly digital currency that renders cash obsolete, and control absolute. And an unexpected reunion with old friends provides Madison an opportunity for celebration and fellowship, but leaves her eluding federal agents under cover of darkness.Despite media attacks and government persecution, Madison remains undeterred. The fight is not against flesh and blood, and Madison acknowledges the spiritual forces at work as the world rushes headlong to judgment. As the final days swiftly approach, Madison urges believers everywhere to share their faith, and enlists an unlikely ally in sharing the message of salvation through Jesus Christ.

There is an element to life that is just around the corner, it's outside of our line of vision and as such is unknown to us. If I told you could somehow see around that corner would you be interested? That's what some of the characters in this book are confronting with. The choices they make will come with consequences they could not have imagined.