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"First control yourself before attempting to control others." -- Gichin Funakoshi The Twenty Precepts of Gichin Funakoshi distills the lifetime wisdom of the Father of Modern Karate into 20 simple statements. Karate beginners can recite the sayings, but only karate masters really understand them.Vincent Cruz brings almost fifty years of Shotokan experience to the interpretation of Funakoshi's famous maxims. His profound knowledge and deep sensitivity make Funakoshi's words spring to life with newly-revealed wisdom and insight.The Twenty Precepts of Gichin Funakoshi describes not only karate, but also life itself. Nurture your spirit on the harmonious wisdom of two great masters.

Stanley Kub3rick establishes a new standard in visionary filmmaking with 2001: A Space Odyssey. An ambitious young director named Spielberg becomes all consumed with making a film about a killer shark and establishes his illustrious career. A relatively unknown team of brothers revolutionize the sci-fi genre with The Matrix and create a devoted fan base that reaches near-religious fervor. Are the creative strokes of inspiration that led to the making of these films simply arbitrary, fortunate moments in film history, or is there something deeper and more meaningful informing these landmark movies?Astrology suggests that the vision and imagination of film luminaries like Kubrick, Spielberg, and Lucas are intimately connected to a universal, creative intelligence that can be measured and timed by the movement of the heavens. With The Astrology of Film, learn when and why certain directors are attracted to particular mythic themes at certain points in their careers, why particular films wildly ignite the popular imagination, and why films like The Lord of the Rings series strikingly resonate with current world events.

"My job is boring and my boss is an idiot."Stop thinking that way. You have the power to be more passionate about work. Never be satisfied with anything less then what you want from your career. Simple Revolutionary Acts: Ideas to revitalize yourself and your workplace is a valuable resource to anyone who feels some of the passion has gone away from work. Why accept the fact that you work in a less than satisfying way? Change your workplace. Why not lead a revolution? Every good workplace revolution needs a list of ideas to begin re-energizing the core of workplace happiness and satisfaction: Your relationships with customers, clients, and co-workers. Simple Revolutionary Acts: Ideas to revitalize yourself and your workplace provides that list!Author Dr. Todd Conklin brings over 20 years experience working with organizations that want to be more passionate. His creative and direct approach to changing the way people interact with each other comes from years of trial and error. Simple Revolutionary Acts: Ideas to revitalize yourself and your workplace provides valuable insight and suggestions to:Change the way you thinkAddress how you communicateTry new ideas to make work more meaningfulSimple Revolutionary Acts: Ideas to revitalize yourself and your workplace is a resource for all workers and managers.

From "Some Doo Wops And Those Rama Langa Ding Dongs" It was the 50s. Doo Wops fell from the sky, and we didn't even notice that they lit our path, yet made no sense, but instead, merely soothed the painful edges and left us with the confusion of the 60s and the life beyond yet to come. From "How Many Times Are You Going To Get Married" After my second divorce, my mother asked me, "How many times are you going to get married?" I didn't feel she was being sarcastic and so my response, "As many times as it takes," wasn't really called for. From "Coe and Larry" Coe sat at the kitchen table one morning staring at the back of the cereal box and turned up the volume of the new all-prayer radio station. She had been listing for two hours, waiting for something that would make it better. Ranging from coming of age and the difficulties of relationships, the stories in Coney Eyes are about the challenges of life, love, change, and becoming older.

THIS IS A SELF HELP BOOK WRITTEN TO INSPIRE PEOPLE LIKE ME GOING THROUGH RECOVERY.

On the morning of 3 July 1863, Jennie Wade never realized that her life was about to end in a matter of seconds. She was shot and killed instantly by a stray bullet while she stood in the kitchen to bake bread. Miss Wade is known to have been the only direct civilian casualty during the battle in Gettysburg. This is her story as history records all the events leading up to her tragic end.

There are three dimensions, The Namorant, the Isolated, and Darkeil (Hell). What happened to cause strange creatures from the Namorant Dimension to cross over to the Isolated Dimension, where planet Earth lies? Join a very charismatic female heroine, two young Xeiar wizards, one ordinary human, two new cross-human breeds, and two Vexion creatures on the start of their adventure. Together, they will uncover hidden secrets, grow as a team, and deal with countless foes from Xanpo's mysterious past.

Holy cow, what a beautiful sight! These better be Atsa the angelic eagle and her rejuvenated grandpa Eaglasaurus; I thought. I see angels every day and everywhere-just like children do-because I look for them. Readers met those of the Potomac River [2008] and the Sahara Desert [2010] in my previous novels. Today, it is no brainer that the world is in crisis. Things may get worse if humanity doesn't take action. It is well-documented that the root cause of our challenges are found in the lack of education, learning and wisdom for a majority of the world's population. Well, the time has come for action to build a better world with storytelling for learning. A clear pathway is illustrated with these short fictions. Please join us and fly virtually with and learn from Atsa the angelic Bald eagle; the world's wisest bird.

Much has been written about the famous seer Nostradamus. Few have tried to interpret his prophecies through the eyes of Christianity. Author Kevin Lee Brady believes Nostradamus was a practicing Catholic Christian and he wrote from this perspective. In Prepare for the Coming of the Antichrist, Kevin discusses the coming Antichrist and, in part, what Nostradamus wrote about concerning the time of his arrival on the scene and of his ascension to power. Kevin expounds on what Nostradamus had predicted would take place, looking at Bin Laden and 9/11 and how these events tie into the prophecies of the Antichrist. He believes Bin Laden was a type of the Antichrist to come. Some chapters relate to today's world events, and Kevin has also devoted a chapter to Daniel 11, explaining what will take place with the king (Antichrist) and his reign of terror. The prophecies of Daniel are determined to take place and the wise will be prepared.

This Book (Survival of a Black Man: Against all odd) give a riveting account of how Systemic Racism is running rapid in our country's workforce and how the Unions, Government, and State Agencies like the Department of Fair Housing and Employment are failing to protect the people their department was created to protect. This is a daily problem in our workforce today. By reading this book it will educated on the ins and outs of all aspects of the Child Support Division and our Civil Court system. It will also let you know how one man mistreatment and belittlement he received during his twenty years of employment. Racism has no place in the today's workplaces in America, but yet it continues rear its ugly face in every nook and cranny across our country. Diversity makes up our country and our workplaces should reflect our country. My co-worker and the public kept stressing me but the Lord continued to bless me. I love my country, but do my country Love me? This is an amazing and powerful read, it will affect every emotion in your body, because it affect every emotion in Harry's body, after all he was the man that took brunt of all the cheating, lying, mistreatment, belittlement and agony. Enjoy Harry's story, but do not enjoy his agony too much because he suffered a lot both mentally and physically. Enjoy and God Bless You! BLM!

A simple malfunction in his truck has Max going back to his garage and mechanics... an action that'll alter the course of his life forever. Max Doren thought that being loyal and hardworking would be enough at his job, driving for Buffalo Bill Transport. The trucking company owner, Smith, doesn't seem to appreciate Max's diligence and dedication. Worse yet, Rick Barnes, the operations manager, seems determined to sabotage Max's career and reputation. With a friend named Axel Thomas in his corner, Max can only hope that justice will come knocking for the people trying to ruin his life for reasons unknown. Yet Rick's schemes continue to escalate until the very trucking company is in jeopardy and the friends learn there is more to the story than they originally thought. And when Max's truck is involved in a mysterious theft, Max wonders just how far someone might go to wreck his world.

Do you ever think about solid ground? The author of this book does, a lot. Providing solid ground for consciousness is the umbilican function, he says. On January 1, 2020, the long-awaited Golden Age began. So did intense opposition to it from the shadows. It was like a thousand iron heels trying to stamp out spring blossoms. The dark forces exerted their manipulations in the outer world. The angelic contingent counterpointed in the subtle realm. The Earth wobbled. This is an insider's report from three men who worked alongside the "good guys" to adjust the planet's Light grid to better support the flowering of human consciousness that had been intended for this date and to resist, even undermine, the infernal opposition. These "good guy" benefactors included angels, archangels, the Great White Brotherhood, even some of the friendly Dead. Ronald, our narrator, with Joe and Mike, his dependable pals, call themselves geomantic engineers. They work on the Light grid, the subtle energy infrastructure of the Earth that supports the material world. They're like electric utility pole linemen, up there in their extendable buckets, but their main tools are clairvoyance and knowledge of the mechanics of the planet's many Light temples and systems. Ronald provides a vivid field account of an astonishing array of geomantic interventions and "adjustments" made in the last several years to shore up that potentially fabulous Golden Age, despite the dark forces' protracted attempts to derail and smash it. The struggle reveals an Earth like you've never seen before. Our planet was designed to keep consciousness aligned with the spiritual world, galaxy, and beyond. People were supposed to feel firmly anchored in their bodies and planet. The Earth was meant to be the "gate of the gods," the original pure meaning of Babylon. In recent centuries, that smooth reciprocal relationship has been upset. Light forces are trying to uplift awareness, dark forces to suppress it. Jump into Ronald's riveting account to see how it all plays out.

This book begins and ends with snowball fight at the Post Office. It takes you through life at the Post Office and how much fun it really is to work there. There is sex and violence in this book and is not for the faint of heart. So strap in as you Gone Postal.

In 1932, Charles Lindbergh sat in the Flemington New Jersey courtroom in the First Lindbergh Kidnapping trial. Most people are familiar with Charles Lindbergh vs. Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the famous 1935 "Trial of the Century." But very few people know that there was another trial that preceded the Hauptmann trial. In the summer of 1932, John Hughes Curtis, a well-known pillar of society in Norfolk, Virginia was approached and asked to serve as an intermediary between the gang who said they kidnapped the Lindbergh baby and Charles Lindbergh. Thus began an adventure with Curtis and Lindbergh out to sea for three weeks, Curtis being held captive in the basement of Lindbergh's house, culminating in a wild trial in the hot summer of 1932 in the Flemington courthouse. Many of he same people who show up in the Hauptmann trial are there: Lloyd Fisher, Anthony Hauck, Col. Lindbergh, Col. Schwarzkopf, Betty Gow, Ollie Whately, etc.

Follow the path of a Yemeni child bride forced to marry a man she's never met. Bound by the customs of her community, she finds herself entangled in a loveless union where she must navigate the treacherous waters of coexisting with his first wife. As Eib'a endeavors to find her footing in this unfamiliar world, she discovers her sharp intellect is her greatest asset. Her unwavering spirit takes root. With determination, she carves a path of influence, aiming to reshape her marriage to her advantage. The Last Time She Skipped is a gripping narrative that takes the reader on an emotional voyage through the complexities of cultural norms, love, and self-discovery. Eib'a's determination and courage will inspire the reader to believe in the strength of the human spirit and the transformative power of love.

In four chapters, this book describes in detail 4 significant matters worked by IRS-CID, Los Angeles that will make the reader wonder why they haven't heard more about the law enforcement arm of the IRS.

Several summers ago, to defray the cost of my tuition in college, I worked for a demolition crew in the French Quarter in New Orleans. As the crew was removing the debris from the remains of a house, one of the workers found a box filled with papers. The house was located in the South East corner of Saint Ann and Bourbon. It had been the residence of a retired professor who had worked at the University of New Orleans for many years. The entire block of houses, covering Saint Ann, Bourbon, Orleans, and Royal, were leveled to build a hotel. Since I was the only "college boy" on the crew, the box of papers was given to me to dispose of. I took the box home and discovered, among other items, the typescript which follows this introduction. Moreover, under the manuscript were numerous sheets of carbon paper that had been used and depicted the trial of Clay Shaw. I have not changed anything from the manuscript written with a typewriter on onion paper. I have published the manuscript as is with all the grammatical errors and tried to keep it as the author (authors?) left it. The manuscript is a collection of stories within a biography and autobiography. The author at the same time claims he is writing the biography of an acquaintance-he is also writing a great deal about himself. The text is filled with allusions to world-known writers by name and with numerous intertexts of their works. The creator was studying English at LSU in Baton Rouge and there are many allusions to the University, the students, and the town. He is very familiar with the Quarter and many of its inhabitants. Some of the book's sexual descriptions are very graphic and many readers will have a very negative reaction because of it, and yet, the depiction of some of the characters reflects a very careful character study of the subjects. The author claims to have been a chef at several Quarter restaurants for which I have not been able to find documentation. I also have been unable to find records about the subject of his biography: Tulane does not have the family in question as one of their founders. One must conclude then that the character in question never existed. LSU also does not have a record of that person attending the University.

The first book of the series "NITA" is based on the true life of Juanita Walker as she grew up on a farm in rural Georgia with her grandparents. As you read the words and view the illustrations, you'll experience Nita's challenges and triumphs. Her life is an inspiration.

While working at sea, in foreign countries, or in his Jamaican homeland, Chef Christopher Golding came to understand the depth of his grandmother's saying, "Cooking is sharing love." In a debut cookbook, Golding blends quintessential Jamaican cuisines with a modern twist in tantalizing recipes that capture the essence of the lessons, techniques, and methodologies of his grandmother and translate them into accessible dishes that are still reminiscent of the island's heritage and bounty. His collection includes recipes for lime-honey marinade and Sugar Mill spice rub, rum bearnaise sauce and jackfruit chutney, beetroot dip and blackened tuna and scallop ceviche, braised oxtail confit and pumpkin soup, annatto poached snapper fillet and grilled lobster tail, sous-vide Cornish hen with lemongrass and ginger, Josper-grilled jerk chicken with green-lipped mussels, and yam risotto and breadfruit pancake. Modern Jamaican Cuisine shares recipes from an executive chef that exquisitely blend classic Jamaican cuisine with a contemporary touch.

The stunning Selena Mirrell, formerly a famed fashion model, marries young to the wealthy and charming Victor LaRoche. Her storybook romance becomes a living nightmare as Victor reveals his true, dark nature. When his behavior turns to violence, Selena fears the worst. She runs for her life but soon finds there is no place to hide. Settling in the small, infamous town of Andersonville, Georgia, she is determined to make it her last refuge-or the site of her last stand. Selena builds a home and finds a new career, but old troubles plague her. When Victor remarries, Selena hopes she has escaped her past, but unsettling events are occurring around her. Amid murders, kidnappings, and mysterious strangers coming and going, it isn't clear who is friend or foe. A fascinating child enters her life, and Selena meets an enigmatic, widowed detective who wants to love and protect her-because Victor is determined to hunt Selena down and bring her back to him. She is about to find out to what lengths he will go. Selena must summon her strength and courage when Victor's unpredictable behavior escalates and threatens her most valuable possessions.

Lee Datrice was just six when his father first called him a hustler. Since he was a little boy, he has always been about the hustle. In short, Datrice loves switching it up in life. In a retelling of his roller coaster journey through life, Datrice begins by detailing his personal experiences while growing up in San Francisco as an only child of divorced parents who started his first hustle collecting pop bottles for money and recruiting other neighborhood children to work for him. When his father moved with him to Louisiana a short time later, Datrice shares entertaining stories of how he rode a pony and cart down a country dirt road and managed to escape a determined blue racer snake. As life led him back to San Francisco, Datrice chronicles his experiences as navigated through San Francisco in the sixties and seventies during its heyday of sex and drugs, through his entrepreneurial pursuits, and now as the founder of a nonprofit foundation. Born and Raised to Hustle is the memoir of a talented hustler who has always worked hard and managed to do whatever it takes to survive the wild times and challenges that life brings.

In basic training, every soldier used to keep a wooden footlocker near the bed. It was a place to store trinkets, memorabilia, photos, and keepsakes. That's how Logan Browning Barbee, a retired U.S. Army colonel who later served as an adviser to the Iraqi government, thinks about this book-as a place to hold a hodgepodge of stories. In addition to his career in the military and government, Barbee was a teacher, merchant seaman, county extension director at the University of Florida, family man and so much more. In this memoir, he shares highlights from his life, beginning with his boyhood in the country in Calhoun County, North Florida, to a jarring move as a teenager when he moved to town. He missed country living and went from being an A-student to a C-student. He also looks back at joining the Merchant Marines, being drafted, serving twenty-two years in the Army, his time in Iraq, and a lifetime of adventures. Join the author as he shares tales from his footlocker that reveal his identity, personality, and legacy.