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About the BookIn 1912-1913 West Virginia, a coalfield strike was called to organize the miners. Evicted from their company homes, many moved to a nearby town, swelling the population from fewer than 300 to over 3,000. They refused to return to work, choosing to live in coarse tents, the only shelter available. Ten months into the strike, a coal operator commissioned an armored train to shoot up the sleeping community late one night.The Gallagher family lived through the event. Young Valentina, angered over the ruthlessness of the coal operators and the death and destruction from the escalating violence, wanted to help create a change for her family and friends. She often defied her parents and worked to bring the nation's eyes to the travesty of a group of people whose voices were being overlooked and forgotten. But what could a 13-year-old girl do to try to create change?Valentina's story is fiction. However, it is based upon the events that occurred in what is recognized as the longest labor dispute in American history.About the AuthorKaty J. Smith is a retired elementary school teacher in West Virginia. She is also a National Board Certified Teacher in Reading and Literacy. She and her husband live in Montgomery and Huntington, and they have one daughter and two grandchildren. Katy is the daughter of a coal miner and enjoys her family legacy of coal mining and all things Appalachia. Her hobbies include reading, writing, cooking, and traveling.

About the BookONE IN A MILLION: Execution of Justice, by Pat Shannan, Review by Steffan Bertsch, Oregon Attorney: Occasionally I have been asked to review books, but, rarely do I give an unsolicited assessment of one. I am making One in a Million by Pat Shannan the exception. It's a fact-laden piece of "fiction" about the IRS gone mad, and, while this might shock some, has set up mafia-style hit squads in the CID with the Commissioner's tacit approval! While most of you know full well that "government" agencies would never do such a thing, that's exactly what this book dares to reveal. Shannan sprinkles the enjoyable, fast-paced novel with many esoteric facts, long hidden from view of the sleeping public, such as those revealed in "The Franklin Cover-Up" about our beloved George Bush being involved in an adolescent sex ring while holding the office of VICE president. Any freedom-loving American will appreciate the veiled references to modern heroes such as Richie Mack and courtroom tyrants like Jack Tanner, and will also enjoy the express bolstering of Tupper [Saussy]'s and Irwin [Schiff]'s reputations as the writer explains how freedom was lost as fiat money invaded our borders. It's a spry read that is perhaps more fantasy than actual fiction, which might just get through to some sleepers, if ever it reaches their hands. "A masterpiece!" - Sharon Lee, who continues: Pat Shannan uses his storytelling talent to combine mystery, suspense, truth, and history into a great novel. One In A Million is a historical novel filled with suppressed truths and historical facts about the hoax of the tax system. It's a gripping story of family, courage, truth, tragedy, and violent retribution. One In A Million is much more than a crime story. It is a priceless education of our tax system and banking system. It is a compelling, convicting, and awesome story of the hypocrisy of the Internal Revenue Service. I recommend One In A Million to everyone! Courageous work from a talented writer. ONE IN A MILLION IS TRULY ONE IN A BILLION.

About the BookDiscover the hidden truths that shape our world and challenge the status quo in this thought-provoking and captivating exploration. Unveil the power dynamics of money and influence, unravel the complexities of harmful worldviews, and embark on a transformative journey toward unity and generational healing. With inspiring stories, profound insights, and practical tools, this book will ignite your curiosity, awaken your consciousness, and leave you craving more. Are you ready to break free from the chains that bind us and unleash the power within? Dive into this eye-opening adventure and embark on a path toward a brighter future.About the AuthorIntroducing Dennis Brown, a seasoned leader with over 30 years of experience in the IT industry, known for his impactful leadership roles. Dennis has dedicated his career to empowering individuals through dynamic book clubs and forums, igniting their pursuit of leadership excellence. With a deep-seated passion for connecting with people from diverse backgrounds, he wholeheartedly embraces the opportunity to learn and grow from their unique perspectives. Dennis's captivating social experiments and forthcoming book reveal his commitment to personal growth and inspire others to unlock their true potential. Dennis fosters growth, unity, and unwavering support through his leadership, communication, and faith-based teachings.

About the BookGuess I'll Go Eat Worms - Maybe is a commentary on growing up and growing old in a modern western society. This writing explicates some of Phillip Anthony Dalon's life's journey, and how and why we all change our perspectives and opinions as we make this constantly changing voyage. It admittedly steps on a lot of toes, but if taken in its entirety, it may make sense to those with an open mind. Phillip's work experience includes: dishwasher, waiter, short order cook, heavy equipment operator, truck driver, ordinance supply clerk, civil engineering technologist, surveyor, civil engineering designer, draftsman/site planner, construction coordinator, construction engineer/project manager with a large, multinational corporation, licensed general contractor, and licensed home inspector. It is undeniable that he has vast experience with the subject matter.About the AuthorPhillip Anthony Dalon was born in 1942, into abject poverty and raised in the slums of a large southern city. Around thirteen years old, he was shot in the back; later, around 15, he was beaten mercilessly by a mob, and at twenty, he was stabbed in the side. He is a veteran of the US Army and served overseas in Hanau, Germany. He has undergone three surgeries on his arteries. He lost half of his left lung but survived lung cancer in his early seventies. Dalon has a bovine aortic heart valve replacement, a Pacemaker, and a Watchman implant.Dalon obtained a patent for a tool in 2003 and published ClanWickie, a full-length children's adventure novel in 2011. For all of his trials and tribulations, he has been blessed with a beautiful wife, four grown children, and seven grandchildren. He and his wife, Faye, have the retirement home of their dreams in a country setting with mountain views. They happily cohabit with their little dog, Ellie.

About the BookBev Starr's mother and father were truly opposites, and her perhaps overly inquisitive mind often wondered how two people growing up in basically the same area, even though a couple of decades apart, could view life so differently. The unhappiness Starr witnessed at an early age sparked the urge to dig deeper into the physical, psychological, emotional, economic, and belief systems within their families. This became even more important to Starr as she suddenly found that she was to bring her first child into this world that she had so many questions about. She also realized that other than the Bible, just as preparation for becoming a wife, she was unaware of any real, down-to-earth-instructions available to prepare that scared 20-year-old for one of the most important opportunities she would ever be afforded.Bev Starr's original intent for The Other Side of the Bridge is to ensure that her children and grandchildren would have a better understanding regarding the history of their ancestors as well as a more personal feeling of having actually known them. This came from Starr's desire to know more than just the names of her ancestors, but to know what their interests, vocations, dreams might have been. Along with knowing more about them in a personal light, Starr also wanted to know what role they may have played in the development of our great nation. We often forget that the prosperity and the lives we live today didn't just happen, and Starr has always wondered if any of her great-great grandparents or their ancestors were actually a part of the history of the Civil War. Starr remembers what she has heard somewhere down the line, but has no factual documentation, which would mean so much to her as well as the ability to pass it on to my children.About the AuthorBev Starr loved to write as a young student. She was encouraged by her seventh grade teacher, Ms. Speight, whom she credits with encouraging her to pursue writing and to further her education. Bev was awarded a scholarship upon completing high school, but instead went to work to help provide for her family.

On July 21, 1960, Bob Grudle was struck by a car at the age of five, leaving him unconscious for five weeks and partially paralyzed, having suffered multiple skull fractures. As a result, he ended up attending a school for handicapped children.Grudle went back to visit that same school as an adult to learn more about the accident and his subsequent treatment, as he had no memory of the accident itself or anything before it.During his journey, Grudle's family reminds him of his life after the accident and how he learned to walk again.About the AuthorBob Grudle worked various jobs before being hired by the FBI and relocating first to Washington, DC, and then Nebraska. He retired from the FBI due to a hip injury, earned several college degrees, traveled, and worked in maintenance until retiring in 2020. He has written and published several books prior to this one.

About the BookParents sometimes have their own agenda.As a private investigator, author Roy Gardner deals with these issues on a regular basis: parents going through a divorce, pretending to have their children's interests at heart but are really looking to cause drama for the ex-spouse. Collateral Damage serves as a warning to those parents going through a divorce where kids are involved, of what not to do. It explains from a personal and professional experience what the consequences can be in a nasty divorce, the irreversible damage that can be done to children. Gardner's message to those children is to make your own decisions once you become of age and not be the victims of misinformation, even if it's coming from a parent or family member.Gardner hopes his personal experience with this matter serves as an example of what can occur even when you do everything in your power to be an exemplary parent.About the AuthorRoy Gardner is a retired police officer of 33 years with Corpus Christi Police Department. His specialty was as a homicide detective, as well as working with kids in such programs as D.A.R.E. and P.A.L. (Police Athletic League). He also served as a police chief in two different police agencies. He is the first black chief in South Texas.Gardner has a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice. He is currently working as a private investigator, owns the company Private I Investigations, and wrote Private Investigator Guide as a training tool for new recruits. He is a divorced father of three adult children who was unable to raise his kids, and as a result he has a fragile relationship with them. This relationship has carried over to his grandkids.Gardner hopes this book strengthens his relationship with not only his kids but any other families going through the same challenges.

Although to say goodbye is different in every country and is said for various reasons, there is one no one will ever want to hear and that is the FINAL FAREWELL! About the AuthorRay Deaton is not an official of any church or denomination; he is a member of a church. He IS first, last, and always a child of the one and only LIVING GOD. He has relied on HIS inspiration and direction for this book.Deaton has lived in this world for the better part of a hundred years, and HE has placed him in a variety of experiences many of which are part of this book.

About the BookThe author was living in a Senior Independent Living Center in Severna Park MD, when the Covid 19 pandemic struck. Everything was locked down. She was bored. What better time to write about "what was it like back when" as her family had been urging her to do.She begins her book by inviting you to a holiday dinner, speaking to the reader, personally. Her keen sense of humor is obvious as she tells of growing up in a small town in the hills of western Maryland. It was 1924. In 1941, when attending college, WWII was raging on two fronts. She wanted to help. She spent 2 summers working at a Women's Land Army Camp, harvesting crops.The army desperately needed Physical Therapists. Having the required biology credits, she accepted the Army's offer for training, at an army hospital and became a Physical Therapist. She describes working with soldiers with amputated legs and peripheral nerve injuries. They were not pitied but encouraged to find humor even in such situations.She writes of her excitement and wonder as she travels to Norway, the Passion Play in Germany, the Canyons and Parks in the west. There are funny tales of tent camping with her brother and sister-in-law. She drove her "little red sable" and followed them, using a CB to communicate, (calling M & M, this is Red Sable, over)In her book Esther Davis Lang has made history interesting, funny and easy to read.

About the BookAfter losing her younger brother to suicide, Alex, a resident in emergency medicine, suspends her residency at Tufts Medical Center. Alex is a brilliant doctor, but in her eyes, she had failed her brother, and her parents. Stuck in a haze of self-doubt, one summer's night on Duxbury Beach, she and a couple of friends discuss how Alex can move forward and she is keen on the idea of driving cross country, alone.Before her first night ends at a campground in Pennsylvania, she cross paths with Jesus, and for the rest of her journey, Jesus challenges Alex in every way possible to think of herself differently, to look at faith differently, to look at the world different and all through Alex's journey of restoration, she bears witness to Jesus' incredible gifts.About the AuthorMaureen lives in Greenville, Rhode Island. Born with athetoid cerebral palsy, she graduated from Roger Williams University, majoring in architectural studies. With limited fine motor control in her hands, Maureen uses a headpointer to type. In 2015, she received the prestigious Courage of Conscience Award from The Peace Abbey in Millis, Massachusetts for her strong advocacy work for people with developmental disabilities. In her spare time, Maureen loves to compose music-a lifelong passion.

About the Book12 Dear Lords was originally written in 2013 as an attempt to publicly voice a small amount of the unbelievable torture, humiliation, and experiences of the individual known as Ahsilight. As her knowledge, understanding and experiences of life and others expands and her relationship with a higher power grows, Ahsilight learns to persevere, not to give up, and to lean not only on her own understanding.These 12 entries are gathered from several journals kept over many years that Ahsilight selected particular inserts from and put together to bring an intimate conversation with herself and God into fruition, for the benefit of the public and herself and anyone that chooses to read.About the AuthorAhsilight was created in the mind of a real person due to unimaginable suffering in the real world. Ahsilight was created in a State Mental Hospital and has since become a legal entity.Her name is unique and so is her story. She has been chosen to be the brand that is presented to the world to do what she thought she could not. Ahsilight is also a reciprocal and while the numbers add up so does the astrology behind the entity known as Ahsilight.

About the BookDefend Yourself Against Bible Fundamentalists sheds light on how religious Fundamentalists are actively trying to get control of you by citing Holy Scripture as divine authority in order to revoke your rights and freedoms in these eight important non-spiritual areas. The passages within warn you of your dark and terrible future, if you let or give or help them get political control.About the AuthorDr. Arthur August, having obtained a Doctorate from Loyola Marymount University, and having been raised by a New Thought Christian preacher, has the background to understand and expose the hidden agendas and the unrighteous political goals of religious Fundamentalists to control you. It has been a life-long study and learning experience.

Matthew's life changed in an instant after meeting Jenny at a party, from the moment their eyes met from across the beach. But as with any whirlwind romance, there were moments of doubt and uncertainty; Jenny's sudden pregnancy put a wedge in their relationship. Will they weather the storm together?About the AuthorNatalie Marston is a writer, photographer, and author of the new novel A Way to Grace. Growing up in Canada she wrote love stories in her spare time. Now she resides in South Carolina with her husband, daughter, two dogs, and a cat.

About the BookEverybody has a story. This is mine and ...yours. This is herstory (you know, like history) - an experience in urban drama that strikes a chord with anyone who has faced adversity and won out over seemingly insurmountable odds. This story begins long ago but quickly brings us to the present. Enjoy this fast paced, gritty drama based on my real-life story. Watch the infamous California gangs organize and meet their leaders, my uncles. Run through the chaotic streets of LA during the 1992 riots or flash a friend at "Freak Nic" in Hotlanta. Enjoy the Historically Black College/ University experience in "da kuntry" (believe me it is like no other) and lose yourself (sometimes you get in too deep) ...then find yourself. Between these covers lies an adventure anyone can appreciate. How would you judge me? How do you judge yourself?About the AuthorThe author Tianka Sheard Mitchell lives in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is originally from Compton, California where she spent her formative years until relocating to Arkansas to attend Philander Smith College in 1994. Mitchell graduated Philander, Cum Laude, with her Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education. She works as a Middle School teacher. She has earned her Master's degree in Educational Leadership and is currently pursuing her Doctorate's degree in the same field. Both degrees are from Arkansas State University, Jonesboro. Her twin daughters are both practicing Registered Nurses earning their degrees at Bethune Cookman University in Daytona, Beach Florida. She has a young son in elementary school with her husband of fifteen years. Mitchell dedicates her success to her "Boos". She says without them, she would only have been what she was. They gave her the motivation to become much more. This book is as much their triumph as hers.

About the BookFirst Bruno...Now This tells the story of two brothers from Hyde Park, Massachusetts, brought up in the same household in the 1970s. For any outsider, their lives appeared perfectly normal. But what is normal? Ron Welliver's family had a strict, hardworking, church-going mother, and a quiet ghost of an introverted father who folded himself inward in his haze of alcoholism. The author takes the reader into the dark world of his brother's ways of the street and the code of honor that, to him, made sense. In the end it would cost him his family, and later, his life. Is upbringing nature or nurture? Read how one brother stays a problematic, small time criminal drug abuser, while the other brother becomes a family man and street cop of thirty-one years.About the AuthorA Boston, Massachusetts, native, Ron Welliver is a retired law enforcement officer of thirty-one years. He is a veteran of two Boston Marathons, and at the age of fifty-seven, his passion for hiking was born. He completed all forty-eight of the New Hampshire four-thousand-foot mountains a few years later. For over twenty years, Welliver volunteered as a middle school and high school football coach. He and his wife, Susan, raised their family in the southern New Hampshire area where he currently owns a small lawn care business.

About the BookWill your life click away as a montage before your eyes when Death comes? Will it be a car wreck or cancer? Will Death appear to you as a skull-faced ghoul or avuncular guide? Rest assured, you will certainly meet him.Since humans became human, Death has harvested. Over the millennia, he has occasionally revealed himself to mortals. Nick, as a pre-teen, meets the specter after surviving a near miss. Throughout Nick's life, Death appears on no set schedule, their conversations a mix of reveal and closely held answers to Nick's questions: Is there a God? Is there any kind of life after death? How do you maintain such a nice tan? Nick's search for answers continues throughout his life, at times an accepted reality, at others causing Nick debilitating pain and anger. As years tick away, Nick realizes the many cultural and spiritual differences in dealing with and accepting Death, leading him to a personal understanding that helps him cope. Nick's story will bring hope to some, peace to many, and acceptance to most, as we all must ultimately face our own last goal.About the AuthorMichael O'Neal's interest in death and dying has been there since childhood. As a teacher, he continued education in classes focused on suicide intervention, philosophy, cultural studies, and death and dying. An enlightening experience happened when he presented a salon class on death and dying at a women's prison. A Native American woman confided in O'Neal that she'd had the Kubler-Ross experience of seeing the light.A master's degree in multicultural education, international travel, and years of living overseas gave O'Neal adjusted perceptions of Death. Being run over as a kid, two close friends committing suicide, and assisting his brother with a dignified death, motivated O'Neal to write The Last Goal.

About the BookTake a journey with Eric A. McCann into his out of body experiences. Travels Into the Light and Letting Go! details precisely what Eric A. McCann needed to learn to achieve these out of body experiences, including the exercises he uses regularly, where he could travel, and who he could meet. This guide includes several exercises you can use to help you if you choose to take a trip to the Astral plane.About the AuthorEric A. McCann was born in the great city of San Diego, CA. During his early teen years, he had a couple of experiences but wasn't quite sure what they were called, but something deep in his consciousness knew. After serving over seven years in the U.S. Coast Guard, he finally settled down in Cape Cod, MA.In June of 2019 after asking a simple, humble question to the universe, his life changed forever. McCann has since had over 100 out of body experiences. He decided you should have these experiences and see the beautiful universe.

About the BookWhen a visit to a planetarium propels young Sara Taylor off on a lifelong journey into the world of science, she witnesses an event with her telescope that, decades later, threatens to destroy all life on Earth. While in college, pursuing her passion to become an astronomer, she meets and falls in love with Ryan who, she discovers, shares her passions and desires. Together they join a team that travels into space on a mission to land on Phobos, a lost moon of Mars, which has been knocked out of orbit.Science fiction and romance collide as battles rage in an attempt to defeat an alien device that's programmed to destroy the Earth.About the AuthorJerry Donaldson is a computer programmer who spent much of his career immersed in the high tech world of Silicon Valley. In the early years of Atari, the company that brought us games like Space Invaders, he worked in the engineering lab with innovators like Steve Jobs. Always interested in physics and programs like Carl Sagan's Cosmos, a book like this was churning in his imagination for years. When his granddaughter Rachel Tanon developed a fascination for the solar system, they began to devise the story of Phobos! They worked together for several years to create this exciting book.

About the BookMarines Ain't So Tough is just one of the dozens of short stories created by master storyteller Jim Williams. Each story uses a human emotion or experience as its genesis. Love, hate, courage, grief, revenge, lust, fear, and madness all serve as a backdrop for page-turning, thoughtful prose written in the style of Hemingway and Poe.A man tests his courage in Men Who Want to Fight; a grieving woman searches for answers in Where There's Smoke; a clever sexy lady plays with a lustful man in Cindy; young lovers spend a memorable time in A Day At The Beach; three old folks, prisoners in a nursing home, rise to new heights and succeed in Old Fart TV; a young man meets God and explains his emotions during sex in God Jumped Into My Car; and many more stories are designed to explore the essence of what makes us human.Williams also explores elements of science fiction. His story, Mirror Mirror, captures both a technical experiment gone wrong with madness as an outcome. In The Land Of The Blind, there is an emotional and strange result as the velocity of the earth increases as it hurls through space and time and its effect on humankind.When you read Marines Ain't So Tough, you will delight in each story's structure and outcome. Thought provoking, sometimes mystical, sometimes just funny... a good read and an experience worth remembering.​About the AuthorJim Williams is a world traveler, sailor, published author, and an Irish American who loves storytelling.

About the BookIf you had the power to kill trillions of lives with three words, why would you do it? For one cursed soul, her motive was revenge.On a planet called Kador, there existed a planet-wide empire called Alonava. It was home to many talented wizards who wielded magic by drawing words represented by arcane symbols. However, the people of Alonava were in grave danger at the hands of a powerful necromancer called the Lich Queen. She sought the deadliest spell of all time, the Armageddon Incantation. To cast the spell, all she needed were three words sequestered in the most unreachable of places.An audacious and kindhearted wizard named Talia and a sensible scholar named Suki uncovered the Lich Queen's plan, but their superiors refused to help them. With the fate of the world at stake, these two women must unlock the secrets of the past and uncover the Armageddon Incantation. If the Lich Queen got the spell first, then all hope will be lost... or maybe not.The Armageddon Incantation tells the story of a world where magic comes from the power of words. Revenge and Anger can cause destruction and pain, Incuriosity can cause forgetfulness and loss, and Apathy can cause inaction. However, as Talia and Suki will learn, there is only one word more powerful than them all.About the AuthorC.L. Armerding eagerly presents his second book after Path of the Whiptails. Inspired by archaeology and calligraphy, he wrote another tale to excite and inspire.

About the BookThe town is stricken with a plague, and no one knows why.With people asking questions, the only hospital in town is said to have the answer... or do they?In all this chaos, there stands a girl with a premonition to stop it all before it's too late. The question depends on whether she will put an end to the madness or die trying.About the AuthorJ.S. Williams is a Delawarean and a wife with two young children. She enjoys writing, drawing, and painting, and is also a jewelry designer. When she is not doing the things mentioned above, she writes music to play on the piano. She enjoys old-fashioned classical music. Williams is also a heavy video gamer and a game creator. She loves to cosplay with her family and goes to Comic Con events.Most of Williams' writings are written in poems and then expanded into stories like this one. Her favorite spot to write is in a public park. She has expressed that she daydreams throughout the day, so she consistently carries a notebook to record her thoughts everywhere she goes.

About the BookWhat is freedom? Does it exist or are our lives totally determined? Do other species of animals have freedom of a somewhat less extended form than humans? Can we lose our freedom? Can we be enslaved in a bondage of will? If so, can we be released from these bondages? How was Jesus an example of freedom and of a path to our liberation?So Be Free is a series of 24 essays that seeks to remind us, refresh us, and inform us on how our essential freedom comes to us as part of our consciousness of the Profound Reality we face. These essays use both secular and Christian vocabulary to express this Reality. Gene Wesley Marshall seeks to share a human reality that can be expressed with other religious vocabularies as well as with Christian and secular vocabularies. This book is something more than opinion or theology. These sermon-like essays are provocations for each of us to look within our own lives and see what we find there.About the AuthorGene Wesley Marshall began his education at Oklahoma State University as a mathematician and physicist. In 1953, he decided to leave a mathematics career and attend seminary at Perkins School of Theology in Dallas, Texas. He served as a local church pastor, a chaplain in the army, and in 1962, joined a religious order of families (the Order: Ecumenical). For six years, he served as dean of the Ecumenical Institute's eight-week residential "Academy" that trained leadership for religious and social engagement for participants from many parts of the world.In the early 1960s, Marshall was an active participant in the civil rights revolution, serving for one year as the Protestant executive of the National Conference on Religion and Race. As a faculty member of the Ecumenical Institute, he also traveled the United States, Latin America, Europe, India, Hong Kong, and Australia as a teacher and lecturer of religious and social ethics topics. These trips included an in-depth study of world cultures and a view of the social conditions of the world's peoples. In the mid 1980s, he was one of the organizers of the bioregional movement.Beginning in 1983, Gene and Joyce Marshall organized a nonprofit educational organization, "Realistic Living," and began co-teaching innovative programs and workshops plus publishing journals, books, and essays. This book is Gene's tenth book-length project, including The Thinking Christian, Radical Gifts, and From Empire to Eco-Democracy. Joyce and Gene live in Bonham, Texas in a straw-bale house.

About the BookI love learning! Don't you?!

About the BookThe Road to Recovery for Real Americans is a reminder of all our rights and responsibilities as citizens in small communities everywhere. Inspired by what a citizen, and more specifically this author, has and does not have in his or her own community, this book leads one on a journey through seven small rural area communities in Robeson County, North Carolina. The author, Lisa K. Locklear, believes the best part of this book is it not only points out what we haven't accomplished as a unified group but all the things we could accomplish, for instance "Making America Beautiful and Prepared".About the AuthorLisa K. Locklear was born on May 31, 1961. During the early years her parents Reatha and Leon were great Christians. Although her mother continued on her path of churchgoing all throughout her life, Locklear's father on the other hand followed in the ways of his own mother, Locklear's grandmother, Mattie Bell Locklear.During the 1970s if one was not marching against racial segregation of schools one was marching for other rights. They were involved in spreading the gospel through song as the Locklear Juniors following Locklear's father's group the Locklear Travelers.Locklear's father in his early forties envisioned the "Tuscarora Nation" and without knowing was able to aid God in keeping one of his greatest promises which was to preserve a remnant of all people (tribes, races, nationalities).Lisa K. Locklear believes that today, it is of utmost importance not only to preserve culture but to educate children and to prepare them for their future no matter what the cost.

About the BookTimothy R. Pauley is an author who courageously delves into the depths of the human psyche through his evocative and introspective writings. Born and raised in the south hills of Pittsburgh, Pauley has always possessed a profound curiosity about the inner workings of the human mind and the intricacies of the human experience. It is this thirst for understanding that led him to embark on his writing journey, culminating in his groundbreaking debut book.Pauley's first book is a poignant collection of stream-of-consciousness poems that dare to explore the complexities of mental stability, spiritual wandering, and the sobering reality of suicidal ideation. Through raw and unfiltered verse, he intimately exposes his own struggles and triumphs, unafraid to confront the darker corners of the psyche.In this deeply personal work, Pauley's words serve as a vessel, enabling readers to navigate the labyrinthine maze of emotions and thoughts that afflict the human condition. Each poem is a window into his innermost thoughts and feelings, a cathartic release of the profound depths of his soul. His raw vulnerability and unflinching honesty create an atmosphere of authenticity that resonates with readers who have experienced their own battles with mental health.About the AuthorBeyond his literary endeavors, Timothy R. Pauley is a loving son, caring brother, and devoted godfather. His deep-rooted connections to his family have played an essential role in shaping his perspective on life and informing his creative expression. He offers a compassionate voice to those who have longed for a way to articulate the complexity of their own emotions and thoughts.

About the BookKarri Moody, author of Park Hae Jin Does the Kama Sutra or The Sweetest Story Ever Told, her husband Mitchell Moody, and Park Hae Jin, K-drama star, are taken to a hill to be executed but are saved by Karri's quick thinking. Eight people are killed that night. Karri, Mit, and Hae Jin are forced to become their own detectives, models, planners, TV stars, nurses, imposters, comedians, and friends. Lions, Yale, baseball, magic elixirs, Netflix, bravery and inventiveness all come into play as Karri, Hae Jin, and Mit use sex to clarify the future. Love is the only answer.About the AuthorMartha Karpoff worked in Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia, for seven years during the 1980's. Upon returning to the United States, she became a grant writer for three New Mexico Native American tribes. Her proposals were awarded several million dollars for these tribes. Married to a professional facilitator, she herself has some background in facilitation.During the pandemic, Karpoff watched many K-dramas and especially liked those with Park Hae Jin. She wanted to write a book that went against the stereotype of an older man, younger woman love story. Who better to be the younger man than Mr. Park? She wanted to make those older women smile.Karpoff has a degree in mathematics, which makes her detail oriented. She likes baseball, which she played on the schoolyard. Karpoff has been through a revolution in the Philippines, blockades in Manila and Cebu, and traveling on convoys in Bosnia.

About the BookThe Lion and the Cub is a short story about the king of the jungle who leads the lion pack and that all animals fear and respect, until one day when a lion cub comes to challenge the old king for his throne.About the AuthorChris Diveris has always had a special place in his heart for animals and lions especially. He always wrote stories as a child and this book was inspired by his daughter, his "little cub."

About the Book13 and 18 and Everything in Between touches on the ups and downs of adolescence. This poetry is heartfelt and unfiltered, and many can relate to the stories. It is written from the perspective of a girl who deals with mental health challenges, as well as love and loss. She's a girl who is afraid of the world but tries hard not to show it.About the AuthorJo Violet is a college student hoping to work as a social worker helping children and families. Violet wrote these poems throughout her four years in high school and each poem encapsulates the feelings she felt at that point in time. She writes poetry describing how it feels to deal with mental illness and staying at a psychiatric institution. She used words to help her out of hard times and hopes her experiences and poetry will help others with their struggles.

About the BookThe Deuce takes a humorous look at New York City in the late nineteen seventies to remind us how we've changed since then. The story also examines how life in a crowded urban environment might shape the people who live there as it follows the romance of a young man with his latest girlfriend, and his reluctant romance with his first boyfriend.About the AuthorWilliam Quinn is a third-generation New Yorker, but after escaping New York himself, likes to write about the city that's been bred into him, and the people that city produced.