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Dr. Joseph N. DeLuca, MD, Ph.D., is a retired, board-certified clinical psychologist and primary care physician, who has written five previous books for adults on how to enhance their psychological health and wellness.He has also written two children''s books on the same subject.His latest self-help guide, Learning to Make Peace in the World, was written to help people adjust to life''s stresses, especially during a pandemic.

For readers of The Celestine Prophecy, this is what you’ve been waiting for. Reality Check was written for everyone else who knows that we’re on the verge of pushing Mother Nature and the economy to the breaking point.Reality Check shows the urgent need to reverse humanity’s downward spiral by undoing the status quo. Half the book is filled with quotes from the likes of Chomsky, Sagan, Carlin, Goodall, Soros, Orwell, Asimov, Hegel, William James, Sting and the Beatles, as well as some of the most popular TV shows and movies.This over-the-top attempt to avert an “evolutionary crash” hopes instead to turn the situation into an “evolutionary bounce” by galvanizing members of the so-called “choir” who already understand that the status quo needs to be revamped. Otherwise, civilization as we know it won’t last much longer.The book addresses everything from parenting to economics, political systems to global warming and general environmental destruction, as well as sociology, history and God.It’s time for a reality check! What are you waiting for?About the Author: Pivot is an animal lover with a BS in political science. He aspires to one day become the superhero, The Pantser, a vigilante who goes after schmucks wearing their pants halfway down their butts. He pulls their pants down, pushes them over and then he runs away, of course.

A plane crash in the jungle of eastern Myanmar unites a father who never knew he had a daughter, and a daughter who never knew who her father was.After trekking the Tibetan border with Nepal, Reed Dempsey hops a plane bound for Delhi and a connecting flight to Chiang Mai, Thailand.Three lifelong girlfriends on college break fly from Goa to Delhi. Catching a connecting flight to Chiang Mai, they sit next to Reed in an exit row. Flying through monsoon conditions, the plane loses power and crashes in the northeastern mountains of the Golden Triangle. Only seven survive.One of the college girls sustains serious internal bleeding. The survivors build a stretcher for the young woman and head down the mountain for help.The local military is pillaging the countryside and executing villagers. Soldiers open fire on the plane survivors, killing all those heading down the mountain except for two of the girlfriends. Samantha videoed the murders and also finds a mass grave near a village. She and Rebecca run for their lives back up the mountain toward the crash site, where they meet Reed walking down. Knocked unconscious in the crash, he was buried under debris.Can these three survive the jungle and find safety in far-off Thailand?Author Bio:David C. Dagley grew up in California and has spent his life traveling the globe. He now resides on Bali, enjoying a lot of time underwater. He has lived in Nepal, England, Mongolia, and in South East Asia. “I taught English in South Korea for a few winters when I wasn’t working in Alaska.” His first three books were Cale Dixon and the Moguk Murders, White Bars, and Women of Cho.

Based on the autobiography of Sarah Winnemucca, a Nevadan Paiute of the 19th century Silver Rush era, this historical work of fiction vividly reenacts events of Sarah''s life, highlighting the slaughter of twenty-three members of her tribe by a U.S. cavalry. The deaths of two dear sisters in the massacre are the pivotal event that transforms Sarah into a fiery advocate for the Paiutes'' right to their land and preservation of their ancient culture.Woven into the narrative is the present-day fictional character of Edwina Winnemucca, an aged university professor, medicine woman/shaman, and niece of Sarah Winnemucca, whose supernatural activities are fraught with drama. Edwina lectures her class on Sarah''s remarkable life, her endearing personality, and her fight to save her tribe from starvation and mistreatment. A prophecy of reincarnation, heralded by Edwina''s shaman father, is fulfilled. Edwina befriends three of her students who possess remarkable similarities to Sarah and her sisters. The girls experience a series of harrowing trials at the hands of their lecherous landlord while Edwina has visions of grave danger. The exhilarating climax of the story displays Edwina''s amazing powers.Sally Eccleston was inspired to write a fictional account of Sarah Winnemucca''s life after discovering her historically important autobiography in an old mining town bookstore. Eccleston has been writing for over twenty years, setting many of her stories in the beautiful desert region of Nevada, with its colorful mining history. She is at work on a new fictional novel based on her great-grandparents, who settled in Nevada in the 1800s.Publisher''s Website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/LeapBeyondBlueSkyVeil.html

Billy Giraffe has been struck by Cupid’s arrow. He wants to engage the interest of beautiful Carolyn Tawny-Mane, who has just gotten a job at the local newspaper, The Giraffe Gazette.He tells her of his adventures with friends, crazy hotel guests he’s met at the Giraffe Hotel, and the triumphs of his Grandfather Torch, when he fooled a lion and saved the clan from a rhinoceros stampede.Billy realizes he is a truly good storyteller, and that he can stand up for himself, despite a tattle-tale brother and two older know-it-all sisters.Says the author, “As a young man I was not allowed to read comic books or any kind of fantasy at all. So I surprised my family and friends when I created the story line for this book. I wanted to bring more fantasy into my life and share the joy of it with others. I have always liked giraffes due to their mild but adventurous natures, and feel they have not been understood as well as elephants, tigers, and bears.”About the Author: R. Alden Fish grew up in Tucson, Arizona, and currently resides in Santa Cruz, California. “I was an astronomer who went into business consulting, as I preferred working with people rather than staring at the stars.”

« L’imagination nous emporte souvent vers des mondes qui n’ont jamais existés, mais sans elle, nous allons nulle part. » – Carl SaganSans archives pour la région du Chablais avant le XI siècle, ce conte populaire, appuyé par des déductions historiques, nous parle des premiers habitants d’un village alpin au-dessus de la vallée du Rhône à la fin du IX siècle.Nous suivons les aventures d’un jeune couple, une fille serve et un jeune homme affranchi, un rapport incompatible à l’époque. Ils se réfugient à la montagne en hiver et survivent avec l’appui d’un moine et d’un garde-chasse.« J’habite sur le plateau de Gryon/Villars depuis un demi-siècle. Il était temps de mettre mes sentiments sur papier pour cette région », déclare l’auteur. « J’ai toujours essayé d’imaginer qui étaient les premiers habitants à y passer l’hiver et pas seulement pratiquer la transhumance d’été avec leur moutons et leurs chèvres. »(A propos de l’auteur)Nigel Patten est né près de Londres en 1940 et vit en Suisse depuis 1961 où il a enseigné l’anglais dans un lycée français. Il a publié dix livres, des romans historiques, une biographie, un cours d’anglais pour des francophones et une pièce de théâtre sur les dernières semaines de la vie du poète Shelley. Il a gagné un Readers Favorite Award à deux reprises. L’auteur voyage beaucoup en camping-car comme par exemple jusqu’en Inde. Pendant 15 ans, il a navigué entre les îles grecques dans son propre voilier chaque été. Ayant atteint deux fois le sommet du Mont Kilimandjaro, il pratique encore la marche en montagne dont les Grandes Randonnées comme le GR20 en Corse. Acteur et metteur en scène, il a fait partie d’une troupe de théâtre amateur à Vevey pendant 40 ans.

Battling for her life, a woman faces homelessness during a time of gang wars and riots. In the midnight hour of her life, she finds a strength beyond her own to turn her hopeless case into a case for hope.Chari, feeling let down and pushed aside by family, finds refuge with Joey, a man harboring a shadowy past. Together they journey to the West Coast, pursuing their dreams for a better life.When the city erupts in violent riots and gang wars, Chari’s job vanishes. The same week, Joey ends up in the emergency room. With nowhere to go, Chari sleeps on the emergency room floor.Somehow Joey ends up in the morgue. The attendant there panics when the body bag he was lifting begins to move. Though Joey survives, their joyful reunion doesn’t last long.In a city rife with tension, Chari faces the lowest of lows, until something greater leads this hopeless woman to a new life.About the Author : cynthia j. (c.j.) williams lives with her husband Johnny on a small farm outside Gainesville, Florida. Her younger years “were shaped on my parents’ small farm up North. I grew up in the country near a large prairie full of gators, wild buffalo, horses, and huge mosquitoes.” This is her second book and more are on the way.

An isolated cottage on the rugged coastline of North Devon is the home of Joe, a 12-year-old boy, his mum, and his two younger sisters. The property was owned by his late grandfather, and its isolation is wearing on Joe. Bored, with nothing to do but watch his sisters play with their dolls, Joe longs for excitement.The boy finds an old wooden box with a roll of parchment inside, showing a map of the coastline and some old writing. A new world then opens up for him, as he sees dragons flying overhead and a sea monster that comes to his rescue.Joe’s sisters believe in this new fantasy world filled with fairies, unicorns, and a little green man seeking their help in finding some lost stones.A trip to the British Museum locates the stones, which are then reunited with a dragon. Following a fierce battle, Joe’s adventure takes him through a time portal and a reunion with his deceased grandfather. Life is no longer boring for Joe.Author Bio:Lesley Glover grew up in the Midlands in Coventry, and then moved to London and to Kent. “My next move took me to Devon, and I now live about 10 minutes away from the area of Hangman’s Hill that is mentioned in the book.” Stuck in traffic driving home from Devon, “I began thinking about the story to relieve the boredom and it grew from there.” This is her third book. 

As the best fourth grade basketball player in town, Peyton Washburn is invited to try out for the middle school basketball team.After she makes the squad, Peyton has to try and make new friends and deal with not being the best player on her new team, and she faces additional challenges, all while trying to help Holland Middle School earn the opportunity to make the playoffs.About the Author: First-time author Stefan Kowalski lives in suburban Syracuse, New York, where he is an elementary school math teacher. He was inspired to write this story because of “the lack of elementary books with a focus on girls and sports. Having two daughters of my own, I wanted them to have an opportunity to read about female characters and athletics at the elementary level.” His next book will focus on girls playing lacrosse in elementary school.

If you’ve ever wanted to mentor others, but aren’t sure how or where to start, and who to start with, Firehouse Mentor makes it easy. This valuable guide written by two veteran firefighters offers immense rewards on its simple and fun journey toward mentoring.The book addresses negative and destructive behaviors and how to change them. Each topic guides the mentor, laying out the behavior to be addressed while providing multiple solutions, as well as a follow-through section monitoring the results. The book is designed to maintain the span-of-control with one mentor and up to five mentees.“Developing, growing, and strengthening the next generation of firefighters is what mentoring is all about and it’s a much-needed commodity in today’s fire service. I highly recommend this book for any progressive department wanting to set the stage for the next generation and prepare them for success.” – Fire Chief Les Karpluk, ECFO, author of Purpose Filled Leadership and co-author of Leadership Prescribed and Leadership Prescribed 2.0“Acquiring some understanding of why we do things is often a prerequisite to change. This is especially true when talking about repetitive patterns of behavior that do not serve us well.” – Nick Brunacini, author of B Shifter and Staring into the Sun, retired firefighter, Blue Card instructorAuthor Bio:Murphy J. Arsenaux III and Nicholas R. Joiner are firefighters in the City of St. George, Louisiana. “Nick has 25 years and I have 36 years of service,” says Murphy. “Nick has many followers on his ‘10 Rounds Firefighting’ social media sites. He motivates firefighters in the area of fitness and nutrition. I run leadership forums. We both help mentor the young firefighters around us.” This is Murphy’s second book. 

How to Master Your Inner Superman uses the DC comic book superhero Superman to help male survivors of childhood sexual abuse understand and heal from their childhood trauma.This self-help guide explores the use of internal family system therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy to conquer the need to cope with the trauma of childhood sexual assault through the use of living life behind the façade of a false identity.Kenneth Rogers uses writing exercises, his own autobiographical stories, and the different identities of Clark Kent, Superman, and Kal-El throughout DC comic books as an extended metaphor to help guide male survivors toward understanding how to save their inner Superboy and heal their childhood sexual abuse.About the Author: A native of Peoria, Illinois, award-winning author Kenneth Rogers Jr. is currently an English teacher for Wooster City Schools. "After writing my self-help book, Heroes, Villains, and Healing, I realized there was still more that could be written to help other male survivors. Each comic character (whether hero or villain) could be used to focus on a specific trauma to help other survivors." His second book in the series is How to Kill Your Batman: A Guide for Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Using Batman to Heal Hypervigilance. Coming up next is How to Save Your Wonder Woman, a guide for the partners and allies of male survivors that uses the DC comic book superhero Wonder Woman to heal compassion fatigue.

Heaven: A Gift Unfailing starts by stirring the imagination of readers, and getting them to think "upwards" about the existence of Heaven.This compelling book then describes these realities clearly, with examples coming from the Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, and even secular faiths.Finally, it outlines the best way to get to Heaven. First-time author Michael Joseph Scanlon discovered a need to find these answers for himself; then he realized a desire to help others by describing what he found in layman''s terms. He credits his faith as his biggest inspiration in writing. "I have had some hard knocks in life. Writing helped me to put these hardships in a better context."About the Author: Michael Joseph Scanlon grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and currently resides in London, where he is a librarian. His next book is a spiritual novel set in contemporary Britain.Publisher''s website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/Heaven-AGiftUnfailing.html

Following Breadbasket’s, Leon’s, and the Waiter’s return in the books Yetser Days and Letters of Tabula/Saint Patrick, they are back again in a series of short stories written by Othniel Poole over the ANZAC Day weekend of 2020.Here we find a simple lad named Breadbasket joining the Earth Army, which wants to gain a hold across the universe. His friends Leon and the Waiter are with him, and so are his sister Saraph, his spiritual advisor W.A.H., and his parents, Soren and Giggle. There are also new characters from the other side of the galaxy who all become friends, even in the face of danger.This book is dedicated to those who remember the 1990s, when worlds were there to see and explore.Being light speed, this is very quick to read!About the Author: Othniel Poole grew up near Melbourne, Australia. and now resides in its suburbs. “Victoria is a very green state in Australia and even has snow in the mountains in winter. It’s great to go walking through the wilderness here, and that’s what originally inspired me and my friends to come up with the world of Breadbasket, like it was a whole other planet.” This is his 14th book.

Time was meaningless. Death was waiting. Anything touching ground zero that showed the barbarous revenge of the Vietcong ended in a dried bloodbath for whoever served South Vietnam’s government. This all happened after North Vietnam’s last invasion succeeded on April 30, 1975.Humanity absented itself into the hell of a prison that was called re-education. Vietcong killed the soldiers and public servants of South Vietnam using the cruel methods of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.Prisoners were executed, tortured, lacked food, endured illness without medicine, and were subjected to forced labor, which created spiritual intimidation. The Vietcong killed about 165,000 among 800,000 prisoners, while the leftists in society concealed the human rights violations of the Vietcong.Author Quang Hong Mac survived, escaping by boat after spending more than five years in a Vietcong re-education camp. He resettled in the U.S. and continues to fight for democracy.Sharing his untold stories with U.S. public officials and another former Vietcong prisoner, this book was written to debunk paranoid socialists in democratic countries.The author believes his book can inform the Western World the truth about communism and socialism.About the Author : Quang Hong Mac, a captain in the South Vietnam Army (ARVN) and an injured pilot in the 1968 Tet offensive battle, was imprisoned for five years after Saigon fell in 1975. In 1980, he escaped and resettled in the United States. The following year, his wife and three children came to a Malaysia refugee camp. They reunited in 1981. He rebuilt his life from zero, graduating as an electrical engineer. Now retired, the author was editor of Philadelphia Rß║íng ─Éông Sunrise magazine and was an adviser on Asia for Pennsylvania’s governor. He has never returned to Vietnam.

In these turbulent times of COVID-19, when many leaders in government, business, and other positions of power behave as though greed is good, lying is laudable, and corruption is commendable, should we expect ethical behavior from them or from each other?What are we willing to tolerate or not tolerate? Does our worldview align with our core values? How do we conduct ourselves?  How do we view our creativity and worth?Through easy-to-understand poetic messages, Everyday Ethics and Equity: The Foundation for Character and Self-Esteem motivates us to think critically about contemporary ethical issues and self-valuing concepts. Like its predecessor, Dreams, Deeds, and Destiny: Purpose and Possibility in the Space Age, this insightful book is written from a cosmic perspective and a humanist worldview.Reasonable and relevant, it helps us to align thoughts and acts with core values and gain a greater appreciation for our innate worth. Designed to evoke critical thought and self-reflection, it is a must have in every individual home and institution.(About the Author)Gwendolyn Rose Forrest earned a B.A. (sociology/ psychology) from Wayne State University and an M.A. (public administration) from Central Michigan University. She has worked in the public, private, and non-profit sectors in Detroit, Michigan; Atlanta, Georgia; Portland, Oregon; Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; San Diego, California; and Fort Worth, Texas. She is a former social worker, civil rights/human rights advocate, economic development administrator, employment/training coordinator, research director, and certified fund-raising executive for colleges and universities. A Humanist, feminist, and activist, she resides in Detroit.

Murder by Drone is the fifth book in the exciting Biddy and Justin Series by Pamela Arnold. This mature but lively pair of Australian espionage agents are embroiled once again with arch ISIS enemy Suzette, who entices Biddy on horseback onto the desirable next-door property ... and into a trap of attack by drone.Despite a broken wrist and head scans, Biddy refuses to stay in hospital and enlists the usual intriguing characters for help. They uncover Suzette''s scheme to kill innocent South Australian Anzac Day crowds with drone swarms.The German House described in this story is based on a century-old property that the author owned and took twelve years to restore, but it took only twenty minutes to be razed by the Ash Wednesday fire of 1983. As in the story, the author won both National Trust and State Heritage awards. Antiques were lost, but the horses were saved, as was the family dog. Badly singed, the author says of their dog, "We knew he was ours because he had one blue and one brown eye."About the Author: Upon retirement at 75 from her successful businesses in modelling, marketing, and personal development, Pamela Arnold is enjoying her retirement writing. In her youth, the mystery writer enjoyed dressage, water skiing, property restoration, and oil painting. She married her second husband on her 70th birthday, affectionately calling him "an old suitor, in both senses of the word."

“Onyeali’s first collection of thirty poems titled The Dowry of the Virgin revolves around social, religious and political themes. Under these themes are various subthemes such as disillusionment, friendship and love, socio-political and economic exploitation and hope for a better tomorrow”Dr. Margaret Fafa NutsukpoDepartment of English StudiesUniversity of Port HarcourtPort HarcourtAbout the Author: Kingsley Chijioke Onyeali is a citizen of Nigeria. He hails from Amankuta, Mbieri in Mbaitoli Local Government Area, in Imo state but resides in the Garden city of Port Harcourt, in Rivers state.He was trained as a lawyer in the University of Uyo, in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1993 at the Nigerian Law School, Lagos, in Lagos State Nigeria.Outside his legal practice, he is a social critic. He is married to Mercy Odinakachi with whom he has a daughter, Chimamanda Tiffany-Royal, who is a champion in her own right.

“In a house in the forest all covered with vines,Lived a very small rabbit who did nothing but whine.”Thus begins the popular rhyming story Peter and the Whimper-Whineys.This coloring book version of the best-selling “whine-stopper” children’s story was designed for kids to enjoy reading the rhyming, as well as being able to illustrate their own version of Peter’s nocturnal adventure into the woods.Peter’s mother warns him that if he doesn’t stop whining and crying, he’ll have to go live with the Whimper-Whineys. His adventure continues as he later hops into the woods and finds lots of frightening Whimper-Whineymen! He discovers that the Whimper-Whineys are very ill-mannered and rude, and that everything is sour in Whimper-Whineland. He decides his mother was right. If only he can get back home!According to a recent critique, “I cannot imagine any parent or guardian not wanting to read this book to their child! ... Parents everywhere applaud you!”Author Bio:Sherrill S. Cannon is also the author of ten award-winning children’s books including Santa’s Birthday Gift, The Magic Word, Gimme-Jimmy, Manner-Man, My Fingerpaint Masterpiece, Mice & Spiders & Webs…Oh My!, The Golden Rule, My Little Angel, and David’s ADHD as well as two award-winning poetry books A Penny for Your Thoughts, and A Dime is a Sign. A former teacher, Cannon’s goal in each of her books is to teach good manners, as well as caring for others.

The twenty percent Arab-Palestinian minority in Israel, which enjoys officially equal rights, refuses to recognize and accept the concept of a Jewish-Zionist state.Even though Israel is where Palestinians live, they strive to misuse Israeli democracy, allowing their representation of fifteen MK, or Members of Parliament, to subvert the legitimacy of the Israeli state and to totter it. This would allow them to create a bi-national Jewish-Arab country, where Arabs can veto anything Jewish or Zionist in its symbols or regime.But since the Jewish majority is adamant in maintaining the Jewish state, established more than seven decades ago, the Arabs who cannot reconcile their present situation will have to choose eventually between living in permanent friction and frustration, or restarting a new life in one of the surrounding 22 Arab or 57 Muslim countries where their likely adaptation would be much smoother and seamless.One major figurehead mentioned in the book is MK Ahmed Tibi, who despite being the darling of the liberal Israeli media, often adopts extremist anti-Israeli views and claims that Israel incites against his nation.(About the Author)Raphael Israeli has taught Islamic, Chinese, and Middle Eastern history at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A graduate of Hebrew University in history and Arabic literature, he earned a Ph.D. in Chinese and Islamic history from the University of California, Berkeley. Now retired, he has been a Fellow of the Harry Truman Research Institute at Hebrew University and the Jerusalem Center since the 1970s, and is the author of over 60 research books, a dozen edited books, and 100 scholarly articles about Islam.

Not even his wife knows that Paul Elliot, ex-military officer and now the President of the United States, fathered an illegitimate child during the Vietnam War.As a personal favor (and totally off the record), the President asks aging PI Richard Braddock to come out of retirement and find his daughter. No one, not even Paul Elliot, is prepared for what Braddock uncovers: A high-tech plan, ten years in the making, that will bring the United States to its knees without a single shot being fired.Encoded: A fast-moving, high-tech thriller you’ll never forget.

The intriguing novel The Silent Journey takes place in the 1960s within a large home in India. The family members living in the house find themselves trapped within their own set limits, not allowing them to grow or show their true mettle.The story will resonate with those who feel caught and desperate in their own lives, and was written to identify with these people, and let them know that they are not alone. The inspiring theme tells us that looking within can be a great healer, one that makes the world a better place. Author Naini Kumar''s next book is a sequel, where the granddaughter in the house comes to respect the home as a shrine, because of the actions and thoughts of her relatives.Kumar Naini is a retired orthopaedic surgeon who grew up in India and now lives both in India and in Bromley, Kent, England.Publisher''s website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheSilentJourney.html