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Death is part of life - everyone gets a turn, some sooner than others. And if you are a young child when you lose your parent, chances are that loss will echo throughout your life. Saving for Good: Adieu Maman is the story of how I rediscover my mother and find myself in the process. My story begins on two paths that eventually converge and lead to my birth. From a poor Polish village to a posh French seaside resort, my parents meet, marry and move to California. It is 1946 and life is good. In my three year old voice, I describe the world around me. But seven years later my life would change forever: my mother dies and my father disappears emotionally, my little brother acts out, and I erase all memories of my mother. Within two years my father remarries and new challenges arise. I begin to awkwardly blossom and mature, often to hilarious effect. I juggle trying to find my place within my "new" family, now with an older stepbrother as well as a new mom. I struggle to learn how to "be" - with my family, my friends and myself. Each chapter describes one year of my life and ends when I move away from home in 1966. Join me as I rediscover my real mother, Maman, and world that created the possibility of me.

The Best Money Can Buy is a story where the Bible is challenged by wealth and fame. Author Matt Shea is at it again! This is his latest inspiring story about faith and the challenges this world presents. All encompassed around a local racing legend by the name of Rusty Hampton and a teen looking for direction. What starts out as a bumpy road full of checkered flags and trophies becomes one of prayer and intervention. A story that rejuvenates faith with a little spice thrown in! Matt feels this is his very best so far!

Earthlings prepare for interplanetary war against hunger-crazed deerlike creatures from the planet Tictoctic. However, mobile telepathic trees from the planet Oomb have persuaded the captain of starship Smoke and Mirrors to give peace a chance, flying into the heart of the Tictoctic Empire totally defenseless. Are they too naïve for their own good? Will faithless scheming sabotage their plans? Will the Watchers intervene?One civilization has already been destroyed. The fate of three others hangs in the balance.

Earthlings prepare for interplanetary war against hunger-crazed deerlike creatures from the planet Tictoctic. However, mobile telepathic trees from the planet Oomb have persuaded the captain of starship Smoke and Mirrors to give peace a chance, flying into the heart of the Tictoctic Empire totally defenseless. Are they too naïve for their own good? Will faithless scheming sabotage their plans? Will the Watchers intervene?One civilization has already been destroyed. The fate of three others hangs in the balance.

Unseemly complications unfold when a drunk driver steals the life of one of four inseparable college buddies. Flash back six years to the quartet's graduation from William's College, and trace the distinct, but intersecting paths their lives take. Join with them as they confront life's demons, some of which come from within. Endure an encounter with a dodgy college classmate who converts a long-coveted venture into a trek to Hell. Travel the bumpy road back from the abyss, and experience a romantic's ecstasy when reality and art become congruent.

Just Thinkin' is a collection of Dr. McBride's columns printed weekly in the Stigler (Oklahoma) News Sentinel. Readers will find considerable satisfaction in this selection of columns. These insightful and witty columns probe into the very nature of politics and social issues as well as the rituals of our holidays and our sports.Dr. McBride's exploration of the role of our founding fathers into the texture of modern life is exceptional and intellectually satisfying.

Travel companions on my journeys are four in number: Odysseus, Don Quixote, Huckleberry Finn and Basho." (Travel) "He walked in priestly garb. Arriving towards evening at a town or village, he'd chant sutras until passersby gave him, or flung him, enough money for a flophouse bed, a little food, a bath and enough saké to induce a measure of forgetfulness. 'A beggar,' he admonished himself, 'has to learn to be an all-out beggar. Unless he can be that, he will never taste the happiness of being a beggar.'" (Walking) '"The pleasantest of all diversions,' said the fourteenth-century Japanese priest Kenko," is to sit alone under the lamp, a book spread before you, and to make friends with people of a distant past you have never known.' Reading is inseparable from reverie. 'Sitting alone under the lamp,' I was soon not alone at all, but hosting, I venture to say, as vivid and varied a company as ever gathered under one roof. (Genji, Myshkin and Jones) "Everest is nothing, mere seismology." (Fuji, Sinai, Olympos)

Biology and Ethics provides a historian's perspective of the attempts to ground an ethics within a biological framework. Aside from its analysis of schools as social Darwinism, eugenics, and sociobiology, it attempts to evaluate their veracity using cases as Japan's Unit 731, the Guatemala Syphilis study, and others. In spite of the much disputed claims of evolutionary psychology, it appears that the key to establishing ethical institutions and societies lies in the realm of public information.

From Straight-laced to Cross-dressed tells the story of a disturbed adult in therapy seeking to understand and prevent his desire to commit suicide. Douglas starts by knowing that it has something to do with sex but soon discovers that he can't talk about his sexuality without first discussing his religious beliefs and drift away from strict Christian Fundamentalism.The overlapping issues dredge up a confused morass of anger and love, abuse and sex.

Zachary Stevens, a kid from the 50s, saw and felt it all - an assault and robbery of an old friend; marching in cadence as a "Christian soldier" or as a Boy Scout; the acceptance of abnormality of human behavior in the raw, viewed in mentally disturbed patients and one lone pedophile. And, most importantly, discovering childhood gang camaraderie."The squealing sounds were vocalized from the flatbed of a Ford truck and were loud, rhythmically repeated every few seconds."A girl appeared pinned underneath a guy who wore a cowboy hat that partially covered his head and face. Zachary Stevens witnessed from afar and thought she was in danger. He was concerned for her welfare and voiced his worries to gang member friend, Steve, who replied, 'No, leave them alone. She is okay, they are just relaxing.'At that point, the cowboy and the girl heard the kids' voices, jumped up, and someone yelled out, 'Who is there,' and then some non-stoppable cussing began. The guy adjusted his jeans, which appeared to be bulging in the front, while the girl yelled out some undecipherable words and readjusted her blouse. A shadow-like figure moved around toward the front of the dirty, rusty vehicle where a gun rack with a rifle was mounted. Two young boys felt fear as hearts pounded; was this to be the end of them?"

Beautiful Ipatia lives with her grandfather on the idyllic Greek island of Lipsi, where she follows the traditions of the Greek islanders. However, there is one tradition that she is determined to defy, and that is marriage. With her grandfather's blessing, she leaves for Piraeus, where she will live with her aunt while attending university.Just before her trip, Ipatia is rescued from a snake by handsome Tony, a Greek tycoon's son. He is smitten by her, but she is determined to go through with her education. Ipatia's carefully laid out plans go awry when her aunt is nowhere to be found in Piraeus. Circumstances bring Ipatia and Tony together again and their attraction grows. However, obstacles get in the way of their love, separating them. Ipatia leaves for America, determined to get her college degree. Will their love be strong enough to transcend the boundaries of distance and time?

This pictorial dictionary includes 150 Biblical Hebrew words and defines them within their linguistic and cultural context and will provide the Bible reader with a deeper understanding of the words they are reading in the Bible.

This compilation by Matt Shea contains three books in one! Many of these stories first appeared as eBooks, but they are now all available in this softcover.First, Judge Alvin Wong in on the case in The Mouse that Roared. This story illustrates a crossroad every teen faces somewhere in life that presents the question, "What do I want to be when I grow up?"The other two stories: Lauratown and The World's Greatest Rock Star have many stories attached to them as well. Each story contains a wonderful lesson and glorify our Lord.

Can you imagine hearing everything around you all at the same time? For a kid with autism, noises and sounds can even become painful. "Music to My Ears" is a true story about how music made a difference in the life of a boy with autism.

At the end of the Adventure of the Pink Ruby (book 2) Puck uses his magic to transport Nef and her friends to Puckovakia, a land 150 years behind ours. There are no phones, TVs, or computers. The group is escorted to Queen Nya, and learns that Puckovakia has become divided between the Highlands and the Valley due to the corruption of the Valley leaders. Because of their corruption, Notwat Island, which sits in the middle of the river on which almost all trade flows in and out of Puckovakia, is now controlled by the evil Johnson. The adults have seriously messed things up and it's up to Puck and the kids to make things right.

This book is about your grandfather and my grandfather, and about the smartest man you've ever known. It's also about you and what you are, and what you still can be. It's about understanding that with age comes wisdom, but also understanding that sometimes age comes alone. And knowing that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but so is a lot. And lastly, it's about remembering what my grandfather once told someone who asked him what he did for a living: He said, "I live for a living."

American history and the way it is presented in the U.S. is still very Eurocentric, sadly. In addition, it remains chauvinistic, victor-oriented, Protestant, elitist, and regrettably still focuses on uplifting the white American male's past while simultaneously neglecting to elaborate sufficiently on the histories of ethnic minorities who have contributed to the development of the United States, namely Mexican-Americans. This became remarkably clear while researching the personalities of the genealogical lines of Edward Moraga, my grandfather, and Jose Joaquin Moraga, one of the founding commanders of the San Francisco Presidio in 1776. "Moraga Deconstructed: Illuminations in Mexican-American Heritage" examines the trajectories of Latin-American history throughout the world and in the U.S. through contemporary lenses and uses familial connections as a vehicle with which to approach these histories intimately.

I had the pleasure of directing high school, junior high school and college show choirs, from 1977 until I retired in 2016. This book briefly chronicles the challenges and the successes inherent in that lifetime of adventure! My career, taking place in California, began with Norco High School, and then after hiring talented choreographer Doug Kuhl, we moved to Nogales High School (with a brief stint at Mount San Antonio College), then on to Diamond Bar High School and ending with both Brea Olinda High School and Brea Junior High. Doug, my wife, Margaret, the staff, students and I, totaling 160 different show choirs, covering 39 years of teaching, competed all over the country, and had the time of our lives! This book, One, Two, Three, Pizzazz, recreates that whole glorious story from the beginning to the end. It is written from my own viewpoint, my memoirs, as well as from the memories of my former students, parents and staff. This book is about dreams and making those dreams come true. It's also about rising again after disappointment and learning to appreciate your efforts much more than the competition results! This is a story that deserves to be remembered... and through this book, it will be. Now, get ready for the show choir adventure of your life! One, Two, Three, Pizzazz!

The mouse brothers, Ham and Eggs, are back in a new adventure! This time, they make an unusual new friend and learn that it's okay for friends to be a little different.Be sure to catch the brothers in their other quests: Ham and Eggs in the Garden and Ham and Eggs in the Soup!

This manual provides writing instructors with additional notes on the psychology of persuasion which are often overlooked in many textbooks on the subject. It is also suitable for self-instruction. Based on their own needs and experience, instructors can supplement course content by designing individual and small-group activities based on the material presented. The manual begins with remarks on a variety of topics including question types, target profiling, and the instability of facts in persuasive discourse. The second half presents a model of argument for use in assignments. The manual concludes with notes on legislative proposals, refutations, and a simplified debate model for classroom use.

A young woman follows her husband and guru on a wearying trek through the wilderness. A dedicated follower of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon recounts a long, and ultimately heartbreaking, day selling candy and flowers for his Master. A young acolyte of Opus Dei has a key realization as she seeks to recruit her best friend to the faith. A teenage girl who learns that she is about to be married to a much older man in a polygamous sect makes a desperate bid for freedom. A small boy describes his family's transformation by his father's conversion to a fundamentalist church. These, and other stories in this startling collection, bring to life the painful dilemmas and heart-rending sacrifices of those who adopt extreme beliefs, and of those who know and love them. Many of these stories have previously appeared in literary journals and similar publications.

The two most important events in the history of the world were the birth and death of Jesus Christ. This book is the most complete study into the birth and death of Jesus Christ ever published. A complete investigation into both biblical and historical records has produced believable evidence that Christ was born in the spring of 5 BC and died in the spring of 30 AD. Important Features of the Book include: The Star of Bethlehem, The Magi and the Birth of Christ, The Reign of Herod the Great, The 490 Year Prophecy of Daniel, The 3.5 Year Ministry of Christ, The Crucifixion of Christ, and The Seven Feasts of Israel.