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This book has been 12 years in the making, yet it is challenging for me to succinctly convey how I wish it to be perceived. In general, it is a story of transformation. Growing up as a Black girl in the southern suburbs, I often felt out of place and bewildered about my role in society. My mother noticed my need for an outlet and handed me my first journal. As I filled its pages with my emotions in ink, iPhones were invented, and I found myself using my note app for poems that explored my journey of self-perception, identity formation, love, and community.However, for those readers who only skim the first and last sentence of a paragraph, this book is about learning to embrace all aspects of yourself, including those that may be difficult to love.

Silver-haired sleuth Alex Rayburn and one-time network journalist Nan Holloway were less than thrilled to be forced into a crime-solving partnership. After a series of exciting and successful cases, their relationship warmed - a lot. Now a couple thoroughly enjoying their seventh decade, Alan and Nan take on two of their weirdest challenges in this volume. A head in a box, accompanied by a cryptic couplet, puzzles the pair in Poetic Justice. Can Alex and Nan keep their heads and catch the culprit? To complicate things, an old family friend returns from the past to become a prime suspect. In Neighborhood Buzz, a lawn party at the Rayburn mansion, a Ferrari show, and a visit from the Governor make for a festive Fourth of July. But there's a deadly menace in the air. When danger strikes close to home, Alex must outrace the villains to save Nan.

Some people who are politically or religiously biased may find this book offensive. I'm a spiritual person but I'm not a big fan of organized religion. Keep an open mind while reading this book. The title may sound funny but it isn't a joke book. Life can suck sometimes. I wrote this book to give you the tools and knowledge to make life suck less for you.Life Sucks! Is a distillation and summation of a lifetime of my research into the mind and life. If this book helps you to be happier and more successful in life, I've done my job. Life is a journey, not a destination. Enjoy the ride.

Romance, intrigue and excitement await inside Lovers Leap. The moment you enter Sappho's island, you are swept into the sky. In this fi ve part poem, Elizabeth Cusack takes you on a journey through the life of a passionate poet.

Amber's life continues to develop into an exciting and adventurous journey. There are many obstacles and issues she must solve to move forward with her life. Trusting in several people is something she must do to survive. Amber travels the world in her attempts to hide from the Leonardo Gianelli Crime Family. After Leonardo finds Amber. Her life takes on a whole new meaning for survival. She becomes the focus of the FBI, IRS, CIA, and the Brazilian government. She and her friends are forced to create a story to elude the agencies that are tracking their ever movement. Amber and her friends hire banking officials from several countries. They employee the skills of a worldwide known commuter hacker to alter and explain their vast fortunes.

This book is dedicated to Clay Coulson.I love our rides to school telling snake stories.

"MY FATHER WAS A FRENCHMAN" is a collection of mystical short 'story plays' written for marionettes- containing a Vaudvillian flair, whimsey and Old World flavor. The artiste uses risqué humor, as she transforms adversities unfortunate experiences into fanciful follies!This introduction to 'Urban Magical Realism' portrays a juxtaposition between harsh reality and creative imagination- revealing serendipitous wonderment in inner city life.Gareth England chooses esoteric, short 'story plays' for those puppet-makers and puppeteers who still create and work with Old World marionettes- both in theatre groups and also playwrights- for their 'play performances'.For England, the craft of string puppetry is truly still an artist(e)s' treasure!

The Good Witch of Winchester is a historical fact meets fiction saga, where the present also meets the past as we know it today. And the young Rosalind Winchester meets and courts History itself. And has a profound effect on changing, molding and impacting the lives of prominent ancestral bloodlines, creating a inexplicable shift and a enigmatic dynamic that never would have mysteriously occurred without her curious presence in the world.This is a classic fairy tale love story.A very enchanting tale with mysterious witch and warlock elements, but with all the sentimental Olde World charm and values.It revolves around one Salem Massachusetts heroine who unknowingly comes into her witch powers at the age of twenty-five. And many thorough and engrossing stories follow consequentially upon her coming of age. Rosalind is a consummate do-gooder who gets involved in so many prominent lives, like Christopher Plummer, Christopher Reeve, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the House of Windsor, the House of Grimaldi, Exedra Exedra...This eventually leads to Grace Kelly Making Waves and spreading rumors with her Prince of Monaco... And following firsthand Miss Audrey Hepburn and Vivien Leigh and several other prominent people as well, as she works for UNICEF and has famous affairs... And we will be hearing and listening to a lot of Hollywood gossip and innuendo, as well as Royal rumors hitting the headlines and press, and bear witness to pivotal events ridiculously but credibly and logically and truthfully intertwined that none would even believe to this day.... Beginning from the dawn of the Golden Age of Hollywood and onwards, this one singular Salem Massachusetts witch has been incredibly busy with a remarkably unprecedented career and romantic path, being everywhere for everyone all at once...A timeless story of love and tale of longing that will move, captivate and enthrall readers and audiences of all generations.

This book of poetry denotes all the invisible men in Monet Thompson's life. From the wayward father to the deceased grandfather and to the man she hopes of one day marrying whom she has never met, Invisible Men discusses it all. Any young black woman with a man or men in her life will enjoy this read. And if you are not a young black woman you should step into the life of one to understand us better. I'm certain you all will enjoy this.

The world of the theater has had a magical allure for me, ever since that afternoon as an eighteen-year-old wandering around mid-town with several hours of my hands before my bus's departure, I purchased a matinee ticket to see, 'Man of La Mancha.' Although I've spent almost all of my life as a writer creating novels and short fiction, I have always loved seeing live theater and reading the works of O'Neill, Miller, Williams, Lorraine Hansberry, Chekhov, Shaw and Shakespeare, among others. Great theater brings together great writing and all the brilliant effects of the live stage; actors whose voices, gestures, laughter, shouts, and whispers are as close and tangible as those of the people you live with; the genius of costume design, lighting and stage sets that carry you to a completely different realm, using no more space than the area of your living room. The three of mine in this volume, a comedy and two others, mixing comedy with elements of tragedy, make up my second book of plays. Together with the first, they are my contribution to that magical world I love no less than I love the world of great fiction.

Maxwell is an 11-year-old boy who lives in an orphanage where unexpected and unexplained things happened. Were children actually pulling out their teeth? Was there a white room or a silent room? Was there a mean caretaker? Did an explosion actually happen in the town and caused chaos in the streets? Was it just a dream?

The book examines the history of the preparation of roast duck and its historic value in China's cultural heritage. The book shares the first-hand personal experience, observations, and respect that the author has developed through his diplomatic journey in China; and his admiration for aspects of the Chinese culture and traditions, as revealed through their interaction and socialization with each other. The book conveys insight into Chinese cuisine, art of food production, from the farm to the market, the kitchen and dining table; and what Chinese etiquette at mealtime reveal. The role of migration and the significant contribution of the Chinese diaspora in spreading the rich culture and traditions through Chinese cuisine globally. Special dining venues and dishes in the USA and Caribbean are identified highlighting exceptional food establishments in China and out of China.

In the books, you will get acquainted with space pirates and students of Galactic University, smart octopi and even smarter whales, disputing chemists, and oil-miners! These and other characters will take you to space and underground, to the North Pole and the African desert, to mountains and waterfalls, to warm snow and cold fire, and even to listen to an echo. All these fantastic adventures are waiting for you in this series.

Welcome to the world of Baby and the Beast. Curses fall and blessings abound. Mistreated by her father and her brother all through her youth, Baby Pollyanna emerges as a stout Christian who relies on God to carry her through. Lonnie P. Anderson hits the mark as she writes about the lost and forlorn and the lost and condemned. Jesus came to save the lost and forlorn. Now we know that the "Rapture" has come to earth, as Lonnie walks us through heaven and discards the wicked into hell. There are many ways in, but one true way, and that is through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. A little about the Rapture goes a long way in offering hope, and encouragement, and eagerness to meet the Lord in the sky. He comes, he is coming, with his angels. Terrified of hell without knowing why, Baby Pollyanna's adoptive dad is already on the path to destruction, and hideous intent. Her brother, as well is found wicked and not worthy, having raped his sister more than once. Baby falls and goes into a coma. She dreams about the reality of heaven on earth. She opens the door to eternal paradise with her heart. Lonnie weaves a tale of love and of horror, intent on setting the righteous straight and the wicked condemned already. Find hope in Baby and the Beast, as we look toward the future and walk in the grace that heaven provides as we come to paradise through Jesus, and loving our God and our neighbor. The Rapture is here, the Rapture is now.

These two stories put power in the hands and minds of you - teenagers. In school K-12 you are bombarded with Critical Race Theory and grooming or transgenderism every day. You are pressured to feel bad about yourself, forced to divide into artificial groups, see yourself as the "oppressor" or the "oppressed," and question your sexuality well before you ever experience it. But these stories will show you the truth about many of the troubling issues you are subjected to. Thus they empower you to confront the stuff schools are infecting you with. These stories let you see the truth you will never get in school or other books. And they will enable you to argue these issues when confronted with the misinformation teachers tell you. OPPORTUNITY - THE WAY BACK FROMCRITICAL RACE THEORY pits students, who are being tutored after hours by an African American lawyer and father of one of the students, against their history teacher. The dialog is full of facts and truths about slavery, Critical Race Theory ((CRT), diversity, inclusion and equity (DIE) and shows how minorities are particularly damaged by such instruction. In the end the students see the opportunities America offers them and shows the bogus crippling of students that CRT and DIE do.CHOICES - THE WAY BACK FROM GROOMING The second story is about a 12 year-old who wants to star in track and decides to identify as a girl and compete on the girl's team. It exposes the pressure put on students to transition, the lose-lose damage such a situation causes to the transgender and those around him or her - friends and family - and the bogus notoriety the school gets along with school administrators, teachers unions, and the medical industry. The story delves into actual experiences of transgenders, but has a tragic ending which could have been avoided.