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The book begins with a visit to a therapist by the main character, Esme Porcher, which throws her back into the memory of how she got there. She marries her brother-in-law after her older twin sister’s death. Things go awry as her husband’s assistant, Amanda, insists that her husband, Bill, and she were supposed to get married after the death of Esme’s sister, Joanna. Bill tries to make it sound like Amanda is crazy and tells Esme to go to their home. Once she is inside the house, she hears a voice that sounds like her sister. Book copies are on display and available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository and other online resellers

Simon Gelman started to think about writing a book seventeen years ago, at the end of his chairmanship. Initially, he saw quite a few obstacles. His hesitations were related to his lack of knowledge of the English language, lack of knowledge of American culture, and lack (rather a complete absence) of experience in writing nonmedical text. Over the years, the conceived idea was maturing, and the question of whether writing the book or not gradually converted into how to write it. Gelman managed to overcome the uncertainties and decided just to tell the story. Book copies are on display and available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository and other online resellers

Forward, like the face of the clock. There are only a few memories that really stick out. Let me share with you a few of these times. “Walk in My Shoes” teaches empathy in life, like we all need over time. “Gracefully Age” is the best way to surpass some of the bumps in the road of a healthy lifestyle. “Prolific Writer,” asleep at his desk, happily ever after. Treasure them, tick, tick time. Book copies are on display and available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository and other online resellers

This is book two in the Easy 8 series. This book is about the last event of the season. It is a special event and I included a special dance from the Native American bulls that are on tour. I hope the kids that have never experienced a bull riding before will take away from the book a new experience. Book copies are on display and available on Amazon, Book Depository and other online resellers

Dennis McLeary, sexually abused at age 6. At 18, he accepts sexual advances of a 14 year-old girl hoping to prove to himself that he is a normal man. Jailed for 17 years for having sex with the under-age girl, he is abused in prison by fellow inmates and the prison chaplain. Free at 35, he determines to better himself and hopes to have a normal marriage. Ensnared in a messy event, he escapes more prison time by becoming a waiter on a passenger-freighter. He gets leave from his ship to swim in Turkish waters, where he meets and falls in love with Myriam al-Montee, a half-Turkish half-Saudi Arabian Muslim woman. Instant adora-tion is reciprocated. Myriam elopes with Dennis, they are married by his ship's captain. Myriam does not tell Dennis that her fanatical father, who hopes to use her to found his dynasty, is known to behead any person showing fondness for her. When three women are beheaded at her father's orders, she warns Dennis, he could be next. Book copies are on display and available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository and other online resellers

Enjoy two love stories out of Africa, each in a different country and era. The first concerns a young English widow left penniless in one of Sudan's worst refugee camps. Love grows amid the horror of total poverty with refugees attacked by a warlord juggling to acquire oil under the camp in today's heartless rush for oil. In contrast, is love growing in 1930's Ethiopia during the luxury afforded by Haile Selassie's coronation, when an American teenage orphan is aided by a heroic British officer during the horrific war that follows. Book copies are on display and available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository and other online resellers

America is a land of promise, filled with adventure and overflowing with riches, thought young Peter Olaf. So in 1895, at the age of seventeen, he left his family and girlfriend to board a ship for the new world.In the next ten years Peter mutated from a naive, young, Swedish immigrant, swinging an axe in a logging camp, to a man of wealth and prestige. Along the way he encountered and overcame fearsome challenges and tragedies and the deepest personal losses and betrayals. But he also built wonderfully strong friendships and family relationships. He experienced loves that were sometimes intensely passionate, sometimes gentle or bittersweet, but only one would last a lifetime. Book copies are on display and available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository and other online resellers

Chuck Champlin has been a writer and journalist, a corporate communications executive at the Walt Disney Company, a bicycle inventor, a rock drummer, and a member of Toastmasters clubs (public speaking) and Optimist clubs (bringing out the best in kids). In his work, Champlin promotes the hopeful idea that every human being has creative contributions to make that will increase peace and understanding in the world. At Disney, he supported the success of the Children's Summit at Disneyland Paris in the 1990's, working with Disney offices worldwide and with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Champlin also authored the non-fiction book, Think Like a Molecule, celebrating the wonderful fact that matter in the universe has seemingly, all on its own, given rise to thinking minds that can now intentionally create new possibilities for a better future. Book copies are on display and available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository and other online resellers

HOLLY is a book about a mother and her daughter who was born Down syndrome. It is a story of how love doesn't always come on time and how the unexpected can make a person become more than one ever believed. Holly enters into life with heart disease and is a ticking time bomb. She evolves into a young and wise married woman asking, "How do I be a good wife, Mom?". Dixie begins her life with Holly by race-walking away from home to stop the crying and ends up completing 26 marathons, swimming 10 times from Alcatraz, summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro and becoming an international champion in her age division in amateur bodybuilding, categories: MS PHYSIQUE and MS SPORT MODEL.As Holly ages, Holly faces unexpected challenges in Obesity and Diabetes Type 2.Because of Holly's perseverance and the help of KETO COACH, JD GRIFFIN, Holly makes big changes in her overall health and will be stepping into modeling in a first time Fashion Show hosted by St. Vincent de Paul Society and Kathleen Woodcock, in Marin County, March 2022.

A Universal Story Two children, Dirk and Dawn, play with their neighbor’s large dog, named BIG DOG. A dog wish is placed deep into their minds and hearts. Again and again, they plead with their dad and mom for their own dog at their own home, but the answer is always, “No!” When the neighbor’s dog comes to their house for a two-day stay, Dirk and Dawn are delighted. They are filled with hope that the dog’s visit will turn the “No!” into a “Yes!” Within minutes of BIG DOG’s arrival, troubles show up, too. His good nature is never in doubt, but his habits and actions do not help the children’s cause. Book copies are on display and available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository and other online resellers.

The verses of Maya Mitra Das plumb the alchemy of primeval moons and mist-wrapped mountains; delving deep into the realm of personal myth. Spanning the arc of ecstasy and despair, her poems explore the boundaries of human loneliness as well as the healing power of love. Book copies are on display and available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository and other online resellers.

If we look closely at the people God used in the Old Testament, we will notice that many of them failed God at some point. They messed up badly, and God still used them. Even in the New Testament, there are people who messed up, and God used them to build His kingdom and church. God has used and will continue to use "messed-up people," and many such are found in the genealogy of Jesus and also referenced in Hebrews 11, who were broken and really messed up. Book copies are on display and available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository and other online resellers.

Finding JOY In the Midst of Grief Journey to Joy takes its readers along twists and turns as the author walks through the tunnel of grief while dealing with the loss of her husband of 44 years. It is not easy to accept life when God takes something cherished from your grasp. As you read through the pages and the pathway traveled, you will find that God does not punish us; rather, He opens our hands and hearts to receive what He has for those of us who remain until our own journey comes to an end. You will learn that the will of God will never take you where the grace of God will not protect you. Oh NO, Where Did He Go! Oh No, Where Did He Go?? takes its readers through the process of losing someone very special to them. It shows the mix of emotions that children can feel and how to cope with them. JT is the main character and he finds answers to his questions: Where is grandpa not, how will I ever find him, how can he get out of the hole they put the big box in ? It is a lesson of love, care and trust in the God who loves us most. Book copies are on display and available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other online resellers.

The Prophet and the Warrior is historical fiction that follows the Biblical texts of the books of Moses as presented in the King James Bible. This novel enhances the various stories by adding dialogue and expanding the role of various characters. It occasionally diverges from the Biblical text when an alternative context seems more logical to the author. Richard H. Grabmeier's own religious experience prompted him to read the Bible with a more critical eye.

The competition is tough in the roughest sport on dirt. The bulls are ready for smoke-blowing, snot-slinging, and tail-slapping action. The Native American bulls will be showing their dancing skills as they perform a special dance. There's lots of action, humor, and of course dirt.

The years is AD 1147. King Arthur of Britain is still an unseasoned monarch. He has yet to meet his betrothed, Guinevere, and Camelot is still a little more than an idea in his mind. He is visited at the castle by a gentleman who brings him an astonishing tale of an astonishing woman—the Naked Queen of Tabithia. The man is named Darien, and he is the queen’s son, soon to be ruler of Tabithia. But before he can reign, he must learn the secret behind the singular events that have shaped his life. As the two converse, Arthur begins to understand the truth and the lies associated with the Naked Queen. It is around AD 1120. The Scandinavian realm of Tabithia is in turmoil. Since his ascension to the throne, King Ballizar has embarked on a horrid ritual that seems intent on decimating the maiden population. On the night of each full moon, Ballizar conducts a despicable ritual that puts some poor maiden of the realm to a terrible test. No one yet has been able to withstand it. It is not until the ritual is interrupted by the arrival of a woman named Syrenya that the ritual is finally broken, and by doing so, Syrenya becomes the King’s consort and queen of Tabithia. But on her wedding night, she learns a terrible secret—one that will take all her cunning and intelligence, and the span of a quarter-century, to put right.

The city of Moon Valley is being stalked by a savage killer that can move without sound, strike without warning, and whose howl contains a power granted only by the gods themselves. Lieutenant Hal Dillon is drawn into the killer’s grisly web, and as he uncovers the incredible mystery of the killer’s existence, he discovers something even more harrowing. He and the killer are united in a struggle against an enemy that has been stalking both of them for years. Hal finds himself locked in an epic battle between the forces of chaos and death, where the only way for him to win may be to disavow his own humanity. Hal and a group of his friends now must face their ultimate fears, with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance.   Book copies are on display and available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository, and other online resellers.

Life's Journey Through The Bumps is a spiritual and inspirational journey that the author has shared with hope that it helps others traveling that long journey that loss creates. "Loss is a brokenness that only those that have suffered a loss can relate to. It is a long journey on a winding road with bumps and turns" Expressing grief through poetry has been her therapeutic way to help herself but also to reach out to others online and within the community. One can relate to the stages of grief and loss that she has encountered and how she dealt with those situations. Life is like a winding road with no end in sight and many bumps along the way. May you find strength in your journey and find peace in your heart. "Life is full of challenges that we alone must face. Times when we will struggle to wake to face the day. Times that faith and courage is tested, our pain to erase. Times we must accept the bumps will go away. We can't change the tragic events that occurred in our past, What happened was not our doing, nor our ability to be undone. We can only face life strongly and not let depression last. Help is available as you are not alone, reach out to someone." (excerpt from "Just Around the Bend") Book copies are on display and available on Amazon,  Book Depository, and other online resellers.

This book uses some common sense analysis of both technological advances and people's changing attitudes toward the role of government. The author also looks at the way the banks have controlled the government up to this point. This financial model is shown to be at the breaking point for various reasons. The author gets the reader to see that we are at a tipping point whether we are ready for it or not. Rather than a doom and gloom book this is an optimistic look forward toward a future that will be beyond our wildest imaginations. Book copies are on display and available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository, and other online resellers.

The purpose of this book is to instill love and wonder for the fascinating wildlife that exists so very close to our everyday life but often remains unseen. Packed full of wonderful photographs, it is primarily aimed at a younger audience but parents and grandparents will love it as well when they use it as a guide to take their children out on a wildlife adventure. There is no need for extensive travel to find exotic animals - they are right in your backyard! This book shows you exactly where and how to find them. John "Jack" Regan is a retired Army officer born with a fascination and love for wildlife. He has observed, photographed, and written about animals in many parts of the world. His observations about the reptiles and amphibians of Afghanistan has contributed to numerous zoological books and scientific manuscripts. Jack has also done a lot of professional and volunteer work in zoos, an activity he still maintains, and one that earned him a Letter of Appreciation from the mayor of Seoul thanks to his work with the elephants at the Seoul Zoo in Korea. He lives in Washington State and regularly participates in wildlife observation, photography, and presentations of his work. Find out more of his wildlife adventures on either of his two websites: Northwest Wildlife Online Afghan Arabia Wild Book copies are on display and available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository, and other online resellers.