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DESTINY CALLINGStan's desperate search for meaning in life begins with a tragic adventure in human despair and leads to the comical truth that within our immense universe, anything is possible.Destroyed by the failure of his marriage and the shattering of every dream, Stan struggles through his loneliness, searching for hope and a meaningful life. What he finds is an incredible woman who inspires him to live life with courage and joy.Still haunted by nightmares and prophetic dreams, Stan is compelled by destiny to embrace a bizarre lifestyle that he never thought possible as he guides his eccentric daughter to overcome her own issues and the fears that bind her.Stan's adventure is a surprising tale of odd facts, hard cutting truth, and whimsical fiction that entertains with a blend of comedy, tragedy, fantasy, and romance. Written with clarity and imaginative depth, the reader can enjoy a rapidly unfolding drama that reveres the joys and wisdom of life.

When Mammoth Cave guide Bob Cetera returns to a research site in Mammoth Cave, he finds the two researchers dead. One lies under a five-ton boulder, and the other, under a ladder across the trail. After the only other witness disappears, the FBI focuses on Bob as their prime suspect. When the investigation stalls, Bob, his fellow guide Keven Neff, and his shift supervisor search the cave for clues to remove the suspicion hanging over Bob.

Rocka Bye Baby is about pride, covetousness, lust and redemption. The James Brothers, Luke, Rodney and Sean lived a life of no pressure or worries. Life of luxury until tragedy struck, sending the brothers into a tailspin.Can the brothers pull it together or let it fall?Rocka Bye Baby will have you on the edge of your seat.

Timothy is around 10 years old, with sandy hair and blue eyes, standing by his favorite old oak tree with his young puppy, named Blackey. Timothy grandpa told him a story about a young boy, about Timothy age that saved a young gray wolf that jumped through a rainbow gate. Timothy wished he would find the rainbow gate and the gray wolf. Around midnight at the campsite, everyone was sound asleep, and everything was quite inside the Hugh white tent. The remarkable red rock joins Timothy in his dreams in adventure, fantasy and magic about a young boy and a young gray wolf that was caught inside a thick thorny bush. The young gray wolf jumped through a rainbow gate and disappeared in a green mist. Timothy meant a man named Samuel and the golden eagle soaring above Samauel. Samuel warned Timothy to be aware that animals change to different form and fool you and Blackey would be in danger, and his puppy would stay with Samuel. Samuel looked at Blackey and told Timothy was born with good spirits with trust in humans.Timothy adventure lead him into danger with a silver red fox that trapped him in a dark damp cave. The white gem zoomed inside the cave to save Timothy. Timothy learned that a fox is cunning and sense fear of humans on weakness. Timothy moved up a steep path and saw a beaver trying to move a log into the river and there was no path to cross the river. Beaver asked Timothy for help to push the log in the river to protect his family from the storm coming their way. Timothy helps the beaver and shows Timothy the path to cross the raging river. They helped each other in a danger raging river. A young women turned to Timothy and saw Blackey with Timothy. She told Timothy was the mother of the young gray wolf standing beside his father in front of the gate. The mother and her son transformed into gray wolves and vanished in the distance with the young boy that saved the young wolf with the pack of wolves. Come along with Timothy Adventure and find the Spirits from the Past.

A father tries to reconnect with his estranged son. A business woman revitalizes a decaying strip mall. A diner is targeted by nefarious forces intent on its demise. A young couple's relationship is strained by growing mistrust. When an insidious secret is discovered, the inhabitants of the modest plaza are thrown into chaos. Alliances are shattered, conspirators act upon a malevolent plan and the innocent become caught in the crosshairs. Torn between grievance and gratitude, this community teeters precariously over a cliff.The novel explores issues of family, scapegoating, authoritarian control and whether we can truly evolve as human begins. Will the past help us, hinder us, or haunt us as we move forward in the world? A suspenseful plot animates an allegory about a society veering toward a dangerous fate in: Spectrum.

Losing your spouse or partner is an experience that weighs heavily on the soul. They often leave behind more than just memories. They leave rooms filled with possessions, each holding a story, a sentiment, a whisper of the past. You might be left wondering:How will I navigate this profound intersection of emotion and belongings?How will I navigate the maze of possessions left behind?What do I do with all the stuff?The Weight of Our Things serves as your definitive guide, offering support as you navigate the dual challenges of managing both their tangible legacies and your intangible emotions. This book offers a compassionate lens through which to view the process of healing, letting go, and honoring the memory of the one you've lost. This journey can be a profound testament to love, resilience, and the enduring weight of connection.Drawing on personal stories, expert insights, and a deep understanding of the human heart, this book is a much-needed companion through the labyrinth of grief and remembrance. Discover the strength to carry the weight and the grace to let it go.

Introducing Perfectly Timeless Timing, a collection of poetry and a reading experience that can lift you out of your everyday limits in time, on a remarkable journey through certain human, natural and mysterious realities, when a sense of timelessness takes over and the ordinary can suddenly become the extraordinary.Perfectly Timeless Timing offers up not just an absorbing and sometimes rousing experience, but also a calming and inspiring one. And, it does that by way of covering a variety of subjects and themes. In this book of poetry, read poems dealing purposefully with family, places, nature, animals and country life. Read heartbreaking and touching poetry about death, loss, grief, hope and...redemption.When you open and begin reading Perfectly Timeless Timing, you may begin to feel as though you left the bounds of time, while moving through certain natural realms found nestling deep in realms of the heart. Then, expect to discover fascinating observations and intimate stories of the human experience. And, even expect to digest some provocative speculation and inquiry. Let go and let powerful and vivid imagery, lyrical storytelling and clever wordplay transport you, as you read.

Did you know that babies come into the world with abilities that adults are unaware of? The Baby Gangs of Athens peels back the curtain and shows the lives of the babies who live in Athens and Athens County. We see the gangs with their alliances and rivalries that exist, especially the East Side and the West Side gangs in Athens. We watch with bated breath as they prepare for the big baby drag races held at the Athens County Fair. Adults do not know that each baby gang works toward winning the baby drag race and being proclaimed, 'Athens County's #1 Baby Gang'. Through rigorous training, each gang works toward putting the best team of babies into the big race. But like adults, the babies use intrigue and tricks as they maneuver to gain the upper hand. We see Baby Ben, a member of the East Side gang, being accused of crimes against puppies and kittens. Horrors! But Baby Ben, with the aid of his gang and especially his friend Jewell, may yet prevail and goodness might win the day. The gangs get together in their clubhouses and on social media using such platforms as Babybook and Babieslist. We follow their training regimen and the history of baby gangs in Athens. In fact, we learn of other baby gangs throughout Ohio and beyond. In the end, the babies race before thousands of spectators at the Fair. As each race narrows the field, the excitement builds. Betting on the babies reaches a new record and the results of each heat reaches viral proportions. Who will win the big prize of being the best baby drag racer and whose gang is proclaimed the best gang in Athens County?

Sometimes we need the chance to tell our own story. The students at Fairmont School in Sanger, California, have done just that. They talk about their names, their families, their neighborhoods and their dreams. They talk about their troubles too. Sometimes it's hard being poor and struggling to survive. Sometimes racism, bullying, divorce and death can mar the beauty of their lives. By naming their world, they have now gained the power to change it.

When Holly Kelley and her mother joined Patricia Langstrom in her return to Atrial, she never dreamed she'd have a chance to find answers to questions that had fascinated her from an early age.Illani was... tiny. She'd been living in the darkness of the "Lost Citadel" Pat and Myra had found years ago in the southern mountains. Alone, the little white-haired girl had survived. How?That's the subject Holly was determined to find out, as well as chase the little girl's history back to the land her people came from. An excursion to the west and the continent of Alanis would be required to find the answers Holly needed. And the discovery of tablets, cuneiform in clay, only whetted her appetite for discovery.Illani was the sweetest, most forgiving, and precious little girl Holly had ever met. And her song...Her song could heal a broken heart, calm a savage beast, and turn men who walked the dark edges of evil back to the light. It was time to bring her history to the light of the world and let her share...... her song.

Maine- where an American patriot could go to retire, or so he hoped. Stephen Moore was ready to put his police force days behind him. Unfortunately, Foreign superpowers disrupted his plan.China has been playing the long game for decades and has successfully managed to turn the United States against itself, further polarizing the red and blue and pitting the Federal government against its once-loyal citizens. It was the quagmire that China had been waiting for to launch an EMP attack using their proxy, North Korea.American Calamity is a fictitious dystopian page-turner that shows the ramifications of unchecked power in a society. Rooted in historical events, it paints an eerie picture of what could come to be in the near future and the choices many Americans would be forced to make in a post-apocalyptic world.Do you run or do you fight?Are they your ally or do they have ulterior motives?Where is the line between American patriot and militia rebel?Moore and an eclectic cast of characters are woven together through events that are not for the faint of heart- their stories told with just the right level of detail to thrust you into the chaos but with enough space to let your imagination fill in the terrifying blanks.Could this be the end of civilization as we know it? Not if an old tank named Spanky has anything to say about it!

Harry the Swan and Other Stories is a journey to a simpler place, where summer days are long and cool breezes off the lake are nature's air conditioning. This is small-town Americana at its heart-warming best, presented in short stories through the eyes of its midwestern residents, as they embrace daily joys and challenges with an equal dose of humor. The pie is cooling on the windowsill, the porch swing is waiting, and it's time to curl up with a good book and watch the geese flying south.These are 34 short stories of life in the Great Lakes during the second half of the twentieth century, when the ebb and flow of the seasons paced life. The stories introduce us to a regal but lonely swan, a prankster crow, and a hard-bitten maintenance man with the demeanor of a bull and a soul of honey.So, find a comfortable chair and get your favorite cup of tea. It's time to enjoy a trip back to a calmer, kinder, and more generous time.

Richard Bryan of Mt. Lebanon, Louisiana was the consummate idealist. He had a forward-looking outlook. Slavery was an anachronism. In 1856, five years before the war, he offered emancipation to all 97 on his plantation, hired a teacher, deeded land, shared profits, and encouraged entrepreneurs. The Civil War devastated the South, but the war never reached his home. When Union occupiers arrived in Mt. Lebanon a decade later, they were astounded to find Bryan's experiment fully implemented. Former slaves could not only "read, write, and cipher," they were landowners engaged in a trade, and some were even bilingual.Bryan's objective was to facilitate the "conveyance" of his peaceful society from pre-war to post-war America. He saw no reason why he could not achieve this goal. Union occupiers envisioned a plethora of beneficial propaganda, but Bryan declined to be used by aggressive new politicians who demanded his cooperation to further their agenda.After the Confederate surrender, Richard Bryan, his family, their hired hands, the people, and a wounded Yankee deserter his young sons had stumbled upon in the woods and brought home with them, found themselves at the mercy of a corrupt Governor, political hacks, petty tyrants, and remorseless convicts in military uniform. Not just rustlers but occupying troops would frequently raid farms. Often, they'd steal entire harvests. If you resisted the men in uniform, they might hang you and burn your place down out of spite.There was no legal recourse against the government. Food became scarce, hard money even more so. "Injun Grass" as it was known to those who smoked it, grew wild on their land. It was good quality, so they'd periodically harvest it and offer little poke bags of cannabis for sale to visitors who were passing through on the stagecoach. Occasionally they'd even sell some to soldiers. Every penny counted. They tightened their belts, quietly bartered for weapons, secretly manufactured ammunition, and killed in self-defense when they were faced with no other choice.Their joint goal was survival. Some of them would make itWhat transpired across the South might today be equated to legal, as well as militarized police brutality by occupying forces. The experience of all, regardless of color, who lived through this traumatic and tumultuous time in history, burned itself deeply into America's collective psyche.

Davey B Wild is a little boy with a big attitude!Anytime anybody asks him to do something, like eat his dinner, pack away his toys, or line up with his classmates, Davey refuses. He just shouts, "NO!"As Davey grows more and more stubborn, his body grows more and more disgusting. His teeth grow rotten from refusing to brush them and his nails turn grimy and gross from playing in the forest all day and refusing to wash them.Davey refuses to go to school and runs away instead, leading to hysterical consequences. Davey gets everything he wants but it's not what he wanted at all. Davey needs to find his way out of this mess that he made, and he learns a valuable lesson along the way.

Without a doubt, it is the right time for this book. Young people, old people, gay people, lesbians, trans, interracial couples, etc. are all looking for the answers that are available in this book. The Universe seems to be telling people this information is out there. Just search and you'll find it.The idea that treating relationships like partnerships works is because it requires two "equal" individuals working towards the health of their union together. The effects travel deep into the psyche or soul which is welcoming to everyone.This "Universal Guide" is a one-size fits all explanation of connectivity working towards your personal goal of happiness. You'll be partners first in everything you do. Your partnership will set the priorities and decide on a plan of action together to eliminate the pitfalls you faced in relationships. It completes the cycle of learning from issues to decisions and to the final outcome--togetherness.Having your weaknesses and strengths attended to by the person you love, while you are attending to their needs, will bring comfort, security and balance in everything you do.It's fun and easy to read, because that's the way it should be. Read this book, and in the end you might find yourself in a wonderful relationship/partnership.

Nana's death forces college coed Chandra Howard to return to her Third Ward shot gun home and the four-year-old daughter, Lyric, Chandra left in Nana's care. An estranged daughter, a tenuous relationship with boyfriend, James Dexter, and the return of her volatile ex, Tommy Joe, disrupt Chandra's plans to escape the impoverished life fate handed her. A tragic encounter with Tommy Joe puts Chandra at rock bottom. Only then does she find the courage to heal from her past and hope for her future.

Pender Denton was born in a bordello. His mother, a sex-worker, taught him to steal. He grew up with little regard for "normal" society. He was a pre-teen when he killed his first man.Pender wanders the lawless, post civil war west and survives by stealing and selling horses. He meets, and insults, famous outlaw Jesse James---and lives to tell about it. Pender also met Bill Dalton, of the Wild Bunch/Dalton Gang. Bill claims to be Pender's father.Pender gains a friend, a crime partner, and a life partner when he meets Johnnie Sweetwater. Sweetwater was born a member of a California Shoshone native tribe. He had been kidnapped by missionaries who forced him into one of their schools and robbed him of his tribal legacy.The two men, both outcasts from all the so-called civilized aspects of the old west, live and travel together. They rob banks and trains. They steal horses. They fight bloody battles with other outlaws who try to steal the pair's ill-gotten loot. However, they also restore stolen wages to a crew of trail riders, risk their lives to find a neighbor's lost son, rescue a young girl who was being held hostage, and save the livelihoods of a stranded band of Irish and Chinese railroad workers.Pender Denton--Outlaw is an historically accurate look at the wild west in America, but above all, it is a very human story of two men and their adventures.

Making the most of our days begins with us wanting to do so. Of course, it doesn't end there. Some of us struggle with self-worth, focus, patience, or a drive to succeed. This book serves as a guide to overcoming not only those common internal battles but external ones as well. Care to be inspired? Get your serving of Rashun Carter's Food for Thought!

A basic question is what can we do to prepare for the unexpected so that we can continue to live our current lifestyle during retirement? There are so many possibilities for disruption. And, these disruptive influences can come from a variety of sources, beyond simply financial implications. They can readily include medical, marital events, and dealing with dependent children.It so very critical to create that plan for retirement. Not only will that plan keep you active, allow you to pursue your passions, encourage self-reinvention and happiness, but also it will assist you in preparing for the unexpected.By nature, we may assume that surprises during retirement are of a negative nature. However, surprises that start out negative can readily lead to positive changes.

It's not easy growing up and going to school if you are from the wrong part of town. Gangs, violence, and extreme poverty often stand in the way of youth striving to succeed. In this collection of powerful stories, students set out to prove all the negative stereotypes wrong. They declare loud and clear that they do have the power to change their lives and fulfill their ambitions.

Are you a frustrated parent? Would you like to know the duties of not just parents, but also teachers and administrators when it comes to the education community? Can you prepare your child for their best future?In "Let's Run Schools Together" you can learn a few secrets on how schools are run or should be, by a parent and journalist who attended many a school board meeting. As the wife of a teacher I also learned about all the power administrators have. We should be kinder and more supportive of our teachers.But parents are "also" teachers and you can prepare your child for kindergarten and beyond. Could you use some tips on that, and ways to reinforce what they learn in school (which isn't by living on social media like TikTok or Facebook)? These pages will assist and hopefully inspire you to ready your child for school.If you don't have a child in school, you can also learn how to run for the school board and improve communication in your education community. The future can be brighter. Get involved.

ForewordBy BillThis is an unusual and valuable book in many respects. Its author, of course, is an economist - but not one devoted to the prevailing theology of his profession. Economists mostly work with the dedication of beavers or bees toward the great goals of More. Growth, expansion, and acceleration are the sacred words of their creed. And they have been enormously successful; their faith has spread around the world, crowding out all other creeds.And yet there is always something rather, well, dismal about the field. This comes, I think, from its disciples' firm determination to wall off certain questions. For instance, "What makes for happiness?" Or "How do I figure out what I want from life?" They can answer these only by pointing to our consumer behavior. We must want what we buy. But they must sense the tautological absurdity of that line of argument.Now comes James Eggert, one of a small school of economists who has begun to think outside the box. And it is curious that he soon delves deeply into a concept long used by his tribe: value. In his essay "Meadowlark Economics," Eggert inscribes it - marvelously - with real meaning, instead of the stale and transactional definition to be found in the front of the Econ textbooks. The meadowlark's "song is pleasing, his color and swoop-of-flight enchanting."Suddenly we are using good old nouns and adjectives, the sweet and solid Anglo-Saxon words instead of the ponderous Latinate syllables of the professional journal. These things are a form of wealth and are valuable, he insists. And if you assign them a value in your heart, then you are in a position to begin to assess both the positives and the negatives of economic growth. The so-called "efficiency," for instance, of the modern farm, which leaves no room for the meadowlarks to nest and fledge their young - is but one of many examples...Eggert's book will be of great use to all who read it. But it would be especially helpful - though subversive - to give it to anyone you know who is an economist. It will help them see, among other things, that grasping onto the conventional eco­nomic orthodoxy not only shows a certain blindness but can also, unfortunately, turn out to be tragic.From Kirkus ReviewsThis collection of thoughtful essays weaves together economic and ecological issues.While Eggert is an economist by trade, he is struck by the relationship between economics and ecology."I believe these two households are becoming more interdependent," he writes, "and their futures more and more intimately linked." Indeed, each of the 21 elegantly written essays in this revised collection, has a strong eco-conscious component.The unusual title is derived from the author's concern over the Midwest's loss of meadowlarks; somewhat esoterically, he translates this occurrence into "meadowlark values," suggesting that a "meadowlark economist" must "seriously try and incorporate an ecological consciousness and ecological values along with market thinking and market values."Eggert's essays are as soaring and aspirational as they are instructional and practical. For example, in "What's Wrong with Capitalism?" he notes there is "a destructive quality in capitalism that often violates the ecological laws that can and should ensure life's beauty, balance, health and long-term continuity." ...In perhaps his most novel essay," Wal-Mart Pond," Eggert cleverly combines ecology and economy by imagining a conversation with Henry Thoreau ...His final essay, "Quartet," is most worthy of contemplation: "what is our part in the 'music' of the cosmos, what is our role in the harmony of nature's variations on a theme?"... At times poetic and philosophical, even as the author remains firmly planted on terra firma.

In the year 2025, four months following the cataclysmic events of Episode Two, a rogue search & recovery operation is carried out by a select faction of Shadow State operatives known as the Storm Renegades commando units. Their objective: locate and retrieve the hidden EJFS strong box, containing a fragment of Vritra's remains buried at sea.The EJFS founder and chief commander, Khali Mehta Sherpa, remains missing after being captured and imprisoned somewhere in Siberia, Russia. The last person to see Khali was his adoptive son, Singh Puneet Sherpa (a.k.a. Leon Evans), who was contacted by impeached and convicted ex-POTUS Kenneth Hill in a threatening phone call, ending with Singh receiving a media message showing Khali strung, bound, and gagged inside a cargo ship named the Siberia King while en route to Belfast, Northern Ireland.Star EJFS Agent Abhu Dhuval Sandeep (a.k.a. Caleb Porter), now entering his second year since his enlistment into the superagency, supports his grieving best friend as they aim to facilitate the rescue of Khali. Little did they know that Khali is the catalyst to bring about world destruction and extinction to pave the way for the elite tier of society to live a post-apocalyptic life of paradise. Will Abhu, Singh, and the rest of the EJFS find and save Khali and the world before it's too late?------The story opens with a new rogue group of commandos on a search & recovery operation to locate and retrieve the strongbox containing Vritra's relic with assistance from naval officers in the Arctic Ocean.The strongbox containing the lost fragmented vestige was buried at sea to prevent another dragon apocalypse from imperiling the Earth.Newly inaugurated President Wes Grisham and his cabinet work to avert crises involving the EJFS and numerous foreign nationals based in the UK and Russia. Unbeknownst to the Grisham administration, a mole operative was in their midst and awaited the signal to strike at the most opportune moment.------The compromised US Secretary of State, Pamela Harsh, routinely abused her authority for personal and political gain. As a rogue government official aligned with what's remaining of The Shadow State, she reformed new factions of the US military by seeking the assistance of Gordon Crowley, a British national leading the Storm Renegades.The nefarious malefactors work with multiple bad actors to subvert the EJFS on all fronts.The decimated Shadow State faction has been continually operating secretly in a plot to bring back Vritra and use ex-POTUS Kenneth Hill's political prisoner, Khali Mehta Sherpa, as the catalyst for the War of Storms endgame.------Impeached and convicted ex-POTUS Kenneth Hill remains exiled at his private London estate during the height of the War of Storms operations. Hill's lust for revenge plagued his mind and influenced his decision-making.Working overseas via encrypted messaging correspondence, Kenneth Hill seeks the assistance of the former Counterintelligence Response Bureau, James Wade Matthews, while under house arrest in his New York apartment.The Elite Justice Force Squad's intent to bring all the malefactors to face true justice and to get Khali safely home and back with the EJFS was the top priority of the superagency.------The grand conclusion of the original EJFS trilogy has arrived as Abhu and his best friend, Singh, lead the charge to locate and rescue Khali after his capture and imprisonment four months prior. Together, they encounter multiple obstacles to liberate the EJFS founder. With the deck stacked against the duo, will Abhu and Singh overcome impossible odds to save Khali and avert world catastrophe again?------The journey spans Atlanta, Norfolk, New York City, Belfast, Dublin, London, Moscow, Oblastnaya, Siberia, and Amsterdam.

Cliff Slater spent 30 years fighting rail transit projects. Needing to know more than his opponents about transit, he gained a different view of what caused it to accrue two trillion dollars in subsidies since 1975, versus none before then.Rail transit in America was initially the product of innovative private enterprise. But by 1960, rail transit was almost wholly publicly owned and heavily subsidized.The nation's 1,150 transit bus systems were still largely private and profitable in 1960, but by 1983, municipal governments had taken over the entire transit bus industry.Despite the subsidies, there has been a marked deterioration in the condition of the nation's transit infrastructure. The American Society of Civil Engineers tells us that: "a backlog of $176 billion for transit investments has emerged and is expected to grow to nearly $250 billion through 2029."This book explains to students and others what our municipal, state, and federal governments have been changing, especially during the last 60 years, to bring us to this point. If we can understand how it happened, we can intelligently discuss what needs remedying.This book is also the story of what happens when a private industry is socialized and unharnessed from the disciplines of the marketplace. Originally, America's transit systems earned their incomes by satisfying the needs of their customers, whereas transit today is about adjusting to the agendas of bureaucrats, politicians, and special interest groups.The socialization of the transit industry resulted from the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 and its subsequent amendments. Little was written about the academics and politicians who opposed the act, and how correctly they forecast the outcome for transit. This book tells their story.The book also tells how President John F. Kennedy in 1962 defined what transit needed in new legislation, and how the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 that President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed was the antithesis of Kennedy's recommendations and set the stage for a public-transit takeover. The final action was President Richard Nixon's surprising 1970 political effort that resulted in $10 billion in funding for the 1964 Act.When the transit data from the period known as the Great Inflation, 1965 to 1982, is adjusted for inflation, we see a different picture of what happened compared to the conventional history.This then is the story about the rise and decline of transit in the U.S from 1831 to today. We also discuss possible futures for transit. We examine private sector successes such as the Atlantic City Jitney Association, profitable for over 100 years, Uber and Lyft in the modern era; the potential impact of autonomous vehicles; and the long-term effects of the COVID pandemic. We discuss why the impact of all this on transit, as we know it, is likely to lead to its demise.