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This story brings to children an imaginary friend, Darby, the polka dot dinosaur. Darby, who can turn the color of love, catch vanilla cookie fish from the sky and sing catchy songs, is the answer to a birthday wish made to the mythical pink horse.Darby makes everyday adventures magical.Together Darby and his buddy welcome playmates to share the fun of hide and seek, singing and dancing to the hotch, hotcha, ho, haha and catching snowflakes on their tongues. Darby & his buddy share the same birthday. His buddy will be five and he will be a million. They have a party. The pink horse returns to grant their birthday wishes.At the end of the book is a special page for readers to make their own wishes. The pink horse grants Darby & his buddy the gift of sharing another year. Praise for Darby the Polka Dot Dinosaur"The enchanting and delightful story of Darby the Polka Dot Dinosaur taps into children's keen sense of make believe and will appeal to young children very much. The book is written at a level that young children can follow and enjoy. It is beautifully illustrated. Darby the Polka Dot Dinosaur will provide pleasure and satisfaction as it stretches the imagination of developing young minds."Dr. Steven Trickey, Senior Educational Psychologist, Scotland; Scholar in Residence, American University, "This gifted successor to Dr. Suess has created a perfect birthday gift book that invites repeat joyous readings and would be a treasured addition to any child's permanent personal library."Adele Schneider, Professor Emerita, City University of New York, Editor, Op. Cit., quarterly of Kingsborough Community College Library"This book will take you on a fun-filled journey into a child's imagination. It will inspire young readers to exercise their creativity. The illustrations are charming and the narrative has a lovely cadence, which parallels this whimsical story."Penny Schnee-Bosch, Early Childhood Educator, Author of Mommy Always Comes Back and Someday...

Anatomy of a False Conviction by Kurt P. Radder--Taking place in Austin Texas beginning in 2008, Kurt finds himself in the middle of a false sexual assault allegation that turns his world upside down as he twists and turns through the unjust and unprofessional criminal justice system in the state of Texas.Deceived by his lawyer into taking a plea bargain, Kurt winds his way through prison, trying to free himself, and once successful, Kurt realizes that his fight is only half over as he struggles to combat a legal system where lawyers prefer money over justice, and the "e;system"e; prefers incarceration over truth. Kurt's story is cogent and compelling and all the more chilling because it could happen to you.

The year is 1945, and the war that ravaged most of Europe is drawing to an end. The German Wehrmacht and its collaborators have been defeated and are on the run. Countries like Poland, Russia, and Yugoslavia expelled millions of ethnic German civilians living within their borders as retribution for the human atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis against their people.The ethnic Germans living in Yugoslavia were forced to abandon their homes, leaving everything behind, and make the long arduous trip to a safe haven in Austria and Germany. The Germans that refused to leave or could not travel were forced by communist Yugoslav partisans into concentration camps, where they were beaten, raped, murdered, or left to starve to death. This true story follows the life of a young ethnic German girl, born and raised in Serbia, then part of Yugoslavia, amid the chaos, destruction, and death after WWII. Her will to live is a testament to the strength and courage of the human spirit.

The gardens are magic places where children can discover, learn, and make friends. They feel free to explore the diversity of animals, birds, insects, and plants.The story teaches the alphabet with words provided by a garden experience seen through a little girl's eyes. From the buzzing bees, to the birds and butterflies, all the way up to the tree's canopy where the squirrels are playing, there is so much to enjoy on a sunny day! But the grounds are nothing less: unturned stones, a quirky pond, and wondering paths are filled with bugs' life and other small creatures, amazed by the enchanting time of spring!The book has soft covers for little hands to carry it everywhere and spaces to practice writing and drawing of their own friends.

I have written many stories I will always treasure which began during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Some of these stories I would tell to my friends, and they would say, "You need to write a book about that!" I am certain they were not serious, but I thought, Why not? There were some crazy things that happened in a lifetime of experiences. To meet so many legends, I had to be there at the right place and at the right time.I have written many stories that have educational and historical significance. Most of the stories are intended to have humor with no harm intended to anyone.From the Ball Fields to the Coalfields is written to be nonfiction, although some stories are hard to believe. The lifetime of experiences mostly occurred in three regions of Virginia and some in Concord, North Carolina. The three regions in Virginia were the coastal tidewater area, the Shenandoah Valley, and the coalfields of far southwest Virginia. The people involved are friends, family, teachers, coaches, pro-athletes, my baseball teammates, and so many wonderful kids that I taught or coached.Although my book may be considered as an autobiography, it is more about people that the reader would enjoy hearing about their accomplishments rather than my own. During the time I wrote From the Ball Fields to the Coalfields, which started in 2001 until the present time, there were changes in people's lives such as a professional athlete or a coach changing jobs in some cases. Also, there were some people that I wrote about who are now deceased. Some of these occurrences are not mentioned, although the people who have passed away are in the section on "IN MEMORY OF." The book is written over a twenty-year period but as chronological as possible with changes in people's occupations and awards, such as a National Hall of Fame Award to basketball coach Lefty Driesell. Please refer to chapter 32, "LEFTY."Before my time on the ball fields, the book covers my grandfather's part in helping with the Great Depression and an early part of my family in Concord, North Carolina. The period covers a period about being a World War II child, gangs of the fifties, school and amateur baseball, glory years of sports by way of radio, how army and college life was over fifty years ago, and how it was to be a teacher and coach for most of the period beginning in the early 1960s until 2010. Racial equality is one of America's top issues. Chapters 20, 22, 23, and 27 demonstrate how far our nation has gone to be equal, but we still have a way to go. The chapters stress my involvement with African American treatment before Dr. Martin L. King's speech about freedom.If I would have fulfilled my childhood dream and made it to the Major Leagues, then I would not have the nostalgic stories about my family, childhood friends, teaching and coaching friends, and those thousands of kids who are in my book, From the Ball Fields to the Coalfields.

to all the people I worked with and work for, thanks for making everyday a new event, most of them enjoyable..

I decided to write this book for my four grandsons and for the children of St. Jude Hospital for children with childhood cancer. Fifty percent of all monetary proceeds of all royalties paid to the author for this book will be gladly given to charity, to Marlo Thomas and St. Jude Hospital. The remaining 50 percent will be equally divided between my four grandsons. Thank you very much. Billy the Bad, Bad Kid, a.k.a. Donnie Angel

On February 15, 1946, the life of US Army Technician Fifth Grade Floyd O. Hudson Jr. was cut short by fellow soldiers--all over a thrown beer bottle while still on active duty. Private Hudson's life had such promise. He and his brothers, who lived an idyllic life growing up at the Llangollen estate in Upperville, Virginia, were a successful music trio that had caught the eye and ear of Gene Autry, who was prepared to mentor them in the music industry. Unfortunately, those dreams suddenly ended for the Hudson brothers that awful night in Asperg, Germany.Unfriendly Fire provides details of that night, gleaned from actual trial transcripts, which resulted in the conviction of three soldiers, who were sentenced to be hanged. It also includes a mysterious attempt by high-level politicians to commute the death sentences to hard labor. Due to a successful FOIA request on the eventual fate of these soldiers, we now know if that attempt succeeded.But Unfriendly Fire also serves as a repository of a young soldier's musings on life and love, through dozens of letters written to his mother back home. Included in this book are images heretofore unpublished, which help tell the story--photos, newspaper clippings, Nazi memorabilia, and other period images.