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Surf, party, and romance take center stage in the breezy novel Blow Out Summer, as a group of local surfers in Huntington Beach, California, enjoy a summertime of hanging out and having fun. Their story takes place in the mid 1970s, when no one was paying much attention to the drugs being brought into California at an alarming rate. But Dee Dee's eyes are about to be opened. Dee Dee lives in a very well-to-do area and is introduced to social drug experimentation and drug trafficking while maintaining a normal family life. She and her friends enjoy the surf up and down the coast of California. Her friends run the gamut from the very wealthy to beach bums she met at the pier. Dee Dee's lazy summer is spent under beautiful sunny days with slow drifting clouds and perfect barrel waves. But the ups and downs in her relationships and the dangers of dabbling in drugs ultimately force her a decision that will change her life.Author Bio - Denise Ann Stock's first book is based on her research of drug trafficking in the mid '70s. She grew up in Huntington Beach, California, the Surf Capital of the continental United States, and moved to Jacksonville, Florida, after her marriage.

"Ancient Wisdom and the Measure of Our Days is a treasure. Brancato provides his readers with the opportunity to reflect on the universal process of aging while in the company of sages from around the world. It is a loving and gentle text that all will find comfort in." -Melinda Plastas, Ph.D., Bates College "This gem is long overdue and we thank Dr. Brancato for his gift." -Rabbi Harry Sky, author of My Journey and Give me 2 Minutes of Your Time "The further I ventured into Brancato's book, the more convinced I became that I will read it over and over again, learning something new each time." -Kali Lightfoot, Executive Director of the National Resource Center for Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes The longer we live, the more likely we are to experience great losses in life such as the death of a partner, family member or friend, and the inevitable diminishment of our physical and mental functions. Combining 50 years of ongoing study of world religions with his own experiences of aging, Dr. Brancato relates the world views of sages and saints to the realities of change as we age: our shifting personal identities, the quandaries of how to live in unanticipated circumstances, and the incomprehensible nature of the Infinite. This significant, thought-provoking book offers counsel, solace and advice to those facing retirement, aging and loss. It is to be read slowly, reflected upon and read again.Author Bio - Fred Brancato has a Ph.D. from New York University's Department of Culture and Communication, and a Master's Degree in religious studies from Fordham University His career path has included professional baseball player, social worker, teacher, foundation director and executive director of a child welfare association. In his retirement, Dr. Brancato teaches Tai Chi and conducts courses at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute of the University of Southern Maine.

The Halloween Ball is truly a Halloween treat. Mary wants to attend her school's Halloween dance at Broadmoor Middle Laboratory School. She's a normal, ordinary teenager, but has difficulty asking her father about attending school functions. A protective dad, he can't accept that his daughter is now a teenager and needs autonomy. Her mother knows what it's like to be a teenage girl, so Mary plots to get both parents to allow her to attend the dance.This story for young teens shows how behavior affects family relationships.Irma Jamison of Shreveport, Louisiana, is a 58-year-old mother of five, and was formerly a licensed practical nurse. This is her first book.

Paul Andrews is a man who isn't careful what he wishes for. The results are a spouse whose loyalty has been worn to a thread, an adoptive daughter who adores him too much, a therapist who looks the other way while he cheats with his wife, and friends who will do anything for him, including all the wrong things. Experiencing disturbing hallucinations and dreams, Paul is about to lead all of them and others straight into an existential abyss. The radically new knowledge of the human condition that is the result of this, may have been better off never having been known in the first place. "Loewen's first mainstream novel presents a shocking series of revelations, not only concerning our ability to know the others, but all the more so, our ability to ignore the oft inconvenient fact that aside from ourselves, others in fact do exist, have needs and rights, and most importantly, share a future with us both here on Earth and perhaps also elsewhere." - Avinash Pillay, COO and co-founder of Vigilance Digital Media, Inc.Author Bio - Social philosopher G.V. Loewen is the author of fifty-five books concerning ethics, education, aesthetics, religion, social theory, and more recently, metaphysical adventure fiction. He was a professor of the interdisciplinary human sciences for over two decades in both Canada and the United States.

Inspector Sniffabout is a dog. But he is no ordinary dog! He is a Bloodhound who can solve people's mysteries or problems. And he can talk to people. If anyone has a problem or mystery to solve, Inspector Sniffabout is on the case.This wonderfully illustrated children's book covers three cases that need solving. In the first, "The Case of the Missing Post," Inspector Sniffabout wants to know why everyone's post keeps disappearing. In the second story, "The Case of the Fallen Tree," the Bloodhound must find a way to stop a speeding train before it crashes into a fallen tree. And in the final story, "The Case of the Leaking Water Tower," all the Inspector's skills are put to the test in solving the mystery of why the water tower, which holds water for the steam train, keeps being emptied.This is the second book in the Sniffabout series, in which children can also try to solve the cases and become a detective, too. The third book is currently being written. John Rowe has worked in the television industry for over 45 years as a researcher, head of programmes and production, and as a producer and director. Besides his vast list of credits for adult audiences, he is also well known for his services to children's television. Among his many credits are "Blue's Clues" for Nickelodeon UK, "Havakazoo" for Channel 5, "Monkey Makes" for Channel 5, and "Big Cook Little Cook" for CBeebies. He also wrote and directed Nickelodeon UK's stage productions for six years. He lives in Wiltshire, England, with his wife and their playful Irish setter, Katy.

A story of lost and found, departure and return. The launching of a model sailboat that disappears in youth and returns years later. A wise and loving father inspires his children to explore the world and puts loss and love in proper perspective. "Life takes you to unexpected places. Love brings you home." - Melissa McClone About the Author: Mark Duffield has used his many and varied life experiences to write about the lessons learned in his youth that have provided a roadmap for those who navigate the uncertainties of daily living and inspire them to make sense of it. AS I RECALL: The Explorer draws upon Mark's past and his father's wisdom that laid the foundation for his travels abroad, a life at sea and the determination to write about how his life, and maybe yours, needs an inspired beginning. Other books by Mark Duffield include: THE LAST SHEPARD and TALES OF THE TENTH ORNAMENT, AS I RECALL; Fireflies in the Night, and AS I RECALL; Wings of Remembrance. Mark is currently a Media Consultant for Upstairs Downstairs on Beacon Hill in Boston. About the Illustrator: Nancy O'Hearn is an accomplished artist/illustrator whose amazing and unique style has delighted all who follow the AS I RECALL series of stories. Self-taught and always experimenting, Nancy, after years as a local letter carrier, enjoys her current life of creating art and creating a working and loving life and environment for the dogs she cares for.

A young quail named Quincy loves running so much that he's never even tried to fly. All the other quail tease him and think he's strange. Tired of being made fun of, Quincy decides it's time to learn to fly. The quail enters a contest, and is set to race against a fast road runner bird. Will his running skills come in handy? Has he had enough practice flying so that he can win the race? This insightful, fun story teaches children to value each other's differences. Inspired by his observations of nature at work and play, Richard W. Oldenburg introduces us to Quincy. In this wonderful collaboration with illustrator Elizabeth Lauder, Quincy, a quail who prefers to run rather than fly, brings life lessons to child and parent alike. ...All too often, children are encouraged to excel in and to practice things in which they do better during their lives ...spending time on their strengths, they grow up with a fear of failure rather than a desire to challenge themselves. Oldenburg brings a humorous, charming, and necessary lesson for children in this irreverently illustrated and written romp through the outdoors, as a quail learns to seize the day. - Todd Rutherford, The Publishing Guru

Mr. MooseOh where can he be?Come along with the characters to find me! This FUN and interactive book encourages communication between the author and reader. Do YOU know where Mr. Moose went?Start the journey with me to find out. Included in the back of the book are interactive coloring pages for kids to enjoy!

Life can sometimes be a collection of random storms that we must weather, like ships at sea. Families maneuver these storms throughout their lives. Ian and Dee Conner share the storms their family members experience in this third book of a series. The Conners are a close-knit family of five who live in a beach community, enjoying surfing, biking, and doing what most families do. Together they weather some tumultuous storms. The couple tried to run from a big storm they created in California, moving to the east coast of Florida to start over and raise their family. They shut away the skeletons of their past, never telling anyone their secrets. Other skeletons appear on both sides of Ian and Dee's family trees, but often these skeletons (storms) are what bring families together. Eventually, Ian and Dee realize that nothing can stop a raging storm: They must face the past to have a future. Their family and children must chart their own course in life. It may not always be what they hoped, but one day the storm will end, and the waters will calm. That is, until the next Random Summer Storms.

The Eyes of Summer is a fun-filled tale of adventure, mystery, and danger aboard a luxury yacht. Ian Conner, a medical student interning at the University of California, Irvine, and his surfer girlfriend Dee live in Huntington Beach. The two are spending their summer on a 70-foot yacht moored at Catalina Island. Naturally curious, Dee is a journalist for a local newspaper, leading the couple to soon suspect that some illegal activity is going on at another yacht. The situation turns sinister when they discover what they believe to be drugs and money laundering taking place. In the blink of an eye, the couple's summer jaunt turns from pleasurable to deadly. (About the Author) A beach lover, Denise Ann Stock grew up in Huntington Beach, California, and currently resides in Florida. This is the sequel to her novel Blow Out Summer.

It's all Perception "The Shah of Iran had maintained excellent relations with Israel, and the Jews of Iran flourished, but upon the advent of Khomeini in 1978, who dubbed Jews the 'enemies of Allah,' those attitudes were reversed overnight until under President Ahmadinejad, Iran and its Hizbullah operatives in Lebanon became the most virulent and violent enemies of Jews and Israel everywhere. Similarly, one cannot compare the dominant stature of Yasser Arafat at the helm of the Palestinians, as he was himself a revolutionary operative who dipped his hands in terrorism, to the more subdued conduct of Abu Mazen, his successor, who enjoys the comfort and prestige of his position but shuns combat, and is content with iconizing PLO terrorists and murderers as models to be emulated by his people, in order to show that the momentum of the Palestinian Revolution did not recede even though the leader could no longer serve as the model himself." Under authoritarian regimes the depiction of events, politics and events of the future as well as of the past are unpredictable. They are often dependent on the whim of the ruler, who makes his own "constitution" when he comes to power, not as a rigid set of laws to restrict his own power, but as a blueprint for his unrestricted plan of action during his tenure. The manufacturing of lies, myth, invented history, and imagined genealogies, all geared to justify post-facto the ruler's takeover of the regime, or the self-allocation of titles and feats that aggrandize his fame, create a variant pattern of rule. This can even happen with the establishment of a dynasty under a republican regime, when the authoritarian ruler bequeaths his rule to his offspring (as has happened in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen, greatly contributing ultimately to the fall of the regimes). Even more impressive and lasting is the self-conviction embraced by the ruler in the religious Islamic environment, when an expedient political fact like the failed succession of the Prophet Muhammad by his cousin and son-in law Ali was turned into a sacred creed that sanctified through the generations the millennial split of the Shi'ia from mainstream Sunni Islam. Thus, events are often perceived by Muslims in the light of their religious convictions, and myths are created to fill in historical gaps, which can generate distortions of policies when they are acted upon. About the author:Raphael Israeli has taught Islamic, Chinese, and Middle Eastern history at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A graduate of Hebrew University in history and Arabic literature, he earned a Ph.D. in Chinese and Islamic history from the University of California, Berkeley. Now retired, he has been a Fellow of the Harry Truman Research Institute at Hebrew University and the Jerusalem Center since the1970s. He is the author of over 90 books and 100 articles.

It's Fun to See What Is So Silly About That will bring a smile and a giggle to preschool children, and at the same time, will instill a positive attitude. In the latest book in Doctor Joe's continuing series "It's Fun to," a teacher reads a story to her four- and five-year-old students, saying, "Let's look at each picture. It's fun to see what is so silly about that." In one picture, a girl is coloring with her eyes closed. What Is So Silly About That?A student says, "You can't color with your eyes closed. You can't see what you are doing. That is so silly." Another picture shows a girl trying to smell a flower by holding it up to her ear. What Is So Silly About That? Another student replies, "That's her ear! We use our ears for hearing. Your ear can't smell anything. You must hold the flower to your nose to smell it. That picture is so silly." There are plenty of other humorous examples in It's Fun to See What Is So Silly About That. About The Author: Doctor Joe (Joseph N. DeLuca, MD, PhD) is a retired board-certified clinical psychologist and general practice primary care physician. He has written seven books for adults that enhance psychological health and wellness, and has also published numerous studies in professional journals. The other books in Doctor Joe's children's series are It's Fun to Be Kind, It's Fun to Never Give Up, and It's Fun to Use Your Imagination.

Kenneth Rogers, Jr. combines psychology, the Green Lantern comics characters, and his own personal journey to help survivors of childhood sexual abuse move through the healing process. Using the specific therapy theories of Internal Family Systems and Dialectical Behavior, the author hopes to assist others who suffered abuse in reconnecting with their suppressed emotions, so they can achieve balance in their lives. Rogers uses superheroes to help survivors understand complex psychological theories through his How to Heal Your Inner Superhero series. This is his thirteenth book and the sixth in the series. How to Unite Your Inner Lanterns uses the stories and characters of Green Lantern to help abused survivors gain access to their full spectrum of emotions, and to achieve the balance and introspection needed to become a White Lantern. "In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil's might, beware my power, Green Lantern's light." - Green Lantern Oath(About the Author) A native of Peoria, Illinois, award-winning author Kenneth Rogers, Jr. is a secondary English teacher who currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland. "After writing my self-help book, Heroes, Villains, and Healing, I realized there was still more that could be written to help other male survivors. Each comic character (whether hero or villain) could be used to focus on a specific trauma to help other survivors." His next book will be a guide that uses Marvel superheroes, rather than DC, to help survivors heal. Author's website: www.lostimaginations.com

The Adventures of Hip Hop is the story of a family of wild bunnies who live in a hole in the woods. The family includes Mommy and Daddy, Grandpa and Grandma, Brothers Edward and Bob, Sisters Alice and Penelope, and Hip Hop, who is the youngest bunny in the family. Hip Hop loves to go on adventures with Grandpa and he is always willing to tag along. One day Hip Hop wakes up and decides she wants a yellow hat with flowers on it. So she and Grandpa set off on a quest in search of flowers for her yellow hat. A heartwarming story about family relationships and a baby bunny who loves life and her family, Hip Hop and the Yellow Hat is the first in the Hip Hop series. Denise Marshall is a 56-year-old mother of three beautiful daughters and the grandmother of three grandsons and a granddaughter. She has worked as a professional dog groomer for 35 years and has owned her own grooming business for 12 years. Denise has participated in wildlife rescue for 5 years. Hip Hop was one of the baby bunnies she received from a rescue. And she was unusual because she refused to eat unless Denise was talking to her. Therefore, she made up the stories of Hip Hop's adventures to share with the real Hip Hop to get her to eat. Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheAdventuresOfHipHop-HipHopAndTheYellowHat.html

In the infinite voids of space, time had no meaning. No today. No yesterday. Suddenly, a gargantuan explosion tore through this nothingness. This caused the universe to be conceived and it spawned Leaffe, a supernatural being. She oversaw the creation of the universe and the creation of planets. On one planet, Zula, the people had advanced to such an extent that they overpopulated the planet by banning religions and the concomitant wars. This increased greenhouse gasses through the overuse of industry and the planet was heading for self-destruction. A space station, Haven, was built to house a select group, so their race would survive. When aliens, led by Shaitan, attacked the space station, Leaffe intervened. She helped a group of children to escape in the newly built spaceship Ark, which had been built on Haven using green technology. The crew on Ark travelled in D-stasis cocoons and did not age. This allowed Leaffe to take the Ark to a solar system many light-years away. Using the Ark's advanced technology, Leaffe subtly persuaded them to change the orbit of a planet closer to the sun, creating planet Earth. By leaving their cocoons only for short periods, they were able to observe and take part in the evolution of Earth from the dawn of the dinosaurs to Homo sapiens. Three of them stayed with the sapiens, but Shaitan arrived, with devastating consequences. The Ark returned thousands of years later, finding some frightening facts about Shaitan and that there was more than one Mitochondrial Eve.

In the infinite voids of space, time had no meaning. No today. No yesterday. Suddenly, a gargantuan explosion tore through this nothingness. This caused the universe to be conceived and it spawned Leaffe, a supernatural being. She oversaw the creation of the universe and the creation of planets. On one planet, Zula, the people had advanced to such an extent that they overpopulated the planet by banning religions and the concomitant wars. This increased greenhouse gasses through the overuse of industry and the planet was heading for self-destruction. A space station, Haven, was built to house a select group, so their race would survive. When aliens, led by Shaitan, attacked the space station, Leaffe intervened. She helped a group of children to escape in the newly built spaceship Ark, which had been built on Haven using green technology. The crew on Ark travelled in D-stasis cocoons and did not age. This allowed Leaffe to take the Ark to a solar system many light-years away. Using the Ark's advanced technology, Leaffe subtly persuaded them to change the orbit of a planet closer to the sun, creating planet Earth. By leaving their cocoons only for short periods, they were able to observe and take part in the evolution of Earth from the dawn of the dinosaurs to Homo sapiens. Three of them stayed with the sapiens, but Shaitan arrived, with devastating consequences. The Ark returned thousands of years later, finding some frightening facts about Shaitan and that there was more than one Mitochondrial Eve.

Penny loves visiting the beach with her owner. Actually, this little West Highland Terrier loves going on all kinds of adventures. At the beach, she meets three new friends and this strange friendship leads to some unexpected consequences.Join Penny on her adventure as she learns that straying too far from home, even with friends, can be frightening.M.A. Schueler is a retired school nurse who currently works as a licensed real estate agent in South Carolina. Penny the Beach Westie is based on the adventures of her own Westie.

The Law As Pedagogue: Second Edition presents a view of the law as a dimension of human becoming. It is a sustained argument for legal practitioners to model the beauty of the law. Rather than emphasize the law as the rules and regulations of society, or even as the sphere of the judiciary, the goal is to understand the law as essential to a fully human life. An effort is also made to show how this view can be fostered by the law itself and all its practitioners. The obstacles to this view are: A romantic vision of a mythic past without law.The lure of anarchism.The positivism prevalent among practicing attorneys and jurists.The view that the most important thing is not to be lawful but moral.Fundamentalists striving to re-sacralize the law. Against these views, the book argues that there is a deeply spiritual dimension of even secular law, which we must appropriate to ourselves. Given the social upheavals of the past few years, this book carries an important message of reform as well as an encouragement to lead fully human lives within the law. (About the Author) Ignacio L. Götz was born in Caracas, Venezuela, where he lived until he was fifteen years old. "Then I traveled to Spain, lived in India for thirteen years, and have resided in the United States since 1964. Currently I live in Point Harbor, North Carolina." The author was ordained a priest in 1962 and taught at Hofstra University for thirty-five years. Now retired, he spends his time writing and traveling. This is his twenty-fourth book.

Synopsis: Oliver dreams of being a superhero, but fears it's utterly impossible because he's shy, small, and basically afraid of his own shadow. To make matters worse, he is bullied relentlessly by Devonte, a boy in his fourth grade class who is much bigger. Thankfully, his teacher finds a way to end the bullying once and for all. The role-playing exercise she creates transforms the classroom into a world of make-believe, where the bullies are sheep and kids like Oliver are wolves. Lessons are learned when the tables are turned, and Oliver becomes the biggest, baddest wolf of them all. About The Author: Ben Clement is retired and lives in Gary, Indiana. "This is my fifth book with two more already in progress. My next book will be another children's book titled Walking 'The Talk.' It's a critical primer for parents and teachers who have to give lifesaving advice for Black kids to survive police encounters." That will be followed by the urban romance novel Milo Brown Slept Here. "I am attempting my second retirement and enjoy writing full-time now. That's fortunate, because I've got about a billion screenplay, stage play, novel, and children's book ideas."

أهنئ عندى برهان ولدى قرقيس على كتابه عالي الجودة والغني بالمعلومات الذي لديه ليسر فقط ميزة تحديث معلومات الوضع السياسي في إرتريا، وانما ايضاً كونه يطرح الأسئلة ذات الصلة بمستقبل بلده الرائع. وهو يفعل ذلك بلباقة وبأسلوب موفق، يساعده على ذلك خبرته الطويلة كمناضل من أجل الحرية كموظف حكومي كبير، وكسفير، فضلاً عن خبرته الغنية بأفريقيا. من حق كل دولة في إفريقيا ان تكون قادرة على تحديد مستقبلها بنفسها. ومسائل الحرية والمسؤولية وحق تقرير المصير والتضامن تشكل الأفكار الرئيسية للرؤية الجديدة للتعاون الدولي الذي سيساعد على ضمان استدامة عملية التنمية. الحاجة الآنية العاجلة لإنشاء حكومة ديمقراطية تتكرر كثيراً في جميع أجزاء الكتاب. الحكم الرشيد واحترام حقوق الإنسان ومبادئ الديمقراطية وسيادة القانون هي قيم عالمية أساسية تدعمها. عندبرهان وأحد من هؤلاء الرجال من أصحاب الرؤى المنفتحين على الحوار والإصلاح والتغيير. وكتاب إرتريا على مفترق الطرق هو المفتاح لفهم التحديات التي تواجه إرتريا وأفريقيا. إنه يفتح العيون على أزمة معقدة وغير مفهومة تتفاقم في قارة إفريقيا وتمسك بتلابيبها. يوفر الكتاب أساسًا فكريًا متينًا لفهم المنطقة ويمنح نقطة بداية رائعة لأي شخص يريد بناء مستقبل أفضل لأفريقيا. أهنئه على هذا الكتاب الأكثر قيمة، والذي يجد مكانه بين جميع عشاق أفريقيا.لويس ميشيلعضو البرلمان الأوروبي، المفوض الأوروبي للتنمية والمساعدات الإنسانية (2004-2009) ووزير خارجية بلجيكا (1999-2004( مقاتل من أجل الحرية وأكاديمي ومحافظ البنك المركزي ودبلوماسي، والآن يعيش غير سعيد في المنفى، لا يمكن لأحد أن يكون في وضع أفضل من عندبرهان ولد قرقيس لتتبع انزلاق إرتريا المؤلم من الانتصار إلى مأساة تراجيدية. إنها قصة مروعة لكن المؤلف يرويها في هذه الدراسة الممتازة بشكل شامل وموضوعي وبوضوح. صحيح انه يمكن إنقاذ المستقبل، كما يوضح عندبرهان ولكن فقط إذا تم فهم الماضي ومواجهة الحاضر من خلال تصرف إرتري لائق ومهتم مع توفر الدعم المعنوي والسياسي والاقتصادي من المجتمع الدولي الأوسع. آمل أن يسمع صوته.غاريث إيفانزمستشار الجامعة الوطنية الأسترالية؛ رئيس، مجموعة الأزمات الدولية (2009-2000) ووزير خارجية أستراليا (1988-1996)

This collection of contemporary verse by Arnold de Vos reflects on his experiences as an international migrant poet. Deeply moving, the poems reflect on the human experience and the relationship of man with his environment and with God.In the author's own words:The virtually conflicting rapport with the reader often causes me to escape into remote ages and cultures, in which the poets dealt with issues that are consonant with mine: the homoerotic relation, the transposition of the bipolar tension in the man-God relationship.Particularly fascinated by the Sufi poetry of Arabian-Persian derivation, I have attained an understanding of the Middle-Eastern world by assimilating the writings of Annemarie Schimmel, the refined Islamologist departed in 2003. Years spent in Tunisia have contributed to my cultural enrichment as a poet who wholeheartedly prizes poverty in all of its forms as the only means for sublimating the ills of the individual and of the world.Born in Holland, Arnold de Vos lived for many years in Tunisia and currently resides in Italy. He has written in Dutch, English and French, and now his poems spring forth in Italian. Nakedness Is Your Priestly Robe is a prolific and almost automatic outpouring from his soul.

Nostradamus, the popular name for Michel de Nostradame, was a 16th-century physician, astronomer, and astrologer. He is best remembered as the prophetic writer of predictions of the future that quite often came to pass. Nostradamus: Time Traveler takes us back in time to meet some of history's most famous and influential figures. Encounter Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Genghis Khan, and Alexander the Great, as they negotiate bloodthirsty battles, sexual affairs, and the ultimate power struggles. For every famous name in the book, readers will witness the event or challenge they had to overcome in order to be solidified in history. Nostradamus becomes an eyewitness to these historical events, both past and future, and then travels back to his own time in 16th-century France, where he pens his accurate predictions. With one foot planted in history and the other in science fiction, Bud Seligson writes an entertaining tale that will captivate both history buffs and those fascinated with time travel. Discover how one action can affect so much more with truly rippling effects.

There is a farm way out in the countryside that has all the normal things a farm has -- land, trees, fields, a family and an assortment of animals. But what's unusual about one of these animals -- a goat named Nibbles -- is that he'll eat anything! Goats are known for chewing this and chewing that, but Nibbles devours everything -- from grass to car parts! Nibbles' best friend is a young boy who loves the fact that his goat will eat anything, but his Mom and Dad aren't too keen on the fact. Mom and Dad are determined to make sure Nibbles stops eating the things he shouldn't. How will they keep Nibbles from nibbling everything in sight? Bronwyn Heeney writes a delightful story filled with colorful, charismatic characters and whimsical narration that is certain to be a favorite among toddlers. Bronwyn Heeney has been a writer for over 30 years. Ms. Heeney is currently working on her second children's book and lives with her family in Australia. Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/BronwynHeeney

In book two of this enthralling science fiction series, the Thalin brothers and their families must survive battles raging around their walled city. Their continuing family saga began in book one, To Rule a World. This story begins as the brothers have just settled into a peaceful period when a new threat arises, and the search for a culprit is unsuccessful. In a lesson for the young, these are the words of wisdom: "Druids and wizards are different as night and day in philosophy but are similar in abilities. One is really no different than the other in battle, but in healing and life in other times the druid has the advantage." In a twist of fate, a Thalin grandchild named Christof is able to wield a sword that could not be held by anyone else. Does this mean that peace can be restored in their world of Dracos? (About the Author) Born in New York City, Steven Herzman moved to Florida when he was young, and now resides in Spring Hill, Florida. A bladesmith by trade, the author makes tools and products from steel and iron. "This is the second book of the first series. The Saga of Dracos is from the viewpoint of the Thalin family. There will also be spinoffs from the first book to give the tales of the other races." He hopes to write a total of twelve volumes.

Philosophy/Ethics The 'sacrifice of the intellect' is today mostly either a convenience or a contrivance. The marketeer assuages the consumer by her own feigned idiocy, the parish pirate invites the listless into his own fraudulent faith. It is exceedingly rare, in my estimation, to discover an authentically latter-day saint. But the ignominious fate of faith in our own time is mimicked by the corresponding downfall of reason, which in its turn is mostly used to calculate social control, warfare, or at best, economic trends. Could it be, for the first time in the history of human consciousness, that both reason and faith, in the face of their respective sacrifices, need one another more than ever, the separated siblings and estranged lovers that they are? That we live inside the question of our own existence should not be seen as a too-cunning conundrum, generating only misery and angst, pathos and melancholy. Rather it is the very thrownness of being which we are; resolute in our being-ahead, caring in our anxiety, concernful in our running along. Who better to respond to such a question that, though it bears the historicity of existence alone, marks us in our essence with a history of ontology that is shared and which constitutes our specific nature? (From the book) "Though it is not directly a part of my job as a critical philosopher, offending as many people as possible as succinctly as possible is a commonplace effect of my work." So Loewen opens 'The Return of the Martyr,' a wickedly funny and equally perceptive critique of the moral panics surrounding the issue of gender identity and other fashionable faux pas. And this is merely one of the over twenty singularly insightful essays collected here for the first time. Nothing is beyond a reasoned and rational reproach, and each piece serves as a role model for the rest of us to take up the torch of a truly transformative ethics." (From the publisher)