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I wrote this book hoping it would discourage readers from succumbing to their darkest desires. I wanted to use myself as an example of what not to be, to share my struggles and empathize with those who have endured the same. It is meant to be a hedonistic elaboration of what it's like to navigate your emotions, combatting psychological setbacks and continue your craft simultaneously. It allows the reader to peek into my brain as much as I will allow, being honest with myself while struggling to actually have a sense of self. It is self-doubt, self-loathing, and self-sabotaging. As much self-pity as people may perceive, it spews more spitfire. It's meant to show the reality of recovery, how it is always in flux, how everyone's looks different, and we can get there together. It is written with raging intent to create some kind of literary riot and establish a platform for people who have been silenced. Only in my writing do I feel truly free. Free to share frustrations, industrial flaws, injustice and inequality. Liberated from my expectations, free to tell my truth, and indulge myself in the release of writing.

A Jamaican proverb says: "You shake a man's hand, you don't shake his heart," which means we can meet people on the street, but we don't know their challenges in life until we hear their stories. Plummet and Shine by Joan Korale spans a variety of locations and emotions. A collection of stories that delves into the relationships, hopes and dreams. Characters come alive through the intimate portraits and each story builds toward a realization of what it means to live in an ever changing world. Among stories in Plummet and Shine: New Jersey/Philadelphia/Buffalo A loving grandfather cites the origin of a myth to help heal a bullied grandson. Jamaica, West Indies: A Jamaican girl moving on her own to Manhattan, is counselled by a poet in a dream. Hawaiian Islands: A wife's departure prompts her husband to build a boat to fetch her back, but a sudden natural shock reveals to him the awakened feelings of a young Hawaiian woman. Military: A bereaved soldier traveling Route 66 to find the site where his mother said synthetic diamonds originated seeks solace from a bizarre amateur psychology racket.

The Humane Race, The Human Erase, and The Human is a list of sins, a condemnation, and a defense of the human race. Bliss starts at the beginning by considering the actions of early humans, then continues to imagine humans' end in some distant future. Between those temporal extremes, Bliss explores the human condition and its consequences in this first poetic effort.

The poems in this collection speak of the epic tale of being mortal, of viewing death as life's twin and the pressing questions the human condition gives rise to. They mull over the persistent challenge of grounding oneself in reality and explore the passing of time along with the mysterious connection that unites us. They dwell on experiences of love lived, love lost and of existing as love.

THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF CHEEKTOWAGA (AS I REMEMBER IT) "When did the memory of your life become more powerful than the life you choose to lead?" Matt Christopher and his friends grew up in the 1970's and early 80's in Cheektowaga, New York, a suburb of Buffalo. Along the way, they discovered music, girls, alcohol, and all of the other trappings of middle-class suburbia. They discovered friendship, and its resultant independence and struggles. And then it happens. And Matt Christopher is not ready. Through dreams, town history, pictures, and narrative, Michael Lauer takes a coming of age story and turns it into a coming to terms story. He illustrates how the "where" in your life is as important as the "who" in shaping us. How blessed we are to have friends that see us through a lifetime of good and bad. An unconventional, private journey that took more than 10 years to write, this is a book of discovery and reflection. Hopeful in its grief, haunting in its honesty. Beautiful, funny, sad, philosophical, and silly, Cheektowaga walks the line between them all. Be ready to walk away pondering your own "Where am I?"

Pooleville Pete is a different take on an old story. Pete is a groundhog who always cries on Feb. 2nd. Find out how 8-year-old Molly makes a difference in Pete's life. "Every elementary classroom needs a copy of Pooleville Pete. The story introduces children to the concept of empathy and social justice. The artwork is stunning!" Quote from Andrew B. who is an elementary school principal. Ages 5-11.

Located in the small town of Marilla, New York, Pet Connection Programs Inc. is a nonprofit maternity shelter for dogs and cats. Founded in 1984, the shelter has saved thousands of animals that simply had no other place to go. Included in this book are dozens of those stories. Some will make you laugh, some will make you cry ... and all will warm your heart! To learn more about the shelter and ways that you can help, please visit their website at www.petconnectionprogramsinc.com. And to contact Pet Connection Programs Inc., please email petadoption652@gmail.com or call (716) 652-0192.

Hope to Life is an example of enhanced faith in God proving His blessing can show up just in time and be delivered by anyone He chooses. Being new converts in the Lord planting our mustard seed faith proved Our God able and faithful to His babes. Who's in the Box shows our limitation and His majestic glory toward us. What a marvelous Lord we serve. I thought it would be nice to share a preview of what to expect in the book revealing how varied life experiences present themselves and how faith in God's plan results in the tests and trials, we face on a daily basis.

11-year-old Fritz Reynolds recalled his father telling him that man is the only creature who can find amusement in killing. Little did he realize that those words would become the theme for his teenage years growing up in the rural hamlet on Linden, New York. In this coming-of-age story, Fritz takes us back to a simpler time when neighbors gathered at the general store to listen to radio shows, drank barrel-aged cider and worshiped at the Baptist Church every Sunday. All was picturesque in his close-knit farming community until terror was unleashed on them.

The concepts of relativity are easier to understand than conventional thinking would have us believe. This book proves the point. It uses simple coordinated graphics sequenced throughout the book to build understanding in a gradual stepwise fashion. The self-reinforcing graphics help readers visualize the principles of relativity, building from simple observations to Einstein's elegant and revolutionary conclusions. The book, authored by an experienced human factors engineer, applies human learning principles to make an otherwise difficult subject matter understandable and enjoyable. Mental exercises are offered as tools for experiencing, internalizing, and remembering the relativity principles presented. After both Special and General Theories of Relativity are explained, implications for how the Universe works are explored and discussed. Some of the questions addressed in the book include: How are space and time related? Can relativity's effect on time change the order in which events occur? What does E=mc2 have to do with relativity? Isn't there anything that can go faster than light? How does relativity affect how fast we grow old? What does relativity say about what we can and cannot know? Does space really compress at speeds approaching the speed of light? What does relativity say about how the Universe works? How can relativity and science inform our religious beliefs? Readers of this book will gain a new and deeper appreciation of relativity and what it says about how the Universe is made and works. Read this book and experience the excitement of relativity.

"We think our father murdered our mother," a woman tells police. Twenty-eight years earlier, young housewife Donna Burgard was stabbed to death. No killer was captured, although her husband was the prime suspect. Now, as the victim's grown children request a fresh investigation, Detective Mark Bennett is plunged into murky shadows of the past. Can the truth still be uncovered? The Bennett family is dealing with its own challenges. While Mark navigates a new marriage, his mother is lost in dementia. Memories swirl as she talks knowingly about unfamiliar names and events. Younger brother Bobby-a Buffalo patrolman- feels the job and his wife pulling him in separate directions. Within these chasms, secrets stretch back for decades... Deftly weaving between 1984 and 1956, Chased By Thunder is a fast-paced story that may be read as a stand-alone novel. It is the final book in a four-story arc that includes Broken and Profane, Boneshaker, and Faces and Fingertips.

Marc Savett's newest poetry collection delves into the realm of cinema. Mr. Savett brings a keen insight to the original idea of combining movies with poetry. The subject ranges from the golden age of cinema to modern masterpieces. The is collection for any movie fan and the lover of great poetry.

Jack Saunders thinks nothing will ever be good again after he is forced to move to New York City. Things begin to change when Riley Caldwell stands up for him against the middle school bully. While the two quickly become friends, Jack can't help feeling that Riley is hiding something.The truth is Riley is descended from a secret legacy of art jumpers. Jack discovers this fact as Riley is about to enter a painting to rescue her grandfather when he fails to return from a jump.Now these two friends will face the adventure of their lives. They must race against time to search for Riley's grandfather and get back home before the portal closes and they are trapped forever in the world of the painting.

He had the drive, he had the motivation, and he had the ability to persevere. What Patrick Michaels lacked, however, was the faith to pursue his dreams. The story begins in a Buffalo Hospital where he lies on a gurney after being frantically raced into the emergency room after a spleen rupture. While being transferred to the emergency room for the time-sensitive surgery to take place, Patrick mentally prepares himself for his certain demise. As thirty percent of his body's blood flow begins to seep into his stomach, he begins to hallucinate and flashback to a few final uplifting moments in his life. After somehow surviving this ordeal, where little chance of survival was expected, he begins the long road to recovery. As the recovery process continues, he encounters a severe alcohol dependency, as the effects of his surgery and recent passing of his beloved relatives are too much to bear. With his life is hanging in the balance, he finally makes the decision to pull himself from the depths of despair and depression, in order to save his soul and create a more meaningful and fulfilling life. Ascendance draws on real events of the authors past, both from the mental and physical perspective. Thru the law of attraction and success principles obtained, understood, and carefully executed from the best-selling nonfiction novels (The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, The Success Principles by Jack Canfield, and Money: Master the Game by Tony Robbins) Patrick regains his faith in life and in himself, while becoming a successful Finance Professional amidst the shark infested waters of Wall St. and Midtown Manhattan. In Ascendance, Michaels invites readers to join his roller coaster journey towards his "dream scenario" as he offers hope and inspires readers trying to reconnect with their passions and life purpose.

Which life is worth living? In A Philosophy of Mindfulness: A Journey with Deleuze, the writer and philosopher Finn Janning argues that we need a "new" philosophy because we-many of us, at least-are blind. We see rather little of that which surrounds us. For Janning, philosophy is not just an abstract discipline but also a mode of being in this world. By mixing mindfulness with the affirmative philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, he unfolds a philosophy of mindfulness. A philosophy that makes us less blind but also ethically responsible in relation to what we experience. Hereby, Janning moves mindfulness from the sphere of psychology into philosophy, or from being primarily an inward-turned practice to an out-turned one. A Philosophy of Mindfulness is a daring and enriching intervention in contemporary philosophy. It puts emphasis on experience, experiment, and actualization or affirmation. Each experience matters; life is the experience of making contact or being connected with what is in the midst of becoming-that is, life-and then passing it on to the next generations.

The author of God's pencil has been writing poems, stories and songs since she was a child. She found that her writing gift shouldn't be hidden, so she decided to finally try to get some of her writing published. Although God's pencil is not the first thing she has had published, it is her first book. Her work in broadcasting as a copywriter propelled her into continually writing, which she has loved to do. She has a large assortment of children's and other stories, essays and more writings that don't seem to have a category. She has written the words and music to a musical with a long title and has had some of songs played on the air. She is currently attempting to finish another book that has been in the works for some time. Her favorite thing to do is sit in front of a blank screen and see what she can think of, to fill it with words. A graduate of Mount Mercy Academy, she never had the opportunity to go to college, but took many courses and has read many, many books to hone her writing abilities.

Sweet Cheeks and More Stories from the Nickel City is a poignant and vibrant collection of short fiction from author Michael Burns Haggerty whose characters have deep roots in Buffalo and Western New York. In Sweet Cheeks, a down and out carpet cleaner masters the art of blackjack so he can earn enough money to move himself and his prostitute girlfriend to Costa Rica. In Coming Home, a young man returns home to learn the mysteries of his mother's suicide, and in Pedro on the Street Corner, a young thief tries to break free from a life of crime. These comically dark and frighteningly real stories give the reader an uncompromising understanding of the hard-hitting, determined, and flawed characters that live and die in Buffalo and Western New York.

Hard Times in the Hollow- The story of the Avery's, a farming family in Cattaraugus County, New York, and the struggles they endure through war, prohibition and the Great Depression. As their difficulties mount family matriarch Iris pushes the family to extremes in her quest to keep them together and their farm afloat. Her grandson, Adam, is at first an observer and then an unwilling participant. How far would one family go to ensure their survival?

Shot from the cannon of the turbulent 1960'2, Ernie the Pro and his Great Lakes hometown are on trajectories that move anything but straight ahead into a new century. "The Seventh Generation" traces the interconnected paths of a popular mayor who struggles with his tragic flaws; three boys on different paths to manhood; and the fortunes of their city, the embers of whose past 'golden age' will give way to the possible birth of the next one. DiGrazie explores the longings of a generation or more of Americans who left the cities and towns of the Rust Belt for greener pastures. More than a political novel and more than a tale of one blue collar city's journey to find its place in post-industrial America. "The Seventh Generation'" explores how people and places grab us, become precious to us and never let us go.

City of Blight is a sort of Sopranos meets House of Cards on a local city level, with a great love story thrown in. There is political intrigue, conspiracy, psychological complexity, and a story of lifelong-though mostly unrequited-love. Buffalo is a character in this story told from the point of view of Paul Cappellano who comes back to his two loves after forty years: Buffalo, the Queen City, and Nancy Paradise, former City Queen (Miss Buffalo), and finds himself framed for the murder of one by the corrupt leaders of the other. His cause is taken up by a larger than life lawyer known as "Francisca Lee Bailey" who defends her client by taking on a pervasive network of corruption in the city, and trying her case primarily in the press. As the story unfolds, the scope and severity of this corruption, which includes a vast sex scandal, continues to amaze, as bodies fall and careers implode.

Thomas Fitzgerald Blake was born in Buffalo, New York. He attended Public School No. 84. As a child, deaf and unable to walk without crutches due to his cerebral palsy, Tommy was a visible figure in numerous annual charitable efforts benefiting special needs kids. He later graduated from West Seneca West Senior High School in West Seneca, New York. Upon relocating to Port Orange, Florida, near Dayton Beach, Tommy worked part-time in light assembly while also concentrating on physical rehab, swimming and three-wheel bicycling, as well as his writing- letters, journals, short stories and poems. In 2003, Tommy was recognized as a hero by then Florida Governor Jeb Bush for his role in the dramatic rescue of an elderly drowning victim. Tommy currently resides in West Seneca, New York. This is his first book.

On almost any city street or in a bar or waiting for your flight to be called, mention St. Bonaventure University and someone will likely say basketball. For 96 seasons, men's basketball has been an ambassador for the tiny Franciscan school tucked away in an inconvenient place called Olean. The university is so much more than basketball, but the game, and the Bonnies' storied history, has been the school's gilt-edged calling card. Much of that was threatened as the 2015-16 season approached. Slumping enrollment created a financial crisis. Difficult decisions had to be made. Dropping the athletics program to the small-college level was a possibility. SNUBBED: A Basketball Season of Triumph, Crisis and Despair at St. Bonaventure University is a chronicle of challenges, soaring performances, high hopes and crushed dreams. It is an account of daring to be great bookended by an existential threat and NCAA big-footers. It is a basketball story, and more.

Everyone from beginners to advanced level golfers will benefit from this comprehensive guide that proves how simple an efficient golf swing is to achieve. The easy to understand professional tips enforce proper grip, posture, and swing, and cover golf course management and golf psychology, giving readers an understanding of how simple golf truly is. Michael's use of drills will give you the feel needed to make the proper motion of the golf swing. His visuals of reference points of where you should be during the golf swing are very helpful to anyone at any level.

Marc Savett's third book of poetry continues the author's exploration of rich themes and perceptive imagery. Using simplistic elements such as chocolate mousse to complex ideas of love, Savett delves into reality and emotion. The poems speak of hope and loss, joy and pain. Savett's style takes the reader places in the mind and heart, but always remain accessible. LOST POEMS continues the journey of the poet and the reader that began with CROWS NEST and continued in POEMS

In the 1974 NHL Draft, 247 players were selected by the eighteen teams. Everything seemed normal over the course of the three-day proceedings. Nothing seemed out of place as the summer wore on and teams eventually began their respective rookie camps. However, it was soon discovered that only 246 players had been drafted that fateful weekend. One of the players, the 183rd overall pick, a Japanese player named Taro Tsujimoto, was discovered to have something extra special about him. Taro Tsujimoto never existed. Selected merely as a joke by Buffalo, as a way to show their extreme displeasure at the long, drawn-out process of the NHL draft at that time, the general manager had decided to play a prank on the league. With the help of a secretary and a little bit of divine intervention with other staff members present at the draft table, they fabricated Taro Tsujimoto's name and hockey team, the Tokyo Katanas, or sabres. Of course, when the joke finally became known, the NHL was not impressed. They would later revise the draft pick to "invalid" in most listings, but the damage had already been done. Top line publications such as The Hockey News had already printed Taro's name as a draft pick. The legend grew from there. This is his untold story.

Thomas Amore's life was nothing if not a ride on a roller coaster. Although he grew up in a fatherless home, he persevered to become a high school and collegiate football star and later served his country as a member of the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He learned on more than one occasion that life has a way of changing in an instant, both for better or worse. But through all the ups and downs - including homelessness - there was one personal possession that he never let out of his sight, and that may very well have saved his life. It's never too late to start living life to its fullest, he realized. And it's especially never too late for love.

In the Sixties, simple mistakes could have grave consequences. Josh Duffy makes one such mistake and pays an incredible price. One unfortunate encounter with the nuances of the higher education realities of that time and he finds himself thrust into an alien world of blood, death, and fire. It is an upside down world where the usual mores don't function. It is a world where killing is celebrated and compassion scorned. It is a world that Duffy must adapt to if he wishes to survive. Follow him as he struggles with the enemy, with his leaders, and with conscience as he evolves from reluctant soldier to efficient killer to a committed leader. If you ever wonder why soldiers come back from combat forever changed and irreversibly damaged... if you wonder what causes this post-traumatic disorder we hear so much about... if you lived in the Sixties and walked the razor's edge of conscription, you will want to read this book. It is the journey from sanity to the depths of madness and on to a path toward redemption. It is a soldier's story told by an award-winning writer who has spoken on issues of war and peace across this country.

The ship bobbed gently, pulling on the lines and heaving the gang plank just enough to make the passengers hold the ropes tighter. They were weak, unsure of their footing and looked sickly in the same threadbare, soiled and loose fitting clothing they had worn the entire voyage. They were all from Ireland, simultaneously feeling grateful and apprehensive in this new land. They had survived the three and a half week journey in the cramped, unhealthy pit of the cargo ship, enduring weather that was terrifying at times. Liam McGinley and his fellow passengers stepped into the unknown world of a city in a foreign country that didn't want them and did everything to make their arrival harder, but couldn't stop them.

"Different or the Same?" Is an amazing mix of what childhood brings. Young children will adore the beautiful, repetitive language that lends itself to an important message about Diversity, through understanding differences. The artwork is very UNIQUE!! Loose, textural handling of the media lends itself well to the text. Thomas P. A.- Art Teacher, Award Winning Artist & Gallery Owner. The simplistic and repetitive text allows children to not only enjoy the book, but join in on the fun! The illustrations are so soft, detailed and life-like. I can't wait to read this book to my students! Lori E. -K,1