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After writing and compiling a lifetime of poems, I revisited them and then gathered some of my best into one collection. It wasn't until 2016, after retiring from forty-two years as a registered nurse, that I decided to fulfill a lifelong dream-publish this collection of poems with expressive artwork. Poems I wrote as early as age fourteen became formidable challenges as I attempted to illustrate these poetic thoughts with meaningful images. Never having the opportunity to attend formal art school over my lifetime, I relied on raw instinct to create the drawings. Inspired by poetry written over a lifetime, the illustrations transformed verses into visible emotions. These are my chronicles of insight now sculpted from the lines of the poetry that conceived them.

Unnoticed Moments is a collection of poetry from writer Susan Patterson, spanning the years 2010-2014. Her work, characterized by its simplicity and clarity, reveals the multiple levels of human nature. Mrs. Patterson captures that which would seem ordinary, if not mundane, and transmutes it into global meaning. She writes about the frailties of humanity, yet offers hope. She writes about daily life and almost dares the reader to act upon the truths that are in the soul of each us.

It was decided by the family, that we would publish Agatha's journals, in the order she had written them. It includes some of the stories from the other books already published. This one is about all the adventures and discoveries Agatha and Frank had discovered on the island. The Rosland Island was once a mountain range connected to a main land, and as time passed, the mountain range sank into the ocean. Only the Rowland Island was left, where once a land mass use to be. The island has two mountains on it, one at each end. There are many stories to tell about Agatha and Frank's adventures and about who used to live on the land mass besides the Merbeings. This is important to know because of everything they found.

Agatha and Frank met in the Army; they fell in love, got married and had three children. Aggie got out of the Army and became a history teacher. Frank stayed in the Army and retired after twenty-two years. One of their dreams was to travel around the USA in a RV. They wanted to stop and see everything they had driven by so many times before. They went out on a road trip with their children and grandchildren for a month. That is all it took to convince them that it was time to start "Living the Dream." They left Houston, TX and headed to Eureka, CA to see Frank's folks. The plan was to go from Eureka up the Oregon Coast. Then go wherever the win blew them. This book not only has adventure, but real stories of the history they found along the way

Waiting for The One is a poetry book mostly about relationships.Ryan M. Cymerman is the author of the poetry book Waiting for The One. This is the first book he has written. He is a graduate of Castleton State College (now called Castleton University), where one of the classes he took was in the theater department. While at Castleton, he wrote a play that was performed on stage. He is known to have high-function autism. He lives in Upstate New York.

The series of Kingdoms and Empires is a fairy tale in a science fiction universe. A realm were magic, and science exist together. New leaders of the realms two most powerful nations lead their people in a new war for control of the known universal realm. Princess Asora of the Utopian Kingdom, and Queen Laxur of the Darkcon Empire. Queen Laxur is on a quest for power and to be the one to finally conquer and rule the realm. Princess Asora is trying to bring her kingdom out of stagnation and into a new age. Princess Asora must battle not just Queen Laxur but also those from which her own government. As Queen Laxur grows more powerful and becomes the ultimate avatar of magic and seeks to become a god. Princess Asora looks to science to fight back. As this new war rages on who will prevail?

Through a Passage in Time tells the story of a retired college professor living in the present day. The professor believes his soul has traveled through a transference portal from the 1700s to the present time. A former student joins him on his adventure, leading him to a hypnotist who helps the professor search his past life. Follow along as the professor transitions from a British officer to a pirate, encounters love, greed, and compassion, and find out who he is and where his soul belongs. Filled with surprises and what-ifs, Through a Passage in Time sorts through endless possibilities.

Until the 1960s, proper young women were raised to remain virgins until marriage, to be good mothers and wives, and to depend on husbands for status and economic survival. With the feminist movement, women learned they could make decisions regarding their own destiny. It was a dream of liberation and equality. Work plus motherhood: women could have it all!Yet today the dream is elusive. Women's issues remain universal love, controlling partners, career, motherhood, and aging while the goal has become the journey.Join author Barbara Wolfenden in Are We There Yet? to explore how some women handle common and not-so-common problems. You will be surprised.

Dr. Debbie Novick is the leading expert on Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. Her practice in Carlsbad, CA., is one of the foremost centers in the country. Dr. Novick is a summa cum laude graduate of Life West Chiropractic College. Since graduating in April of 1996, she has continued her education with numerous post-graduate seminars and courses in nutrition, homeopathy, Bach flowers, functional medicine, and women's health.Unlike some chiropractors, Dr. Novick addresses the needs of the whole person, with several complementary holistic therapies. As an Carlsbad CA chiropractor, she is committed to treating patients using holistic, natural therapies which nurture the body's innate health system, and address the root cause of each person's individual health issues.In her Carlsbad CA chiropractic practice, Dr. Novick takes the time to create an individual treatment plan tailored to your specific health needs. Clinical education for Naturopathic Medical Doctors and Chiropractors in training is a passion of hers, she regularly hold classes with students.. She is passionately dedicated to leaving a legacy of well trained clinicians that can help patients achieve their health gioals effectively and being loyal to the oath they swore to uphold: "First, dio no harm and help each patient."

Kemdi Chino Opara was born in Ngeria, in West Africa. As a native of Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. Opara graduated from Government Secondary School in Owerri. To further his education, Opara came to the United States in 1979 and began to acquire scores of graduate and post-graduate degrees. Opara went on to attain a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from The College of New Jersey, in Trenton, New Jersey. Opara holds a Doctorate in Education, and received two master's degrees in Business Administration, all from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. After holding various positions in the New State Government, Opara has become a very successful entrepreneur in real estate development, and as a consultant in Urban Education Leadership programs. Kemdi is currently the Chief Executive/Partner of 1 Heart Home Health Care, LLC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; A Place of Hope Home Health Care, LLC in Trenton, New Jersey; And The Lotuscure LLC - a health and wellness center in Trenton, New Jersey. Opara believes strongly in charity work which led him to establish- Kemdi Chino Opara Foundation resident in Nigeria and that society must help to uplift the down trodden as well as the less privileged. Opara has four children by his wife Angela. His son, Kemdi Jr, and daughters Chibuzo, Chinwendu and Ugochinyere are all graduates of Howard University in Washington, DC. Kemdi jr and Chibuzo both have master's degrees. Kemdi jr received his from LIM College in New York while Chibuzo received hers from John Hopkins University, in Maryland. Chibuzo is now in Medical School at Howard University, in DC. Kemdi has also published another book titled, The Man and His Desitny.

Lyle Kent has just returned to Oregon after running away with this friend, Benny. He is settling down to routine high school life when a series of strange events take place. Some are mystical and cannot be explained while others threaten his life but can be explained.

Forgetting, Remembering, Reaching is especially for you. It chronicles life, your life, revealed in its Scriptural content of real-life experiences that each of us will face as we transition through life's victories and defeats. Whatever we are dealing with or avoiding has to do with forgetting, remembering, and reaching. Forgetting is a matter of letting go of the past, remembering to embrace the present in the now, and utilizing today's resources and opportunities as building blocks for tomorrow that always shows up today. Forgetting, Remembering, Reaching is a catalyst for deliverance from past experiences, be they good or bad, righteous or unrighteous, desirable or undesirable. It will also empower you with the resolve not to want to go back because in reality, back is not back there! The key to forgetting the past is in remembering how to forget it by reaching from within the present for the future that is always an indivisible step ahead of today. Every decision made or not made will be made or not made today. Forgetting will help you to remember how to forget and reach. Forgetting the past is not the same as the inability to retain memories of it; rather, it is a decisive choice not to allow the past to hold you hostage in the present. Moreover, in Forgetting, Remembering, Reaching, you will appreciate this truth: everyone has a story or an account of his or her life to tell, but not everyone will have the opportunity to tell their life story. It will also help you to remember that not a single child's goal in life was to become homeless, a drug addict, prostitute, or a faceless person in the crowd of humanity. Forgetting, Remembering, Reaching will empower you to see yourself in others and others in you. It is a spiritual road map to help navigate through life's maze with principles and precepts that endorses the importance of forgetting, remembering, and reaching that leads into an open court of God's divine blessings for you.

When your daughter only asks for stories for her eighth birthday, you write a story. On her birthday, Geoffrey M. Noblitt presented his daughter, Lily Faye, with the first 23 chapters of Liliana and the Relics of Power. After years of being a devout reader, Geoffrey finally crossed over to being an author. From an early age he loved reading. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Lord of the Rings were early literary influences. Other sources of inspiration have been The Kingkiller Chronicles, the Harry Potter series, the Wheel of Time series, Stephen King's various works, and most all of Brandon Sanderson's works. While studying philosophy and religion at Appalachian State University in North Carolina, Geoffrey learned to write 20 pages in less than a day. After working in construction and banking, Geoffrey took his gift for academic writing to East Carolina University and achieved a Masters in Business Administration from East Carolina University in North Carolina. His daughter gave him the perfect opportunity to take his mind off of his day job at that time as a Planner for Buncombe County and try his hand at fiction writing. Geoffrey started writing for his daughter and hopes the rest of the world would fall in love with his stories too. Geoffrey was born in Boone, NC and spent his formative years in Charlotte, NC before heading off to Appalachian State. He met his wife, Julie, in college. They married shortly after and have two children, Lily Faye and Jack. Currently Geoffrey resides in Asheville, North Carolina, where he continues to write. In his free time, Geoffrey enjoys smoking North Carolina-style pork barbecue, fly fishing, creating folk art from scrap metal he welds and sculpts, and spending time with his family.

My story is about myself, Anthony Zagami, and my fight as I called it against cancer. This will be a revised version of my book as I will be fifteen years cancer free, and I would like to describe my ups and downs afterward. I feel people will be interested.

Before the arrival of Europeans in the peninsula between the lakes, today known as Southern Ontario, was the domain of the Attawondaronks. Sannisen wears more trophy feathers than any other warrior in this land and is the war chief of the Attawondaronk Nation.A clan war is brewing, provoked by the intrigues of the shaman society. Four men from nations of the south arrive at Ounotisaston, chief town of the Attawondaronks, and the simmering conflict boils over.Sannisen and his family attempt to end the stranglehold of the shamans and pay a terrible price. The alienation of this family results in a vendetta that will span three generations. The strange beliefs and customs of an obscure and fascinating culture come to life in this gripping tale of adventure, romance, betrayal, and revenge.The fates have brought these outsiders and the family of Sannisen together. Many lives and the entire Attawondaronk Nation will never be the same. When the final reckoning comes, an entire nation melts into the misty veil of time.

A retired cop plans to run naked down the field during the present-day Army/Navy football game believing this will atone for a fumble made years ago in the same college classic, but with his ego in the way, and two sidekicks running interference by his side, it would be a miracle if they make it past three-dozen security guards. His two side-kicks have goals themselves. One is inflicted with a peeing problem and must get an operation if he wants to piss like a race horse again, and the other, whose wife has died early on in the story, wants to prove his impotency is only temporary.

Journey to and through the Second Death begins its search where it should-with the first death. Bible believers hold widely diverse opinions on the first death-annihilation, full consciousness in death, and unconscious death, so a solid biblical definition of death is established before inquiries into the second death are presented. Technical issues are addressed in common language.This study has two goals. First, it seeks to bring the discussion of many unanswered and shadowy questions to discussion and resolution: Where are the dead? Are they conscious? Is the second death a repetition of the first death? Is the lake of fire literal fire? Can spiritual beings be tormented by literal fire? Why is the lake of fire not named the second death until the great white throne judgment? It is in existence through the whole previous age. The second goal of this study is to bring the reader to the apostle John's perspective. What is the biblical approach to understand John's visions? What did John see, and what do the things he saw mean? This is the second edition of this title.

Debbie, an agoraphobic, and pushing the limits of middle age, works at home as a beautician and is estranged from her daughter, Wendy, who plays for the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra as a cellist. When Debbie discovers Wendy will perform a solo at Carnegie Hall, NYC, she suffers in silence until Wendy finally arrives and divulges a secret that devastates her. Now, Debbie feels she must go to Carnegie Hall to see Wendy play. But how will she manage that, because on a good day she has trouble negotiating 30 paces to get the mail. Maybe her two employee-girlfriends, Patricia and Katherine, will help her? These three ladies struggle through their growing pains at an age when most people spend their time reminiscing about life and missed opportunities. And with Wendy in the mix, this eclectic ensemble allow us to laugh and cry while making us believe we are never too old to dream and never too young to forgive.

This book is a must-read for all associate ministers and their spouses. Additionally, pastors would benefit greatly from Rev. Dr. Hopewell's insights into the thinking of associate ministers and would find this book helpful as a training and teaching tool for their associates.

About the BookPeople have reported sensing or seeing ghosts for as long as remembered and recorded in history. Ghosts are considered to be the spirits of the dead. The body is of this earth while the spirit is not. The body will return to dust, but the spirit will return to where it came from. The spirit waits for the time for this to happen. Sometimes they get restless or want to contact someone who isn't dead.

The story The Dreamer is about a young boy who is struck by lightning and he develops a unique ability. He becomes a Detective like his Father and you follow him and his family through life.My name is T M Nugent. I was born in Chicago Illinois in 1949. I had a normal childhood and served in the military. I work in the hospitality business for fifty some years and owned my own restaurants for fifteen years. I married a wonderful woman and we were together until her death of brain cancer. We were together for forty-two years. After her death I quit working and traveled the western United States writing poetry. I rode a full dress Harley and bought an I-pad to write my poetry and stories. I met a wonderful woman, Corina and we traveled the country together. We ended our travels in San Luis, Costa Rica where we live today. I have written ten poetry books and one short story book which I published with Xlibris Self-Publishing Inc. I have written six novels to this publishing. Two are published with Amelia Publishing and four with Stratton Press. I like to write and spend every day writing something in my I-Pad. I hope you enjoy my writing.