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Creeping Shadows
Price range: $3.99 through $30.99The son of John and Viola Hastings, author Swede Hastings was born in 1941 in the small town of Roseburg, Oregon. In his early years, the family moved about the western part of the United States, following the fruit and work available. His family later returned to Roseburg and bought a small farm.
In 1958 Swede joined the US Navy. The next year there was a major explosion in the city of Roseburg, devastating the town. Swede, age 18, received emergency leave to help his family. While on leave, an accidental hunting tragedy resulted in his 15-year-old brother’s death. Due to the emotional trauma, he was suffering, Swede was institutionalized in California, where he had relived details of the accident. It was this tragedy which inspired him to write his first poem, Creeping Shadows.
Once released from the hospital, Swede found that keeping busy kept his mind off the accident. Throughout different highs and lows of his life, Swede would turn to words as an outlet. As with his first poem, the page seemed to hold the answers for dealing with things too emotional to confront any other way.
Swede feels that there is a time and place for each thought to be expressed, and we all have our unique individual ways to express our feelings. Since the experience of accepting the Lord, Swede believes that the best is yet to come.
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Mental Illness
Price range: $3.99 through $30.99To whatever conclusions can be drawn from this, it is as much ado about its own obviousness. But nonetheless, it is an important part in the belief of a phenomenal world, a world beset on prenominal experience. Such an assemblage of information must first take issue to derive from their categorical presentations for the existing sense of control, the effect or affect of underlying displacement or discouraging accounts of estrangement depend upon a better understanding and the best of possible explanations for which is not to be expected, even to expect of expectation. What is more important is to leave an open to a closed condition.
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StarChild
Price range: $3.99 through $30.99It’s now the year of our Lord, 2915… Human civilization having attained near perfection… and Womankind’s very first starship, the S.E.A.S.S. StarChild, is about to disembark on its bachelor voyage to the stars…There it will encounter absolute Hell. A Hell that changed Human herstory for the very worst nearly 7,000 years before- threatening to do that very same thing YET AGAIN!!!
Yet even so StarChild is more than just science fiction, just as much an adventure romance novel set in the future, a strong element of mystery added. Mostly a love story in the truest sense, the main focus of StarChild is on people and the Human element versus mere gadgetry and futuristic jargon.
And with its powerful depiction of a better society StarChild could even be looked upon as a mistress blueprint for a much better society than that we know today, hope for a brighter future known as the “New Matriarchate” … the “Tammyite Matriarchate”.
Depicted in a more intelligent, realistic, sophisticated, and sensitive manner than normally experienced in works of fiction involving matriarchal civilization it is a time in which “history” has been replaced by “herstory” delving as well into our past as well as the future.
Claiming all you need to do to know him is read his work. Jim was nevertheless born and raised Canadian, living in Hamilton, Ontario. And also a devout Christian, he writes only that not in conflict with his own spiritual faith, including the more perfect world he writes about.
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The Secret Guy: A New England Diary: A New England
$29.99It does not matter who he is, my Secret Guy. The only thing which matters is that he is mine. We meet in private. Nobody can comment. No one can interfere. If it becomes necessary to meet in public, we require anonymity within a crowd of strangers. When our story is finished, then finally, others may know it. Future readers of these pages will know it, in due time.
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PHOTOGRAPHER’S GUIDE TO WASHINGTON’S BEST VIEWS: VOLUME I – MT. RAINIER
Price range: $3.99 through $29.99Photographer Rollin Geppert lives in Olympia, Washington and through eBooks, his website, www. Geppertphotography.com, fine art prints and other published works, shares his 50 plus years of experience in searching out the best views in Washington State from which to photograph the scenic beauty of nature.
Mount Rainier, the largest of the five major volcanic mountains in the state, is featured in Volume I of his Photographer’s Guide to Washington’s Best Views.
Proceeds from the sale of the Photographer’s Guide to Washington’s Best Views, will be donated to the Ecosystems Scholarship Fund (www.Ecoscholarfund.org) which provides financial aid to college students majoring in natural resources and land use planning.
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HOPE BETRAYED A STRIPPING OF TRUST
Price range: $14.99 through $29.99James Armstrong, a man diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and his traveling companion, an attractive physician from Italy are chased around the world in a dangerous cat and mouse game by pursuers that want to keep their secret protected and their millions protected. Adding to James urgency is the diagnosis of his sixteen year old daughter with same disease.
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From Boiling water to Master of the Southern European Cuisine: A Travelogue
Price range: $3.99 through $29.99The book is a didactic cookbook/travelogue. A recount of history, culture, gastronomy and people from Southern European Countries, Spain, Italy, France, Portugal and Greece. The book includes recipes and photos of magic corners where I have had the fortunate and great opportunity in my life to visit, to expand my vision, my mind, my imagination, to make new international friends, to delight my palatal and where all my senses converged in delicious dishes that the world offers. Everywhere you go is different, but they, all show their own enchant making very difficult to choose between them.
I hope that reading this book, also will inspire you to go for adventures and to discover places and become an adventurous as I am. It’s very fun!
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COVID-19 a TCM Perspective
Price range: $9.99 through $29.99Covid-19 has been a global challenge for more than two years. We do not know exactly how and when this, the worst epidemic in the last 100 years will end, but we are almost sure that it will keep mutating and remain with us well into the future. As globalization and urbanization increase, we will continue to encounter unknown viruses and the so-called Disease X. Since there is no cure yet, we must research and deploy standard and alternative measures.
In China, more than 500 plagues were recorded in the past 3000 years, Traditional Chinese Medicine grew up struggling with those mainstream medical crises. TCM has formed mature theories on integrated treatment plans and has accumulated and recorded rich therapeutic experiences.
Diseases like influenza, SARS and Covid-19 have utilized TCM theories and have benefitted from its robust history. This book details TCMʼs role in the treatment of Covid-19 in three primary parts.
Initially a retrospection of TMC history of plagues is offered, including the earliest theories of antiserum therapy and ancient vaccines and variolation. This section also includes information on the various schools of TCM and their various approaches in understanding and treating plagues. Next, we explore modern TCM theories on the etiology and pathogenesis of Covid-19. Finally, we discuss prevention strategies as well as treatment of accompanying and underlying patterns and immune disorders associated with Covid-19. We include examples of how early physicians dealt with contagions and patients and how they tried to do their work, but not contract the diseases they were treating. We also include a section on the various stages of Covid-19 infection from initial to critical as well as the sequelae of this infection. TCM has been found to be especially useful in the post-infection phase for patients with lingering symptoms.
This book is based on a combination of scientific research emanating from Western as well as TCM sources.
For practitioners of Chinese Medicine, we feel this book deserves your attention.
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Just Passing Through: A German-American Family Saga – Revised Edition
Price range: $3.99 through $29.99In this updated and revised edition of Just Passing Through: A German American Family Saga, first published in 2011, the author tells the story of several generations of his unique but dysfunctional family spanning over a hundred years including the two world wars. Peter Zell was eight years old when World War II ended and in a prologue entitled A German – American Childhood recounts his boyhood experiences that included the apocalyptic firebombing of his hometown of Stuttgart by the western Allies, the postwar occupation of Germany, and his family’s emigration to America. The book centers on the author’s mother, whom her children called Mutti, and her ordeal during the Nazi era for having been married to a Jew, the son of prosperous Frankfurt business owners, with whom she had two children. With anti-Semitism on the rise in Germany, her husband decided to emigrate to America but Mutti chose to remain behind to take care of her ailing father. The couple had an amicable divorce and while her ex-husband
took their son with him, their daughter remained with Mutti in Germany. Under the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, mother and daughter now found themselves classified as non-Aryans which meant that Mutti could not remarry while their teenage daughter, being half Jewish, was put in dire jeopardy of her life. At this point Mutti’s older brother, himself a dedicated National Socialist, proposed an unconventional solution that ensured her survival. Following his advice, Mutti had more children, fathered by so-called Aryans, who were eventually all brought to America. The book follows the lives of the five siblings, all half-brothers and half-sisters, and their difficult relationships with each other as each sought to achieve his or her version of the American Dream.
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Thrive! In your relationship with yourself and others: Love your journey as you discover emotional resilience within
Price range: $3.99 through $28.99Discover “Thrive,” your easy guide to enhancing your life! Progress through each chapter, gathering valuable insights to build your toolbox for “Emotional Resilience!”
Get ready to dive into this fabulous workbook that combines practical wisdom, with vibrant illustrations from a super talented teen! It’s like a mental health party on paper! Packed with eye-catching graphics, fun activities, personal musings, and real-life stories, it’s designed to boost emotional resilience for both teens and adults. “Thrive-Emotional Resilience” is your manual for thriving (not just surviving) in this wild world! It tackles juicy topics like “Drama Triangle,” “Ease and Flow,” “Mirror Work,” etc. Charting your learning/healing path becomes fun as you get in the habit of reading and reflecting in little bit-sized pieces. So, let’s jump in and tackle this together-let’s go, team! -
Glory Days: Tales of a North Shore Dangerboy
Price range: $3.99 through $28.99Glory Days recounts the hijinks of a North Shore Dangerboy growing up in the sixties and seventies. From childhood innocence through teenage rambunctiousness and into a fun-loving adulthood, Terrill shares exciting tales that will have you laughing one moment and crying another. An honest portrayal of a journey not dissimilar to your own.
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THE ROBOTIX SAGA: Book 1: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
Price range: $3.99 through $28.99Robot, or human? Regardless! Shilloqwai was committed, vowing to fulfill the quest entrusted to her. She was left with the unenviable task of bridging the gap between the two factions, a void left after an all-out war between them. Robots ruled the world, Humankind sought to regain its power. Robots claimed to be protecting humans from themselves. Humankind insisted its rights were being violated, privacy inparticular. Tensions between the two factions were mounting again. An attacking intragalactic AI force, left the factions with a life-changing decision — continue fighting one another — and likely be destroyed — or fight together in an attempt to save their existence, and
that of Earth!
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: An American Story
Price range: $3.99 through $28.99A picaresque story beginning 1938 in the Philippines and General MacArthur, 1942 Guadalcanal, 1941-43 FDR White House, China Mao and Revolution 1948, California dreaming 1952, Georgetown 1954, Army 1961-62, I Have a Dream and Jack and Jackie 1963, Washington riots and mayhem 1965-68, California dreaming 1977, Russia and China romance 2007-12, celebrating a score of characters and events that shaped the American Dream. America, our salvation and our destiny!
Great read, beautifully written. I particularly liked the chapters on Russia and China. So many events and characters, some famous all fascinating. George B.
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The Theory of the Naked Truth of Allah, Muhammad, and the Quran
Price range: $3.99 through $28.99This book postulates a theory based on verified facts of investigative history. This book is fundamentally a history analytica of the Arabian Peninsula in the 6th and 7th century C.E. with focus on the Prophet of Islam Abul Qasim Muhammad bin Abdullah. The facts of history from which this theory emerged, as well those passages of the Quran that also support this theory, are the contents of this book.
The theory postulates that Muhammad was a highly intelligent, wise, and far-sighted person, who had many rare qualities. He had an uncanny sense of judging individuals and communities. A great planner and executor of complicated and long drawn plans. He harbored the unique ambition of conquering the entire Arabian Peninsula and becoming its sole ruler. The problem was that the numerous tribes, both settled and nomads, had a long history of in-fighting, and blood feuds, spread over generations. To raise a large and united army, Muhammad had to inculcate inter-tribe and intra-tribe unity, peace, and harmony. He had to be in a position to command and control their behavior; introduce and execute social reforms to end the hostilities and enmities for good. Muhammad, according to this theory, decided to announce that Almighty Allah, the sole creator of the Universe, divinely ordained him as His Prophet and Messenger, more glorified than all previous prophets sent before Muhammad. Prophethood would enable Muhammad to command total submission from the Arabs, thus helping him achieve his objectives. Muhammad to command total submission from the Arabs, thus helping him achieve his objectives. Muhammad announced that the ArchAngel Gabriel brought words from Allah appointing Muhammad as Allah’s Most Exalted Prophet for mankind. That ArchAngel Gabriel continued to bring him the revelations from Allah for 22 long years. HOWEVER, NO ONE BUT MUHAMMAD ALONE, COULD SEE, HEAR, AND CONVERSE WITH GABRIEL. To all other humans, Gabriel was invisible and inaudible. There was no worldly proof or verification that Gabriel ever came, or even existed for that matter. All else flows from this flaw.
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Who Is A Perfect Man? Who Is A Perfect Woman?
Price range: $21.99 through $28.99With Psalm 15 as an anchor point, the author asks and then answers the questions David posed:
Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
What does it take for a man or woman of God to walk uprightly, to work righteousness, and speak the truth — with the tongue as well as the heart?
What does it take to be a perfect woman of God or man of God?
Delving deeply into both the Old and New Testament, the author examines the lives of the patriarchs, the deeds and words of the apostles, the prophets, and the example given by Christ to give readers guidelines and a standard of measurement. Then he turns the magnifying glass of examination and the scales of judgment and measurement from the people and teachings of the past to the present — to the church and the ministers and missionaries and everyday Christians living in today’s sin-sickened world. Just how well is today’s church and today’s Christian living according to God’s precepts and standards? Where is the church falling short and failing in the mission given by Christ? At times harsh and critical, and other times pleading, the author makes his case for changes in standards, in actions, in thoughts, to bring about the perfect woman or man of God who has the right and the privilege to abide in Heaven and dwell in the presence of God.
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Arundel Haven: Mordecai And Raven Including Saviour’s Day (Book One)
Price range: $3.99 through $28.99Mordecai Jefferson was a lonely high school student, seemingly alone. He had been bullied by three bullies who were all-state players at Oak Ridge, where he had attended, and had received no support for his depression from his family since his cousin Amelia started college two years ago. He suddenly started having dreams about a large dragon, claiming he was one of the two prophesied by a fairy queen on her deathbed a century and a half before to be his bane. When the jocks left him in the woods after beating him up, he met a beautiful black fairy, and his life changed forever. The dragon continued to appear in his dreams and had recently made an alliance with a world-renowned geneticist, Dr. Haman Von Braun, who had a secret obsession with finding fairies and the hidden fairy kingdom of Arundel Haven, and U.S. President Ahmad Faroiuk to find the young man and keep the prophecy of his death from coming to pass. Soon, Mordecai will learn his role in the Prophecy of Queen Hephzibah and how he and another will bring about the end of the dragon.