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The Blossoming of the World: Essays and Images
$13.99In The Blossoming of the World, Brian H. Peterson-author of the critically acclaimed The Smile at the Heart of Things-picks up both pen and camera and journeys to the deep end of life. Along the way he confronts some painful contradictions-beauty and violence, love and grief-and reflects on illness, family, death, dreams, ephiphanies, and the birth of self-awareness.
More storyteller than philosopher, Peterson struggles to reconcile his Christian faith with his love of science, creativity, and spirituality in all its manifestations. Through word and image, he quietly looks for-and finds-the common ground that unites thinking and compassionate people of all shapes and sizes.
This beautiful book contains reproductions of Peterson’s photographs which accompany and enrich his collection of essays and reflections.
Brian H. Peterson has more than forty years’ experience as a curator, critic, visual artist, musician, and arts administrator. His photographs are in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Amon Carter Museum, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Denver Art Museum, among others. As the Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest Chief Curator at the Michener Art Museum (1990-2013), he managed the exhibition program, curated historic and contemporary exhibitions, and was the editor and principal author of the landmark publication Pennsylvania Impressionism (2002). The author of two prior collections of essays-The Smile at the Heart of Things (2009) and The Blossoming of the World (2010-Peterson has contributed critical writing to the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, American Arts Quarterly, and the Photo Review. In retirement he has taken up videography while continuing his work as a writer and photographer. His 1981 song cycle “Moon Songs,” based on the poetry of E. E. Cummings, was featured on the CD Modern American Art Song (2015) with mezzo-soprano Sharon Mabry. His most recent publication is I Give My Eyes, a spiritual autobiography and a story of healing and salvation.
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The “New-Age” America & President Trump’s Invisible Politics in World Governance: The Future & the Security of You & I
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Journey to Gettysburg
$13.99Journey to Gettysburg is a dramatic replay of the events leading up to the most important battle of the Civil War. It is seen through the eyes of a Quaker boy who is first, a bystander and observer. Then, he is drawn into the conflict and becomes a participant in Pickett’s Charge, the climax of the three-day conflict. Matt Mason is a 15-year-old boy who was raised on an isolated farm in rural North Carolina. With the untimely death of his mother, it becomes necessary for him to nd his father who is fighting for the Army of Northern Virginia. Much of the story is involved with the trek of the young man through war-torn Virginia in search of the Southern Army which is on the way to Gettysburg and the climactic battle that proves to be the turning point of the war. During the trip to north, Matt matures from a boy to a young man in what becomes a “coming of age” story. e experiences on the trek, the challenges he faces day to day as he searches for his father, and the friendships he develops make the book memorable and hard to put down once the story begins. at is especially true in the developing relationship with the beautiful Ami-Ruth who provides a new dimension to his life as the conflict surrounding them threatens to consume them both.
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Edgar: Companion to “Want To Go West Lady”
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99A good tale about the spoiled son of a Virginia planter his loss pf innocence as a Confederate soldier and his return home to find the love of his childhood grown to womanhood convinces him that the west holds his future.
Tom Glass- Author of: Stenoshe/The Allegheny West
Edgar, by Ben Steinlage is another gripping story about the one of the characters in his first novel “Want to Go West Lady.” This story is about Ida Duncan’s first husband. As in the first novel it begins prior to the Civil War and into the Reconstruction. In this novel you get a better feeling of what it was like fighting in the war. Then the chaos and the loss of dignity as the southern people try to get their lives together again. In this battle for their lives their salvation was the love shared by the couple, children and friends. Along with the war the reader is taken on their journey to a new life out west.
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The Manstein Alternative: Part 1: The Great War- Part 2: Prelude – The Spanish Civil War
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Erich von Manstein had always felt he was destined for great things on the battlefield. A Russian’s bullets ahd other ideas and now the Great War was passing him by. While rehabilitating from his wounds, a chance encounter with Erich Ludendorff, second in command of Germany’s armies, set him on a different path. One that would change the world.
The Herman Empire has survived the Great War, but will Manstein be able to guide if forward? France and Italy have created a news Entente and Charles de Gaulle and Benito Mussolini want revenge.
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The Love Flower
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99The story begins in Ireland. There was a mighty, evil king named Giardino, who ruled everyone by cracking a whip. He lived in a castle surrounded by a moat. A fire breathing dragon operated the long drawbridge. The king’s pride and joy were his garden, which was visited by people from all over the country. One day another king came to visit and to admire the beautiful flowers. He told King Giardino that he did not have the most beautiful flowers. There was a lady who grew an enchanting flower in her garden which she called “The Love Flower”. King Giardino sent his knights to find this “Love Flower.” They brought it back and the king had it planted in his garden. He was so impressed with the flower’s amazing colors. However, the next morning, when he went to admire his “Love Flower”, he found all of its petals on the ground. The king viewed this as a curse and immediately went with his knights to find the lady who was growing these “Love Flowers”. They couldn’t even find her house, let alone the lady. When they returned to the castle, he found his dragon so sick he could not even breathe fire. He was so upset, he retired to his chamber. Later that night, an angel appeared to him and said, “Look at all your evil ways and realize all the suffering you have caused.” That visit from the angel changed King Giardino forever…
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Cancer’s Best Medicine — A Self-Help and Wellness Guide, second edition
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Life today presents many more challenges for people than perhaps ever before. Whether financial, social, matters regarding family, or your health, it isn’t easy to keep it all together. In Being in Step with God, author Rick Schin addresses relatable topics pertinent to everyday life.
He offers a collection of scripture passages, personal stories, and other narratives explaining how believing in God and Jesus Christ and acknowledging the presence of the Holy Spirit can provide a formula for a successful life. Schin offers nuggets of encouragement to help you expand the horizons of your life.
Sharing Schin’s real-life testimony about exercising and putting his faith into practice for many years, Being in Step with God gives practical applications for living in the presence of God, growing in your Christian faith, realizing that with God’s help you can follow and live a Bible-guided life.
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Being in Step with God
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Life today presents many more challenges for people than perhaps ever before. Whether financial, social, matters regarding family, or your health, it isn’t easy to keep it all together. In Being in Step with God, author Rick Schin addresses relatable topics pertinent to everyday life.
He offers a collection of scripture passages, personal stories, and other narratives explaining how believing in God and Jesus Christ and acknowledging the presence of the Holy Spirit can provide a formula for a successful life. Schin offers nuggets of encouragement to help you expand the horizons of your life.
Sharing Schin’s real-life testimony about exercising and putting his faith into practice for many years, Being in Step with God gives practical applications for living in the presence of God, growing in your Christian faith, realizing that with God’s help you can follow and live a Bible-guided life.
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Resurrection?: Fact or Fiction? A Trial Lawyer Examines The Evidence
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are the central facts undergirding Christian faith and life. Joe Otto brings to bear his legal training in a succinct and masterful summary of the Biblical and historical evidence for the reality of these events and compellingly urges their significance for us today. This little book will both greatly encourage Christian disciples and challenge those who do not believe, are skeptics, or simply have questions, to take the step for faith. I especially liked the compendium of references to the incredibly intricate way God’s design is displayed in the small details of the natural world.
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Letters from Prison
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Letters from Prison
This book contains the letters of my son wrote to me and my family while he was in prison.
He was out of state on a fishing trip when a friend broke into his house and set up a meth lab. When he returned home and started cooking his friend heard a loud bang on the door with a loud voice shouting. “This is the police, open the door!” He opened the door and they shouted, “Stand back! We need to search your house!”
The door to the back bedroom was locked. They cut the lock and found several fans running. All evidence was gone, but the smell was still there. My son was arrested and taken to jail. I saw his picture and the story on the evening news. I went to his house the next morning and police were everywhere. I ask, “What is going on?” He answered, “We found a meth lab in the bedroom.” I said, “Why was my son arrested. He didn’t do it, he was out of state for weeks, fishing!”
The police wanted my son to narc for them. If he didn’t, they wouldn’t take him to court. He narced for two years. Almost got killed and spent lots of money trying to make a drug bust. He did not make a bust.
We had to hire a lawyer and got on court. When the judge ask how do you plead. My son answered, “Your honor, I’m not going to plead guilty to something that I did not do, nor knew nothing about.” I am guilty of trying to help the guy after his family kicked him out. I let him spend a few night at my house while I was on my trip.
He was sentenced for 10 years for maintaining a drug house. He was sent to prison. He was put on work release. He was a master of electrion so started making good money. He has his own apartment at the prison. He said it wasn’t so bad, just missing family and friends and was the worst punishment. He saved enough money to buy a trucking company while working after he was released. He served 2 and a half years of the 10. When he got out, he said, “Thank you God! If I haven’t went to prison, I would never have saved enough money to buy my own business.
He wrote me every day for those 2 and a half years. I love him so! That’s why I’m sharing this story and his letters.
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Sins Of A Mulatto Outcast: An 18-Hole Wayward Identity Quest: 2nd Edition Round 1
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Homer grows up knowing he looks different than most kids in his neighborhood. Although both his parents are African American, his appearance more closely resembles a Caucasian. As he struggles to fit in with others in his African American race, Homer faces prejudice and bullying by those who brand him “the white kid,” until he decides to fight back, transforming himself and his attitude forever. On his wayward journey to removing himself from his surroundings, Homer feels his looks are a curse which sets off a series of horrific events that test all his emotions. To others it seems as though Homer has been given all the keys to unlock the American Dream. Unfortunately, they are unaware of his sins as a youth. As Homer relives his experiences, joys, and challenges through the metaphorical structure of eighteen holes of golf, he shines a light on his determined quest to overcome his outcast label, accept his mixed heritage, seek forgiveness, and-more importantly-love himself. Sins of a Mulatto Outcast tells the compelling tale of one man’s struggles to embrace his uniqueness in order to achieve happiness in life.
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Our Inner Struggle Untangled: Revelation Deciphered
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99This book is concerned with deciphering across a process that enhances the texts of Revelation with data regarding the “End Times” of individuals rather than the “End Times” of the world. The deciphered texts do not usurp the original texts but are dependent on them. The deciphering process is unique as it is a discovery of a process, not an invitation of one. The work was like a crypto quote where one letter stands for another;
the difference is that one word stands for another. This book is for Adult Christians who seek a spiritual lift and want to “get back on the wagon “so to speak regarding their faith walk. And for those who would appreciate the spiritual jolt this book provides.
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Tormentas
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Aunque el boletín de noticias confirmó su decisión de evacuar, Elise no quería escuchar otro minuto de pronósticos, preparativos y predicciones. Brad buscó hasta encontrar un canal de fácil escucha y condujo por la lluvia en carreteras sorprendentemente desiertas. Aparentemente, el resto de la ciudad había prestado atención a las advertencias mucho antes que los Steiners. Mientras el automóvil se aventuraba a través de la tranquila calma antes de la tormenta, los niños dormían mientras sus padres y abuelos permanecían en silencio, mirando hacia las tierras húmedas de Luisiana que bordean la autopista interestatal.
En un momento de su solitario viaje, una caravana de unidades de paramédicos y ambulancias los adelantó por el carril izquierdo. Elise sintió que su piel se erizaba mientras los veía pasar, imaginando cuán asustados debían estar los pacientes, lidiando no solo con el dolor e incertidumbre de una enfermedad, sino también con su única dependencia de completos extraños para encontrar un refugio seguro durante la tormenta. Cada uno de esos pacientes era la madre o el padre de alguien, un abuelo o un hermano, o peor aún, el hijo de alguien. “Gracias, Dios”, susurró de nuevo y se volvió para mirar a cada miembro de su familia, como si tuviera que asegurarse de que todos todavía estuvieran con ella.
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On The Shoulders of Leaders: A Leadership Pocket Guide
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Acquire the secrets of successful leadership.
Dr James Fantauzzo offers you many realistic and practical applications to implement effective and successful leadership. The challenge we now face is to make leadership and essential part of our corporate culture. The information contained in this book is rich with realistic ideas and approaches for clear judgement, selecting the right leadership behavior and will capture the true essence of leadership. On the Shoulders of Leaders is a team centered leadership book and can be a resource for anyone in a position of authority. The case studies referenced within embrace the real world of work and will prove to be invaluable and an extremely useful tool for the 21st Century managers at all levels. No book is able to teach everything about the importance of leadership. However, On the Shoulder of Leaders is an excellent place to start!
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SWORD OF ALLAH Middle East Espionage & Love Story
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99After giving his keynote speech at an Information Technology conference in New York City, Vincent meets CEO Charley, who will forever change his life. He becomes the key player in a deal gone bad in the Middle East, setting into motion a dangerous chain of events with profound worldwide consequences.
As the plot code-named “Sword of Allah” emerges, Vincent is entangled in affairs with two mysterious women. There is Eva, a wild seductress in Monaco, who lures him into a world of extravagant wealth that hides her dark secrets. There is Anne, a reluctant French double agent, who might become his soul mate, if she can survive her dangerous mission. Both women offer a passion and vitality missing in his current sedate suburban life.
As we follow Vincent’s journey, themes of identity, betrayal and redemption emerge, within the drama of espionage and seduction with global stakes. Actual characters interweave with real world events and U.S. Presidents.
The story’s period brings us right up to the present, and a future that is actually happening today. Vincent learns the lessons of life and love as the international plot between Iran, Syria, and Israel and the U. S. comes together to confront him. He discovers that the real battleground is that freedom that we all have: choosing between good and evil.
“… The author has done an extraordinary job of describing events, corruption, and seedy characters. Readers will feel as if they were right there. [Sword of Allah] is scary, informational and very entertaining.” Carol Hoyer, PhD., for Readers Views
