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A Dancer in Depth : Paragraphs from a Theater Life
Price range: $3.99 through $26.99Not a biography and not told in chronological order, author Stanley Howard Mazin takes you on a journey of a reminisces of his life. Not a show business massive per- say, this is the story of a man of extraordinary positive energy lucky enough to make a living doing what he loves in the theatrical field. In the book, Stan earnestly shares, through thoughts and personal antidotes philosophy and life lessons learned from each encounter he experiences. Reflecting on family, friends, travel, and so much more, including stores from some of his show business friends and contacts along the way, Stan reveals himself as the dedicated, hardworking, loving, loyal, talented, and creative man he has always been. I might dare suggest the term ‘mensch’ suits the author to a tee, as readers may experience for themselves in this most sincere, heartfelt book.
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The Big Game
Price range: $3.99 through $8.99Ten-year-old Josh Winters and his cousin, Clint Daniels, help lead their team to victory at the Little League World Series.
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The Unfortunate Destiny of Our Planet
Price range: $3.99 through $19.99Prophecies of the end of the world began to interest Lennart Wingardh in 1981, after reading Prophecies & Predictions Everybody’s Guide to the Coming Changes by Moira Timms He found that God’s ancient prophecies were revealed in the Jewish Bible and in the book of Revelation and were later on complement, very extensively, in the Qur’an. It is the aspiration of this book that the reader shall realize that the ancient prophecies are real and that they were given by God to provide the understanding that will help you change your life.
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Living for a Higher Purpose
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99Living for a Higher Purpose is part history book and part personal diary. As these parts weave together, you will see the divine presence and secrets of life that helped Viet survive a harrowing journey after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Viet relied on the protection of his ancestors and the help of guardian angels-kind and generous people-that God sent to him. Most important, he looked to his loving God and a higher purpose to stay alive and move forward each day. This book guides you through the many stories of Viet’s life that helped him determine his higher purpose. Interspersed with Viet’s life story are reflections on current issues such as war and its victims, refugees and their life challenges, life under a Communist regime, core curriculum, how the world views America, the relationship between Catholicism (Christianity) and Buddhism, and much more.
Viet’s reflections on his life and current issues guides you to the secret of a fulfilling and joyful life: Use your life to serve Jesus and other people. By sticking to purposeful living, you will find meaning and unending joy even in the darkest night of your soul. Always trust in God’s love on the Cross of Jesus to guide, protect, strengthen, and encourage you!
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Adam To The Rescue!
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99Eleven year old Adam Elgin is an avid baseball player who has been playing the piano since he was four years old.
An orchestra is to be formed in his small elementary school in order to participate in a Gala for the Year of the Child Project. They have teamed up with another small elementary school to expand the orchestra’s numbers. All interested students must audition for the orchestra. Adam gets the audition music for the piano, from the school’s music teacher and has a short time to prepare for the audition.
Everybody who plays an instrument, wants to be in the orchestra and so they practice, and practice, and practice for their audition. But on the weekend
before Adam’s scheduled audition on Monday morning, he gets ill and misses his audition. Two students are chosen for the piano, one is to be the alternate, and rehearsals begin.
But a lot is going on to prepare for his school’s customary year-end festivities, taking place the last week of school: the winter concert on Tuesday, the play on Wednesday, and the orchestral debut in a dress rehearsal on Thursday, school is closed on Friday, plus the school has started a gigantic fundraiser to help with expenses for the Year of the Child gala. Both teachers and students are “stretched to the limit” in these endeavors.
It is the last day of school before the Christmas vacation, and the first dress rehearsal, but at this first dress rehearsal the two students chosen for the piano, fail to perform their best and the dress rehearsal comes to a screeching halt.
Without a reliable pianist, the gala seems unlikely for these two schools. Can the Principal fi nd a suitable replacement that can play without fear of the crowd and the pressures of performing, someone who can take them to the Gala!
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ORGANIC EATING THE SAI WAY USING SAI-ENTIFIC METHODS
Price range: $3.99 through $17.99The author suffered a near fatal illness (Asthma) in 1994. Soon after this, in a dream visit Sathya Sai Baba (Swami) informed her that her illness was not due to Asthma but her stomach. In absence of any medical diagnosis confirming a stomach ailment, she pondered over her food habits.
Her conviction and faith in Swami’s words, led her to not only read more of His food guide lines but to follow them implicitly. Over a span of close to twenty five years of following Swami’s Way of eating, she gradually noticed an improvement to enjoy full health, despite her advancing age over the eighties!
In this book, she is sharing, with one and all, a simple and easy way to follow the Sai-Entific food guidelines by selecting from wholesome (Organic) pure God given food groups for her daily menu selection. She has accomplished this only by following her beloved Bhagawan, Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s valuable teachings.
SAMSTHA LOKA SUKHINO BHAVANTU.
(May all the beings in all the worlds be happy)
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Colonies in Ruins: Transformed by the Pacific War
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99Colonies in Ruins is a collection of intriguing short-stories about foreign colonies of the Asia-Pacific region—British Malaya, French Indochina, the Dutch East Indies, and the US Philippine Islands. For a very long time, these colonies had generated fabulous wealth from mining and agriculture for their colonial masters, but colonial life came to an end on December 8, 1941 as they were each attacked by Japanese forces soon after the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was devastated.
Following three years of harsh Japanese occupation, the clear focus of local people was to gain independence from foreign powers that tried to reclaim their former colonies. Hard-won battles and negotiations finally led to the emergence of Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines as new republics in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.
Read about the men and women who helped make it all happen.
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Gospels One: The Four Gospels Interwoven into one Narrative
Price range: $3.99 through $14.99This work began as a series of lessons for a Bible study class. At that time, no thought was given to the possibility that a book would be the final result of the study. In researching material for the individual lessons, therefore, no records were made of the sources of the material being gathered. After completing the study, there was such a large amount of material that had been used for the study that the writer decided at the last moment to consolidate it into a book. Regretfully, because the decision to make a book of the project did not arise at the beginning of the study, there is no bibliography attached. However, there are many instances within the manuscript in which the authority for the information used is cited. I deeply regret that credit for all the information received from outside sources cannot be given to the proper person or authority.
I trust that the failure of the author to provide a list of source materials will not detract from the acceptance or the enjoyment of the information given, especially since the reader will not be able to use the same sources of information to check the truth or reliability of the information contained herein.
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Critical Thinkers
Price range: $3.99 through $15.99Who has time for critical thinking? We have work to do! This statement is like starting on a long journey with an empty gas tank but deciding you don’t have time to stop and fuel up. For over thirty years, one of the highest-level concerns among world leaders has been the deficiency in quality thinking skills. Critical thinking has little to do with a person’s IQ, but everything to do with our mind-set.
Author G. Janice Miller links critical thinking and spirituality. If a complete stranger were to observe my actions and listen to my conversations for twenty-four hours with no other information available, what would they conclude concerning who or what I worship? Shallow thinking has taken many people down a path of idolatry without even realizing it.
Awake! Our enemy, Satan, takes advantage of shallow, fragmented thinking to promote his agenda. It is an enemy of Ephesians 4:13, “Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.”
Our culture encourages us to form and vocalize opinions and judgments before we have an adequate foundation to understand the topic. We tend to train our minds to think in sound bites and 280-character tweets. Couple this with the human tendency to overestimate our ability, and it results in perpetuating fragmentation.
God is calling us to wake up and see what the enemy of our souls is doing. We must be sober and diligent. Paul admonishes us in Ephesians 6:10, “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.” We need a solid foundation that the enemy cannot penetrate
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IT FINALLY HAPPENED: SCIENCE FICTION, NON FICTION, ROMANCE, HUMOR AND FANTASY
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Patches and Leif
$12.99Patches, the farmer’s favorite scarecrow, is very dedicated to his job. Day after day he stands in the corn field, keeping watch over the corn. Then one day, he is surprised by a new friend, who comes floating out of the sky!
Leif is an adventurous traveling leaf. When he was pulled off the branch on which he was raised one windy day, instead of floating safely to the ground with his family and friends, he took advantage of the opportunity and sailed away to see the world on the wind.
He shares his adventures with Patches, the first of which is his discovery of a school, where he peeks in on children who are learning the alphabet, counting, and a little bit about animals and plants. He passes what he has learned on to Patches before sailing away on more adventures, but promises to return to teach the scarecrow what he learns.
With charming illustrations and straightforward language, Charles R. Abbott employs Patches and Leif to teach children valuable lessons about friendship, learning, and taking chances.
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The War We Almost Lost
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99In the War We Almost Lost the author explains how badly we were prepared for war in 1941. He discusses the areas in which we could have done much
better and how the responsibility could have been shared by many politicians and military leaders.
The author writes about mistakes and blunders as well as brilliant moves made during the war by both sides that allowed us to win, but almost cost us victory. Better planning and execution by the Axis countries could have had disastrous effects on the Allies. But in the end, through some good design, lucky breaks and bad-decision making by our enemies, we rallied and came through the terrible war with flying colors led by the “Greatest Generation” of all times.
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How to Survive the Death of A Loved One
Price range: $3.99 through $8.99Death and loss are unavoidable in our lives. Some have experienced multiple losses and can make their way through the grief process rather successfully. Others are just recently becoming acquainted with the flood of emotions that seem all consuming after the loss of a loved one. In this book the author gives not only his personal testimony of dealing with and overcoming tremendous loss, but he also gives tools to help you navigate through grief and advice on how to remain strong spiritually. God will not give us more than we can bear and with His help we will all overcome.
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Annika and the Giant Giraffe
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99Annika and her brother, Elliot, set out on the savannas of Africa to save a tiny egg that has fallen from its nest. In a race against time, they encounter some of the resident animals of Kenya that turn out to be very useful in their search for the only one that can save the tiny bird. But will all their efforts be enough for Annika and Elliot to reach him in time?