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Rocks, Roots and Rattlesnakes (Revised Edition): A Geologist’s Journal: 150 Days of Discovery on the Appalachian Trail
Price range: $3.99 through $23.99Rocks, Roots and Rattlesnakes is the captivating story of my five-month 2020 journey hiking the Appalachian Trail, as told from a geologist’s perspective. It is written as a series of daily logs originally transcribed from my daily journals, then embellished with additional details resulting from further recollection and research. All of the stories are true, and many contain elements of human interest relating to the many fascinating hikers I met on my adventure. Perhaps the most enjoyable aspect of doing such a trek is encountering so many interesting people along the way. My goal in assembling this book was to provide entertainment and information for two main audiences First, for those who have hiked the trail, I included stories relating to places and things all of us have seen, along with frequent observations about those mysterious rocks beneath our feet. For those new to the trail, or who have never hiked long distances, this is a glimpse into the wonders and excitement out there to be discovered, as told by just one of the many thousands of past thru-hikers. The book contains three parts with 26 chapters and reads like a journal log, capturing my challenges and experiences each day on the trail. In addition to the 240 pages of text, there are over 100 beautiful color photos, 6 figures and 6 charts. Hopefully you will find this book both informative and entertaining, as you read and enjoy my tales of 150 days of discovery on the Appalachian Trail!
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The Arkansas Lawyer
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99The Arkansas Lawyer is a meticulously detailed account of one family’s long and frustrating sojourn through the loopholes, disappointments and deceits of a labyrinthine legal system, in innocent pursuit of an equitable estate disbursement according to their beloved uncle’s documented financial wishes. Anyone who has ever had to endure the injustice of our current court system, which focuses more on “what is legal” than “what is right,” will draw comfort from this well-written case in point. Beginning with a glimpse into the lives of a family the reader will come to truly care about, and moving on to an unintentional clerical error compounded by a corporation’s unscrupulous moves to cover their ass-ets, a well-intentioned lawyer’s early misunderstanding of a simple situational fix, the lower court judge’s careless findings, state Supreme Court efforts to countermand those rulings, monies unjustly obtained and devoured by greedy in-laws, and ultimately the whisking away of a large portion of an inheritance by an incomprehensibly self-serving attorney, this account is fast-paced and never dull. The story is backed with revealing email chains and court documents that will be of interest to laymen and legal professionals alike. Join The Arkansas Lawyer on a unique roller coaster ride through a prevalent and important aspect of our lives
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You
Price range: $3.99 through $19.99Working in a family print shop as I grew up led to my career, first in education and then to publishing and dramatic technology development – with R.R. Donnelley, Readers Digest, and Sothebys over 50 years. While working at Columbia University for 5 years “at the turn of the century”, I became fascinated with geothermal energy technology and have since attended conferences and visited geothermal energy sites. (http://thnktnk.net/drill.html) is a paper I wrote on the subject.
Presently I am involved in several community organizations (Library, Parks, Arts, Downtown, Bird Sanctuary) in my hometown where I moved five years ago from New York. I live there with my fiancée whom I re-met at our 50th high school reunion. We have enjoyed Europe, China, and US travels together. -
Education Of A Native Son
Price range: $3.99 through $19.99Education of a Native Son begins where the novel, Native Son, by Richard Wright ends.
Thomas, a Black young man who grew up in Harlem is accepted to a prestigious Ivy League university in New England. While in college Little, as he is known, will be confronted with the pressures of the everyday college student, being Black at an all-white university and being Black in America. In addition to adjusting to college life, he will soon learn the secret of his parent’s past, a past the could lead to the destruction of his family, friendships and ultimately his life. What takes him from a proud feeling of triumph when entering the university to feelings of betrayal, abandonment, self-hatred and the brink of self-destruction.
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Growing Up With Zara, Our Dog Caesar
Price range: $3.99 through $20.99This book, “Growing Up with Zara, Our Dog Caesar” is the second book in the series. While the story shares many fun moments between Caesar, Zara, and her family, this book is a real-life account of death and dying. Caesar’s death affected all of us deeply. Death is a fact of life. We all encounter death and dying in our lives, even at very young ages.
During the past few years, with the Covid worldwide pandemic, mass shootings, wars, etc., many of us have lost loved ones because of this virus and other tragedies. The concept of death is something we all go through. Regardless of beliefs, this book is an attempt to bring peace and acceptance to anyone regarding the death of a loved one. Hopefully, the contents of the book will offer some comfort and peace for children and adults. -
The Squiggly Kids
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Peggy Seeney Caranda is an author and illustrator.
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Spear of Odin
Price range: $3.99 through $16.99Based on the Norse myth of Thor fighting the Frost Giant Hrungir. When the giant’s weapon is smashed by Thor, a piece falls to the arctic. Olaf, a son of a Jarl, on his manhood quest, forms an alliance with a wizard to keep the talisman from falling into the hands of the dark forces seeking the power of the metal from the stars to lose evil that has been imprisoned for ages. Dark machinations fuel a mercenary invasion across the lands of the Norse. Far across the ice flows, in a squalid seaport Olaf hears of the assault upon his people and vows to be the Spear of Odin, the weapon against the evil that threatens his homeland.
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Philosophy
$15.99I started writing this philosophy book as my gift for you, my beloved one. You will like it. This book has been written in Arabic, especially for those who love reading it in the beautiful Arabic language and also writing some of my own words on my philosophy. As philosophers, you will also know some of the philosophers from their words on philosophy.
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We The People: Forming a More Perfect Union
Price range: $3.99 through $14.99What a great day when America looked beyond color and chose a man of integrity, character, a spirit of inclusion, and the heart of a servant to be the 44th U.S. President. A working class citizen who rose from humble beginnings, the President believes that a perfect union allows all people of color, class, and socioeconomic backgrounds access to America’s riches. All these things which make him loved among working Americans are the same reasons he is loathed among men within a secret society who have sworn allegiance to destroy both him and America. In the midst of $18 billion in CEO bonuses, $70 billion in corporate bank bailouts, in spite of record breaking lay-off s, unemployment, foreclosures, and citizen suffering, the members of this secret society remain wealthy! You may ask, “How is this possible? How could I have been deceived for so long?” The answer is revealed in the pages of this honest and provocative look at America’s politics and the media. Professor of Criminology Clifford Sanders exposes the secret society and how they have controlled politics, America’s beliefs, and the economic system for decades. Everyone who loves America should discover how they are being deceived, manipulated, and destroyed by some of the least likely candidates.
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Reflections III: The Magic Beyond the Pain: The Journey, My Impact, Their Impact
Price range: $3.99 through $19.99This book reflects life-each and every one of us in our journeys as all of us inevitably end in the same place. It is our journeys, individually and those we share time and space with, along with the many souls on four legs that define the happiness inside. It is also imperative that we find ways to help the world we live in-for those many starfish that ended on the beach, and for each of those starfish that we can throw back in the water,-well, one more life we have saved. Inevitably, it is the lives we save that actually save us-aren’t they? They fill our souls with energy with that special feeling that we mean something that we actually are all connected but to live life with purpose-well that is ultimately the most fulfilling of all important feelings. To each of you I hope you fill those moments in the simplest of ways-giving back, and pay forward to become the power and energy that will save us all.
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I am in business with my …
Price range: $3.99 through $14.99If you have no control of your business’ s financials you don’t have control of your business.
Small businesses provide the backbone for this country’ s economic stability.
In I am in business with my …, author Farid Ghalili provides information to help small – to – mid-sized business with common problems experienced when they partner with family members. Using personal examples and stories, Ghalili explains how business owners can learn from the past to
shape their future and expand their company.
” The book is written in stories; it is a nice and helpful way of thinking about opportunities and issues in small family businesses, which are essential to every community and economy.” — Joseph H. Astrachan, PhD, and Executive Director, Cox Family Enterprise
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A Very Powerful Gift
Price range: $3.99 through $14.99About the Book
Stewart the spider is afraid to jump to spin fancy webs like all of the other spiders. His mom gives him a special hat to help him have the faith in himself he needs to spin his webs. When a human waves a broom at the spiders’ webs to destroy them, Stewart must face his fear of jumping-or else!
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The Diary of Lady X: The Journey Within
Price range: $3.99 through $25.99This story is based on actual events. The names of many of the participants and businesses have been changed for their anonymity and protection. The ones that have not been changed are correct in their presentation. Therefore this work must be regarded as historical fiction. A yearning for love and adventure evolves into a search for the meaning of life. Tony had a passion for travel. What started out as an innocent pursuit for adventure took many turns: through love, tragedy, and disillusionment; and awakened his sleeping soul, setting him on a path of aspiration. THE DIARY OF LADY X, a novel in two volumes, is filled with actual accounts. The story has appeal for a wide ranging reader-ship who will find its characters to be engaging, and its story to be intriguing.
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Freedom of Religion by Individual Choice
Price range: $3.99 through $15.99We often hear that America’s Founding Fathers were deeply religious, but were they really? Was America meant to have a state sponsored religion, or did they believe that all Americans have the right to worship and observe and practice their religion their way. The Founding Fathers were from a time when many European Countries had state or national religions and as these men observed and learned about the conditions that citizens lived under, they came away with a deep understanding of what it meant as they set out to build a new country from the ground up.
This work looks closely at what these men thought and said about organized religion by making use of letters, papers and documents written in their own hand, to help the reader better understand why the country was founded without a national religion.
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A Lamp in the Window
Price range: $3.99 through $16.99A LAMP IN THE WINDOW is based on facts and fiction. The author based her story, on childhood stories that her mother, Clemmie, told her about her childhood, while growing up on the family’s farm in Minden, Louisiana. She used the stories that she remembered, and added her imagination to complete what she thought might have or could have happen.
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The Riverndish
Price range: $8.99 through $16.99The Riverndish is a beautiful, magnificent creature from the planet Valarious. It ‘s mystical power grants everyone’s special wishes while it keeps it’s planet magically hidden. This story takes you on a journey of how one special wish took a little longer to reach it’s destination and how hard the Riverndish worked to make sure it came true.
