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Mothers Vol. 1
In 1995, tragedy struck when Maurice Wilson returned home from the grocery store and was killed by a stray bullet, leaving his wife, Juanita, a widowed single mother of two. Having no life insurance and barely any savings, Juanita is forced to sell what few valuable items she has to give her husband a decent burial. With her husband no longer around as the primary breadwinner and without his salary, Juanita struggled to financially keep her and her children’s heads above water, but she managed to survive.
Tragically, two years following the death of her husband, her youngest child is diagnosed with cancer, leaving Juanita deeply in debt due to copayments for treatments, surgeries, prescriptions, and transportation to and from her job and doctors’ visits. Overworked and underpaid, Juanita works a job she hates at the prestigious law firm of Wayne, Rothstein, and Lincoln to provide for her children. When her oldest child, Jalen, begins to feel neglected because his mother cannot afford to buy him the things he wants, constantly works overtime, and is always taking care of his younger brother, he is lured by the streets and a local drug dealer named Drastic. Will Jerami, Juanita’s youngest son, survive cancer? Can Juanita endure being drowned in debt and working a stressful job? Will her eldest son, Jalen, continue to be drawn to and consumed by the streets? Mothers, Vol. 1, is the riveting prologue to the award-winning novel, Defining Moments: Black and White, about a mother’s bravery and fortitude to do whatever is necessary for her children.
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The Pilgrim’s Progress for the 21st Century : David Harakal
In this modern adaptation of John Bunyan’s “The Pilgrim’s Progress,” Christian Pilgrim drives a high-end SUV with his wife and three teenage children toward Celestial City and the promise of relief from the burden of their sins.
As with Bunyan’s original, Pilgrim recognizes his sins and those of his family. He realizes it’s time to hit the road because they all need to learn, experience, and come to see the power and wisdom of God. Christian, his wife, and their children struggle in ways familiar to us all. But this is the twenty-first century, not the seventeenth. Traditional temptation and greed vex them, but the sins of modern life are a blight on this family, too. As they make the journey, they stay in B&Bs and inns, eat in diners and cafes, bask in the air conditioning, and express themselves in modern language in modern ways, but all with the intent of overcoming the same sinful desires.
In “The Pilgrim’s Progress for the 21st Century,” David Harakal has done what no one else has: he’s made this classic, bestselling allegory relevant for today’s reader. If Bunyan was writing now, this would be it! Transported to modern times, the original characters remain intimately familiar, road trips aside, and as the story unfolds, Harakal reminds us that, regardless of time and place, everyone can relate to the struggle to be the men and women God intends them to be.
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The eMusketeers : Bob Witty
The eMusketeers is a series of short stories and cautionary tales that are connected through quasi-human characters who represent four functions of technology.
The eMusketeers are the record keeper, the algorithm, social media, and multimedia – Bill, Al, Sam, and Mike. They track everything, respond to requests, create not-so-private journals, and are always listening and watching. No bits and bytes.
Has technology brought boundless opportunities, vast conveniences, and incredible prosperity, or has it enabled injustices, abuses, and absurdities? The answers are unique, individual, and diverse and are left to the reader to decide.
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Ear we Go! (The Courageous Creatures Collection)
Mr Potterson the elephant hates his big, floppy ears and has decided to have them chopped off.
On his journey through the forest to see Dr. Zigzag the Zebra, he falls upon a series of poopy, unfortunate situations. His animal friends, a giraffe, mouse, blackbird, and sloth try and save him, but will he open his ears and listen to them?
The book teaches the importance of listening to helpful advice, that we can choose to appreciate every part of our body and that joy and purpose can be found in helping others.
I have attached the link for details: Ear we Go!: 1 (The Courageous Creatures Collection)
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OCELLICON : A.G. Russo
OCELLICON is military
science fiction with elements of legal/detective/mystery/feminist/neo-noir
sci-fi. Earth barely survives nuclear battles until the militaries of the world
take over from authoritarians. Prosecutor Major Annalisa Farrell, Military Academy
honors graduate, war hero, wounded warrior, and child abuse survivor fights to
champion justice. But an apocalyptic struggle for power and control from within
threatens to destroy years of Earth peace and interrupt alliances with other
planets unless the traitors are discovered and stopped. Can heroic warriors
save humans from their own self-destruction?
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The Ashavan : James Parrish
It’s dark and foul in the sewers of Mazu, capital city of the Island of Mazu. The wide, slimy tunnels that were originally constructed to spew excess water deposited by the Stormphoenix back into the Middle Sea now house an elite team of magi, readying themselves for a near suicidal assault on the impenetrable castle known simply as the Gray Keep. Amongst them John Michael Williams and Lilith Smith, two Drifters from Earth, sit side by side in the muck, wondering how the twists and turns of their very different lives brought them together in this frightening new world called Nocht.
There is not one universe, but many, and like all things, each world is paired with its opposite. Earth is no exception. Its sister world of Nocht has leveraged a mystical connection to steal life from Earth since the dawn of time, spawning a chaotic and often dangerous evolutionary timeline that seamlessly melds history and fantasy. This dark sister-planet is particularly selective over humans however, choosing to take only those gifted with magical ability.
As Drifters, both Mike and Lily are granted these magical gifts. After being pulled away from their family, friends, and countries their foreign status in this ancient world both elevate and alienate them in the ruthless social hierarchy of humans that have managed to survive Nocht’s harsh environment for millennia. Despite arriving in that world at different times and ages, they lean on each other heavily, bonding over a shared past and leverage each other’s skillsets to survive an invasion by a refined, yet vicious nation of warriors known as the Alari. The first leg of their story ends with confessions of love, and with the pair being threatened into separation by forces beyond their control.
Can two exiles outwit and outfight the unforgiving forces of Nocht and return home to their families? Only time will tell.
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That’s How It Was : Hazel Pacheco
A slyly funny and heart-warming tribute to childhood before technology. . .
The last day of the family’s annual visit to the farm is
filled with intrigue. Grandma is questioned, a long-forgotten book of letters
is revealed, and Operation Finders-Keeper is set into motion. Still, it takes
the trip home to finally uncover the answers Randy Ray’s daughter is seeking.
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Apocalypse : Dr. Andrew C S Koh
The Book of Revelation is the most challenging New Testament book to unravel. This is God’s message to all believers regarding future world events. This book unravels the meaning of keywords, verses, symbols, and personalities in the book of Revelation. It lays out God’s overarching plan of salvation and promise for all believers. This is the last book of a series of the author’s New Testament commentaries designed for laymen. This book is suitable for readers from all levels of maturity, whether a bible newbie, a bible scholar or anywhere in between. The practical and relevant insights help you get the most out of God’s word.
Many of us find the Book of Revelation intimidating. There is also confusion over its intended audience. Because of this, the story has changed many times, and the story about the Antichrist and the 144,000 chosen people is still being told.
Dr. Koh uses everyday language to explain the writings of John to his seven churches. He tells them to prepare themselves for the hard times to come.The Apostle also bids them rejoice, for final victory is coming. He encourages them to take heart with the help of the Holy Spirit and be ready ‘in season and out of season’ to witness for Jesus Christ and endure in their faith to the end.
The author points out how disappointed John would be if the reader only focused on the tribulation, the terrible plagues and the judgment. The Apostle wrote this ‘revelation’ so that all of us would be blessed if we take heart and prepare ourselves accordingly.
God will be victorious, and the faithful will hear Him say, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with His people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.”
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The Vitruvian Mask : BJ Sikes
1881: The electric lights of Paris
have been extinguished.
The Naturalist revolution is over.
Adelaide was on the losing side. Once the Royal Scientist Doctor for
the now-dead cyborg monarchs of France, she’s now a fugitive, hiding
from the new king’s Police Sécrète.
Pregnant and alone, she seeks refuge
in a Parisian hospital but things have changed there too. What was
once a cathedral of Science is now a bastion of ignorance and
superstition.
The battlefield veterans whose
Augmented prosthetics she once created are shunned by the new regime
and come to the hospital for her help. But her nemesis, the father of
her child, has returned to France and threatens to reveal her illegal
activities to the authorities.
Can Adelaide repair her Augmented
patients without losing her freedom … or her life?
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Descended : Ingrid J. Adams
1990s SYDNEY.
A LOVE THAT SPANS LIFETIMES.
FOR SOME, THE MEMBRANE BETWEEN WORLDS IS STRETCHED
THIN…
Indigo Wolfe is that guy everybody wants to be or
be with. He lights up everyone he meets and he definitely knows how to have fun.
But he’s barely holding on by a thread.
Because Indigo
isn’t what he seems. He has secrets. And he’s so often consumed — by the pain, by
the darkness, by all he can feel and hear and see that no one else can.
When he meets the ethereal Cordelia Carlisle, he’s
hit with a sense of recognition that traverses lifetimes. He’s welcomed into
her family, and as they grow closer he lets her see the parts of him he keeps
hidden.
The only thing he can’t show her is she’s everything
to him.
When they’re torn apart, Indigo descends into
darkness, bombarded by that which is not of this world.
Why is he plagued by abilities others are not?
Indigo must choose whether to give up, or whether
to fight — for himself, for answers, and for Cordelia, the girl he seems
destined to love and to lose over and over, life after life…
Unless this time, he can get it right.
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