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Blue Sky Lightning : Jeff Kuhn
How To Survive And Thrive When Life Blindsides You
All of us deal with trauma, lightning bolts that disrupt our lives in small or devastating ways. But no matter what you’re facing, you can recover-through strength, fortitude, and belief.
Jeff Kuhn survived the unthinkable: Burns over 80 percent of his body and a rare neuromuscular disease. Despite it all, Jeff found the courage to keep moving on.
In Blue Sky Lightning, he shares both his unbelievable journey through trauma and what those experiences taught him. You are not alone. Your mental fortitude is stronger than you think. Small victories make huge differences. Unconditional love lives in unexpected places (sometimes, even in non-human hearts – like that of a faithful dog). And, as long as the odds are not zero, you can win.
Blue Sky Lightning is a beacon of hope for the hopeless, a call to share your own inspiring story, and proof that anyone can overcome even the direst catastrophes.
Foreword by world-renowned and universally respected surgeon, Dr. Rod J. Rohrich of Dallas, Texas.
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Blood Destiny : Tessa Dawn
A lethal vampire, bound by an ancient curse…
A beautiful agent of homeland security, investigating a dangerous cult…
A Blood Destiny about to rock their worlds!
Descended from the progeny of Celestial Gods and humans, Nathaniel Silivasi is handsome, seductive, and powerful beyond measure: a lethal vampire. Belonging to an ancient civilization that sacrificed its females to the verge of extinction, he is also cursed. Like all the sons of Jadon, he is incapable of producing female offspring and required to sacrifice a first-born son as atonement for the sins of his forefathers. While he belongs to a modern civilization, he is bound by primeval law.
When Jocelyn Levi stumbles upon Nathaniel’s pristine mountain valley, she is not prepared for the collision of worlds she is about to encounter. As an agent of the homeland security department, ICE, the beautiful, defiant female has an agenda of her own: to stop the ritualistic slaughter of innocent young women by a human trafficking ring. Little does she know, the evil she seeks is unlike anything she has ever witnessed. She has entered a world of warriors, code, and mystery, where the predators are divided only by degrees of light and shadow, and the dark handsome stranger who has come to her aid is the most dangerous of all.
What would you do if the moon turned red, and your life was no longer your own?
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Telling Sonny : Elizabeth Gauffreau
Two weeks before Sonny is to be married, the father he barely knew is killed in a single-car accident, an apparent suicide. His father’s family does not inform Sonny of the death, leaving it to his mother to tell him after the funeral has already taken place:
“And what was she to tell Sonny about his father’s death? What did Sonny know of his father, after all? Sonny knew what his father looked like, certainly, tall and blond, with an affable, lantern-jawed face. He even knew the basic facts of his father’s life: high school athlete, veteran of the First World War, minor vaudeville player, master salesman. As far as Sonny was concerned, his father was a man of infinite charm, a man with that enviable quality, savoir-faire. What was she to tell Sonny now?”
Telling Sonny is the story of a boy who became an afterthought, told by his mother, who once loved the vaudeville show.
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Skinny House: A Memoir of Family : Julie L. Seely
A true story of perseverance in the face of ruin and a glimpse into the past of the inventive, remarkable people who gracefully ‘made it’ despite overwhelming societal and financial hurdles.
It is a granddaughter’s story about the grandfather she never met and the famous house he built in Mamaroneck, New York.
The author weaves the legacy of Nathan Seely—an ambitious carpenter who establishes a company in 1923 for the purpose of “building homes for colored people” taking part in The Great Migration. Nathan is well on his way to becoming a successful entrepreneur. He has everything a man could want…a beautiful wife, smart children and a custom-built house in the Village of Mamaroneck, along the picturesque Long Island Sound.
Nathan’s success is short-lived when the Depression of 1929 leaves him bankrupt and threatens to make his family homeless. Desperate to keep his family together, Nathan has to rebuild his life, literally, brick by brick. The skinny house he built still stands in Mamaroneck.
The author poses some intriguing questions: What do we really know about the dreams and aspirations of our ancestors? How do the decisions our grandparents and parents made generations ago, influence our lives today?
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50 Ways to Love Wine More : Jim Laughren
A wine book unlike any other, 50 Ways to Love Wine More is the most creative approach to knowing and enjoying wine to hit the shelves in a very long time.
It’s the perfect read for anyone interested in expanding their wine knowledge and understanding without having to wade through elitist attitudes or confusing terminology.
Are you interested in becoming a more knowledgeable wine consumer? Are you adventurous, a wine drinker interested in expanding your vinous horizons?
Whether aspiring wine lover or long-time aficionado, you will uncover nuggets of wine wisdom and insight in every chapter. Rookies will learn more about wine and how to enjoy it than they would have imagined, and veterans of the wine world will delight in this engaging celebration of oenology and its many components.
This is no rehash of the usual wine book contents, not another guide to grape varieties or their descriptions, of viticultural areas or their characteristics. Unlike other wine books, the target here is your heart, not your head. Oh, you’ll learn plenty about wine—about making, sharing, exploring, and enjoying it; about history and science and tasting and travel—but what you will learn most is how to let wine wrap you in its embrace, whisper its secrets in your ear, and welcome you to its confederacy of aficionados.
You’ll revel in the joy and excitement of sharing and indulging in your favorite beverage as you join award-winning wine writer Jim Laughren, CWE, on a cool and creative tour through the heart of wine country. Halfway between a paean to wine appreciation and an ode to incorporating the joys of wine into our everyday lives, this delightful work makes every wine lover stop and consider both their wine and the pleasures that it brings. Anyone looking for an “off the beaten path” approach to embracing this special beverage need look no further. This volume is both a gift and a delight.
No one combines fun with serious, or education with enjoyment like author Jim Laughren. As always, his easy-going style is a pleasure to read, and his love of wine shines through on every page. There is no more enjoyable way to expand your wine appreciation or enhance your knowledge of all things vinous than in the delightful, beautifully designed pages of 50 Ways to Love Wine More.
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Patron Saint of Misfits : T. Avila
WHY?
Is your heart’s question.
WHAT NOW?
Is your heart’s fear.
This is not another sweet little inspirational book about faith and blessings—people who get what they pray for and everyone is happy. No.
It is about the unspeakable traumas some of us suffer in this fallen world. It is about doubt. And suffering. How to erase the scribbled lies and write something beautiful on your soul. How to turn your wounds into wings.
For wounded heart people everywhere
And for those who love us anyway.
There will be stars in your crown.
You are safe. You are loved. You are not alone.
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Victim of Love : Barbara Woster
In an era when cultures maintain a cautious truce; one man’s pursuit, in the name of love, endangers all those he cares for; while another man’s obsession spawns a devastating drive to massacre all who stand in his way ~~ trapping one woman between them; the victim of love.
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d’Anima : Lucid Fitzpatrick
Meet the man who will solve the energy crisis.
Mayes d’Anima, a creative genius whose personal mission is to solve the world’s energy crisis, finds himself on the brink of exhaustion.
As the world’s biggest energy tycoon, d’Anima knows what powers a city. As the story unfolds, he begins to discover what powers a man’s soul.
d’Anima represents the first step into the world of “Perfect Conductor”. In a race against time, science, and a city that is about to collapse under its own magnificent growth, Mayes d’Anima struggles against every form of social and political resistance in his life-long mission to solve the world’s energy crisis.
Desperate for help, d’Anima recruits Melody Casper, a young, brilliant engineer disenchanted by a world that never meets her expectations. As the pair work together to save d’Anima’s power plant, the city, and the world, they are met by the equally strong-willed David Lockee and Harold Wilcox.
As value is pinned against value, the four discover what it means to have the strongest moral will and the consequences of their unwavering personal conviction.
d’Anima, Part 1 of the serial novel, “Perfect Conductor”, introduces the world to Mayes d’Anima and his wife, Helen.
The Monster : Josh Soule
A college student has a strained relationship with his mother and ex-girlfriend. When he sees his ex and best friend together at a Halloween Mixer, he becomes enraged.
Things turn when a mysterious, puppet-themed student attacks the couple, leaving the protagonist seemingly to blame.
Things escalate quickly, and the narrator soon finds himself framed for murder at the hands of the “Puppet Man”.
He decides to go on the run, and finds himself in the company of misfits and criminals while seemingly being stalked by the killer. He believes the criminal overseer may be an opportunity to clear his name and prove his innocence before he winds up in jail, or worse.
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The Man with the Tortured Soul : Jay Y. Cohen
Inside The Man…
This is the detailed account of a once happily married and successful man whose 20-year marriage inexplicably cascaded into an emotional, mental and physical hell.
The core elements of his once perfect marriage, including three wonderful children and all the perks and benefits of an upscale lifestyle, simply disintegrated.
How? His wife suddenly decided to change all the rules. The result was a distorted and incomprehensible arrangement where love, sex and intimacy were excluded, responsibility was relegated to a bare minimum, and all the tenets of a close marriage were dismissed.
What the hell happened? There was no way out for this man. No way out at least that would allow for reasonable compromise or the legitimate hope for a reverse course. What used to be was no more.
In the wake of this highly unusual and selfish transition, he still loved the woman he married. He tells his story, chapter-by-chapter, in a detailed and sensitive fashion, as raw as he felt when everything around him was falling apart.
Rarely is a personal story told in such extraordinary intimate detail. This tortured man has revealed every aspect of his personal tragedy just as it unfolded. The feelings of frustration, angst and betrayal are palpable. But there simply wasn’t any all-encompassing solution where all five of his family wouldn’t suffer. It all made for ten very awkward and torturous years and had only one way to end.
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