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Won’t Somebody Help My Child? : Tracey Hughes
Won’t Somebody Help My Child?
A heartbreaking true story about a baby boy with the genetic disorder Neurofibromatosis and an inoperable brainstem tumour.
This story is written from the heart and tells of a devoted mother; fighting for a diagnosis for her child. Learning about a cruel disease that would ultimately take the life of her precious son.
Tracey Hughes is mother to three children Max, Holly and Jacob. These very personal, incredibly moving memoirs tell of her fight for diagnosis; the challenges Jacob faced during treatments, the skills Jacob learnt afterwards and the heartbreak of losing a child.
It is a beautiful tribute to a courageous, determined, very special little boy who touched the hearts of all who knew him. An insightful, deeply personal, guaranteed tear jerker.
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The Hard Way : Gloria James Hamilton
The Hard Way
She has always fantasized about taking it deep while others watched, but how will she feels when it finally happens?
Jennifer had a crush on Mark for the longest time, but when robbers break in while they are home alone, Jen and Mark are forced to satisfy each other and put on a show for the bad guys. She’d always dreamed about Mark and wanted him to be her first, but can he fulfill all her fantasies? Can she accept his demands? Will they make it through the night and what will happen afterwards?
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The Heart’s Journey Home : Nikki Jackson :
The Heart’s Journey Home : California Blend Summer Vacation
It’s summer vacation, and all seventeen-year-old Tori Logan wants to do is hang out with her two best friends, practice her mixed martial arts and go to FBI spy camp. Summer means freedom (mostly from adults) and Tori plans to fill every spare moment of her last summer before graduating from High School with all the fun things she and her best pals can come up with.
Tori, whose mom died of breast cancer when she was young, has always relied on her own strength to get by – especially because her Archeologist father tends to leave her behind with his live-in girlfriend while he gallivants around the world on digs. Thankfully, Tori can take care of herself. She knows exactly who she is and what she wants to do with her life. Her Lakota Sioux grandfather, a former Navy SEAL, trained Tori in self-defense from a young age. Now, as a teenager, Tori excels at mixed martial arts and the use of various weapons. During the summer she will be attending an FBI sponsored Summer Camp which she hopes will lead to her dream job – becoming an FBI serial killer profiler.
With her two best friends at her side, Tori believes she can handle anything. And with summer vacation stretching before them, the trio plans to find plenty of adventure.
But while Tori is determined to be independent, life has other plans for this fierce young teen, and they include coming to grips with some hard – and surprising – truths about both her past and her future.
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A Suitcase Full of Dried Fish : Bakar Mansaray
A Suitcase Full of Dried Fish and Other Stories
Distinctively and splendidly adventurous, romantic, historical, and funny, ranging from the harrowing slums of Katakoumbay to the comforts of the developed world, this collection of stories investigates the complexities in human relationships. The language is contemporary and often unrelenting. The book is a timely exposé on the joys and disillusionment of post-independence Africa and the Caribbean.
“A Suitcase Full of Dried Fish and other stories” is written from the viewpoint of various characters replete with emotion and stinging dialogue. We read about the secrets of online dating; the trial of a migrant; a polygamous household; a rebel leader; an air steward; a teacher – pupil relationship; the fears of sickness; and a glimpse of the afterlife.
These stories allow a peek into the lives of extraordinary individuals who persevere or give up in times of love, hate, injustice, war, and the desire for money. They show that even in the midst of adversity, much can be achieved with resilience, and much can also be lost where there is no forgiveness.
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I Wonder, I Wonder, What’s On This Side of My “Super” Adventurous Purple Train Ride : Valerie Christopher
I Wonder, I Wonder, What’s On This Side of My “Super” Adventurous Purple Train Ride
After Corey brushes his teeth, dresses, and enjoys his breakfast, he boards the Purple Train with his ticket in his hand.
From the sounds of busy streets and people engaged in exciting activities, to the peace and tranquility of nature and life in the country, Corey experiences an unforgettable rolling adventure where all of his expectations are far exceeded beyond what he could have imagined.
In this wonderfully colorful and delightful tale, a little boy takes a spectacular ride from the city to the country and back on a big and beautiful, super fantastic Purple Train.
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I Am Not A Minority! I’m Part of the Majority! : Valerie Christopher
I Am Not A Minority! I’m Part of the Majority!
The word minority in part means smaller and less power. No race should be associated with a word that suggests little or less. Sheer numbers should not determine what degree of power we should expect. Children are not less because they are sometimes outnumbered. They are more because of who they are inside, and for their natural thirst to grow in every way when it is not discouraged.
Children who possess physical characteristics that are noticeably different need to be inspired to celebrate their unique place in this world. With rhyming text and a reinforced message, this one-of-a-kind, uplifting, delightful, and motivating story promotes unity, offers encouragement, promise, determination, and confidence in young ones—inspiring them to dream big with equal expectations.
I Am Not a Minority! I’m Part of the Majority! will become the “go to” book for big-hearted children of many age groups. It will serve as a reminder of what they are meant to accomplish, and an inspiration to adults for the hope, assurance and courage it instills in their youths, and for posterity.
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The Bridge Paradigm : Valerie Christopher
The Bridge Paradigm: A Spiritual Path to Un-Fooling Ourselves and Social Responsibility
For as far back as author and consultant Valerie Christopher can remember, the efforts presented by individuals who inspire and empower others as a result of their goal to improve unfavorable, unsatisfactory or unfair conditions by virtue of their community, business, education and environmental involvement, has deeply uplifted her.
“Recognizing the majority of these people (of any age) never expect to be noticed intensifies my gratitude,” says Christopher. “People see something that they know they have the power to change or improve upon and they choose to do something about it. Sometimes they do it alone. And sometimes it takes a group or their community. Not only are our proactive efforts self-fortifying, they embolden others. That is how positive change takes place and carries on.” In The Bridge Paradigm: A Spiritual Path to Un-Fooling Ourselves and Social Responsibility, author Valerie Christopher thoughtfully puts forth steps towards self-examination so that we are better poised to be effective agents of change in a manner that maintains its viability.
In addition, she describes various scenarios, and countless insidious circumstances and state of affairs that are too often overlooked or discounted. “We see so many things right before our eyes and walk around or past them because they have become part of the everyday landscape. Some people just chalk it up as normal or common,” Christopher explains. In her book she discusses why it is essential for us to determine what kinds of common things are hurting us, and why they should not be considered normal. We have heard the saying: “It takes a village to raise a child.” It takes a community to remind us what we learned from our villages.
Drawing from her own personal experiences as well as cultural and societal influences and confluences, Valerie Christopher takes you on a quest to expand your consciousness and enhance your accountability through the psychological and developmental minefields we all must traverse and master.
Our mental and moral distortions are the result of far too many overlooked or dismissed attitudes, dispositions, and actions. Within these pages, Christopher shares an enlightened approach to resolving the complex challenges we face, both as individuals and as members of the larger human community. She also addresses the compelling and crucial distinctions between what we accept and what we can change. A favorable shift of the core societal archetype is possible, and she explains how we can start the long, healing journey back to accountability and community together.
The Bridge Paradigm exposes the infrastructural conditioning that produces and sustains these errors, and goes on to explain proactive corrective measures. Rather than a quick fix, Christopher offers a thoughtfully constructed means to a deep, evolutionary transformation. Sustainable social responsibility and full accountability on a fair playing field are within our reach. A seismic, life-stirring force for social rebirth, The Bridge Paradigm: A Spiritual Path to Un-Fooling Ourselves and Social Responsibility will resonate with anyone who wishes to play a part in healing what hurts us as a society—reconstructing our cultural perspective and achieving pervasive affective and cognitive transformation.
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The Promise of Fate : Sarah Margolis Pearce
The Promise of Fate
The Promise of Fate is set in the fictional Northern California town of Remington River. A work of historical fiction, suspense and mystery, the story spans nearly one hundred years.
From the rough mining days at the turn of the twentieth century, where the young wanderer, Asper Wingfield, falls for a beautiful Maidu woman, to modern times when another wanderer stumbles upon a long kept secret that endangers his very life.
As the characters’ lives intertwine with events in Remington River, fates are questioned, challenged and accepted.
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We Journey No More : Sahara Foley
We Journey No More : A Time Travel Adventure
When runaway teenagers Don and Janet pull off the road on a mountainside road just outside of Albuquerque for a few hours’ rest, they don’t expect to wake up 1000 years in the future, in a world they can’t recognize.
There, Earth is a desert planet where nomadic tribes are little more than slaves to the Ganu, the powerful and dominant ruling tribe.
When the young couple is befriended by a small tribe, and Don is hailed as their mythical and prophesied savior, the young couple must use all their cunning and resourcefulness to defeat a powerful, cruel enemy and save the lives of their new friends.
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The Excalibur Parchment : Barrie Doyle
The Excalibur Parchment
When does a legend become reality? A famous icon is now the tool to extinguish democracy and freedom across Europe and North America, destroy Christianity along with other religions and force a return to the supernatural bloody faith of the druids.
A lowly 12th century Welsh monk, Thomas, is assigned a task that sets in motion a horrific journey which will test his mettle, his faith and his abilities. He must protect the secret of Excalibur, King Arthur’s sword, and keep it out of the hands of a cruel Druid who seeks the sword’s mythical supernatural power.
Centuries later, American journalist Stone Wallace also has a mission: to prove the existence of the sword, find it, and prevent global disaster at the hands of the reawakened Druids. From Washington to London and Venice to Wales, the hunt for Excalibur gets bloodier and bloodier.
The key is Excalibur. Is it real? The battle is waged over two tumultuous centuries. Can the druids force modern societies to embrace their pagan, satanic religion and throw off democracy? Can Stone thwart terrorist attacks on Britain’s Royal Family and will the US Presidency fall into Druid hands?
The Excalibur Parchment. Book 1 of The Oak Grove Conspiracies.
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