MAJESTIC APARTMENT MYSTERY

MAJESTIC APARTMENT MYSTERY
By Veda Taylor Strong

Published: 1/31/2012
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover
Pages: 120
Size: 5x8
ISBN: 978-1-46974-510-7
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

The story line begins with a mysterious caller waking Donovan in the early morning hours much to his unhappiness at being awaken. A pretty tenant has been murdered and left on the staircase. The crime reaches into the New York mob. Slowly the crime is untangled with the help of Detectives Hanley and Taylor. Story tends to keep your interest peaked.

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ANGELESIS

ANGELESIS
By John VanOrsdell

Published: 9/27/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files)
Pages: 516
ISBN: 978-1-49170-650-3
Print Type: B/W

Overview:ANGELESIS—A DIVINE INCARNATION
By: John VanOrsdell

At precisely 3:00 AM, after a century of silent slumber, the Western Union telegraph exhibit at the Smithsonian suddenly burst loudly back to life, setting off acoustic alarms brings guards running. Finding nothing amiss, they silenced the alarms—but can find no way to turn off the telegraph, which kept repeating the decoded message:

“THE METHOD BY WHICH YOU RECEIVE THIS COMMUNICATION DEMONSTRATES IT COULD NOT POSSIBLY BE OF EARTHLY ORIGIN (STOP) THE TEXT WHICH FOLLOWS IS TO BE DELIVERED TO YOUR EXECUTIVE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION (STOP) PRESERVE THE MECHANISM OF THIS COMMUNICATION FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE USE (STOP)”

Thus begins a fast-paced, one-of-a-kind, celestial tale of Divine Intervention in earthly affairs—amid exciting threats to the Panama Canal—the U.S. Space Shuttle—the gigantic, recently completed Three Gorges Dam; the economic heart of the new China—among others.

But the Universe has even greater plans for planet Earth! By high Universe mandate a Deity, the Daughter of the Creative Spirit is to manifest as an adult female human being, with all the Powers of the Universe at Her instant command.

A mortal world Incarnation is an exceedingly rare event, and as such is designated an ANGELESIS.
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Paradox

Paradox
The Psychology of Spirituality
By Daniel J. Christiano Ph.D.

Published: 3/12/2012
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files)
Pages: 130
ISBN: 978-1-46208-840-9
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

We are all unique individuals created in the image of God, and yet we struggle daily to live our lives as part of a community, be it a family, a workgroup, or even a church group.

This paradox, like the four others illustrated in Paradox: the Psychology of Spirituality, along with all of the relationships we have and the ways in which they run often cause significant psychological and emotional difficulties that prevent us from living productively in community situations. These issues also hinder the development of our spirituality, our ability to recognize our place as sacred beings and our fulfillment in the depth of our relationship with God.

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The Silent Hurt

The Silent Hurt
How a Flaw Metamorphosed into Peace, Joy, and Harmony
By Jo Ann Coleman

Published: 12/3/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files)
Pages: 348
ISBN: 978-1-49171-134-7
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

The Silent Hurt portrays a young poor country girl with a disability who was labeled harshly by society. Even so, through strong determination and a powerful inner spirit, she refused to accept those labels. Jo Ann Coleman was born in the forties and lived in a very small town in Louisiana. At age five, she started school and soon realized that she was not like the other boys and girls in her class. Struggling first in elementary school, where she was immediately labeled as retarded, she eventually lost sight in her right eye. She grew up among cousins, without her parents, and constantly felt depressed and alone, facing name-calling from her peers. She graduated from high school and received a scholarship to attend nursing school—only to lose the scholarship due to missing an important letter. Because of her silent depression as a child, she eventually attempted suicide. Her disability and low self-esteem made her feel that no one cared. When she finally let Jesus Christ direct her life, however, everything turned around. She turned adversity into triumph and now seeks to inspire those afflicted by physical, emotional, and mental handicaps and low self-esteem. Although she made many mistakes and had her flaws, those flaws would eventually become her joy, peace, and contentment. With the true peace that comes from knowing Jesus Christ, she discovered the life she had been dreaming of since childhood.

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I Remember Father Flanagan

I Remember Father Flanagan
By Clifford Stevens

Published: 6/28/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files)
Pages: 48
ISBN: 978-1-47599-084-3
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

A young boy walks into a hotel to meet a great man and it changes his life forever. The man: Father Flanagan of Boys Town - and the boy, one of the 30,000 citizens of that "City of Little Men", tells is own story of Boys Town and Father Flanagan.

The Irish lad who stepped off the S.S. Celtic in June of 1904 was to leave an indelible mark on the American dream, a story told in the movie "Boys Town" in 1938. Butthe story is richer and more astonishing than a movie could dramatize and in this memoir the range and scope of Father Flannagan's achievement is seen against the background of the early years of the century, with massive social problems that accompanied an exploding national economy. Immigration was high and cities, like Omaha, were filled with crowded neighborhoods of immigrants, most of them not speaking English, living in small ethnic neighborhoods, where violence was frequent. Many of the children of these immigrants roamed the streets, unsupervised, most of them ending up in the courts, and sent immediately to the state reformatory.

This brought the young Father Flanagan into the courts, after he became aware of the army of youths roaming the city streets, most of them sons of immigrants. First, he had them paroled into his custody, meeting with them each week, and arranging sport events for them. But soon he asked that five of the boys in trouble be placed in his care.

He searched for an empty house to begin his work and opened "Father Flanagan's Boys Home", then moved them to the country where he established, not only a larger home, but a village for boys. In 1935, his "home" became an incorporated village called "Boys Town", and the rest is history. It is also part of the personal history of a young boy who met him in a hotel lobby and asked to go to Boys Town.

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Anthology of Innocence

Anthology of Innocence
Stories from My Childhood
By Barry Altman, MD

Published: 11/22/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files)
Pages: 150
ISBN: 978-1-49171-047-0
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

For author Dr. Barry Altman, growing up in an urban atmosphere during World War II made for a frightening childhood. Children like him latched onto dreams of success but also sometimes failure as they gleaned attitudes from their parents and elders. Also, at that time, urban children, particularly those in New York grew up faster, gaining knowledge from their environment more quickly than their parents might imagine. In Anthology of Innocence, Altman presents a collection of autobiographical sketches from his childhood during that precarious time. In the first sketch, “Torture,” he tells how, as a young child, his fears and rage were propagated by a close aunt. The story “Loss” depicts what he saw and felt when a loved one died. “A Fish Story” explores Altman’s questionable relationship with his father, while “Thou Shalt Not” enters into his world of sexual questioning and indecision. Anthology of Innocence reveals the maturation process of a child during the war years with the constant questions and situations that he faced. It narrates the trials and challenges as well as the warmth and closeness of family life.

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Dancing in the Dark

Dancing in the Dark
By Bob Strauss

Published: 11/22/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files)
Pages: 260
ISBN: 978-1-49170-981-8
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

When Dr. Harry Salinger, a reputable, fifty-eight-year-old New York psychotherapist, informs his patient Jennifer Slater that she defends against “loving feelings as though they were a fearful threat,” he might as well have been referring to himself. Salinger is still struggling to let go of his pain after his wife’s death from cancer four years ago. But in a flash one day, his platonic relationship with fellow psychotherapist Amanda Blake becomes a new, uncertain thing.

As Salinger ponders his nonexistent love life, he helps his patients make sense of their own. He counsels both Jennifer Slater and Jacques Giraud, who meet and fall in love but remain blissfully unaware they share the same therapist.

Part drama, part comedy, Dancing in the Dark is about taking the risk to love as it explores the inner lives of its characters, spinning a tale of three flawed and wounded individuals who have suffered severe loss. Each must overcome grief and the fear of unfathomable loss to fully embrace life and love again. Theirs are journeys of self-discovery, healing efforts they dare not avoid.

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The Afghan File Affair

The Afghan File Affair
By Arthur Kasper

Published: 6/28/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files)
Pages: 374
ISBN: 978-1-47599-035-5
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

It is the mid-1980s, and journalist Nick Gamble’s girlfriend, Natalia, is a CIA agent who works at the American consulate in Florence, Italy. When Natalia goes missing, Nick goes on the hunt for the woman he loves—and turns up so much more than he expected.

Natalia has been kidnapped by Italian mobsters, under the employment of Arab terrorists. A film is missing—one that exposes the names of Arab terrorists trained in East Germany and sent undercover to America in an effort to install Muslim sharia law. Natalia will be executed if the film is not recovered, but Nick has no clue where to start.

With the help of the American Mafia and Italy’s secret police, Nick’s comfortable life as a journalist is turned upside down as he learns the truth about terrorist cells in Europe and their horrific plans for the future. He is driven to save Natalia, but the reality of the Arab master plan is much more terrifying than anyone could have expected.

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