A Precarious Journey Into Magic

A Precarious Journey Into Magic
By Jenna Lindsey

Published: 10/27/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files) What's This
Pages: 250
ISBN: 978-1-49171-131-6
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Have you ever wished you could be part of a fairy tale? Would you expect romance? Would you be prepared for horror?

Emmerson Patterson designs graphics for computers, but his real love is books, especially fairy tales. He hopes to meet the woman of his dreams one day. Then he meets her: Elswyth of Linadae. She lives in an apartment above a second-hand bookstore. Or does she live within the pages of a book? No one can see her; why can Emmerson? Who is Elswyth hiding from and what is the magic in the charm she wears?

Fall in love with Elswyth and Emmerson as they decipher ancient spells, uncover magic, and battle sorcerers.

Discover what Faeries, computers, dusty books, and Chinese food have in common.

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Watch Everything

Watch Everything
A Judicial Memoir with a Point of View
By Charles A. Shaw

Published: 11/4/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files)
Pages: 182
ISBN: 978-1-49171-150-7
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Charles A. Shaw grew up in a segregated African-American neighborhood in St. Louis. His tight-knit community supported him, and he was inspired to become first a teacher and then a lawyer. From there, he worked his way up to federal prosecutor and state judge before President Bill Clinton appointed him to the federal bench.

Shaw quickly became dismayed by the inequality and severity of mandatory U.S. sentencing guidelines and how they affected young African-American men. Prosecutors opposed him at every turn as he sought to impose fair sentences, but he never wavered in seeking to promote equality and curb the destruction of African-American families.

This insightful and at times humorous narrative demonstrates Shaw’s love for family, hard work, and God. Including an insider’s view of an often unjust legal system, tales of working alongside some of the best legal minds in the country, and challenges to prevailing concepts, Watch Everything offers a rare glimpse into the professional life of an unconventional federal judge.

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Biography and Autobiography, iUniverse Bookstore,

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From Adam to Omega

From Adam to Omega
An Anatomy of UFO Phenomena
By A. R. Roberts

Published: 5/9/2012
Format: E-Book (available as PDF, ePub, and Mobi files)
Pages: 522
ISBN: 978-1-47590-505-2
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Extraterrestrial life has been a philosophical issue that has not been high on the priority list for scientific study. Since the UFO issue revolves around possible alien visitors, however, it is essential to determine if extraterrestrial life could exist and, if so, whether it could visit our world. In From Adam to Omega, author A. R. Roberts provides a comprehensive compendium of UFO phenomena, followed by his interpretations of how those phenomena relate to religious and historical texts.

Roberts provides a commonsense approach and a logical evaluation of the most credible evidence available—evidence compiled by reliable researchers and investigators. He examines a plethora of questions:

• Are UFOs real?

• Were extraterrestrials involved with ancient civilizations?

• Are aliens abducting people and performing strange tests and examinations?

• Does the Bible reveal evidence of extraterrestrial visitation?

• Did the US Air Force really retrieve crashed UFOs and alien bodies?

• Are the military, the government, and NASA hiding the truth?

• Is there evidence of an alien agenda?

From Adam to Omega presents thought-provoking and interesting information as it examines the evidence to determine what is fact and what is fiction. Roberts offers a unique perspective on the UFO mystery.

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Body, iUniverse Bookstore, Mind and Spirit,

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Ripples in Opperman's Pond

Ripples in Opperman's Pond
By Doug Zipes

Published: 5/18/2013
Format: E-Book (available as PDF, ePub, and Mobi files)
Pages: 288
ISBN: 978-1-47597-537-6
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Identical twins Dorian and Daniel Sloane grow up inseparable, sharing the same tubes of toothpaste as children and their lives as adults. Loyalty proven many times, they have been saving each other since the day Dorian rescued Daniel from drowning in Opperman’s Pond. Now, with Dorian as head of a multinational pharmaceutical company and Daniel as an innovative cardiologist volunteering in Africa, the brothers come together once again. A devastating midair collision on the basketball court during a Celtics/Pacers game sets falling dominoes in motion.

After NBA legend Randy Jackson sustains a career-changing ankle injury, Daniel and Dorian partner together to try and heal him. A brilliant chemist has created a miracle arthritis drug that they hope will cure the star and also save Dorian’s pharmaceutical company teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. Celebrations ensue when the Pacers’ star returns to full glory—and then tragedy suddenly strikes during a casual pickup game, threatening to destroy Daniel’s career as he faces a devastating malpractice suit, the possible loss of his medical license, and even a voodoo curse.

In this high-stakes thriller set in the world of big-money medicine, a chain of unanticipated events culminates in a life-or-death decision two brothers never thought they would have to make.

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A Life Song Between Two Worlds

A Life Song Between Two Worlds
Revised and Expanded
By Francis Boni

Published: 8/22/2013
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover
Pages: 148
Size: 6x9
ISBN: 978-1-47599-566-4
Print Type: B/W

Overview:In this revised edition of A Life Song Between Two Worlds, Dr. Francis Boni expands his original book of poetry, updating his thoughts on society, government, and philosophy. He seeks to enlighten others on points of views that would be otherwise unconsidered and encourages them to think beyond the words on the page and their own personal experiences.

His verses reflect the emotional rhythm of the meaning of life and its baffling paradoxes, which are hard to resolve or to accept. He considers the violence in our society currently—still crying for a real tentative or effective solution—in an effort to reclaim the calm of years long past. Boni’s work is poetry of ideas, purpose-poetry with a message—a dynamic blend of ideas expressed in a dialectical relationship in a symbolically and intensely passionate way.

A Hero’s Life

There are no great men

But only great challenges

That “authentic” spirits must meet

To overcome

Not only personal fears

But also the dreads

Of that unknown and unconscious reality

Which manifests those challenges

Through which they become villains or heroes.

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Basusu

Basusu
An African's Quest of Hope, Courage, and Triumph
By George S. Peart

Published: 11/11/2013
Format: Dust Jacket Hardcover
Pages: 274
Size: 6x9
ISBN: 978-1-49170-414-1
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

It’s close to midnight in Odu, Ghana, on March 20, 1841. The village, draped in darkness, soon erupts into chaos. White men set fire to the homes, and as the townspeople flee the men capture, manacle, and kidnap dozens of strapping young men, the village’s best and its promise for the future—fourteen-year-old Basusu Mensua among them. His fate is sealed.

Basusu, determined to be strong as the son of the chief, endures a harsh trip across the sea in the disease-infected hold of a slave ship. Fate smiles on Basusu. He lands on St. Simons Island in the New World with Kwasi, a fellow villager, and they work together on the Jordan Plantation. Here, he must cultivate the seed of a new future, create his own family, and forge a new destiny with the hand history has dealt him.

The first book in a series by Dr. George S. Peart, Basusu follows the trials and tribulations of Basusu Mensua, ripped from his African home to become a slave, as he navigates his new life in a new world.

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Robot Wars in the City of Materials

Robot Wars in the City of Materials
By Daniel P. Dennies, PhD, PE, FASM

Published: 11/4/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files)
Pages: 238
ISBN: 978-1-49170-001-3
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Twelve-year-old Jordan Steel moves with his family from California to the City of Materials in Ohio, where science and technology permeate all aspects of daily life. At his new school, the Roberts Academy, Jordan discovers the secret world of the Robotics Club and the awe-inspiring Robot Wars.

Even though underclassmen are rarely allowed to join the Robotics Club and participate in the Robot Wars, Jordan gets in with his new friends, the Silver triplets. They soon forge a team called the Warriors of the Old Republic. Paris is the electronics wiz and Friday is the welding guru. Goldie brings magnetics to life, and Nick is a computer ace. Together, they learn to depend on each other’s strengths to build a robot to compete in the Robot Wars.

But not everyone wants an underclassman team in the Robot Wars. Jordan and his teammates can’t be sure who their real friends are as they try to understand their new school, the secret Robotics Club and their competition. Even darker than some of their competitors’ intentions, however, is a secret housed in the halls of the Roberts Academy – a secret that seems drawn to Jordan and his friends.

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From West Africa To Washington

From West Africa To Washington
A President’s Notes of a Metaphorical Journey
By Lena Hall

Published: 8/25/2011
Format: Dust Jacket Hardcover
Pages: 356
Size: 5.5x8.5
ISBN: 978-1-46204-538-9
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Following a rather brutal press conference, African American President of the United States Kwame wonders if he did the right thing in running for office. His opponents had an easy time picking him apart, even though he was new to Washington. They said he spent the taxpayers’ money in frivolous ways; they said he was overexposed. But he was simply sticking to his election platform. His opponents—and supporters—knew who he was when he was elected. Why were they surprised by his actions now that he lived in the White House? That day in his office, Kwame remembers something his mother used to say to him: “When you have questions, you must go back to the beginning.” So begins Kwame’s metaphorical journey into the history of his people. It begins back in Africa, where Kwame is sold into slavery and then sent to the Americas. From there, Kwame watches the emancipation of the slaves. He lives through the Civil Rights movement, before finally becoming the president of the United States. In order to make sense of his present, Kwame must look at the past and learn from those who came before. To serve his people, he must transcend time. Filled with friendships, loyalties, and infidelities, A President’s Notes of a Metaphorical Journey follows Kwame and his friends as they live through their collective history and discover that within this journey lives the history of an entire nation.

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