Doing Time Eight Hours a Day

Doing Time Eight Hours a Day Memoirs of a Correctional Officer By James R. Palmer Published: 11/4/2013 Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files) Pages: 106 ISBN: 978-1-49171-198-9 Print Type: B/W Overview: Correctional officers face danger every time they go to work, and the public rarely appreciates the job that they do. Author James R. Palmer worked many years at the Kentucky Department of Corrections, spending seven of them with the solitary confinement unit. In this memoir, he looks back at his career and shares what it’s really like working in prison. For example, inm

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The Return of Sun Tzu

The Return of Sun Tzu By J.B. Bucklin Published: 12/3/2001 Format: E-Book (available as PDF, ePub, and Mobi files) Pages: 326 ISBN: 978-0-59575-532-5 Print Type: B/W Overview: Meet Buck Langley, 50-year-old ad man and occasional ghostwriter about to go broke when a letter arrives in his mailbox with an irresistible invitation and a Honolulu postmark, 4,000 miles away from Langley's home on the West Bank of New Orleans Meet Howard Choy, who offers Langley a million dollars to ghostwrite his father's autobiography with a string attached: Milton Choy, following a car accident and a coma, h

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Out of the Woods

Out of the Woods Book One By Leslie Chastain Published: 11/22/2013 Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files) Pages: 144 ISBN: 978-1-49171-340-2 Print Type: B/W Overview: Sophie Nelson is entering the second phase of her life. Long since divorced, she has been on her own for longer than she was ever married; her children are all grown, and she’s tired of the corporate rat race. Sophie decides to retire to a small, cozy town in Vermont to pursue her real passion: writing. There, she finds a happy home where she can live alone, surrounded by her work and her words. But things s

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The Key

The Key Reflections and Wisdom of a New England Carpenter By Peter Cassels-Brown Published: 9/19/2012 Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files) Pages: 80 ISBN: 978-1-47593-798-5 Print Type: B/W Overview: “So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains, and we never even know we have the key” -Eagles THE KEY is about finding that key, and freeing youself of your chains. It is about the alchemy of changing tension, anxiety, and stress into happiness, health, and prosperity. It is a compact manual for the human spirit, containing wisdom to help you realize your dre

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Touch-Me-Not

Touch-Me-Not By Josh Thomas Published: 12/10/2013 Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files) What's This Pages: 362 ISBN: 978-1-49170-605-3 Print Type: B/W Overview: Georgia Rose hides. She hides because she knows everything about people before they ever open their mouth and because grocery stores and movie theaters sound like excruciating rock concerts inside her head. She hides from the world, her friends, and any chance of love. Now she is being driven from her hiding place by someone who knows her secret. A menacing creature from her past, one with immense powers of his

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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 p

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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 seve

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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 pheno

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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 com

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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 mea

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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

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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

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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 plat

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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. Sources: iUniverse Bookstore

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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 CO

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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 an

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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

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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.

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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

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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 psycho

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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 trai

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