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Rose in Snow: A tale of romance, struggle, and hope in 19th-century Massachusetts By Carolyn Thomas Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781312571648
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Published: Lulu.com - June 3rd, 2023
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Set in Sandwich, Massachusetts in the early nineteenth-century, Rose in Snow is a fictionalized account of the impact of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company on the rural way of life.  Widower Noble Foster faces the challenges of keeping his farm productive but fears he will lose all he loves.  His will is tested when his wife Sara dies in childbirth, leaving him an infant to raise. Meanwhile an ambitious mother connives to marry her youngest daughter to the newly widowed Noble.  Smitten, Noble finds himself romantically entangled with the charming, young Emily Harrelson only to discover her intentions are impure. The story reflects the beauty of the land and the desires of people trying to hold on to the past while change is sweeping into their lives at every turn.


Be Influential: Surefire Ways to Improve Your Presentation Skills By Shannon Alter Cover Image
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ISBN: 9798988208112
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Published: Leaders Exceed, LLC - May 8th, 2023
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What's your presentation nightmare?

Imagine...you're getting ready for your next client presentation, or you're a first-time on the conference stage. You can already feel your nerves tingling, and you feel the anxiety increasing, wondering if you'll remember everything you want to say.

Instead, imagine how it would feel if you knew you would nail your next presentation. Be Influential gives you the surefire skills to become more influential in any presentation, any situation, and any conversation.

Here's the secret to your success: It all boils down to confidence, preparation, and editing what you say.

Throughout this book, you'll discover remedies to be successful in any conversation, long or short, formal or informal. You can use these techniques when you're:

- Included in a sales pitch, but aren't the salesperson

- Meeting with your boss, or leadership team

- Presenting at a board meeting or conference

- Having a conversation with your child's coach or teacher

Sample scenarios, valuable tools, and exercises at the end of each chapter will show you how to set the foundation for your talk, hook your audience, prep your presentation, and most importantly, boost your confidence for greater impact. You'll learn how to conquer imposter syndrome, quell those jitters, and master the true art of handling questions.

Whether you're a young professional, a seasoned executive, or just have a desire to improve your everyday communication, this book is a game-changer for you.


Backyard Jungle: The Adventures of Maddie and Albert By Alexandra Adlawan Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781732446236
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Published: Amazing Artists LLC - January 1st, 2021
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How long is a giraffe’s tongue? How many muscles does an African elephant’s trunk have? What does a binturong small like? Learn all this and more with Maddie and Albert as they travel through the backyard jungle on the animal adventure of a lifetime.


How I Spent My Summer Vacation: The Adventures of Maddie and Albert By Alexandra Adlawan Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781732446229
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Published: Amazing Artists LLC - January 1st, 2019
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With Maddie’s ability to come up with crazy things to do and Albert’s willingness to go along with anything, the fun this summer is guaranteed. Join these two best friends to see what adventures they have planned for their vacation.


Wild Imagination: The Adventures of Maddie and Albert By Alexandra Adlawan Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781732446205
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Published: Amazing Artists LLC - January 1st, 2018
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Wild Imagination Maddie is mischievous, daring, & witty. Albert is intelligent, rational, & sharp-witted. Who would have thought two opposites could be best of friends? But with his brains & her imagination, they are the perfect team!


Flying the Imaginary Skies: The Adventures of Maddie and Albert By Alexandra Adlawan Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781732446243
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Published: Amazing Artists LLC - January 1st, 2020
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Whether flying kites on the Great Wall of China or riding kangaroos in Australia, Maddie and Albert know how to have fun wherever they go. Join these two best friends as they fly the imaginary skies in their hot air balloon.


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Pinball Wizard By Michael D. Meloan Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781733386487
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Published: If SF Publishing - August 15th, 2023
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Michael D. Meloan's new novella PINBALL WIZARD is a story of love, sex, jets, and Bukowski. Ralph is buffeted between a controlling father, international intrigue in the US defense industry, and a friendship with the writer Charles Bukowski. A wild girlfriend also ratchets-up the action.

"Are you the Pinball Wizard or the pinball?" asks Ralph's manager inside a nuclear hardened bunker in England. That is the question driving Michael D. Meloan's new novella--a story of love, sex, jets, and Bukowski.

Lights flash and bells ring as Ralph is buffeted between a controlling father, international intrigue in the US defense industry, and a friendship with the writer Charles Bukowski. A wild girlfriend also ratchets-up the action.

But in the end, it is Ralph's turn at the controls.


Shadow's Hidden Blade By Alice Lorentino Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780578285238
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Published: Independent - January 1st, 2023
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The gods Light and Shadow, created the world, and the millions of creatures that call it home. While they were equal in power, they were different in ability: Shadow was the creator of changelings, Light ruled over humankind. One day, the two gods fought. Their fighting caused destruction unlike anything the world had ever seen, especially because of the armies of magical super soldiers, called puppets, that each god created to fight for them. After horrific battling, Light defeated Shadow and banished Her.

Over a hundred years later, a young changeling named Isabella lives surrounded by reminders of the war’s devastation, but she has simply accepted it as a part of her life. She is easily distracted by things like everyday delights, like the strange circus that comes to town one day… and shatters everything. Isabella’s mother is murdered the night of the circus’s arrival, and she’s willing to do anything to find out who is responsible.

Ursa has known no other life but the circus. It’s a life of constant moving and chaos, carefully controlled by Ursa’s best friend, the hyperactive ringmaster. Ursa knows the circus isn’t perfect, but when a changeling named Isabella arrives and asks to be made a performer, it exposes a web of mysteries and lies bigger and deeper than anything Ursa ever could have imagined. Now she and Isabella must work together to uncover the secrets kept from them for years, but there are people willing to kill to keep them hidden.


Chicana On Fire: Ignited by the 1970's East L.A. Chicano Protest Movement By Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin Cover Image
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ISBN: 9798985769609
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Published: Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin - May 11th, 2022
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With threads of poems and other literary pieces about her Yaqui and Mestizaje heritage, Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin weaves a rich tapestry of her many-layered existence living as a Xicana in this country. Her activist background and her life in Aztlán now called the United States southwest gives her poetry a sensibility, a voice for Mexicans and Chicanos who experience life and struggles on both sides of the border. –Kate Maruyama, MFA, Affiliate Faculty in Creative Writing, Antioch University. Author, Solstice. –Alma Luz Villanueva, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Author, Gracias Aparicio-Chamberlin is truly a Chicana on fire. Her poetry captures and communicates both the oppression we face and the individual, family, and community strengths we have developed to survive and surpass those obstacles.


The Mysterious Composition of Tears By Sharon Heath Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781950750450
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Published: Thomas-Jacob Publishing, LLC - April 5th, 2022
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After a series of climate calamities, physicist Fleur Robins takes off for deep space in a desperate attempt to save the species from extinction. During her mysteriously prolonged absence, the internet has crashed, fire and flood have devastated whole countries, and End of Times cults have proliferated. There have been some intriguingly hopeful changes, too-nanoparticle holograms have replaced electronic devices, young people are witnessing exquisitely colorful "Shimmers," and the most gifted of them converse regularly with animals and trees.

While Fleur's distraught husband Adam leads their Caltech physics team in frantic efforts to pinpoint her whereabouts, and Fleur herself plots her return home, their teenaged children Callay and Wolf fall in love with surprising partners. But when the charming son of an End of Times pastor crosses Wolf's path during a particularly vibrant Shimmer, events are set in motion that will upend everyone's life and transform planet Earth itself.

This latest installment of Sharon Heath's saga of the quirky Nobelist Fleur is simultaneously a vision of what awaits us in a post-Covid world, a wild romp through quantum reality, and a deep sea dive into the dark and light vagaries of the human heart.


When Cris Met Kringle By Carolyn Scott Cover Image
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ISBN: 9798366957007
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Published: Carolyn Scott - December 1st, 2022
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When Cris Met Kringle is the Mrs. Claus origin story everyone has been waiting for! Have you always wondered how Santa met his lovely wife?

Cristine Kelly, aka Cris, was an adventurous female aviator at the dawn of flight, experiences several chance encounters with Chris Kringle, the man we all know as Santa Claus. The story takes us through Cris’s life over several decades until their fateful union would finally become official. Two kindred spirits who were meant to be, thanks to special holiday magic and their mutual love of adventure.

This romantic holiday story is sure to become a classic as it sheds light on the story behind one of the world’s most famous and beloved couples.


The Old Ones By Anthony Henderson Cover Image
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ISBN: 9798368040561
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Published: Anthony Henderson - April 1st, 2023
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T is enslaved, but his soul is his own. God, the Devil nor any master can lay claim to it as he moves through his world with a fierce confidence and steely resolve . When a personal awakening compels him to carve a family out of his unimaginable pain, into his embrace comes a woman plagued by mental illness borne of torture and rape and a man who tried to keep his faith in God no matter what he saw and felt. They experience revelations about spiritual and sexual identities that are hard fought and ultimately life affirming. In the end they navigate the horrors of bondage to create a family for which there was no blueprint.


The Patron Saint of Breakfast Burritos: The Paintings of the Mincing Mockingbird Volume 5 By Matt Adrian Cover Image
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ISBN: 9798218125233
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Published: The Mincing Mockingbird - May 1st, 2023
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For over a decade, Los Angeles painter Matt Adrian has playfully juxtaposed the zoological and human worlds through his distinctive bird paintings and their unique, unexpected titles. The Patron Saint of Breakfast Burritos blends words and images to create a singular, uncompromising vision unlike any other.


He Kept His Day Job: Fanfare for the Common Musician By Dan Bernstein Cover Image
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ISBN: 9798889926573
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Published: Funny Bonz Press - January 13th, 2023
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Dan Bernstein’s fabulous new book, “He Kept His Day Job.” is presented as a memoir, but at its heart lies a love letter to his lifelong muse. Music…continually tugs at his heart and the readers get to share poignant, wryly humorous, life-affirming experiences through the eyes of a semi-professional musician and the colorful characters encountered at gigs, rehearsals, and even funerals…If you don’t see yourself somewhere in this book, you’re not actually reading it!

John Jorgenson

Grammy-winning musician and composer


I Sang That: A Memoir from Hollywood By Sally Stevens Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781639885510
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Published: Atmosphere Press - October 25th, 2022
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It’s a personal journey behind the scenes with this singer/lyricist/choral director into the world of music makers who created the film scores, television music, sound recordings, commercials and concert evenings over the last sixty years. She has worked with some of the best composers and artists and shares her very fascinating journey.


Rings of Kindness By Matthew J. Goldberg Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780986113222
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Published: Matthew J. Goldberg - November 12th, 2022
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Rings of Kindness is an anthology of 85 stories depicting life-affirming moments when we received acts of kindness from others. Written by 80-plus writers (from a variety of settings and times of life), these diverse, true stories will warm your heart and stir your soul with much-needed kindness and optimism.


Echo Is Kind By Sherly Lam, Sherly Lam (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Sherly Lam, Sherly Lam (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9798218174712
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Published: Sherly Lam - March 31st, 2023
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Echo is a fun-loving, energetic pup who loves his family, friends and adventures Feel inspired as you join him on his journey to the beach, discovering opportunities to demonstrate kindness through generosity, sharing and caring for others along the way Can you spot his favorite toy on every page?

ALL net proceeds will be donated to a local animal shelter


Skipper By Donna Fields, Katelyn Byers (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Donna Fields, Katelyn Byers (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9781662919671
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Published: Gallatin River Press - April 20th, 2023
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Running along the shore with a kite bigger than they are, Kiki and Madi make several failed attempts to launch their kite. When their Grandpa takes over and the kite ends up nose down in the sand, a nearby pelican swoops in to help.

Taking the string in his beak, the pelican flaps his large wings and soars high above the ocean with the kite-its tail chasing the course. But what happens once the pelican lets go of the string? Find out when he and his buddy, Gullible, discover the love of family and embark on an adventure a mere pelican could only dream of . . . .


Fireheart By Vanessa Lanang Cover Image
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ISBN: 9798985081572
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Published: Winding Road Publishing LLC - October 11th, 2022
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Kaliyah is sworn to slay the dragon that took her mother's life. But, even with the skills of generations of slayers coursing through her veins, she's not prepared for Ryu, the one boy who can make her question everything she believes. When the Dragon Akademie orders an unwarranted execution of two slayers, Kaliyah is shocked by the revelation of their corrupt rule. Seeking vengeance for her mother, she forges an alliance with Ryu. With dangerous lies uncovered at every turn, Kaliyah and Ryu's worlds converge, stoking the flames between them. But one dark secret they both share could rip them apart...if it doesn't destroy Kaliyah first.


The Reality Meltdown By Dan Cray Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781940317151
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Published: Delcominy Creations, L.L.C. - June 20th, 2023
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"WHAT IF OBJECTS ARE MORE THAN THEY SEEM?"Celebrity product designer Matthew Beren and his enigmatic wife, Sofia, have stumbled upon a stunning secret: millions of unknown, sentient life forms are hiding in plain sight.It's a wondrous discovery... or is it? Though unable to speak, the hidden beings appear to have formed close bonds with the oblivious residents of Matt's hometown in subtle, seemingly magical ways that make the garden flowers chime, the politics unite, and his company's robotics a little too precise.Then there are the unsettling hints implying Sofia knows more than she's sharing, and furtive allegations that the shadowy life forms might be advancing a hidden faction's attempt to trigger a mind-bending catastrophe.But could it be such a terrifying plan is actually necessary? If so, Sofia's secrets and Matt's shocking decisions could very well determine whether the mysterious beings become humankind's saviors... or the architects of its destruction.


Senja Chronicles By Fansu Njie, Christopher M. Allport Cover Image
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ISBN: 9789198860603
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Published: Allport Enterprises Inc. - April 1st, 2023
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During a terrifying home invasion, a Scandinavian hunter’s teenage daughter is kidnapped, and his wife is brutally killed. After a botched police investigation, Sigurd Martinsen finds himself connected to Echo Team, an exclusive NATO special-ops unit.

Old Norse legends are awakened when Echo’s shocking discoveries turn out to be far worse than the suspected Russian-backed militants, hiding in an obsolete, Nazi-created, World War II era tunnel system.

What happens deep within the bowels of Northern Norway’s fabled Segla Mountain when Sigurd and Echo Team — like modern-day Vikings — find themselves up against menacing cave-dwelling trolls, who have been awakened and are ready to kill intruders?


Grandma's Imaginary Shtick Beat the Doldrums By Donna Fields, Katelyn Byers (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Donna Fields, Katelyn Byers (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9781662919640
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Published: Gatekeeper Press - March 28th, 2023
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In this collection of stories and poems, an imagination has been unleashed when pigs fly, a hawk saves a tiny hedgehog instead of "having" him for lunch, and a toy hatchet is found to be magical.

But can you imagine what happens when the family dog wants to be homeschooled with the kids? Do his antics land him in the doghouse or is the teacher in the dog's house?


My Wonderful Body: Living and Thriving with an Autoimmune Disease By Dr. Joy Pillay Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781958574003
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Published: Dr. Joy Pillay - March 1st, 2023
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My Wonderful Body: Living and Thriving with an Autoimmune Disease is about a spunky little girl named Tip, who is suddenly introduced to a new reality: living with an autoimmune disease. Enjoying carefree days of playing with family and friends, learning new and interesting subjects at school, Tip is now personally faced with the challenging reality of living with and learning about an autoimmune disease and its impact on not only her physical body, but her emotional state as well. Tip is encouraged by her family, teachers and friends to deeply explore and process what it truly means to have a wonderful body, while being challenged to actively use healthy tools to process difficult feelings about living with an autoimmune disease. Can and will Tip be able to rise to this challenge?


Finding Moon Rabbit: A War. A Camp. A Girl. A Letter. By J. C. Kato, J C 2, Donna Kato (Cover Design by) Cover Image
By J. C. Kato, J C 2, Donna Kato (Cover Design by)
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ISBN: 9798985237443
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Published: Chb Media - July 1st, 2022
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On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which forced 120,000 people of Japanese descent from their homes and into ten internment camps. Half were children. Heart Mountain, in Wyoming, was one of those camps. Finding Moon Rabbit is the story of one Japanese American family held at Heart Mountain. The story is told from the point of view of the family's youngest daughter, Koko. While Koko, her sister, and her mother are held at Heart Mountain, the father is incarcerated at a special prison camp in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where suspected Japanese American collaborators have been placed. Not much evidence was required. Koko's one desire is to see her father again, and until that time, to at least receive a letter from him. Finding Moon Rabbit contains a number of original, contemporaneous sketches of the camp and camp life, along with other historical documents such as newspaper articles.

It's spring, 1943. Koko's ill mother and older sister have survived their first harsh winter behind barbed wire. Spring offers renewed hope that her father will be joining them soon from Camp Santa Fe in New Mexico. When Koko learns she could greet his train as a Girl Scout, she signs up. But a Girl Scout is expected to follow rules. When an MP catches Koko hopping the barbed wire fence, she promises her mother to follow the rules of camp better. Joining Girl Scouts helps steer her from trouble, but when she learns that her father is really a suspected spy, she searches for a way to endure the hardship of confinement-and face the awful truth that her family may never be reunited. But with a little luck and a letter, Koko's determined to not give up hope.

There were ten main internment camps located in the United States during World War II. California, Arizona, and Arkansas each built two camps. Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming each built one. Heart Mountain, Wyoming, is between Cody and Powell City.

The War Relocation Authority (WRA) ran Heart Mountain from August 1942 to November 1945. More than ten thousand people lived there. Each housing block held 24 barracks buildings, two mess halls, two buildings housing latrines and laundry facilities, and two recreation buildings. Kids started school on October 5, 1942, but there were few books and little furniture. A chalk board was a piece of plywood painted black. Before the schools were built, or any activities organized for the children, parents formed Girl Scout troops. Like for Koko in the story, belonging to Scouts helped girls and boys endure the difficulties of incarceration. By the end of 1943, there were 743 registered Girl Scouts throughout the camps.


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By Issa
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ISBN: 9798988067511
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Published: Issa - April 15th, 2023
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Asant finds himself tempted by desires to taste and have what others have, and chooses to rob a bank; however, at the last second he finds himself unable to go through with the robbery. Even so, the prospect of jail overwhelms his psyche. His spiritual mentor, and caretaker from the time of Asant's teens, is direct, "You must face your actions..."

Asant makes his choice and decides to evade and escape his country, in one way spurred by a deep-seated fear, in another by the same courage inherent in every person. As for the fear in him, it had grown from knowing how his father was tortured and violated while himself in prison; while the courage was supported and ignited over the years by his mentor.

The mentor reiterates that it is Asant's choice, and if it is to leave country, the mentor suggests doing a tremendous good by helping a people entrenched in war. Asant follows the mentor's guidance and travels across borders in attempt to redeem himself. His strength grows through fortuitous encounters - a border-crossing courier who becomes a companion; a caravan leader who provides sustenance; a star-gazing clan chief; an individual who feels responsible for starting a war... Through it all he experiences how physical reality manifests from and intersects with spiritual reality, and along the way gains strength and trust to endure.

ATTEMPTS is a story of magical realism set in a fictitious country but a contemporary world. It deals with every-day reality and cultural criticism, such as poverty, theft, and punishment.


Kwajalein Island: How My Family Came to Live There and How the Big Bombs Came to Blow By Jean Barrett Holloway Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781954163621
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Published: Jean Barrett Holloway - February 20th, 2023
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This memoir/history starts in 1955 when Jean’s military family was ordered to move for one year to a tiny remote Micronesian island called Kwajalein. A major battle had been fought there in World War II, and the family would later become eyewitnesses to a test explosion of the hydrogen bomb.


Dreaming in Chinese: Memoirs from a Taiwanese Prison By William Tsung Cover Image
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ISBN: 9798987452707
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Published: Prosperous Cat Publishing LLC - April 20th, 2023
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Haunting, captivating, and engaging, author William Tsung’s Dreaming in Chinese: Memoirs From a Taiwanese Prison is a must-read non-fiction book on prison reform and justice. The culture and personal way the author wrote help elevate the book to new heights, and keeps readers engaged in a much more intimate manner.


The Church of The Lighted Window: Volume One - Denial By Anthony Faggioli Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781733101868
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Published: Anthony Faggioli - March 17th, 2023
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Kyle Getty was a successful and accomplished person. Until the day he lost his mind and brutally assaulted a man who was bullying a disabled person. Now, Kyle has been placed into court-ordered therapy at Fallbrooke Mental Institution, where, with the help of his therapist and fellow patients, he's about to learn that sometimes, in order to find your soul, you have to lose your mind.


It's All About You! 10 Leadership Parables for Maximizing Middle Management: 10 Leadership Parables for Maximizing Middle Management By Charlie Retts Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781946849861
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Published: Sulis Press - January 18th, 2021
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Middle management is the glue that holds organizations together, yet many middle managers encounter a lack of support from upper management and massive employee disengagement. This book is a practical solution. Based on Charlie Retts' decades of experience in middle management, along with his doctorate in adult education, this book will help you in assessing your own current leadership style, and then guide you to become a more effective and engaged manager. Using stories, Retts helps the reader explore real-life situations to assess all the options that could have been available, as well as assessing what you might have done. Each chapter ends with reflection questions and "key points." Along the way, brief "stop for a moment" reflections help to focus on the reasons and benefits of different approaches.


Layers and Waves: Healing Transmissions By Sheri Kelsey Cover Image
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ISBN: 9798218181741
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Published: Sheri Kelsey - April 21st, 2023
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True to the expression, healing comes in waves, Layers and Waves, is a collection of prose, poems and artistic writing along a healing journey. This compact, but powerful collection takes you on a journey through ten waves (chapters) focused on layers of emotions and experiences surrounding disappointment, heartbreak, resilience, awareness, self-love, self-abandonment, shame, co-dependency, encouragement, surrender, and freedom. Layers and Waves evokes raw emotions, awakens inner-truths, and inspires you to spend time with your own heart.


Wing Clipped: Book One of the Wings Series By M. a. Arana Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781639888610
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Published: Atmosphere Press - April 18th, 2023
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Mabon Sevilla, Prince of Ava, is falsely accused of murdering his Avan mate and is exiled to Earth as punishment. While living among humans, he falls in love with one of them.

But, when a cruel tyrant from Mabon's past threatens Ava, he must choose between staying on Earth with his new family or returning to Ava to stop the tyrant from starting a war and taking the throne.

In Wing Clipped, m. a. Arana tells the story of a prince who must overcome the mistrust of his kingdom and outmaneuver a formidable enemy in order to reclaim his place as leader. This is a gripping tale of redemption and the fight for power.


Sunrise in Saigon By Patrick Greenwood Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781649796905
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Published: Austin Macauley - November 30th, 2022
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Firebird Book Award Winner 2023 for Historical Fiction and Romance
With echoes of Tom Clancy and Jack Higgins, Sunrise in Saigon is Patrick Greenwood's first book in a new series about romance, love, and passion against the backdrop of the Post- Vietnam War. Sunrise in Saigon is a historical romance novel about Jack Kendall and Linh Ngo, two individuals struggling with unhappy marriages and poor health. After connecting online, Jack sets out on a cycling tour of Vietnam to meet Linh while keeping his intentions hidden. They both choose to leave their current relationships and share an unforgettable romance. But like all good things, their time together is limited, and the sunrise in Saigon symbolizes their love that lasts a lifetime. Intrigued by the country of Vietnam since 11, Jack Kendall long remembered the fall of Saigon in 1975 and its painful aftermath. Jack learns from eyewitnesses about the long shadow of the Vietnam war, its atrocities, and its aftermath. After years of chatting online, Jack desires to follow his heart to meet Linh in person. Linh, wanting to feel Jack's love, wanted nothing more than to be held by him. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Linh agrees to meet Jack in Saigon. They both know they have found something special when they set eyes on each other. Despite their obstacles, they leap a faith and give their love a chance, even if it means giving up their current relationships. Experience the passion and romance that ignites between Jack and Linh as they explore Vietnam and each other. Follow their journey as they discover the true meaning of love and the courage it takes to pursue it. But like all good things, their time together is not forever. The sunrise in Saigon that brought them together becomes the emotional connection between them for the rest of their lives.


Shaky City Welcomes the World By Peter Adum Cover Image
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ISBN: 9798218088149
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Published: Peter O Adum - February 4th, 2023
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It's July, 1984, and struggling writer Niko Petrovich is delighted that his city, Los Angeles, is about to host the Olympic Games. Although Niko just had his first play produced, he still feels the pressure to build on this success, or be forced to give up on his dreams altogether. But when his elderly friend, Beryl Hartgrove, a renowned photographer, becomes ill, Niko jumps in to help rescue her archive of historic photographs, some of which document L. A.'s first Olympics, the 1932 Summer Games. As Niko tries to save Beryl's photographs, he becomes immersed in the city's past. He meets former Olympians, a literary hero of his, and one of the city's power brokers. Niko finds himself embroiled in dramatic events on the very eve of the Olympics. While optimistic about the future, Niko can't help feeling that his entire world is built on shaky ground.


The Walk-On By Richard Podkowski Cover Image
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ISBN: 9798885280334
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Published: Acorn Publishing - February 23rd, 2023
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In the twilight of his NFL career as a middle linebacker for the Chicago Storm, Mike "the Steelman" Stalowski masks his physical pain and mental anguish with alcohol and painkillers. The fan favorite has a rebel image and a notorious reputation, and he plays a violent gridiron game fueled by inner rage.

While estranged from his wife and living in the fishbowl environment of professional sports, he unexpectedly meets the fresh-out-of-college Kim Richardson. She sees through Mike's star persona to who he really is-a kind guy from the Southeast Side of Chicago who has never forgotten his humble blue-collar roots. The lives of the star-crossed, seemingly mismatched couple collide during a whirlwind romance that culminates in a tragic series of events.

The Walk-On is a timeless tale of love and loss that explores the consequences of personal decisions and the rewards of faith, redemption, and hope.


Can Elephants Wear Masks By Claudia Martial Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781839345463
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Published: Bumblebee Books - June 30th, 2022
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Gabby is again faced with another challenge and that is having to wear a mask at school. She expressed her feelings in kindergarten, which opens an opportunity for her teacher to teach and encourage all the students with a fun class activity. The story also encourages the children to actively use their imaginations to enhance the positive outcome of the class activity.


Ennobling Business for Success By Kasthuri Henry Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781735955551
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Published: Kashenry Inc - October 21st, 2022
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The soul of an organization is the character of that organization. From that organizational character stems the behaviors, values, and actions that drives the organizational economic engine. Since excellence is a habit demonstrated by consistent behavior, the human capital attraction and development becomes the new frontier of organizational excellence.

Ennobling Business for Success provides a blueprint for organizations to understand and flip the script on the great resignation, pivot it into the great business mindfulness opportunity, and embrace the three core values propagated by the Ennobled for Success (TM) Institute:

  • Inspire the human spirit so each soul feels valued and could live its full potential.
  • Ignite the sense of purpose to mindfully build a fulfilling life.
  • Influence by design to thrive and leave a legacy of ennobling.

The insights and lived experiences of 14 international professionals and authors are featured as a roadmap for organizational transformation at this pivotal time.

We have the opportunity to leave the business world and modern capitalism better than we found it. I invite you to come aboard to take the co-creative transformational ride of our generation! A ride of our shared purpose. A ride of our shared humanity. A ride of our shared happiness.


Rise of The Source: The Phantom Cobra By Don Universe Cover Image
$22.95
ISBN: 9798987964507
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Published: Building Blocks Publishing - March 13th, 2023
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A retired teacher, Vic, is living a normal life but experiencing strange, unexplainable occurrences. Once a psycho active drug is introduced, his world takes a circuitous turn into the super natural. His life is turned upside down with a divorce and meeting an extraterrestrial foe who becomes his friend and mentor. Don then meets the love of his life Monica, a super psychic, who helps him discover a young witch who is in love with an evil alien pirate with a plan to rob the earth of its wealth and wonder. And become the first ruler of the whole planet changing life as we know it in the process. Blue is ready to fight to the bloody end to save the planet and his sexy Monica. This is a hero's journey that becomes a roller coaster ride with characters from a different dimension and unexpected twists and turns that a sure you of thrills and adrenaline. This is an adventure that takes you near and far as the main characters discover the energy source that is driving them. Come along and travel to a far away solar system that will introduce you to characters that will make you wonder if they could really exist. This is a must read for sci-fi fans and anyone who likes adventure, battle, love and the fight for freedom, enjoy.


Clochard By Walt Girdner Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780578377025
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Published: WW Studio, LLC. - January 1st, 2022
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Clochard (noun)
clo·chard | klo-'shär

In France, someone who has deliberately chosen to live on the fringes of society and its constraints.

[Walt’s] early black and whites, seen here, were taken after he fought in World War II as an American GI carrying a rifle first into Normandy and from there into Germany. He stayed on in Paris afterwards.

The scenes he captured reflected two central themes that existed throughout his work: humanity and trade, until late in life when he was more isolated and focused on the natural world on his farm in Ramona, California. In essence, these themes merged into one: the relation between humans. which was most clearly revealed in the great marketplace that fed Paris and much of France beyond.


Sonnets From Suburbia: More Candles Than Cake By Penny Peyser Cover Image
$12.95
ISBN: 9798887593470
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Published: Vialystock & Bloom Theatrical Prods., Inc. - February 13th, 2023
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If Shakespeare were a lady…

A cross between humorous poetry and memoir, Sonnets from Suburbia features Lady Penelope (aka actress Penny Peyser) serving up a funny take on modern day life in Shakespearean sonnet form.

From the foibles of friendship, to sexual relationships gone awry, to aging bodies that misbehave, to the woes of social media and confounding familial tussles, she has the uncanny ability to make us smile out loud and chuckle with recognition. This is definitely one of those books for when you need a good laugh.

The clever, compassionate sonnets inside this book make a perfect gift for birthdays, anniversaries and Valentine’s Day and are sure to delight women over 40 (all female readers actually) and the men who love them.

Think Shakespeare at the mall.

For fans of Judith Viorst, Amy Sedaris and Dorothy Parker. Sonnets from Suburbia is long-time actress Penny Peyser’s first foray into poetry and sonnets, and she couldn’t be more thrilled about this new venture.


Self-Love: Keys to Solving Your Problems from the Inside Out By Robbin Kay Beohourou M. S. Lmft Cover Image
$14.95
ISBN: 9798886852196
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Published: Christian Faith - February 15th, 2023
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Life is happening; you can't stop it nor control it completely. Through genuine self-love, you can get through the various problems in life. Self-love gives you the opportunity to be accountable and responsible for your life. Do you want to learn to not always react on a ten but learn to respond on a three to four or lower? Do you want to learn to take control of the one thing that you can be in control of, which is self? Why not love self? Walking the path of self-love will decrease anxiety, depression, and stress and will increase esteem, confidence, and worth. Self-love, it goes beyond self-care maintenance. Self-love is a way of life. It is the everyday purposeful, intentional, proactive, mindful never-ending journey in life. From a Christian, mental health, and visionary of self-love perspective, we all come from different walks of life, but the one thing we all have in common is love. Utilizing this journal, you gain keys with a step-by-step explanation of why the key is purposeful in fostering self-love. The personal journal space is vital, you're able to process and reflect on thoughts and feelings. The personal journal space is your neural muscular exercise. Journaling is the opportunity to be open and honest with yourself. Throughout every key given, you will participate in self-reflection on how you utilize the key currently or how you don't have access to the key and what you'll do to gain entry to your self-love. The journal consists of various techniques utilized in mental health that has assisted clients with self, relationships issues, parenting, work stress, and much more.


Do You Remember? By Davis Ehrler Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781667871516
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Published: BookBaby - December 26th, 2022
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After years of distance and longing, the two can come together to kindle a love that was unattended to. Peck's courage and Kate's honesty enmesh to change many lives for the better. This gut-wrenching story will leave you with the question: "What would you do?"


The Tide Pool By Julie Nisargand Cover Image
$13.95
ISBN: 9798218116385
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Published: Julie Nisargand - March 1st, 2023
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AH. YES, TOOLS AND MASCULINE THINGS. Tracy Pascal has about 30 seconds to learn her new job as an assistant on a construction site because no woman lasts. They just keep disappearing. Her predecessor went to lunch and never came back so now it's Tracy's turn.

Actually, she volunteered. What's life without a little risk?

The Tide Pool is a tale of a woman who has come to the end of her personal road, or the one she or society thought she was traveling, and now it's time to leap into the unknown, the future, the strange and unfathomable, or sit down like a good little girl, fold her hands, and let the fire inside go out.

If you've ever known that now is the time to make your move but been almost too scared to do it, you know Tracy already.

Open The Tide Pool and find your story inside.


The Journey to Whispering Gardens By George Le Fave, Cheryl Pestor Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9780997898415
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Published: Whispering Gardens Publishing Company -
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Imagine living in a land of gardens, in a place called Whispering Gardens. One day you discover that the myths and legends your grandfather told you are true. Fairies are real. Nature is ruled by magic. And we all possess magical powers that we may discover - if we just learn how to listen to “the Whispers.”


Welcome to My Planet By SBABS, Cover Image
By SBABS,
$25.00
ISBN: 9798987304105
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Published: Sarah Babishoff - March 1st, 2023
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I would like to invite you to take an exciting journey to a distant planet and visits some of the friendliest aliens. With cheery rhymes, an upbeat rhythm, and whimsical pictures, this book is sure to delight an audience of any age. So please, sit back, relax, and let me be the first to say, Welcome to My Planet!


The Fourth Canton: Adventures of the Rhett Family & Co. By Clarence Irvin Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9798987920909
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Published: Margalit P River Roo - February 3rd, 2023
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Unity and being aware of each other’s differences can strengthen communities. This family saga, literary fiction, novel The Fourth Canton Adventures of the Rhett Family and Co., reveals sapiens—people of different cultural backgrounds discovering cantonal dishes from the Collection of Cantons in a close galaxy, and experience visits from the evening spirits.


An Only Nut By Sara Becker Cover Image
$32.00
ISBN: 9798218134358
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Published: Night-Time Stories For Adults - January 1st, 2023
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Will Paulie, a shy peanut, learn how to sing before facing the dreaded fate of becoming a bar nut?


Mausumbe Road By Subia J. Ali Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9798987745403
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Published: Ibex Reads - March 16th, 2023
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To Hena Shah's relief, the rising whistle of a tea kettle muffles her mother's hot words reverberating around the living room of their Orange County, California, home.

Hena has just informed her family she is calling off the wedding. This decision propels her to shed the heavy weight of her Pakistani-American parents' expectations and leave a promising career in medical marketing to pursue her lifelong passion for jewelry design. From beyond the grave, Hena's beloved late grandmother, Dadi Jaan-the inspiration behind Hena's creative spirit beckons to her to make the journey to her ancestral homeland of Pakistan and chase her dream.

Against the backdrop of the chaotic and colorful energy of Karachi, Pakistan and the mountainous hinterland of Balochistan, Hena encounters friendship, love, and crushing betrayal as she explores ways to create a jewelry-making business moored in centuries-old artisanal traditions.

Mausumbe Road is a coming-of-age story and a riveting suspense novel with an unexpected twist-inspired by the universal longing to find our own purposeful path.