A Resilient Mindset

This is Anita Worrall's story and the story of her family. The story is set in the middle of twentieth-century Eastern Europe, at the time of the persecution of the Jewish people, followed by the communist regimes. Together with her family, she escaped from Romania by way of Israel and Cuba to land in Canada. She studied at Cornell University where she met her future husband, a South African Fulbright scholar.

He promised her that South Africa would change and in no small way, he contributed to that change.

It is a story that is attached to the millennia-long story of the Jewish people. It is a story of resilience, of taking risks, and of courage to move to uncertain futures and strange lands.

A Rose Trampled

They are thieves of innocence, murderers of dreams, and administrants of nightmares. Rapists and pedophiles have no soul.

We’ve all had our family members watch our children from time to time—after all, they’re family. Once you’ve read A Rose Trampled: The Samantha Douglas Story, you will rethink about any family member keeping watch over your young children without you being present. I am a retired police officer after 23 years of service and have talked to countless women in my lifetime. Samantha Douglas’ true-life story is unlike any story I’ve ever heard.

Samantha had been sexually abused since the age of four. Doctors say maybe as early as two or three. She was thrown out of the house at the age of fifteen because of rebellion against her mother for not confronting her abuser, a mature male relative. She was homeless, severely depressed, and only had the clothes on her back.

Later, as an adult, Samantha finally found and married a man, and after several attempts at pregnancy, she had to bury five children. She divorced her husband—infidelity being the reason—and remarried, only to find out he was a murderer. Finally, she found true love and gave birth to her one and only child, Joshua. Joshua was a sick little boy and had major health problems. Then, without warning, her husband suddenly died.

Life’s thorns could have destroyed her, but instead, they made her stronger. So, if you think you’ve been to hell and back, just read A Rose Trampled: The Samantha Douglas Story. I promise you’ll change your mind.

A Seagull Named Papa

A Seagull Named Papa is a gentle but powerful exploration of those aspects of our experience that invite and sometimes challenge us to develop such necessary human qualities as courage, compassion, tolerance, humility, patience, defiance, contrition and perseverance.

Get ready to laugh, cry and wonder at the deeply healing experiences of a violent ex-convict who is healed by a simple invitation; an eight-year old girl trying to recover from school-yard name-calling; a bullying supervisor stopped in his tracks; an eighty-seven year old woman who never got to say goodbye to her long-lost papa; and married therapists fortuitously visited by a clown.

Exploring such themes as humility, non-violent resistance, holding in sin, tolerance, poverty, redemption, contrition, the challenge of mercy, facing your inner demons and repairing the world, Barry Robinson invites you to listen for that insistent call that is there at the very heart of your life urging you to be who you really are.

This is an inspiring, fascinating and immersive read that will change the way you see yourself and the world.

A Story that Needs to Be Told

Should a woman experience spiritual events in her life, that give her undeniable proof the Heavens are real, that we are able to receive direction from those beyond the grave, it does not seem to be fulfilling the intent of the heavens to keep this knowledge to herself.

Should this same woman receive such encouragement from beyond to share her experiences with others, may she recount only the truth for others to interpret; whether the facts seem sensible, or leave one with more questions. She realizes anyone picking up this book has possibly had experiences of their own.

Should this same woman realize that she is just the messenger and that the stories have been provided by the heavens, deem it fair to acknowledge this fact, and donate one half of all proceeds to help others in need.

A Sword Over the Nile: A Brief History of the Copts Under Islamic Rule

“With Egypt’s Copts targeted as part of a bloody and systematic campaign of genocide against the ancient churches of the Middle East, Adel Guindy has produced a timely and authoritative account of their story. It deserves to be widely read.”

• — Professor Lord Alton, Professor of Citizenship at Liverpool John Moores University

A Touch of Death

A TOUCH OF DEATH

RECOUNT THE STORIES OF OTHERS AND DISCOVER HOW YOU, AND PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE, HAVE THE HEALING POWER TO IMPACT AND CHANGE THE COURSE OF YOUR RECOVERY

Quote from Oncologist MD

If you get on a plane, I guarantee you will not survive the ride, you have 48 hours to live

DANA FARBER STATED ON RECORD

Get your things in order, you will not live past Oct 30th 2016.

A skeleton walked into my clinic with smiling eyes, many moons ago. I am going to beat this, he said

And I believed

No Kunal Shah Ali 

A View from the Minesweeper's Bridge

Commander Richard J. G. Goodwin’s A View from the Minesweeper’s Bridge: A Royal Navy Officer’s World War II Memoir is a posthumous remembrance. It was originally intended as a family keepsake, but after Goodwin’s death, his children were compelled to share the manuscript and its engrossing account of their father’s life – a legacy of service and achievement that played out against pivotal events of the twentieth century that still inform the world we live in today.

As a World War II Royal Naval Officer, he participated in numerous missions, including the top-secret testing of cutting-edge minesweeping technology aboard the first coastal commercial vessel to be fitted with a four-hundred-ton magnet. This was to protect Britain’s coastline as Germany was laying magnetic mines in and around British waters – aiming systematically at starving the nation. He participated in missions including the invasions of Sicily and Normandy and the decisive victory at the Battle of Britain. Most compelling is his riveting account of dangerous assignments in support of the Eighth Army’s advance on North Africa as he participated in the longest recorded minesweeping mission across the Mediterranean.

Edmund Burke once noted that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. While Goodwin may have lived in a bygone era, his journey as an ordinary person doing the right thing for the greater good in extraordinary times of political uncertainty, social upheaval, and rapidly changing cultural mores is timeless – and never more relevant.

A Walk with Buddy

This is a story of a man and his dog hiking on the Appalachian Trail. Readers will immediately connect to Jimmy Doug and his relationship with Buddy. Filled with exciting adventure and challenging moments, theirs is a trying but rewarding journey together, and we get to go along for the ride. This book serves not only as an inspiration to readers facing struggles and difficulty in their lives, but also as a reminder that we are never truly alone in this world.

A Way to Relax

Pete’s art is unmistakable. His style is somehow bold, minimalist, realistic, and psychedelic all at once. The most pertinent characteristic, however, is that his stuff really doesn’t look like anybody else’s. So much of the work in any fine arts community has these identifying qualities that associate it with a particular school, or telegraph the artist’s influences, but Pete Davies’ art really just looks like Pete Davies art. The most identifiable influence visible in Pete’s work is the landscapes of the American West. The stark and scorched desert country of Arizona and New Mexico – the buttes, ridges, canyons, and hogbacks of California – the vast coniferous forests and snow-capped peaks of Montana, and the primeval temperate rain forests of Washington and Oregon… These are the works of art that Pete Davies is influenced by. Few artists enjoy such unfettered communion with a subject so vast and wild as the Rocky Mountain West, and few art scenes benefit from such an original voice as Pete Davies – An American original.

A Way to Wisdom

In our age of endless quest for timeless truths about life amidst numerous fronts of worldly endeavors and crises, this publication is timely. This is an inspiring and educative treatise by its own right for the rapidly increasing global adults, men and women of all walks of life with inquiring minds seeking for an attractive read which relates to the essence of our lives on earth. The book exposes the knowledge gaps to build on for self-fulfillment before the sunset of one’s life. The author, Cletus N. Chukwu, is a professional philosopher, mystic, theologian, and prolific writer. He has earlier published three philosophical books and several articles. From the author’s exalted encyclopedic mind, he masterfully takes all categories of readers and audiences on board in this book in an intelligible way into the multifaceted nature of what we are, the dynamics and nature of our cosmos and spirituality. He elucidates the nature and approaches to spiritual enlightenment and its purpose. Being mindful of the issues about God’s existence in our times he writes in a manner that transforms one’s curiosity into inspiration, motivation and hope for human beings.

The book presents a unified approach encompassing and synthesizing science, philosophy, arts, mysticism, and inspired religions of Western and Eastern traditions geared towards expansion of our consciousness or awareness of universal reality. The author points the way for all God seekers and people of goodwill to that exalted state of mystical consciousness, which breeds virtuousness, wisdom, humanism, and environmental stewardship to enhance the pedestal of global civilization. He brings meaning into human life and stirs courage and aspiration to know thyself and its potential benefits to individual and global wellbeing as we strive to live in harmony with God or Universal Divine Logos. The author shows how our thoughts and inner desire vibrate to shape our future in accordance with Divine Will and universal cosmic laws. The book is replete with intrigues of life that are fascinating, yet they are at hand not afar.

A Widow's Awakening

A Widow’s Awakening tells the story of how Krista triumphed through a fairy-tale love that quickly became a toxic, turned fatal marriage at an early age, and how losing a husband at 23 years old transformed her outlook and attitude on life. With the many highs and lows of any marriage, she had to learn to live with the physical and emotional abuse that came with being married to an addict. As she coped in a marriage based around alcohol and drug addiction, she had to overcome her own battles of misuse to regain her life.

Struggling through battles of addiction and mental health issues, with not only herself but loved ones, her journey through the years taught her a great deal on healing, self-awareness, and self-love. After shutting out many emotions for years throughout her childhood, she had to relearn to be vulnerable and open with herself and others.

Krista spent her childhood lacking the emotional guidance most children learn which left her fighting to understand her emotions for many adolescent years. Feeling empty for so long, she searched for any relationship that would make her feel whole but found it in all the wrong places. Learning to rely on her own individual capabilities was something that took years to adapt to as she went through many obstacles to find her inner strength.

Krista wrote this book in hopes that other people struggling with similar situations would be able to relate to the hardships that can happen in life and to gain a spiritual perspective to become resilient.

A Year of Engineering Fun for Beginning Classroom STEM

A Year of Engineering Fun For Beginning Classroom STEM is the ultimate resource for teachers seeking to engage their students in exciting and educational STEM challenges throughout the year. With seven thrilling categories, including towers, cars, boats, and solar cookers, this book caters to students from second to sixth grade, providing them with hands-on activities that foster a love for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Each category offers variations in materials, encouraging students to engage in repeated iterations – the essence of the engineering design process. As they tackle these challenges, students will not only deepen their understanding of science and math concepts but also develop crucial skills in collaboration, creativity, communication, and critical thinking, known as the four Cs. The book includes handouts for each lesson, helping students organize their ideas and better understand the design process.

Whether you are a seasoned STEM educator or just starting out, this comprehensive resource is perfect for you. Packed with easy-to-use, hands-on activities that are both educational and fun, A Year of Engineering Fun For Beginning Classroom STEM will help teachers and students alike gain confidence with each challenge.