SIRE, a fresh dispatch. "Whence?" "From Tomsk?" "Is the wire cut beyond that city?" "Yes, sire, since yesterday." "Telegraph hourly to Tomsk, General, and keep me informed of all that occurs." "Sire, it shall be done," answered
Ron Khare wants you to know that he loves you. Sometimes it might not show, sometimes life gets in the way. Love love love love. But he's not some sort of sissy man because he's talking about love. I bet he could take you in a fight. You want to start something? I didn't think so.
This book is about adoption, prejudice and the ravages of war. It is about one woman's successful battle against prejudice which made it possible for her to save one precious life. It is about a little boy who managed to survive the ravages of war and travel half way across the world to a loving family in America. It is about the compassion and concern of a young teen age boy who cared so much about others in need that he agreed to accept a child he'd never met as part of his family. This book is about the tragic and deadly affects of war on both civilians and warriors living in the midst of the battle ground and on other warriors' loved ones who are living thousands of miles away from the battle ground. It is about veterans who form organizations that help needy veterans/former warriors and their families in this country as well as those living in the former battle ground. It is about organizations that fight hard to prevent more wars. Unfortunately, the battle against wars has yet to be won. Finally, this book is about compassion, compassion in action. Many thanks to friends Ann Drozda and Vietnam veteran Larry E. McGinnis for their awesome illustrations.
Rustin Larson is courageous in that he is not willing to take refuge in the ordinary. His poetry has been described as "stylistically diverse," but as this comprehensive collection demonstrates, the style of his work is not applied as a matter of form; rather, it is derived from the nature of the poems themselves. So the reader's experience is one of wholeness, of the seamless expression of style, idea, imagery, emotion, and message. I read a lot of poetry, and believe me, it has been pure pleasure to immerse myself in The Wine-Dark House. -James A. Autry The Wine-Dark House is a triumph by Rustin Larson. The poems are evocative and finely wrought, brimming with detailed, sensual images and delicately crafted lines. The poet leads us gently, yet with a firm purpose, on a tour of shadowed memory, both distant and more recent, that explores memory's hard truth. Yet, with patience, he leads us to the seductive comforts of memory. The poems entertain with an informed point of view. They always have that "click" close readers need to beckon them back for a second and third sampling of their writer's careful and rigorous craft. -Michael Carrino With consummate skill, inspired wit, and a rare compassion, the poems of The Wine-Dark House observe, reflect, and startle, reminding us of the necessary human endeavor to both honor and challenge the occasions of our daily lives. At once courageously personal and generously universal, the compelling poetry of Rustin Larson embodies ." . . an accumulation of hungers / as old as fire." -Walter Butts Rustin Larson is a terrific, elegant, original poet whose voice rings so truly we become better people just by reading him. -Naomi Shihab Nye
DAD AND ME GO TO SCHOOL is a delightful tale of how the author's father accidentally shrinks himself, smaller than an ant, with a scientific potion he is testing. In order to become large again, the mini-DAD makes friends with an ant named Albert and a candy-person named Andy, who fist help find his family, and later help find the DAD who is lost in a big city-center. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~DAD AND ME GO TO SCHOOL is written by Aman Charles, 8 years old, who lives in Eastern Iowa. He loves Soccer, Pokemon and reading books about reptiles and planets. Most of all, he likes riding his bike with his family. DAD AND ME GO TO SCHOOL is his first book. He is currently working on his second book, PLANETS, to be released Spring, 2007.
The gymnasium was full of High School girls, and a very busy and interesting picture they made, running, leaping, vaulting, passing the medicine ball and practising on the rings. In one corner a class was in progress, the physical culture instructor
Angels Now and Forever" is a heart warming story of four courageous soldiers and their quest for world salvation. The small group of self sacrificing heroes sets out to end world suffering but along the way they find something surprising, themselves. Watched over by holly power, the compassionate intentions of the four young men unite and overcome what appears to be the impossible. For an inspiring spiritual adventure, come fly with the angels and take hold of a new perspective on life.
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast. Behind it the water boiled as if it had been stirred by some invisible furnace. The graceful lines of the boat, its manifest power and speed, formed a fitting complement to the bright sunshine and clear air which rested over the waters of the Hudson River. rapidly behind her, were assembled various members of the families represented by the four boys on board the motor-boat. Younger brothers and sisters, two uncles, several aunts, not to mention the various fathers and mothers united in a final word of farewell. Handkerchiefs were waved and the sounds of the last faint call came across the intervening waters.
The Willing outlines an opportunity for new and positive ways to guide the reader, who may in turn, alter social behavior for the betterment of all. Herein are guidelines for proper breathing, thinking, speaking and acting. Personal responsibility is addressed at every turn. The goal is happiness which comes from within and thus we learn willingness to pursue happiness as promised in the preamble of our Constitution.
i was born in brooklyn, n.y. on april 8th 1952. truman was president. ever since I was a little boy I have been in love with books and storytelling. i loved to hear stories told. in my neighborhood, the best stories were told by the older boys in the neighborhood or by drunken neighbors intent on dissing other drunken neighbors. the elderly were best. it was better than grade school. i was lucky enough in life to have a father who encouraged me to love words as he did, and, when I was a junior in high school, a teacher who helped me recognize the importance of cogent sentence structure and compelling content told well and spelt write! i live on long island, off the coast of new York. i am married to the greatest woman who ever lived ( she made me write that ) and we have three children to boot. we boot them at every opportunity. they deserve it. i struggled through three colleges: north country community college in saranac lake, n.y., suny brockport n.y. and nassau community college here on long island. i did not do well, but that is not to say that i didn't learn anything during my stays there. knowledge is mostly paying attention, anyway. i have been a singer/songwriter on long island since 1967 when i was but fifteen years old. i have been doing so ever since. i'm very proud of my songs and consider them to be children of mine. following my demise, i am to be cremated and my ashes scattered in upstate n.y. however, had i chosen to be buried in earth and they gave me a tombstone, this is what I would have liked the inscription on that tombstone to have read if it were to truly reflect my personality ( as i view it ). here lies george francis palmer told a good story sang a good song got some right got some wrong
If you've got a brilliant sense of humor, a live-and-let-live attitude, then this book will have you in stitches from start to finish. (Not recommended for readers with narrow minds and faint heart conditions.) The Irish humor travels with you through each bizarre and mad adventure into which the author is inexorably entangled. Unexpected, unbelievable, involving the CIA, United Nations, British government .and that's just for starters, .this work had to be published, for audacity's sake, if nothing else. It is anticipated THE DIPLOMAT will be banned in several countries the day of it's release. The author is already in hiding. Enjoy your rear reader.
The book describes the erratic career of an eccentric character, Archie S. Simpkins, who somehow managed to go from an Ordinary Seaman to a Commander in a series of steps guided more by luck than good management, but enjoyed every minute of it.
Join Scott Caputo on a pilgrimage where we are offered nothing less than the full measure of being human. Accessible, these poems are made from the whole cloth of experience. Caputo never shies away from his religion or the marketplace. Astonishment lies down with humor. In Holy Trinity of Chiles the wanderer and the word-lover find nourishment. Kit Kennedy, poet and host of Gallery Cafe Reading Series, San Francisco In Holy Trinity of Chiles, poet Scott Caputo is fully engaged on an inspired journey as guide and follower. These compelling narrative poems reflect themes of exploration and discovery, memory and history -- illuminations delivered with vivid, detailed imagery. Readers of these thoughtful, life-affirming poems will be drawn into a further appreciation by the "composite landscape" presented by this collection as a whole. Caputo also offers up an imaginative, playful and whimsical side, as particularly reflected in the last section of the book -- adding a light dessert to this hearty meal. John Rowe, poet and editor of Poetalk Holy Trinity of Chiles treats us to a smorgsbord of poetic exploration, both literally and figuratively. From genuinely spiritual appetizers, through travel-inspired and thought-provoking entrees, to light and witty desserts, Scott Caputo invites us to enjoy a small-plate poetic feast that satisfies deeply." Kirston Koths, poet
If you would, take a walk with your mind through a period of a life when life, love and even death played on my particular gray matter. The pictures that you will envision are the same that reside inside your own chamber of electrical impulses. Take some time to walk outside of your own mind and into another, walk slowly and carefully; the mind that you step on might be your own. So enjoy the trip, travel through reality and fantasy with stops along the way that might surprise you. The walk is to enjoy that which life provides in all of its designs. So hold next to your hearts those thoughts that emerge along the walk for they are yours.
A hilarious take on the theme of an aging couple who flee their suburban lives by escaping to -- and finding enlightening encounters in -- the Adirondacks. With characters ranging from an Athabaskan shaman to a baritone toad, the two Ivy League refugees from North Neck, New Jersey, find more than enough to alter their lives, not to mention their consciences.
Call him T, Winkers, or Tiddlywinks, Hal Watt has a gift with marijuana. In his zesty and engaging memoir Mary Jane, Hal shares his life with the world. Set in the Woodstock era, Hal entertains us with a hilarious cast of "associates" friends and the strangest of the strangers. Read about daring heists that nearly end in disaster and endless side splitting conversations. Learn a new definition of being high from someone who has seen and done it all. Enter the mind of Hal Watt for a taste of a man with a passion so great he learned to cultivate the finest cannabis sativa anywhere in the world and the story doesn't stop there. Mary Jane is an exuberant, amorous, picaresque look at a much more innocent time, when criminals were funny, drugs weren't scary, and life was all about getting a good buzz on.
Wind of the Spirit is the autobiographical spiritual journey of Gene Vosseler spanning five decades -as a poet, minister, political activist, friend of freedom, and valiant defender of the faith. As Gene likes to say, Wind of the Spirit is an extraordinary journey by an ordinary man. Yet, when you read Gene's sermons, his freedom messages or any of his many poems, you will recognize that Gene's dedication, and inner wisdom is extraordinary. You will come to know Gene as the flame of freedom that speaks a friend of Christ and a respected spiritual elder. Formerly a fourth generation Lutheran minister, Gene ultimately broke free from Lutheran orthodoxy and discovered the teachings of the ascended masters and his guru, Elizabeth Clare Prophet. There he found the path to ever-lasting freedom and the love of his life, Wanda. Gene became a minister a Church Universal and Triumphant and a founding Elder appointed by El Morya. Gene traveled internationally to promote these teachings during which time he also counseled, baptized and married hundreds of community members. Gene also promoted the defense of freedom and of America, working with top Congressional leaders and other freedom fighters, inspiring many along the way. Wind of the Spirit honors our spiritual heritage and gives inspiration to those on the path of soul freedom and immortality. "Gene has done what everybody would like to do. He has taken Saint Germain's message to the airwaves, he has taken it on television, and he has taken it to the newspapers." -Elizabeth Clare Prophet "We commend our representative Reverend Gene Vosseler and his beloved wife, Wanda for their great service to us and to America...What they have done, you can join them and do also." -Saint Germain "Thank you, Gene, for a lifetime of friendship and for providing such a worthy example of striving for righteousness." -Michael Utter
Staying Abreast is an uplifting collection of personal reflections and inspirational writings by breast cancer survivors, their families, and friends. The writings include poetry, passages, and personal essays with contributions by several published authors, Ronnie Kaye (Spinning Straw Into Gold) and Marilyn Moody (Courage and Cancer). The late Dr. Leo Buscaglia, leading author and speaker, gave permission to the author (former student of his) to quote him. The writings are humorous, compassionate, and empowering.
In 1938 our father Herman Larsen takes a position with the Alaska Native Service to teach in a small Athabascan Indian village. Herman, his wife Mae, and their eight-year-old daughter Etola travel from Mandan, North Dakota, for 58 days to get to their new home. In April of 1941 Mae and Etola return to Mandan to wait for the birth of their second daughter Yvonne. On March 3rd of 1942 an Indian woman gives birth to twins who appear to be white. The news of the birth of white twins spreads around the village, but Herman, the only white man in the village, denies any involvement saying the mother's husband is part Russian and the villagers are a bunch of "gossips." The Larsens experience tragedy in March of 1943 when Etola dies of hepatitis. Subsequently they live in three other Alaskan villages, during which time Robert (Bud) and Elaine are born, then leave Alaska forever. Nearly 50 years later, Yvonne returns to Alaska. There a native woman tells her that we have a half-sister
Diane Frank presents in Swan Light a finely wrought choreography of poetry that intersects with the music of language and the spirit of dance. These poems of love returning to love, and light returning to light, are a heart gone supernova. Page by page Frank burns a path to her readers' hearts. The alignments are profound, the connections electric from heart to bone, from marrow to star. These are radiant poems, where we earthbound creatures may find simultaneous escape and renewal. Diane Frank is an award-winning poet and author of six books of poems, including Swan Light, Entering the Word Temple and The Winter Life of Shooting Stars. Her friends describe her as a harem of seven women in one very small body. She lives in San Francisco, where she dances, plays cello, and creates her life as an art form. Diane teaches at San Francisco State University and Dominican University. She leads workshops for young writers as a Poet in the School and directs the Blue Light Press On-line Poetry Workshop. She is also a documentary scriptwriter with expertise in Eastern and sacred art. Blackberries in the Dream House, her first novel, won the Chelson Award for Fiction and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Yoga of the Impossible, her new novel, will be published soon. To schedule readings, book signings and workshops, and to invite her to speak to your book club, contact: E-mail: GeishaPoet@aol.com Website: www.dianefrank.net BOOKS BY DIANE FRANK Yoga of the Impossible Swan Light Blackberries in the Dream House Entering the Word Temple The Winter Life of Shooting Stars The All Night Yemenite Cafe Rhododendron Shedding Its Skin Isis: Poems by Diane Frank "These poems of love returning to love, and light returning to light, are a heart gone supernova. Page by page, Frank burns a path to her readers' hearts. The alignments are profound, the connections electric - from heart to bone, from marrow to star. These are radiant poems, where we earthbound creatures may find simultaneous escape and renewal." -George Wallace, Walt Whitman Birthplace Writer in Residence "There may be those who think of poetry as optional, but Diane Frank's Swan Light does not support that thinking, since it addresses a hunger you didn't know you had, first with trace nutrients of the soul, and as you progress, with the solid food of organic experience. Read, savour and be nourished." -Paul Stokstad, Author of Butterfly Tattoo "In Swan Light Diane Frank has written an irrepressible and epic love story: a love story for lover, artist, parent, child, earth, heaven, spirit, body, and music; a love story for what we are forced to leave behind, and for what we are lucky enough to keep; a love story whose thread is the music of love found in the many narratives and lyrics we live while walking, writing, running, dancing, painting, and praying. This is Diane Frank's most ambitious body of poetry to date, and I say "body" because the word "collection" is so inaccurate. This book is a whole, breathing the same breath as the author, and singing a meaning threaded with intricate images and motifs." -Rustin Larson, author of Crazy Star and The Wine-Dark House "Diane Frank presents in Swan Light a finely wrought choreography of poetry that intersects with the music of language and the spirit of dance. In these poems are whole constellations of imagery, a resplendent aurora of words showering down to light up the geography of the page. If poetry should not mean but be, as MacLeish proclaimed, then these poems by Diane Frank truly are." -Andrena Zawinski, author of Something About, PEN Oakland Award "Here is a book to treasure, to take down frequently for no particular reason, a book to help us remember why we took to poetry in the first place." -Daniel J. Langton, Creative Writing Program, San Francisco State University
Dorothy Wall (www.dorothywall.com) is author of Encounters with the Invisible: Unseen Illness, Controversy, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and coauthor of Finding Your Writer's Voice: A Guide to Creative Fiction. She has taught poetry and fiction writing at San Francisco State University, U.C. Berkeley Extension and Napa Valley College, and for 25 years has run a writing consulting business in Berkeley. Her poetry, essays and articles have appeared in numerous journals and magazines. "Dorothy Wall consistently uses language as a tool to expose her own vulnerabilities and the frailties of the world. Her pen leaves nothing unturned, unexamined-joy and grief receive the same scrutiny and, as a result of that process, the source is rediscovered and offered to the reader as a small gift." -Stewart Florsheim, author of A Split Second of Light "In Identity Theory, Dorothy Wall 'holds aside marble folds/exposing the white undersheen, /a monument to the art of/disrobing.' This collection moves from objective, almost statue-like representations of emotional realities to a world of passion and uncertainty wherein a dead mother begins 'talking almost every day.' These clean, well-wrought poems bring alive the personal struggles of a master poet." -Charles Entrekin, author of Listening: New & Selected Work "This is the poet who will ground you inside terrain where you can walk around in wonder, yet lift you to heights that give a view of the world that is transformative. This poet has mastered her craft with an attention so meticulous and so fine-tuned, so sensitive and sensory that it has resulted in this body of work, one that deserves to be read over and over." -Andrena Zawinski, author of Something About, PEN-Oakland Award recipient
WINNER OF THE 2012 BLUE LIGHT BOOK AWARD June Rachuy Brindel, beloved author of Ariadne and Phaedra, was a prolific poet. She collaborated on songs with her husband, composer Bernard Brindel. She had numerous poems published in literary magazines, and this is her first full-length collection of poems. The wise woman voice of her novels sings on every page. "Superb artistry, intellectual and emotional depth, and human compassion. She has been a mentor and an inspiration to all of us through both her work and through her unique and generous spirit." -Lynn Shapiro Fiction Writing Faculty, Columbia College, Chicago "June Rachuy Brindel has the eye and voice of a true poet. Her poems are lyrical as she takes notice of life's various situations and guides us through the mysterious unseen that is difficult to name and deal with. Her poems lead the way to a deeper understanding of ourselves and the life and lives around us. Reading her poems I have learned, laughed, and loved the language, the images, the quiet moment of knowing when the unseen is revealed." -Fran Podulka Associate Editor of Rhino, The Poetry Forum 1998-2008 "June Rachuy Brindel lays bare the bittersweetness of love, and the exquisite pain of injustice in poems that range from the pastoral to the political. In "The Road to Selma," she invokes the ghosts of the Civil Rights movement, with a fierceness and outrage and hope that exemplifies the era." -J. Scott Smith Musician and Writer "We have here no minor versifier, but rather, a writer calling for serious scrutiny and interpretation. Everything in this collection is worth your attention . . . it is clear that June found her distinctive voice early on and remained true to it over the decades. Like Donne, Dickinson, Heine, Whitman, Housman, Hopkins, or Pushkin, hers is a voice that cuts through the years." -Wilbur Zelinsky Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania State University
Most of us know someone who has endured the suffering of a serious medical challenge. Both the fear and uncertainty of the challenge itself and its treatment can overwhelm one's soul. This book is dedicated to all of the children who have ever had to deal with the fear of a serious medical challenge. Furthermore, it offers bold encouragement through their unique journey. We offer a special thank you to our friend, Linda. She has a heartfelt passion for children's literacy. But more importantly, during her personal cancer journey requested these children's stories about faith and courage. It is our hope that all who read our books will be inspired by the truth that God is with them at all times, and they should always...Be Not Afraid.
Robert Cox's The Final Event provides major new insight into the timing and significance of the momentous events beginning now to unfold on planet earth at this most crucial period of human history. Based upon his own intuitive cognitions, the author ties together prophetic indicators derived from the Vedic, Egyptian, Christian, Greek, Judaic, and Mayan traditions to develop a predictive historical model, which spans the last 13,000 years and, for the first time, connects the Precession of the Equinoxes with the cyclic unfolding of the four Ages of Man. The model accurately pinpoints, describes, and aligns the cultural and spiritual character of historical periods and points to June 2009 as the end of the current cycle of Ages and the beginning of the next. The author predicts that this date will mark the beginning of the 42-month period indicated in The Apocalypse of St. John, when all of humanity will traverse the Valley of the Shadow of Death making our way toward a new Golden Age, or Age of Truth. Like most birth processes, this global transformation is likely to be traumatic, and the author supplies advice on how to prepare for it physically and spiritually. Nevertheless, he argues that this risky and challenging passage will provide the greatest opportunity for transcendence ever offered to humanity, and he advises us how to take advantage of this opportunity through ego-mastery and meditation. The model predicts that the 42-month transition period, which marks the time of Tribulation, will end on December 21, 2012, when the light of the new Golden Age will first be seen.
I am so proud to finally let you meet The Girl Behind the Closed Door. She was in hiding for a very long time, but as with anything that is life changing, the wait was worthwhile. I have suffered greatly from loneliness, fear and depression and only through my writing and other learning tools, did I find ways to emerge as a stronger and more powerful woman. Poetry was a wonderful gift that I was given to free myself from the ugly grips of depression, and now I want to share its healing power with you. In every poem, I guarantee that you will find a piece of the heart of the girl behind the closed door. That girl, who used to be me, is resting now, but her wonderful essence is still alive in these works. All that I am today is because of the courage that she showed every day, just to survive. Be gentle with her, and she will show you her love. I will bet that when you find her heart, you will recognize it as a part of your own.
Contrary to modern notions, all that we need to be completely happy is always available to us. It is there without fail in all of our activities and interactions each and every day. We only need to know how to access it. That which makes us deeply fulfilled is the infallible guide for how to proceed towards greater happiness. What causes us difficulties is often even a starker reminder of the way forward to everlasting happiness. In Forever Fulfilled, Jay Gardner expresses much practical wisdom about how to utilize these diametrically opposed experiences to take full advantage of nature s nourishing intelligence, which is always showing us the way to greater peace in our lives. He describes age-old, divine techniques to improve our ability to access and use the ready-made messages of Truth that are constantly presenting themselves to us, and includes concrete and very doable action steps to live a truly happy life, starting now. From the start, Forever Fulfilled expands our perspective in a way that cannot help but ease our minds and heal our hearts. It provides the eternal knowledge needed to achieve lasting happiness today, tomorrow, and every day of our lives. It s a rich and useful resource for living a fulfilling life even in the midst of our most trying moments. Gardner s approach is refreshingly radical and joyful, but always well grounded. His vision is as balanced as it is penetrating. The knowledge in this book is completely applicable to any aspect of life, because it is imbued with the timeless and all-encompassing wisdom of the ages that always lives on to provide solace to those in need.
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