This book, “My Grand Ole Lifetime—A Memoir”, spans seven decades of the life and times of Allen F. McNair, autobiographer, poet and visual artist. He has experienced his life to the fullest, from his heartaches, breakdowns, and triumphs. In this book, he tells of his experience being homeless as well his success academically as a graduate of Columbia College Chicago, focusing on the subject of Screenwriting. In his latest attempt at graduate school level, DePaul University in Chicago, IL, he earned further success in Screenwriting. He relates his most recent artistic journey during the COVID-19 crisis as a member of Project Onward, an organization in support of fellow artists with mental health challenges and disabilities. He has related in this book his success in the promotion and sale of both his artwork and books.
This is my story of the lovely Amaresh. She comes to our world from the farthest shore of the celestial sea through an accident in space. She has extraordinary powers that she uses to serve our race as one of the village seers. She meets and falls in love with a man from our planet, Man Do Lin. Many are the adventures that they share. They marry and have a daughter, Asgareth, whom they raise to young adulthood. Through a great sacrifice, Amaresh saves Asgareth from the harm of Pan Do Rae, the evil village seer. There are people of wisdom who masquerade as good but actually harbor thoughts to rule rather than serve others who do not have their mental powers. You will no doubt cheer the good people and pity the evil ones. This is a book of science fiction written as an epic poem.
This current anthology is the product of years of my extensive experience with the written word. The original anthology contained the black-and-white illustrations included in this book. The writings in that book evolved from my brief time as a homeless person after my graduation from Columbia College, Chicago. This book is an extension of my experience with the counseling services of the Thresholds Dincin Center and with the Bezazian Writers Groupa group originally formed as part of the now-defunct Neighborhood Writing Alliance.
This collection of poetry and prose covers my life past and present with frank admissions of my experience with a mental disability and subsequent hospitalization, my suffering the loss of a dear younger brother, and even gives the reader an urban legend. Some of this seminal work is the product submitted to the Chicago Neighborhood Writing Alliance literary magazine, the Journal of Ordinary Thought and to other forums. It views with nostalgia my turbulent relationship with an alcoholic Dad. It praises my experience working as a person who bags groceries for Mariano's Fresh Market. One of my pieces tells the narrative of a winter family gathering and another expresses my loss of a dear friend as well as of my precious cat, Kit Kat. Their is humor in several of my writing and a photo of Marilyn Monroe as well as my brother, Roger McNair. I hope that some day, I will reach a larger audience with my publishing.
“Let others find the evil one.” So says the evil Pan Do Rae to her son, Da Vid Son and to his Life Mate, As'gareth. Can the mystery posed here ever be solved? It is a disturbing riddle that can be answered only by serious magic. This magic is related well in this sequel to Allen F. McNair's first book, the science fiction epic poem, I Dream of A'maresh.This is the very wild erotic story of Pan Do Rae, a very wise woman among her peers who is a natural sexual predator. Very few people who know her can see through the masks that she wears to fool her fellow humans. She has the extraordinary mental powers which allow her to bend people to her will and wishes to rule over others rather than serve them. She discovers these paranormal powers in her early childhood and uses them to advance her designs of gaining her every material and sensual desire. She belongs to the elite members of the Village Seers Council. She knows of the Village Seer Man Do Lin who befriends her mental rival, the lovely and kind A'maresh, a woman from the farthest shore of the celestial sea who has accidentally landed on this planet Earth after it recovered from a nuclear holocaust. Through the mental power of Far Vision, she views the lives of A'maresh and Man Do Lin with utmost contempt, derision and revulsion. Little Davy Walker is her childhood companion and temporarily satisfies Pan's need for and fascination with sex. Ever needing the satisfaction of her lusts, Pan Do Rae is in a constant search for other lovers. Count Estevez Marlboro is her magical and sexual equal, who teaches her how to command her fellow humans. Yet Pan Do Rae eventually tires of him and soon betrays him. Herbert is the besotted dwarf who wishes only to serve her as a friend and lover. As her lover, the little man begets the lovely As'Martine, only to be further ridiculed by Pan Do Rae and his beloved female offspring. As Herbert and Pan Do Rae's daughter, she soon gets into similar sexual mischief as her mother did before her. Both mother and daughter look together for new sexual conquests to share. No one is immune from the two women's wiles.Yet even As'Martine is not resistant to the purity of A'maresh's character. The young woman eventually performs a greater purpose than her mother had intended. Learn about how effortlessly the good people in this story do indeed triumph in the end. Every grand evil intention of Pan Do Rae is eventually overcome. Our erstwhile villain cannot prevail in the end.Read all about Pan Do Rae's formative years and life story. Learn the secret of the young man who is the actual father of her son. Watch her various machinations to ruin the very life of A'maresh as well as that of the alien visitor's daughter, As'gareth. See how each of these evil plans unfold and their inevitable failure to endure the innocence of A'maresh's charm. Discover the very secret of the A'maresh rose. Even the good faith of the heroic Da Vid Son is tested by the influence of reading this foul document. Will you find yourself tested as well? You will no doubt cheer the people who do good things in their lives and pity the poor Pan Do Rae for taking the wrong path of growth.McNair is a masterful storyteller who keeps his readers in the thrall of his words. He weaves a master web of intrigue and magic with his book of evil and wisdom. This book answers many of the questions raised in his first book, I Dream of A'maresh, yet raises many more with this tale. As a sequel, the book stands as an excellent companion to the first. He promises that the story of Herbert will give answer to the mystery of his disappearance from the lives of Pan Do Rae's victims. If you love magic and mystery, look for a new title, A Dwarf's Tale, from this up and coming writer. This new series is reminiscent of The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and The Hunger Games in its magnificent scope and majesty. The third book in this series is coming to your doors soon!
This new edition of my book expands the story to contain the original chapters with two to three new stanzas further describing the important points of the story. It is the inspiring epic poem of A'maresh, an alien visitor to our planet who chose to serve humankind rather than rule over us. She incurs the wrath and envy of the wise yet evil Pan Do Rae. Pan discovers a tool for threatening and ending A'maresh's life and intends to use it.
From the creators of The Mad Dog 100 comes a definitive ranking of each sport's greatest players, places, and moments in sports history, featuring such top ten lists as the Top 10 Coaches of All Time, the Top 10 Sports Venues, the Top 10 Sports Moments in History, and the Top 10 Players in Baseball, NFL Football, College Basketball, and more. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
Harlequin® Historical brings you a collection of three new titles, available now! This box set includes: SURRENDER TO THE MARQUESS by Louise Allen (Regency) When Lady Sara Herriard's husband dies, she decides it's time for her to live as she pleases. She won't change for anyone—and certainly not the infuriating Marquess of Cannock! Available via Reader Service and online: HEIRESS ON THE RUN by Laura Martin (Regency) Runaway heiress Amelia Eastway seeks shelter in an overgrown country estate, only to discover the owner—mysterious Sir Edward Gray—does not take kindly to trespassers… WALTZING WITH THE EARL by Catherine Tinley (Regency) The Earl of Shalford must marry to save his estate. He needs a wealthy bride, and fast! So why does his eye keep wandering to quiet, penniless Charlotte Wyncroft?
A serial killer's desire to protect children fuels a parallel drive to murder other sadistic men in this immersive and literary psychological thriller. BULLIED AS CHILD FOR BEING OVERWEIGHT and an orphan, the serial killer in I Disappeared Them hides in plain sight. By day, he is an affable family man with a disarming smile, surrounded by his children and loving wife. At night he punches the clock as a hard-working pizza man. After work, he roams Miami's nighttime streets as the Periwinkle Killer, the sociopath passing judgment on the wicked according to a twisted moral code. He believes himself to be a defender of women and children. The Everglades is filling up with the corpses of his victims. He must be stopped, but there are no clues except the periwinkles he leaves at every crime scene. I Disappeared Them is a brutal, boy meets girl love story that delves into the Periwinkle Killer’s childhood to confront the age-old question, is a serial killer designed or destined? Like Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho and Joyce Carol Oates's Zombie, Preston L. Allen's immersive narrative hauntingly occupies the peculiar psychological landscape of a murderer.
The WWII diary of a US soldier and Soviet spy who worked closely with General Patton is presented in this fully annotated edition. Robert S. Allen is one of the more controversial figures of the Second World War. After serving in France during World War I, he left the military to start a career as a syndicated columnist, eventually becoming the Washington, DC, bureau chief for the Christian Science Monitor. In that time, he also developed a sideline as a paid informant for the KGB. When American entered World War II, Allen rejoined the army to serve as General Patton's chief of situation and executive officer for operations. He was considered such an authority on Patton after the war that Twentieth Century-Fox asked him to develop a film script about the general. In Forward with Patton, John Nelson Rickard presents a complete, annotated edition of Colonel Allen's World War II diary for 1944-1945. The entries reflect Allen's private thoughts on the Third Army and provide an invaluable perspective on Patton, whom Allen deeply admired.
Impelled by runaway spending and rampant corruption, America's much-beloved games of college basketball and football are being threatened. The specter of billion-dollar sums being showered on coaches, voracious athletic directors, hordes of support staff and lavish comforts for fans has led to a near-deafening roar to pay the players. The injustice of such sums being amassed, in the main, from the labor of young men of color many of whom come from disadvantaged backgrounds cannot be justified; and yet, American society has allowed this intractable problem to fester for more than half a century. Lured by the glitter of untold riches, naive young players enroll year after year in colleges and universities expecting the ultimate reward of a highly paid career as a pro. Only a minuscule few will advance that far; even fewer will reap significant financial rewards. Instead of educating them, colleges and universities force them into full-time athletic jobs in which their labor is shamelessly exploited. Small wonder that outraged critics demand compensation for the players, but these same critics only present vague answers when asked how such a radical change would work. College Sports on the Brink of Disaster, first published as Marching Toward Madness and now newly updated, cites twenty-one reasons why the pro-pay position is wrong, among them the prospect that the player talent pool will be concentrated to even fewer rich schools; recruiting wars will lead to more frequent scandals; and the regulatory powers of the NCAA will exponentially increase. Worst of all, pay-for-play will encourage schools to shirk even further the imperative to educate the young athletes. College Sports on the Brink of Disaster presents comprehensive reforms to end cheating and corruption in college sports, to put academics first, and to end the peonage of non-white athletes once and for all.
For twenty-four winters, the blond child had been held captive by the Indians. Now rangy, raw-boned Ben Allison set out to heat up a stone-cold trail and bring Amy Johnston home. He was armed with only an old mountain man’s map, a cheap gold locket, an ornery pack mule, and his army Colt. It was an impossible mission leading straight into hostile Indian country. Ben was keenly aware that the search for Amy could very well be his own death hunt.
The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science provides an outstanding resource in 33 published volumes with 2 helpful indexes. This thorough reference set--written by 1300 eminent, international experts--offers librarians, information/computer scientists, bibliographers, documentalists, systems analysts, and students, convenient access to the techniques and tools of both library and information science. Impeccably researched, cross referenced, alphabetized by subject, and generously illustrated, the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science integrates the essential theoretical and practical information accumulating in this rapidly growing field.
This book is an exploration and mapping of the frontiers of research in psychotherapy. The authors make a systematic effort to discover where the science is going; analyzing conceptual problems, trends, and issues; record their interviews with the leaders in the field; and recommend new directions for research. The volume is the result of a three-year study on collaborative research in psychotherapy by the National Institute of Mental Health, and was first published in 1972.In Changing Frontiers in the Science of Psychotherapy Allen E. Bergin and Hans H. Strupp introduce the reader to therapeutic science as it appeared to them during a three year process of evaluating available literature, conducting interviews with scientists and therapists, and exchanging and formulating viewpoints. Personal reflections and experiences were gleaned from working papers, correspondence, and personal material, all of which gave life to the ongoing processes of science and provide considerable insight into everyday reality behind the scenes.The prominent therapists interviewed in this book include Arnold A. Lazarus, Lester Luborsky, Arthur H. Auerbach, Lyle D. Schmidt, Stanley R. Strong, Paul E. Meehl, Howard F. Hunt, Bernard F. Riess, Thomas S. Szasz, Arnold P. Goldstein, Gerald C. Davison, Bernard Weitzman, J. B. Chassan, Kenneth M. Colby, Albert Bandura, Robert S. Wallerstein, Harold Sampson, Louis Breger, Howard Levene, Ralph R. Greenson, Milton Wexler, Carl B. Rogers, Charles B. Traux, Joseph D. Matarazzo, Neal E. Miller, Henry B. Linford, Peter H. Knapp, John M. Shlien, David Bakan, Marvin A. Smith, and Peter J. Lang, all of whom remain leading figures in the literature on psychotherapy.
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