“The true life story of the adventures of Joel, from the frozn wasteland of Northern Ohio to the sweltering battlefields of South Vietnam, Joel takes you into the battles with him during the Tet Offensive. Read about the radical transformation of a dope smoking weirdo into a man of destiny. Excellent reading.” -- Patrick Russell “A great book of life, taking us on a roller coaster ride of the Spirit. Many laughs and many tears as you follow through the humor and pain. Very strong testimony that will win souls!” -- Buster Curtsinger
The year is 1989, and the Cedar Mountain Six have just pulled off the impossible-a mass Death Row prison escape. Now they are on the run, and Officer Jack Spencer is the first responder. Stuck in a dead-end life and contemplating suicide, the Six's escape is exactly what Jack needs-a real chance to finally be the hero he always thought he would become. Ray Parker is the brains behind the daring escape. A good man who made a terrible choice that put him on Death Row, Ray now finds himself on the run with slow-talking country boy Delroy Swann. Facing the threat of capture at every turn, the duo embarks on a run for the border, desperately trying to stay one step ahead of The Law. Haunted by his past crime and the family he had to leave behind, Ray must constantly choose between what is right and what he must do to survive as he makes his way through rural America. Meanwhile, Jack Spencer's obsession with capturing the fugitives makes him a wanted man in his own right as he strays far beyond his jurisdiction and continues the chase from state to state. Will Ray make it to the border and begin a new life? Can Jack catch him before it's too late and earn the recognition and redemption he craves? The chase is on, and only one man can win.
In A New Beginning, Lee Joel Tiru courageously opens his heart and mind to the emotional and physical challenges he faced as a morbidly obese youngster and teenager. While it is no longer uncommon for one to admit to being fat, it is quite rare for one to lay oneself open, so the reader can sense his heartache and desperation and share equally in his joys and triumphs. Lee Tiru knows whereof he speaks; he offers a textbook example of how to set a course for changing ones life and for reaching and exceeding powerful life goals. He does not beat the reader perhaps equally obese as he once was over the head to change, but lays out reasonable challenges nonetheless to leave the reader with hope that there is life beyond misery. His words are applicable to any of lifes difficulties: set a goal and persevere, always mindful of victory.
The most compelling way to learn to love anything is to realize how close you are to losing it. How deep into the depths of despair must author Joel Lee Russell descend before he learns to open his body, mind and soul to the magnificence of devotion and faith? After surviving a tortured childhood, Russell's challenges continue when he arrives in Vietnam during the height of the Tet Offensive. While Russell's outfit of Marines dwindles from 250 men to 79 in a matter of four hours, he beseeches God to save him and promises to dedicate his life, from that moment on, to something greater than himself. Even though we think we are eager to learn our lessons and to improve ourselves, the training we endure is often complicated and challenging. After Joel Lee Russell, nicknamed Last Days Joel, repeatedly escapes death's sting, he opens himself to a divine beauty that soars beyond his belief. About the Author: Author Joel Lee Russell was born in 1948. He is the eleventh child and the seventh son in a family with 12 children. Throughout his upbringing, he suffered brutality that would have tested the strongest of men.When Russell wrote his memorable autobiography, Book of Joel - Book II, he was laying the foundation for his current work, Escaping Death's Sting. Russell earned a Purple Heart and a Navy Achievement Medal for his daring acts in Vietnam. He now lives in Bonney Lake, Washington. Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/joelleerussel
Angels Under Fire, by Joel Lee Russell, is a riveting fictional account based on true-life events. Joel suffers an unimaginable act of brutality at the age of 10. To drive out the mental demons that plague him, Joel joins a gang as a young man and his life spirals out of control; that is, until he joins the Marines and receives a little black book from his brother, Mike who returns from Vietnam. Joel's other brother, Patrick is sent to Vietnam during the 1968 Tet Offensive, the most dangerous time of the war, on a mission and Joel seeks to joins him-with his black book. The story concludes with the events leading to December 21, 2012, and the threat of total annihilation of enemy forces in Israel. Joel finds salvation, hope, redemption and meets another angel of sorts-his wife to be-Sunne, a Red Cross nurse who nurses Joel back to life after a near-death experience. His brilliant narration moves from one beautiful epiphany to the next while taking the reader on a humorous, joyous and triumphant journey. You will believe in angels after reading this bittersweet and beautifully rendered novel. Author Bio: Joel Lee Russell is a writer, musician, and entrepreneur. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Navy Achievement Medals for action in Vietnam. He has written an autobiography, The Book of Joel-Book II and lives with his wife, Sunne in Bonney Lake, Washington.
Timothy Washington, born in DC's ghetto, basically finds himself on his own from the age of 12, after nearly being killed by his mother's boyfriend at age 5. His life is riddled with crime as a way of survival. At age 18 he's sentenced to 12 years in the infamous Lorton Prison system. His high school sweetheart Tiara leaves him and he finds himself overwhelmed by another persistent young woman, Dahlia. His violent encounters and near death experiences from the street seem to continue within the prison system. Along the way, he meets Nick, an old school bank robber, who teaches Timothy, AKA Goon, the game. Goon hustles, robs, and fights his way through Lorton, until at Dahlia's suggestion, he puts his money into securing a lawyer, and after 4 years of hell, Goon is released. He begins robbing banks, which gives him the start-up capital to purchase a car lot and enter the world of legitimate business. However, he becomes addicted to robbing banks with the beat of the latest rap song rocking though his skull. Tiara reappears and Goon's feelings for her resurface as well. Simultaneously someone begins threatening Dahlia. Sending pictures of Goon robbing banks, and attempting to extort him through her. Goon, now living in the suburbs, calling legitimate shots, and stacking serious paper, realizes that something has to give. He must cure his addiction somehow, choose between Dahlia and Tiara, and locate the persistent extortionist, before everything he's worked for comes to a screeching halt. Violence, suspense, passion, love, betrayal, sex, money, murder: It's all here!
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Conflict Resolution in Asia: Mediation and Other Cultural Models is an exploration of human interaction, conflict, and conflict resolution in the incredibly diverse region that consists of South, East, and Southeast Asia. It examines how traditional, indigenous, and culturally based conflict resolution processes interact with more formal legal systems to build infrastructures that address conflicts at the interpersonal to international levels in ways that maintain social harmony. This book provides insight into situations where unique cultures come together to create a larger cultural identity, and how constructive and appropriate conflict resolution systems can work every day to establish positive relationships and overall peace in these complex communities. It demonstrates the importance of culture in addressing conflict and conflict resolution, and validates the significance of culturally appropriate processes in building and sustaining peace. From Southeast Asia, a survey of Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam highlights their rich cultures and conflict resolution processes. From East Asia, Mainland China and Hong Kong show the history of traditional models and the incorporation of mediation within a more formal legal system. Finally, a section on South Asia examines customary methods of dispute resolution working alongside a judiciary structure in India. These nine countries represent very different cultural groups with complex national histories, and varying degrees of influence from Western powers. Using select Asian nations as case studies of conflict resolution systems, this edited book examines the power of mediation and other cultural conflict resolution models as a tool for addressing conflicts and social justice.
The prevailing mediation model and process is drawn primarily from the West. For a long time, there has been a call for conflict management approaches that are more appropriate for the Asian context. ... This book answers the call by identifying cultural values and norms that affect how conflicts may be perceived through Asian lenses, and how conflict management processes and practices should be structured...
The caste system is supposed to be inescapable-you cannot change the caste into which you are born. But are there ways to elude the system? Concealing Caste tells the stories of women and men in India who, though born into communities stigmatized as 'untouchable,' are perceived by others as 'high caste.' Like the literature on racial passing in the American context, the short stories and autobiographical essays in this volume reveal the inner workings of a vicious social order, illuminating the contradictions of caste hierarchy through the experience of those who clandestinely transgress its boundaries. Concealing Caste is the first collection of Dalit writings focused on this public secret. Bringing together Dalit literature from Marathi, Telugu, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, English and Malayalam-including stories and essays never before translated-this landmark anthology illustrates the agonizing choices and at times devastating consequences faced by Dalits who experiment with identity in a society shot through with the principle of birth-based inequality.
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