Ronald Montgomery is a world-traveled writer and community activist. His perspective of life is formulated based on several decades as an academician and life-coach, as a humanitarian and as a professional writer of business publications. His poetic writings are an avocation and acknowledgement of life's nuanced and collaborative construction of our individual pathways. Our interactions with one another are elaborated on with a core theme that he identifies as "the real secret." He also shares an underlying theme of "common experiences." That is, we do not experience things in a vacuum and no experience is so unique that others have not experienced something similar. Pervasive in his writings is the belief that we all influence others and are also influenced. A fundamental belief expressed throughout is that there is always something to be learned from each experience. Each experience has a thread that connects to the next and ultimately leads us to the "one thing and the real secret" that connects and empowers everything. That one thing is finally identified for readers in his book. He brings all of his skills to bear by identifying this concept that a lifetime of research has revealed.
No Turning Back" by Ronald Montgomery does for contemporary poetry what Gutenberg did for publishing. His writing is a renaissance for narrative poetry that captures life experiences and makes them available to every reader. He goes a step further as he pushes the boundaries of life's events to expose the connectedness of human desires for love and acceptance. His contemporary prose is well suited for readers of all ages and adeptly captures the human experience - from beginning to end, with explorations into theology and philosophies surrounding the human experience. His descriptions energize, erupt, stretch, bound and capture life in ways that few contemporary writers manage. Like Nikki and Maya, he pulls poetry from unreachable library shelves to make poetry's descriptive lines, bedside and coffee-table-accessible. His most current work is a companion piece to his audio CD by the same name and is the sixth book in his poetry series. The poetry of Ronald Montgomery connects the poet and writer together. This is the intention he shares in No Turning Back. In his words, "Being in fellowship with my readers is solemn. We share life experiences and the energy that binds us together." Readers of 'No Turning Back' will look forward to the next books by Ronald Montgomery - one of the finest poets of our time.
Tears of a Rose With Tears of a Rose, Ronald Montgomery transports the reader on a journey to rediscover the voices of nearly forgotten emotions. In his poems, love, beauty friendship and pain are more than concepts. They move through our memories and peek around corners at the most unexpected times, to expose dust covered feelings. They speak to the reader's senses and give voice to memories that languish in realms hidden, but not forgotten. In his writing, Ronald continually changes perspective. He takes us on journeys to explore the human condition. In these explorations, he shares an unbridled desire to look at, to look behind, and to look beyond the walls of a body that contains us. This captive spirit speaks now through these poems and often describes the mirrored walls of self-discovery. At other times, he talks of a world seen through bars - a world in view, but out of touch. And, as a final offering, he exercises what seems an unfettered imagination, and practiced storytelling skills to repeat lore and oral history of the heart.
No Turning Back" by Ronald Montgomery does for contemporary poetry what Gutenberg did for publishing. His writing is a renaissance for narrative poetry that captures life experiences and makes them available to every reader. He goes a step further as he pushes the boundaries of life's events to expose the connectedness of human desires for love and acceptance. His contemporary prose is well suited for readers of all ages and adeptly captures the human experience - from beginning to end, with explorations into theology and philosophies surrounding the human experience. His descriptions energize, erupt, stretch, bound and capture life in ways that few contemporary writers manage. Like Nikki and Maya, he pulls poetry from unreachable library shelves to make poetry's descriptive lines, bedside and coffee-table-accessible. His most current work is a companion piece to his audio CD by the same name and is the sixth book in his poetry series. The poetry of Ronald Montgomery connects the poet and writer together. This is the intention he shares in No Turning Back. In his words, "Being in fellowship with my readers is solemn. We share life experiences and the energy that binds us together." Readers of 'No Turning Back' will look forward to the next books by Ronald Montgomery - one of the finest poets of our time.
Bordered by the Oconee River on the west and the Altamaha River on the south, formed where the Ocmulgee and Oconee Rivers collide head-on at the forks, Montgomery County's rolling pine barrens are dotted with rustic pioneer log cabins, stately antebellum clapboard houses, and elegant Victorian homes. The county's access to the Oconee and Altamaha Rivers provided early settlers with vital transportation and commercial links to the outside world. On their way to markets in Savannah and Darien, men rafting down these rivers on huge logs cut from the dense pine forests were a common scene of the 1800s; steamboats and ferries were also used for the transport of people and goods. The breathtaking beauty of the winding Old River Road along the western edge of Montgomery County provides a glimpse of long ago as one passes old homesteads and majestic cemetery monuments. Historic scenes from the once-bustling villages of Montgomery County are contained in these pages. Country churches, schools, and agrarian scenes are also portrayed.
Travis Hartman was no different than anyone else his age. That was, of course, until he discovered something quite out of the norm: a super power. Determined to control and mature his new found ability, he becomes thrust into a world of extraordinary people with extraordinary gifts. After stumbling upon an organization designed to teach the gifted how to hone their newly uncovered abilities, he becomes acquainted with the mysterious Bastion, who leads him to question the true motives of the organization and their connection with the native known as, Bidziil. Join the cast of Faxon, Aden, Zane, and many more as they are brought together to unravel the secrets of the organization and unlock a door forbidden to be open. Welcome to the islands...
A Safe Haven for the Heart! PSALM of the Heart-Fortress is more than a collection of poems & love songs. Think of this book as the safe haven for the heart; the home for a mystical and metaphorical organ that provides testimony to our intent and feelings. Frequently the heart is a "broker of truth," and at other times the "emissary of deceit." In these pages the territory for which wars have been waged, lost and won are chronicled and explored from the inside - out. On the heart's battleground, Ron Montgomery provides a wide breath of experiences ranging from the spiritual to worldly. The message here is about the growth that occurs at the deepest most intimate levels, and provides a common understanding of metaphors and analogies that describe the individual joys and pains of living "here" in our respective skins. The author invites readers to join him on this journey as a prelude to what comes next.
Life is never surprised However, we are frequently caught off guard by the events that life delivers to our door. In travels through life, rare and beautiful flowers have a way of appearing in the most austere and unexpected places. The proper response, if there is one, has got to be reverence and appreciation of God's gifts. Of special note is the fact that we sometimes appear as rare flowers in the lives of those with intersecting paths. What a pleasant surprise.
Love is a fetching hunter of happy prey... In life's pursuit, battles are fought, won and lost for a priceless jewel that can only be given. Once given, it transforms the giver and the recipient. The question is how willing are both to begin a transformation, a metamorphosis that can also reshape kingdoms and continents? The answer is here.
In today's world of galloping change, adjustment and anticipation have become ever more vital for retail operations. Many retailers have successfully anticipated change, while others have simply become relics of retailing history. Facing intense environmental competition, different types of retail institutions, whether a mass merchandiser or a hotel, find themselves confronting different types of challenges. The stories of a spectrum of retailers highlight the variables necessary for duplicating success and avoiding failure. This timely work provides a starting point for understanding the complexities and interrelationships in retail management.
As the Germans wreaked havoc in Europe in the early 1940s, the war in Northern Africa seemed relatively insignificant. Yet a series of surprising victories by the Afrika Korps forced Winston Churchill to refocus his attention. In the desert, one of the war's most brilliant commanders was blooming - Commander Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel. In this provocative study, Ronald Lewin, prizewinning author of Slim: The Standardbearer and Ultra Goes to War charts the course of Rommel's military career. The Desert Fox, was a tactical genius - his personal leadership and ability to improvise on the battlefield with minimal resources were exemplary. Yet lapses in Rommel's judgment, combined with Churchill's heightened defences and Hitler's neglect, led to a crushing defeat for the Afrika Korps at Alamein in 1942. As Rommel's success waned, so did his relations with Hitler. Rommel was an exceptional commander - not only for his skills, but for the integrity with which he carried himself. This integrity, admired even by his adversaries, proved fatal. Unafraid to voice his objections to Hitler's military decisions, Rommel was associated with the 1944 plot to kill the dictator. In the wake of the plot's failure, Rommel was forced to take his own life.
In Yountsville: The Rise and Decline of an Indiana Mill Town , Ronald Morris and collaborators examine the history and context of a rural Midwestern town, including family labor, working women, immigrants, and competing visions of the future. Combing perspectives from history, economics, and archeology, this exploration of a pioneering Midwestern company town highlights how interdisciplinary approaches can help recover forgotten communities. The Yount Woolen Mill was founded during the pioneer period by immigrants from Germany who employed workers from the surrounding area and from Great Britain who were seeking to start a life with their families. For three generations the mill prospered until it and its workers were faced with changing global trade and aging technology that could not keep pace with the rest of the world. Deindustrialization compelled some residents to use education to adapt, while others held on to their traditional skills and were forced to relocate. Educators in the county seat offered Yountsville the opportunity to change to an education-based economy. Both the educators and the tradesmen associated with the mill believed their chosen paths gave children the best opportunities for the future. Present-day communities working through industrialization and deindustrialization still push for educational reform to improve the lives of their children. In the Midwest, many stories exist about German immigrants working in urban areas, but there are few stories of immigrants as capitalists in rural areas. The story of the Yount family is one of an immigrant family who built an industry with talent, labor, and advantage. Unfortunately, deindustrialization, dislocation, adaptation, and reuse were familiar problems in the Midwest. Archeologists, scholars, and students of state and local history and the Midwest will find much of interest in this book.
Before their relocation to the Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma, the Kanza Indians spent twenty-seven years on a reservation near Council Grove, Kansas, on the Santa Fe Trail. In The Darkest Period, Ronald D. Parks tells the story of those years of decline in Kanza history following the loss of the tribe’s original homeland in northeastern and central Kansas. Parks makes use of accounts by agents, missionaries, journalists, and ethnographers in crafting this tale. He addresses both the big picture—the effects of Manifest Destiny—and local particulars such as the devastating impact on the tribe of the Santa Fe Trail. The result is a story of human beings rather than historical abstractions. The Kanzas confronted powerful Euro-American forces during their last years in Kansas. Government officials and their policies, Protestant educators, predatory economic interests, and a host of continent-wide events affected the tribe profoundly. As Anglo-Americans invaded the Kanza homeland, the prairie was plowed and game disappeared. The Kanzas’ holy sites were desecrated and the tribe was increasingly confined to the reservation. During this “darkest period,” as chief Allegawaho called it in 1871, the Kanzas’ Neosho reservation population diminished by more than 60 percent. As one survivor put it, “They died of a broken heart, they died of a broken spirit.” But despite this adversity, as Parks’s narrative portrays, the Kanza people continued their relationship with the land—its weather, plants, animals, water, and landforms. Parks does not reduce the Kanzas’ story to one of hapless Indian victims traduced by the American government. For, while encroachment, disease, and environmental deterioration exerted enormous pressure on tribal cohesion, the Kanzas persisted in their struggle to exercise political autonomy while maintaining traditional social customs up to the time of removal in 1873 and beyond.
In a stinging dissent to a 1961 Supreme Court decision that allowed the Illinois state bar to deny admission to prospective lawyers if they refused to answer political questions, Justice Hugo Black closed with the memorable line, "We must not be afraid to be free." Black saw the First Amendment as the foundation of American freedom--the guarantor of all other Constitutional rights. Yet since free speech is by nature unruly, people fear it. The impulse to curb or limit it has been a constant danger throughout American history. In We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free, Ron Collins and Sam Chaltain, two noted free speech scholars and activists, provide authoritative and vivid portraits of free speech in modern America. The authors offer a series of engaging accounts of landmark First Amendment cases, including bitterly contested cases concerning loyalty oaths, hate speech, flag burning, student anti-war protests, and McCarthy-era prosecutions. The book also describes the colorful people involved in each case--the judges, attorneys, and defendants--and the issues at stake. Tracing the development of free speech rights from a more restrictive era--the early twentieth century--through the Warren Court revolution of the 1960s and beyond, Collins and Chaltain not only cover the history of a cherished ideal, but also explain in accessible language how the law surrounding this ideal has changed over time. Essential for anyone interested in this most fundamental of our rights, We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free provides a definitive and lively account of our First Amendment and the price courageous Americans have paid to secure them.
Since the 2004 presidential campaign, when the Bush presidential advance team prevented anyone who seemed unsympathetic to their candidate from attending his ostensibly public appearances, it has become commonplace for law enforcement officers and political event sponsors to classify ordinary expressions of dissent as security threats and to try to keep officeholders as far removed from possible protest as they can. Thus without formally limiting free speech the government places arbitrary restrictions on how, when, and where such speech may occur.
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