A Plain and Easie Method for Preserving (by God's Blessing) Those That Are Well from the Infection of the Plague Or Any Contagious Distemper, in City, Camp, Fleet, Etc., and for Curing Such as Are Infected with It is a practical and accessible medical treatise from the late 17th century, written by Gideon Harvey, M.D., Physician to His Majesty. This book was published in 1722, during a period when outbreaks of plague and other contagious diseases were a constant threat to public health in ...

It is contended in this book that much of the literature elaborates on a rather religious explanation of “Man’s Basic Purpose” for being on Earth. One religious explanation says that “Man’s Basic Purpose” is to worship, praise, and glorify God. It is the author’s view that we were not put here to glorify God. Here a more secular view of “Man’s Basic Purpose is given. One secular view says that “Man’s Basic Purpose” is to reproduce. The author goes from reproduction as a purpose for man’s e...

I have written this book of eighteen short stories. A representation of my longing for the past, yet I realize one can never go back into the past. Each story contains approximately 2,500 words. They will take all of us back into our own private past. They imply that you can never go back home; because, home will be different after all these years. But in some cases, home can be better than it was at one time, if you can afford to add modifications to your environment. You will thoroughly ...

This book of poetry traces my struggles from childhood, through college, military, and adult years. My poetry is mostly free verse and rhyme. I utilize my life experiences to present a mesmerizing book of poetry. I present over fifty poems in this collection. The title is appropriate, because in reviewing my life, I conclude that any day has always been a good day for me to die. I believe like the Native Americans that it is important to begin each day fresh, and not let past problems or p...

“Country Boy: Way Down Home” is a book of sayings, thoughts, and ideas. These thoughts came from the author’s own cerebral processes. He simply sat down over a period of many months and forced his conscious and subconscious mind to produce these ideas. They are meant to inspire and to motivate. You will find them interesting, captivating, entertaining, and stimulating. It took him seventy-five years to accumulate the wisdom that went into the writing of this book. Some of these sayings are...

This book is a collection of some of the author’s best published and unpublished sayings, short stories, and poems. Some of the previously published material in this book have been revised and reedited. All these sayings, short stories, and poems relate to the idea that it is good to be alive and focusing on the positive rather than the negative. The author emphasizes that no matter how bad your background you can improve your situation by focusing on the positive rather than the negative....

This is a novel about two boys who grew up in a rural area of East Texas. Neither of them had telephone, gas, or plumbing until later in life. They did get electricity by the time they entered first grade. Their early education was designed to poorly develop them. In addition, they both had schizophrenia as a strong genetic factor in their family’s history. You might say they both started from behind the eight ball. They both grew up with, according to their background, limited potential T...

In going through life one learns many of life’s lessons. This book points out some of the lessons the author has learned. He also gives some of his personal thoughts and ideas. The author begins his life on a small-dirt farm in East Texas, plowing a mule from sunup to sunset: he then receives an inadequate education from a rural-all-Black school, where he was neglected and abused; after which, he goes to college in East Texas, where he was out of place; later to the military; back to gradu...

I describe in this book how the Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome has historically and currently affected my own family, and subsequently many other Black families. The book suggests that pre-slavery, Middle Passage, post-slavery, and modern-day conditions contributed to the Black family’s pathologies. It goes on to demonstrate the manifestation of some of these specific problems in my family that has been caused by these historical conditions. It shows how the past continues to write on the s...

The author has written fifteen short stories that come straight from his cerebral-conscious and -subconscious mind. Each story contains approximately 2,500 words. These stories are easy reading, original, and guaranteed to entertain. They are congruent, sensible, and logical. They are fresh, entertaining, and creative; also succint, down to earth, and will force one to engage his or her imagination. The stories mimic some of the author's experiences, but are completely fictional, and in no...

Many minister’s and others will say, “God Told Me to Tell you . . .,” as if God actually told them to say it. We all know that God never told anyone to tell anyone anything. The author begins his life on a small-dirt farm in East Texas, plowing a mule from sunup to sunset; he then received an inadequate education from a rural all-Black school, where was neglected and abused; after which he goes to college in East Texas, where he was out of place; later to the military; back to graduate sch...

This book consists of seventy articles written about items in the daily news. They are 700 to 1,000 words each. The articles consider aspects of how Blacks are going backward rather than forward: educationally, politically, spiritually, socially, psychologically, and economically. Ideas were germinated from the Internet, TV, magazines, newspapers, and a lifetime of experiencing trials and tribulations. Most of these articles were my own creations. Some of the ideas are personal while some ...