From our earliest history, Americans have had an uneasy affection for our outlaws, especially those from the romantic period of the Old West. Whether it is the fearlessness and freedom they represent or some other psychological need, we often overlook the misdeeds of these people in our fascination with them.This book is about their photographs. Some of the mythology is perpetuated in the captions and some new truths put forth as well. Viewing these photographs allows us to look th...

In my prequel sci-fi thriller novel Elixir Vamp, the story continues where SEARCH, a major conglomerate, has made Chicago, Illinois, a place to regenerate its diabolical plan of invading Earth.These chameleon creatures from a disparate world decided to create something more sinister so they could annihilate the humans. The aliens continue to frame pearly smiles with a different, malevolent ploy against the humans, this time using greed.In accomplishing this task, the aliens...

So as not to belabor the point, as mankind has evolved its creation of written language, it has infused certain meanings and devices in written language for strategic purposes. These purposes include the development and maintenance of linguistic tactics of secrecy, the storage of delicate intellectual and political content, and the maintenance of a selected historical record. My first book discusses these three primary aspects of written language (hereafter to be referred to simply as lang...

I want to share some Good News with you. The Good News is that Love is alive and well in the world. As the song says, Love is the Answer to all of the hurts, sickness, anxiety and anger in the world. Love is available to all people. Love soothes our hurts, helps to heal our sickness, and eases our anxiety. Love comforts the grieving, reduces anger, and offers hope for the future. People are hard-wired to crave love, and to respond to love by loving others. We know love is real because we h...

Whether you're a novice volunteer, board member, professional fundraiser, or nonprofit CEO, you face the daunting challenge of meeting fundraising goals, and no amount of passion, energy or hard work can replace the fact that money is needed to fuel your organization's growth. So how do you raise money to fuel your vision?In this book Larry outlines his unique and time-tested principles of fundraising which successfully helped raise 21 million in under a year for an organization th...

The beginning of the school year starts off rocky for King. He is bullied because of his love for reading. The pressure from his bully who’s name is Michael seems to intensify each day. It didn’t help that his only true friend, Angelina just happened to be Michael’s girl crush since elementary school. Things come to a head when Michael walks up just in time to see King and Angelina waving goodbye to one another. By days end, King is challenged to a fist fight. What happens when King’s bull...

Department stores John A. Brown's, Kerr's and Halliburton's ruled supreme in Oklahoma City. From "lucky penny" giveaways to defying blue laws, the three big department stores did whatever it took to entertain and entice. The stunning display windows of Kerr's downtown once lured shoppers inside, but the closing of Halliburton's in 1961 signaled the final days of downtown shopping. Adoption fairs and civil rights sit-ins at Brown's wove the store into the social fabric of the city. Authors ...

This book is written to help African American male youth to improve their/our future with motivated and melanin inspired learning as well as many other learning strategies for brothers in the K12 learning classrooms that I taught in or lead as a former Principal and/or Vice Principal. In addition to poetry, this book is full of good, and positive advice to make SURE Black male youth are successful in K12 levels of education and includes my five paragraph essay writing instructions, histori...

Synopsis: This book, Long Distance Love, is dedicated to all of those people in the world who are looking for real love and have not yet found it. This book is a sequel in many ways to Journey To The Motherland, From San Francisco To Benin City (2002), which is currently available at my Amazon.com page. So this book is also dedicated to African Americans and other readers interested in learning more about Africa, as well as Nigeria in particular. This book is also dedicat...

Synopsis: This is a book about an African American who marries a Nigerian Woman and, after being fired by three companies after 1 year of employment, decides to go to Africa and Nigeria in particular to teach Government in Nigeria's Benin City high school called Eghosa Grammar School on New Lagos Road. Larry was a successful teacher for 4 years and returned to California.Autobiography: Larry is a High School Diploma Teacher at Pittsburg Adult Education Center in P...

From A Black Man's PerspectiveHISTORY TO DESTINY is an abundant collection of poetry that spans three decades of life experiences and perspectives of Mr. Larry Ukali Johnson-Redd. It covers a plethora of topics such as racial injustice, police brutality, and economic displacement. It carries a common theme of Black unity, social awareness, and self-love. I was initially reluctant to read the collection, because it is as thick as any novel. But, as I began to read the poems...

Laser Safety: Practical knowledge and solutions provides an in-depth guide to laser safety for a wide variety of people who work regularly with lasers and similar products. Laser safety basics are discussed, with an explanation of laser safety devices and useful techniques to obtain workable laser safety culture. An expansion of topics not found in typical laser safety texts is also included: ergonomics, mentoring, performance-based learning, on the job training, laser safety tool...