In "Shadows From My Past", Rocco Romano's quest for forgiveness leads him through a labyrinth of regret and unresolved memories. Set against the violent backdrop of the 1950s and 60s, a time of societal unrest and moral ambiguity, Rocco seeks reconciliation but is met with remorse and condemnation at every turn. The ghosts of his past are neither evil nor vengeful; they don't seek to drag him to perdition, but they also offer no solace. Instead, they leave him to reckon with the consequenc...

Jubie Walker is not a normal fifteen-year-old-boy. He loves to read about history, listen to big-band music, and doesn't seem to connect with any of his classmates. He also has the strange dreams… Though he fights to stay awake, Jubie finds himself nearly nightly in a place filled with shadows and unexplained wonders. It's somehow 1942, and American soldiers are fighting the Japanese in World War II. Someone, or something, has attached itself to the very soul of Jubie Walker. While Jubie s...

Cantankerous old Viet Nam Vet buries his wife then reluctantly moves in with his daughter and her family. What follows is a clumsy attempt to reconcile and reunite the Burkhart and Howe families. Unforeseen tragedy follows. Maybe Christmas will prove to be the saving grace? A Christmas for the Heart is not your conventional holiday anecdote. It will tug at your heartstrings and remind the ordinary reader what Christmas really means. Suddenly, unexpected tragedy and heartbreak become unwelc...

Society is unchangeable. As decade after decade passes, one thing remains sadly the same, human nature. Modern inventions improve our lives, but many people's behavior stays the same. Bullying, racism, and antisemitism remain firmly in place. This story examines those same behaviors during the decade of the 1950s. Teenagers were exposed to this daily, and each teen handled it their way. There were victims and villains: the helpless and the heroes. "So Gently Goes the Hummingbird" will do e...

Gerardo Marcano is a young writer from New York, who draws inspiration from his life to bring you this vulnerable bilingual collection; a journey of self discovery through assertion, self identity, love, and spirituality. He captures a modern mix of tender romantic poetry with the grit of urban rhymes to invite the reader to see what lies within his minds eye.

Flavor physics is fundamental to test the Standard Model of particle physics and could be the key to discover new physics. This book explores lepton flavor violating implications in the low scale seesaw models, a well-motivated scenario for explaining the still open problem of neutrino mass generation. It studies the lepton flavor violating Higgs decays in depth, developing useful simple expressions for making fast estimations of this observable. It also introduces a new parametrization op...

He is one of the most controversial and important world leaders currently in power. In this international bestseller, at last available in English, Hugo Chávez is captured in a critically acclaimed biography, a riveting account of the Venezuelan president who continues to influence, fascinate, and antagonize America.Born in a small town on the Venezuelan plains, Chávez found his interests radically altered when he entered the military academy in Caracas. There, as Hugo Chávez reveal...

It is an inspiring guide that fuses the art of creating terrariums with spiritual practices. Discover how these small ecosystems can become powerful tools for meditation and holistic well-being, connecting you with nature and promoting inner harmony. Ideal for those seeking balance and serenity in their daily life.

Direct Focus MethodDo you feel like your day is slipping away amidst productivity apps and constant notifications? It's time to return to what truly works.In a world saturated with complex digital tools, the Direct Focus Method proposes a rebellion: reclaim your ability to concentrate using the clarity of analog productivity. You don't need an expensive planner or a monthly subscription; you just need a notebook, a pen, and this instruction...

Do you feel like you work hard all month, only to find yourself wondering where your money went?We are bombarded with financial apps, colorful charts, and complex methods promising to organize our finances. Yet, the reality is simple: technology doesn't solve the mess—it just digitizes it.If you are tired of restrictive budgets you can't stick to and the anxiety caused by financial uncertainty, this book is for you.In *Finanzas de Enfoque Di...

L.A.S BLACK ELITE, 80S DECADENCE LUST, GREED AND GOLD To the outsider, Courtney Hamilton has the perfect life. She is the beautiful, intelligent but naive daughter of one of the most successful, black business men in Los Angeles in 1977. The familys fortune was handed down by her great-grandfather, who was one of Californias first African American gold miners. Jealous of her daughters privileged upbringing, and haunted by her own past, Courtneys mother, Danielle does everything she can to ...

Its a black rainy night, and I am here thrown in the street, choking in my own blood and in my own madness. My white 69 Camaro is broken in parts, and I am reliving every second of what happened. Well, people always say that you see your life flash near your eyes before leaving this world.-----Chosen by God and the Devil, Alexander has been deemed the savior or destroyer of humanity. Born in Italy, with pitch black long hair tied in a ponytail, gray eyes, a shadowed beard, he was raised wi...