The Spooktacular Trick-or-Treating Adventure: A Halloween Journey with 10 Magical Friends is a delightful children's book aimed at kids aged 6 to 10. The story follows ten friends—Tommy the Brave Pirate, Lily the Enchanting Witch, Max the Mighty Werewolf, Zara the Mysterious Ghost, Ben the Clever Vampire, Ella the Sparkling Fairy, Ollie the Friendly Monster, Sophie the Glowing Jack-O'-Lantern, Jake the Mischievous Skeleton, and Mia the Cute Black Cat—as they embark on an unforgettable Hall...

In Books Jesus Read, Robert "Dr. Bob" Lay takes his readers on a guided tour of the Apocrypha—Jewish history, stories, and wisdom written in the four hundred years between the Old and New Testaments. These are some of the writings Jesus and other first century Jews would have known. For anyone wanting to better understand Jesus and the New Testament, look no further than the books Jesus himself may have read.Dr. Bob Lay has done us a wonderful service in making the OT Apocrypha acc...

This is a story of duty, honor and country; a story of young love gone wrong, betrayal, crushing emotional pain, and a man's struggle to survive. Hospitalized, near fatal illness. Everything lost, but always picking himself up and "Continuing to March." Born to an off-the-grid poor farm family in the middle of the great depression. Finding true love, a love that has survived over half a century, surviving through many painful goodbyes, long separations, and raising five children. Sgt. Lay ...

Speaking about the kind of filmmaking now known as Classic Hollywood, the most popular and influential cinema ever invented, Vincente Minnelli once gave away its secret: "I feel that a picture that stays with you is made up of a hundred or more hidden things. They're things that the audience is not conscious of, but that accumulate." What are those hidden things? Can we invent a method that will enable us to discover them? Robert Ray attempts to answer those questions by looking closely at...

Discover the American Civil War beyond the generals, battle maps, and famous speeches.In A Peek into the Past, Dr. Robert Ray Meadows presents a fascinating and accessible exploration of the people, events, innovations, and experiences that shaped one of the most transformative periods in American history.Readers will learn about the everyday lives and hardships of Union and Confederate soldiers, the changing roles of women, and the courageous fema...

Christmastime is here, and weary-but-wise private-eye Matt Murdock is short on funds and holiday spirit. There are no white Christmases in Newport Beach, California, but there are soggy ones. One rainy evening at the Xanadu Mall, a down-on-his-luck mystery writer named Marvin Holly meets a runaway teenager and autographs her book. As they exit the mall, they encounter the headlights of a speeding car. In the aftermath the author is missing and the girl is in a coma. On an earlier case, Mur...

"The History of Badlands National Monument and the White River (Big) Badlands of South Dakota" by Robert A. Grom and Ray H. Mattison offers a comprehensive exploration of the geological and cultural significance of the Badlands region. The authors delve into the unique formations and rich fossil beds that characterize this stunning landscape, providing insights into the natural history that has shaped the area over millennia. Through detailed research and engaging narratives, the book high...

Few entrepreneurs can claim to have radically changed the way we live, and Ray Kroc is one of them. His revolutions in food-service automation, franchising, shared national training, and advertising have earned him a place beside the men and women who have founded not only businesses, but entire empires. But even more interesting than Ray Kroc the business man is Ray Kroc the man. Not your typical self-made tycoon, Kroc was fifty-two years old when he opened his first franchise. In Gri...

In any time of disruption or grief, many of us seek guidance in the work of great writers who endured similar circumstances. During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, historian and biographer Robert Zaretsky did the same while also working as a volunteer in a nursing home in south Texas. In Victories Never Last Zaretsky weaves his reflections on the pandemic siege of his nursing home with the testimony of six writers on their own times of plague: Thucydides, Marcus Aurelius,...

Local Businesses can no longer rely on traditional advertising or marketing strategies alone to generate business and compete effectively with local competitors.This is why Local Business Associates put together a strategic marketing book for local business owners just like you.Your local business may be a "brick and mortar" business and you may not think you need to be doing Internet marketing, but that's no longer true.One of the most effective tools for any local...

The first World War is underway; Germany has allied with the Ottoman Empire, and the Turkish caliphs have declared jihad on the British Empire. Meanwhile, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson hesitates to enter the fray. Aboard the passenger liner Lusitania, war correspondent and American spy Kit Cobb has been assigned to shadow a German intellectual and possible covert agent who is believed to have information vital to the war effort. During the voyage Cobb is smitten with famed actress Selene B...

Christopher Marlowe Cobb (“Kit”), the swashbuckling early 20th-century American newspaper war correspondent, travels to Mexico in April and May of 1914, during that country’s civil war and the American invasion of Vera Cruz.But covering the war in enemy territory and in sweltering heat isn’t enough of a challenge for Cobb. Soon, he’s falling in love with a young Mexican laundress, Luisa, who may not be as innocent as she seems, and he’s witnessing the inexplicable attempted sniper ...