Our lives are filled with learned experiences of the world. We explore it to understand how we fit in where we come from, where we are going, and who we are. Mind, Body, Soul, Spirit—this is the Human Being. This is the essence of our identity, the collective consciousness of all who inhabit this vehicle. If you are looking for an exploratory view of life, then you might like this book. Potentially, these verses could guide and assist you on your path. These poems could reflect on what is ...

A black cat and a pocket full of sea bass is not what you would usually expect to put you on the wrongside of time.After discovering a fat bottomed wood sprite with a penchant for blueberry cheesecake and fine wine wasvisiting his garden and being in possession of an over curious mind it was only a matter of time before thingswent pear shaped for John Living.Trapped in Old World and desperate to get home can a long dead, flatulent Aunt, an Ogre and a yo...

This book I put together of four of the wilderness rivers that I and my friends have rafted. It is a small glimpse of those journeys.

**"A quirky, oddly touching book that allows us to step, for a few moments, inside the world of a practicing Enlightenment scientist, to sit beside him as he fans the flames of a candle with his little blowpipe, waiting for that small mineral in front of him to melt and yield its secrets." —Wall Street JournalAn accessible exploration of the noteworthy scientific career of James Smithson, who left his fortune to establish the Smithsonian Institution.**James Smithson is best...

In the harrowing closing months of World War II, First Sergeant Anthony Rucker sprints across a perilous Okinawan battlefield, with bullets ripping through the air surrounding him. Each step taken is a struggle for existence, each breath a recollection of the life he abandoned. Conditioned to withstand, resolute in duty, and tested to the extreme, Anthony faces the brutal truth of combat as a comrade collapses dead beside him. Yet amidst the turmoil, recollections of his home drive him for...

Accessible exploration of the noteworthy scientific career of James Smithson, who left his fortune to establish the Smithsonian Institution.James Smithson is best known as the founder of the Smithsonian Institution, but few people know his full and fascinating story. He was a widely respected chemist and mineralogist and a member of the Royal Society, but in 1865, his letters, collection of 10,000 minerals, and more than 200 unpublished papers were lost to a fire in the Smithsonian...

Every family has a story from the past that tells how it became a family. When They Were Young is about the lives of Gina Rosaia and John Turnbull, two orphans raised in separate parts of San Francisco in the 1920s and 1930s. Gina grew up in North Beach, which was the area where mostly Italian families lived and was often called "Little Italy. John was raised in Butchertown. A tuff neighborhood along the bay. It was home to several slaughterhouses and a mixed bag of nationalities. The city...

The Millionaire Mindset: Changing Your Thinking to Create Abundance is your blueprint for transforming your thoughts and habits to achieve financial freedom and lasting wealth. Success isn’t just about hard work—it’s about cultivating the right mindset that empowers you to attract opportunities, overcome challenges, and make smart decisions that lead to abundance.This book reveals the key principles that successful millionaires follow to build wealth, maintain prosperity, and live ...

Taking ‘an employment process’ approach, this book provides readers with an essential understanding of the purpose and policies concerned with managing a hospitality workforce, within the current national and global environment.This new edition has been completely revised to reflect significant developments in the field, with updated content to reflect recent issues and trends relevant to human resource management and the hospitality industry. This volume includes new reflections o...

A DARK ROMANCEIan Hart is the most notorious criminal in the country. Like the thief he is, he came in the dark and stole a night of my life.He left me with souvenirs. Disaster and fear are my new realities. I’ll forever look over my shoulder, terrified he’d return, because when he took me, he stole more than just a few hours of my time.His crime has consequences neither of us could’ve imagined. If I’m to escape the nightmare of my life, I have to o...

When Leon tries to force Violet into marriage, it's war for both of them. The battle is hot and dirty, and no one walks away without scars.A DARK ROMANCEI never dreamed of getting married.I dreamed about freedom.When my stepfather promised Leon Hart a partnership in his clandestine software company, he offered me as part of the package deal. It’s a win-win situation for both men. My stepfather gets rid of his damaged stepdau...

A DARK MAFIA ROMANCEGirls like me, we know how to survive.We each have our own little ways, but we acquire those skills at the same tender age.If you ask me how many times a person can die, I’ll tell you many times. As many times as a man stabs you in the stomach with betrayal and wrings out your heart with lies.Girls like me, we live.We don’t get a choice.We step over the cliff and fall.Eat, sleep, die, and repeat.