Four young boys ages eight to twelve discover the beautiful country around them in the four corners area of the southwest. Their home in Navajo, New Mexico, is the center of an assortment of red rock and lush green valleys and mountains. There is a sprinkling of caves that they explore not only for safety and shelter but a wealth of mystery that leads them to become heroes as well as discovering their strengths and weaknesses.From their ability to have the knowledge and skills of the vast ...

Separated into 10 subject matters, the book contains numerous poems and short stories reflecting how my life experiences and the hundreds of books I have read. The subjects are relevant to everyone; Passing, Man, Wisdom, Time, Personal, History, Life, Woman, Metaphysics, and Religion.

Manipulation is a practice of using words strategically to make people think in your favor. The way you word yourself essentially makes it so that you make the option you don’t want someone to choose seem “negative” and the option you do want them to choose seem “positive”. The way you say it bypasses the conscious mind which will automatically say “no” and teaches the subconscious mind that it is okay to say “yes”. There are two strategies you are about to learn that will maximize...

We all have a purpose in this lifesomething we are uniquely designed to be.However, life is full of obstacles, distractions, and endless patterns that can make this objective hard to discover. Therefore, this book has been written to help you find your unique purpose in lifesooner rather than later.This is a guidebook intended to take you through an interactive journey to find your special purpose in this world. You will explore what has influenced who you are today and def...

Adam Decker, three former officers, and several members of their previous crew are reunited in this privateer’s sequel. The crew is once again offered ownership of a retired US Navy warship if they accept and complete the task of hunting down and capturing an old friend and their former weapons officer Cyrus Ko. Cy, now an international criminal, has organized and is leading a group of Somali pirates in raiding merchant freighters throughout the Gulf of Aden. Their adventures take the crew...

Discover the fundamentals of human communication with this comprehensive and insightful resourceWritten in four sections, The Work and Workings of Human Communication identifies the underlying fundamentals that make our communication distinctively human. These fundamentals are the common ground that tie together the many topics and subject matters covered by the study and discipline of communication. They are also the basis of the unique contribution of th...

Separated into ten subject matters, the book contains numerous poems and short stories reflecting my life experiences and the hundreds of books I have read. The subjects are relevant to everyonepassing, man, wisdom, time, personal, history, life, woman, metaphysics, and religion.

From the 1920s through the 1950s, the center of black social and business life in Charlottesville, Virginia, was the area known as Vinegar Hill. But in 1960, noting the prevalence of aging frame houses and "substandard" conditions such as outdoor toilets, voters decided that Vinegar Hill would be redeveloped. Charlottesville's black residents lost a cultural center, largely because they were deprived of a voice in government. Vinegar Hill's displaced residents discuss the loss of homes and...

Howard Frank Mosher has spent the greater part of his career depicting a relatively isolated section of Vermont known as the Northeast Kingdom. Yet, even as he writes about that particular area in the Green Mountain State, he is investigating age-old themes from among the best English and American literary works. His first novel, Disappearances (1977), signaled the arrival of a master craftsman harkening us back to Melville's Billy Budd and Moby-Dick, in terms of...

In "Cotton and Immigration," Robert Turner Saunders presents an insightful examination of the intricate relationship between the cotton industry and the waves of immigration that shaped the American South in the 19th century. Utilizing a meticulous blend of historical analysis and literary elegance, Saunders explores how economic imperatives driven by cotton production influenced migratory patterns, transforming regional demographics and cultural landscapes. His nuanced narrative intertwin...

Straddling Europe and Asia, the Russian Federation is the largest country in the world and home to a panoply of religious and ethnic groups from the Muslim Tatars to the Buddhist Buryats. Over the past 40 years, Russia has experienced the most dramatic transformation of any modern state. The second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation provides insight into this rapidly developing country. This volume includes coverage of pivotal movements, events, and persons in the l...

Defying predictions that the Internet would eventually create a world where nations disappeared in favor of a unified 'global village,' the new millennium has instead seen a proliferation of nationalism on the Web. Cyberspace, a vast digital terrain built upon interwoven congeries of data and sustained through countless public/private communication networks, has even begun to alter the very fabric of national identity. This is particularly true among stateless nations, diasporic groups, an...