All In With Love: my journey to the hero within
Imagine stepping into the spotlight of New York and Hollywood, a lifestyle where stardom, celebrity life, and a Chippendale bow tie were the everyday norm? Fame was the dream of an innocent young boy that played out in the heart of a man who in turn lost sight of the boy within. This is their story. Born with severe asthma and enormous dreams, James Gardiner began his life in conflict with himself. Little Jimmy wanted to reach for the stars like his science-fiction icons and become a sports superstar like the paper heroes that adorned the walls of his childhood bedroom. But as a frequent visitor to the local hospital, viewing the world through the plastic walls of an oxygen tent, such dreams seemed like they would always be firmly out of reach. However it was there on the pediatric wing that he began to entertain audiences with his stories and charm, growing to like the attention. In fact, to crave it. He wanted to “be somebody,” and for the first time, his dreams didn’t seem quite so out of reach. As he got older, and his asthma became more manageable, he began forging his path of destiny.
ANGELBABY
Author Sue Quinones and her husband Jose adopted two Hispanic children. They thought adoption was a reasonable option for completing their family. Surprise! It was anything but ordinary. The second child, a baby girl, had several supernatural gifts from God. How do you protect a Heavenly Gifted Child from the unknown? Read this unbelievable true story to find out!
Emerging From the Dark: Stroke…The Untold Stories
“By giving a voice to those who have lived through this harrowing experience, Ang has crafted a book that not only educates but also inspires and empowers.” Between these stories, Ang writes about his own struggles as a stroke victim, and he does so with such honesty and vulnerability that by the end, readers will be able to understand when he sums it up, “I don’t really fit in with a crowd, and that’s ok with me. I’d rather be myself – a crazy, glorious mess who doesn’t make sense but is doing just fine anyways.” In thoughtful and inspiring prose accompanied by expertly drawn black-and-white illustrations, Ang shows how life goes on no matter the circumstances. Touching but never overly sentimental; an insightful work that delivers.
Endurance
The decision to write 480 Codorus Street was one riddled with the need to share my story with future generations to ensure they know they can overcome adversity. However, there was also apprehension about reliving events that have left scars that have not completely healed. Without resilience, I would have never endured and conquered the challenges that were placed upon me. I have endured a lifetime of challenges that forced me to make the decision to surrender or fight. I chose to fight! Fight for my safety. Fight for my mother’s belief in me. Fight for my Future. Fight for my children. Fight for my will to succeed and ultimately fight for MYSELF!
From Cowgirl to Congress: Journey of a Suffragist on the Front Lines
To celebrate Women’s History Month in March, An eyewitness account of Jessie Haver Butler, the 1st woman lobbyist and a suffragist on the front lines of the women’s movement in 1920—with Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt. During her long life devoted to women’s rights, Jessie lectured alongside George Bernard Shaw, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gloria Steinem and Marlo Thomas.
HANGMEN: Riding with an outlaw motorcycle club in the old days. (Hangmen Motorcycle Club Book 1)
Come and ride with the outlaw bikers in California in the glory days of the ’60s and ’70s.
During the wild times of Choppers and gang brawls, action and violence that seemed to know no end.
Times that cannot be recreated today. Girls, Guys, Guns and Bikes. Living a life like no other.
Hellucinate
I was a fun-loving grandmother who went out of my way to create wonderful memories for my grandchildren. Unfortunately, I suffered a debilitating health crisis and I had to move in with my daughter until I could get back on my feet. I was thrilled when I was finally able to regain my independence and move into a high rise apartment in busy downtown Royal Oak, Michigan. I was beginning to feel like my old self again when the unthinkable happened. I was too embarrassed to tell anyone because it was so disturbing that I thought that nobody would believe me. I felt totally alone and I was in my own private hell. I was terrified that my nightmare would never end. I knew that if someone very close to me told me this same story that I would feel confused and helpless about what to say or how to get them help.
How Did I Get Here?: Traveling The Road To Resilience
HOW DID I GET HERE? As he woke up after dying for the second time, Andrew Fitzgerald asked himself, “How did I get here?” As he and his wife left Ireland and stepped foot on American soil to begin their lives in the US, he asked himself, “How did I get here?” As his wife delivered their baby after four miscarriages, he asked himself, “How did I get here?” As he sat in a customer sales meeting and negotiated the new listing, authorizations, and launch for what is now the no.1 Hard Seltzer in the USA, he asked himself, “How did I get here?” As he stood on the first tee about to play golf with one of his sporting heroes and a three-time major champion, he asked himself, “How did I get here?”
Indications of a Mysterious Path
Indications of a Mysterious Path is the true chronological account of the life of Ronald Lutz from birth to present (2022). It details the experiences of a troubled man who, although nurtured by loving parents, found it difficult to form and maintain friendships. Then he met a woman with a quiet, gentle spirit. They developed a lasting bond while he continued a journey of discovery on a mysterious path.
Justice in the Age of Judgment: From Amanda Knox to Kyle Rittenhouse and the Battle for Due Process in the Digital Age
Justice used to be about what was proved in the courtroom. These days unprecedented forces are assaulting the burden of proof and the fundamental right of “innocent until proven guilty.” Those forces are the court of public opinion, Twitter, blogs, Facebook and other social, print and television media. She points out our inclination to pass blame as an outlet for our discomfort or uncertainty. Finding online communities that share our biases and prejudices can bring a sense of relief. But it is nothing more than a feedback loop based on confirmation biases and preconceived notions which leads to scapegoating rather than a search for truth.
Keep Your Fork! Something Sweet is Coming
Keep Your Fork: Something Sweet Is Coming is an inspiring and motivating guide for anyone experiencing a challenge, whether it’s addiction, cancer, sexuality, depression, long-term readjustments from the global pandemic, or trauma. Chapter by chapter, Bill Kavanagh offers concrete help using his personal experiences and professional training to lead readers in examining their past, present, and future through exercises, writing prompts, and meditations.There is always light, always hope, and always love. If you are currently struggling with a challenge in your life, keep your fork. Something in this book will lead you to a sweet dessert.
Love Soars the Skies: A mother’s quest to reach her son
A mother’s love lasts for all eternity. Her worst fear came true, the unthinkable. Suddenly plunged into a bottomless reservoir of grief, only one thing would save her from total despair. Trusting her heart alone, new vision became the survival tool as she implored the universe to mercifully expand and lower its invisible, life-sustaining bridge to connect heaven and earth. Nathan was always so wise and knowledgeable beyond his years. Surely he would also master whatever skills were necessary. The ultimate testing of a mother’s love. Supremely powerful, persistent, unyielding—to reach her son in the place he now resided. Two worlds merge together, and prove that LOVE really does soar the skies. From the book: “I have to believe that all of us are capable of sharpening our vision, so we may glimpse the wonders of eternity and fathom, in all its powerful glory, the mighty bond of love that forever weaves and sustains it.”
LOVES Betrayal
It takes only a moment to say you love someone, but a lifetime of regret when they break your heart. Would she survive his abuse, or will her heart die trying? A young, naïve girl convinces herself that her love for him would make all well. Cara wanted to be loved, while Paul took her innocence and treated her like trash. Because she loved him above all else, she ignored the warnings, excusing his selfish desires. She overlooked his bullying and control. She ignored his sardonic family members, who encouraged him to ill-treat her further. She felt powerless to stand against the persecution. What would become of her? Where could she go or turn for help? Read one woman’s journey through years of torment.
Me and My Shadow: Memoirs of a Cancer Survivor
Me and My Shadow – memoirs of a cancer survivor, is a brutally honest account of one teenager’s struggle to understand and deal with the most feared diagnosis known to society: cancer. At 18 years of age, John Walker Pattison was thrust onto a roller coaster ride of emotional turbulence – his innocence cruelly stripped from him; his fate woven into the tapestry of life. After years of failed chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments that ravaged his physical frame and almost destroyed his psychological stability – eventually, his parents were told that he would not survive. Yet, today, he is one of the longest surviving cancer patients in the UK. Eight years after his unexpected recovery, the news that all parents fear, his daughter is diagnosed with terminal leukaemia. Yet like her father, she too would defy the odds and go on to become an international swimmer. Pattison turned his life full circle and became a cancer nurse specialist at the same hospital that made his diagnosis decades earlier. He prescribes chemotherapy and cares for individuals with the same cancers experienced by both him and his daughter. Throughout his journey, Pattison’s inspirations were the space rock legends, Hawkwind. He would get to play on stage with his heroes at the Donnington Festival in 2007. More significantly, he found solace throughout his cancer journey in the history and spirituality of the Lakota Sioux Nation. In 2018, he would spend time on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation with the indigenous people of South Dakota. The same people who, unknowingly, supported him through life’s greatest challenge: cancer.
Me and My Shadow: Memoirs of a Cancer Survivor
Me and My Shadow – Memoirs of a Cancer Survivor is a brutally honest account of one teenager’s struggle to understand and deal with the most feared diagnosis known to society: cancer.
At 18 years of age, John Walker Pattison was thrust onto a roller coaster ride of emotional turbulence – his innocence cruelly stripped from him; his fate woven into the tapestry of life.
After years of failed chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments that ravaged his physical frame and almost destroyed his psychological stability – his parents were told that he would not survive. Yet, today, he is one of the longest surviving cancer patients in the UK.
Eight years after his unexpected recovery, the news that all parents fear, his daughter is diagnosed with terminal leukaemia. Yet like her father, she too would defy the odds and go on to become an international swimmer.
Pattison turned his life full circle and became a cancer nurse specialist at the same hospital that made his diagnosis decades earlier. He prescribes chemotherapy and cares for individuals with the same cancers experienced by both him and his daughter.
Throughout his journey, Pattison’s inspirations were the space rock legends, Hawkwind. He would get to play on stage with his heroes at the Donnington Festival in 2007.
More significantly, he found solace throughout his cancer journey in the history and spirituality of the Lakota Sioux Nation. In 2018, he would spend time on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation with the indigenous people of South Dakota. The same people who, unknowingly, supported him through life’s greatest challenge: cancer.
Permission to Land
I gave myself permission to step out of the darkness my life had become and learn to find my own light. I gave myself permission to take back control of my life and learn to live into my purpose, find meaning and joy, learn to love myself, and become the person, the mother, the daughter, the teacher, the creative visionary I had always secretly known I was meant to be. My hope for you is that by me feeling safe to reveal my processes and my healing journey you will feel safe to reveal and share yours. As I lay bare my own awakening process you will be able to start to envision yours. My path might be different from yours, but the humanity of my feelings and experiences, my struggles and traumas, my healing and salvation are things we all share. We all experience these feelings and can learn from each other’s journeys. This is the place where empathy is born. Join me on this lifetime adventure.
PURPOSEFUL EDUCATION: My Bet Against Poverty
Have you ever wondered how a village boy with limited resources could rise to become a Group COO & CFO of three seaports with over a billion dollars of assets?
Rule of 3, How Elite Leaders Win
Ever wondered why elite leaders inspire and drive success while others falter despite tireless efforts? The secret is simpler than you think: it’s all about the Rule of 3.
The Adventures of a Southern (Baptist) Buddhist
This true story is about a girl who is born up north; into a conservative, fundamentalist/evangelical family—but then becomes a Liberal Buddhist. Her family moves back to their roots in the Appalachian south, where Pam is molested by her grandfather. She later owns her sexuality by becoming promiscuous; beginning a pattern of serial dating, marrying and divorcing. She is first married at 18 to another 18 year old, who gives her a beautiful son—but he is a redneck and they have nothing else in common. Her second husband is a talented musician, but turns out to like sex with men. Her third husband speaks five languages and is a Pakistani, but he beats her up. Her fourth husband is a chef who makes delicious meals, but turns out to be a felon and a crackhead. Finally, the love of her life neglects to tell Pam for seven years that he is married. In the meantime, Pam completes two degrees and works as a counselor, and then 20 years as a hospice social worker.
The Art of Conscious Communication for Thoughtful Men
There is no doubt communication is at the core of all relationships, both personal and professional; that it determines the quality of our results. But how do we know if we are communicating effectively? As men in the modern world, could it be we’ve been culturally indoctrinated to ‘not’ communicate?
The Journey
The Journey is the story of a small-town boy’s rise to the top of the business world through hard work, education and a desire to make his family proud. It starts in Cherry Tree, Pennsylvania, a small town of less than 500, and follows his journey through college, the military, public accounting and industry and finally, retirement. It includes success and failure and what can happen if one believes and is willing to not give up. It is a story of perseverance.
The Light in the Darkness: Musings on Living With Cancer
With this collection of reflections and personal essays, Jo St Leon shares her experiences, her darkest moments and her greatest joys. She tells of the journey from fear and denial to acceptance and a determination to live her best life. She shares her deepest thoughts and feelings, always with her characteristic blend not wry humour and wisdom.
The Luna Moth Papers
Shortly after graduating from high school, David Cavagnaro began a correspondence with his 1957 high school freshman English teacher, Katherine Martin. Thus began a 20-year sojourn of mutual mirroring of life lessons, personal philosophies, and creative experience that was influenced by everything from the wordly-the tumultuous 1960s, the tragedy of the Vietnam War, David’s conscientious objector appeal to the U.S Supreme Court, crises in education, the civil rights movement, the drug years, and the moon landing-to the very personal. David was in and out of marriages (which Kay already had been). They were both writing books. Relationships, raising children, evaluating life styles, the process of aging, the loss of loved ones, and especially sharing their creative lives, all become grist for their mutual mill. At the end of their correspondence, Kay was 76, looking over a life, the same age. David is now, doing the same, exploring also his own life experience with the written word itself. For them both, this was a “love affair” of the most noble kind, a sharing of words of the heart, a full-circle inter-generational meeting of heart, mind, and spirit.
THE REJECT BENCH
The Reject Bench…
In June, 1961, the Morgan family moved from their little house in a blue collar neighborhood in Upland, California to a bigger and better house in Claremont, five miles away. Jim Morgan had just completed his freshman year, and he was not happy about leaving his Upland friends, who claimed he was moving to Snob City. But after nearly a full year of solitary lunches at his new school, he finally made a couple of friends, and over the next two years, other transfer students found their way to their group, a group that occupied a bench that one of them christened the Reject Bench.
What Would The Founding Fathers Tell Us Today?
The book “WHAT WOULD THE FOUNDING FATHERS TELL US TODAY?” offers a reflection on American history, politics, democratic theories, and principles. Through fictional dialogues, it allows the Founding Fathers to express their views on what contributed to making America a model democracy, and what would ensure genuine freedom and prosperity for Americans today. The author asserts that democratic principles, as well as ethical and selfless leadership in service of the people, are essential pillars for achieving justice, equality, and prosperity for all.