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I was six years old, and I remember it as if it were yesterday. My mom said, Pa needs your hug.He sat quietly in his favorite chair by the large porcelain kitchen table near the window, gazing down at his strong, calloused hands as I entered. Without speaking, he lifted me onto his lap. His embrace was gentle, comforting, and warm, as always.Somehow I felt his sadness. His only remaining family member in Sicily, his younger sister Rosa, had passed away.He was Pa to ...

These events took place during prohibition, World War II, and the time after the war was won, during the ’40s and ’50s. The immigrants and first- and second-generation Americans were closely loved family members who always had one another’s back while striving to reach their dreams of security and wealth.It’s a story of a young family member who experienced most of what happened, good and bad, in life at a young age. Each individual is based upon a person that lived, to a degree, m...

Haunted by the past, John Verra recounts his traumatic experience as an eighteen-year-old who witnessed and was partially involved in the murder of Chief Bates, a despised police chief known for his arrogance and bigotry, especially toward Sicilians. The murder, which took place near a gambling shack called Club Morocco in Breakheart, Massachusetts, remains unsolved and continues to overshadow John's life. Despite his partial confession to a priest friend, John has never fully revealed the...

Deepest thoughts and musings of a 1960s countercultural icon• Includes 108 of Michell’s most insightful, erudite, witty, and occasionally scathing essays on diverse topics ranging from sacred practices of the Stone Age to the evils of the metric system to the madness of modernity• Describes principles to live in tune with the divine order of the world and discover the “paradise of the philosophers” of ancient times.• Includes an introductory overview by Joscelyn God...

Some invitations are impossible to refuse. Some should never be accepted.It was supposed to be an ordinary night. An invitation. A house. A gathering that should have meant nothing.But something is wrong.As unsettling events begin to unfold, familiar faces become harder to trust, ordinary rooms turn threatening, and the line between what is real and what is imagined starts to disappear.The deeper the mystery goes, the more disturbing the truth becomes. Every...

District Mind Academy: From Skill to Something RealYou have the idea. You have the vision. Now what are you going to do with it?An idea is only the beginning. Turning it into something real takes action, discipline, and the willingness to keep building when the excitement fades.In District Mind Academy, John Michell explores the mindset behind turning personal vision into real-world progress. Built around six chapters on execution, consistency, practical tools, and ...

The TRIVIUM consists of the three liberal arts pertaining to language. Grammar, logic, and rhetoric have been studied for over two thousand years as a way of refining both a speaker and their speech. With extra sections on euphonics, poetic meter and form, ethics, and proverbs, this unique compendium contains a wealth of rare information. If you’ve ever wanted to know more about the power of ‘P’, the hypnotic quality of anapestic tetrameter, or how to change the mood of a verb, then look n...

All That Glitters: GimliBook Review“Gem of a Tale”An unexpected gem of a tale set in the unassuming town of Gimli, Manitoba. Amidst its quiet demeanor, the escapades of John and Bill unfold, proving that in seemingly ordinary places, extraordinary stories await. From a modest Honda bike journey from Muskoka to the West coast, their path might not have followed the expected route, but it led to an engaging narrative.The autho...

The symbolism and use of the number twelve in organizing ancient societies• Connects the zodiac, the twelve months of the year, and the political divisions of ancient nations• Explores the sacred geography of ancient landscapes in Europe and IsraelThroughout the world--in countries as far apart as China, Ireland, Iceland, and Madagascar--there survive records and traditions of whole nations being divided into twelve tribes and twelve regions, each corresponding to o...

The symbolism and power behind sacred locations in ancient and modern times• Explains the need and role for ritual centers in modern society• Examines ancient territorial centers in ancient Egypt, Greece, Africa and Asia, and Iceland and the British Isles• Reveals the code of number and geometry behind the idealistic social structure of the ritual center, formed to imitate the heavenly orderSymbols of ritual centers are among the most persistent elements of ...

Listen to 14 wonderful Postman Pat stories! Whether it's bouncy, colourful, freezing cold, up in the air, or extremely secret, with a bit of help from his friends and his cat Jess, Postman Pat always makes sure that the right post finds the right people in the right place. Postman Pat has been a famous and beloved character on TV and in books since the early 1980's. With his cat Jess, he delivers the post to the people of the village, Greendale, and the surrounding countryside. John Arthur...

John Verra is a young man moving to a much bigger stage. He arrives with a love and belief in the founding principles of our country. He is not in Washington, DC, but living in another shinning city on a hill, or so he believes, Boston, Massachusetts, a town where he attended college and falls in love.As a member of the city council, a seat in Boston's governing body, attained because of the sacrifice of a new friend, he eventually realizes he is politically naive and inexperienced...