The Finley's, known as "Darby and Joan," in 1916 began communication with a young American soldier who had died in France on Christmas morning, 1915. Through the mediumship of Joan, the couple had fascinating and ongoing communication with this soldier who they called, Stephen, as he taught them about the other side and life after death. The book published in 1920 became a classic in spirit communication literature.Linda Pendleton, no stranger to spirit communication, has written a...

Don Pendleton Creates Mack Bolan50 Years Ago, Don Pendleton envisioned a fictional character that would soon become a literary bestseller and a phenomenon through which the new action/adventure genre emerged. Mack Bolan, a professional soldier, highly trained and skilled in the use of military tactics and weapons makes a life-altering decision after the tragic death of his family—his war is at home, not in the bloody fields of Vietnam. Mack Bolan takes on a one-man war against the ...

Emma Hardinge Britten was a leading figure in the development of 19th century Spiritualism, with her writing, mediumship, lectures in the United States, Europe, Australia, and elsewhere in the world.Emma Hardinge was born in 1823 in London, England. As a child, Emma could predict coming events and often saw the spirits of dead relatives and family friends. Her mediumship developed and she became a leading figure in the Spiritualist movement by the early 1850s. Emma traveled through...

The Forty-niners:The discovery of gold in January, 1848 at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California, by James Marshall was the beginning of the California gold rush. It took some time for the news of the first discoveries to spread and then to be believed as credible. Gold had been found in small quantities several years before, and only the actual sight of the metal in considerable weight could excite men's imaginations and dreams of riches and adventure.By 1849 the westward mi...

In 1896, Columbia Professor of logic and ethics, Dr. James H. Hyslop's stated his lectures "on the Greek ethics attributed to Plato, Socrates and Aristotle is an attempt to reduce the conceptions of Greek ethics to the same terms as those in which modern problems in this field express themselves. Too many philosophers merely transliterate the language of antiquity instead of translating it. The consequence is that we as often fail to discover that in the past we are dealing with the same i...

Are we alone in the universe? Most people believe that we are not. Nearly 80 percent of Americans believe the government is not telling us all they know about UFO activity. Could the Earth's much needed healing be part of another planet's mission? Are off-earth beings here to help, or to hinder the human race? Can we unlock the long held secrets and mysteries about extraterrestrial life? Research and polls indicate that at least one in seven persons have had a UFO experience of some kind, ...

"Linda Pendleton skillfully combines wit with visual artistry through her description of magical Sedona. I think I just caught the Red Rock Fever bug!" ~Athena Demetrios, Author of The Seasoning of A Soul20 Ways to Avoid Sedona's Red Rock Fever is a humorous travel guide to Sedona, Arizona's Red Rock country. Come along with Linda Pendleton and her Red Rock "critters" and laugh a little as you learn about Sedona. A visit to Sedona will be one that most people will never forget, but...

Missions California"…for those who live beneath the blue skies of California, and for those who wander awhile as visitors among her scenes of wonder and enchantment, the old mission buildings will ever be objects of curious and unique interest." ~William Henry Hudson, 1901.In 1901, Stanford Professor of English Literature , William Henry Hudson published his book on the history of the founding of the twenty-one missions in California by Father Junipero Serra, a Spanish Fran...

GOLD RUSH"Looking at the map of California, it will be seen that the 'mines' occupy a long strip of mountainous country, which commences many miles to the eastward of San Francisco, and stretches northward several hundred miles. The Sacramento river running parallel with the mines, the San Joaquin joining it from the southward and eastward, and the Feather river continuing a northward course from the Sacramento—all of them being navigable—present the natural means of communication b...

In 1919, George W. Caldwell, M.D., published his collections of Native American legend. It was published as Legends of Southern California and Legends of San Francisco, and the two collections have been combined for this edition, with a new Introduction by Linda Pendleton.Dr. Caldwell had an appreciation for the beauty of the Golden State for the Native American legends of love and life that have carried forward for generations.

HAPPINESS CAN BE YOURS! GIVE YOURSELF THE GIFT OF EMPOWERMENT.Contentment and happiness begins within. Empowerment and freedom come with self-love!Create the happy life you want by incorporating THREE simple and easy principles into your daily life.One, Two, Three!

LIFE CAN BE CHAOTIC. AN EASY WAY TO RID YOUR LIFE OF UNWANTED STRESS.A short meditation guide to improve your life, your health, your relationships.Reduce stress and anxiety;Increase happiness and contentment;Awaken spiritual connections;Purge the negative with easy mindful meditations.