A maiden, unable to recall who she is, must battle evil to regain the memory of her past and the hope of a future.Awakening in the forest, a young maiden recalls naught—including her name. Equally conflicting is her desire to both slap and kiss Sir Galeron, the knight who claims to have protected her while she was unconscious. Much to her chagrin, he dubs her Ruby of the Forest, due to her red hair, and insists she find refuge at his home of Ramstone. Prickling at his dema...

Fearlessly Remember Your Future and Live Your Most Authentic LifeUncover the 10 traps unfulfilled corporate executives fall into and take the first step towards achieving your unstoppable destiny.Are you an unfulfilled corporate executive struggling to break through fear and burnout? Are you ready to live your most authentic life? Unleashing Your Unstoppable Destiny is the answer. This book offers a comprehensive guide for corporate executives to deeply understand how they ...

A Black musician, haunted by the ghost of his manipulative mother, finds his true calling and his true family developing the singing talent of two white women, identical twins, only to lose them during an apocalyptic time of plague and social disruption.

Powerhouse follows Fred through various memories of growing up in a coal camp and surviving near-death experiences while working miles below the earth’s surface. From flooded mines, collapsing tops, to getting lost in the labyrinth of tunnels, Powerhouse takes readers on an eye-opening journey of one coal miner’s life below ground.In an age where coal mining is viewed as a thing of the past, it is more important than ever to understand how and why this dangerous occupation supporte...

Queen of Sky Island is a coming of age story charged with fantasy, heroic adventure, and vividly imagined new worlds. It is a 21st century adaptation of a story by L. Frank Baum, the creator of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.Queen of Sky Island reveals a young girl, Tara, who in her determined search for her military father becomes trapped on an actual island in the sky where she leads one other worldly army against another.Tara's faithful companions on this perilous adventure ...

Misunderstandings between races, hostilities between cultures. Anxiety from living in a time of war in one's own land. Being accused of profiteering when food was scarce. Unruly residents in a remote frontier community. Charged with speaking the unspeakable and publishing the unprintable. All of this can be found in the life of one man--William Pynchon, the Puritan entrepreneur and founder of Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1636. Two things in particular stand out in Pynchon's pioneering li...

Thanks to coded notes taken by the teenager John Pynchon, this volume transports the reader, virtually, back to Sundays in the seventeenth century, when the community gathered to listen to the Rev. George Moxon. The setting was Springfield, Massachusetts, founded in 1636 by John's father William Pynchon. As a note-taker, John recorded just what he heard in this rare resource, which allows the reader to listen in on the weekly sermons he documented in the 1640s. This symbol-by-symbol transc...

Unlock your body's potential with The Little Black Book of Sex Toys! If seedy, tasteless sex shops come to mind when you think of sex toys, FORGET what you know! The sex toy world has drastically changed in the past several years and we now have respectful, boutique-like shops popping up all around the world carrying beautiful, chic, high-quality toys. This book will gently guide you through over 50 different toys (from vibrators to massagers, and from dildos to insertable g-spot multi-tasker...

Step into a world of mystical wonders, where Spirit speaks and reality is richer, stranger, and more provocative. In this unforgettable memoir, told in short stories, intuitive Keno Powers shares riveting accounts of divine interventions, unbelievable synchronicities, otherworldly encounters, and life-changing revelations-interwoven with deeply personal trials of trauma, loss, and adversity.With poetic clarity and raw vulnerability, he gives voice to repressed childhood memories of...

What would happen if you silenced societal expectations to the point you could hear your true inner voice? How would it feel to embrace that you are a human being not a human doing? This is what happens and how it feels to experience your Midlife Calm. In her book Midlife Calm, Krista Powers invites readers into rigor of heart and mind to align with an alternative to midlife crisis. Beware: When you choose and shift into Midlife Calm you will experience freedom, growth, joy, clari...

This book is an introduction to the biological basis of behavior, broadly defined, with practical applications for higher education programs that focus on advances in neuroscience. It has a special focus on training practitioners based on American Psychological Association (APA) health service psychology guidelines. It reviews and digests information for clinical, counseling, and school psychologists serving clients of all ages in a variety of settings, such as schools, hospitals, and clin...

Speed is a drug. Like many other passions and desires, it can ruin lives.A Fatal Addiction tells the story of two families' with widely different backgrounds.Frank Cartland was born as the motoring age began. His family had been village blacksmiths' for many generations. From a humble and often harsh childhood, he manages to retain an optimistic outlook on life.Privileged George Marshall was born into an old, wealthy family and grew to share Frank’s passion for raci...