On My Own is Sandy Speranza's deeply personal account of building a meaningful life through hard work, courage, and the refusal to remain defeated. From Boston's busy streets to a twenty-six-year career with the MBTA, Sandy learns that life's greatest opportunities often begin with one quiet decision to step forward.When a frightening medical diagnosis threatens his livelihood, he must fight for another chance while supporting his family and protecting the...

The three great sources of knowledge respecting the shrouded part of humanity are the language, the mythology, and the ancient monuments of a country. From the language one learns the mental and social height to which a nation had reached at any given period in arts, habits, and civilization, with the relation of man to man, and to the material and visible world. The mythology of a people reveals their relation to a spiritual and invisible world; while the early monuments are solemn and et...

New Orleans. Rose Marino lives with her Sicilian immigrant parents and helps in the family grocery store. Her older brother and sister both joined the Army, and Rose prays for their safety as World War II rages overseas. Her parents expect Rose to marry a local boy and start a family. But she secretly dreams of being more like her fiercely independent widowed godmother. Behind her parents’ back, Rose lands a job at the shipyard, where she feels free and important for the...

The deep link between water and the right to health is one of the themes dealt with in denouncing the urgent social and geopolitical issues inherent in the most essential of human resources. In an era marked by the pandemic, by environmental disasters linked to climate change, by the phenomenon of Earth Overshoot Day, water is "analysed" as an emblem of the planet's natural balance that human beings cannot destroy without annihilating themselves. The denunciation of issues that cannot be p...

Sometimes the opposite of what we want always finds its way to us, I realized that after marrying David. The je*k tore my heart apart when I needed him most.I can't forget what I went through in David's house, it's just like yesterday.

When the ghosts of war won't stay buried, a former Army nurse must find a way to heal-or risk losing everything.In 1951 New Orleans, Laura Marino works as a nurse at Charity Hospital. She's been home from World War II for six years, but peacetime has brought its own challenges. She's frustrated at work, and her childless marriage to Nicholas, a surgeon she met in the Army, is strained. Laura is devastated when news arrives that Frances, her best friend from the front, has taken her...

When an old woman is asked to tell the story of her life, she tells an intense and poignant tale about growing up in and surviving a warring suburban family during the 1950s and '60s.Written as a memoir, each chapter describes a particular incident in Lucia's life which shows the constant struggle between her parents and the perverse effect it has on her and her family. From her complicated and unwanted birth, to her witnessing a suicide at age 3, to her stint as a runaway at age 1...

It is easy to look at a place such as Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood and think that it encompasses strictly the dead. But a closer look reveals many lives and stories told throughout the pages of time by those who have lived them. To define Allegheny Cemetery as simply a place does not do it justice. It is not only a physical location, but a crossroads in history, and a point in time where each of these lives converge. Images of America: Allegheny Cemetery sh...

"The Curse of Capiz" follows Teresa, who, after her mother's death, moves to Chicago. Haunted by her mother's connection to the Aswang, she fears she's cursed too. With her aunt, uncle, and a Mambabarang's help, she uncovers family secrets and confronts her dark legacy.

The chilling sequel to The Cane delves deeper into the haunting legacy of the Von Slaught family. Elias, driven by the desperate need to rescue his parents from an ancient curse, ventures into a darker and more perilous world. Bound by the remnants of a centuries-old pact, he faces horrors beyond imagination, where the only way forward is to summon the very forces threatening to destroy him.Joined by Teresa, whose supernatural heritage holds unforeseen power, and the enigm...

The Cane - Book 3 - The EndingIn a final battle to break an ancient, deadly curse, Elias Von Slaught and his allies journey to the Black Forest, where the dark legacy of their intertwined bloodlines began. Armed with a cursed journal and their own fractured resilience, they face relentless supernatural forces determined to destroy them. As shadows of the past and monstrous manifestations test their every step, the group must rely on unshakable trust and courage to ...

In a world where ancient curses and forgotten rituals lurk beneath the surface, Harvest of Shadows weaves together a chilling tapestry of folklore and horror. Each tale unearths a dark secret buried within isolated villages, haunted woods, and cursed lands, where the line between the living and the dead blurs. From blood-weeping willows and vengeful straw effigies to haunted choirs trapped in eternal lament, these stories reveal the sinister price of tradition and the unseen force...