In 1980, the New Hebrides was approaching independence from the joint governments of Great Britain and France. A group of tribal leaders from the northern islands, enlisted the help of Mike Oliver, a man who had written a book entitled " A New Constitution for a New Country," to assist them in presenting their people with a constitution that would accomodate their customs while assuring the world that the emerging country respected personal and private property rights of all of its inhabit...

In 1978, Zahra had all that a woman could want. Her father, a general in the army of the Shah of Iran, had amassed a billion dollar fortune in land deveopment projects in the burgeoning city of Tehran. Once a month she shopped with her mother by private jet in Rome, Paris and London.Extravagant parties for world leaders were almost a weekly event, and she had a wonderful husband and a beautiful infant daughter.But all that changed in the drop of a hat. With the Aytollah Khome...

By February 2001, the world had passed the "Peak Oil" milestone. No more would our planet be able to produce as much oil as it consumed. With the emergence of India and China as consumer nations, demand would increase at an exponential rate. The U.S. needed to do something now to secure as much oil and gas as it could while at the same time put into place laws that would allow the government to control the expected mass uprisings as oil prices increses produced shortages of food and other ...

Max Becker, a respected law professor, wrote a book about secession.He suspected that a lively discussion would take place, but never expected the firestorm response of the feds. In an early dawn attack at his cabin in mountains of California's gold country, he barely escapes with his life. Wounded, as he watches his cabin burn, he plunges into the icy waters of the Consumnes River and swims to safety in an unchartered cave a few miles downstream.But a stranger is already there--wit...

'Pure magic' ELSIE SILVER'Had me breathless until I turned the last page' ELENA ARMAS'I've never read romance like this before' RACHEL LYNN SOLOMONThis time they'll get it right . . .Wren and Ellis Byrd fell in love as kids, had their son Sam when they were only teenagers, and built a life together in the coastal town of Spunes, Oregon. They were made for one another . . . until the...

'Pure magic' ELSIE SILVER'Had me breathless until I turned the last page' ELENA ARMAS'I've never read romance like this before' RACHEL LYNN SOLOMONThis time they'll get it right . . .Wren and Ellis Byrd fell in love as kids, had their son Sam when they were only teenagers, and built a life together in the coastal town of Spunes, Oregon. They were made for one another . . . until the...

Torn between a sense of duty and her dreams of living an independent life, a young woman wrestles with the pain of her past and her hopes for the future in this emotive retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion set along the shores of Lake Erie.Ohio, 1899. Since her mother's death years ago, Alice Elliot has endeavored to keep her family afloat, despite her father's foolish spending and mounting debts. A skill...

There are many quotes about famous people who have risen above their trials and adversities despite the odds. When people try to belittle you, put you down, or speak negatively, do not receive it, let them know that their assessment is wrong. I can do all the things through Christ who strengthens me. I have learned in life that your success, whatever it may be, begins with believing in yourself