Twenty thousand miles of motoring had made us familiar with most of the highways and byways of California lying south of San Francisco. Some of these roads we covered but once in our wanderings and others many times—only a few outlying sections and odd corners have so far escaped us and these we hope to add to our conquests in due course of time. I do not think it possible for any motor enthusiast ever to grow weary of the wonderland of Southern California with its miles and miles of splen...

The novel follows three intersecting lives: a billionaire vintner determined to outshine his rivals; a third-generation farmer fighting financial ruin to save his family's land; and a young French-born winemaker whose dreams are forged not by wealth, but by sweat, perseverance, and love.When the existence of a hidden daughter comes to light, unexpected retrouvailles reshape lives and legacies.You may think you know who the Gentleman Farmer is... but the answer may s...

In the shadow of World War II, four friends return to their hometown of Savannah, Georgia, forever changed by their experiences overseas. As they return to the familiar streets of their youth, the camaraderie they once cherished feels comforting and alien.Tybee Beach, a symbol of their laid-back summer days, beckons them to reconnect and reclaim the joy they once knew. Together, they embark on an ambitious project: to purchase a plot of land and construct a beach house-an eternal s...

Poems compiled of life experiences and observations

Montaigne called it a ramble; Chesterton the joke of literature; and Hume an ambassador between the worlds of learning and of conversation. But what is an essay, and how did it emerge as a literary form? What are the continuities and contradictions across its history, from Montaigne's 1580 Essais through the familiar intimacies of the Romantic essay, and up to more recent essayists such as Virginia Woolf, James Baldwin, and Claudia Rankine? Sometimes called the fourth genre, the e...

Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has purpose, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.George Bernard ShawIn these essays the author, having gained experience through a remarkable series of diverse occupations and associations, provides his seasoned, is sometimes acerbic opinions on matters of faith, morals, politics, the national economy, foreign affairs and family values.Some of the opinions echo Albert Camus...

Born into heartbreak before he even took his first breath, Thomas Murphy entered the world carrying the weight of tragedy. His father's life was cut short in a devastating motorcycle accident before Thomas was born, leaving a void that would shape his journey. Through pain, loss and ultimately, redemption, growing up on the streets of Liverpool, Thomas faced a world that offered little comfort and even fewer chances. His search for his identity led him through dark and dangerous chapters, ...

In 1968, Istvan Pinter, a young Hungarian, escapes from political prison and heads for the Austrian border. Thirteen years later, Frank Manion's first assignment as a newly-minted CIA case officer is to recruit a Russian diplomat the agency calls "Bagatelle". Frank travels to Rio de Janeiro to work with an older female officer, Julie d'Andrade. He pursues his target over three continents and when the case is compromised he leaves love and Julie behind and risks his life to salvage the operati...

These are poems compiled over twenty years of life experiences.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Inside this book, you'll find a guide and step-by-step instructions on exactly what to do to go from not remembering your dreams at all, to being able to shape them, control them, become fully aware inside them so that they become an extension of your waking life, and then remember them with vivid clarity.When we take the time to learn to wake up inside our dreams, and to learn to recall them afterwards, the onl...

How can a pastor, whether fresh out of training or with many years of experience, be effective in his ministry?Thomas Murphy, a renowned Presbyterian minister from the late 1800s set out to answer that question in this book.Being effective starts with the pastor's close personal relationship with God, so Murphy spends time exhorting pastors to make their relationship with God paramount in their ministry and teaching them how they should cultivate it over time.Murphy...

In a capitalist economy, taxes are the most important instrument by which the political system puts into practice a conception of economic and distributive justice. Taxes arouse strong passions, fueled not only by conflicts of economic self-interest, but by conflicting ideas of fairness. Taking as a guiding principle the conventional nature of private property, Murphy and Nagel show how taxes can only be evaluated as part of the overall system of property rights that they help to create. J...