The Crack in The Halo follows the harsh journey of ten young Irish women who entered a religious institution in Ireland in 1966 to prepare themselves for a life of dedication and service.Their experience of life in the convent proved to be challenging from the beginning, as they faced bullying and discrimination perpetuated by an authoritarian and dictatorial system of governing there. Several of them developed ways to cope despite the hardship. Others were not so lucky. One found herself on a road to experiences she had never imagined.The nun in charge of the ten "postulants" put them through a daily crucible of cruelty, invoking severe punishment for the smallest perceived infraction. Only the strongest emerged intact after their grueling time in this unhealthy environment.This story is one that reverences the memory of so many nuns who went to their graves as victims of abuse.About the Author: Racer Lynch was born in Derry, Northern Ireland.
One night under the stars on a beach in L.A., Marco, Sylvester, and Thomas leave their meaningless lives behind to set out on the Pacific Ocean for the Polynesian Islands.Sylvester provides his own sailboat, the Starfish, to realize his dreams as a captain. Marco is fulfilling his prophetic obsession to reach Polynesia, while Thomas just wants to escape his dull life.After a torturous journey, the young men manage to sail to the heart of the Pacific and begin life as free spiritual souls. But sailing aboard a precarious boat brings endless perils as well as constant disagreements between Sylvester and Thomas.After months at sea, the three miraculously catch sight of the islands. Thomas meets a woman on Carolina Island, and abandons his friends on their final leg of the journey.When the Starfish ends up wrecked, the boys must become men, and their character is truly tested.The Men Who Wrecked is a metaphysical parable. As much as a sailing adventure, it’s also a perilous search on the ocean to find oneself.Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Diego C. Salgado left law school at age 24 to move to the United States. He now lives in Los Angeles and works in sales. His passion for sailing began in childhood and he has always dreamed of living in the exotic islands of the Pacific. He began composing this novel when just a child.
Diálogos internos es un libro que reúne los ejercicios poéticos realizados entre 1982 y 2014, algunos ya publicados en suplementos culturales de diarios argentinos, en hojas de poesías, antologías, leídos en recitales o presentados en concursos; otros desconocidos, áridos, con intenciones líricas, propios de un autor que se interioriza por realidades que lo impulsan a vivir de una manera distinta, expectante y sin acción para quedar inmerso en el pasillo de la marginalidad política desde donde surge con su voz y concreta un testimonio necesario y humanístico.
Join Chilly and his family on an action packed adventure in Peru!They learn all about the fascinating Inca Empire and spot amazing animals such as anacondas, botos, and piranhas.But, before long, Chilly and his family are separated and he is taken by the spectacled bears.How will he escape the rainforest and find them again?Publisher’s website: http://sbpra.com/MichaelRosenberg/
How important is competent leadership? It could mean the difference between life and death.A Company of Leaders: Leading at Every Level by Murphy J. Arsenaux III presents problems that arise from lack of leadership in the fire service, while offering multiple solutions to these problems.“Murphy lays out the qualities effective leaders utilize to turn a group of individuals into a highly functioning company.” – Nick Brunacini, author of B Shifter and Staring in the Sun, retired firefighter, Blue Card instructorThe book addresses the fire company on the basis of both management improvement and self-improvement. It also includes real-life stories and light humor.For those looking for integrity, ownership of problems, skill and excellence, this is your book.“This book should be put in the hands of ALL young people. Murphy's wisdom will have a positive impact on all who need it.” – Sarada Bonnett, author of Notes of ForgivenessA lifelong resident of New Orleans, Murphy J. Arsenaux III is a 34-year veteran of the fire service. This is his first book.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/MurphyJArsenauxIII
Seventeen short stories are featured in Thomas Wm. Hamilton’s latest book Weird Thoughts. Spanning the years 1912 to fifty million years in the future, the book’s genres cover science fiction, fantasy, and satire.The stories are followed by seven essays in the field of astronomy, including issues that can be easily misunderstood by the general public. The author was previously an astronomy professor who worked three years on the Apollo Project, determining orbital characteristics, fuel usage, and radar accuracy requirements for space travel. This experience is described in one of the astronomy essays in the book.Three stories set in the far future describe wars taking place among highly evolved animals, including intelligent monkeys, raccoons, dogs, cats, and dolphins.One tale describes an alternate world in which a murder victim gains justice in a time travel adventure. The U.S. presidency is at stake!In other stories, teenagers discover the importance of Spell Check while doing magic, and then there’s the tale about Halley’s Comet.About the Author: Thomas Wm. Hamilton of Staten Island, New York, has written twelve books, including books on astronomy, science fiction novels, and an anthology of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and satire. After working on the Apollo Project, the author taught college astronomy for 33 years at three colleges, while running planetariums and training students to enter the planetarium field. After retiring in 2003, he has been writing ever since.Publisher’s website: http://sbpra.com/ThomasWmHamilton/
Thelma’s Phase Two tells a rollicking tale of unexpected love set in Australia’s Outback. Thelma is a destitute young woman who’s rescued by a kind stranger before stepping out into city traffic. Meanwhile, her travel bags back at her motel were searched, and her silver keepsakes were stolen.Ed, her kind savior from the traffic incident, helps Thelma deal with the theft of her belongings. The police later recover the stolen articles, which may be valuable.After all that Ed’s done to help her, Thelma falls in love with him, and after a quick marriage they head out West.The year is 1980, and their journey takes them to western Queensland, where Ed has a job on a sheep station. Thelma turns out to be very handy around the sheep, and tries to use her talents to put the nearby little town on the map.Thelma puts her heart into saving the dying town, which consists of a pub, a shop, a garage, and half a dozen houses.Born in Ipswich, Australia, John A. Campbell is an 88-year-old pensioner living on Australia’s Sunshine Coast. This is his third book.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/JohnACampbell
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Critical Remedies offers a critique of the American healthcare system. It also presents health advice for common ailments, as well as financial management and small business management advice for the average Joe.The subjects covered could well consume innumerable thick volumes, such as those seen in law offices and meant for decoration only. Yet this one book finds the flaws in healthcare, small business related issues, and even describes the intricacies of the judiciary systems.The advice is sensible, practical, and understandable, giving useful tips to readers so they can ignore trivial controversies, and start to profit from the cost-benefit ratios provided.The burning issues of finding money for life-saving care, not just restricted to business and health, means navigating a complicated system to survive and to meet medical needs.Critical Remedies is written for the needy and deserving, who are trying to live and let live in this country, formed and built by immigrants searching for the comforts of easy and honorable living.Dr. M.K.R. Khan, a retired psychiatrist and professor, grew up in Hyderabad, India, and now lives in Chicago. Though unlicensed to practice in the U.S., he wishes to spread the truth about flaws in healthcare, as well as remedies, prevention, and cure of the system.His son, Er. M. E. R. Khan, of Auckland, New Zealand, graduated in telecommunication sciences, with a post-graduate degree in business organization and marketing. He clarifies the analysis and remedies of the system for small business incorporations.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/MkrKhanandMerKhan
Emperor of the West, Incarnation of Bacchus (Silesian Dynasty after Paleologus) since1982H.M. Erzherzog, Emperador of Mexico (1531 Archducal Dynasty) since 2016China Ch’ing through Hapsburg DynastyThis is the fascinating memoir of the Imperator Occidentalis Emperador of Archducal Silesia, as well as dynasties Archducal in Mexico since Montezuma in 1531, and China diplomatic. One day in Hapsburg, in their newer peoples’ republic, the Aryan culture of 53 ethnicities of Monghol, north of Pannonia like Silesia and Mandarin, were as civil servants in China.Author Daniel Anthony-Ignatius was crowned Emperor of the West (Occident), Incarnation of Bacchus (through Augustinian-Ciceronian Jupiter by art and mythology performance art, agreed by the Catholic universal Roman church) on July 14, 1982. He is Emperador (Spanish Mexico), by direct descent of Erzherzog of Austria by his mother, as posthumous Byzantine-Silesian of the Roman Silesian Dynasty by world wars, and since the Paleologis Dynasty and its inter-regnum, Sultanate and rise of the Haspburgs, European multiple empires, the Papacy, and of Edward Gibbon’s deriding history of 1453-1982. This relates to the inevitable histories of republics, and even of the West in the east at Constantine’s capital. This Egyptian Rome – as of China, not the European Union – is ruled Germanicus in its American Empire.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/DanielAnthonyIgnatius
Madge and Paul Franklin are full-time RVers. They often work as volunteers with different organizations, as well as occasionally being called on by a semi-government organization to work in clandestine operations.Join the Franklins on their second travel/mystery adventure as they shepherd friends from France down the Skyline Drive to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Enjoy the sights along the way and share Madge’s frustration as hikers keep disappearing off the Appalachian Trail.When a disaster occurs in a small town in rural Virginia, Madge finds herself embroiled in more than simply solving the mystery of the disappearing hikers. Ride along as Madge attempts to stop the bad guys from wreaking havoc at local celebrations, and in the process, finds the answer to those disappearing hikers.Kate McLaughlin and her husband spent sixteen years on the road as full-time RVers. During that time, they worked as volunteers with the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and as volunteers doing disaster rebuilds and service projects. Her first book, Fast Food Kills, a Madge Franklin Mystery, began her foray into the travel/mystery genre. The book was an Honorable Mention winner at the 2016 New York Book Festival, and was so well received, she is continuing the adventure series. “The area covered in Cold Case is one of my favorites and I simply wanted to share it with my readers.” She and her husband now live in New Mexico.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/KateMcLaughlin
The absolutely stunning poetry collection Girl Flying Kite: Poems consists of forty-two poems written by an award-winning writer.Nancy Louise Lewis features poems that came from a childhood spent in Appalachia and her other life experiences. She deals with sexual abuse, questions pre-conceived ideas about the world around us, and experiments with language in her works.She says, “Many of the poems have won awards, and I wanted to collect the best of my work into one volume. More to come.”The first poem in the collection, and the title of her book, Girl Flying Kite, describes the moment a nuclear bomb exploded over Nagasaki, Japan, during World War II.Her poem begins:We have to imagineshe had flaws, the girlwhose shade is blasted foreverinto Nagasaki stone. She was doubtlessless beautiful than the outlinesuggests.It ends:Seen from far above the earth, the mushroomcloud containing the moleculesof the girl must have lookedlike a giant knob openingthe door to a roomful of human horrors,lives no more than scraps of paperto be wadded up and tossedinto a corner trash basket.Her words are poignant, powerful, and most importantly, unforgettable.About the Author: Now retired, award-winning newspaper journalist and college professor Nancy Louise Lewis was born near Appalachia and now lives in Connecticut. She is CEO of her nonprofit, Legalities, Inc., which helps deserving litigants afford an attorney to access the court system. This is her second book. Her first was a memoir titled Daisies Don’t Lie: Misadventures in Journalism: The Making of a Feminist.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/NancyLouiseLewis
A collection of poems, roughly half about the Bible and half featuring fanciful animal tales and adventures are featured in Ezekiel & Meytu.There are tributes to the prophet Ezekiel and to prophet Isaiah’s son Shear-Jashub. A poetic retelling of Herodias and John the Baptist are also highlighted, as well as an ode to St. Paul and Festus.When it comes to the fanciful, a grand speech made by a golf ball to other golf balls on the green looks ahead to better times. Other whimsical offerings include guinea pigs that get lost, an Australian Bushranger who goes on an adventure around the world, a gnat that gets too big for its boots, and an opera-singing baby.Stories from the Songs of the Book are from Biblical times and are set in the Holy Land or the Roman Empire. The Fanciful Songs main characters are often animals or inanimate objects that come to life in a variety of imaginative landscapes and times. These wonderful poems bring out the humour in the Bible.About the Author: Othniel Poole lives in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, where there used to be a lot of koalas. “There are still a few, and when they sound their cry, they sound like coffee percolators.”Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/OthnielPoole
Of Modern Sodom is a book on homosexuality that includes its historical global presence, general acceptance in Greek and Roman civilizations, and its metamorphosis in modern times in the Christian world from being a secret sin to an acceptable alternative lifestyle.Much is said about the gay life in the Caribbean, the author’s birthplace, which is compared to how it is experienced in socially and economically advanced countries such as the U.S. and England. Biblical interpretations, old and new, are discussed with the hope that logic and truth can be attained.The book offers an alternative to the general acceptance of the lifestyle to any Christian who is gay, and experiences cognitive dissonance in the practice, or temptation to practice. It also offers counsel to parents, spouses, and significant others.Westwick Abijah Williams writes that homosexuality is unacceptable to God in the past, present, and future. He accepts, however, the propensity or disposition to be as natural and pervasive in some persons as is heterosexuality in others.He contends that the generally accepted notion that homosexual orientation, disposition, or inclination is irreversible is a lie. This notion has contributed to the new theology that makes the practice acceptable to God, because it is incorrigible, even for Him, the Omnipotent One.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/WestwickAbijahWilliams
Isabella''s Shoes is the story of a 4-year-old girl who just loves shoes. She shares her daily adventures through this love.Isabella also enjoys colors and her shoes come in every shade of the rainbow. Children will be able to learn all about colors and the different functions and purposes of shoes through Isabella''s experiences.This positive and fun learning book is set near a beach, where Isabella lives with her family. Her curious and joyful personality shines through in Jennifer Robinson''s children''s story. Author Bio:Jennifer Robinson, of Oxford, Mississippi, says her inspiration comes from her two children, Haley and Drew, along with her grandson, Lane Wyatt. "Life inspires me and living it through the eyes of a child is one of the most rewarding experiences a person can have each day." She is a consultant in the hospitality industry and is currently writing the next book in her Isabella series.
“Only sixty candidates were to be selected from more than fifty thousand boys who had written the qualifying examination. One hundred and twenty candidates who got the highest marks in the examination would be called for interview in Bombay out of which sixty unfortunate boys would have to return home. Two seats were booked for boys from Ceylon – Sri Lanka. Our state of Travancore-Cochin of those days, later named Kerala, had a quota of six cadets.”In 1957, author Augustine Varghese was one of those boys chosen for a career in the Indian Merchant Marine. His life from the time of getting selected on the merchant training ship Dufferin covers his life through the ranks from apprenticeship as officer cadet, to getting Certificates of Competency, passing the final Master (Foreign-Going) Certificate, working on merchant ships as junior officer, senior officer, and finally as master (captain).The ship Dufferin was named in honour of Lord Dufferin, who had been a highly respected viceroy of the British Government to India.After being chosen from those fifty thousand applicants so many years ago, the author says, “It was almost miraculous that I stepped on that ship.” Here then is his exciting story of his life spent at sea.Capt. Augustine N. Varghese was born on the southern tip of India in the State of Kerala. He retired from his life at sea in 2008, but still loves to travel. This is his fourth book.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/AugustineNVarghese
LaWanda’s Journey and Other Stories is a compilation of twelve individual short stories. These inspiring tales cover such issues as grief, loss, aging, abuse, and redemption.In the book’s short story titled “LaWanda’s Journey,” LaWanda is a young woman learning to overcome her past.Juanita, in “Christmas Star,” is dealing with grief over her dad’s passing by trying to be positive as she learns to let go.Althea, in “Handful of Quiet,” is rebooting her life. While cycling to work, she finds herself coping with traffic.“Queen of Starting Over” tells of dealing with age discrimination on the job, and how one woman makes a Robert Frost decision about “The Road Not Taken.”Society’s indifference with the displaced elderly is revealed in “Shoulda Followed My Notion.”Daphne, in “Unspoken,” chooses to pursue the joyful peace that comes from a positively focused attitude.“Where Angels Brightly Go” features Sandy, who as a child endured verbal abuse from her mother. Now she refuses to let her past influence her future.An elderly couple and their perspectives on life take center stage in “Reject.” And “Uniquely Me” shows how positive affirmation from family members can help a child become a star.This wonderful collection of Christian stories considers the many journeys we travel in life.Says the author, “I wrote this collection of short stories to reveal how God’s love can shine even in the little everyday things. I hope the reader takes away from it how to walk with shoes of peace in difficult times, or as Mother Theresa once said, “to do little things with great love.”cynthia j. (c.j.) williams lives in Gainesville, Florida, where her husband is a farm manager, who she says “is the wind beneath my wings and has encouraged me to write.” This is her first book.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/cynthiajcjwilliams
The Adventures of Sammie:Send your children along with Sammie the kitten on her adventurous journeys where she and your children will learn from many of Mother Nature’s creatures about life.These adventure stories are designed to fire your child’s imagination and encourage them in the gathering of knowledge and wisdom in preparation for their future education.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/WilliamDonaldHarvey
Stand Up is a collaborative book of motivational and inspirational short stories from authors throughout the United States. To many people are fighting each and everyday to survive. Many can not see a solution to reach the end of the tunnel. Regardless if you were born gay, in an abusive relationship you don''t have to stay down, you can raise above it."I learned from all six of these short stories. This book is designed for everyone."-Mrs. Yulanda Barbara FreemanHouston, Texas "My dear cousin Teresa Hailey, you have worked many long years on this book, I pray it''s motivational and inspiration to others."-Federal Judge Horace WardAtlanta, Georgia "Everyone needs a Living Will and a Life Insurance policy, Teresa, your story hit home for me."-Jeffrey Bean, FBI agentWashington, DCTeresa Ann HaileyBorn to Be GreatTeresa discovered her organizational talents at an early age. At 14, she founded and directed TWIGS, Tiny Workers in God''s Service. TWIGS members, ages 5 through 15, sponsored various fundraising activities for Scott United Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado. As a teen, Teresa was First Vice President of Thomas Jefferson High School''s chapter of the Distributive Education Club of America. Denver Public Service Company recognized Teresa as Student of the Month in October 1977 and awarded her a cash prize.In September 1979, Teresa began laying the groundwork for a Denver youth chapter of the NAACP, and served as President of that group until 1983. Under her direction, the chapter initiated numerous educational and youth-oriented programs: NAACP Tutorial Program, Youth Basketball and Cheerleading Squad, Youth Against Crime/Off the street Summer Program, NAACP Prison Program, Teenage Pregnancy Counseling, Voter Registration/Education/Get Out the Vote and Operation Job Fair. Teresa was responsible for organizing Denver''s King Week activities in January 1983 and bringing in Martin Luther King III as guest speaker.Teresa was selected as one of the Outstanding Young Women in America in 1981. This awards program recognizes young women who give of their time, talents and service to enrich the quality of American life. This was one of many honors she has received. She has also won 11 trophies, five ribbons and four award pins for her tap dancing and ballet. Teresa''s list of achievements is numerous.Politics is a very important part of Teresa''s life. She has worked in political campaigns from the State Representative level up to the Presidential level. Gaining her most rewarding experiences while living in Atlanta, GA., Teresa traveled throughout the state working on the Rev. Jesse Jackson''s 1984 Presidential campaign. After an incident during a voter registration drive, Teresa calmly faced down five Ku Klux Klan members dressed in full KKK regalia. Her will and desire to stand up and fight for her beliefs were rewarded with an opportunity to travel with Hosea Williams, a renowned leader on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr''s staff.September 1, 2007 Teresa opened Mary''s Manor Banquet Hall/Houston, TX in honor of her mother who passed in 2006 from lung cancer. Teresa earned an Associate degree in General Studies, a Bachelors in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resources.This Power House has set her dreams very high. Keeping with the national theme,"Yes We Can",Educated, Proud and DeterminedPublisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/TeresaAHailey
The Audit: How an Honest Mistake Became a Federal Crime tells the true story of how an honest mistake was found during a routine audit of the author’s taxes, how it was investigated illegally, and how she was charged with tax evasion, taken to court by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), and convicted.The tongue-in-cheek book by retired accountant Francine Messier describes how the CRA will present or omit only the documentation that supports its selected cases, and how it is never brought to task for bullying, lying, intimidation, or threats. Besides which, the CRA has the unfair advantage of having endless financial resources (our tax dollars) to use against a taxpayer who often must concede due to financial constraints.This story is written from a sardonic point of view to tell how this taxpayer was subjected to routine unfair practices by government tax agencies, and ended up charged and convicted of tax evasion as the result of a simple error. The same thing also happens with the IRS in America.Meet an over-zealous auditor, a sneaky investigator, a make-it-up-as-you-go enforcer, a driven, devious prosecutor, and a judge who leaned in favor of the prosecution. This whole fiasco took nine years to play out.“As an accountant, I have fought with the CRA for over 30 years protecting my clients, good people who did not deserve the intimidation and threatening tactics by this agency, sometimes actually inciting fear of loss of home and freedoms. People should be more aware how often innocent taxpayers are pursued and harassed, often without cause. I am tired of seeing all this go on without reproach.”Now retired, Francine Messier lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/FrancineMessier
The large “American made” Maine Coon cat is the second most popular cat in the world. In some areas, it is the first and foremost pet cat. What is so special about this feline? Why is it so popular and where can you get one?This fascinating book is a hands-on guide to owning this popular family pet. Find out what this cat has to offer, and learn how to adopt, socialize, train, and adore this new member of your family. Behold the Personal Maine Coon!Says Phyllis Stiebens, “This is a unique and special breed of cat that I have bred, raised, loved, and shown for over 32 years. People who ask about the cats all need the same basic information and help in raising the best family pet, so this book is that guide.”This is the revised edition of the author’s first book published in 2008, The Personal Maine Coon by Phyllis Tobias, her name prior to her remarriage.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/PhyllisStiebens
Why did author King Khan write his thrilling Addict Files series? “I was inspired by my own experience with drug abuse, and the devastation it caused in my life,” he says. “I decided to use my experience to write about addiction in a graphic fashion to take the glamour out of drug use, for all those who think of it as an acceptable form of recreation.”In his second book, The Lottery Winner, Tyrone Moxley is a sheltered graduate student attending Catholic University. He is serious, honest, and principled, with values instilled in him by a loving and close-knit family.Paul Vincent is the opposite of Tyrone. He is a self-serving, narcissistic drug abuser who uses anyone he comes across to satisfy his own selfish and petty desires. He also just won the lottery.This novel about a sheltered young man who crosses the path of a despicable lottery winner exposes the naïve Tyrone to the dark elements of drugs, sex, and murder. It is also about loss of innocence, but is tempered with the redeeming power of love and forgiveness.Set in Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia, this striking tale also tells the love story of a beautiful young woman looking for her knight in shining armor. Will she find him?Juggling his career in health care and his hobby of marathon running, King Khan finds writing to be cathartic. The author grew up around the Washington, metropolitan area and currently lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. “In both areas, drug addiction is highly prevalent.” He is working on the third installment of his series.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/KingKhan
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