In the powerful family story The Right to Belong, thirty-eight-year-old New Yorker Pete Mitchell declares to his sons how fortunate they are to be growing up with a father, since he did not have that opportunity. Pete seeks the help of his cousin, Nigel, to help him find his father, who was born in Jamaica. Through Nigel, Pete finds out his father now lives in London. When Nigel visits relatives there, he promises to see Pete's father. Pete anxiously waits for Nigel to send him contact information. However, when Nigel returns, Pete experiences yet another disappointment. Pete does learn about …

The rollicking Western Dusty begins in 1878 in Mills County, Texas, when two ranch hands come across a stranger at a campfire. They find out later that the man named Dusty had drawn them there to save their lives from Indians. Dusty Rhodes joins the men as they travel back to the ranch where they work. Dusty is known to the owner, and ends up taking a job for the rancher leading a cattle drive to Kansas. Along the way, there are storms and the herd is attacked by cattle rustlers, but Indians help Dusty and his men fight off …

Faced with a threat so diabolical that if allowed to succeed, this novel?s disaster scenario could make 9/11 look like a benign outbreak of the common cold. In The Ring, The Bomb, and the Word, a crack trio from the religious ?Unit,? an arm of the anti-Terrorism Task Force of Homeland security, is handed the seemingly impossible task of thwarting just such a disaster. The three agents must track down a previously unheard of home-grown terror group with unlimited sources, a nuclear bomb, and what the terrorists see as a direct mandate from God to prevent the marriage of 10,000 …

In the delightful tale The Story of Everdream: Book 1: The Christmas Witch, a young girl named Holly encounters a fairy while playing in the woods. The fairy takes Holly to Everdream, a city in the clouds inhabited by magical elves and fairies, who use their magic to help Santa Claus make Christmas special every year. Everdream is also home to a magical door, which is Santa’s only way in and out of the North Pole. Santa has a sister named Jellis Claus. She hates Christmas, children and her job helping the elves make toys. Jellis is envious of Santa, …

HOW TO COOK FOR YOUR PET is a cookbook written for all pet owners who love their pets. You can cook simple easy meals for your pet using these well-written recipes. Only basic cooking skills are needed. Kids 12 and up can make these meals with the supervision of an adult. All recipes are nutritionally sound for pets, not complex recipes more suited for human tastes. Many foods commonly eaten by people are unsafe for pets to eat. These recipes contain only foods safe for feeding pets. This cookbook has detailed information about foods unsafe for pets, so that the …

There are various modes of contracting HIV, but the most common one is through sex. People judge HIV carriers differently, most thinking that those who are HIV positive are promiscuous. This way of thinking can put HIV-positive carriers in a very difficult position. Knowing what others think about them often forces people living with HIV to hide their status or commit suicide. My Predicament -- A Struggle with HIV narrates the story of Mba Ali, a journalist with Beauty magazine, who contracted HIV from Christy, a deported prostitute from Italy. Back home, Christy knew she was HIV positive, but her …

It's1940. Americans struggle to escape the economic despair of the Thirties. A gnawing sense of anxiety grips the nation as Europe explodes in conflict. With the 20th Century's most traumatic events as background, When the music stops follows Johnny Miller, a talented musician intent on making the big time; Jean, the beautiful, devious girl who walks into his life to become his obsession; and his cousin, Herman, a naive union organizer. Jean cares for Johnny but desperately desires financial security. Convinced by her false promise to be true, Johnny leaves drab Northeast Pennsylvania to seek fame in glittering New York …

Dr. Van Bentham, forensic psychologist, gives expert testimony in an asphyxiation death case in California. The man had ?scarfed? himself in seeking an erotic high; or so it first appears. Frank Waters congratulates himself at having pulled it off, letting the victim kill himself, as he sees it, and to have won $7,000 from him. He motorcycles to Eugene, Oregon and there finds his true love, Sally. But Sally dies when a truck runs them down on his motorcycle. Frank survives, only losing a little finger, but is traumatized and taken up with thoughts of death. He interests a retired …

Procrastination-Prince Among Thieves follows the trail of George Little, an American businessman in search of his ancestor, John Little, friend and lieutenant of Robin Hood. But that is only one part of the story… Richard Ash, an English marketing businessman who struggles with procrastination, joins George in his quest. As the tale unfolds, a unique dialogue about the reasons for procrastination is opened. For the chronic procrastinator, this eye-opening read provides an entertaining means of engaging with their own procrastination problems and learning how to manage them. A must-read for businesspeople or anyone who needs to manage their time more …

Beneath the streets of London lies another world. In the wonderful children?s book Chikin and Scrub, two mice explore London?s underground and share their high-speed adventures. A large community of mice inhabit London?s dark sewers. A young mouse named Scrub is curious. He wonders if there?s an outside world. His curiosity triggers a journey for him and his best friend, Chikin, who has some crazy plans of her own. Scrub is a delightful little mouse who gets his name from his fanatical scrubbing of everything. A bit timid, he dislikes the darkness of the sewers, and wonders if there is …

Can you imagine a gawky, gangly flamingo and a friendly green alligator from a small town trying to break into show business in New York City? In the furiously fun The Adventures of Roger and Penelope, readers will follow the cheerful and helpful alligator, Roger, and the silly flamingo, Penelope, as they experience the big city. Join the unlikely pair as they take a crazy bus ride, attempt a daring rescue, perform at a dance studio, and have a brush with fame. At the end of their journey, Roger and Penelope reflect on their colorful trip and think of the …

When poetry is able to speak to our psyches, and share a distinctive vision, we are moved and inspired. Within the pages of this enthralling collection, A Soul Whispers: Pictures and poems from a traveler, the reader will find life’s unique experiences through the eyes of Edward Michael Tomasofsky. Share a part in a journey of fortitude that spans thirty-five years and three continents. Experience the intensity of love and the chaotic abyss of near insanity. Witness a global trek across sea, ocean, sky and land in search of humanity, with the poet hoping that a better person emerges from …