Tragedy strikes Rosie Taylor when her ill mother dies aboard the clipper ship transporting her and her family from England to Australia. Not long after, her father becomes engaged to a passenger on board, a woman to whom Rosie takes a dislike. But growing up in Victoria, amongst some of the passengers who came over on the boat, isn’t so bad, especially after she meets a young boy named Rory. Years later, when her father leaves town, Rosie takes different jobs to make ends meet. Things start looking up when a local river skipper asks for her hand in marriage, …

My writings have no boundary because I feel people’s joy and pain. In this book, I pour my heart out about the nature of mankind and question man’s love for his fellow human beings and God. This collection of poetry says a lot about the reality of life and the hope for humanity. Some of the poems point out wrongs and some show the path to the solution. Themes like love, betrayal, politics, religion, poverty, wealth, and family are all highlighted. With simple language and easy poetic expressions, the writing will inspire and lift your spirit to a courageous level, …

Hurdles presents true episodes in the lives of my wife, a pediatrician; myself—the author—a chemical engineer; and of our four young children. Having survived World War II, we arrive in this country and achieve professional prominence and an enviable lifestyle. When my wife’s breast cyst turns malignant, I stumble, losing my business as well as my sanity. I soon recover and muster my strength to help my children overcome the hurdles posed by their mother’s illness and death. My intensely personal story addresses the scourge of women’s breast cancer from a husband and father’s viewpoint. The book offers a heart-rending …

Cristo travels through three lifetimes as Lord, an admiral, and an actor. From the first mention of the name Cristo 2,000 years ago, through the New World, and into the future, this name appears in historical fiction to lead the way into the Next World. From sainthood to evil and on to Buddhahood, our subject demonstrates life and death made easy for the common man to grasp the mystery of the ages. Cristo is the same actor who plays Christ, an admiral of the ocean seas, and a Shakespearean actor ignored in the end. His is a soul that suffers …

Ancient mysteries are used to foreshadow current day events in the thrilling novel Repairing the World. Two ancient organizations compete for age-old scrolls and treasures, including an amulet that offers a tantalizing glimpse at future scientific data. The richly drawn characters within the interwoven plots include a sadistic duo running an ancient brotherhood, two married college professors who make Indiana Jones look slow, a cadre of robber barons, three college students, a quantum physics whiz, a liberal priest, a pair of retired Israeli commandos, sociopaths, and an ultra-strong woman president. All are caught up in a competition spawning violence, international …

Get ready for an Australian adventure! Cooee is a spotted pony who has a heart of gold. Curious and adventurous, he has rescued a lot of people. The pony possesses sharp hearing and a great sense of direction while finding his way. He becomes a local hero and is loved by everyone for his brave deeds saving lives. But despite all this, Cooee is very lonely, so he makes friends with the crows. One day Cooee finds a lost puppy and they soon became the best of friends. When Brown Dog comes to live on the farm, every day is …

I Am a Squirmy Wormy is the simple story of how one little girl wiggles through the events of her day. In fact, she wiggles and squirms so much that her grandmother named this book after her! "My granddaughter Bailey would not sit still while being changed and dressed. So I started calling her a Squirmy Wormy and made up short rhymes based on what she was doing. I would recite the rhyme while changing and dressing her, and it would settle her. I then expanded on the rhymes and it evolved into the book." This delightful children’s story introduces …

The Gene Factor by M. J. Manley portrays a "youthful" mission of the challenges to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that God manifests communications through the DNA of our very souls. The novel is a breakthrough scientifically on how communications with a highly spiritual being—God—is manifest deep, deep down into the very soul of transmission genetic factors: the DNA cell. Scientific discoveries show how communications through gene factors are transmitted. The scripted discoveries in The Gene Factor tell how blessings, prayers, and having faith are communicated. Manley states that The Gene Factor is the most revolutionary novel ever written about …

This book tells the story of a poor boy who grew up in the small town of Summerfield, North Carolina. He was able to become a millionaire by putting in place strategies, and having the discipline to maintain those strategies throughout the stock market’s up and downs."Further, by becoming a financial advisor, I was able to build a financial planning practice, acquire clients, convince them take my advice, and follow strategies that helped many of them become millionaires as well," says author Gary L. Clark.The advice and strategies are simple, and if followed, can help almost anyone become a millionaire. …

The Kreuzvogel Experiment is a fictional sci-fi thriller about the lives and relationship of Howard "Howie" Brice and Miriam Berkowitz. The two are members of a group of seven infants born in April 1936 at the Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago. There they were administered an experimental serum by Herr Doktor Ernst Kreuzvogel, a high-ranking member of the Nazi party who is now known as Dr. David Vogelmann. The experiment, designed to retard the aging process, was successful to the extent that in the year 2016, at the age of 80, the subjects are still healthy, virile, and appear to …

Peaches is a family pet poodle who has great powers to find things when no one else can. In Finding Foster a Home, Foster's family moved and couldn't take him along. He is put up for adoption and luckily is staying at Peaches' Doggie DayCare until a new family can be found. Peaches puts on her "private eye hat" and along with her boyfriend, Mel, takes charge of finding Foster a new home. Did they succeed? Was Foster adopted by a new family? You'll have to read the book to find out! Look for other adventures of Peaches the Private …