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A Different Brand Of English
Andrew Mason
A World War Two Travel Guide to Singapore and the Thai-Burma Railway. It covers how the tourist can visit all the places synonomous with WW2 battlesites, POW Camps, Cuttings and war cemeteries in Singapore and Thailand. With personal graves of luminaries to visit in those cemeteries. A guide of how to get there, what to see and an overview of the history with POW interviews, quotes from POW and over 150 war time and contemporary pictures with maps and references.
Yak Butter Blues: A Tibetan Trek of Faith
Brandon Wilson
An inspiring new book by Brandon Wilson. Join this couple and their Tibetan horse as they become probably the first Western couple to trek an ancient 1000-kilometer pilgrim’s trail from Lhasa to Kathmandu. This incredible odyssey is a riveting tale of human endurance and a first-hand look at a Tibetan culture teetering on the edge of extinction. Little could prepare them for this ultimate test of resolve, love, faith…and very survival.
A Journey
Ellen Rubinstein
This tale of fresh exposure to foreign cultures tells of a young American's travels in Israel and Europe, and her concurrent relationship with a young European. We sympathize as the narrator struggles through a period of growth and self-examination, meanwhile enthusiastically enjoying new sights. While focused on daily life, whether working on a kibbutz or hitch-hiking in the Alps, her perspective is replete with the enticement of exotic locales. Of interest is the innocent view of the Middle East at a moment of relative peace, contrasting dramatically with our current unavoidable awareness of the ongoing battle for a homeland.
Restless Tribes
Stephen Ausherman
Far from being a saccharine travel guide, Restless Tribes is an edgy, but balanced and thoughtful, collection of stories that gives the reader a unique insight into the people, cultures, and politics of a dozen nations on five continents.
Parks Portrayed in Pen and Paint
Sara Schlussel
?Parks Portrayed in Pen and Paint? is a volume that combines poetry and artwork, to depict the features of our National Parks. 20 artists from across North America have joined two prolific poets in an effort to convey the beauty of Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon. It is a blending of contemporary artistry, combined into one incredible book. This volume is the first in a planned series. Packaged along with the book is a National Parks Symphony DVD by Finley-Holiday, presenting a musical tribute to America's parklands. Dramatic landscapes and wildlife are choreographed with classical selections from Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss and Rossini. A special bonus feature brings the book?s artwork and poetry to life.
The Heart of America
Kevin Fleming
The Heart of America was recognized by Readers Digest as first on their list of the top 100 American Treasures for 2005. Never before has one photographer so completely captured the heart and soul of America. Traveling by airplane, helicopter, kayak, horseback, river raft, snoeshow, bicycle, and hot air balloon, renowned National Geographic Photographer Kevin Fleming, travels through all 50 states to find the stories and the unforgetable images that are the essence of America. Here are the cowboys, the farmers, athletes, boat builders, fishermen, dreamers, heroes, and eccentrics. Here too Kevin Fleming captures quiet moments of American life and so many stunning beautiful landscapes. The Heart of America took a decade to complete. You will remember these classic photographs for a lifetime.
This is a story about courage, determination, wisdom, and the empowerment of a woman’s journey through her personal pain and struggle. It’s a story about the true meaning of “letting go”.
As I began the journey of writing my story, I felt as if I were writing this for someone else yet I was the only one who knew the information you are about to read or how the ending would be.
Many times people are faced with situations that make them feel imprisoned or entrapped. My story affirms that there is a way to overcome the feeling of helplessness no matter how long it takes.
After many years of living with a drug addict and alcoholic, I was able to find the courage needed to break away from it all.
In doing so, I decided that rather than feeling as if I have lived all those years in vain, I will instead; reach out to those individuals who have found themselves living in similar situations.
The bottom line is that we all have control over our own lives. We have the power to take ownership of our own destinies. Life is about choices, finding the right tools needed can change one's path..
I am a survivor. I lived through hell and have bounced back again. No matter what we are faced with, we do have the ability to set our own personal boundaries.
We are the keepers of our own lock and key. No one can have control over us unless we allow him or her to do so.
Those years are all behind me now. And sharing my life with you is my way of creating a positive out of a negative. My story confirms how much I have grown since living with an addict.
I hope by sharing my experience with you, you will see that stories such as mine do have positive outcomes. I am living proof that there IS such a thing as fairytale endings.
I hope you enjoy reading my book as much as I have enjoyed writing it.
SNEAK PREVIEW:
It was relatively early in the evening and I heard the car door slam. I knew it must have been my husband but what I didn’t know is why he decided to cut his evening short.
Traditionally speaking I usually didn’t expect him until midnight or later. I could hear his keys jingling as he proceeded to unlock the front door. The girls and I were all in the same room as I greeted him with my usual small “grin.” I very rarely got up to give him a welcome hug. There wasn’t anything huggable about a drunk who decided to come home.
For some reason, he always seemed to want to talk to me at times when it was inappropriate. The girls and I were all sitting around the television having dinner. I asked him if it could wait but he refused. He mumbled a few words but I couldn’t understand what he was saying.
Again, I had asked him if it could wait but he was persistent in talking to me now. Evidentially I didn’t react quickly enough because he started walking towards me as if he was about to teach me a lesson.
As my eyes locked with his, I knew something bad was about to happen. But what I didn’t expect was what he was about to do next.
With all his force, he grabbed my plate of spaghetti right out of my hands. He then lifted it above his shoulders and with all of his body weight; he slammed the plate smack on the middle of my head.
The plate shattered instantly into a thousand broken pieces of glass, which continued to tumble downward piercing my body parts as each piece of glass had landed. If you have ever seen a Correll plate break, it doesn’t break in giant pieces, rather, it splinters.
My eyes immediately swelled up and my face turned bright red. I was seeing stars and my body began to shake. At that point, I wasn’t sure if I had just been shot in the head, because it certainly felt as if I had been.
I remember calling out to my oldest daughter Sara to dial 911. The girls were all screaming at their daddy to stop hurting me but he wouldn’t. Sara reached the 911 operator and stayed on the phone long enough to let the police know where we lived.
I was emotionally shocked and physically dazed. I hated this man and wanted him out of my house. The police quickly came and saw what had happened. They asked me if I would like to press charges and of course I said yes. I wasn’t about to allow this man to think for one minute that he could get away with treating another human being like this.
The police wrote up their report and hauled him off to jail that night. The girls witnessed their father being put into handcuffs but I was thankful just knowing that he wasn’t sleeping under the same roof.
The next few hours were painful and tedious. The girls found some tweezers and spent the night picking every single sliver of glass out of my body. There was glass engaged inside every inch of my skin.
I remember declining having the paramedics treat me. I don’t know why I was so afraid, but I was. Nobody realized that I was living with a time bomb that was ready to explode. I had to constantly tip toe around his mood swings just to survive.
Greg returned home the next morning and as usual, he was very apologetic. He said he spent the night inside a cool, damp jail cell and it scared him to death. Frankly, I didn’t give a crap. His sob stories no longer worked for me. As far as I was concerned, he was right where he needed to be. He earned every bit of what he got that night and was lucky that he was let out as early as he was.
He went before a judge the next morning and was ordered to pay a $1,200.00 fine to victims of domestic violence.
At first I didn’t know where he was going to come up with the money but at that point I really didn’t care. He committed the crime so now he must pay the price. In addition, the judge ordered Greg to enroll himself into a twelve-month anger management program in which he was to begin his treatment immediately.
Every once in awhile, I will reflect back at my life and the things I lived through with Greg. I honestly felt that most of the time I was under some sort of witchcraft spell.
In looking back, I realize that I allowed Greg to have control over my destiny. He would continually poke and prod my body and soul as if he was a witch that had this magical influence over me.
I did whatever he said to do and wasn’t allowed to leave. I felt as if I couldn’t escape from his invisible hold. Whenever I would start to rebel, all he would have to do is push that pointed needle into my lifeless body and I would be forced to ride the wave with him once again.
But eventually I realized that as long as I was able to breath, I had the ability to release myself from his poisonous and toxic spell. I didn’t know how, I didn’t know when, but I was determined to find my way, in due time.
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