Born of pioneer parents, prairie orphaned at three, he was adopted by a Sioux warrior. Among the Sioux he was known as Prairie Cub. The name Michael was all he had of his ancestry. He lived the life of a Sioux warrior’s son until his twelfth summer. When the course of history doomed the Indian’s way of life, his father, Thunder Eagle, realizing his son’s white heritage gave him a chance for a future, sent his son back into the white man’s world. Summer of Two Worlds is the story of that summer.
Skippy and his friend Chester are the main characters in this imaginary story about ants and humans, who have the ability to communicate with each other. Skippy is the main scout in the ant family, and Chester is also a scout in his family. The ant family tells the human family about several termite families that are living in their home. The termites are thrown out of the humans’ home, and they blame the ants. The termites form a bad gang, and they force some bad ants to join them.
They come back and terrorize the humans and good ants. The humans blame Skippy’s family. Skippy and Chester join a good gang to help Skippy clear his family’s name.
This inspirational memoir follows the author as she suffers from hardships and horrors and rises to become a confident, caring woman who helps others find their self-worth and path to a better life.
Finding strength in her friendship with God, Ronni frees herself from an abusive family, learns from mistakes with men, and manages to form loving households with her daughters and sons, friends, and foster children. She shares her remarkable story–sometimes tragic, sometimes hilarious–to help others think positively, value themselves, and escape their own unhappy circumstances.
Everybody is going somewhere; Heaven where God is or Hell where God isn't. When do they go? Does God's Word tell us that? Have you ever come across several Scriptures while reading the Bible that simply do not concur with what you hear from the Pulpit? I have numerous times. It has sent me on a quest to find out what God believes and what His Holy and Precious Word actually supports. This book challenges stereotyped beliefs that are floating around in the Christian Circle about Who Is In Heaven and when do they go. This book has seventy-eight Scripture addresses quoted and included within the covers, to bringing irrefutable, undeniable evidence to the table to clearly answer the question directly from God's Word: “Who Is In Heaven?”.
The Clock tells the story of twin brother and sister, Stella and Stephan. Very beautiful, kind and intelligent, they live on the edge of a big city. From when they were small children they could never wake up on time. Their parents tried hard to help them, but nothing ever worked.
Reluctantly, Stella and Stephan leave school and stay home. They wake up at 2 p.m. and have a meal at 3 p.m. Stella cleans and cooks while her brother does outdoor work. They are hardworking kids.
One day the twins decide to get a job. But no one helps them. Finally, from the next village, one nice man gives them a job. Martin, their boss, is happy with them. But they are not happy. One beautiful day, Stella meets an old woman. She shows her respect to the woman when the woman asks for a cup of water. The woman offers to help them find the happiness they long for.
A magical Prince and Princess appear in the twins’ lives and lead them towards an awareness of time and its role in their quest for happiness. The love of Martin and the twins for the Prince and Princess makes them come alive again.
Thank You may be Odessa Cleveland’s first best-selling book on how to say thank you in different languages. She presents her poetic voice in various textures, colors and it is rich in gratitude for everyone.
Each page emanates with synchronized images and words that are classic, varied and the essence of living and articulating thank you daily.
Cleveland has written a book fir for anyone to give as a gift any time of the year, fir for anyone’s coffee table or shelf for a quick read and especially for anyone who enjoys expressing gratitude and acknowledging one’s kindness.
As for my background, I am a retired National Board Certified teacher (30 years with Los Angeles Unified School District) with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Education and English and a Master Degree in Business Management and Education. I worked as a Mentor Teacher for the district for thirteen years, and I worked as a Consulting teacher for the Peer Assistance and Review Program under the auspices of United Teachers of Los Angeles the last two years of my career. As a writer I have been published as a poet in several local and national magazines in the past, wrote objectives for various subject areas, wrote articles for school, and for community papers.
I have appeared on M*A*S*H, General Hospital, Sanford and Son and several other television shows and numerous commercials.
The Case of the Rainforest Reunion
High above Honolulu in the Tantalus rainforest a high school reunion turns tragic.
A Honolulu detective, an Izakaya restaurant owner, and an on-line investigative reporter team up to solve another mystery. Follow Charlie Chang, Moto Fujimoto, and Zoe Lee as they navigate Hawaii’s multicultural modern landscape to uncover the connections between personal rivalries, cyber insecurity, and the opioid epidemic. A sequel to The Case of the Good Deed, these three quirky characters give us insights into how the media, the government and the private sector work together in a healthy democracy.
A Charter School Story describes the challenges and successes in Hawaii’s efforts to create a charter school system. For two years Jim Shon was its chief administrator – charged not only with securing funding and amending Hawaii’s laws, but also with explaining how charter schools are different, and why they deserve our full support. If you are wondering what the charter school movement is all about, and where charters fit in the reform of public education, Shon’s chronicle of his stormy and controversial tenure is worth reading. If you are thinking of starting your own charter school, this book tells you what you are in for.
Sometimes those we love fly away, but new friends await us around the corner.
How the love of a small, dark green friend magically shapes destiny … This is a “tale of two feathers” that all pet lovers will relate to. It is based on a true life story of a family’s pet parakeet named Jade, who gets lost one day never to return. But the family finds another devoted pet and names him Skipper. Skipper brings much happiness to the family, and even understands human language! In the end, Jade’s disappearance is resolved, and we are reminded just how important our pets are to us.
Virgilio’s story had to be told. The time had come when Virgilio Gonzales just had to tell his story. It could wait no longer. The time had not softened the memories of his youth, when the Japanese occupied the Philippines, his native country, during World War II.
The story, as all powerful stories had to come out into words that would last. And so the now 80-year-old Danbury resident sat down to write. It took four years to complete and publish “Waiting for General MacArthur.” Virgilio can now hold the soft-cover book in his hands.
I, for one, am glad he sat down years ago to finally tell his story.
– Jacqueline Smith, managing director
of the News-Times, Danbury, Connecticut
Virgilio I. Gonzales was born in 1932 in Cavite City in the Philippines. He grew up during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in WWII. He studied and graduated with a chemistry degree from University of the Philippines. He married a fellow chemist Maria Corazon Jimenea, and they have three children – Arsenio, Leilani and Leo. In 1978 he emigrated to the United States and in 1982 he petitioned his family to join him in Danbury, Connecticut, where he worked as a chemist at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals.He retired in 1997 and enrolled in a short novel writing course at the Western Connecticut State University. “Waiting for General MacArthur” was the product of that course. It took a lifetime to write the book.
