It’s the summer of 1968. STEVE is back from Vietnam, trying to loose himself in the surf. EVELYN struggles to adjust to her husband’s combat deployment. KATHY wants to grow up too fast. They will all live lies to get what they want….the spoils of war.
About the author:
Mr. Yenney, a Navy brat, was born in Virginia, raised in California and attended military boarding school in Wisconsin before serving two tours with the U.S. Navy in Vietnam. He earned degrees from UCSB and CSUDH. He has lived in Oregon, Texas and Mexico. For more than a decade he taught English and conducted international business in the Republic of China on Taiwan. He was a bilingual educator in Oxnard, California for 20 years. He speaks Spanish and Chinese. He currently resides in Ventura, CA., working on his fifth novel.
This story was written as a bedtime story fairy tale for county jail inmates’ bedtime story so the writer felt safe.
About the author:
Francisco native since arriving in 1955. Lives in Sonoma County wine country. Former standup comedian, pirate radio show host, chef/cook and dishwasher/owner of tiny bistro in Humboldt County.
The story began as a bedtime story for other inmates in County jail when I was afraid of them. Tired of the rat races, I ran a classified ad “Revenge is best served as a cold cream pie’ and threw around 400 pies for a nominal fee. Choctaw tribal member uncomfortable enough with
tech to still be carrying a flip phone. Call before you text please. Yakoke is Choctaw for Thank you. Yakoke.
This story is about understanding life as a fragile, unique creation. David’s exploration of words used is quite simple and easy to understand just how Life created us all-inclusive as the earthlings we are. The story is based on finding love through forgiveness that in the end creates immortality in our flesh long before death.
A love story that shows just what loving-kindness can do.
About the author:
The author's desire is to showcase gods live via our consciousness opened up. Each book the author has written is for the betterment of all earth inhabitants. He hopes one day that world peace tries it! Just once will happen. The Author has also written: Time to choose, Sex Lies and dreams.
Society has taken over how a pretty face should look, so people are doing things out of the norm to become a pretty face to deal with life's challenge.
About the author:
Shirley Jordan is a mother of four and a grandmother of five, she was born and raised in Houston Texas and is a true entrepreneur. For ten years she was an owner, founder and operator of PlayHouse Cuts, a hair salon that catered to children of all ages and disabilities.
Young girl dreams about being an adult living on her own where she can do what she wants
when she wants with no one to tell her differently when the time comes, reality proves it to be more difficult than she thought it would be, life as an adult often had crawl obstacles in her path and it also taught her people aren’t always who they seem to be at first.
About the author:
Margaretha Peters 26 years old I live in Canada Ontario I was raised in a family of 8 and I have lived out in the country for most of my life this is the first novel I have ever written and I hope to continue writing.
In the summer of 1966, sixteen-year-old California surfer girl Ellie Miller dates three boys bound for Vietnam. Bobby joins the Army to escape a broken home. Steve is suddenly called to active duty in the Navy. Darrel joins the Marines after his surfboard is stolen.
Then on a warm and sultry evening just before school starts, during a riot, Ellie is seized under the veil of authority by a sailor who has just returned from a life spent overseas in the horrors of combat and the depths of debauchery. In war, precious things are plundered.
About the author:
Mr. Yenney, a Navy brat, was born Virginia, raised in California and attended military boarding school in Wisconsin before serving two tours with the U.S. Navy in Vietnam. He earned degrees from UCSB and CSUDH. He has lived in Oregon, Texas, and Mexico. For more than a decade he taught English and conducted international business in the Republic of China on Taiwan. He was a bilingual educator in Oxnard, California for 20 years. He speaks Spanish and Chinese. He currently resides in Ventura, CA., working on his fifth novel.
A collection of fictional stories, dreams, visions, word plays, metaphors, and personal memories about the human predicament, accumulated over the span of a lifetime in various locations throughout the world, by an interested explorer who enjoys a good laugh whenever circumstances permit.
About the author:
Ken Symington was born in Cuba of English and Cuban parentage, where he lived until he moved to the United States to attend college at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, where he graduated with a Chemical Engineering degree and went to do graduate work in other institutions. He worked for many years in several major American corporations as a corporate executive in national and international operations. After retirement, he owned and operated several small businesses. His credits include two books translated from Spanish into English and published in the USA. He lives in Sierra Madre, California, in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, and is interested in close friends, plants, ethnobotany, animals, music, and books.
The Broken Harmonica is the compelling saga of Cornelius Wright as told in his own words: from his earliest coming of age on a plantation in the old South to his journey to freedom. Through nearly one hundred years of his life Cornelius tells the dramatic tale of his time spent as a soldier in the Civil War, forging a path toward the freedom he holds so deeply in his heart. Cornelius’s personal struggles transform him, even after the freedom comes and he must continue the fight to find a way for himself and his family in the complex and divided world of the late nineteenth, early twentieth century America. In the midst of it all is a harmonica, an instrument that becomes symbolic of his life, his trials and legacy.
About the author:
Samuel K. Leonard is the pen name for Joel Armand. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He is a graduate of Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, New York with an MA in Psychology. In 2003 he earned a Master’s degree in Social Work from Temple University and has spent much of his life employed in the service of children and families. Joel resides with his family in New Windsor, New York.
BEFORE THE WHISTLE is a compilation of eighty-five devotionals Coach has delivered to his teams over a 39-year coaching career. Some are in outline form allowing you space to add and enhance the thought process. Some are in essay form simply to be read. All supply motivation and inspiration for everyday life.
These devotionals can be used for teams, athletic or corporate. They also provide a guide for daily personal quiet time.
Before the Whistle is a thought provoking, personal challenge for life change.
About the author:
Phil Farver has spent his coaching career of 39 years teaching and mentoring both boys and girls teams in football, basketball, golf, baseball, softball and a short stint with middle school volleyball. He played football, basketball and baseball at a small Bible college in Wisconsin. He has vast experience in working with young athletes helping them improve their skills, their lives and their teams. He says, “If I can help someone improve their life, then I have accomplished something.”
His experience in coaching and building programs and teams led him to author and publish a book in 2009 called, “FIVE SMOOTH STONES”, a book outlining steps for success that he implemented with his team. Now he has developed another book filled with devotionals and motivational speeches to help other coaches as they prepare to build their teams and impact the lives of their players. The unique thing about this collection is that they can be used by anyone at any time. They are not just for use with athletic teams. They could be used in the corporate setting as well as in a daily personal journey of life.
His personal faith has been the foundation upon which he has stood for his entire career. The ups and downs of losing and winning have given him an insight to being successful that he would like to share with others. Through it all, he has remained faithful to the principles that he believes in.
A comprehensive survey of all the biblical references to blessings and benedictions. The purpose for this study is to assist learners in gaining an awareness of the various occurrences of the many spoken and written blessings and benedictions found in the Scriptures in order to claim them for personal benefit and to share them with others. Study Guides follow each section to be used for personal and group learning.
About the author:
Jim Harvey is a professor of biblical studies at Williamson College in Franklin, Tennessee. Prior to his retirement he was the pastor of churches in Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and Tennessee. He holds degrees from the University of Oklahoma, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Gateway Seminary. He and his wife, Val, have been married for over 60 years and have two children, two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Jim and Val have had a long career in writing books, Bible study curriculum, and magazine articles.
