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Oscar Felix (1893-1980) was born in the Ukraine, in Brailov, a village where the poverty is unimaginable. Yet, Felix had his mind set on one thing and one thing only, and he let nothing distract him. After an adventurous journey, by way of New York, he finally ended up in Santa Monica, California, and instantly knew he was home. He was lucky to escape before every Jew in Brailov, including his own family, was buried alive by the Nazis. His is a timeless story. There are millions of Oscar Felixes out there today, with the same goal in mind: to reach the greatest nation on earth.

Sometimes lovers enter a relationship with the best of intentions but wind up in a place far from love. Sometimes poets attempt love poems, simple and pure, but.... Over breakfast, a husband trying to deny creeping out on his wife the previous night can't help but give hints about the creepy things he really did. On a beach, a man minding his own business is accosted by a pretty woman before a strong tide embarrasses them both. A tone-deaf proposal for marriage ends in murder. A traditionally arranged marriage spins into a deranged and surreal nightmare. These aren't anti-love poems. These are poems born and burned out of love.

When Michael Mulligan and Maria Burke flee Ireland during the famine, she leaves her tyrannical husband, Nathaniel Burke, and Mulligan abandons a secret society of Irish freedom fighters. Maria dies of ship fever on Grosse Isle, Quebec. Years laster, Michael Mulligan, 80, blind, and reconciled with his son, finally returns to Ireland to buy the rotting Burke mansion and burn it to the ground. Nathaniel Burke's son and aging Irish assassins await his arrival.

In Chosen Country, listeners are given an extraordinary inside look at America’s militia movement that shows a country at the crossroads of class, culture, and insurrection. In a remote corner of Oregon, James Pogue found himself at the heart of a rebellion. Granted unmatched access by Ammon...

Wayne is a silver-tongued master of the dating game, one who knows how to deliver just the right words in just the right way in order to transform any woman he wants into candy in his hands, to be devoured, savored, and forgotten at his pleasure. When he goes out on a blind date with the mysterious Nayantara, however, he will learn there are no such things as sweet nothings.

After World War II, some 30 years later, when A. Venger lived in Israel, he returned to his native Germany on business. As an adult back in Germany, he serendipitously crossed paths with the policeman responsible for deporting his family to concentration camp Auschwitz, which resulted in their death. A. Venger's troubled past turned into an obsession, that led him on a path of revenge. Meticulously planned, he took justice into his own hands. He committed the perfect murder.

Something is living in the Earth's core, and it is kept trapped inside by the Earth's own magnetic field. It was trapped there billions of years ago before life existed on the planet. But now, as the magnetic field is failing, and the creature held inside it is threatening to escape. If it does, it can wreak havoc across the galaxy. The planet must be destroyed for the good of the galaxy. But how can one condone the destruction of the Earth if it means the genocide of the human race?

In contrast to Marlowe and Goethe, Deschauer presents a cosmology and existence that is both individual and whole, flesh and soul. Free will clashes with destiny, mortal with immortal. It aims to justify the ways of God to humankind in an existence devoid of God. Yet the inescapable construct of God, anti-God and myth are embraced by humanity in its search to find meaning within our reality.

Becoming rich or, better yet, wealthy requires a certain mindset. Becoming wealthy is fairly straight forward - theoretically. In practice, there are hurdles that most of us don't even see. These are the barriers to entry that allow many in society to claim that opportunity exists for all of us - but in reality are closed to most of us. The first thing in overcoming these barriers is to be able to learn how to see the barriers. Once you learn to see, you will be able to overcome.

This book sets out the secret of being content and happy. It sets out the meaning of life. It sets out the infinite possibilities available to all of us. This book is written in a way that everyone can understand without reference to people alive or dead nor requiring years of philosophical or theological study. It presents ideas that transcend social, economic and academic barriers.

Meet eight combat-injured men who sustained life-altering injuries. Hear eight inspiring stories of heroism and the re-building of independent, productive and fulfilling lives after seemingly impossible circumstances. This project looks at the struggles of these incredible men to reshape their lives after combat.

Pioneers: The Men Who Built Britain spans the centuries, from 17th-century Restoration Britain to the darkest days of World War II, presenting in-depth profiles of some of the characters whose genius as engineers, designers, entrepreneurs and businessmen made Britain great. Sir Christopher Wren, George Stephenson, James Brindley, R.J. Mitchell and Isambard Kingdom Brunel - arguably the greatest engineer in history - all feature in this publication.

This sweeping historical novel tells the story of the Trail of Tears as it has never been told before. Abrahan Bento Sassaporta Naggar has traveled to America from the filthy streets of East London in search of a better life. But Abe's visions of a privileged apprenticeship in the Sassaporta Brothers' empire are soon replaced with the grim reality of indentured servitude in Greensborough, North Carolina. Some 50 miles west, Dark Water of the Mountains leads a life of irreverent solitude.

In the mid-19th century, Romantic literature was still in full bloom across the West, but some American authors began producing literature that, while still Romantic, was unique enough to be considered a different genre. This new genre, Transcendentalism, focused on the spirituality of the self and nature, not rejecting religion outright but concentrating on pragmatism and the importance of individuals as the spiritual center of the cosmos.

It is one thing to live with the consequences of your own choices, but what happens when your life is changed because of someone else's? This insightful and uplifting guide will comfort, support and encourage you through whatever situation you must face. Cynthia Ruchti, who has walked this road herself, assures readers that God is ever present, and his love never wavers. There is hope, grace, and a future in every situation, especially those we did not cause.

One of the most famous Transcendentalists, and possibly its most ardent practitioner, and possibly its most ardent practitioner, was Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau took the values of the movement to heart and was particularly interested in the interconnection between man and nature, writing in Walden, "Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind."

In grief they find each other. Through loss they find love. They meet in a hospital corridor. Libby is there for Ethan, her mentor, her best friend, her husband. He's dying, and she's struggling to survive. Nick is there for Katharine, his reason for living, the love of his life, his wife. She's dying, and he holds on all the tighter as she slips away from him.

The leader of Transcendentalism and the man who ushered the movement's practices and literature was Ralph Waldo Emerson (1802-1883), one of America's most famous writers and speakers. Whereas Romantic literature typically took the form of poetry, novels, and short stories, much of Emerson's writings disregarded those traditional structures and were written as essays.

By author Alec Merta, From Here to Nearly There is a novel that combines the best elements of a travelogue with those of a taut science-fiction thriller. By combining science with elements of real UFO and paranormal reports, Merta crafts a believable thriller that you will find hard to put down. From Here to Nearly There is the first book of A Voyage in the Near Distance.

Joe Devlin has just finished his second year at the Space Academy with his dad returning home from a highly classified mission. A secret so powerful that it will change Bandor forever! Can Joe handle the knowledge of what his dad entrusts him with? Or will it be his downfall, tempted by the power of a legend older than the unity of Bandor. Come with Joe as he goes on a journey requiring courage and sheer guts in the face of utter danger.