Books with author Blackwood

Do you love caring for others and going on adventures? If so, you are going to love The Adventures of Big Daddy the Miniature Therapy Horse. This is the first edition of what is going to become one of your favorite children’s books. In this introductory edition you will get to know Big Daddy and some of his closest friends. This easy to read picture book is filled with bright and vibrant images that will grab any young child’s attention. The best part of all is that Big Daddy and all of his friends are REAL animals doing REAL good in their community. A portion of the profits for this book go straight to Big Daddy and his cause! Go to Blackwoodranch.org to learn more.

Noted author Gary L. Blackwood grew up intrigued by crime fighters. In Bad Guys, the two-time Smithsonian Notable Book Award winner takes a look at the other side. A motley crew of villians, their chronicles are, indeed, fascinating. Yet, Blackwood goes far beyond storytelling. Placing the shenanigans of highwaymen, outlaws, swindlers, gangsters, and pirates against the backdrop of history, he considers them each in terms of the places and times in which the culprits operated. Were they evil cutthroats? Or, were they driven to their deeds out of desperation? In general, readers will find very few Robin Hoods. They will also discover that the reality of many of these men and women lies somewhere between utter scoundrel and social casualty.

Meet Nosey Charlie, a spunky little squirrel who grew up in the country. He became an orphan and moved to the city to live with his aunt, uncle, and his cousin, Pete. Charlie desperately wants to know everything about the people and strange objects in the city, and he doesn’t understand that he can’t always go wherever he likes.Mama Leticia (his aunt) tries to teach Charlie to be careful, and asks Cousin Pete to keep on eye on him. But Charlie is too nosey, and curiosity gets the better of him. He goes where he shouldn’t—checking out garbage bags in the park—and this time poor Cousin Pete gets hurt.The Nosey Charlie adventures will make you laugh and cry, and sometimes cheer Charlie along as he explores his new environment and finds himself in desperate situations.

Intrigue, betrayal, and romance surround Widge as we find him back in London and at the center of things, as usual. Queen Elizabeth, Shakespeare's patron, has died, but the new king and his queen love drama-on stage and off. Shakespeare has begun a new play about political intrigue, but real intrigue is close at hand. Someone is stealing from the company, and Shakespeare's scripts must be guarded at all costs-including the one he has given up on and turned over to Widge to finish. Widge finds the glory of being a playwright appealing, especially when there's a pretty girl to impress. But spying is even more exciting! Readers swept up in the first two adventures about Widge and Shakespeare's players will be enthralled yet again by this third tale with its dramatic twists and turns and an ending worthy of the Bard himself.

In a world where using magic is illegal and punishable by death, will Tamm risk it all to discover the secrets of magic and save his people?Tammuz has never left the sleepy fishing village of Aleesia. He longs to see what lies beyond the lake. He grew up listening to the legends of King Riehner and the Battlemages and hearing stories of elves, dwarves, and magic. But all that changed a lifetime ago when Tzelder, a former Battlemage student, usurped Riehner and has ruled Iradell since.Now, under Tzelder's rule, magic is illegal, and using it is punishable by death. No one has seen an elf or a dwarf in decades. Tamm feels trapped between the mountains and the lake, dreaming of adventure like in the stories he grew up hearing. With his sixteenth birthday fast approaching, he must make a choice; choose and apprenticeship like the rest of the young men his age or flee Aleesia in search of the adventure he's always desired.But when someone close to him is fatally wounded, Tamm discovers a magic that could save them, but it will put him at odds with the king. All the while, an ancient enemy is poised to return and threatens the town he always thought he wanted to flee.Will his limited knowledge of magic help him save those he loves, or will it get him killed? Can he survive the adventure he's always hoped to find? Through him, can the Battlemages be Reborn?

The narcissist lives in a fantasy world of their own creation. Although psychoanalysts have not reached a consensus on what causes narcissism, the narcissist has a worldview that is characterized by vanity and egotism, not unlike the egocentric behaviors that we associate with very young children. Because of their disordered sense of self, the narcissists are prone to engage in several actions that are damaging to those around them. These include bullying, demeaning comments, and other forms of emotional abuse.Narcissistic abuse is a form of emotional abuse that is characteristic of men and women with a personality disorder. Although this term was first used to describe the type of abuse that narcissistic parents engaged in with their children, this mental abuse can occur in any kind of relationship that involves a narcissist, including the relationship between a married couple and lovers. Though narcissists are remarkable for their lack of empathy, they have enough awareness of the subjective emotional states of others to use this to engage in psychological manipulation and mind control. Narcissistic relationships are problematic because the partner in the relationship often is clueless as to the character of the person they are dealing with and the nature of the bond they have formed. Narcissistic relationships follow a pattern that involves the narcissist creating an idealized version of themselves filled with false displays of love, followed by demeaning and devaluing the other person, and finally discarding and destroying them completely. The phases of the narcissistic relationship will be described in detail in Healing After Narcissistic Abuse: Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationship; How to Recognize Covert Manipulation Psychology in a Narcissistic Relationship to Fight Narcissism and Codependency.To help you on your healing journey, will be covered the following topics: - The Psychoanalytical Approach to Narcissism - The Types of Narcissists - The False Self and the True Self and the Language of Narcissist - Who the Narcissist Targets and Why - The Tools of Narcissistic Brainwashing - The Abuse Cycle - Gaslighting and Other Tactics of the Narcissist - Signs that you are in a Relationship with a Narcissist - How to Beat Codependency in the Narcissistic Relationship - How to Defend yourself against Mind Control - The Steps of the Healing ProcessTo Healing from narcissistic abuse, you do not have to go it alone.Equipped with the right tools, you can return to a life where you experienced joy and were not isolated from others.Would You Like To Know More?Download now to overcome fear and keep your life under your control. And no one else’s.Scroll to the top of the page and select the BUY NOW button

This book is the story of William Tell. It was set in Switzerland, where a tyrant named Gessler ruled over the people with an iron fist. One day this tyrant set up a tall pole in the public square, put his cap on top of it, and then gave orders that every man who came into town should bow down before it. William Tell would not do this, and laughed at the cap. Gessler became very angry and to punish Tell, who was famous in the land as a hunter, ordered that Tell's little boy stand in the square with an apple on his head, and then told Tell to shoot the apple with one of his arrows. If he failed, soldiers were to shoot the boy immediately. William Tell succeeded, to the delight of the crowd which had gathered. As he was turning away a second arrow fell from his coat. When Gessler questioned Tell about the second arrow, he replied: "This arrow was for your heart if I had hurt my child." In the 1800's Giochini Rossini composed an opera about William Tell. In the opera there was a musical piece called the William Tell overture. Part of it became the familiar theme song for "The Lone Ranger."

Picking up where Around the World in Eighty Days left off, Harry Fogg, the son of Phileas Fogg, has just made a wager of his own. Harry bets that he can drive a steam-powered motorcar all the way around the world in only 100 days. Racing off with three companions, Harry undertakes a grueling journey that will pit him against flash fires, marauders, and even sabotage from within. In the tradition of the Jules Verne classic, this is one historical adventure that will have you racing to the finish!