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The murder described in this book was the subject of an investigative report on the IDTV program, "On the Case With Paula Zahn" in April 2015. The author of this book was interviewed.On July 25, 1980, Anthony J. LaRette Jr. followed Mary Fleming into her apartment. He thought he had left the 18-year-old dead on the kitchen floor, but despite a gash across her throat and two deep knife wounds in her heart, she ran, naked and screaming, across the street to a neighbor's house, where she died on their front porch.Through solid journalism and introspective reflection, Dennis Fleming, the victim's brother, weaves an intricate story filled with sadness, anger, and even humor about his attempts to cope with the greatest tragedy he'd ever known. This intensely personal true crime memoir is a life-affirming story about one man's twenty-five-year search for meaning and fulfillment in the face of a devastating situation. From the shocking details of Mary's murder and the author's subsequent suicide attempt to his mixed feelings as he witnessed LaRette's execution, Dennis delves into the complex process of coming to grips with Mary's death and of eventually finding a way to forgive her killer.

Thirty-five years of research has produced a different concept of the origin of Western Civilization, tracing its origin through nations and people many of whom you've likely never heard. For the first time, the exponential growth in the first three centuries AD of the church that Jesus established is linked to the Hand of God sequestering a large portion of his "chosen people" - the "lost sheep of the House of Israel " - in the Parthian Empire where Jesus' apostles could teach them about our Savior and his new Covenant with mankind without the oppression of the Roman Empire. Later, the descendants of those Christianized Israelites migrated to Europe and took part in the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the scientific and industrial revolutions, and the Christian Reformation. Afterward, they helped form Western Civilization to complete the process of spreading the Gospel of Jesus and the physical blessings God promised Abraham. The origin of Western Civilization is traced to its beginning 4,000 years ago. The culture and economic and political hegemony of Western Civilization today was planned by a mind that resides outside of time. In the process of that story, you will find answers to some interesting questions; you may also find your Christian faith strengthened or - if you're a non-believer - you may have new reasons for taking another look at that way of life.

This is a book about improving communication skills in a range of different settings. Instead of thinking about communication as the transmission of information from one person to another, this book shows that we ought to think about communication as a practical art of producing effects on others. Once we start to ask "What effect have I had?" then we are in a better position to improve our communication skills. In thinking about interpersonal communication, small group communication, writing, public speaking, and leadership through questions about the effects we produce on others anyone can significantly improve their communication competencies. Through one hundred small lessons this book provides practical tools to immediately be a better partner, teammate, writer, speaker, and leader.

As a preteen girl, I ate the last brownie my mother would ever make. She had passed away in our kitchen just days before. I savored every crumb. Less than a year later, my dad married again - the woman I would soon call "Mom." It's a love story of grief, and choosing to open our hearts again. I now have a love story of my own that led to me being a wife and mother of three. Family life is full. Full of joy in growth, laughter around the dinner table, and sorrow in hardships. It was not easy when we lost babies to miscarriage, or when our toddler son was diagnosed with cancer and underwent three years of chemotherapy treatments. Sidesplitting laughter. Gut-wrenching pain. Mundane, tasteless seasons. I can honestly tell you, I've experienced all of it. And my guess is, you have too. We all live through the sweet and the sour. We each taste the delicious and the disagreeable. But I believe life can be savored through the heartache, joy, and the moments in between. I have this hope because of my faith in God. It is what has carried me through and has given me a purpose and a peace greater than any circumstance. Brownie Crumbs and Other Life Morsels tells these true stories and challenges you to savor your own life. Each chapter concludes with a bite-sized morsel. A sentence or two meant to summarize the message of that story and season, and to encourage and equip you to savor life. May you find joy in both the scrumptious and the bitter. May you find peace in the bland. And most of all, may you see hope in the crumbs.

To all my fellow cats, I have heard your cries and decided to lend a helpful paw. I am Mittens, a captivating, charismatic cat who has bravely decided to tell my story of rising to the top. Follow my advice, and you hopeful cats can become master of your own home. Humans beware. This story has dangerous cat secrets you couldn't possibly hope to understand. Listen at your own risk...but seriously, listen to my story right "meow" because I am a cool cat. Meow meow, Mittens

America, what will we become? Winner of the 2017 IndieReader Discovery Award for best Science Fiction Novel and a Readers' Favorite Book Award recipient. "History doesn't repeat itself. It outdoes itself." - Acton Granger, 54th President of the United States Nearly five decades from now, America is finding its legs again after years of bitter conflict. Civ-2, as the Second Civil War came to be known, turned the nation's cities into battlefields and took millions of lives. Early in the 2060 campaign, Reformation League candidate Acton Granger made an unprecedented concession – he would forego a running mate and offer the vice presidency to his chief rival, whomever that may become. It was a gesture of unity that rocketed Granger to victory. Still stinging from defeat, the Conservative League’s Elijah Schroeder chose to swallow his pride and accept Granger’s offer, alienating his own supporters and political allies in the process.Now two years into their fragile partnership, the 2064 campaign looms, and Elijah learns his selection was more complicated than the call for healing he and the country were led to believe. He must decide whether to continue toiling as a false symbol of harmony, or turn against the man who is now his boss and leader of the free world.Meanwhile, other national figures emerge with their own designs on the election, from the Freedom League’s rebellious darling Shelby Monroe to the Progressive League's technology mogul Ben Allen, who could become the country’s first gay president.As each contender charts their strategies and the barnstorming begins, a terrorist attack – orchestrated by a new, horrifying weapon – rocks the nation and turns all of their campaigns upside-down. That is, all of them but one.This is the first volume in the Election 2064 series.

The story begins one evening in 2016 at a celebration of family and friends in France, people who know each other only because of their connection to an American WWII pilot, Captain Edward Appel. The main event is the presentation of Edward’s parachute to Juliann, his daughter. This recovered parachute had saved the pilot’s life as he jumped from a failing B-24 bomber in the year 1944 near Surbourg, France.Edward enlisted in the army in 1940 and made his way up through the ranks to pilot status in 1943. He was sent to England as a B-24 Liberator bomber pilot. On his last required mission, he was shot down over France. After bailing out of the plane, he managed to evade German soldiers in a series of quick thinking moves. During three months of hiding with the help of farmers, local citizens and the French resistance, he avoided capture by the German military and returned to the Allies after the front lines moved through his position. Upon returning to England, he could have gone home since he had completed all his missions, but he didn’t feel quite right about the way his bomber missions had ended. He had lost crew members and some were in POW camps. Instead, he decided to do a tour as a fighter pilot, specifically in the P-47 Thunderbolt. On what he again believed was his last mission, he was shot down once more behind enemy lines in Germany. He was the last P-47 pilot to be shot down during WWII. He was considered, at first, “Killed in Action.” However, he survived the crash landing (which included him and his plane cartwheeling across an open field), escaped initial encounters with German soldiers, and overcame several intense events during the course of his 10-day evasion. With the help of local Germans, he survived and returned to the Allies once again as the front lines moved over his position during the night. The group of American soldiers that picked him up in Germany was the same group that had picked him up in France, and therefore thought he may be a spy. Edward Appel became one of the few WWII pilots who flew both heavy bombers and fighter planes with the 8th Air Force, and was a two-time evader. Throughout the book, time goes back and forth—70 years to the same month—and at times the same date intertwining Edward’s amazing story with Juliann’s discoveries as she researches her father’s war experiences. These include reunions with families that helped her father evade the Germans, eyewitness accounts, items from the crash sites, walks retracing her father’s paths (one of which was recorded in a documentary film), and a commemorative ceremony in France.At the end of the book, we return once more to the celebration in 2016 and revealed is an unexpected detail which connects Edward’s lifesaving parachute to his daughter, Juliann.

The congregation ran frantically in all directions for cover and safety. People were getting badgered and pounded by the bible. Walking sticks were not only used for support but also for attack and defense. Holy punches and kicks were flying all over the place, and before anybody knew it, a chaotic barroom-style fight had broken out all over the funeral grounds. Siblings and relatives with old feuds, grudges and rivalries were releasing years of built-up fury over unsolved matters. It was a clash of emotions out of control. It was a battlefield of white (now brown and muddy) and black three-piece suits, twisted jackets and ties, broken stilettos, hurling Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana handbags, ripped dinner gowns, miniskirts, and Couture formal designer dresses. It was embarrassing. It was a funeral gone wild.More excerpts from this book;No one interfered with them (the young couple; Redflag and his domestic wife, Pauline D’Headlicker), and they would have enjoyed a peaceful life in Essie’s backyard if they hadn’t been their own worst enemies. There were times when they broke out into a serious argument that eventually led into a fistfight. Yes, fistfight. Redflag usually started the arguments, mostly because of his wife’s infidelity, but it was Pauline who was the first and only one doing the hitting. Poor Redflag simply ducked or dodged her blows. He never once retaliated. Instead, he tried to contain her by holding her two hands as long as he could to stop her vicious punches. It was always the same story. Redflag, who in principle didn’t believe in laying a hand on a female because Essie had taught him well, was the jealous guy who started the argument and ended up being physically abused by his domestic lover. When the scuffle was all over, Pauline was the person crying the loudest and the most desperately; Redflag was the one with the proud victory walk and the swollen face or black eye. Despite his wounds, he was the person everyone wrongfully blamed and screamed at. Everyone automatically ran to Pauline’s rescue because she was crying so hard. No one understood that she was crying so hard because she couldn’t get as many punches in as she would have liked. Pauline had a sharp temper like Mike Tyson and a right hand like Muhammad Ali. She was opinionated and did not take kindly to anyone telling her what to do. By nature, she enjoyed a good fight. Because of Pauline D’Headlicker’s hostile attitude, Redflag Green was glad when his mother filed for him and his children to emigrate to the United States. Pauline, not knowing that Redflag was on the verge of receiving his immigration approval, had moved out of Redflag’s house two months before he traveled to the United States. One day, she just packed her bags and left Redflag and all her kids behind. She went to live with a man named Bunpan Leftover, who was doing very well in Jamaica, certainly much better than Redflag. Mr. Leftover had a big, fancy house and lots of money to go around.(Fight at a Funeral Chapter 4, page 14)A funny family short story. A true must read! See more information about Essie's family at Get1book.com

It’s a Party! Come join the celebration.Calypso Princess, The Grand Celebration introduces you to Jel and her family as they prepare for her 10th Birthday Celebration. Set on a tropical Island, this colorful and festive story explores the culture, traditions and beautiful scenery of the Caribbean island of Redonda. Dance in the streets at Carnival, stop and smell the flowers, put on your favorite costume but don’t be late for the Grand Celebration. Because you must find out how Jel became the youngest Carnival Princess in the isle of Redonda.The fun, entertaining, colorful illustrations makes the book enjoyable for children, parents and teachers to teach kids about culture, diversity, positive family images, and self-esteem.Also enjoy the Calypso Princess Coloring and Activity companion book for more fun-filled experience. Enjoy puzzles, mazes, coloring and more.Get You copy today!

Julia was never happy until she met the love of her life, Luther (who was born in 1984 on an animal farm). They shared a quiet romantic life traveling all around the world. But when they joined forces and wrote a book of purely fiction, they unknowingly invited a slew of trouble into their world. Will they survive this accidental mixed-up situation with the mafia? Who is this big bad mafia? At the end of it all, what big surprise did Julia received?