After a rape that ends her idyllic childhood in St. Petersburg, young and talented Sharon embarks on a journey in and out of mental institutions, hospitals, and jail, trying to come to terms with the demons that plague her.

Sharon is a young and talented girl growing up in St. Petersburg, Florida. She is on top of the world until a chance encounter on a beach leads to a rape and a narrow escape from certain death. She survives and goes on to receive multiple degrees, traveling, and becoming a self-made millionaire by age 40. However, her life is a roller coaster, going from success and achievement to PTSD, disastrous love affairs and harrowing adventures. Her marriage to a doctor from the Philippines provides even more drama, with suspicion, infidelity, and increasing danger. When her husband teams up with her brother-in-law to control Sharon's life, she embarks on a journey in and out of mental institutions, hospitals, and jails, trying to come to terms with her own life and the demons that plague her.

"More Poems and Further Musings" is a book of poetry by the acclaimed poet J. Philip Goldberg. In his own unique style, he treats us to his musings that range from the meaning of life to nothing. He gives us pictures of his childhood and the people he's known on his long life journey and his thoughts on life, death, and the oddities of language. Along with memories from his own life memorialized in verse, he offers his version of standard and unusual poetic styles such as the Haiku, Ubi sunt, and the Pantoum, and pays special homage to writers like Mark Twain and Dr. Seuss, and the patron saint of music, St. Cecelia.

Valhalla" refers to an intermediate world from which the memories of people born in Romania and Berlin in the 1920s and who lived through the Second World War are transmitted. In the book "Valhalla", their memories are brought back to earthly life in order to resolve the suffering and pain that we are all connected to. The effects of the Second World War on the post-war period and into the 1990s of reunified Germany become a living reality through the events, thoughts and feelings described.

"Cold-case investigation": What generates ratings on television almost appears in this case to be an attempt to use force to assess facts and witness statements exclusively to the disadvantage of the accused instead of weighing them up objectively. Although there is still no body and the circumstances of the disappearance in the Elisabeth missing persons case are completely unexplained, suspicions by the family of the missing person and in some cases dubious witness statements were enough to have the accused remanded in custody again 15 years after the alleged crime. Only a courageous judge and jury put an end to the nightmare.

Various types of pirates have existed throughout history, reflecting the social circumstances of their times. The product of international politics among maritime powers, they were more than merely outlaws who disturbed maritime trade, threatened the safety of shipping and committed brutal crimes. They have occasionally served as a proxy of state power or as resistance to oppressive state authority and exploitative social structures. Pirates were also an outcry for freedom against oppressive authority and brutal violence in the maritime world. Despite their social and historical context, however, the nature of pirates has remained unchanged: They are brutal and heinous criminals who plunder ships and inflict terrifying violence at sea.

A story could not begin more ingloriously. Young Willi Lenz is bored at school and tries to cover up his lack of preparation with a fever. When he is caught stealing, he is expelled from school. There are also problems in the family because the father is building a house on his own with the help of his sons' labor. While his friends spend the weekend at the disco, Willi is "allowed" to work on the building site. Eventually, the idea of attending a ship's boy's school matures in him. The theoretical training is followed by two years of practical training on the ship MS "Fryga". This is followed by exciting adventures on deck, but also many professional insights into seafaring and the so-called "economic miracle era".