A challenge in life came, and the thought of putting it in writing emerged. Thus, this book was written not to relate an eloquent display of emotional upheaval but to show the reality that this challenge is true to the new-age culture we face today. The author holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, studied for three years in a Bible school and is a retired state employee. She is happily married to a wonderful husband, who is a deacon in church and a retired school business manager, state and county government employee. They have two adult children, one of whom has physical and mental challenges in life. In 2006, they started a kindergarten school for the aborigines in the mountains of Asia. The author volunteers on mission trips to Mexico and other local, church-related opportunities for community service, such as feeding the homeless in downtown Houston. They take residence in Sugarland, Texas. It is her desire to give glory and honor to the One who is greater than anyone else, the beginning and the end, the author and finisher of her faith. __________________________________________________________________ Life is but a fleeting fancy...like a vapor in the wind, a flower that blooms and is gone tomorrow, and there is an end to all. What have we done with our lives? If we know the purpose of our being, we can rest in the knowledge that everything that happens in our lives has a purpose-His purpose! So the challenge comes to everyone. What is your purpose? And what are you going to do about it? _____________________________________________________________ "A worthy message in a timely fashion" "Radical, unconventional, revolutionary, thought-provoking, inspiring" What happens when conservatism, old values, and New Age culture collide? Who or what will win....is there a compromise?

Tattooed Love Dogs is a collection of twelve short stories that will transport you to a place you've never been...a place that even your worst nightmares couldn't dream up. Ex-cons, drug addicts, small time drug dealers and a few innocent children inhabit this world that exists all around us...a world that is shoved aside and out of our line of vision. Strippers and burglars cavort in a realm that doesn't make sense but, nonetheless, has a logic all its own. Difficult and sometimes poignant, these stories speak of lives in crisis and the inescapable choices made to rectify them. All of these stories are true and based on the author's experiences and characters he has met on his journey. Names and places have been changed but exist in the dark and unlit streets of the changing psyche and the inescapable profundity of the unconscious.

For the Beatles, 1967 marks a signal crossroads that would both transform the group’s career and place them on a trajectory towards their eventual disbandment. It was a year in which they exploded prevailing rock music demographics through the global onslaught and international success of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band beginning in June 1967. Yet it was also a period that saw them in a precarious state of flux throughout the summer and fall months, as the band attempted to recapture their artistic direction in the wake of Sgt. Pepper and the untimely death of manager Brian Epstein. The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper, and the Summer of Love draws readers into that pivotal year in the life of the band. For the Fab Four, 1967 would see the band members part ways with psychedelia and the avant-garde through the trials and tribulations of the Magical Mystery Tour, a project that resulted in a series of classic recordings, while at the same time revealing the bandmates’ aesthetic vulnerabilities and failings as would-be filmmakers and auteurs.

This anthology addresses the experiences of third-wave feminists in the construction and reformulation of spirituality. It is a useful resource for any course on women and/or feminism and religion.

“When he robbed the casino, he left with more than money. He took me and stole a night of my life.” A DARK ROMANCE Once upon a time, a thief stole me in the middle of the night. He took what he wanted, gave me an illusion, and ripped it all away to claim his ultimate trophy. My heart may be physically weak, but fighting to live made me stronger. I won’t perish as easily as that. I’m turning the tables on him. After all, I learned from the best. I’m robbing him of what he stole from me. Note: Stolen Love is Book 3 of the Beauty in the Stolen trilogy and concludes Cas and Ian's story. Stolen Lust (Book 1) and Stolen Life (Book 2) must be read first. This dark romance trilogy is part of the Diamond Magnate collection. You don't have to read the other books to follow the story. The Diamond Magnate collection in order: Standalone Novels (Dark Arranged Marriage & Mistaken Identity Romance) Beauty in Deception Beauty in the Broken Diamonds are Forever Trilogy (Dark Mafia / Kidnapping Romance) Diamonds in the Dust (Book 1) Diamonds in the Rough (Book 2) Diamonds are Forever (Book 3) Beauty in the Stolen Trilogy (Dark Heist Romance) Stolen Lust (Book 1) Stolen Life (Book 2) Stolen Love (Book 3) Beauty in Imperfection Duology (Dark Arranged Marriage Romance) Imperfect Intentions (Book 1) Imperfect Affections (Book 2)

It first set the airwaves afire in 1928: 100,000 megawatts of raw, unregulated flamethrower power from south of the Rio Grande. Founded by a quack surgeon, it endured assaults by the Mexican army, launched the careers of evangelists and movie stars, and helped a cultural menace called rock’n’roll seduce the teenagers of North America. But in the summer of 1985, XAMO 1530 AM radio is a ramshackle, low-voltage shadow of its “border blaster” heyday. That is, until an enigmatic runaway variously dubbing himself Mark Knopfler, Charlie Sexton, “Strummer,” and Asher Rede arrives in Anapra, Mexico, with clandestine plans for righting an old wrong, and falls for an XAMO disc jockey whose own haunted past is about to collide memorably—and musically—with the present.