In this inspirational and riveting novel, we follow Victor to Los Angeles, where he is determined to be discovered and to finally realize his dreams of fame and fortune. He leaves his parents' house in Georgia with nothing more than a backpack and a hopeful heart. The road to success, however, is seldom an easy one. Victor must confront and battle his own demons of depression and substance abuse. With a little bit of help from angels and other supernatural forces, Victor is finally able to escape his inevitable demise and to leave his "shadow days" in the past.

Dorothy Word, an African American woman dreaming of a hopeful future for her people, advocated for African American scientists, athletes, inventors, and others often not recognized for their contributions. She writes not as noted scholar, politician, or journalist, but as a layperson from the back row of public visibility. As a retired teacher in several elementary schools she continued to lobby for children and their families. She was an activist passionately pursuing the dream for equity and justice for all. Her voice needs to be heard, and Jacob offers a perceptive framework for an intercultural understanding of her message. Dorothy first became acquainted with Jacob Elias and his wife Lillian in 2001 when they were pastors of her congregation, Parkview Mennonite Church, Kokomo, Indiana. Following her retirement Dorothy wrote newspaper columns for the Kokomo Tribune. Having served as her pastor for four years and ten years later exercising power of attorney for her as she receded into dementia, Jacob gathered forty-one of her articles into this volume.

A program for using dreams as a tool for healing loss The universal experience of grief dreams can help us heal after the death of a loved one. T.J. Wray and Ann Back Price show how dreams can be uplifting, affirming, consoling, and inspiring. The authors guide readers in ways to understand and value their dreams, how to keep a grief dream journal, and how to use dreams as tools for healing and consolation. This book is designed to help mourners reclaim some measure of power in navigating the most difficult journey of their lives. And, because it is helpful for any type of loss, Grief Dreams is an ideal condolence gift.

A thoroughly updated revision of the first comprehensive overview of intelligence designed for both the student and the general reader, "Silent Warfare" is an insider s guide to a shadowy, often misunderstood world. Leading intelligence scholars Abram N. Shulsky and Gary J. Schmitt clearly explain such topics as the principles of collection, analysis, counterintelligence, and covert action, and their interrelationship with policymakers and democratic values. This new edition takes account of the expanding literature in the field of intelligence and deals with the consequences for intelligence of vast recent changes in telecommunication and computer technology the new information age. It also reflects the world s strategic changes since the end of the Cold War. This landmark book provides a valuable framework for understanding today s headlines, as well as the many developments likely to come in the real world of the spy."

In the depths of time, when the Galactic Council was but a distant dream, a dire menace loomed over the cosmos. The sinister Daggadiir, zealots of annihilation, cast a shadow of impending doom across the galaxy. Earth’s hope of ever joining interstellar diplomacy hung by a thread as the threat of extinction neared. Captain Shaya, a valiant leader, emerges as the last hope for countless civilizations. Tasked with forging an alliance with an enigmatic ally pursued by the nefarious Death Bringer, she shoulders the weight of an entire galaxy’s destiny. Failure’s not an option, for it would mean the obliteration of entire civilizations. As Captain Shaya and her hunted companion embark on a perilous journey, the fate of many star systems teeters on a knife’s edge. The question that resonates through the cosmos is whether they can vanquish the Daggadiir, paving the way for the establishment of the coveted Galactic Council. ‘Crystal Mountain’ is an epic odyssey of courage, alliances, and the unyielding spirit of those who dare to defy the darkness. Join Captain Shaya on a thrilling quest to secure our galaxy in this riveting blend of SciFi and Fantasy.

Military Industry and Regional Defense Policy re-examines military industrialization in the developing world, focusing on policy-making in producer states and the impact of security perceptions on such policy-making.Timothy D. Hoyt reassesses the role of regional state sub-systems in international relations, and recent historical studies of international technology and arms transfers. Looking at Israel, Iraq and India, the three most powerful regional powers in the Cold War era, he presesnts an expert analysis of the three-sided phenomena of the regional hegemony, the regional competitor and the small over-achiever.This new book breaks away from existing literature on military industries in the developing world, which has focused on their economic and development costs and benefits. These past studies have used primitive methodologies that focus on the production of complete weapons systems - a misleading gauge in a world of growing international defense cooperation. They have also ignored empirical evidence of the impact of local military industrial production on Cold War regional conflict, and of the defence planning and concerns that drove development of indigenous military industries in key regional powers. This new text delivers an incisive new perspective.

Because he loved him, An Xin was willing to sign a divorce contract after five years to marry him ... She always thought that she could move him sincerely, but from beginning to end, she was just a substitute in his heart ... The love grows cold, the heart grows distant... Anxin was disheartened and decided to withdraw from this unequal marriage ahead of time ... A piece of divorce agreement caused Gu Ze Zhi to wake up from his daze. She was not a substitute, she was the one and only existence in this world! "Gu Ze Zhi, let's get a divorce!" "You stole my heart and you want to leave? You wish!"