Do you remember LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE and THE WALTONS? Then, this book is for you. It is about "old times" in the South. Listen to some newspaper reviewer comments. "Greens book is a MUST READ for anyone interested in the way things were and for anyone interested in reading a good story...From the first page to the last page, you will be hard pressed to put it down." - Stephen H. Smith, "The Soperton News." "These are 149 pages of heartwarming and heart-rending happenings of his family and friends over the years. Read the book. It is an inspiration." - Dr. Kemp Mabry, "The Statesboro Herald."

The poems in Crooked Run arise from the landscape, people, and history of a small patch of rural northern Virginia that was once Henry Taylor's home. Taylor moves back and forth over several centuries telling the stories of Loudoun County, part of which is watered by Crooked Run. The stream becomes an emblem of passing time as the poet evokes with love, sometimes with regret, a period and place that modern development has almost obliterated. This is a deeply felt work that in the midst of suburban development summons earlier eras of a locale and its inhabitants with sadness, humor, and a profound sense of loss.

The Way Things Were is a collection of stories and novellas by Ukrainian writer Marko Vovchok (Maria Alexandrona Vilinskaya-Markevich) focused around the lives of Russian and Ukrainian serfs during the last decade of slavery in the Russian Empire. These works were instrumental to the abolitionist movement, whose members - writers, poets, artists, and political activists - eventually succeeded in bringing about the Emancipation reform of 1861 and ending six centuries of serfdom. Marko Vovchok's stories are not epic, historically significant episodes, but rather small, everyday vignettes from the lives of serfs and their masters, made all the more powerful by their serene, conversational style bringing the reality of the era into stark relief. This collection includes the following works: The Merchant's Daughter Sasha Mischief Maker The Schoolgirl Katerina Nine Brothers and Their Sister Galya The Tulle Baba Lazy Bones Little Toy The King of Hearts Lemerivna Masha

This book is about life. To describe it with a single metaphor would be like putting the universe into a single equation. It is not all that feasible. With how complex it is, everyones always trying to figure everything out, their minds kicking up dust as they run and run. But when they sit and breathe, the dust settles, and they see what was right in front of them all along. The chapters explain this meditation perspective and some of its applications. Picture this: if youre living in the fast lane, everything is a blur outside your vehicles window. It is hard to appreciate those simple things if you do not slow down. Discover how the empty mind dwarfs the open mind.