Real Person

Shadow Beings come in different shapes and sizes. Some are horrid looking and stare on for what seems like an eternity, while others are misty-like and disappear in the blink of an eye. Everyone has had a nightmare at one point of their life. But what if that nightmare was crouched next to your bed watching you sleep? A figure so terrifyingly darker than the unlit surroundings of your room.

Tomato sandwiches. Tobacco barns. Cooking collards. A shopping list left on a desk for 40 years at a deceased grandparent's house. Traditions that die as families age. What it means to "be country." Pig pickins'. Splitting firewood. Minor league baseball. Redneck snow days. Places that you can't go back again—sometimes good, sometimes not. All of these nostalgic and not-so-nostalgic stories from a rural upbringing are colliding with the New(er) South and are at risk of being lost from the culture. A Southern Season: Rural Stories is a collection of short stories about the food, lifestyle,...

According to a recent study, 69 percent of Americans have less than $1,000 in a savings account. Worse, 45 percent reported having $0 in a savings account! I don’t have to tell you - if you’re in that position, you know it’s a fragile way to live. You’re one unexpected expense, one missed paycheck, one surprise layoff away from taking on more debt. This audiobook is about creating some financial margin in your life.

Will the Real People of God Please Stand Up? by Sharon Thompson is a thought-provoking exploration of the claims made by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to be the true "People of God." With meticulous historical analysis and critical insight, Thompson examines the origins, evolution, and impact of these three major monotheistic religions, questioning whether any of them have truly fulfilled their divine mission to bring peace and justice to humanity. The book begins by tracing the roots of Judaism, highlighting its foundational belief in being God’s chosen people through the covenant at ...

Phase III of DNA Consultants' Cherokee DNA Studies adds more than 50 new participants to what has become a classic project. They'd all been told there was no way they could be Indian given their DNA haplotype or mother's direct line.

A Culinary Journey Through History The Celebrity Cookbook explores the truly important question: What on earth did famous people eat? Part cookbook, part comedy, part historical expedition gone slightly off course, this book is your guide to the favourite meals and drinks of emperors, rock stars, poets, pirates, and philosophers—some of whom really should have seen a nutritionist. The Celebrity Cookbook is a no-nonsense, laugh-out-loud collection of the actual (and occasionally ridiculous) favourite meals and drinks of the world’s most famous people—alive, dead, or somewhere in ...

Many people talk about Donald Trump. Some people love him, and some people hate him. Some people try to explain why people love or hate Trump. Despite the copious conversation and plenteous explanations, there’s a lack of clarity about why people support Trump. Neither academia nor the political pundits can adequately explain the phenomenon that is Trump.

We all have things that hold us back in life, preventing us from achieving true success and happiness. Andrew Parr has written the ultimate guide to escaping, resolving and over-coming the self-imposed limitations that we all believe are true or unchangeable. When we let go of our limitations, exciting new possibilities and opportunities become available. The Real You will give you the motivation and courage you need to do this successfully.

Jeff Bauman woke up on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013, and he had no legs. Just 30 hours prior, Jeff was surrounded by revelry at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon. The first bomb went off at his feet as he awaited his girlfriend's finish. When Jeff awoke days later from hours of surgery, rather than take stock of his now completely altered life, Jeff ripped out his breathing tube and tried to speak. He couldn't. Jeff asked for a pad and paper and he wrote down seven words, "Saw the guy. Looked right at me," setting off one of the biggest manhunts in the country's history....

A friend is one of the greatest blessings on earth. Tell me not of money. Affection is better than gold. Sympathy is better than lands. He is the poor man who has no friends. Have you a friend? This world is full of sorrow, because it is full of sin. It is a dark place. It is a lonely place. It is a dis¬appointing place. The brightest sunbeam in it is a friend. Friendship halves our troubles and dou-bles our joys. Have you a friend? A real friend is scarce and rare. There are many who will eat, and drink, and laugh with us, in the sunshine of prosperity. There are few who will stand by us ...

Young Roxana Weston is off to boarding school, first in nearby Hallowell and then in Boston, where an evil manstealer is out to kidnap some of her new friends. Based on the lives of real people.

What if you didn’t have to invent something new to build a fortune? What if the biggest secret to success was simply seeing what others missed? Meet The Aha People—visionaries like Walt Disney, Ray Kroc, and Elon Musk—who didn’t create the original ideas, but spotted the aha! moment and turned it into an empire. This witty, wise, and wildly entertaining book shows how everyday people (yes, even you) can do the same. Whether you’re a dreamer with no idea where to start, a frustrated entrepreneur stuck in neutral, or just someone who enjoys fascinating stories about clever people ...

Thousands of people nationwide call Janet O'Neil "The Love Coach", and this selection shows why. Based on 10 years of research with hundreds of couples, it reveals a guaranteed way to find, and keep, real love with the right person. Listen and you'll discover the top needs, turn-ons, turn-offs, and fears of men and women, as well as how to find if you're compatible with a mate and how to tell if you're addicted to love.

The book will help you create a customized roadmap that addresses the practical and unique aspects of creating a best-in-class law firm that is easy to sell — if that’s what you decide to do. More than anything, this book gives you the tools that will allow you to EXIT ON TOP.

Randal Wimmer offers a refreshing take on entrepreneurship, steering clear of tired motivational platitudes and business clichés. Instead, he shares hard-learned lessons using real-world examples and actual business scenarios. In Good Enough, Wimmer presents a structured, repeatable startup framework that propelled his companies to penetrate new markets and secure lucrative contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. If you're ready to transform your entrepreneurial dreams into reality, this book is your roadmap to success!

Foster families are unsung heroes, willing to stand on the front lines for children who can’t stand up for themselves. But fostering can also be a lonely journey as friends and family members pull away from the fear of the unknown. We all have a job to do, and it starts by stepping forward and wrapping around those who are sacrificing so much.

Any of us may be called to lead, for a short time or a longer one, in a large or small group, and almost all of us are capable. I wrote this book with leaders of all kinds of organizations in mind, not just CEOs of corporations, but rather anyone who finds themselves in a position of leadership. This includes department heads, scout leaders, heads of not-for-profits, work group leaders, church leaders, school principals - literally anyone who finds themselves in a position of leadership, for whatever timeframe, at whatever stage of an organization’s development.

Engrossing Psychological Narrative There are people among us who survive great catastrophes, even murder attempts, in one lifetime, but few have survived innumerable murder attempts, and multiple catastrophes. I am alive today, despite, or, because of, quirks of chance-in fact- there are people who have said that I have experienced what can only be called miracles of survival. Regardless of the reasons, the paradoxical inevitability of the facts remains true: over twenty near-death experiences, via disease, accident, beasts, and by men with knives and guns, as well as inopportune and ...

Barbara Anderson narrates with brutal honesty the day-to-day experience of having a child with disabilities: the challenges inside and outside the home, health and life complications, the shifting priorities, the daily Mt. Everest-sized struggle of having a child with an—until now—irreversible diagnosis such as infantile cerebral palsy.

From the influential and ever-growing movement "I Am Second" comes a remarkable collection of well-known lives transformed from restless to happy by the power of God.