Everyone loves rhythm, but how many times have you giggled in delight when someone (perhaps you) has inadvertently made a rhyme? Many times. Right? Everyone loves rhyme, too! Poetry, for me, is a means of expressing thoughts, feelings, or emotions in the most concise way. It allows one to teach, inspire, or guide without the need for footnotes of research or scientific studies to backup what is said. Most of my poetry is written for the average Joe rather than for the erudite, but I write for the open-minded and thoughtful. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that my goal is to stimulate thought and acceptance of new ideas. If it is read only for enjoyment, that is a worthwhile goal in itself, and may well be my only aim in writing many of the poems. Some of my work is for those who seek self-acceptance in the discovery that at times we all experience awkward, embarrassing, or frustrating situations. People, after all, are pretty much the same, no matter what their particular circumstances, races, or cultures might be. We all have our dreams and yearnings, and all of us have hopes for a better life in a better world. So, many of my poems are just an expression of people being people. This serves one in relating to others. However, I like to uplift, inspire, or give hope. This is probably my primary goal in writing.

Secrets Explored

Literature & Fiction

Warner, Jean

Poetry

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The World at My Fingertips

Religion & Spirituality

Welker, Steve

Worship & Devotion

Steve Welker hasn't always been blind. And most people have never been blind. So most people can't fully understand Steve -- but Steve Welker can understand us. That's what this inspiring book is all about; it's about a tragedy that has been turned into a triumph of spirit in a world so many of us simply take for granted -- but that Steve Welker cannot. The World at My Fingertips tells the story of the Welkers -- Steve, Kristi and their two remarkable children -- in a truly nourishing, inspiring way, driven from within by an indomitable spirit (Steve's) coupled with an iron will (Kristi's) and a love that transcends every appearance of negative reality, no matter how dark and foreboding it might seem. The World at My Fingertips traces the long and arduous path followed by the Welker family as they recover -- ever so slowly -- and move forward in a life forever altered and endlessly challenging, but -- undergirded with a strong spirituality and a positive value system -- destined to reveal growth in every new moment, gratitude in every detail of life, and hope by example for anyone who faces life-threatening or life-altering challenges. The book will move you, and once having read it thoroughly, you will want to give it to friends as evidence that life's deeper meanings have eternal value -- and that no matter what happens, there is a divine sense to it all, if only you open your spirit's eyes and see it.

Biographies & Memoirs

Steve Welker hasn't always been blind. And most people have never been blind. So most people can't fully understand Steve—but Steve Welker can understand them.  That's what his inspiring book; The World at My Fingertips is all about: it's about a tragedy that has been turned into a triumph of spirit in a world so many of us simply take for granted—but that Steve Welker cannot. It all begins on a happy note, with Steve and his wife, Kristi joyfully anticipating the birth of their twins-conceived in a most unusual way! They attracted national attention as Leeza Gibbons featured them on her network television talk show. It was all working—until April 30, 1994. Then, in a matter of seconds, everything changed! In one seemingly senseless, unfathomable moment of disastrous coincidence, just days before the birth of their twin boys, both Steve and Kristi were severely injured in a car crash, and Steve lost his sight forever.  The World at My Fingertips tells their story of tragedy transformed to triumph in a truly nourishing, soul-satisfying way, driven from within by an indomitable spirit (Steve's) coupled with an iron will (Kristi's) and a love that transcends every appearance of negative reality, no matter how dark and foreboding the world might seem. As Leeza Gibbons has written in her foreword, “I always consider it a blessing when someone allows their story to find its way to the public through me; but Steve and Kristi Welker did more than bless us with their story. They softened hearts and healed souls. They educated and empowered. They offered a quiet example of selflessness and hard-fought-for love that has sustained them.

An angel on my shoulder: The biography of E. Claiborne Robins

Juliet E. Shield

Letters to My Aunt : An Alzheimer's Chronicle

Parenting & Relationships

Petersen, Penny A.

Aging Parents

Study this book, use the techniques, tactics, tips and tricks you find inside, and you will get out of the job search game sooner, into the job you want -- in any economic market and on your own! Here's just some of what you'll find inside: - Closely guarded secrets that deliver SUCCESS to headhunters - Dozens of Bonus Tips -- little ideas and actions that magnify positive outcomes - The RIGHT WAY register at the online services like Monster - Proven ways to assure that your résumé will be read, not filed or tossed - How to make a strong impression in a phone interview - Strategies for assuring yourself an in-person interview - A dynamic action plan for that all-important face-to-face meeting - A very clever way to be THE ONLY PERSON applying for a specific job! - Mind-blowing ways to discover unadvertised jobs - The magic question to ask when you're rejected Employed now? Start immediately to plan for the next job change you will make -- yes, you WILL make a change; it's not a matter of whether, it's a matter of WHEN. Be prepared with this comprehensive, life-changing guidebook! Using the author's 15 years of hands-on experience with hundreds of candidates as your guide, you will uncover just the job you really want, and in the process you will lighten the burden of job hunting, you'll command the field of play in the contact, interview and critical salary/benefit negotiating stages of your transition -- and you'll do it with ease, confidently, and to your highest benefit!

Job Search Secrets Unlocked!

Business & Money

Turner, Joseph S

Job Hunting & Careers

"Paycheck 911: Don't Panic . . . Power Your Job Search! is the right book at the right time for jobless worthies who don't understand where they went wrong and why job search is so long. Authors Joe Turner and Sue Swenson do get it, solving that mystery for you in a fresh and frank guidebook of what really works today and what doesn't. They're good. If you're tired of figuratively standing in the no-job rain at midnight, race to this five-star book for immediate help!" Joyce Lain Kennedy, Nationally syndicated Tribune Media Services careers columnist and author of Résumés For Dummies

Paycheck 911: Don't Panic...power Your Job Search!

TURNER, Joe

Swenson, Sue

Today it is a utilitarian waterway -- a 3.9-mile canal carved through the rough terrain of the Isthmus of Corinth -- serving the maritime industry in Greece by saving sailors many miles of sea travel around the Peloponnesian peninsula. Centuries ago, and for many centuries since, the canal was but a dream, and in this exciting and historically accurate novel, author C. Norman Noble tells the fictional story of young Lucius, son of the Roman Legate in charge of military affairs in the region while it was under the protection of Rome. Ambitious and fearless, as only the young can be, Lucius is easily recruited as their "salesman" by a pair of promoters aiming to raise a large sum of money from influential people, ostensibly to fund the digging of the canal. The adventure intensifies when Lucius boldly yet innocently approaches the Roman Emperor, Nero, who not only endorses the project but also comes to the Greek city of Korinthos (Corinth) to grace the project with his imperial presence, thus giving the appearance of legitimacy to this enormously difficult but potentially revolutionary effort. Only after Nero has bestowed his imprimatur and all the money has been raised does Lucius discover that his employers are actually "con men" -- convicts, actually -- whose intentions are far less than honorable. The tale then follows young Lucius through all of the ups and downs of growing into manhood and building a challenging dream, only to see it die as the criminals implement their plan to "take the money and run" and as the reluctant warrior pursues them, not only to recover the investors' money but also to rescue his own apparently ruined reputation. A swashbuckler, with just a touch of romance and significant religious overtones, Changing of the Gods is a wonderful read for all who see history as fundamentally a gigantic, engaging, human drama.

Changing of the Gods

Noble, C. Norman

Contemporary

VISUALIZE - the Top Secret U.S. Stealth Aircraft flying at 500 MPH, hugging the ground at an altitude of 200 feet, all made possible by a revolutionary Terrain Avoidance System developed by Pierce Electronics.  IMAGINE - that this system has five hundred miniature, phased array, narrow-beam radars individually pulsing in random frequencies at nanosecond bursts.  CONCEDE - that this is a brilliant idea.  DISCOVER - that the Soviets agree because they have just stolen the secret. A prestigious American electronics company designs and develops a terrain avoidance/terrain following system that is undetectable by enemy radar. Then mysteriously, the Soviets end up with the design by way of a Chinese broker. A mole, deep within the GRU, reveals the theft to his CIA counterpart. The FBI quickly determines that the culprit is someone high up in the company who was born in China, speaks fluent Mandarin, and was photographed making a "drop" in front of the Soviet embassy in Washington, D.C.  Only thing is, he didn't do it. His own investigation reveals that the company's vice president of engineering is most likely the perpetrator. Every sign points to him. There can be no doubt. Only thing is, he didn't do it either.  The surprise ending will blow you away.

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