This is not a novel. This book, like the other eight books of the WARDEN FORCE series, is a collection of short stories, all true, the fascinating and often harrowing experiences of real game wardens pursuing armed violators in wild and remote places. TV shows such as WILD JUSTICE (National Geographic), NORTH WOODS LAW (Animal Planet) and LONE STAR LAW (Animal Planet) introduced the public to the real-life adventures of game wardens and conservation officers, a public hungry for more. And now, for readers, the WARDEN FORCE series provides the most exhaustive and comprehensive work in literature on this little known and often dangerous profession.

Lieutenant Terry Hodges, award winning author and the retired veteran of over 30 intense years as a game warden, brings over 120 of these stories to life. His readers get a strong dose of reality, for he writes with the knowledge and authority only possible among those who have lived the profession and devoted their lives to the most dangerous and deadly job in law enforcement.

Season Nine Includes Fourteen Episodes:

1. Not Bad for a Fish Cop: A lone warden, during two consecutive nights, outsmarts two criminals and makes two unrelated felony arrests.
2. Fuzz-Face, Snake Eyes and Fu Manchu: The unscrupulous camp host of a high-mountain campground employs three bow-hunting criminals to take out a camp-raiding dumpster bear.
3. Repeat Offenders: An aging warden recounts his long history of capturing the same salmon and deer poachers time after time.
4. Swift Justice: Fleeing salmon poachers run afoul of poisonous plants and relentless wardens.
5. The Worst of the Worst: Determined wardens spend months bringing down a band of smart, super-wary, deer poachers, among the worst in California history.
6. Masters of Deception: A husband and wife poaching team prove to be unskilled game-law violators and even worse liars.
7. Trouble in Hog Heaven: The cruel and unscrupulous operators of a big-money pig-hunting club are targeted by determined wardens.
8. The Cycle: Wardens outsmart a well-organized team of abalone poachers.
9. The Caviar Connection: A team of undercover wardens stalk a ring of sturgeon-poaching caviar dealers.
10. The Old Pro: A crafty old warden, a master of his trade, dazzles a much younger warden by outsmarting and capturing two hardened deer poachers.
11. Zero Choice: A lone warden, nearly gunned down by a fugitive dope grower, reassesses his approach to his hazardous occupation.
12. Death on Snake Mountain: A warden performs a nerve-jangling search of a mountain home said to contain dozens of free-roaming rattlesnakes and a two-week-dead human body.
13. Confession: A young warden nearly kills a man and keeps a secret for over 30 years.
14. Heartless Bastard: A warden comes out second best when he tangles with a man with no legs.

A collection of 13 award-winning short stories (true crime/narrative non-fiction) concerning the true adventures of California Fish and Game Wardens and the wildlife-destroying outlaws they pursue. These stories illustrate the wide variety of wildlife-related problems wardens face in California, which has a greater diversity of wildlife and wildlife habitat than any other state and is second only to Alaska in its vast expanses of wilderness.

Bonus: Contains a full-length audio narration of Combat Fishing (Story #9)

The eighth season contains 13 exciting true-story narrative adventures:

1. A Matter of Survival
2. Some Kind of No Good
3. Payback Time
4. Drop-countin' at Gunner's Swamp
5. Threats and Promises
6. An Extra Set of Eyes
7. Operation High Hog
8. Primal Instinct
9. Combat Fishing
10. Master of Destruction
11. The Ghosts of Tipper Slough
12. Leonard's Bad Word
13. Trophy Poacher

Won the prestigious Writer's Digest award. 1,900 books entered the national competition, Miss America by Day won first place in the Most Inspirational Book category. In this award winning book, former Miss America, Marilyn Van Derbur, describes, in detail, her healing process after 13 years of incest. I wrote the book, not because I want someone to learn more about me but so readers can learn more about themselves. And so that loved ones can better understand the brutal recovery process and never again say, just get over it. The pain ends, I promise . . . IF you do the 'work' of healing. A loving, long-term relationship and grounded well, adjusted children await you. A judge for the Writers Digest book competition wrote: Seldom as a judge have I wanted to read the entire book but I devoured every word of this riveting story... Told with stark honesty and vivid details that were so important in ridding herself of the pain, torment and shame... Anyone who knew Marilyn Van Derbur as a child and young adult believed she had it all -- a loving family, a beautiful home, an active social life. But beneath the surface, Van Derbur was a troubled young woman who lived through horrific panic attacks and excruciating physical pain every day of her adult life. Starting when she was just a child of five, she was sexually abused by her father until she turned 18. Van Derbur uses the term incested, eschewing the more vanilla terms of molestation or abuse. As a student and young adult, Van Derbur was an overachiever with an unconscious need to stay very busy. She realizes now this was a coping mechanism to keep her two worlds separated-the night child who suffered at the hands of her father and the day child who was happy and outgoing. After being named valedictorian of her high school class, she went on to college. Persuaded to enter a local beauty pageant, she ultimately was crowned Miss America. Ignoring the sheer terror she felt at the prospect of speaking in front of others, Van Derbur went on to become a highly successful motivational speaker. She writes of her endless need to be respected by others, all the while believing that if others really knew who she was, they would hate her and look at her with disdain and disgust. The perfectly poised mask she showed the outside world was a far cry from the tortured, panic-stricken, anxious woman within. The shame she felt within was a constant in her life, reminding her that she was unworthy. When a newspaper reporter learned of her story, Van Derbur's private shame became front-page news. Then she landed on the cover of People magazine. Soon incest survivors from around the country were reaching out to her, desperate to tell someone what had happened to them. It became instantly clear that her new role in life was to help others who had suffered incest and to help teach everyone how to make sure their children are safe from predators.

Extensive trails within Larimer County's foothills natural areas provide year-round access to scenic landscapes harboring a wide diversity of plant and animal life. The landscape is a reflection of the underlying geology revealed by widespread rock exposures. In a short span of a few miles, a succession of tilted sedimentary rocks rising from the Great Plains lead to lower montane elevations where metamorphic and igneous rocks mark the beginning of Colorado geologic history.

Whether just beginning on your geologic journey of discovery, or are a seasoned geology enthusiast, this guide is a resource towards learning or acquiring a deeper geologic understanding and appreciation of the foothills. The guide is comprehensive in coverage, yet serves as a jumping off point towards further exploration of the many topics covered.

While simply reading the guide will be informative, it will be quite satisfying to get out on the trail and see the geology in person. I find, and hope you will too, a deeper connection with the landscape that comes with knowing the geologic history of the ground we walk and live upon.

Included are geologic cross-section and stratigraphic chart are fundamental references for knowing the rock unit names, ages, topographic expression, and locations with respect to the natural areas. Throughout the guide, geologic terms in bold font refer to definitions provided in the glossary. The document is full of figures and photos. Many of the figures are hand-drawn, others are modified from the literature.

LinkedIn, owned by Microsoft, hosts the profiles of nearly 800 million people in over 200 countries and 2.8 million locales -- and up to 47% of them are active users. LinkedIn reports 97 million monthly unique visitors worldwide, 57% of whom log on via mobile devices. In the U.S., 27% of adults (180+ million users) have LinkedIn profiles. Over 30 million companies have company pages on LinkedIn. Furthermore, according to LinkedIn, there are executives from every Fortune 500 company using this social network, and 95% of those companies use LinkedIn's licensed recruiting software to search for job candidates.

U.S. News reported in 2017 that about 95 percent of recruiters utilize LinkedIn as a major candidate sourcing tool. Evidence also suggests that most people who make hiring decisions have decided NOT to hire a candidate based on what they've found online. Here's the clincher: A whopping 89% of all recruiters report having hired someone through LinkedIn (as opposed to 26% from Facebook and 15% from Twitter). So if you're going to conduct a job search using social media, LinkedIn is the place to be.

Still not convinced? According to 2018-2019 research conducted by ResumeGo, job applicants who have LinkedIn profiles are 71% more likely to get called in for an interview, and the more comprehensive your profile is, the better.

If you happen to be unemployed, one of the top 3 most important things you can do is maximize your value on LinkedIn (writing a standout resume and networking are the other two). While there is no one right way to do this, I have provided my best advice on how to make LinkedIn work for your job search, from how to write an optimal Headline to how to use the robust LinkedIn Jobs feature. If you're looking for a job, you simply can't afford to have a mediocre LinkedIn profile.

How to Write a KILLER LinkedIn Profile is the only book we know of that is updated to the new 2021 interface!

Here's just some of what's been changed in this e-book edition (16th Edition):

• Add Pronouns, Former Name, and Pronunciation Audio to Your Introduction Card (Mistake #1)
• New Career Gaps options with Stay-at-Home titles (Mistake #1)
• Tips for keyword searches (Mistake #1)
• Why it's a good idea to turn off People Also Viewed (Mistake #5)
• Auto-Away Messages & Unread Message Badges (Mistake #7)
• Emojis hover function (Mistake #7)
• Video Cover Story (Mistake #8)
• Future of Skills & Career Paths search tools (Mistake #12)
• New article ranking dwell time (Mistake #13)
• New search functionality (Mistake #13 & 16)
• Publish articles as your page (Mistake #13)
• Creator Mode (Mistake #13)
• Turning comments into posts (Mistake #13)
• LinkedIn Polls (Mistake #13)
• New Featured Section (Mistake #14)
• Volunteer Marketplace (Mistake #14)
• New Open to Work feature (Mistake #16)
• LinkedIn Learning Hub (Mistake #16)
• Tip for following hashtags on your Company page (Special Section for Businesses)
• New Product Pages (Special Section for Businesses)
• Tips for getting employees engaged in branding (Special Section for Businesses)
• How to set up LinkedIn Ads (Special Section for Businesses)
• Open for Business is now the Showcase Services (Special Section for Businesses)
• Services Reviews Feature (Bonus Tip #2)
• New Character Limits (Appendix B)

DISCOVER HOW ATHLETES OVER 50 LEAD EXTRAORDINARY LIVES What does it take to continue to participate in athletic activities and sustained exercise later in life? How does it differ from managing these activities when you are in your 20's or 30's? Do you wonder if, or when, you have to give up your physical activities? You will be intrigued and inspired by the answers to these questions from Don McGrath's book about 50 interviews of athletic people over 50 years old. True stories from his spectacular interviewees will inspire you like no others. Many of McGrath's subjects never imagined that they would be role models for exercise and good health. Still, by applying a common set of characteristics, they have broken remarkable mental and physical barriers to succeed. Peek into the lives of Linda Quirk who ran seven marathons on seven continents at age 55, and in 2010 plans to run across four of the world's largest deserts; Sandy Scott, 69, who broke a vertebrae at age 65 and four years later won a state cycling 20k championship; or 75-year-old veteran tap dance Gene GeBauer. With U.S. health concerns at the forefront, the athlete's way of life helps us to understand how to take responsibility for our well being. Lessons learned from these interviews can help us avoid doctors' offices, stave off diseases, and have more joy and contentment. In his final summary, McGrath examines the behaviors and attitudes necessary for all of us to have health and satisfaction through an active life. If you want to know the secrets of those who are still going strong in athletic activities in their later years, then this is the book for you.

Reviews: I got the book and will be taking it on my flight to London...So cool, can't wait man... - Brian Ray, Guitarist for Paul McCartney Ronnie, You did a damn fine job on the manuscript...I wish you much success with this... and I do hope I get an autographed copy - Joe Frank, of Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (PLAYBOY RECORDS) Ronnie, You have a prodigious ability to call up old memories. Fashioning those memories into a narrative and drawing conclusions about what they mean and what you learned as a result is quite an achievement of contemplation and introspection. - Will Lyman, narrator FRONTLINE (PBS Television) Synopsis:

In all of Rock 'n Roll, it was the least of all cool jobs, but everyone who did it, wanted no other job: Roadie. No show ended or started without them; they were there hours before and hours after a concert. It paid minimum wage with no benefits. But if you toured with the right group, you were dead in the middle of history. Few Roadies write their history, their personal stories, their pain and joy. But in Ronnie Rush's book, we see a slice of Rock history that does not try to bridge all of rock 'n roll music; the words place a small stone in the foundation of the growth of one group's life and travels. (Ross du Clair, Chief Engineer, Clear Channel Radio, Sacramento, CA) I've been to hell and back and shook hands with the devil, and I'm still walking tall without the smell of smoke upon me. -Ronnie Rush This book is about my experiences in the music business, starting from when I was a roadie with all the experiences I had with the artists I worked for and continuing through my times in radio until my retirement. The title, Life of a Roadie: the Gypsy in Me, describes how it was that early on, even while growing up, I had a gypsy-like personality that gave me the capacity to travel the United States. Life of a Roadie also tells about how I grew up and who I am, the history and personality that drove me to be able to handle the road and the success I experienced. I'll be taking the reader on a true-life journey that was mostly brought on by luck, circumstance, experience, and personal drive to succeed. There are three things I have always told people when I was approached and asked for advice from many of those who wanted to be a Roadie, while I was in the music business: Never give up, never give up, never give up!

On the subject of area authors, former radio host Ronnie Rush recalls his years as a roadie to some of rock 'n' roll's legendary bands in Life of a Roadie: The Gypsy in Me.-

Al Pierleoni, Sacramento Bee

Ronnie turned to the written word and wrote his first book, a memoir of his life entitled Life of a Roadie: The Gypsy in Me. He sketches out his time on the road as a roadie in what he calls the least cool of all jobs ...the roadie. Ronnie went on to write a second book, Walk a Mile in My Shoes, which is more of a philosophical reflection on his life's experiences.-Brook Williams, The Social Publication: A local Sacramento Magazine

*Sacramento News & Review - Local News Paper (copy & paste)

www.newsreview.com/sacramento/content/last-of-the-boss-jocks/12579753/

Imagine that fundraising propels your organization and its mission towards success. Programs are funded. Benchmarks are reached. Budgets are met. But how might fundraising create such sustainability in the face of today's challenges? The answers can be found in Fundraising Innovators: Leaders in Social Enterprise Share New Approaches to Raising Money. The innovators in this book, including experts from large and small nonprofits, social entrepreneurs and corporate citizens, will describe in detail how to make this your reality. These modern fundraisers innovate and reinvent to raise money. They see opportunities not obstacles. In Fundraising Innovators the interviews reveal how to: 1. Leverage Technology 2. Integrate Marketing 3. Champion Corporate Philanthropy 4. Reinvent Fundraising Fundamentals. Features fresh insights from 17 innovators on successful fundraising for nonprofits: Vinay Bhagat: Embracing Technology and Its Tools; Holly Ross: Integrating Technology with Marketing; Ed Messman: Online Campaigns; Robert Wolfe: Crowd Sourcing and Modern Internet Practices; Katya Andresen: Online Marketing, Donor Loyalty and Gratitude; Rich Rainaldi: How Metrics Tell a Story; Steve Daigneault: Authenticity and Storytelling; Richard Crespin: Philanthropy and Corporate Responsibility; Simon Mainwaring: Shared Interest in Building Community and Relationships; Ryan Scott: Employee Engagement; Francisco Gonima: Collaboration and Innovation; Peter Wilderotter: Building Partnerships Inside and Out; Eric Scroggins: Defined Fundraising Plans and Relationship Growth; Peter Kiernan: Strategic Leadership and Business Principles; Scott Lumpkin: Donor-Centered Practices; Henry G. Stifel: Structure and Recognition; John Shaw: Corporate Leaders as the Face of Philanthropy. *Bonus: Includes a detailed fundraising plan that you can put to use to raise money for your organization or cause.

DISCOVER HOW ATHLETES OVER 50 LEAD EXTRAORDINARY LIVES What does it take to continue to participate in athletic activities and sustained exercise later in life? How does it differ from managing these activities when you are in your 20's or 30's? Do you wonder if, or when, you have to give up your physical activities? You will be intrigued and inspired by the answers to these questions from Don McGrath's book about 50 interviews of athletic people over 50 years old. True stories from his spectacular interviewees will inspire you like no others. Many of McGrath's subjects never imagined that they would be role models for exercise and good health. Still, by applying a common set of characteristics, they have broken remarkable mental and physical barriers to succeed. Peek into the lives of Linda Quirk who ran seven marathons on seven continents at age 55, and in 2010 plans to run across four of the world's largest deserts; Sandy Scott, 69, who broke a vertebrae at age 65 and four years later won a state cycling 20k championship; or 75-year-old veteran tap dance Gene GeBauer. With U.S. health concerns at the forefront, the athlete's way of life helps us to understand how to take responsibility for our well being. Lessons learned from these interviews can help us avoid doctors' offices, stave off diseases, and have more joy and contentment. In his final summary, McGrath examines the behaviors and attitudes necessary for all of us to have health and satisfaction through an active life. If you want to know the secrets of those who are still going strong in athletic activities in their later years, then this is the book for you. Foreword by Olympic Cycling Gold Medalist Alexi Grewal.

Obviously, to succeed in college you must learn and pass your courses. To do that, it is not enough to pay attention in class and to read the textbook. You also must do the work of learning. As everybody says about succeeding with any task, Do your homework. This Handbook focuses on that most critical activity of studying in your room, the library or a coffee shop. You went to class, paid attention, took notes, and read the textbook. Now you are going to do something or some things to learn the material. The keys to college success are to make good choices of what to do and to persevere to mastery. This Handbook contains instructions and exercises for mastering the best known methods for learning the various kinds of skills and knowledge in your courses. More importantly, this book will guide you in managing yourself. -Setting goals-Budgeting the 168 hours in a week-Asking for help-Persevering to mastery-Preparing for testsIf you do the exercises in this Handbook, you will experience these important truths about yourself and learning: -You have sufficient IQ to master your courses.-Your professors guide you in what to learn and how to learn it.-Most of your learning occurs when you actively practice doing what you are learning to do-reciting, memorizing, analyzing, writing, or solving. -When you get stuck, it is efficient and legitimate to get help, so long as you then continue practicing to mastery.-As you master each lesson you get smarter-you can do things you couldn't do before, you retain it longer, and your learning rate for subsequent lessons increases. -Getting smarter feels good and is motivating. Your concentration and confidence go up. -Academic success will make you better able to handle the non-academic challenges you may face. Several hundred thousand students have used these methods and exercises. In surveys one and two semester later, over 90% have reported doing better academically.

Serious problems have long been apparent for the scientific understanding of life, in particular with regards to unusual behaviors. The general challenge unfolding for that understanding or vision, though, is in identifying the DNA basis for much of our inheritance. Without such a DNA/genetic basis science's vision of life and evolution does not work.

In parallel with such challenges are concerns about the general fallout from science's mechanistic vision of life. That vision, herein described as the cornerstone of scientism, has become an intellectual juggernaut. The latter half of this book takes on that juggernaut via critical examination of some of the works of Steven Pinker and Sam Harris.

For anyone looking to elevate their life to the next level and pursue the best version of themselves, BAR40 offers the framework and guidelines that will help you achieve the ultimate year of reaching your full potential.

BAR40 is a 52-week program designed to provide the foundation and tools for creating new life-changing habits in core areas such as mindset, diet, and fitness. Part of what makes Bar40 so uniquely effective is the combined body and mind approach in a self-guided journey that begins with establishing goals and provides the resources that allow you to track your progress to completion in a daily journal.

While BAR40 makes no claims of easy results with no effort, what it does deliver are fundamental improvements through commitment, dedication, and personal accountability. These self-mastery skills will have you performing at peak levels while looking and feeling your best. Most importantly, the changes and improvements that you create in your life over the next year will be your new lifestyle habits, allowing you to continue on your course of personal excellence with a mindset permanently set to achieving more.

Some key points of the BAR40 program include:

• A 1-year/52 week commitment to yourself on living your best year ever and the accompanying strategies for goal-setting, habit formation and elimination.
• Planning for diet enhancements through substitution and modification which allow you to continue eating type of foods you enjoy but in a healthier way. This sustainable approach will help put you on the path towards looking and feeling your best while avoiding 'yo-yo diet' failures.
• Personal accountability coaching and strategies that will help you create a plan and strategy for every area of your life, tailored to your goals and schedule. In this approach you will have a plan each week to insure you are on track to achieve your established objectives for the year.
• A fitness component largely based on your self-designed weekly program, emphasizing cardio and bodyweight exercises to reduce the need for external resources such as gyms.
• Daily mindfulness practices and breathing techniques help you implement a whole new range of stress management techniques and build your skills at living in the present. This approach not only allows for better daily decision making but eliminates future regrets.
• Practical daily strategies for increasing mental toughness, perseverance and Grit (a powerful weapon you will be using to eliminate procrastination and start making every day truly count!)
• A 52-week 'sober challenge'. While not mandatory, it is highly recommended as part of your 1-year journey to your best self!

Also included in the book is the 365 day 'Ultimate Year' all-inclusive journal which combines the best elements of fitness, diet, and mindfulness journals in one place.

BAR40 will transform your ideas to action and your actions to success, as defined by your personal goals. Here's to you living your best year ever!

The 7 Secrets of Influence is THE powerful guide on how to influence; It is an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to get results by influencing others; bosses, peers, colleagues, family members, or friends. Elaina Zuker has been successful in all aspects of business, marketing and sales for over 35 years, and has sold millions of dollars of products and services. Her ideas and advice are from her proven track record and they work!

Ms. Zuker and her associates have taught this program to thousands of staff, executives and entrepreneurs all over the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe. Now, many more are learning these valuable secrets in an eLearning version of Secrets of Influence.

The new book incorporates that experience and feedback, and offers a streamlined, laser-focused approach for success in today's world.

It's Not What You Know.

It's Not Who You Know.

So What is It?

What you need is something of your own, an inner resource you can tap whenever it's needed. In short - influence: a set of skills that can serve you whenever and wherever you are, that you can practice anytime, anywhere, inside or outside an organization. We call it portable power. This book, and Ms. Zuker's unique and elegant approach, will give you the tools and teach you the skills for how to influence anyone.

This highly practical guide, filled with realistic advice on succeeding in today's unpredictable business and social climates, enables the reader to learn the skills needed to succeed in today's competitive business environment. You will learn how to influence anyone, strategically and successfully.

The NEW version of Seven Secrets of Influence is filled with vital, up-to-the-moment tips and techniques on how to influence people. Especially in the current environment of virtual communication, when the challenges of successful communication make it even more essential to have a broad repertoire of Influence Skills.

In Turn and Burn the author takes the readers with him in the cockpit as he shares the fulfillment of his boyhood dream and some of his most memorable adventures and misadventures during a twenty-four year flying career as a fighter pilot, both in combat and peacetime. Share the author's emotions when being surrounded by enemy anti-aircraft flak, when having to crash land twice, during occasions when the aircraft's response was violent and uncontrollable, when having a large turkey buzzard crash through the windscreen into the cockpit when the aircraft was 200 feet off the ground and traveling nearly 600 mph, just to mention a few of those memorable occasions the author shares.

Along the way, the readers are given vivid accounts of the joys and delights, the fears and terrors, the frustrations and fulfillments, the thrills, intensity, and humor involved in the fighter pilot's unique life, and the special and inseparable bond that exists in the fighter pilot community. The author's account is also deeply personal as he shares his opinion of the top leadership, both civilian and military, during the Vietnam War. His criticism is shared by the vast majority of those who fought in that war, and includes the leadership's lack of understanding of the enemy, a prime requisite when going to war, their lack of will to do what was necessary to win, a prime requisite when going to war, and worst of all, their unconscionable willingness to allow the U.S. military to suffer substantial losses in personnel and resources by fighting a war they were not allowed to win.

The author's pride in being part of the fighter pilot community can be summed up by the final phrase of a poem about military aviators written by an unknown author that goes, Because we flew, we envy no man on earth.

About the Author:

Darrell Ahrens is a former U.S. Marine, Air Force fighter pilot and operations staff officer, high school teacher, and pastor. He holds degrees from Chapman University, Boston University, and Fuller Theological Seminary, as well as diplomas from the Armed Forces Staff College, the Air War College, and the National Defense University.

In Turn and Burn the author takes the readers with him in the cockpit as he shares the fulfillment of his boyhood dream and some of his most memorable adventures and misadventures during a twenty-four year flying career as a fighter pilot, both in combat and peacetime. Share the author's emotions when being surrounded by enemy anti-aircraft flak, when having to crash land twice, during occasions when the aircraft's response was violent and uncontrollable, when having a large turkey buzzard crash through the windscreen into the cockpit when the aircraft was 200 feet off the ground and traveling nearly 600 mph, just to mention a few of those memorable occasions the author shares.

Along the way, the readers are given vivid accounts of the joys and delights, the fears and terrors, the frustrations and fulfillments, the thrills, intensity, and humor involved in the fighter pilot's unique life, and the special and inseparable bond that exists in the fighter pilot community. The author's account is also deeply personal as he shares his opinion of the top leadership, both civilian and military, during the Vietnam War. His criticism is shared by the vast majority of those who fought in that war, and includes the leadership's lack of understanding of the enemy, a prime requisite when going to war, their lack of will to do what was necessary to win, a prime requisite when going to war, and worst of all, their unconscionable willingness to allow the U.S. military to suffer substantial losses in personnel and resources by fighting a war they were not allowed to win.

The author's pride in being part of the fighter pilot community can be summed up by the final phrase of a poem about military aviators written by an unknown author that goes, Because we flew, we envy no man on earth.

About the Author:

Darrell Ahrens is a former U.S. Marine, Air Force fighter pilot and operations staff officer, high school teacher, and pastor. He holds degrees from Chapman University, Boston University, and Fuller Theological Seminary, as well as diplomas from the Armed Forces Staff College, the Air War College, and the National Defense University.

Creation (the belief that God was and is the Creator of all that is seen and unseen) went virtually undisputed in the Judeo-Christian orthodoxy until the 19th century. That is until Charles Darwin, an English biologist published his theory of evolution in 1859. Gradually, evolution became the preferred curriculum in our school systems and we were offered little evidence to choose between our faith and secular beliefs. Through this book, you are offered an alternative curriculum to the theory of evolution, that properly timelines the Bible, from the Book of Genesis through the Book of Revelations. Through visions and revelations, the author recorded how the sixty-six books of the Bible pertain to this timeline. Will you open the pages of this book with an open mind and receptive heart, or will you allow your religious and worldly belief systems to be a stumbling block for you? Remember this one thing, that the Lord rewards those who diligently seek him.

A fun read aloud book for ages 4-9, grades K-3.

Goats that snorkel and talk to sea turtles?

Goats that play basketball . . . what's going on?

Weebee and Ginger are just two ordinary goats.

How can this happen?

Read this book to find out

About the Goats

Weebee and Ginger are two real Boer goats. They have brown floppy ears and a white body with friendly, smiling eyes. We named the little goat Weebee after the Wee Bee Little pumpkin variety because these girls were born on the day we went to a pumpkin patch for a fall birthday party. Wee Bee Little pumpkins were the tiniest, cutest pumpkins just like tiny Weebee goat.

About the Authors

Dinah Piester and her family live on a small farm on the Central Coast of California. She graduated from Cal Poly University in San Luis Obispo, California with a teaching credential and Masters degree in Education. She was a teacher, is a mother of four, and a grandmother of four.

She has a big imagination and has always loved to read and tell stories to children. Anna has had a love for art at a very young age. Growing up, she and her sister Emily would often draw pictures of her pets wearing clothes. Anna followed her mother's footsteps and pursued an elementary education degree at the Master's University. She has taught many grades and is excited to share her love for creativity through writing and art with her students.

Serious problems have long been apparent for the scientific understanding of life, in particular with regards to unusual behaviors. The general challenge unfolding for that understanding or vision, though, is in identifying the DNA basis for much of our inheritance. Without such a DNA/genetic basis science's vision of life and evolution does not work.

In parallel with such challenges are concerns about the general fallout from science's mechanistic vision of life. That vision, herein described as the cornerstone of scientism, has become an intellectual juggernaut. The latter half of this book takes on that juggernaut via critical examination of some of the works of Steven Pinker and Sam Harris.

A humorous view of what really happened after you dropped mom off at the nursing home.

If you can't find the humor working in a skilled nursing facility you'll go home every night wishing vodka came out of your shower.

Ned Russo thought he had it all. Lovely home in Pasadena, a beautiful ex-wife who didn't hate him, a charming daughter at UCLA that adored him and a cushy job with a fat salary he earned as the administrator of one of the premier nursing homes in Los Angeles. He even had a giant office that overlooked the pacific ocean. But, as a wise man once said, things change.

Ned got fired. It took ten minutes for reality to suddenly hit him squarely in the face.

There was the mortgage and tuition for his daughter, the car payment and of course his alimony. So Ned took the first job he could find. It would just be temporary. It would also be a far cry from breezy Santa Monica. It was situated in the bowels of LA's Koreatown. But his job at the Central City Convalescent wasn't just a step down for Ned, it was more like falling off Mount Everest and landing on the roof of a Sherpa's hut.

Ned's journey and re-education in how the other half lives is a funny look at life in that nursing home down the block or that place where Grandma now resides or perhaps where you might end up.

Be kind to your children, they're going to pick out your nursing home

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