Gary was an author of his book Travels with Maurice, and when I asked him if he was going to write another book, he said he only had one book in him. Gary was my friend, and someone I worked with. Gary is a husband, father and grandfather, and my thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
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Maybe you can't save them all, but each day is a new opportunity to save one...
Do you ever wonder what a homeless pet and a war refugee have in common —they both wish to belong somewhere. They try so hard to prove their worth. They want someone to hear their plea for help. But they are often left to fend for themselves. Sometimes they find each other in an empty street, and together they continue on an abandoned path, trying to make it through another night.
“Death will slay with his wings whoever disturbs the peace of the pharaoh.”-Egyptian Curse of the Pharaohs.
1184 BCE.
Raised in a world of privilege and nobility, eighteen-year-old Akl can no longer stand by as poverty and disease ravage the people of Set Ma’at. This village, on the Nile’s West Bank, is home to tomb workers and their families, struggling to survive. Meanwhile, across the river in Thebes, the capital of Upper Egypt, wealth and prosperity abound.
Witnessing the horrific death of a childhood friend from the yellow-skinned disease, Akl is spurred to action, resolute in rectifying the negligence of Pharaoh Ramses III and his unsympathetic court. Risking both family shame and brutal impalement, Akl forms a band of thieves secretly raiding the most lucrative locations in Egypt: the royal tombs.
Pillaging, beyond the jackal-headed protection of Anubis, Akl’s thieves seize only what is necessary to feed and provide for the families of the very men who dig the burial chambers. But when a prominent cherished jewel surfaces from the underground market, Pharaoh Ramses strikes back with defenses of his own to halt the forbidden crimes.
Despite utmost caution, Akl’s identity is revealed, forcing the thief to seek salvation from a cunning, mysterious, and formidable adversary.
But will this aid bring perils of its own?
Some gifts can’t be wrapped — and some wounds can’t be ignored.
After a DNA test reveals a life-changing family secret, Chris Economos finds himself in a familiar role — the peacemaker.
He and his siblings are struggling, his parents are distant, and the holiday spirit that once filled their lives feels out of reach, but as Christmas approaches, Chris is determined to hold the family together.
Between decorating the tree, hosting gatherings and smoothing over emotional rifts, the Economos clan learns that even the strongest families can bend under the weight of truth.
But sometimes, the greatest gift isn’t in fixing what’s broken — it’s in forgiving, accepting and finding joy in imperfection.
Princess Marjie collects skills, and acting like a perfect princess is only one of them. From spying at the local inn to climbing stone walls, she's prepared for anything–until her and her brother’s arranged marriages fall through. Suddenly, they have choices. Her brother immediately falls for a girl poor in money and rich in family secrets. Marjie intends to make her brother’s choice queen-worthy–and perhaps spend time with the girl’s attractive brother Landin. But Landin’s abusive stepfather has been searching for someone with Marjie’s treasure-seeking abilities, and when the evil stepfather finds out that Marjie is also the princess, both pairs of siblings will need all of their skills to protect their kingdom and remain together.
Inspired by Aladdin and Cinderella.
"Behind the Now"
'Time Travel, but not like that'
Time is relatively constant where we exist and its passage makes its mark on everything.
The banshees were the sad chatter of the world, audible protests of life passing away as time moved on.
Their constant whining drove José to find their source.
José refused to be a spectator of the passage of Time and wanted to know more.
His DIY Time machine opened a crack in the TimeWall.
Traveling beyond Time was not as the tropes said it was.
He couldn't go back and kill a bad person and change the flow of the future.
Instead, the one-dimensional copies of his every existence, linked together with QtmBits, greeted him behind the wall and they were not happy to see their host standing in front of them.
She comes home to mourn her father. She stays to uncover the shocking truth.
When college student Berry returns to her family's small Southern California farm after her father's sudden death, she believes she's coming home to grieve and reassure her mother that she'll soon be back for good to run the farm. She is eager to bring new life to the failing farm through modernization and sound financial management after receiving her degree in agricultural economics.
It doesn't take long for Berry's plans to collapse. Upon her arrival home, she is shocked to discover her mother just sold the farm to a foreign-owned agribusiness, Happy Sun Farm, which has been taking over all the small farms in the area. Her father had resisted pressure to sell his land to them while he was alive.
As she delves into the company's campaign of coercing farm sales, Berry suspects they may have been responsible for her father's death. She learns that Happy Sun Farm is far from a happy place. Their strange farming practice of removing healthy, productive crops, doesn't make sense to her. The secrecy surrounding the farm leaves many questions unanswered, especially after unexplained deaths surface.
With help from law enforcement not forthcoming, Berry sets out to explore what she can, but soon finds her own life in danger. Not knowing whom she can trust, she uncovers a diabolical plan of mass proportions no one could have imagined.
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