By: Hiep Thi Le

Hiep Thi Le was born in 1971 one of seven children in Da Nang, Vietnam. At the tender age of eight, she and her younger sister stowed away on a fishing boat, believing their mother was aboard. It was a perilous journey that landed the sisters in the first of several refugee camps. Hiep's family was eventually reunited years later in Northern California. Once in the US, Hiep taught herself to read and write English. She was educated at Oakland high school and studied pre-med at the University of California, Davis.

By: B. Hiep Thi Le

An unforgettable Voyage... Memoir of an 8-year old "boat person" who flees post-war communist Vietnam in search of a father and brother rumored to have escaped to the West. Braving sea storms and pirates in an overloaded fishing boat, Hiep and her younger sister are rescued by British sailors and interned in a series of horrific Hong Kong refugee camps. Surviving by their wits, these displaced children of the sea create their own primitive society amid the dispirited and desperate adults awaiting sponsors in the U.S. At the age of eight in 1979.

By: B. Morillo , Mariano

En los tiempos del caos, Los desplazados sociales eran referidos a los renglones de la periferia, refugiándose aquellos en los mecanismos de la sobrevivencia, donde quien mostraba su fortaleza para resistir, se imponía sobre la mayoría. El estilo de mostrar la crudeza, permitía identificar y distinguir lo sofisticado de lo vulgar, por eso en "La mordida De Los Perros" se presenta un cuadro de la cotidianidad de unos seres que ignorado los niveles de instrucción que requería y asignaba la sociedad, se habían dedicados a sobrevivir, como lo permitiera las circunstancias.

By: William Bradbury

This story is about one very withdrawn girl and one girl who is very outspoken. They met for the first time in school, and start an instant friendship. In a short time, they become separated by kidnapping, and even though separated they still are praying and thinking about the other. After all, they go through they find each other again to restart their friendship. Only through prayer does this happen, as they say, it is God in their lives.

By: Tanya Rakos

Canadian town of Gray Stone (fictional name), province of Alberta in the twenty-second century. There are no conflicts on earth. The astral world of the Parallel Dimension Society helps people of the earth with their decision-making. People's minds have accepted this easy living style and stopped its creative process. The Earth slowed down its energy transmission into the universe. The universal balance of cosmic energies has been shifted.

by Rebecca Lebron

Crossing the River, from one stage of life to another, everyday experience searching for a sense of purpose. My heart was strong the energy from my soul shifted to my spirit which started me on a new path. To those who are looking for their purpose through fear and loneliness and rejection. May you find some peace that l have as you read these poems.

by Rebecca Lebron

Spirituality is an important part of all our lives, if only we could be still long enough to see what the spirits have to show us and hear the whispers of our own soul. This is the message imparted in a series of short stories in Lily of the Valley, Romance of Souls by Rebecca Lebron. Drawing on her own experiences in exploring her deeply felt spirituality and faith, Ms. Lebron has skillfully woven stories of inspiration, hope, peace, and comfort for those who may feel caught up in circumstances beyond their control as they struggle to make sense of the chaos of their lives

by Dr. Lisa A. Johnson

In this master's thesis, Dr. Lisa A. Johnson Q.M.E., examines the impact of three reasoning skills - number sense, structure sense, and abstract reasoning - on algebra and geometry. The study concentrates its efforts on data compiled at Union High School, consisting of forty-eight math students and eight math teachers. Through the efforts of this study, Dr. Johnston determined that algebra relies on abstract reasoning and structure sense, while geometry does not. Moreover, Dr. Johnson observed that further instruction needs to be given to teachers on communicating the three reasoning skills.

by Maya Mitra Das

Poet and short story writer Maya Mitra Das was born in India and came to the U.S. in 1973. She studied internal medicine and pediatrics in India, England and the United States, earning her M.D. and Ph.D. She received her training at Downstate Medical Center and State University Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. She completed two fellowships-one for the department of hematology on oncology at U.C.L.A. Medical Center and the second at University of California San Francisco.

by Judith Hudson

This book is dedicated to my children Danyaal, Khaleesi and Joshua, and to my nieces the two Elias and my nephew Ethan. Make your mark on this world and make it a better place

by Michael Charwa

It is possible most people are so comfortable that they do not appreciate the horrors of poverty and those unfortunate enough to be caught in it's tentacles. Our senses seemed to have been dulled by the relative luxury we see around us, so we are not aware of the circle of poverty that exist. This book opens our minds to the issues of poverty and what each individual can do to overcome it. Michael M. Charway is a Gospel minister. In this book, he draws the reader's attention to the evils of poverty, the false narratives about it.

by Bonny Franke

Poet and short story writer Maya Mitra Das was born in India and came to the U.S. in 1973. She studied internal medicine and pediatrics in India, England and the United States, earning her M.D. and Ph.D. She received her training at Downstate Medical Center and State University Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. She completed two fellowships-one for the department of hematology on oncology at U.C.L.A. Medical Center and the second at University of California San Francisco.

by Rocky Russell

A family feud results in a sixteen year old having to run for his life. To stay alive he becomes one of the fastest guns in the old west. Hunted by relatives and plagued by other top guns. He never wants to fight, but he must or be killed. Traveling he tries to say more than just one step ahead of his enemies. He soon learns it not the fastest gun that always wins. In hiding, from his enemies, he finds that someone special.

by Lee McKenzie

Bad news for the bad guys. They failed to take out Mike Cannon and wiped out his family instead. Cuban Castro's plan to destabilize the USA from within by distributing deadly spiked drugs on its people created a wounded tiger. Worse news for the enemy, Mike Cannon linked with a female ex Secret Service weapon who struck like a viper, without warning, from any where at any time. When the two joined, for the Cuban Affair it's All Over.

by Mariano B Morillo

A conspiracy to criminalize an innocent person leads to justify a fraud by manipulating a family action that involves a custody petition, whose intervention by gendarmes, judges and government emissaries, use perjury as evidence, making the action appear as a fact. Elmar Valenilla, adapts to his new habitat, to survive in a world of hit men and jailers, relating to bosses, victims and perpetrators, learning about the ulterior motives that induce a system as the driving force behind fragments the sow pain and suffering, to impose the will of its ideologues over the condition of the human person.

byThomas Allred

Fighting for mine is a life challenging, somewhat offensive heroic stand of truth and justice. I have been dealing with everything I can handle one step at a time and dealing with this makes me the man who I am today. I am Thomas Allred Jr. and I just want people to know that was everything. I'm going to keep fighting for mine. Starting with this right here.

by Robert Maxxim

Je dédie ce récit à la véritable inspiration qui se cache derrière son contenu: Mes frères de lumière, doux, aimants et supérieurs, mes amis éternels, dont l'unique mission dans la vie est de nourrir leurs coeurs de l'amour de Dieu; Ils sont l'incarnation de la beauté et le flambeau éternel de la compréhension inter-dimensionnelle universelle de la vie. Ma recherche d'amour commence avec eux.Les paroles émanant de leurs lèvres gracieuses et joyeuses guérissent le coeur de la peur et soulagent la détresse de l'âme des frottis nocifs du désir. En leur présence, que le coeur ne soit pas attristé à la vue de l'amour.

by Stella Louise

Because of mistaken identity, Edmond was severely beaten, shot, and left for dead. they left him with a loss of memory. As he worked on regaining his identity and learning who tried to kill him and why he meets and helps Denise who is struggling in her endeavors to forgive her deceased husband for his infidelity and her grandmother for her adulterous affair. When Denise learns of her husband's death, she also learns someone wanted to assassinate him. Two people who she loved dearly had betrayed her trust and it became difficult for her to trust again.