All of us experience times of joy and sorrow, times of success and failure, and times of doubt and certainty. In our lives on earth, we need to ask ourselves why we are here and what purpose does God have for us. Life is a journey. In my life, I have had the moments referred to, and my guiding light has been a belief in God and Jesus, his only begotten Son. I am not a priest or preacher, but I do have some experiences that each of you readers can relate to. My purpose in writing this autobiography is to tell you about them and hope that they will interest you and, if you need it, help you in troubled times. Modern times are truly testing all of us, and many people have turned away from God. This is a sad occurrence, and I pray that my book will convince some of you who have doubts that God does love us, cares about us, and will help us when he ask for it. God bless you, and I hope my journey will enrich your faith. Without that, we are like a ship sailing with no compass.

Albert Rider, a successful scriptwriter from Australia in his early fifties, needs a new opportunity to live and love. He finds it in Europe, in Barcelona, where he discovers the life of the city with Joan Gómez, a university lecturer in Catalan language and literature, the man who becomes his best friend, and he falls in love with Núria, a doctor who teaches at the Faculty of Medicine. He is able to leave his loneliness behind and rediscover himself as a human being. This is a story of love and friendship, as well as an introduction to the fascinating personality of the city of Barcelona. The author uses English as it is the international language chosen by the characters. Readers from all over the world can now approach and admire the marvels of this city. The action takes us to some of the most beautiful places: the Montjuïc Olympic hill, the sea, the famous avenue of Passeig de Gràcia, the Sagrada Família, the Liceu Opera, the Barça Football Stadium, these and other places that are of great interest but are less well known are also discovered. The book is written in very accessible English and can also be enjoyed by the people of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Europe who want to revisit this international city with the new light of this beautiful story.

Listening to the Stars presents a beautiful combination of eastern and western ways of thinking. It narrates encounters, through which wisdom and spirituality are revealed in a unique way.

My love of poetry pulls me back to my pen and paper for there seems to be no end to the things I want to write about. Life is poetic in many ways, the happy times and even sad events in life inspire me as they did to write my first book Memories Forgotten. I hope poetry lovers all over will enjoy reading my second book of poems, The Poem Reaper, as much as I enjoyed writing it. My writing is about real life and imaginary things. It is also inspirational as well as funny, including poems that children and older ones alike will enjoy. Life is like a field that is ready for harvest and I gather all the events around us and put them in poetic form. So if you enjoy reading about life and the life around us then you will enjoy the reaping of the seasons of life as I see it and wrote about in this book The Poem Reaper.

Soaring is full of emotion, stillness and beauty. From fun child-centered poems to sadness, grieving and topics about the world, this book will take you anywhere you want to go. Jeanne writes through her pain and moods of all kinds and encompasses the awareness and the wholeness that remain. It is her vision of the world and is all about her life and experiences and how she takes all the knowledge and filters it through poem after poem. She lets go of the negativity and writes for anyone who needs to feel consolation, gratitude, love or release, ending up with positivity and hope.

Peggy Warren has accomplished one of fictions most delicate high-wire acts: writing in the voice of a child, for adults. The innocence of childhood is deftly evoked in a bold girls search for the hardest kind of gift for her father, peace and quiet and a changed life to boot. A gallery of fascinating characters each offers some truth in young Zoeys journey and, by books end, we understand that, without even realizing it, our lives have changed too. Burt Rashbaum, author Becoming an American and Tears For My Mother Peggy Warren has created a tender, heart-warming, poignant book for the young reader, as well as a light-hearted, entertaining read for any agewith an empowering message for parents to evaluate the precious moments with their family. Alexandra Delis-Abrams Phd, author of Attitudes, Beliefs and Choices The journey into the soul of this book begins with a child searching for the perfect gift to give to her father. We soon discover that this is the yearning of the child in each of us: to give the perfect gift to ourselves, and to others. How shall we give what we value most, not just once, but moment by moment? Its a treasure worth sharing! Alexia Parks, author of Hardwired 10 Traits, Chairman 56percent.org How quickly the pages turn in Peggy Warrens Gathering Peace. The author is a gifted writer who strikes a fine balance between the naivet and the incredible wisdom of a little girl. This lovely book will linger on in your heart long after it has been placed back on the shelf. Rome Lester, Marriage & Family Therapist, Georgia Tech Counseling Center

Red Knight and Dragon Skies finishes the story begun in Dragon Harper Curse and completes Book 2 of the Dragon Skies series. Book 1 of the Dragon Skies legends retold the early years of the life of Lailoken, Myrddin of the legends, and events that led to his madness when his lord and friend Gwenddolau was destroyed at the Battle of Arderydd. In Red Knight and Dragon Skies, Lailoken fulfills his dream to destroy Peredur and Gwrgi in retribution. Lailoken will join the delegation from Columcille, the historical St Columba of Iona, as he seeks to bring Christianity and peace to the Angles. But fate has a way of rearing its ugly head. Even as Columcille steps onto the path of peace, intrigues and schemes slither in the background. Using the Ionan delegation as subterfuge, Peredur sets into motion plans to crush the Angles and seek revenge against past allies and kinsmen. As the road winds uneasily toward war, new powers begin to rise in the land. Urien Rheged moves to solidify his control of the West. Rhyderrch seizes the lands to the old wall even as his dal Riadan ally, Aedan mac Gabran, tests his kingship of the isles. But none of the Western kings grasp the strength of the Angle kings and their belief in the prophecy that they will rule the land from sea to sea. Legend and history twist together in this dark sensual adventure of a man seeking love in a land filled with struggle.

The ethnomusicologist Frederick Moehn introduces a generation of Rio-based musicians who build on the música popular brasileira (MPB) of previous decades, but who have yet to receive scholarly attention. This generation, the "children of the dictatorship," reinvigorated Brazilian genres such as samba and maracatu through juxtaposition with international influences, including rock, techno, and funk. Moehn offers vivid depictions of Rio musicians as they creatively combine and reconcile local realities with global trends and exigencies.

A remnant of the Renaissance : the transnational iconography of justice -- Civic space, the public square, and good governance -- Obedience : the judge as the loyal servant of the state -- Of eyes and ostriches -- Why eyes? : color, blindness, and impartiality -- Representations and abstractions : identity, politics, and rights -- From seventeenth-century town halls to twentieth-century courts -- A building and litigation boom in Twentieth-Century federal courts -- Late Twentieth-Century United States courts : monumentality, security, and eclectic imagery -- Monuments to the present and museums of the past : national courts (and prisons) -- Constructing regional rights -- Multi-jurisdictional premises : from peace to crimes -- From "rites" to "rights" -- Courts : in and out of sight, site, and cite -- An iconography for democratic adjudication.