With the fate of the galaxy at risk, love may not be enough... In the lawless fringes of deep space, pirate Tia Sen has a rep for being hard as plascrete, tough as Amalan leather, and as strong as she is beautiful. She also has a secret that courts death: For years she has been freeing enslaved children. Stepping in to rescue a valiant mechanic from a near-fatal beating risks more than her life. Thanks to her traitorous heart, her web of lies is in danger of unraveling. Undercover operative Rork Al'Ren is no stranger to lies. Emotionally scarred by the murders of his wife and unborn child, he wants nothing more than to eradicate every bit of pirate scum in the galaxy. Then his mission goes sour, and he finds himself Tia's personal slave-and falling in love with the very pirate he's sworn to destroy. Yet love is a luxury he can't afford. Tia possesses a powerful new weapon that could overwhelm the Union of Planets and plunge the galaxy into war. If Rork can't convince her to surrender it, he may have to break her trust-and her heart. Warning: This title contains sensual love scenes and kick-ass, nail-biting action. May cause reckless behavior, lapses into daydreams, belief in happily-ever-afters, and is certainly habit-forming.

A examination of time-tested methods used by artists since the Renaissance to make realistic pictures of imagined things.

Building Resilience: A Peer Coaching Manual Assisting Others to Acquire and Sustain Positive Change By: Richard Lumb, Ph.D. and Ronald Breazeale, Ph.D. We know that resilience skills and concepts developed through research can be learned and applied to our and the lives of others. Knowledge of resilience building can assist individuals in being able to adapt and survive difficult times. Reacting emotionally, rather than with careful thinking and rational problem-solving results in decisions made through fear. These decisions can negatively affect self and others and are later regretted. Defending society and culture is an inclusive rather than exclusive process. We should seek alliances, cooperative problem-solving, sustainable community collaboration building, and consensus regarding future actions. We must invest in strengthening personal resilience, it includes support for building resilience in our family members, friends, and other members of society.

This above-average sports memoir is peppered with engaging on-the-field anecdotes, forays inside the competitive mind of a world-class athlete, and thoughtfully presented glimpses of the harsh, often uncaring world of big-time sports.

About the Book Reaching Home at First Light explores the world one man experienced growing up in the “Atomic City” of Oak Ridge, Tennessee as a child with a birth defect. Ron Breazeale, Ph.D. speaks of his experiences growing up and wearing a prosthetic hook most of his life. About the Author Ron Breazeale, PhD. is a clinical psychologist who has worked in the field of psychology for over 30 years. He writes about the things that he knows. He was born with a birth defect, the absence of a left hand, in the “Atomic City” of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He has worn a prosthetic hook most of his life. He has worked briefly with the CIA. He and his wife adopted their one child a daughter in Peru when she was three months old in the middle of a major offensive against the Peruvian government by the Shining Path, a communist supported terrorist group. Most of Dr. Breazeale's wife's family died in the Holocaust. Dr. Breazeale has developed a number of training programs focused on the attitudes and skills of resilience. He lives and works in southern Maine.

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"One thing about Max was that he was about as well-adjusted to his disability, if you want to call it that, as anyone could be... He even used his eye once to shut up an obnoxious high school coach. After he'd heard all the complaining he wanted to hear, Max took his eye out of the socket and handed it to the stunned coach, saying, 'You want to umpire this game? Here, be my guest.'" Everything Happens in Chillicothe is an authentic, behind-the-scenes look at the lowest rung of professional baseball, and a biography of Max McLeary, the one-eyed umpire and a most intriguing individual. Author Mike Shannon spent the 2000 Frontier League season attending games with McLeary and gives his account of the season here. The book speaks volumes about umpiring as a profession, relationships (particularly between Max and his estranged son, a minor league player; between Max and his long-suffering wife Patty; and between Max and his umpiring partner Jim Schaly), life in small-town America, and the various people connected with the Chillicothe Paints and other teams in the Frontier League. Many humorous and poignant stories, are told here for the first time, by McLeary, Schaly, and others.

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