The Stars Will Always Shine describes how life has changed in Britain from the 1950s until the present day. It also details some of my hilarious travel adventures, particularly in America, and contains illustrations of some of my oil paintings. Two decades of my life were spent fighting the establishment for justice with considerable success, hence my decision to leave the UK in 2010 to live in a remote cabin in Maine, USA.

Happily-ever-after is never quite what you expect in this hot and gritty romance.

Overcoming molestation, rape, name calling, neglecting, hurt, and more growing up, Lavendrea Packster Williams stands strong today as a B-Girl r&b artist, songwriter, mother, and actress. She reflected and told her whole life story to a college student named Quiel as she prepared her way to speak on her mom, Carrey Packster Penn Wells, at an event honoring her moms name in New York. Carrey was one of the best pianist in the world, but struggled between the balance of her career and her family. Lavendrea figured out the thing that cost Carrey the most pain as she lived her last years. Lavendrea shared her heartfelt story with Quiel reminding herself to not allow someone else to steal the light that is within her because no matter how dark it may seem a star that will always shine.

Kristen was in the best shape of her life. She just returned from coaching at the state championships for track and field, where she watched athletes she trained, coached, and mentally prepared medal and run their best times individually and set marks higher than before. To unwind, once home, she decided to go on a nice, long run and stretch her legs out from all the travel. But halfway through the run, something went terribly wrong. Her right arm start feeling tingly and cold. She continued run through it, but her symptoms persisted to get worse. Within minutes, her arm was white, and she could feel the fingers on her right hand going numb. She knew that she needed to find her car right away. She took short cuts through the woods, and by then her entire forearm had turned a bluish color. She decided she needed to get her to the hospital right away, because her hand was numb. She knew she couldn’t drive, so she called her mother to pick her up. As soon as her mother saw her arm, she knew something was wrong and motioned her to keep her arm above her heart. Once arriving at the ER, she was taken back to the examining room immediately. She had to have various imaging studies done. It showed that Kristen was getting no blood flow from her subclavian vein in her neck to her arm at all. They ran dye thru her veins to assess the problem, and they had their answer: a massive blood clot. This answer would be the eye of the storm and the start to Kristen’s self-discovery and strength to overcome more difficulty than she would ever think possible. But this was just the beginning of her eight-year medical journey that still leaves many questions.

In this book, there are important insights on Lessons To Be Learned as well as strategies to Enhance Personal Growth from a matriarch. A matriarch is perhaps one of the most profound blessings a young woman could ever have. The sage advice of mothers is often naturally passed on from generation to generation, as they serve as portals for morality, care and etiquette. This book taps into the wisdom of a Queen, whose royal advice calls for transformation throughout the entire masterpiece. Dr. Gift Gugu Mona acts as the royal voice that guides young princesses as they traverse the journey of life through Spiritual Matters, Nuggets On Greatness, and Key Life Lessons. If you are looking for inspiration to lead a life of excellence and make your mark, this masterpiece was written with you in mind.

With catchphrases like “smart economics” and “the business case for gender equality,” global corporations are increasingly involved in gender and development politics in the Global South. This book focuses on an emblematic example of this tendency to interrogate the proposed win-win relationship between corporate profit opportunities and the economic advancement of women in marginalized economic positions. The Coca-Cola Company’s 5by20 program has won broad recognition for its global reach and ambitious goal: to economically empower five million female micro-entrepreneurs across its supply chain before the end of 2020. Based on situated engagements with program implementers and participants in Mexico and South Africa, the study moves beyond the unequivocally positive effects conveyed by the program’s rhetoric. It examines the appropriation of social values to strengthen the brand; the use of self-help psychology to enhance entrepreneurial conduct and exempt weak economic results; and the recasting of women’s precarious labor in terms of entrepreneurship – which conceals structural causes of poverty and impediments of sustainable business development. Providing unique insights into the premises and effects of corporate solutions to gender inequality in the Global South, the book contributes to debates on the relations between neoliberal capitalist expansion and feminist emancipatory endeavors.

Musings of life is a book that showcases different shades of life like happiness,struggle, love, pain etc. Writers have poured out their feelings here and we're happy to present these feelings here in the form of poetry, articles and one liners. We hope that this book makes a place in your heart. ~ Keep reading ~

The Dying Romantic is a collection of poetic longings that allude to the discovery of the soul and self in the physical and emotional world. As a result of fearing vulnerability, romantics often appear to be a dying race. Replaced with the man that would rather purchase the smile on your face, and keys to your heart, than pay attention, listen, and appreciate the blessing of getting to know you. This collection will help remind you how beautiful and spectacular you have always been, while igniting the fervent passion and understanding that you can be better, while helping others do the same! Immense love is invested in this creation fueled by the understanding that what you share with this world, is what it keeps of you. While reading the words within these pages, internalize the words of another that have served as my inspiration along the way: “Where you invest your love, you invest your life.” - Marcus Mumford