The wallowing hour is a soulful, artistic collection of poetry that touches on the loneliest as well as the most romanticized parts of life. It lets you in on a sneak peak of the author's deepest, darkest thoughts as well as the dreams she holds for the future. From the loss of a parent at an early age, to the mishaps of misguided relationships, to combatting loneliness, it’s all there. Using a pen and a notebook to jot down all of her thoughts and emotions that she's had the pleasure of feeling over the past years, ‘The Wallowing Hour’ was born. It's purpose is to hopefully help those out there struggling through similar situations, who might find it difficult to put into words, Katrina hopes to use this book as a voice of those in need.

“Constructive wallowing” seems like an oxymoron. Constructive is a good thing, but wallowing is bad. Right? But wait a minute; is it really so terrible to give ourselves a time-out to feel our feelings? Or is it possible that wallowing is an act of loving kindness, right when we need it most? Just about everyone loves the idea of self-compassion -- the notion that maybe in spite of our messy emotions and questionable behavior, we really aren’t all that bad. In recent years there’s been an explosion of books that encourage readers to stop beating themselves up for being human, which is terrific. Unfortunately, readers who aren’t interested in Buddhism or meditation have been left out in the cold. Self-compassion is an everyday habit that everyone can learn, even if they a) aren't particularly spiritual, b) find most books about self-compassion too serious, or else c) have already overdosed on meditation. Constructive Wallowing: How to Beat Bad Feelings by Letting Yourself Have Them is the first book to cut right to the chase, bypassing descriptions of Eastern philosophy and meditation techniques to teach readers exactly how to accept and feel their feelings with self-compassion for greater emotional health and well-being … while making them laugh from time to time. It seems that the wisdom of “keeping your friends close and your enemies closer” applies to emotions as well as people. It’s tempting to turn away from menacing, uncomfortable feelings like anger, grief or regret and treat them like unwanted guests; however, ignoring them just seems to make them stick around. They lurk in the background like punks with switchblades, waiting to pounce as soon as they see an opening. By learning to accept and embrace, rather than suppress, difficult feelings, people can keep their sense of personal power and, better yet, gain greater understanding and ultimately esteem for themselves. Feeling bad can actually lead to feeling better, faster!

Featuring appalling rock overhangs, horrifying chasms, and waterfalls flanked by near-vertical precipices, this tale of travel through the wildest regions of the Andes is no Caribbean cruise story. The Panama Canal and the coasts of Columbia, Peru, and Bolivia are all described in a fast, furious fashion by a seasoned travel writer who survives a car ride along a mountain pass that claims an average of one vehicle a week. Also included are adventures to the last hideaway of the Incas, Machu Picchu, and a sail down the Amazon to the center of Brazil.

'The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming mastery in the air. The Fighters are our salvation but the Bombers alone provide the means of victory...' So said Prime Minister Winston Churchill to the War Cabinet on the first anniversary of the outbreak of war. But when Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939 her bombers were predominantly twin-engined types like the Wellington, Whitley and the Hampden which after suffering carnage during the day were soon switched to night operations.Wartime speeches alone cannot begin to describe the misery and fortitude, desperation and terror endured by the civilian population during the 'Blitz Nights' in Coventry, the London docklands and the East End as night after night bombs and incendiaries rained down on them. Their personal experiences and those of war correspondents like James Negley Farson are as vivid, poignant and descriptive as those of the bomber crews carrying the war to the enemy in the early night bomber offensive. These too are mostly recounted at first hand, sometimes in BBC broadcasts to the nation; and they include 'The Unanswerable Double'; 'Winged Words'; 'German Defences'; 'Getting Frightened'; 'Jump For It!'; 'The Night The Fuel Ran Out'; 'Flames, Flares and Fires'; 'Busted Flush'; 'The Tail Gunner's Story' and 'Hampden and 'Wimpy' Ops'. They tell just what it was like to fly in a heavy bomber over occupied Europe.

Zook Madoo arrived back in the United States once again, after many years in Nigeria, toiling in the underbelly of government security services. His presence this time however, was as a professional bodyguard. His title, Chief of security details for the Nigerian, UN representative - Alhaji Suni Matami. But his real "covert" assignment from the Minister for External Affairs - Mallam Adamu Ceroko - was to investigate and eradicate an Illegal Oil-Bunkering consortium - Asamaki Enterprises - whose major subsidiary office happened to be on 5th Avenue, New York City..the so-called Fashion alley.. Barely weeks into his investigations, trails led him and his assistant - Dorne Imbroglio, a former classmate at Columbia and an Ex-New Jersey Homicide Detective - to the world-famous Watergate Apartment complex in Annapolis, a suburb of the Washington D.C. Capitol. While Zook waited as back-up in the street, Dorne shadowed their quarry - Slim Piccolo - into the complex, talking her way into an apartment where Slim supposedly resided. Dorne broke in, only to find a very dead body..The body turned out to be that of Dexter Cameron.the current CIA Director...Zook knew they were in a heap of trouble.... Aside from Zook's unorthodox investigative methods, his inner demons threatened to derail his efforts while gallivanting across the United States and South America for clues.. "How will it all end?" he asked Dorne, before she hung up her cell phone after discovering the dead body...