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See, Think, Make Art
Peter Moak
About the Book
This book describes a visual approach to art. I stands in contrast to the current linguistic approach. It is about looking at art rather than reading about art. Looking at hundreds of works of art from the whole history of art demonstrates that every work of art needs to be seen in a particular way, the way it was seen when it was made. We do not see the world directly. We see pictures of the world in our head. These are ten basic ways for looking at art based on the ways we look at the pictures in our head. These ten ways applied to works of art from Stone Age to the present reveal neglected masterpieces, famous works misidentified and how the misunderstood work of certain famous artist should be seen.
About the Author
I have been an art historian for forty five years. I have a Master’s degree from New York University and a Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. I taught briefly at Villanova University and the University of Hampshire, but most of my life has been devoted to understanding the visual order that underlies a work of art. In addition to working in libraries, I travelled extensively here and in Europe to see works first hand. Now that my travelling days are over due to age and health I am concentrating on writing about what I have learned and discovered. I want to pass this information on to future generations and hopefully to inspire other to see art as it was made to be seen. To see The Parthenon, the works of Michelangelo, Cézanne, Matisse and Picasso as they were made to be seen is very much worth the effort.
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Call Me Suzanna
Carole Etchells Cross
About the Book
Suzanna Fox and her friend Samantha Kelly are students at Rio Monte High School in Southern California. Suzanna has a strong personality while Samantha is extremely shy. When Chase Watson enrolls as a new student, the girls are attracted to his handsome features, unaware of his dark background.It is Samantha’s shyness and her low esteem that opens the door to disaster with her need to boost her self-confidence. She is a perfect candidate to experience inhalants provided by Chase Watson.
When Suzanna realizes her best friend is in trouble, it is her stability, strength, and common sense that guides Samantha through decisions that would alter all three lives.
About the Author
Before a recent move to Ohio, Carole Etchells Cross was actively involved in the educational field as a former high school English teacher, then as an administrator for adult classes in Southern California.This novel represents real life encounters by teens as they mature into responsible, accountable adults. Suzanna’s best friend Samantha, sank into the dark world of inhalants.
She is the author of ten educational textbooks.
All books meet the mandates for California public schools, and the performance objectives of the No Child Left Behind legislation. -
The Great Kickin’ Dog
Kenneth Crutchfield
About the Book
Ex musician, assembly line worker and alcoholic, John Coleman Sr. is a man with deferred and shattered dreams. Living in a Chicago housing project during the 60’s he is a father raising his eight-member family; four girls, two musical prodigy boys and a mentally unstable wife, in a drug, gang and gun infested environment among households with absent dads. During a competitive time of young musical prodigies, he fights for a pathway out of the projects through his talented sons. On a quest to find a way out, he drags his gifted boys on a whirlwind journey of hope, from talent shows to south side Blues clubs and observes their reputation growing with each performance. But along with the journey to see his boys “get great”, is his ongoing struggle with alcohol, his wife’s neurotic behavior and the fortified barrier of resentment from his jealous daughters all brought on by a family history of mental illness. Not only does John Coleman Sr. have to contend with the inner turmoil of his family, but a family tragedy shakes him to the core and threatens the sanctity of his high-spirited loved ones. The ‘GREAT’ Kickin’ Dog is a Black experience during a turbulent time of civil rights in the 6o’s and free spirits of the 70’s embedded in the cradle of Chicago’s segregation. It is a coming-of-age saga of passion, perseverance and the courage to rise above; a compelling story of hope and the question of fate. -
Iceman of the Apocalypse
Timothy McDonnell
About the Book
Deputy Sloan Wallace participates in a scientific experiment, ingesting a pill that was told would only be temporary. Turned out the pill was a permanent implant, which was part of a radical new experiment performed by a desperate scientist out of time. Scarred by the process, Sloan abruptly left the experiment, hoping to continue with his normal life, until his world was turned upside down by the apocalypse.About the Author
Inspiration is a funny thing… you’ll never know where it will come from. I haven’t watched a lot of TV in my later years, until a show about the zombie apocalypse caught my attention. I would watch the show religiously, and later the show became a part of my life here in Michigan. Most fans would follow their favorite actor or actress. Some fans would even go to a Comicon. It inspired me to write. I never thought I would be writing about the zombie apocalypse, but I could not resist. The ideas just kept flowing and I just kept writing. This journey started in 2015 and you are about to read the conclusion of the first chapter in a new saga. Maybe this is one worth reading. All the readers out there will be the judge. I hope you find this story entertaining. I wish you all the best. — Timothy McDonnell -
Moo the Ghost
Beth Praed
About the Book
The story is about a little ghost who has a speech impediment. Instead of saying “Boo” like the other ghosts, all that he can say is “Moo”. Because of this, he is bullied by the other ghosts. But when three children enter the haunted house, they decide that because he isn’t a scary ghost, Moo can be their friend. Also, “Moo the Ghost” was awarded the Readers’ Favorite Finalist Award in the Children – Concept Genre in September 2020.About the Author
Author Beth Praed (formerly Beth Hill) is a published author of five books—“Multiple Sclerosis: Q&A”, “The AD/HD Book”, “Domestic Violence: My Freedom from Abuse”, a children’s picture book “Moo the Ghost”, and “So You Have a Disease: Devotions and Stories to Restore Hope”. Her first book on MS was the top book on multiple sclerosis for six years at Amazon. -
Living in the Shadow of Music Row
Stories from the Heart of Music City
Leta Langford
About the Book
To verbalize an experience is difficult. Living in the Shadow of Music Row: A Story Of Hope from the Heart of Music City, USA, Nashville, Tennessee is not different. It can be said that anyone working in a faith-based community will easily identify with the book contents and relate to each of the chapters. The chapters are broken down into short paragraphs which are written to bring clarity and understanding to the reader.The author, has worn many hats over the years, through her responsibility and understanding from being a minister’s daughter, a minister’s wife, and a minister’s mother. Her book offers to those who read the inspiring stories she relates understanding and empathy.
Stories of Living in the Heart of Music Row brings hope to the hopeless, and joy to those who despair, and light into darkness. This book offers life to the depth of death that humanity suffers, while trying so hard to enter the chosen group that is usually seen, in the glitter and light found in Music City as country music “stars”. Each star has paid a great price for his and her success in the entertainment industry. Yet, each person still seeks the light that is so desperately elusive and hard to keep. This book brings the Light that is sought, the Life that can be lived, and the joy that is found in Music City. Those reading, will feel more strength, when a word of inspiration is needed from a book that relates to everyone.
About the Author
On Wednesday, January 16th, 1929, my dad, who was pastor of a local church in the city of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, had scheduled a workday at the church. As he was getting ready to leave the house on this frozen, icy day, he picked up his hammer and headed to the door of our house, when my mom said in a tone not usually heard in her voice, “You’re not going to work at the church today, our baby is coming!”My brother who had heard the conversation exclaimed, “that’s just another egg”. He was responsible for taking care of the chickens our family relied on for breakfast and other meals.
Our family moved often, because of his ministry, and I attended eight different schools. I graduated from Isaac Litton High School on one night and married W. C. Langford, from Jackson, Tennessee, the next. I met my future husband at a District Council in Milan, Tennessee as I played the piano for my dad who was District Superintendent. I was at the ripe old age of sixteen. I travelled over the entire state of Tennessee. I committed to myself that I would never marry a preacher.
God had a different plan.
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Either Everything Was Wrong from the Git Go or Right From the Start
Debbie Lewis
About the Book
“”We never know who, what, and when our lives will be touched. What impact it will have after It’s been touched… Things that happened and didn’t happen in the past, with the things happening in my present was starting to bring sadness and grief to my heart. I believe in Love, beating the odds and letting things go to see will they return to me; but that doesn’t mean time will stand still for us to capture all our dreams. I’ve made my decisions in life and I’m all right, but it’s okay to dream and to ask “”What If “” I had one more try? Well, I did that, now I’m writing about the “”one more chance”” in life to do something else. The question is what will you do? I’m doing my “”What If “”, I’m writing. I hope you enjoy my precious gift to you from above with continuous LOVE.. There’s no greater gift without Thee.
D.L.L.””About the Author
“Greetings I’m a Mother, Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, Model and Private Duty Nurse Debbie Lewis.I started acting at John F Kennedy Junior Summer Camp in Atlanta Georgia. I was under the direction of Mr. Eddie Murphy. His summer camp provided a summer of Unforgettable moments and productive work. This is the fi rst stage I was on as a yellow brick in The Wizard Of Oz. From there I continued and participated in every Stage production I could from Elementary throughout College. As an adult, I’ve thrived in the business as an independent artist. Now it has equaled up to 30 years of active acting, writing, modeling and nursing. During my college days, I became a private duty nurse, to continue as an independent artist.
My accolades for playwrights throughout this journey until now are awards in: JB Star’s 2007 Atlanta Georgia Play Fest •Best Production •Best Writer •Best Male Lead •Best Vocalist •JB Star’s 2013 Atlanta Georgia Play Fest •Dare to Be Different
Published Author of: “Either Everything Was Wrong from the Git-Go or from the Start” `… From the Beginning II Now…’
Projects completed this year (2019) •Wins and Losses Full Movie – Director Spike Jones •The Cleanzing of Lake Lanier – Director Jibril Haynes •Hell on Earth – Director Jiwe Morrison •G Warriors – Director Jerome Enders •“Crack Baby” As Nurse Teresa Johnson Written by Jason Jenkins •“CMGPARISFASHIONWEEK” DESIGNER Norahs Khan 2018 Collection
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The Rebirth
Jack Schauer
About the Book
It is Paris 2005. Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, and a Catholic priest by the name of Farther Brody have survived into older age. They are debating past and current trends in philosophy as they meet in a number of coffeehouses and night clubs throughout Paris. They are also tracing historical philosophy back to its roots within the present perspective of the American Iraqi War. Camus is now a Christian Catholic, Jean-Paul Sartre, still, the committed Marxist Socialist is on the verge of a mental breakdown and ripe for religious conversion. The stage is set for a tragic ending, leaving Camus questioning his faith.About the Author
Jack Lynn Schauer graduated from the University of Jamestown, Jamestown, North Dakota in December of 1980. He has two Master’s degrees: one in the Liberal Arts as well as one in Nonprofit Management. His interests, in addition to history, politics, philosophy, and issues of social welfare focus upon the various levels of spiritual development as they relate to a postmodernist crisis of modern man in a world seemingly gone crazy. Jack Schauer is also President of Angels of the Muse which provides music to underserved populations within the Fargo-Moorhead area of North Dakota and Minnesota. -
Twice Broke But Never Broken
Richard L. Freitag
About the Book
My name has been added to the roster of a very exclusive club. This club’s roster
has names in it that may very well surprise you. The club’s membership includes
some very prominent individuals of great wealth and lofty social stature, as well as
some individuals of great historic and/or heroic significance.
Allow me to be a “name dropper” of a few my fellow club members.
Have you ever heard any of the following names? For instance; Thomas Jefferson,
Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Harry S Truman. R.H. Macy, Henry Ford,
Walt Disney or Charles Goodyear just to name a few? Any of these names “ring
a bell”? All of these guys are on the club’s roster as well as so many others you
would instantly recognize. And just think, I’m a member in good standing of this
exclusive club too.So, what exclusive club is this and
how could I become a member of
this club you ask? What exactly
are the requirements to become
eligible to belong to a club like this
with such an impressive roster?
All you need to do to belong to
this club made up of such famous
and distinguished members – to
enter your name on this exclusive,
prestigious roster is;
HIT BOTTOM – FAIL – GO
BROKE.
Are these guys a bunch of losers?
If so, I’m in excellent company! -
Pee Wee: Serial Killer or Homicidal Maniac
A Novelized True Crime Story, Volume I
O. Grady Query
About the Book
Pee Wee Gaskins killed without hesitation and apparently without remorse over and over again. He did so as he meandered in and out of maximum security prisons where he spent more than half of his life. Sentenced to reform school at age thirteen he honed his skills in the use of extreme violence. The horror of his crimes is played out against the backdrop of one of the most rural areas of South Carolina during the tumultuous change from absolute segregation to forced integration.
In a lifestyle of absolute lawlessness Gaskins exercised a bizarre charismatic control over the women who surrounded him and ruled his little gang of miscreants with violence and murder. Sometimes driving a hearse and bragging of a private graveyard he maintained a macabre and confusing presence to those he encountered. Diminutive at five feet three inches and one hundred thirty pounds he feared no man and struck fear in most. Undaunted by arrests and imprisonment he conducted a crusade of murder
and mayhem over nearly three decades and killed more than fifty people. His motives were as varied as his methods.About the Author
GRADY QUERY is a practicing attorney in Charleston, South Carolina. He has written the story of Pee Wee Gaskins, based on his years of representation of the diminutive mass murderer. Court appointed to represent Gaskins Query spent hundreds of hours in court, visiting crime scenes, interviewing witnesses and simply listening to his client.
is book while fictional is based largely upon those experiences and the direct information gleaned from his time with Gaskins.
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