After a Vietnam War protest, Karen joins the Baltimore USO to support the troops. On a trip to Paris, she meets Omar who changes her life. They visit his family in Beirut and are caught up in the horrors of war. They return to Paris and marry before moving to America. Through faith and determination, Karen brings Omars family to America to start a new life. When her marriage becomes violent and abusive, she leaves to escape the violence giving her the chance to rebuild her life. Karens love for her son keeps her focused on being strong and positive about the future. She eventually meets Mark and remarries starting a new family. A dream and fate brings her past and present lives together giving her some closure to her past as she moves forward in her life. Her extraordinary stories, experiences and the diverse people she met, brings her story to life.

". . . what unfurls on the stage . . . is brashly, unapologetically entertaining. . . ." - The New York Times Here are six enthusiastically received plays by Charles Mee inspired by immortal artists: Matisse's Self Portrait, Picasso's Masterpiece, Van Gogh's Sunflowers, bobrauschenbergamerica, Hotel Cassiopeia, and soot and spit. "Charles L. Mee's fascinating and luminous bobrauschenbergamerica . . . is awash with warmth and has a vibrant emotional and intellectual center. . . . It's a stunner." - Variety ". . . bobrauschenbergamerica is a stunning tableau of dance, comedy, memory, feeling, and storytelling." - The Indypendent "Bobrauschenbergamerica is a dizzying, exciting collage of America." - nytheatre.com

Within the Bible are many references to gardens, from the Garden of Eden to the Garden of Gethsemane we can find the Divine. “Violet Roses” invites readers of all ages to journey the garden path where God calls each believer to share His great gift, His Son. A beautifully illustrated book of Christian prose poetry.

In the world of random dancing ghosts, the modern youth, Xiao Yang, was inadvertently brought into this world by a black hole. In this world where the strong were like trees, how could he survive? Once, by chance, he found out that he had the same devouring ability as the black hole, and he felt embarrassed that the world was mine ...

Love, and Other Saboteurs is the second book of poetry by Melissa Davilio, containing nature and recovery based poems written during her recovery from domestic violence and substance abuse.

This antique book comprises a concise but comprehensive treatise on budgerigar housing, breeding, exhibiting, management, and care, with notes on colour varieties and their reproduction. This is the perfect book for both prospective and existing budgerigar owners, containing all the information needed for successful budgerigar owning. The chapters of this book include: 'Housing a Budgerigar'; 'Appliances - Perches, Seed, Water and Grit Vessels, Seed Hopper, Greenstuff Holders, Nest Boxes'; 'Feeding'; 'Purchase of Stock - Choice of Colours, Source of Supply, Birds to Avoid'; 'General Management'; 'Breeding'; Et cetera. 'All About Budgerigars' has been elected for modern republication due to its educational value, and we are proud to republish it now complete with a new introduction to aviculture.

This book contains the treatment of one of the most important and the largest of the angiosperm families of Central Asian region—Leguminosae—with the exception of complex genera Astragalus and Oxytropis.