The Call by Derald Hamilton

Satire and the supernatural blend together in this humorous but disturbing account of divinity school and the people who are drawn to answering the call to ministry. The story is conveyed in the first person through the eyes of Ishmael O'Donnell, an observantg yhoung man who wrestles with familial dysfunction, possession by the spirit of his long-dead twin brother, and a quest for purification from both. The book chronicles the events that lead up to his seeking out seminary as a means of attaining this purification. Upon his arrival at seminary and his three year journey through the curriculum, he finds himself engulfed in an unending torrent of duplicity, impertinence, and societal abnormalities within a communal setting of characters so driven, tenacious, over-the-top, and supercilious, it hurts. The mocking inner voice of Ishmael's twin reverberates louder and louder as he desperately tries to come to grips with what is taking place about him, while discovering who he is within the confines of a cloistered setting he finds to be inundated with its own unique form of madness. And when he finally does obtain the key to his purification... but such things are not revealed second hand.

• Paperback
• Publisher: D HAMILTON BOOKS; 1ST edition (2011)
• ISBN-13: 978-0984619207

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Best Thriller of New Mexico: Red, White and Dead by Jeffrey A. Friedberg

New Mexico private eye Jack Vane had no choice. The Mob kingpin, Yaakov Irgun decreed either he take the case and succeed in finding what Irgun wants, or Jack dies. The problem is Irgun wants Jack to find the lost treasure of Spanish Conquistador Francisco Coronado, worth billions, and probably only a legend. The case embroils Jack in inescapable clashes with death that leave him accused of serial murder. Since Jack is suffering from strange blackouts, he doesn't actually know whether he's guilty or not. Police Lieutenant Desdemona Warchovski--Jack's manic ex-girlfriend who is still enraged over his jilting her--is determined to find Jack guilty, or gun him down, or both. The situation becomes even worse when Jack discovers a mysterious international cabal also seeks Coronado's lost treasure with the goal to finance a vast conspiracy to steal New Mexico's energy riches. This scheme will wreak environmental havoc and destroy Indian sacred lands. And this group wants Jack to double-cross the mob to help them--or they will kill him before even Lieutenant Warchovski or the mob--except they will make it hurt a lot more. The clock is counting down. Jack is a fugitive, fearful, and alone. He must find the treasure and the killer--even if it turns out to be him.

• Paperback: 290 pages
• Publisher: Jeffrey A. Friedberg (September 14, 2011)
• ISBN-13: 978-0615541303
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches

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If You Had to Choose, What Would You Do? by Sandra McLeod Humphrey

Is it wrong to sneak into the movies if your big brother says it's okay? If "everybody" is cheating on the math test, shouldn't you, too? What if telling the truth gets your best friend in trouble? It's never too early for us to begin talking to our children about values and helping them define and clarify their code of moral conduct. This is a great way for them to build self-confidence in their ability to work through everyday problems! The 25 situations presented here and the thought-provoking questions at the end of each scenario have been developed to help you talk to your child about social and moral issues in a natural and non-threatening way. What an entertaining way to learn vital life skills!

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
• Paperback: 115 pages
• Publisher: Prometheus Books (October 1995)
• ISBN-13: 978-1573920100

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RE:: RE-newing, RE-inventing, RE-engineering, RE-positioning, RE-juvenating your Business and Life by Al Lautenslager

As consumers wrestle with tightening credit, economic uncertainties, unemployment, debt, the housing crises, global unrest, and prognostications of doom and gloom, doing something different is more important than ever. Repositioning, reengineering, reinventing, renewing, rejuvenating and reenergizing are all rising in priority as they relate to improving businesses, careers, hopes, dreams, personal development and life in general.

Life improvement, battling status quo, the pursuit of happiness, and dealing with change are all or in part, on the mind of many today. All of these are related to improvement, and doing things again or different. “RE:” is the response to the point in time, life and history that our generation is in.

Wishing and hoping are not strategies of action. “RE:” will motivate you to take the necessary action, make the necessary decisions, and take the necessary control of your life, direction and future so that you can live the life you want and live it the way you want to live it.
“RE:” offers tools, tips and techniques to further the knowledge, skills and resources for growth and development and most of all improvement, presented as re-structured knowledge into bite-sized solutions for all readers.

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Morgan James Publishing (November 1, 2011)
• ISBN-13: 978-1600379925

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