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The World War II experiences of a 34-year-old man drafted into the U.S. Navy in early 1944. Told in his own words, the story describes induction and boot camp, and then being assigned to an unfinished LST. They sail down the Mississippi, through the Panama Canal, across the Pacific, and into action in New Guinea and the Philippines. Among the missions are the invasions of Lingayen Gulf and Leyte Gulf. War's end finds the ship in the Philippine...

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Scena prima Coro Lasciati a guardia della patria terra E delle immense sue dovizie siamo, Come i più vecchi: e al fido incarco, ei stesso Il Re, Serse di Dario, in Grecia i Persi A guerregiar traendo, eletti c¿ebbe. Ma un non so qual presagio infausto in cuore, Circa il tornar dell¿opulenti squadre E del Re nostro, omai ci angoscia.

Meet Anna Makeninsky, a bouncy young girl everyone calls Anna Mak. Her funny misunderstandings and curiosity lead to problems for her to handle her way. In book one, Anna introduces you to her family and her neighborhood.She meets the new neighbor whose house may or may not be haunted.She starts kin-dee garden and is excited about the garden. She shares her versions of school activities. She enjoys a no-school snow day. She takes dance lesso...

Wally is an eleven-year-old whizz-kid who builds robots that perform everyday tasks like weeding and ironing. Word of his talent spreads, and when the sinister Dr Criplash offers him a small fortune to build a special robot, it looks like an opportunity too good to refuse - his family needs the money. But Wally is horrified when he discovers what the robot will be used for. He and his friends are soon plunged into a world where nothing is what...

Mary Rackner was shot and killed while relaxing in her backyard. The police were making no progress, so Mary's good friend Christine hired smart, sexy supersleuth Amy Bell to solve the case. There were many people with a clear motive to kill Mary, who was leading an effort to make draconian curriculum changes in the private high school where she was a trustee. But was that the only possible motive? Not necessarily, as Amy soon discovered. ...

Chaos. The very word can send a shiver down the back of even the most seasoned educator. But what if you could combine creativity and chaos together? What if you could provide your elementary students with learning experiences that were fun, educational, and had a dash of theatre, too? Then you've got all the elements of Creative Chaos. These lessons are designed to not only train arts educators and general education teachers in methods to i...

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAD THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE? I grew up fairly simply during the 1970s and there have been many changes around me, since then-it can be overwhelming at times, but I kept up! This book is primarily, for the person who grew up in the 2000's and who do not understand what life was like before Smartphones, Netflix and TikTok memes took over their brain space. I see the advantages of both eras-things were slower w...

Widget loved staying up all night, but it caused problems. He couldn't wake up in the morning and was always late getting to school. One day, he came to breakfast with dark circles under his eyes and slumped on the table. Aunt Beep asked, "Why are you so tired today?" He sighed and replied, "I lost track of time and stayed up all night playing games." She gave him a concerned look and said, "Staying up all night makes the day hard. Your body n...

Widget's eyes lit up when he saw his aunt walk through the front door. He rushed towards her, "Aunt Beep! Aunt Beep!" he exclaimed, wearing a mask and a blanket tied around his neck for a cape, zooming around the room, "Today I watched my favorite superheroes on television. They are so cool!" She ruffled his hair affectionately. "Television is cool, but let me tell you something even cooler. Real everyday superheroes are some of the most amaz...

All the kids in the neighborhood loved spending time in Widget's secret hideaway treehouse. They enjoyed hanging out, allowing their imaginations run wild. On this bright and sunny Saturday morning, they were bored. Gidget sighed, "I wish we had something to do." The group suggested a few ideas, but none were very interesting. Then, Bolt sprang up with a grin. "I've got an idea! How about a storytelling contest? The person who tells the wildes...

I watch from between slats in the wall of our house, shamelessly spying, yet I stare, breathless, and can't turn away. I sear this image into my brain-this moment, so special and beautiful. And so entirely ordinary. -Journal, August 21, 1972 This is a book of stories. This is a book of history. This is a book of tradition, drama and mystery. The U.S. Peace Corps provided Dina an avenue out of the only world she had known, and took her into the...

By the age of six, John Varda had already been twice a refugee. A member of the Hungarian Székely, traditionally thought to be descended from a son of Attila the Hun, his community was thrice relocated under treaty agreements as the countries of Eastern Europe jockeyed for territory, both through alliances and brute force. They were finally settled in Tolna County, Hungary, after World War II. From the ages of eight to nineteen, John was a fir...