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The forces of persuasion are all around us. What you might often consider a free choice is quite often the result of persuasion from one or any number of forces. Persuasion influences people to make decisions about what they buy, where they live, who they vote for, and who they love. Persuasion can change our views, change our acts, change our personality, and change our world.

In the Wild West, at a time when pioneers went west for a dream, one such family traversed the Oregon Trail to follow such a dream.... This is their story....

Their hearts were slamming against their rib cages. With shaking hands, they tried to be there for each other, support one another. The future had trapped them in the events that were set to traumatize them.

It is now 1939, two years after Sam and Howie solved the giant horseshoe mystery. Sam, age 13, and Howie, age 12, are now involved in another hazardous adventure.

Far from being a poet of note or the wordsmith I wish to be, I’ve been flattered by others asking how I do it. Without the benefit of salient literary instruction, I’m urged to write, as providential inspiration may move while caring immensely about the outcome. I have learned that writing poems is cathartic and a wonderful laxative for the mind. Thus, to that question, I responded with the poem Take a Thought…Wholesome and Good to describe my way. That isn’t to say all poets follow the same creative pattern, and surely they don’t—I boast only of myself.

Sam, age 11, is an eager explorer around the farm where he lives in rural Indiana during the 1930s. His cousin Howie, age 10, comes for a relaxing visit. This visit, however, soon turns into a hair-raising adventure as Sam and Howie embark on adventures and discover long-hidden secrets. Together they explore an abandoned log cabin on the farm and make a gruesome discovery: a skeleton in an underground tunnel, holding a horseshoe. Is the skeleton the result of a murder? Why is the skeleton holding the giant horseshoe?

Minimalism is more than a simple passing phase: It is a way of living one’s life simply and freely. What this means is entirely up to interpretation. To some, it does mean giving up worldly possessions and embracing the life of a vagabond. To others, it more closely resembles a tool that one can use to make more conscious, intentional decisions about the possessions in our lives. To Simple Man, it means living unpretentiously, modestly, and authentically.

Cavity City is a place where all mouths that were once good have now turned bad. A bad mouth could have been avoided. Numerous times, everyone was told what to do to keep a good mouth, but no one listened. Everyone ignored the steps needed to achieve a healthy mouth, as they assumed they would always have beautiful teeth. Until one day, everyone noticed their mouths carried a stench when they opened them, and their teeth were now discolored, dark with the presence of holes slowly digging in. What is this dark and dreary place every is now entering into? Learn from Cavity City!

We bring together these two books on Covid to look at it in a realistic way. Does it make sense to shut down the entire world for Covid? We don't think so! In the first book, we will attempt to answer some earnest questions which have arisen over the past year and a half during the Coronavirus "Pandemic".

In this short book, we will attempt to answer some earnest questions which have arisen over the past year and a half during the Coronavirus pandemic.

A sortie involving a moonless visit to a cemetery reputed for supernatural and threatening manifestations qualifies as a worthy nocturnal event for the boys. A condemned structure - formerly serving the county as a prison for the criminally insane is deemed irresistible. But highest on their list of destinations for adventure is a place that will haunt their memories forever: the old Gramercy house.

Many governments are starting to talk about the introduction of Covid-19 passports. Some society members are very concerned about this, seeing the possibility of abuse of the data collected. Critics pointed to how YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter have de-platformed users who do not comply with their mindest. These mega tech companies have destroyed some businesses that they deem inappropriate. This has been very much pronounced in right-leaning news stations that have not agreed with the mainstream media.

If you’ve been trading stocks and mutual funds or real estate, but are ready to make some serious money, learn the decisive strategies and unleash the money making technics of trading Forex currency.

Your brain can be your own worst enemy, but also your most powerful tool. Struggling with judgmental thoughts can be paralyzing and demotivating. If these thoughts are overwhelming you and if you feel as if you can’t get away from them, know that you can do something about it. By taking a few simple measures to manage your thoughts better, you will finally be able to shed that nagging, ruthless inner critic of yours and swap it out for one of confidence and empowerment.

This book tells many stories some lighthearted and some dealing with the darkness as lived through by an oppressed sovereign Scot by a dark English rulership, it is at times humorous, but also serious when needs be. It will show of a life under a tory government and hardships endured but with a true Scots resilience to overcome.

Retired sheriff Owen Parson finds himself trudging through the dull life of a cattle ranger with his brother, Henry. Life out on Oak Creek might not be as exciting as Owen is used to, but there are always surprises just around the bend. When a rustling cattle thief crosses Owen and Henry’s path, they find that outside eyes are very much interested in what’s going on at little ol’ Oak Creek.

Retired sheriff Owen Parson has been called back home to bury his father. His mother, eldest brother, and young sister are in attendance, but his younger brother Gil Parson is nowhere to be found. Gil is a gambler and a drunkard who frequents the seedy saloons and whorehouses of wild Arizona. When Owen Parson arrives at the town of Prescott, he finds his brother sobering up inside a jail cell. Gil has been arrested on suspicion of murder, a charge that he adamantly denies.

Harry leads a solitary existence, tending bar because it allows him to interact with people without becoming involved. His life isn’t a normal one, after all. When the woman perfectly dressed and groomed takes a seat in the shadows and asks for wine, something about her calls to him. He answers that summons, and it changes everything, for they have something extraordinary in common. His dreams, and hers, will never be the same again.

When a bounty hunter is hired to infiltrate a roving gang, he doesn't realize that he's up the creek without a paddle. He soon becomes the prey as vicious enemies seek to leave him dead in the bush. For, when this bounty hunter is cornered, he has to either kill...or be killed!

When one cowboy embarks on an action-packed journey to prove that his life has purpose after his willing participation in what many have called the single most horrific and cruel event in American history: the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864. This action-packed and dramatic story is the story of America and the story of one man's redemption. This exciting new Western from Clate West takes the listener on a one-man rampage as one man cuts through crime to get the job done and save his soul. As soon as he finds himself, the world will remember his name.