How to trace the history of the people and describe it with the thoughts and actions of the distinguished members of their society? How to convey the legends and reality of one civilization that is still alive and makes, as it's done in the past, a great contribution to the progress of humanity? Is there a reincarnation, or it is a fruit of science fiction? The novel offers you to believe in it, and only then comes the understanding of the past that brought us to the present and the curtain will slightly open on some aspects of the future.

The order between questions and answers is at issue. Is an answer truly produced by a question or is the question motivated by the answer? And is there a pairing between questions and answers? Over time the author has come to suspect that there may indeed be a great imbalance between the number of questions and the number of answers but that the imbalance lies in a greater ponderance of answers. The book was written for the sheer joy of writing it, to savor memories and thoughts, but also in the hope that it might provide some new grist for serious, thought provoking bible studies. It is not meant to provide answers, the answers are already out there. The hope is that it will generate some new questions. The chapter contents are meant to unlock other dimensions of view, provide a different coign-of-vantage, and help promote a deeper appreciation of the magnificent existence that surrounds and includes us. But the book is not for everyone. Some of the topics raised may offend some, though they are not meant to. It is tendered as useful for a bible study, departing from the usual catechetical approach of setting the questions and then developing the answers to comport with particular beliefs. The material is leavened with personal reminiscences that are intended to entertain, comfort, and soften any academic flavor that may be present.

Separatist Pilgrims, Swiss Anabaptists, Scots-Irish Presbyterians and Swedish Protestants hold different beliefs but those who immigrated to America were bound with a common thread. They sought the freedom to own land, to worship without fear-an archetypal American Dream no less real today. The author traces his familial roots to these four groups in an eclectic memoir-based, genealogical narrative lightly framed lightly by historical perspective. Readers who join the adventure can expect to make odd stops to review details related to the founding of a private Christian boys' school, the South Pacific of World War II, an American Revolution skirmish, a Babe Ruth grand slam, the New England Hurricane of 1938, the Scots-Irish incursion into North Carolina, the 1959 National Hockey League, the World Series, a prison camp in the War Between the States, the establishment of the Hershey Chocolate Company, a view of life on rural Long Island in the 1950s, the signing of the Mayflower Compact and the Puritan move to Long Island.

John Phillips, a 25 year old E-6 in the United States Army, stationed at St. Eustis, VA, wins a 127 million dollar state lottery. So what does he do next? He gets out of the Army and takes his 127 million dollars out to California and buys a mansion, complete with a

John Phillips, a 25 year old E-6 in the United States Army, stationed at St. Eustis, VA, wins a 127 million dollar state lottery. So what does he do next? He gets out of the Army and takes his 127 million dollars out to California and buys a mansion, complete with a

Careful, you might get what you've always wanted Meet Fenton Carmody who got everything he ever thought he wanted: a pretty wife, a job as a small college basketball coach, a Victorian house in a small Minnesota town. Now he's not so sure. He can't keep his wife and loses his child. His professional path is approaching a dead end; he drinks too much beer for his own good and the college's new dean is looking for reasons to fire him. To find his way, he consorts with an iconoclastic barber, a retired sculptress, a quirky team, a beautiful woman who owns a mysterious past, a widow on crutches, and an adopted stray dog. Then he encounters the challenge of resolving a rocky relationship with his father who unexpectedly arrives in town for an indefinite stay. Mix college basketball with a little magic, some intrigue, a bit of stargazing, a touch of romance, and some fly fishing and see where this offbeat story leads.