This book will describe the pros and cons about the Livery (Limo) industry in Chicago through my 24 years experience as a public and corporate Chauffeur on the field or at the corporate offices never before mentioned in any aspect of the transportation industry.  Let's take a ride and find out.

You would never associate tree climbing goats or Fengshui with international finance. Banking with Chopsticks will definitely change your mind...

Based on my professional life as an Investment Banker, it is a personal insight into the world of international finance and various cultures, with a focus on China and Japan. The book starts in London in 1986, the year of the deregulation of the banking sector known as the Big Bang and ends in Geneva with the latest financial crisis of 2008. It touches on episodes of financial malfeasance,  the Asian crisis and a few other episodes. Banking with Chopsticks describes how it felt rather than going to length about the technicalities.

This fictional story, interlaced with historical facts, depicts events experienced by many families who left Cuba personified in the lives of five children who migrated unaccompanied to the U.S., their lives in Cuba and their arrival in the U.S. THE FIVE SEEKERS escape through Operation Pedro Pan. Since I came to the U.S. as a political refugee with my parents, I have always longed for Cuba to be free again. This desire motivated me to write this book where I can show the readers a picture of Cuban history, the reality of Communist Cuba, and possible solutions to bring about a Free Cuba. Operation Pedro Pan (Peter Pan) was a clandestine operation created by Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh that ran from 1960 to 1962 and moved more than 14,000 unaccompanied minors from Cuba to the United States when the Castro regime was threatening to indoctrinate these minors after winning a bloody revolution. The novel’s characters undergo experiences, both in Cuba and in the U.S., which shape their personalities, their love for Cuba, and their anger for those who destroyed what was a thriving country until 1959.

In flashbacks offered throughout the story, we learn the background of each of the five main characters, their experiences in an orphanage in the U.S., as they all grow up from small children alone in a new and unfamiliar country, to successful and well-educated men and women who are obsessed with the idea of giving the freedom they now have, back to Cuba. The novel not only describes their immense and difficult quest, but also their personalities, their solid faith in God, and the strong bond that their quest creates between them. This bond is the glue that makes their operation go forward. One of the girls, Juliana, a main character, becomes a strong and brave woman while executing the most dangerous assignments in the story. They then hatch a plan to bring democracy back to Cuba. In the story, set in the Ronald Reagan era, they name their audacious scheme Operation Oro Negro (Black Gold). It entails having secret meetings with government officials, encounters with Cuban patrol boats on the high seas, and hydro-logical science studies, to prove the presence of massive oil reserves under the waters surrounding the island of Cuba. Would the U.S. government make the decision to invade Cuba because it has secretly discovered ample oil reserves?

Jimmy Crikey, the orphaned alien chose to make his life in Roombelow, on Earth. He is not magical, but he has unique skills that come in useful when his friends need help.

Roombelow suffers from the after-effects of the attack by rock-chewing Scarab beatles and even the Aquamites’ world is crumbling.

A hole appeared in the Aquamites’ Emerald Lake. The lake began to empty and thirty Aquamites were swept away to end up in the lake of the Tritians.

Rescue cannot come soon enough because the Tritians live in a radioactive environment that poisons the young Aquamites, and Jimmy’s close friend Annison is in trouble.

Jimmy organised rescue for the young Aquamites by his advanced, home race from the star world of Attalia. Twenty-eight Aquamites were saved, but one was beyond help. Annison refused assistance until all her friends were treated. As a result, Annison slipped into a coma from which the Attalians could not revive her.

Annison is doomed to a living death unless Jimmy can call upon aid from a higher authority.

War kills everything, beyond mere material and physical destruction! In this military thriller, experience the 1972 Easter Day Invasion of South Vietnam from the perspective of someone who had the unenviable job of pulling the trigger. Killing on a daily basis as a dissolving sense of reality sets in. Known as the gunline, positioned a few hundred yards off the coast, the ship has entered the fresh-air mental asylum of Indochina.

Disoriented and surreal, the crew watches tanks battle on the beach and napalm transform vibrant green landscape into molten red and orange as fireballs devour both oxygen and vegetation. Disillusionment sets in. With it, the destruction, exhaustion, humor, and terror of war. The astonishing intimacy among shipmates, along with their regrets and mental anguish, is underscored by the fundamental struggle for survival.

In this true, historically accurate story, the author takes the reader on a psychosomatic roller coaster from indifference to reality. From combat to the best liberty ports in the world. From inner conflict and suppressed emotions to guilt, regret, and post-traumatic stress. From serving your country to experiencing scorn and hostility back home. In the face of such tragedies, stories perhaps, are the best memorials we have. In unflinching detail through vivid and poignant language, the author leaves nothing to the imagination.

Where had it all gone wrong?
In war, we all lose

Cozy Fall Designs: Relaxing Coloring Book for Adults

Get ready to relax and enjoy the coziest time of the year with Cozy Fall Designs: Relaxing Coloring Book for Adults.

Each page is created to help you feel calm and stress-free as you color lovely autumn scenes, including a reading nook, hay ride, pumpkin patch, wooded path, bubble bath, quaint homes, marketplaces, and so much more!

Why You'll  Love This Book:

• Relax and Unwind: Coloring is a great way to relieve stress and enjoy quiet time.
• Your Choice of Fun: These designs come in various skill levels, so you can choose what speaks to you.
• Feel Better: Coloring helps you relax, feel calm, and get in touch with your creative side.

If you have Spotify, you can discover the Cozy Fall Designs playlist! Let go of even more stress, worry, and anxiety during your coloring time as you listen to this handpicked blend of music

Embrace the magic of autumn and treat yourself to a bit of relaxation. Cozy Fall Designs is waiting for you!

The nightmare is only the beginning

From bestselling horror writer Steven LaChance, author of the true horror classic The Uninvited, comes his first novel in his Modern Monsters Series, GLOW.

Continual horrific nightmares can cause serious PTSD. When you connect the PTSD and sleeplessness together, it is a recipe for trouble. 38% of people in the United States alone suffer from sleep disturbances, which lay fertile ground for sleep paralysis, hallucination and sleepwalking - stepping outside of their dreams and impacting their waking life. Once this happens, it's a scary, slippery slope. There have been actual reports of people stepping out of windows in their sleep, trying to escape the object of their nightmares. It is an even more frightening thought when you consider nearly 20% of our youth are out there in the world having nightmares. Some of them are having these nightmares at least once every night and often multiple times.

The ancient evil Glow takes you into the realm of everything you have imagined nightmares to be and how they can turn into a viral monster. Once Glow steps into your dreams, there is no turning back from this modern monster madness.

Glow is inspired by real nightmares, events and research into the unexplainable.

Welcome to the world of Glow

The first book in Steven LaChance's Modern Monsters Series.

What can a guy do when all the good women have left earth to go to the paradise exo world called Eros? Does he sulk in his loneliness or purchase a quality posh matosh booty-bot to spend his love with? And on Eros, what can a women do who's being exploited for her beauty and her eggs?

Something deadly blooms in this brilliantly dark and moving domestic thriller from the author of Forgotten Dark and Doctor Glass.

When Rachel and her husband Adam move to Maple Cottage in remote Cheshire, it should be the fulfillment of their dream to start a family.

Haunted by her past and challenged by events around her, Rachel finds that her home is not the sanctuary she envisaged—and neither is her marriage. Adam’s temper rages when he discovers he is infertile. She seeks solace in the arms of her gardener and falls pregnant.

Dreams become reality—and a garden grows, but as every gardener knows, even the most beautiful plants can be poisonous.

Can Rachel find the happiness she craves, or will the toxic past take root and lead her down a dark path?

Why you Must Read …. ‘Evolving The World’ …
Do you need more ‘Guaranteed Income’ every month for the rest of your Life? How would you like to get paid ‘double’ or more for doing the ‘exact same job’ that you have, and work ‘half the hours’ on your same job? Or get paid in your retirement if you are over 50 years old! And what if all of your children got paid a very lucrative income as well, while still in school, without having to work for it? Would you like to have ‘all’ of your debts ‘paid off ‘ for you, for free, and have no future debts at all, and fully own your home ‘mortgage-free’ immediately! … and legally 'pay no income tax' at all? This is all possible for ‘Everyone’ globally, if we all agree to adopt this Highly innovative New Money and Employment System as presented in this Life-Altering New Book! This bold new innovative ‘money system’ will cost you ‘nothing’ and give you ‘everything’ you need!

Buy this book to support ‘The Movement’ that will make this happen! This is ‘Absolutely Not’ some scam about a get rich quick scheme! This book is about a ‘Major Disruption’ and epic ‘Transformation’ of the entire Money, Financial, Banking, Taxation & Employment Systems! Yes, this is a ‘Big Book’ but it is packed with ‘highly valuable’ information, that can ‘Evolve’ your world, and the ‘whole world!’ You will feel Henry De Lima's 'passion', see his 'vision' and resonate with the undeniable wisdom of the humane and Evolutionary Transformations that he eloquently presents in this epic book!

Additionally it includes Health, Wellness and Weight Loss information as well as two of Henry De Lima's very unique and highly thought provoking psychological and philosophical theories presented here for the very first time.

"It is easier to deceive people, than it is to convince them that they have been deceived...
and we have all been deceived!"

We have been enslaved, lied too, scammed, burdened with debt and taxes, and had our 'intelligence insulted' for far too long, the information in this book can 'change' everything! Are you tired of all the stress and nonsense? Over 70% of people are living and struggling from 'paycheck to paycheck' and are mostly broke. There is a way to ‘end’ all of that, once and for all! Financial Freedom, Debt-Free, Guaranteed Income!

The Omni-Rich System will 'Free All of Us' from the enslavement of financial stress, the economic scam, government, corporate, central bank and elitist corruption and control... and from employment slavery, and from political, religious, and educational indoctrination.... as well as legal, medical, and Big Pharma corruption!

“Evolving The World” is a ‘New Groundbreaking Book’ that ushers in ‘game-changing’ innovations and solutions poised to 'obliterate worldwide poverty', eradicate all burdens of taxation and debt, and ‘empower’ every man, woman and child to thrive in Financial Abundance, Better Health and Freedom beyond imagination! This book is inspirational yet controversial and provocative, but ‘Vitally’ important for ‘everyone’ to read! The sooner you read it, the sooner it will happen! The timing is perfect!

This is what the World has been waiting for …. This is it! A Metamorphic World Evolution!

A World-Changing Must-Read Book by Henry De Lima “The Freedom Equalizer”

In 1915 Ohio, anyone entering the Amish Charm Bakery is greeted by the sweet warmth and delicious fragrance of cinnamon and vanilla wafting from freshly baked cookies and pies. And newcomers to this Amish community will find friendship on the menu, too—and perhaps for a lucky few, even lasting love . . .

Rachael Schlabach’s first chance for a husband ended in a tragic accident that left her with a limp. Though happy to work in the beloved Amish Charm Bakery, she hasn’t abandoned her romantic dreams, but she has focused on a widower with two adorable kinner she would love to raise as her own. Then handsome, single Caleb Yutzy arrives on the scene . . .

Caleb is eager to court pretty, warm-hearted Rachael, and tells her so. But their frank conversations reveal a truth that dashes her hopes—Caleb very much wants kinner, the one thing Rachael can’t give him. Even when Caleb assures her it’s no matter, she can’t bring herself to be so selfish. Yet love is beyond all planning, and with faith Rachael and Caleb may discover the lifetime of love they were meant to share . . .