The Holy Water Incident

From an Innocent Teenage Life ... ... To a Nightmare of Torment and Pain William Dorian and his daughter Brittany learned the hard way that demonic possession is very real. This captivating book tells the shocking story of Brittany's possession that began at age fifteen, recounting the overwhelming trauma that evil entities can wreak on a family's quiet life. The Holy Water Incident reveals the heartache, frustration, and sheer terror that results when the family receives a cold shoulder from the local religious authorities and when the medical establishment's only solution is confinement in a psychiatric unit. With little help from ministers or doctors, Brittany and her father desperately seek allies in a grueling spiritual battle that forever alters the lives of all who are involved. Beginning with an innocent session with a spirit communication board and building in intensity to the point where multiple demons take hold of an innocent teenager's life, this story shines a light on the traumatic wounds a possession can inflict ... and the extreme measures a family will take to save their daughter from evil entities that are hell-bent on chaos and destruction.

A Message from Beyond the Grave What would you think if you received a fax from Heaven? Burke Aldridge passed away in 2005 at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. Before Burke’s death, he told his wife he would send her a fax from Heaven to let her know he was all right. Since his death, two doctors—who did not know each other—have seen Burke appear in their homes, and they both received similar messages from him. The doctors faxed letters to Burke’s wife, Faye Aldridge, documenting their after-death encounters and the content of Burke’s message. A Fax from Heaven tells this story, along with many other miraculous true stories as told to Faye Aldridge. The author has included many of her own inspiring lived experiences. These extraordinary events are God’s messages of hope. He is with us, and He reveals Himself in supernatural ways to those who listen with expectant faith. This book shares true stories of real people and real life-changing events in their lives!You will discover: Near-death and after-death experiences are genuine occurrences. God hears and answers prayer and He miraculously heals. God speaks audibly and through the Holy Spirit; also in dreams and visions. Angels really do appear in times of need. God is real and as close as our shadow on a summer day! Encounter Him for yourself!

Examines the People's Republic of China between 1949 and 1976 from an explicitly historical perspective.

Winter, Chicago, 1920: They planned to meet at midnight. They would run off together and marry. But something went wrong. A story of two lovers . . . For young Nathan Devlin and Julia Tharpe, that missed meeting cleaves their relationship and sunders their lives. Nathan goes to prison, bitter, blaming Julia for lack of resolve. Julia continues with her career, equally bitter, blaming him for unfaithfulness. Years later, Julia learns the truth of that nights failed elopement, and of the deception behind it. She sets out to find Nathan, now an escaped fugitive. Her search leads her in 1955 to the small farm town of Windmill, Indiana. There Nathan, still bitter at Julia, at his luck and at the world at large, is avenging himself on the hapless townspeople in a peculiar way: With magic. . . . And seven stories of supernatural mischief . . . For Nathan owns a collection of powerful objects which he now, in a final act of malice, sells to unwary townsfolk. To his seven customers, ranging from a grade-school girl to an aging charity-home couple, these ordinary-looking purchases quickly prove useful. Then things get out of hand . . . . . . All unfold to a climax in quiet, out-of-the-way Windmill, Indiana. Through these seven unfolding fantasy stories is woven, in flashbacks, the decades-long story of Julia and Nathans complex love affair . . . Their cruel betrayal by others . . . Their years apart . . . Their final reconciliation . . . And a secret finally revealed that will bind them once more. Windmill, Indiana. Where bad things happen to a good town. Books in the Windmill, Indiana series Welcome to Windmill Rabbits Foot Sweet Dreams Woman in the Rain Contact the author at [email protected] Cover photo by Judy Butz

A sprightly, deeply personal narrative about how gumbo—for 250 years a Cajun and Creole secret—has become one of the world’s most beloved dishes. Ask any self-respecting Louisianan who makes the best gumbo and the answer is universal: “Momma.” The product of a melting pot of culinary influences, gumbo, in fact, reflects the diversity of the people who cooked it up: French aristocrats, West Africans in bondage, Cajun refugees, German settlers, Native Americans—all had a hand in the pot. What is it about gumbo that continues to delight and nourish so many? And what explains its spread around the world? A seasoned journalist, Ken Wells sleuths out the answers. His obsession goes back to his childhood in the Cajun bastion of Bayou Black, where his French-speaking mother’s gumbo often began with a chicken chased down in the yard. Back then, gumbo was a humble soup little known beyond the boundaries of Louisiana. So when a homesick young Ken, at college in Missouri, realized there wasn’t a restaurant that could satisfy his gumbo cravings, he called his momma for the recipe. That phone-taught gumbo was a disaster. The second, cooked at his mother’s side, fueled a lifelong quest to explore gumbo’s roots and mysteries. In Gumbo Life: Tales from the Roux Bayou, Wells does just that. He spends time with octogenarian chefs who turn the lowly coot into gourmet gumbo; joins a team at a highly competitive gumbo contest; visits a factory that churns out gumbo by the ton; observes the gumbo-making rituals of an iconic New Orleans restaurant where high-end Creole cooking and Cajun cuisine first merged. Gumbo Life, rendered in Wells’ affable prose, makes clear that gumbo is more than simply a delicious dish: it’s an attitude, a way of seeing the world. For all who read its pages, this is a tasty culinary memoir—to be enjoyed and shared like a simmering pot of gumbo.

Through the generous use of personal anecdotes and the perspective of a historian, Round Trip to Rome: the Travelogue of a Returning Catholic recounts the story of one scholar’s twenty-year journey through Protestantism before returning to Roman Catholicism.

"Terror On Highway 46" Paso Robles, California: the present. A roadhouse has been built to feature Rockabilly bands from all over the country. The ambiance is of the 1950s: the old automobiles, Hot Rods, and the style and dress of Rockabilly.Young fans, basically females' bodies begin to turn up in dry creek beds, arroyos, and one hanging from the Salinas River Bridge. A Hindu professor who is giving a lecture in the area on obscure music of the 1950s, Dr. Sarget Guryak, puts forth the theory that an ancient Hindu demon, the Rakshasa, a shape-shifter who can assume any form may be behind the killings. Guryak himself is murdered with a broken spine and fractured neck with his head turned completely around. Welcome to Central California, who's next?

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I was born in Lewiston, a small town in western New York, to conservative, devout Catholic parents. I was at the hub of the town because I worked in my father’s drugstore from the age of four. I was labeled eccentric by my mother. #2 I worked at a drugstore as a child, and I was exposed to situations that were unusual for a child. I never had a meal at home, and I was surrounded by adults. My peer group became my coworkers. #3 I loved working with Roy, the pharmacist, because he was always in a good mood, and he made me feel like I was important. He never put off a good time, yet he always got his work done. #4 At 10:30 A. M. on Saturdays, all the employees had a break. We sat around the large red Coke cooler where the ice had melted and fished out our Cokes. I liked looking at things Roy-style, and when I was four, my mother taught me to read. Roy had been all over the United States.