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Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - When CSA Lieutenant William Joseph Butler, or Billy, as family and friends know him, becomes a target of revenge for a wealthy planter on the Mississippi, Billy's father allows him to follow his brother into the army. Seventeen-year-old Billy finds his brother and regiment at Corinth, just before the battle of Shiloh in April of 1862. War is not what young Billy imagined it to be. Educated and inquisitive, he questions much of what he sees and experiences, and Billy finds himself contemplating the true nature and validity of the war he's fighting-and losing. After his first battle, Billy realizes glory is not a holy grail to be sought or bought-glory is made when soldiers are brutally slain, unable to strike the heroic pose. Yet Billy still finds reason to continue the war effort at each junction, risking losses beyond anything he has known in his short life.From the fragrant stalls of a livery stable to the bloodstained battlefields of the Civil War, The Other Side of Silence vividly portrays the life of a soldier who becomes disillusioned with war and the quest for glory.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - The Holocaust did not happen in a vacuum. Events had been building up to it for a long, long time before the Nazis came to power. German history, along with the supposed civilizing effects of Judeo-Christianity, are, thefore, traced from Roman times to the chaotic conditions after WWI which allowed a fanatical, nationalist dictator to came to power. The relentless infiltration of the Jews into Europe is outlined, explaining why they came. Also discussed is the inability of Germans to unite as a nation of German speakers and the disaster that befell Europe following Luther's protestant schism. Most importantly, the essential factor provoking the present day Muslim terror campaign against the West is pointed out. This work treats a number of highly important issues-the resolution of which will be essential to any harmonious evolution of humanity.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - These poems have been wrung through a random number generator, but alas! to no avail. For has not our American Buddha taught us that even '[a] great disorder is an order' In this volume, you will find\* love-songs-tempered-with-judgment to the author's adopted state\* expressions of affirmation and doubt\* love poems to the author's lifetime one-and-only from the time she was nineteen right up to the present\* several Christmas poems, including a new take on The Night Before Christmas\* modest tributes to some of the 'real' poets who have sustained him\* poems composed entirely of words of one syllable (watch for them!)\* some metaphors turned upside down\* nonsense pieces just for the fun of it\* philosophical essays and political rants\* sample cries of anguish or despair that might resonate with your experience\* sample expressions of delight, high spirits, or rhapsody that might resonate with your experience\* a randomly dispersed collection of minisonnets\* memories-tempered-by-distance of the author's native state\* 'hide-the-ball' pieces in futile emulation of (and occasionally in parody of) one style of presently fashionable big-time poetry\* pieces that poke gentle fun at time-weary literary clichés, even a piece that rhymes moon and June, a piece launched from the notorious dark and stormy night, and a piece begging poetry critics to lay off the tired and meaningless appellation, a new voice.Some of these poems have been rejected by the 'best' poetry journals in the country, including The Black Warrior Review. I like them anyway. I hope you will, too. At least, some of them! Some have appeared in The Sampler, an organ of the Alabama State Poetry Society. One appeared long ago in The Prairie Schooner. Unless you are as obsessive-compulsive as I am, you will not plough through this book from cover to cover. You will browse through it as you would through an antique mall, a flea market, or a garage sale, courting the excitement of surprises---or bargains even. …

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - A few years ago, two teenage girls were kidnapped and their names were given on the national news. Luckily they were found alive. It was determined that they had been sexually assaulted, and their names were not given after that. What is wrong with this picture We hear the name of every crime victim except the name of people that are sexually assaulted. We are protecting their privacy as if they have done something wrong. Rape is a crime just like murder, stealing, robbing a bank, carjacking and any and every other crime that we have to deal with as a society. Sometimes a rape victim is shown on television but her face is not shown because she is frightened that her rapist will come back to hurt her. This is understandable. However, when the rapist is in jail and the victim is on television her face is still hidden. Why Another question is why are rape victims reluctant to come forward and report that someone has just raped them Could the reason be that the rapist is the victim's boss, teacher, colleague, boyfriend, a family member, a casual acquaintance, or maybe a stranger Ungolden Silence is an exploration of how rape is treated in the United States. It is imperative to change the way that society looks and deals with this social taboo. Ungolden Silence is a novel that will leave the reader with many questions. It will also attempt to answer some of the questions that society asks but never seem to want to answer. We must look at the history of how men have been allowed to treat women. It is important not to just know the information, it is important to act on it. Ungolden Silence will explore the world of rape and expose the myths through articles that are based on facts. The main questions that needs to be answered in why one human being would rape another human being. These reasons are explored in the story. When any crime takes place, the families of the victims as well as the criminal are involved. Ungolden Silence will illustrate that the criminal is a real person, and rarely do they commit crimes just for the fun of it. It is important to know that rape is a part of violence. Through the characters of Ungolden Silence it is hoped that society will begin to find a way to eliminate the acceptance of violence, which includes the act of rape. It is imperative that society understands that rape does not stand on an island by itself. Rape is a room in the house of violence. When looking into the house of violence we cannot just go into the front door and head to the rape room. We must look at other rooms. One room we must look into is the room of abuse. When we enter the room we see that there are different kinds of abuse. They are sexual, physical, and mental. Again the main question is why a man or a woman will rape another person. While the answer is far too complex Ungolden Silence will attempt to give some possible explanation. The answers are not simple or exact. Each rape case is as unique as the persons involved -- both perpetrator and the victim. Ungolden Silence looks at this social taboo in a unique way. The Calloway Firm, where the owners and employees are African-Americans, sends two women to Washington D.C. to begin a campaign to create awareness about the disabled. Elaine Wilson, who is disabled, is in charge of the project. Beatrice James is her partner and goes with her. Their client, Mrs. Stevens is impressed with the professionalism that Beatrice and Elaine show as they share their ideas for the campaign to increase the awareness of the disabled. Mrs. Stevens is amazed to see that Elaine really is in charge of the project. The story changes when Mr. Thomas Paige, a very influential African-American in the city comes into the picture. Mrs. Stevens, though an extremely rich and influential American woman of European descent, is very excited to have Mr. Paige on the project. Beatrice is exhilarate.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This book begins when Lee Kaaler returns home from a weekend vacation on the Oregon coast only to find his apartment has been ransacked. He immediately calls the police, who discover there are no spoons in his apartment. They also tell him the burglary appears to have been well planned and professionally done, implying the burglar and his or her bosses thought Lee had something of value. He knows he owns nothing unusual for a bachelor, and certainly nothing valuable.A week later his parents' home is also burgled with the same result: only spoons were taken and all other valuable possessions ignored. When Lee tries to make sense of these events, he remembers that he in fact does own a spoon, a sterling silver spoon he inherited from his grandmother, but it is in his safety deposit box. The more he thinks about the spoon, the more he feels compelled to retrieve it. After doing so Lee takes it to his place and examines it carefully. While looking at it, he notices the image of a ceiling fan can be seen in its bowl. At first this surprises him; then it frightens him: there is no ceiling fan in his apartment! Quite suddenly, the image of the ceiling fan is replaced by that of a man, a man who speaks with a strange accent and says that he has been trying to contact Lee for many years. Even more distressing, he insists on referring to Lee as the 'Guardian'. SPOONWORLD: The Guardian and the FarCaller is the first of five books that tell of Lee's discovery of the powers of that spoon and of a counterpart whose family has a long history of contact with previous Guardians - the last of which was Lee's grandmother. As Lee strives to learn more about his heritage, he discovers he is being stalked by the Gerits, a family who learned of the Kaaler spoon through an accident that befell Lee's great great uncle. The Gerits already have a massive fortune, but want to use the spoon's rumored powers of seeing into the future to add political and commercial power to their holdings. This, the first SPOONWORLD novel, tells how Lee and FarCaller cooperate to harness their powers to battle the Gerits. Surprising Lee even more, he learns FarCaller has enemies on his world - the world Lee calls 'Spoonworld'. Lee finds himself helping FarCaller fight against threats to his life. Failure for either man to protect the other could result in losing a war no one besides them and the Gerits know even exists but, with such a loss, disastrous consequences could befall this nation.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Never has Tommy Noble been to another world or raced air-speeder boards over the ocean. Never before has Tommy met his mother or befriended a synthetic person. All Tommy knows is his plain boring life with his new stepmother Cathy who makes him clean all the time.All that is about to change when a mysterious box in the attic goes off. With it comes an invitation to Andor where he can finally meet his mother. Once there he finds his mother,aerial sports and friends with dangers lurking all around him. Can he solve Andor¿s mysteries before it is too late For children 9-16 years old.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - You've seen the images from Hollywood. Macho, tough, with an almost John Wayne air about him, the fighter pilot has been famously portrayed as a gallant warrior. Now, take a look behind the scenes at a different look at the fighter pilot. Gone is the mystique and sense of danger. Instead is a fresh look at the comical aspects of being a fighter pilot; events, scenarios, during war and during peacetime, that show quite a different picture of the 'hard as nails' image of the fighter pilot. Fictitious callsigns such as 'Maverick' and 'Ghostrider' are replaced with 'Moe,' 'Larry', and 'Curly.' Yes, there are scenes where these nonchalant, easygoing fighter-pilot types are racing through the sky, boring holes in the clouds, going supersonic; but it's how and why they are there that makes the story interesting. Shooting rockets at the wrong target, scrambling to takeoff in the middle of the night from a dead sleep, ejecting from the aircraft after breaking it apart on the ground, getting lost while airborne, frantically trying to strafe a Soviet jet --- these are all the stories about real flying that never make the headlines of the daily paper. Working hard and playing hard, the fighter pilot genre is shown anew, much to the reader's delight. Those who have pressed the edge and lived to talk about it know these stories; those aspiring to do so will simply be amazed, ready to stand in line for their turn.…

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Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This is not another 'diet' book. It is a healthy eating and drinking guide. This is the book you've been looking for that will tell you what you should and should not eat - and why - without going in to a lot of scientific jargon. Carbs are not the enemy. Neither are fats or proteins. Good nutrition is more than counting calories, carbs, fats and proteins. Good nutrition is getting the nutrients your body needs for good health, abundant energy and healthy weight control. This book defines food for you. Food Food is grown. Food is raised. Food grows in nature - in the wild. Food rots. Food has life sustaining nutrients which are imparted to you when you eat it. Food provides vitamins, minerals, enzymes, micronutrients, macronutrients, phytonutrients, antioxidants and fiber. Food is not made. Food is not manufactured. This book will tell you what is and is not food. It will show you how to look for chemical additives and hidden sweets. It will show you marketing tricks used by manufacturers to make you think you're getting healthy, real food. It will help you arm yourself against the onslaught of ads and false claims. Nature did not complicate food People are so confused about what they should or should not eat. It's not your fault! Nature did not complicate food for us. Humans have complicated our eating and drinking by manufacturing non-foods and marketing them in mammoth campaigns as food. The past two generations have grown up with grocery stores filled with boxes and bags of manufactured or over processed 'food' devoid of natural nutrients. Most of what is passed off to us in grocery stores and advertised in print or TV commercials has relatively few natural nutrients and bears little resemblance to what nature provided for us to nourish our bodies. It may have once been a natural, living food, but in its current form exhibits few original characteristics. Young Americans are craving information about healthy eating the way your body craves nutrient-providing food after being left unfulfilled from all the refined 'food' you give it. High school newspapers run series of articles on the various diets and diet plans student's friends and teachers follow. They are ravenous for advice and will take it from any and every source - creating even more desperation as the conflicting information causes further confusion. Never before has timing been so critical! I can't just sit back and read another article in the daily paper - such as 'Young People seek ways to lose weight; improve their lives' or 'Obesity will cut U. S. Life Expectancy' - without doing all I can to help. Go to the book stores. There are entire sections on diet and nutrition books. Some are written by doctors - even doctors of psychology. Some are written by actors, entertainers and other individuals who want to share their own success stories. Some are written by prestigious university nutrition departments - usually sponsored by food or drug companies. They all tell a different story, but don't emphasize the importance of eating whole, natural 'real', food rather than counting calories, carbs, fat or protein. With this book, there is no need for carrying around a food diary or pocket carb counter.…

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Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Oceans Of Time, the second installment of The Faery Chronicles is a masterfully, daring, and beautifully written novel set in fourteenth century Ireland. In the true fashion of a traditional Irish storyteller, Kisma K. Stepanich-Reidling guides us into the extravagant aura of the Otherworld, as she expertly portrays the richly dramatic and cursed romance between AinÃ(c), the Irish Faery Goddess of Love, and the historical Second Earl of Desmond, whose meddling in the black arts unleashes a demon upon the world. The ancient past weaves together with modern times through a battle between humans and demons, the outcome of which will affect both the Faery and human worlds.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - You may remember David as the boy who killed the giant with a slingshot. You may see him as the King of Israel. You may know that many of the Psalms are attributed to him. However, do you know how those Psalms were written Did he just sit down one day and decide to write a nice Psalm Nothing could be further from the truth. The Psalms were a natural part of his everyday experiences in prayer, admonition to the public, discourses with friends and music. Flight from Destiny Psalmwriter: The Chronicles of David, Book I is the first volume of a six volume devotional novel on David and his life. The boy who became a king may amaze you.oh not because he was extraordinary, but because he was so ordinary. He was just like each of us. Here is a boy who made his way through adolescence to manhood by the skin of his teeth. He fell in love and then lost his love. He acted crazy in front of royalty, showed great courage in facing the giant and yet was scared to death of those who hunted him for one purpose - to kill him. A number of hair-raising, exciting adventures - several of which bring him close to death will keep you on the edge of your seat. You may cry, but you will surely laugh at some of the hilarious situations in which he and those around him find themselves. Sometimes a person just needs to face life as it is and go on. David had a hard time with this thought. For years, he felt his anointing by Samuel had been for the purpose of killing the giant. He resisted the thought that it was for any other undertaking. This was not the destiny of a shepherd. Heroes were the ones who should become kings. Yet during this confusing time of his young adult years, he encounters four men that will have a mighty impact on his life. One of them will save his life and another of them will have the audacity to tap the warrior's chest in chastisement. Who will save the man and his followers when they are backed up against a chasm with six thousand soldiers against them The answer may surprise you. Get ready to empathize with David. Be prepared to experience his heartache, self-doubt, loneliness, despair, defeat and depression as well as his life of praise, prayer and victory. We will look in on his marital problems and raise his children with him. If we are ordinary like the man of this volume, then we may just see ourselves running from life sometimes - discouraged and defeated. We question God and search for him. In fear, we run from life's problems and although we may not have someone trying to kill us, we still struggle with our marriages and our children. We still hurt terribly when we have lost that mate or that best friend. We want to know what God's will is for us and how not to succumb to temptation and then when we do fall - how to come back to God with a contrite heart.…

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Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This book contains a collection of poems and plays written by Roberto Victor Illa. Roberto has a love of literature, science and history that is central to his life and identity and has written these works to share his passion with you.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - The first boy cap on the first boy haircut, for the first day of school. All the tragedy of all change in that haircut to mother. Epochal barbering that shears away an era of life! Mother has saved one lock from the ruin. Sweetest years are locked away with that curl in mother's drawer.First Day of SchoolCoal wagons are beginning to crunch the gravel driveways. They still use horses to haul coal in our town. The roar of anthracite down the shute draws all the children on the street. The coal man takes the ice man's place in their interest. The ice man's boy has gone back to school. Next week he'll be in football armor and his customers' children will cheer him as their hero.Signs of FallI'm not pounding her head. I'm just patting it. Der, der, don't cry, 'ittle baby. Can't I just rub it Why hasn't she got any eye winkers Won't she get dirt in her eyes What does she chew the air that way for I guess she's hungryNew BabyO, Dad, put it in the paper that Stewie found a snake. I'll tell you how to write it. Stewie Downs picked up a snake on the street where he lives an' swinged it round his head an' then he threw it away. Gee I 'most ran right into it on my tryke. I thought it was a piece of rope or somethin'.Know Somethin'Do you love me How much, a bushel Do you love Grammy a bushel too How much do you love Mummy Do you love the baby a bushel How much do you love Tip Just as much as the baby Mummy only loves Tip half as much as the baby. She loves the baby and me the same and you and Grammy the same. I asked her if she didn't love Tip as much as the baby and she said no he's only a puppy. Poor old Tippy. I love Tippy two bushels and the baby two bushels and you three bushels and Mummy four bushels.To Go To School - Or To Be Sick But this coldness in greeting the expected Spring is broken down at supper:'We played a marble game this afternoon,' begins the first grade member.'What was the game ' encourages his mother.'Keeps.'Then philosophic crunching of his toast.'Dad, will you buy me some more marbles 'Catalog's ComeBoys have to be nagged now about rubbers and coats. But the season is especially hard on dogs. While the ground is muddy the best-bred canine is persona non grata in kitchen or entry, but he cannot yet dig to bury bones and so his bones litter the yard to be confiscated by neat housewife or reluctant husband.Mud SeasonEditor's PrefaceThe roaring twenties were in full swing in Boston while my grandfather, Louis M. Lyons, was a reporter for The Boston Globe. After running down the big city stories of the day, he would take the 5:20 PM train north out of Boston to Reading where he would enter the family home on 24 Vale Road and greet those eagerly awaiting his daily return to being Dad.Capturing the poignant moments of home.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - MACHINE MAN: GENESIS Imagine. a new lease on life When 46 year old John Smith, a simple semi-recklossive artist living in NYC, falls victim to an experimental covert government project, his world dramatically changed. With his cancer riddled body renewed, but his mind in turmoil, he sets out to answer the many troublesome questions presented. However, falling in love with a beautiful young woman, and eventually accepting his situation, Smith tries to put his past behind, and live a simple and normal existence. But an evil and sadistic government with plans of total world domination have different plans for him and his newly found extra-ordinary abilities.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - That's The Way The Ball Bounces, is a memoir of a teenage soldier's some what unusual service as a Military Policeman in the Army Air Force during WW II. After basic training in Miami Beach the MP Company was stationed for over two years at the head quarters of a Replacement Depot in the English Midlands. The company was billeted in a dormitory like barrack with two men per room. After the war what remained of the company spent two months in Germany. This is both a personal and a social history of the then Army life and Military Police duties.…

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Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Time After Time takes place in 1942 and paralells the lives of two families. One a family from the World War II era and other from the Civil War era. An old plantation house intertwines the two.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Daniel and the Lions Den', the true story of an eight hour inmate is a compelling no holds barred story of humorous and disgusting anecdotes written by the author of 'The Father The Son and The Railroad Ghost' and 'The Straw Servant'. Dan Starrett spent twenty-five years in law enforcement and knows first hand what it is like to be in The Lions Den. One of the best ways to face the strain and stress of prison life is to have a cynical sense of humor and a desire to come out of The Lions Den 'Alive' when the long shift is done. I worked closely with Dan and he has made my day go by faster with his wit and humor . I can attest to the contents of this story because I am retired from the DOC. This is life behind bars at its best and worst and can only be described by this man who has 'been there , done that'. Prison violence goes from mild to unbelievable. The correctional officer does not have the best job in the world and is sometimes caught in the middle of the administration, the inmates and a speculating misinformed public that would keep him/her from doing their job. This story lends credence to 'Doing your eight and hittin' the gate.' If graphic sex and violence offends you, please do not read this story. This is reality. Ray McGuire, Yanceyville N.C. N.C. Department of Corrections Ret.…

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Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Shadrach Smith was 75 years old, in 1915, when asked to tell his story to the young reporter from Harpers. He was reluctant, but the reporter persevered. But it wasn't the story the reporter came to hear. Finding Shadrach in New Orleans near the outbreak of the war, 1860, he was fortunate to be a guest of a wealthy man who had a lovely and mysterious daughter named Suzanne. But he wasn't from New Orleans, and was trying to be objective about the war. Being somewhat educated, he sought employment as war correspondent for folks back home. His job led him into the shadowy world of intrigue. And after the battle of Shiloh it was even to faraway Britain. It was here he found the climax of his story. …

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Peter Faulkner, a graduate student in microbiology, called his wife to tell her he'd be late, and made the mistake of calling from his mentor's office. Catching Peter in his presumably locked office when he returned unexpectedly, Professor Jergens was enraged, mistakenly thinking Peter had seen secret material. The Professor's suspicions set in motion a series of events that, before they had run their course, led to numerous deaths that seemed to be due to some mysterious poison or infection. Peter found himself in the middle, accused of the murders, and fighting for his life to try to solve the mystery of what was causing the deaths. The agent was extremely mysterious, killing but leaving no trace of itself. Could Peter solve the mystery of this deadly agent, while being hounded by powerful and sinister forces that didn't want this secret exposed.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - The early 1960's were the years that segregation started to wane and civil disobedience tested police leadership. The police had broad discretion on the use of force including deadly force. Society demanded and pressured police to exhibit restraint and improve professional conduct. Police violence, tragedy, courage, dedication, compassion and misconduct are all revealed in this book. There are stories of police responding to dangerous encounters, humorous cases involving humans, animals and about police officers themselves. There are stories of high stress situations such as high speed chases, officers killed in shoot-outs, heroics in high-risk rescue operations, handling riots and labor strikes. The final chapters bring to light the challenges for a chief, in a small community, surviving a political mind field and with the loyalty and help of a few members in the department, a police organization was rebuilt which resulted in an extraordinary police team of men and women.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Margie Squires has difficulties. Folks in Glenville, Georgia, where she lives with her grandfather while her parents are overseas with the military, think she is different and hard- to-handle. And they have reasons to think that! After a date-gone-wrong, Margie has to suffer tales her 'escort' on that occasion has told and is telling. How her grandfather and friends push her past her silence is a mystery of this Easter season.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Some of the Angels in this book are of the canine variety, and a good-sized handful are human. The rest are teen-aged jokers, forgetful poets, interior designers, Vermont farmers, and a couple of vicious interlopers from another world. You may even know some of them.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Nothing Child is his fi rst book but he is currently busy working on a second one that also deals with urban street life that he grew up in and is so familiar with. This book was based on a true experience he had when he worked as a New York State correction officer.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - DACUS, A TALE OF POWERProspects of Mays' venture revive lustful passions of the invited few at his northern Arkansas retreat. The proposal accepted, he recoups his alias, Dacus, and demonstrates the power cloaked strategy to ultimately resource raw gold from the Caribbean seas.To fund operations, an intricate and risky means is employed. Their gaming hit incites rampant unpredictables. Around the slammed conglomerate, scandalous affairs and shams erupt.Politicians vie.Vested entities and the gold cartel, invaded, try to avenge.After a latent slip-up occurs on the luxury cruiser, Dacus blocks adversaries again and eludes even satellite detection.But destiny is threate.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Author Jerry Fritzke flying first class in the cargo-rigged DC-3 into Kikwit, Zaire Africa. This is one of many flights he has taken in several out-of-the way countries around the world, such as Oman, Abu Dhabi, Sri Lanka and several times here in Zaire to solve a myriad of problems. Although each problem had a technical slant, the solutions to them were usually made simply by 'being there' and working with the people who did this work every day. As a result, there were many side benefits, such as exciting rides over waterfalls and looking into the face of thirty-five foot high 'standing waves in the middle of the second largest river in the world. A crash here meant no rescue. Meanwhile, Jerry's wife Irene had to read headlines in the local newspaper saying 'Walnut Creek Man Missing in Africa' one week after Jerry left for Zaire. He's still around though.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Passionate, rebellious, and always searching, writer and artist Lana DeGeorge Santorelli takes her readers on a journey through the heart of life. Brainy, curious, and profoundly reflective, her poems draw us into a dream world, wrapping us in their spell. Santorelli compels attention, her direct, fearless voice intimately revealing a world of longing and rapture, a realm in which humans walk with the angels, tied to both earth and spirit. Intense, pure, and committed to life, she shakes up the world-both her own and ours. 'I just love to provoke,' she says, 'I can't help it. It's my nature.'.…