A little-known, underused Department of Veterans Affairs program exists that can assist with costs for a wide variety of needs-assisted living, enhanced independent living, home health care and nursing homes among them. It's called the Veterans Non-Service Connected Disability Pension, or Aid and Attendance Benefit. However, you likely don't know about it because the government has rarely promoted it. Many thousands of wartime veterans or their surviving spouses qualify for this benefit. It might be you. In this vital book, financial planner, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and veteran's advocate...

The current issue features Hollywood-themed poetry and essays by our esteemed cast of new and established authors, including Dances With Wolves author Michael Blake, extraordinary poet Martin Espada, screenwriters Adam Rodman and David Milton, and a special lyrics package from Stevie Salas and lyricist/ poet John Doe. An interview with former Poet Laureate Billy Collins provides a fun look into the poet's mindset.

This book is a backstage pass to the ups, downs, and all-out craziness of arena rock deep discussions with Rod Stewart, jamming with legends like Mick Jagger and Justin Timberlake, gaining groupies, and striking out solo. Stevie Salas was one of many boys coming of age in the 1980s when the American dream was rock superstardom. As lead guitarist for a San Diego band, Salas played backyard parties and school dances and even scored the music for the cult classic Bill & Ted s Excellent Adventure. When he auditioned for Rod Stewart where he was the youngest band member by a decade Salas s life...

The stunning conclusion to the Satchel & Sword Series Nevaline and her best friend Cairine have braved jealous squad-mates, thieves, giant human-eaters, Harpies, her evil grandfather, brigands of the Caatlach Ocean, half-gods, and their self-doubt to try to obtain the Saluka Stone fragments. But, now, with the Kinlanders stronger than ever, another half-god to contend with, a woman with supreme Mythics abilities challenging Nevaline, a world war looming over Kordalis, and Micdian, the most powerful enemy of all, yet lying dormant in Mt. Oag, will Nevaline and Cairine be strong enough to...

BE PREPARED, BECAUSE YOU JUST NEVER KNOW... Forced to join a gang to gain the attention of parents who could care less, 15-year-old Brava Hernandez fended for herself in the heart of East Los Angeles, 2219. Drugs, robberies, gang violence ... nothing much had changed over the past two centuries. Her only escape was to watch the Sci & Psych Channel, which transported her imagination to galaxies far away. She learned yoga to control her inner pain, exercise to defend herself on the streets, and social interaction from the show hosts. The only person who ever helped her was her school counselor,...