​The spectrum of cardiovascular disease affecting women in pregnancy and postpartum is changing and differs between countries. In the western world, the risk of cardiovascular disease in pregnancy has increased due to the increasing age at the first pregnancy and the worldwide obesity epidemic leading also to early diabetes and hypertension. In addition the treatment of congenital heart disease has improved leading to an increased number of women with residual heart disease reaching childbearing age. In the western world maternal heart disease is now the major cause of maternal death...

Altered Light is a story of now and of forever. What is happening to us and our world and why? Massive changes occurring on a global scale have seen our ways of living transformed in just a few decades. Is this all caused by human activity or is there a bigger picture we are not seeing? Altered Light provides answers to those questions, exploring not only historical sequence but the human choices that have shaped the world we know. At this critical time for human evolution there is a way we can all be part of the solution rather than the problem. That way is to embrace Altered Light and step...

The politically correct position espoused on media interviews is race doesn't or shouldn't matter in how we view people. Racism, as a social taboo, is usually swept under the carpet. When individual's private racist comments are broadcasted over the news, like Donald Sterling, they are almost always punished with employment termination or in Sterling's case, his NBA basketball team was taken from him. In reality, RACE matters and is institutionalized. Any attempt to discuss or deal with racial issues has become a social pariah that is better kept hidden, even though the results of racial...

Guys and gals seem preoccupied with finding themselves a mate, some for fun and others for lasting relationships. The problem is, modern day women are financially independent, educated, and are no longer passive. Instead, many of them have become the hunters, and unsuspecting guys have become their victims. Some are vampires who enjoy the hunt and sucking the lifeblood out of their prey. Guys need to beware that what she may appear to be on the outside, may not be what she really is

Over two-thirds of world's people believe in the existence of a singular God. Wars have been and continue to be fought by the followers of various religious groups who feel animosity toward each other, reflecting godly anger, killing and destruction. On the other hand, God is portrayed as a kind and just entity who is merciful and forgiving. He is a god who listens to his worshipers and answers their prayers. This book describes faith and attempts to communicate with God, who at times seem to answer prayers.

A heartwarming Christmas story in the tradition of the holiday classics It's a Wonderful Life and A Miracle on 34th Street.
A magical Christmas fairy tale to warm your heart
A magical Christmas fairy tale to warm your heart
Joseph Winter is a good and gentle man, but he carries with him the pain and regret of a childhood mistake.
When a package mysteriously arrives on his doorstep, he is invited on a path to redemption.
Traveling far from his cozy little home in St. Paul, Minnesota, into the snowy landscapes of the Arctic, his touching Christmas journey...

A nostalgic look back at growing up in the 1970s.
Minnesota, summer 1977.

Eleven-year-old Jack just found out he's going to have another little sister, which means the family house isn't going to be big enough for them anymore.

Now he has one last summer before he has to leave the one place he's always known as home, the neighborhood that has been his playground, and the friends he'll never forget.

This is a story of friendship and love, of things gained and lost. But ultimately it is about growing up, and those special moments in our childhoods that help shape us into the...