Reviews: "Scrambled Eggs and Mashed Potatoes" is incredibly entertaining and informative. The author, Herman Edel, shares outstanding bios of many fascinating people while entwining them with innovative, personalized glimpses into Edel's amazing life. Lighthearted, very funny and touching A must read. Gayle L. Van Voorhees
Reviews: "Scrambled Eggs and Mashed Potatoes" is incredibly entertaining and informative. The author, Herman Edel, shares outstanding bios of many fas...
It is 1895 in the wondrous resort, Taormina, Sicily. In the forest just outside the city a beautiful 18 year old girl is raped by the head of the local Mafia. His prime henchman is about to join in the fun. A young man stumbles upon them. He smashes the head of the henchman with a large shovel. The man is instantly killed. He then beats the Mafia chief almost to death. He carries off the girl to safety. Due to the Mafia involvement, they must leave the country immediately. They emigrate to the U.S. This quest for happiness in the states soon is attained. Within a month of their marriage, she...
It is 1895 in the wondrous resort, Taormina, Sicily. In the forest just outside the city a beautiful 18 year old girl is raped by the head of the loca...
The White Gospel Singer features a remarkable woman who is loved by all. She is beautiful, as bright as can be, and by far, the most giving of people. She believes that lying is a grievous sin and that one should listen rather than talk. She is, first and foremost, a fine wife and a wonderful mother. Her culinary skills are outstanding, and she also happens to be a splendid pianist and vocalist. Her one lack is that she has no self-ego with which to sustain herself. One night, her husband introduces her to gospel music, and she is smitten. She takes on the battle to become a gospel singer,...
The White Gospel Singer features a remarkable woman who is loved by all. She is beautiful, as bright as can be, and by far, the most giving of people....
Anthony Angus O'Donnell has lived a life of suffering, cruelty, and depravation, and it has created a monster. Born at the height of the Irish Potato Famine, he suffered indignities that only a cruel world can heap upon one so unlucky as to be conceived in Ireland at that time. As a child, the regular beatings he endured inspired in the young victim a burning desire to rise above and succeed. Determined to achieve his dreams, he decided early on that morality is no barrier to his goals.
There is no sin, no lie, no foul maneuver he will not use in this battle.
His journey through...
Anthony Angus O'Donnell has lived a life of suffering, cruelty, and depravation, and it has created a monster. Born at the height of the Irish Pota...
This book could be entitled "Come On In and Help Us Build This Country." The heroes of this work escaped to New York City from Iasi, Romania, in 1901. They entered our country with a huge smile on their faces, fear tearing at their hearts. They fought constant battles against prejudice. Early they learned that they would make it in this land if they did not let their woes overwhelm them. . The adults in this family spoke Romanian, Yiddish and English. They slowly lost their native tongues but never their accents. This is a story of a young man and his family who knew that they were as...
This book could be entitled "Come On In and Help Us Build This Country." The heroes of this work escaped to New York City from Iasi, Romania, in 1901....
