The Uranium Factor tells of the human struggles between the desire for peace and the personal crises of war. Steven and Jennifer Lambert, the hero and heroine, are both activists for national and for world peace. However, they are at war with one another until finding common ground when they are forced to fight for their personal survival.

"Spiritually Spooked" demonstrates, for the reader, that relationships either drive an individual's spiritual growth toward their destiny or impede it. If the reader hasn't discovered their destiny; their reason for being, this book may generate the discovery. For whether one is reading poetry, the prose of the Biblical-character monologues, relationships influence the individual's choice that is fed by spiritual faith's guidance or is fed by self-trust that hasn't sought God-knowledge from the Bible. This writer develops the perceived reality that the life lived IS identity- not one's name...

The scarab is a story of rebirth and renewal...for a people, a family, and a young man who is searching for his place in life. Arns Levi labeled himself a misfit both at home and away from it. Born a Cheyenne and then orphaned, Arns was raised by his Cheyenne grandparents. His outlook on life gradually shifts from being one of bitterness and regret to one being filled with promise and opportunity. Arns struggle in understanding racial tensions leaves him in a constant tug-o-war as he strives to gain perspective on what his purpose is in life. Seeking answers, he comes to understand how faith,...

When an ordinary little girl becomes a princess and when the smallest of all hummingbirds becomes the Magnificent, a fairy tale is in the making. Join author Dorothea Condry-Paulk as she delights young readers' imaginations while teaching valuable character lessons in The Legend of Princess Lisa and Jeremy Hummingbird. Dorothea Condry-Paulk received a Master's degree in creative writing from the University of Central Oklahoma in 1974. Published in the play, the short story, feature articles and poetry, Paulk has pursued writing fiction, wheat farming and farmland management since retiring...

Every one of these stories is a memoir, even thefairy-tale: "The Legend of Jeremy and Princess Lisa." A hummingbird did indeed try to sip nectar from the lips of Lisa in a circumstance similar to that in the story. What isn't fact, of course, is everything else in the story. In other words, a truth inspired the story. All of the stories range in truth from absolute truth with the names and places changed to protect identities, personal accounts of my own to the TINY truth of the Princess Lisa story. Some are "as-told-to-me stories though first person is used to create greater interest. A few...