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In Imperial Russia a lad named Povilas, aka Pavel, struggles to find significance to his life. Averse to farming and conscription into the military, he aspires to succeed on his intellect. At eighteen, he goes to St. Petersburg to work as a metallurgist at the Putilov factory. He learns his co-workers are a group of anti-Czar proletariats. Seeking happiness, he travels to work at a factory that produces cannonballs. He finds the love of his life and they start a family. Soon he is sought out by the government because of his knowledge in metallurgy. They send him to serve in the Russo-Japanese War half a world away. After Russia’s defeat, Povilas anticipates a revolution and escapes on the Trans-Siberian express. How will he protect his family?

I believe that housing is a human right. In the United States, a very wealthy country, there is no excuse for homelessness. Section 8 of the housing act that established public housing was revised in 1974 to create an excellent new program. The new Section 8 program provided federal funds to help households afford the rent in existing housing. The program also gave developers assistance to create new or renovated affordable housing. I was an advocate for the program when it was enacted in 1974, and I proposed a successful amendment allowing large families to pay only 15 percent of income for rent.

Chasing more than treasure

Travel back to the sun-soaked streets of 1970s California in this lighthearted, slice-of-life detective novel. Thirty-five years have passed since the SS Rex, a popular gambling destination for the citizens of LA, owned by the equally popular Tony Cornero, was robbed for a million dollars, a treasure that was then lost in the Santa Monica Bay. When part-time private investigator Kit O’Banion is called in on a new case for his detective father, what should have been a simple money drop leads to murder, blackmail, loan sharks, and a treasure hunt.

The high cost of building affordable housing in New York, and cities like it, has long been a topic of urgent debate. Yet despite its paramount importance and the endless work of public and private groups to find ways to provide it, affordable housing continues to be an elusive commodity in New York City―and increasingly so in our current economic and political climate. In a timely, captivating memoir, Carol Lamberg weighs in on this vital issue with the lessons she learned and the successes she won while working with the Settlement Housing Fund, where she was executive director from 1983 until 2014. Lamberg provides a unique perspective on the great changes that have swept the housing arena since the curtailment of the welfare state in the 1970s, and spells out what is needed to address today’s housing problems.

In the quiet corners of a small neighboring town in Massachusetts, a love story unfolded that would leave an indelible mark on the heart of its narrator. This tale is one of young love, chance encounters, and the enduring power of affection. It all began during the tumultuous junior high years when our protagonist was still finding his way through life, a time marked by insecurity and the quest for identity. During this challenging period, an unexpected turn of events set the stage for a story that would shape the course of his life.

The Only Authentic of Persuasion: the Agenda-Spin Model (Authors Press, 2022 )

Man and woman are the persuading animals.

There is no overriding issue more important in most people's daily life, life's pleasures and all of political matters than persuasion.

Many, if not most, matters are largely wholly related to persuasion, defined in this work on the Agenda-Spin theory, as the struggle of people to determine for their chosen audiences: 1. What we talk about and 2. What it means.

Persuasion is not the only determinant in life, and there are some matters mostly outside of persuasive control, such as congenital illness, physical attacks, weather, death, etc. Even these, however, will have elements of choice and certainly vary in spin and/or interpretation.

This work, unlike virtually every other work on this topic, examines persuasion as within the power of the persuader, not as the result of inexorable demands of reality, except in the cases listed above.

A young designer gets entangled in a murder and the murderer is after her. After attacking her once, she moves to a friend's estate. No one knows that he is the father of the killer. At the estate, she makes friends with the dog handler who patrols with the dogs. She and one of the dogs form a very strong bond and she ends up being given the dog by the man she works for who owns the estate and loves her like a daughter.

No one knows that he plans to help the police catch the killer because he knows who he is.

All works out well for the police but as Ayden gains a friend she loses another.

This is a novel about Gabriella, a fictitious young single parent who is surrounded by my real-life family...truly a blend of strife, endurance, and passion. Her heartwarming homelife contrasts with a battling business life and challenging love affair with Dax, her suave, handsome South American boss who has deep secrets of his own.

The journey of learning to recognize God's voice and discern His guidance is a gradual process. Learning to identify His leadings and guidance became a series of steps for me. Hearing specific instructions, and finding answers, is not something learned overnight. It's akin to how children learn to speak and comprehend language over time. It's a lifetime of learning. A process. A journey of thousands of little steps. The book identifies several personal experiences where God spoke, I recognized His voice and when I obeyed, the consequences were life changing. In each circumstance His direction proved to be perfect not only for the immediate but for years to come. When the scripture says that God's ways are perfect, we need to ask ourselves, why do I want my own way?