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Dirty Feet

by Lorraine Valentin - Edited by Tom Thomas

Stories of Really Terrific People

About the Author:

Lorraine Valentin, born in 1938, entered the religious community of Daughters of Charity at age seventeen. While in that community, she obtained a Bachelor Degree in Nursing, was assigned to the United States Public Health Service Hospital at Carville, Louisiana and volunteered to establish health care facilities for people with Hansen's Disease in Thailand. Fourteen years later she left the Daughters of Charity and obtained a Master's Degree in Nursing from the University of Illinois. After serving for eleven years as a specialist in Gerontology at UCLA Medical Center, she received a Masters Degree in Theology from Mt. St. Mary's College in Los Angeles. She became a certified chaplain in 2003. She has contributed articles to professional magazines and books over the years. Her memoir titled "Grace Map" was self-published in 2002. "Dirty Feet" is her second book. Having resided in many of the United States and in Thailand, she now lives with her husband, George in Florida.

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The Osiris Connection

by Clyde C. Shaw - Edited by Tom Thomas

World Wide Jihad

About the Author:

Clyde Shaw graduated from Palmer High School in Colorado Springs where he was an outstanding athlete in football, hockey and track. Following graduation he joined the Marine Corps and starred as quaterback for the El Toro Flying Marines. After his tour of duty, ha matriculated to the University of Denver and graduated with a degree in physics. He began his career in Silicon Valley, CA, where he worked in R & D operations. Subsequently, as an entrepreneur he started three different companies developing products involving thermal radiation, electrostatic filtration, spectroscopy and sutomatic blood cell counting/analysis. Based on these products he has written and published over twenty technical particles. This author has written two books and published this his second novel, "The Osiris Connection", a story of world wide jihad. Clyde has four daughters and now resides with his of 34 years, Bobbi, in Melbourne, Florida.

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Joey, a Novel Idea

by Robert O. Brewer - Edited by Tom Thomas

The story of the son of parents affected by the First World War and the Great Depression. Joey, born on October 29, 1929 lives a hard life that becomes the American dream.

About the Author:

Robert O. Brewer is a trained artist, newly trained musician and novelist. His life experiences have taken him from Florida to Michigan to California, and back again. He is publishing his first novel after seven decades on earth.

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Cabbage Town and Other Stories

by Steve Reece - Edited by Tom Thomas

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