L & L Dreamspell Publishing Announces the Release of “Thorns on Roses” by Randy Rawls
London, Texas (PRWEB) November 10, 2011
L & L Dreamspell Publishing announces the release of Thorns on Roses by Randy Rawls. Thorns on Roses (ISBN: 978-1-60318-375-8, Trade Paper, 270 pages, $ 14.95) is now available nationwide. Thorns on Roses is also available in an eBook edition.
An intense and exhilarating South Florida-based thriller, Thorns on Roses introduces Broward County, Florida Private Investigator Tom Jeffries. An ex-Special Forces operative and ex-Dallas cop, Tom Jeffries is a man with a pastand a man with an implicit distrust of the justice system. After all, the justice system failed his sister years before. But Tom still believes in justicehis brand of justice.
When Mary Lou Smithson, the 17-year-old stepdaughter of Toms best friend, Charlie Rogers, is murdered, Tom vows to avenge her death. And hell stop at no lengths to make sure these ruthless murderers pay.
But finding Mary Lous killers will bring Tom face-to-face with the Thorns on Roses, a violent and dangerous South Florida gang. With a meticulous plan to mete out justice on his terms, Tom methodically stalks the gang. As he eliminates the gang members one by one, Tom closes in on avenging Mary Lous murder. But the police are closing in, tooand not just getting closer to solving the crime, but getting closer to connecting the dots and revealing Toms connection to the case.
As the clock ticks down, Tom launches a feverish pursuit to make sure the police dont foil his plans for vengeance. But will Toms burgeoning attraction to Abby Archer, the attorney assigned the task of watching over him, prove to be a fatal distraction? The stakes are high in this deadly gameand time is running out. Staying one step ahead of the law is crucial when taking the law into your own hands. Because even the tiniest misstep could be a deadly miscalculation.
A ripping read that sizzles from first page to last, Thorns on Roses is an extraordinary thriller about vengeance, justice, and one mans quest to untangle the pieces of his own tortured past. A solid, uncompromising and gritty PI thriller, Thorns on Roses bristles with urgency. Expect the unexpected in this high-octane thrill ride.
Randy Rawls is a retired US Army Officer and Department of Defense civilian. Rawls is the author of the Ace Edwards, Dallas PI series and a number of short stories. A North Carolina native who called Texas his home for a number of years, Randy Rawls lives in South Florida. Visit Randy Rawls online at: http://www.randyrawls.com. L & L Dreamspell Publishing (http://www.lldreamspell.com) is an independent book publisher based near Houston, Texas.
Members of the news media wishing to request additional information about Thorns of Roses or novelist Randy Rawls are kindly asked to contact Maryglenn McCombs by phone(615) 297-9875.
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New Release Shares One Womans Experiences Teaching in a Maximum-Security Prison; Book by Merle Helen Morrow
SUNDERLAND, M.D. (PRWEB) November 10, 2011
So Am I: What Teaching in a Prison Taught Me is a fascinating portrait of men in a GED class in a maximum-security prison working diligently to better themselves under sometimes heartbreakingly difficult circumstances. It also portrays Merle Helen Morrows struggle to view her students as multi-faceted individuals, rather than simply as convicts a struggle made more difficult when, after one and-a-half years of teaching, she discovered the nature of her students crimes and had to reconcile that knowledge with her feelings toward the men she had come to know and respect as friends.
Morrows perception of prisoners first began to change on Sept. 11, 2001, when she saw the sorrow and patriotism of prisoners in a maximum-security prison she was visiting in connection with her job at the Department of Justice. As a result, Morrow retired from the Department of Justice, and spring of 2002 found her teaching a GED class at the Maryland House of Correction, a mens maximum-security prison.
Initially intimidated by the prisoners, Morrow soon developed a rapport with the students in her class and found herself admiring their effort and their fortitude in the face of tremendous, albeit self-inflicted, difficulty. Her relationship with her students inspired in her the desire to share their stories with the outside world. Morrow made a promise to one of her students that she would let the general population know that the men in prison were not all monsters, but rather that many of them, like the men in her class, were individual human beings who had committed crimes but were trying to rehabilitate themselves, with little to no help either from the outside or from within the system that confined them.
Author Merle Helen Morrow practiced law for 30 years, and upon retirement taught a GED class in a mens maximum security prison for more than three years. Morrow has since volunteered in various capacities aiding prisoners, including teaching in a mens pre-release unit for one year and ongoing volunteer activities with the Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative, which awarded her the 2008 Volunteer of the Year Award. Morrow and her husband live in Maryland. She will donate her royalties to prisoner rehabilitation programs.
For more information, visit http://www.teachinginprison.com
So Am I: What Teaching in a Prison Taught Me
Merle Helen Morrow
Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 978-145750-244-6
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New Release Showcases Contributions of The Civilian Conservation Corps at Grand Canyon National Park; Book by Robert Audretsch
Flagstaff, AZ (PRWEB) November 03, 2011
The Grand Canyon National Park was just one beneficiary of the Civilian Conservation Corps program, a brilliant piece of legislation that brought work for the unemployed and revived the countrys natural resources. The Corps was a saving grace for young men beaten down by the Great Depression and its 25 percent unemployment rate. From 1933 to 1942, nearly three million men performed conservation work in national parks, state parks, national forests and other publicly held lands. The Corps work in the Grand Canyon is the focus of this new book on a topic close to the authors heart: Audretsch spent almost 20 years as a ranger at the park.
Shaping the Park and Saving the Boys showcases improvements in the Grand Canyons infrastructure. Trails, roads, telephone lines, fences and trail rest houses benefited visitors in the park shortly after their construction, and many still exist today. From the first corps camp at the South Rim to the Colorado River Trail, Corps members put their hearts and souls into digging, constructing and restoring the canyons assets. Photos from the parks museum collection and other archives illustrate the rugged conditions. The well-researched book details not only the work men performed but their leisure time and daily life in camp. President Franklin Roosevelts ambitious plan paid off: The Corps saved national treasures and forever changed the lives of its members.
Author Robert Audretsch retired as a National Park Service ranger at the Grand Canyon National Park in 2009. Audretsch, who has degrees in history and library science from Wayne State University, has now devoted himself to research and writing full time about the Civilian Conservations Corps.
For more information, visit http://www.CCCBooks.org
SHAPING THE PARK AND SAVING THE BOYS: THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS AT GRAND CANYON, 1933-1942
Robert Audretsch
Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 978-145750-529-4
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Dummies Book Series Features AnnuityAdvantage.com in Recent Release
Medford, OR (PRWEB) March 11, 2008
AnnuityAdvantage.com announced today that the book Annuities For Dummies, written by Kerry Pechter and recently published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., features extensive annuity information and makes multiple positive mentions of AnnuityAdvantage.com’s Web site.
Annuities For Dummies is a plain-English guide that seeks to explain annuities down to the smallest detail. All annuity types and topics—from when to buy an annuity to how to make the most from an annuity investment—are covered in this comprehensive guide.
According to the chapter “Ten Web Sources for More Annuity Information,” AnnuityAdvantage.com is “one of the few places (on the Web) you can find the renewal rate histories for fixed annuities.” Author Pechter, who is also the Editor of Retirement Income Reporter, praises AnnuityAdvantage.com’s annuities-of-the-month feature and its full disclosure on specific annuity product details.
“We’re proud to be included in Annuities For Dummies,” said Ken Nuss, CEO and Founder of AnnuityAdvantage.com. Described in the book as a “recommended site,” AnnuityAdvantage.com was launched by Nuss in 1999 as a company that provides individualized recommendations and sells high quality fixed annuity products to people planning for their retirement needs. Nuss continued on, saying that the inclusion makes sense because, “the For Dummies book series is a respected brand of beginner’s guides, and AnnuityAdvantage.com aims to educate the consumer and simplify the annuity-buying process.”
AnnuityAdvantage.com works with over 40 of the top insurance companies in the country and handles hundreds of annuity products, from simple multi-year guaranteed fixed annuities or single premium lifetime immediate annuities that provide monthly income to more complex equity-indexed annuities that earn interest according to the performance of a particular stock index. Focusing exclusively on annuities allows the AnnuityAdvantage.com Specialists to make customized recommendations to each client.
To benefit from AnnuityAdvantage.com’s experience and to receive free, personalized annuity recommendations, individuals should visit http://www.annuityadvantage.com or call 1-800-239-0356. The book Annuities For Dummies can be purchased at local bookstores or online at Amazon.com.
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Is Pension Release really a sensible option?
Is Pension Release really a sensible option?
Changes in Pension legislation introduced in April 2006 made it easier for people to take up to a 25% tax free lump sum from their occupational or personal pension schemes, while still being able to reinvest the remaining money, carry on working and carry on contributing to their pension scheme, subject to their schemes specific rules. Initially the earliest that you could start to receive your pension benefits was 50 years old but as of April 2010 the age restriction has risen to 55 years old. With a steady increase in the number of people unemployed and redundancies on the increase is releasing money from your pension, possibly the most tax efficient saving scheme you have available, really a good idea?
Pension Release or Pension Unlocking, as it has become known, is certainly not a suitable option for the majority of people. By releasing cash from your pension scheme early you are reducing the pension pot you have accumulated over your working life, which will almost inevitably lead to a possibly substantial reduction in your retirement income. With life expectancy rates rising rapidly and the government set to increase the age at which we can receive out State Pension you need to think very carefully about whether you will be able to meet your living expenses in retirement on a potentially dramatically reduced income.
You may well find that in order to release the tax free cash from your pension, your pension will have to be transferred to a different pension provider which could incur financial penalties from your provider and you may well lose any final guarantee benefits offered by your original pension provider. If you are in receipt of some forms of State benefit you might find that an injection of cash will take you over your personal savings threshold and you may loose your benefit entitlement.
As far back as 2003, in an interview with David Kenmir, Director of the Investment Firms Division at the Financial Services Authority on Radio 4′s Money Box, he was quoted as saying, “It will affect your income and retirement for the rest of your life – there are likely to be better ways to address any short term cash needs so think very carefully about it.” In a previous interview on the same program he had warned, “Releasing cash can sound very tempting. But people need to consider whether it’s in their best financial interests. If you take cash out of your pension fund you will devalue your pension when you get to retirement.” Several pension release firms have already been fined by the FSA for failing to warn consumers properly of the risks of cashing in their pension early and the FSA are keeping a strict eye on firms involved with pension release to make sure that customers are always given appropriate advice.
Make sure that before you embark on any pension unlocking scheme you receive expert financial advice. Do shop around when looking for a suitable adviser; it is easy to contact the FSA to check the registration of any firm offering financial advice. Make sure that you understand implications of what you are doing and the fact that a reduced income during your retirement may well spoil previous plans that you have made. It is recommended that pension release only be considered after all other options for raising money have been eliminated and you may find that some firms that provide a pension unlocking service may not be able to offer you advice on other options that might be available.
Be careful, think hard, is this really the best option?
S.O.E.Pensions is a division of S.O.E.Conssultants Limited, a small firm of Independent Financial Advisers authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in England and Wales, number 476574. Offering advice and recommendation on pensions, investments, mortgages and insurance. For more information please contact us.
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