J J Patrick: 380 books

After the untimely death of his father, Mike Sheridan learns to live again. A city firefighter working near Chicago, Sheridan enters a particularly perilous summer where everything is not as it seems. His nephew is baptized into the fire department, unaware of the political dangers, coupled with a...

A moving and inspiring memoir from the first Iraq war veteran to be elected to the United States Congress Congressman Patrick J. Murphy, the Irish American son of a Philadelphia policeman and a former nun who raised their family in a tough-but-loving blue-collar neighborhood, grew out of a...

Silent TruthIThe truth is a little green turtlemaking her way through the sand where she was bornby breaking her way out of the egg that protected herrunning as fast as a turtle can run to the sea,barely aware from the start there are dangerous predatorsall around, searching for food in a huge world...

By This Old WallMen and women gather here to be alone within themselvesSome cry, some weep red tearsSome connect with perfect strangers, touch, go away togetherNo one knows whyBy this old wallBut I too feel the melancholyThe utter hopelessnessI call the wallSome people drop coins and billsSome...

The Blue BasinThe blue basinOil based paintA bit of orangeUnder the mirror on the wallWith patches of bright sunLighting your faceWhat do you feel right now?When you look into your eyesSee your pupils dilate and change sizeAsk yourself the questionDo you love the person...

the garden Buddha’ssilent stare, asks mewhy I work so muchWhat would I givefor one more momentof pure joy?snow flakes gently fallingon heated outdoor poolwith us inside the waterstaying warmAurora Borealisglowing eerie green shapes moving on deep blackwith little points of light softly twinkling throughour galaxy turningstars positioningover the lives below

To Utter Words of ThanksMy lies to myselfLeft stains on the walls hereWhere I have my roots deep in my mother earthWhere I plant my wordsAnd harvest them in poetryAs the years pass into decadesIn this place I call homeThe harvests surprise even meWisdom leaves its signsLike stretch marks on a mother’s...

This is Writers On Writing, the fourth and final installment in the series – an Author’s Guide, where your favorite authors share their secrets in the ultimate guide to becoming and being an author. Line-up: Blunt Force Trauma: How to Write Killer Poetry by Stephanie M. Wytovich Happy Little...

The Tragedy of Vietnam is a brief and accessible text providing a comprehensive overview of the causes and consequences of the Vietnam War. Patrick J. Hearden offers historical background of the conflict and examines its long-term consequences on a regional and global scale. This fifth edition includes...

The past decade has seen increased attention to cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis in education as administrators are being asked to accomplish more with the same or even fewer resources, philanthropists are keen to calculate their “return on investment” in social programs, and the general...

Montague Rhodes James authored some of the most highly regarded ghost stories of all time—classics such as “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” that have been adapted many times over for radio and television and have never gone out of print. But while James is best known as a fiction...

This is the story of the universe's most powerful assassin, a warrior cloaked in darkness and on a journey to find what it really means to be "strong" in a world that was long ago invaded by demons and subsequently destroyed in a nuclear war. Centuries have passed, and now the Earth can...

There is so much mystery in life and the combination of poetry and art employed in The Symphony of Being describes some of it. I often feel like I am living in a wilderness, trying to describe what it is like in all its beauty and turmoil. Here are some excerpts:Nocturnal SymphonyNumber OneThere...

Vessels of StarsVessels of stars sailingWith our dead walking their decksThrough the little pinpoints of lightVague white-capped angelsIn hollow restHelping and protecting us on earthAnd the love we makeDesperate to shine forthWhite birch bark with fading, uneven black linesSo...