Biography & Memoirs

Peter Rubalcaba began his writing career as a way of entertaining his 2 young children. His first efforts were stories told by "Old Mr. Hop" and included "Runner the Camel, Smooth Harry (The Flying Worm) and Billy the Bat." His story Seventeen Cents tells the tale of his early efforts to raise enough money to go to a Saturday matinee at the local theatre: "The Dumps." Since those early days, Peter went on to spend 4 years in the Air Force where he traveled at the government's expense in Germany, France and Italy. In later years he was able to fulfill a lifelong dream of living on a 170 acre farm in northeastern Indiana where he and his wife raised their family. He currently e ...

Stories of teaching in a medium security state prison.

Visceral and moving poetry written by the author during times of psychosis, using the metaphor of the mythology of lycanthropy (the study of werewolves). Written in four parts (Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, and The Forgiven Insanity) it documents through poetry the cycles of psychosis. Reader's Favorite: 5 Stars

Wanderlust... that's why the author took off for adventures in Africa. She spent four years in Botswana and one year in Eritrea-- then war broke out and they were evacuated. Live the life of an ex-pat without leaving home... sit back, enjoy... and just go!

Most of what we know of the life of Jesus comes to us from four Gospels in the New Testament, specifically, the Synoptic Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke. These books present a more human, historical view of Jesus. The Gospel of John, much different, provides the view of a divine Jesus. These four Gospels are unique endeavors regarding Jesus' social situations, his loved ones, and his reactions to stress. In this study I looked at Jesus' behavior through the Synoptic Gospels, and analyzed Jesus' behavior against the field of criminology. My hope is that we derive more of Jesus' motivation and social situation than what one typically accepts. This is but one view, under a small ...

A Cross Bearer's Deliverance is a memoir of my life beginning in poverty stricken 1950’s Danville,Virginia and chronicles my experiences as I was moved up and along the east coast growing up in Boston,Massachusetts.While constructing my story it brought forth memories I suppressed of love, betrayal, devotion and revelation shown through those closest to me. It demonstrates that even though everything in my surroundings suggest I go on a self deprecating journey........I choose one of enlightenment. Join me on that journey!

This set of short stories includes family history and boyhood memories of growing up on a Wyoming homestead in the 1930s. Family and homestead photographs are included with each story.

Out of a few instances and "Run-ins" with the law, the Author has utilized every aspect of his study and applies it with thrilling results. The Author has learned that in which is never taught in school. He has actually been studying about the truth and the factors of systematic obligations... He is now in the predicament to go full force and keep moving forward with his beliefs or be put away for a definite amount of time. What's it gonna be?...

A Life of Homes is a memoir of Jane Griggs, born in Pasadena, CA in the 1940's, chronicling her life as the child of alcoholic parents who is able to raise her own children with the love and security her own early childhood lacked. Running away from her parents' home at the age of six, Jane finds a home with her grandparents, who set her on the path to a become the mother she never had and to have a career she never could have imagined. A Life of Homes is a story of hope and survival. A triumph of the human spirit.