NURSE JAN is a novel based on the many experiences of the author who graduated as a registered nurse in 1960. As a student in a large San Francisco hospital in the late 1950s, Janet Winston finds herself conjoined in a concoction of starched standards, hilarious experiences, and the heart stopping traumas of rape and attempted murder. In her three years of nurses' training, she manages to overcome crippling panic attacks and many fears that threaten her progress while building bonding friendships and a blossoming romance that will permeate every reader's heart. With refreshingly simple and clean language, the author handles every topic with a realism and sensitivity that makes the book suitable for everyone. *********************************** Filled with fear, they giggled apprehensively as they entered the scene of every horror movie ever made. The hall was damp and dimly lit. Odd-sized pipes lined the ceiling and produced strange gurgling sounds. As the four of them walked rapidly down the hall, it seemed endless. Every dark room or sinister-looking door held a suspicious unseen monster about to jump out and attack them. As they finally turned the corner, their destination was within reach. They knocked on the door to the Autopsy Exam Room. Not receiving an answer, they slowly opened the door rather than stand outside in the scary hall. . . *********************************** During a lull in the conversation, Allen got up from his chair, closed the door to the room and brought Jan to a standing position. He took advantage of this opportunity to wrap her in his arms and kiss her with the passion of two people very much in love. Just as he stopped and was looking into her eyes, the door opened. They both jumped, and a sweet voice said, "Oh I'm sorry, I was . . . is that you Allen?" He turned around, grinning sheepishly. "Oh hello Aunt Barbara." "Is it alright to come in?" "Yes, of course.". . . *********************************** Jan never saw it coming. She was suddenly flying across the room, sliding down the wall, with Rita on top of her as everything went dark. She woke up on a gurney, watching the lights above her moving fast down the hall with Dr. Whooly on one side, an orderly and Des on the other. Jan was overcome by extreme pain in her nose, cheeks and forehead. "What happened to me?" "Just lay quiet, Miss Winston. Rita decided to take her frustrations out on your face, but you'll be fine. We're on our way to emergency so they can take care of you." Dr. Whooly tried to reassure her. "Is Rita okay?" "She's in the quiet room right now, and she's scheduled for electroshock this afternoon." In emergency they packed and taped her nose and she returned to the nurses dorm. She was suddenly startled awake with Mandy leaning over her, "Jan Winston, what on earth happened to you?" "I was trampled by a heard of wild cattle." Jan whispered with a nasal voice. "Jan, this isn't funny, tell me what happened." "I had a small confrontation in the psych ward." "Oh my gosh, my next rotation will be there. Maybe, I shouldn't go " "Hey, you're big enough to take care of yourself. Where were you when I needed protecting?" "I would have taken care of him for sure." "Mandy, it wasn't a 'he', it was a 'her." "Oh, you are a ninety-five pound weakling, aren't you?" *********************************** Teens and young adults making decisions about their own futures will find NURSE JAN entertaining, inspirational and informative. WOMAN ON A PEDESTAL is the first of a series based on the author's life.
Eager Fans on social media have already laughed their heads off or remembered compassion from most of these 'funny and wrong' stories. They convinced public figure Jae Byrd Wells that these stories not only belonged on social media, but the adventures needed to be shared with others. See no evil... hear no evil, but it's going to be a bumpy ride. Join Milady Jae as she tells you about the strange thing that happened to her, her family, and those around her. She will tell you all about her daily adventures of being a mom, wife, sister, daughter, farmer, student, author, and radio/tv personality. According to fans, this book should be categorized as fiction, but they say nobody would believe her. Wells keeps a straight face when she inwardly laughs at herself. Yes, the Princess is dragging on her other writing projects, but wait . . . there's more to come #JaesFunnyButTrue 2016 is collected, edited for paperback, and divided into two parts; January through June and July through December.Pick up and read the first half of 2016.
World War I ushered in a renewed scramble for Africa. At its helm, Jan Smuts grabbed the opportunity to realise his ambition of a Greater South Africa. He set his sights upon the vast German colonies of South-West Africa and East Africa - the demise of which would end the Kaiser's grandiose schemes for Mittelafrika. As part of his strategy to shift South Africa's borders inexorably northward, Smuts even cast an eye toward Portuguese and Belgian African possessions. Smuts, his abilities as a general much denigrated by both his contemporary and then later modern historians, was no armchair soldier. This cabinet minister and statesman donned a uniform and led his men into battle. He learned his soldiery craft under General Koos De la Rey's tutelage, and another soldier-statesman, General Louis Botha during the South African War 1899-1902. He emerged from that war, immersed in the Boer manoeuvre doctrine he devastatingly waged in the guerrilla phase of that conflict. His daring and epic invasion of the Cape at the head of his commando remains legendary. The first phase of the German South West African campaign and the Afrikaner Rebellion in 1914 placed his abilities as a sound strategic thinker and a bold operational planner on display. Champing at the bit, he finally had the opportunity to command the Southern Forces in the second phase of the German South West African campaign. Placed in command of the Allied forces in East Africa in 1916, he led a mixed bag of South Africans and Imperial troops against the legendary Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and his Shutztruppe. Using his penchant for Boer manoeuvre warfare together with mounted infantry led and manned by Boer Republican veterans, he proceeded to free the vast German territory from Lettow-Vorbeck's grip. Often leading from the front, his operational concepts were an enigma to the British under his command, remaining so to modern-day historians. Although unable to bring the elusive and wily Lettow-Vorbeck to a final decisive battle, Smuts conquered most of the territory by the end of his tenure in February 1917. General Jan Smuts and his Great War in Africa makes use of multiple archival sources and the official accounts of all the participants to provide a long-overdue reassessment of Smuts's generalship and his role in furthering the strategic aims of South Africa and the British Empire in Africa during World War I.
Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins.Table of ContentsThis is How We Stay Alive - L. ChanThe Bloodless Cut - Evan MarcroftThe Cold Inside - Vanessa FoggCover art by Candra Hope.
Detective Jan Larkin's career with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is rife with success. But an elevated level of achievement comes at a high personal price. "Echoes of Janie" begins with Jan summoned by her partner, Detective Seeward Sinclair, to examine a body on the shore behind a condominium in Madeira Beach. Jan's exasperation at having her day off interrupted turns to dismay when the victim turns out to be Janie Ballantine, daughter of District Attorney David Ballantine. Hearing of his daughter's murder devastates Ballantine, disrupting his prosecution of crime boss Colby Rittenhouse. As Jan and Seeward delve further into their investigation, a suspect quickly emerges. Daniel Peck, Janie's boyfriend, can't seem to recall what happened between him and Janie the night she was murdered. Evidence uncovered later points directly to Peck. Although Seeward is certain Peck is the killer, Jan begins to question certain pieces of evidence. Days later, when one of Janie's neighbors reports having seen a stranger milling around the condominium shortly before Janie's murder, the detectives' interest shifts to a bodyguard of Colby Rittenhouse. "The Original Thirteen Murders" has Jan called upon to investigate the discovery of a winter visitor found dead on the beach. No leads or witnesses to the case doesn't help matters. The second murder, a young woman visiting her grandparents, provides Jan with a suspect. Time works against Jan, increasing her frustration, until she learns of similar details of other unsolved murders in the area. Playing a hunch, Jan proposes an unusual scenario that suggests a serial killer might be on the loose. Who the killer might be and where he might strike next is the problem facing her. "Shadow Of Deceit" finds Jan looking into the murder of a retired police lieutenant from Michigan. Digging further into his background, she finds his career has been tainted. An unproven association with organized crime makes her suspicious of his lavish lifestyle. Another search of his condominium uncovers a hidden information disc. The encrypted message on the disc reveals the names of the victim and four other men, their bank accounts in the Cayman Islands, and the amount of money in each account. The murders continue but the reason for the elimination of those named on the disc remains unknown until Jan receives a phone call from an unlikely source. Critical Acclaim for The Jan Larkin Mysteries "The Jan Larkin Mysteries combines the depth of classic noir with the intrigue of contemporary police procedurals to deliver three gripping novellas right up to the jagged coast of the Florida Gulf. With this latest offering, Stephen Burdick is proving his voice among the ranks of Sunshine Noir authors." -Steph Post, author of Lightwood
General Jan Christian Smuts (1870-1950) was an heroic icon for many. But over the decades, he was regarded in another light. For Afrikaners of a previous generation, he was seen as a traitor, but in the modern age, he seems to have become "far-sighted". This book by Stephen Goodson reveals a consistency in his actions and thinking which shows what purpose this far-sightedness served. Since the time when he studied at Cambridge University, he adopted a philosophy known as "Holism", and a stance grounded on internationalism which served the interests of the international bankers (and in SA, the 'Randlords'), as opposed to a national outlook, serving the people. He involved South Africa in three unnecessary wars. He introduced a central bank in SA (permitting privately owned banks to create the nation's money supply as an interest bearing debt). A "New World Order" under a world government was seen as a logical outcome of his Holistic view. He was infatuated with Zionism. He is credited with doing much of Winston Churchill's thinking for him. Born in the British Cape Colony, he studied law in Britain. The book covers his early years and indoctrination, his involvement with Paul Kr ger and the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and his relationship with people like Strakosch, who paid Winston Churchill's gambling debts, and who left Smuts a bequest in his 1943 Will. Also discussed are his friendship with US President Woodrow Wilson; his presence at Versailles; his part in the League of Nations; and the 1914 Rebellion in SA. He also played a part in Britain's Imperial War Cabinet in 1917, and helped fashion the British Commonwealth. Some little known aspects of Versailles and WWI and WW2, as well as the Ossewa-Brandwag, are revealed. Smuts's role in the Balfour Declaration and his close friendship with Chaim Weizmann resulted in a kibbutz and streets in Israel being named after him. He was Prime Minister of South Africa from 1939 to 1948, when according to some analysts, the votes of the returning SA soldiers from the front had turned against him, resulting in his party's defeat, and the National Party (much to their surprise) became SA's new government.
