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Bigger Than Jussie

When Jussie Smollett took Bola Osundairo under his wing, grooming him for greater roles in Hollywood, the UNTHINKABLE happens… Bola Osundairo couldn’t believe his luck when actor, Jussie Smollett, took an interest in him. He barely knew the man when he was hired to be an extra on the hit show Empire. Within a short time, thanks to Jussie’s assistance, Bola became a stand-in. His star was on the rise. Ola Osundairo became an extra on Empire before Bola. Soon he was in a picture with the creator of the show that was posted on Instagram. His acting career was blasting off. When Jussie asks for a favor, Bola is only too happy to help. At first, when he heard Jussie’s plan, he thought it was a joke. Why would Jussie need a modern-day lynching? Jussie assured him things like this were normal in Hollywood. When Jussie asked if Bola knew of someone who could help, Bola knew his brother, Ola, would be perfect. Things didn’t go as planned, at least the brothers didn’t think so. Ola was instructed by Jussie to place one of the ‘props’, a rope made into a noose, around Jussie’s neck. But that didn’t happen. Ola got spooked and ran off before doing so. When word got out about the modern-day lynching, the brothers learned when Jussie reported the ‘crime’ he wore the noose. Why did he put the noose around his own neck? No man would ever willingly put a noose on themselves, much less a black man! Suddenly, Bola and Ola find themselves outcasts in Hollywood, dropped by a major casting agency, and their lives totally turned upside down. Who are Ola and Bola Osundairo? They are so much more than the ‘attackers’ in Jussie’s modern-day lynching hoax. Get to know the American-Nigerian brothers. Find out why Jussie knew Bola would agree to help him before he ever asked him to. The truth of this hoax comes to light through text messages, emails, and never-before-seen evidence that removes all doubt of the brother's involvement and explains why Bola and Ola agreed to take on this role. Was Jussie really trying to help the Osundairo brothers, or was he preparing them for the acting role that would prevent them from ever acting again? Take a deep dive into the Smollett case, with a special emphasis on the biographical elements. As Bola and Ola strive to rise from the ashes, they are troubled by unanswered questions which leads to their quest for the truth. What they learn brings to light one controversial question that when combined with historical facts leaves one to think, was there a political need for modern-day lynching? Was the real motive Bigger Than Jussie?

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Bola and Ola Play a Prank

Who wants to play a prank? Brothers, Bola, and Ola do! They play them on their siblings and their other family members. Sometimes the pranks don’t go the way they thought they would. When they are older, the brothers agree to help a friend with a prank. What happens when the prank goes wrong? Will the police be called?

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It All Started With A Pie

Eating is a necessity, but cooking is an art. - Gesine Lemcke A collection of Recipes baked and tested in the Sweet Magnolia Pie Shoppe in Lexington, Kentucky. Mimi’s Secrets from the Sweet Magnolia Pie Shoppe! “When we had a family gathering or Holiday celebration, Mimi always brought the desserts! We counted on her to bring pies, cakes, and yeast rolls. Our family was spoiled for 25 years! We all went into withdrawal when she sold her business!” “Oh Taste and See that the Lord is Good; Blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him!” - Psalm 34:8 NIV

The Long Way Home

Traveling the USA is the dream of many, with the desire to find freedom and adventures on the open road. In 2021, Desirée, her husband Jonathan, and their four rescued Beagles decided to change things up and set off on an epic trip that evolved into a multi-year plan to explore the entire USA, and beyond, in the ultimate American Adventure. Follow their journey as they check off bucket list locations, national and state parks, roadside attractions, large cities, and small-town America in this series of short stories packed with interesting background information, history, fun facts, and personal experiences, richly illustrated with over 2,000 full-color pictures. The Long Way Home – The Eastern United States covers 27 states in the Eastern USA, and Washington, DC, all five of The Great Lakes, the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, big cities and small-town America, and a wide range of bucket list locations, from Niagara Falls to Elvis’ Graceland, from Dollywood to National Memorials, and from lighthouses to copper mines, as well as mountains, waterfalls, caves, beautiful beaches and natural springs, iconic sites in rock ‘n roll and country music history, museums, wild horses on the beach, bears in the mountains and manatees and mermaids in Florida springs, pasties on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, lobster rolls in New England, and beignets in New Orleans, and so much more. Travel along through the pages of the first volume of this captivating series of books and be inspired to get out and explore!

The Long Way Home Part 2

Traveling around the USA is the dream of many, with the desire to find freedom and adventures on the open road. In 2021, Desirée, her husband Jonathan, and their four rescued Beagles decided to change things up and set off on an epic trip that evolved into a multi-year plan to explore the entire USA, and beyond, in the ultimate American Adventure. Follow their journey as they check off bucket list locations, national and state parks, roadside attractions, large cities, and small-town America in this series of short stories packed with interesting background information, history, fun facts, and personal experiences, richly illustrated with over 2,000 full-color pictures. The Long Way Home – The Eastern United States Part 2 covers 27 states and Washington, DC, all five of The Great Lakes, the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, big cities and small-town America, and a wide range of bucket list locations, from Niagara Falls to Elvis’ Graceland, from Dollywood to National Memorials, and from lighthouses to copper mines, as well as mountains, waterfalls, caves, beautiful beaches and natural springs, iconic sites in rock ‘n roll and country music history, museums, wild horses on the beach, bears in the mountains and manatees and mermaids in Florida springs, pasties on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, lobster rolls in New England, and beignets in New Orleans, and so much more. Travel along through the pages of the first volume of this captivating series of books and be inspired to get out and explore!

I’ve Finally Lost It

When Nick Dewhurst experienced the ending of a friendship, he felt a great sense of loss and grief. With I’ve Finally Lost It, Nick takes a look at many different types of grief that often go overlooked. Many books will focus on the loss of a parent or loss of a spouse, while this book covers those topics it also dives into some very personal stories regarding the loss of a job, a pet, a best friend, faith and even an entire identity.

Nick leverages all his experiences as a United States Navy chaplain, firefighter, youth pastor, father, and husband to demonstrate that many types of grief and loss are common to everyone. Instead of reading this book through the eyes of a counselor or psychiatrist, you can read it as if you’re on a journey with a new friend.

These emotionally written short stories combined with humor and scriptural truth use a personal touch to help anyone experiencing all types of loss know that they are not alone as they walk their path of grief.

My Grandma Loves Me, I’m Her Little Girl

I know my grandma loves me. She even braids my hair. She gives me the best hugs! She helps me when I need it. She listens when she’s there. We go on exciting adventures near and far! I know my grandma loves me, I’m her little girl.

Selfish is a Superpower

In a powerful twist, Jessica Dennehy demonstrates that getting SELFISH can enable you to fearlessly pursue your happiness, create a dynamic brand, and live the life of your dreams. Discover how you can dominate in business, family, and finance all by embracing the fact that Selfish is a Superpower.

Set the Example

This short read will cover nine principles that can help shift someone’s mental framework to where it needs to be to accomplish goals and overcome procrastination. If you need an extra push to accomplish those career and personal goals, this book can help. It is developed as a guide to refer to from time to time when a mental framework shift is needed.

The Best Bedtime Story Ever

Do you want to improve your child’s behavior? An undiscovered window to guiding your children is open while they sleep! During this time your child’s developing ego-mind is quiet and cannot disagree or talk back. This is an open door for a caring parent to suggest alternative thoughts, feelings, and actions. A belief that your child holds like “Kids pick on me,” becomes “Other children treat you with kindness,” or “Other kids like you,” or simply, “You are loved.” As a parent, you can generate affirmations of love, kindness, and happiness in the minds of your children. This is a sacred trust. Your children are watching, listening, and imitating you and other role models throughout each day. Sleep is a time to suggest the best to your children to enhance their self-esteem and their regard for others.

The Boy Who Loved Chocolate

Do you love chocolate? I do! I want chocolate every day! I love Easter because I get chocolate! I put chocolate on everything! If mom would let me put it on broccoli, I would eat it! What can I put chocolate on next?

Houdini the cat

Having a cat is great except when it is a magic cat that disappears all of the time. Discover where Houdini goes when he vanishes.

I Was Ten Years Old When I Went for A Walk

Diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, John Anderson shares his uplifting story of God's constant gifts and how we need to keep our eyes and hearts open to them, especially during times of trial. John faces his diagnosis with his loving family, friends, and God's presence each day.

Moringa Matters

Moringa Matters! The title begs the obvious question, “WHY?” Why have you likely never heard of Moringa? What is this five-thousand-year-old panacea plant? Why did it go missing and vanish from the nutritional horizon? Of course, the most practical question is why is it so critical that we NOW get this plant into our bodies in the most bioavailable enzymatically form possible? The answer is obvious. The food chain has been broken, and whether it has been done deliberately or not, the fact remains that it is. As Dr. Fisher opines, “we have a good idea what are the factors in major diseases and the solutions to these are absent from our food chain.” The Monsanto lawsuit finding emphasizes this imperative. Moringa Oleifera may, in fact, be the world’s best kept nutritional secret. Moringa oleifera may be the world’s most phytonutrient dense plant ever discovered. Moringa Matters because it may be the plant that possesses the ability to positively transform the current status of health and decrease the incidence of disease around the world. Moringa Matters because your life and health matter, as do the lives and health of your loved ones. Moringa Matters because this plant was a gift from our wise and loving Creator and perhaps there has never been such a time as this when it was more desperately needed.

My Daddy Loves Me, I’m His Little Boy

I know my daddy loves me. He helps me learn every day. He listens when he’s there. We go on adventures everywhere. He is there when I need him. I know my daddy loves me, I’m his little boy.

My Daddy Loves Me, I’m His Little Girl

I know my daddy loves me. He brushes my hair. We have exciting adventures everywhere. He helps me when I need it. He listens when he’s there. We look at stars and tell exciting tales. I know my daddy loves me, I’m his little girl.

My Grandma Loves Me, I’m Her Little Girl

My Mama Loves Me, I’m Her Little Boy

I know my mama loves me. I see it in her smile. I feel it in her arms when they hold me. It is in everything she does. From wiping my tears, to helping with my homework. We go on adventures together to far off places. I know my mama loves me my whole life through.

My Mama Loves Me, I’m Her Little Girl

I know my mama loves me. I see it in her smile. I feel it in her arms when they hold me. It is in everything she does. From wiping my tears, to helping me learn. We go on adventures together to far off places. I know my mama loves me my whole life through.

Rich Herrin A Head Coach Ahead of His Time

The story of how Rich Herrin spent his life influencing young lives and transforming a small coal mining community into a basketball powerhouse.

Doug Collins (NBA Coach, '72 Olympian): "When I was growing up...I wanted to be Coach Herrin. Think about it...He was tough, fair, and honest. I never heard him say a swear word...he was just a good Christian man. I wanted a family like Coach Herrin...a wife like Sue. I wanted to coach and teach and give back like Coach Herrin." Rich Yunkus (Georgia Tech All-Time Leading Scorer): "Coach Herrin never expected anything out of you that he didn't expect himself. He had an unbelievable work ethic and led by example. He cared for you as a person and not just an athlete." Dick Corn (Pinckneyville High School Coaching Legend ): "As great a coach as he was and as passionate as he was toward basketball...his greatest achievements were as a husband, dad, grandfather and dearest friend to many."

Sailing Into the Light

There is no better time to read a story to a friend or a loved one than when they are leaving this body and making their transition into the next Life. It is a time that can frighten us or fill us with sadness for our impending loss. If we can fill our hearts and minds with loving words and images of a Life beyond this Life, it can soothe us and the dear one we wish to help on their journey. Don’t wait to read a eulogy after your Loved One is gone. Read a short story—a metaphor—inspired by a poem almost 200 years old. A sailing ship leaves the shore and as well-wishers shout their goodbyes, those on a distant shore chime their welcome. Ease the journey of anyone you care about by reading Sailing into the Light aloud to them.

Selfish is a Superpower

Spellbound

I always knew I'd die on my 500th birthday. Alone. Then Aidan Crane turned my world upside down. Being a witch, I could kill him with an errant thought. Being a vampire, he could lose control and drain me. Can our love overcome any obstacle? Ashlie, a very powerful slow-aging witch, prefers to keep to herself. Save for her dog, Netter, and her mind-reading ghost BFF, Stephenie, she lives a lonely existence. Ashlie longs for love but fears it at the same time. Her ever-growing powers are controlled by her emotions. What if she were kissing an unsuspecting boy and set him on fire? What if she froze him as they walked across the street, and he was hit by a car? Thoughts like these plague her. She has resigned herself to a lonely life. Aidan Crane has no memory of his life before he became a vampire. He goes through life existing with no hope to find love. The moment he sees Ashlie he knows there is something different about her. She glows. Try as they might, they can't ignore their attraction. Again and again, obstacles are thrown in their path. Are the Fates trying to show them they don't belong together? With the help of Ashlie's newfound friend Ericka, her ghost best friend Stephenie, and a long-dead historical figure-Alexander, the unlikely pair search for a way to be together. Between resurrected loved ones, danger lurking around the bend, and unexpected side effects will Ashlie make the ultimate sacrifice for love?

The Greatness Chair Solution

Are you a parent, teacher or therapist who is overwhelmed by the challenges faced in guiding children despite your best efforts? Do you find it hard to handle your own reactions in the face of intense children? Are you trying to stay connected despite physical and emotional exhaustion? Or are you just looking for a way to notch up your success?

The Greatness Chair Solution: A Guidebook for Parents and Teachers is a revolutionary eight-week program to bring out the unique strengths of children and adults with a simple yet profound set of skills based on positive psychology, neuroscience, somatic experience, and the emerging field of neurocardiology. This is a fun, interactive method that is strength-based and meets the objectives of social-emotional learning, so vital for success in today's world. Weekly activities for both children and parents/teachers rapidly build stronger relationships, inner emotional strength, and resilience.

The Stoic Cop

There's no doubt that law enforcement comes with its immense stress. Sometimes it feels like our world is nothing but chaos; chaos at home due to stressors at work, chaos at work due to the stressors at home, but mainly the chaos we make for ourselves from unnecessary, falsely perceived stress. But what if you could control all that by simply adopting the virtues of the stoic philosophy? Stoicism teaches how to find inner peace amid the chaos of our perceived external world. With a mixture of stoic aphorisms and personal stories, The Stoic Cop explains how it is possible to handle the daily stress and chaos of law enforcement with a little mind control. Learn to bridge the gap between police and citizen relationships, deal with difficult people, navigate department politics, and more. Learn to control your perceptions, opinions, and emotions and become a better, more virtuous police officer. Most importantly, control your perceived chaos.

Walking My Ass Off

If you have ever failed at a diet this book is for you. If you have struggled to lose weight, inches, or tone, your struggle is over. Losing weight does not have to be costly or complicated. It's not a war...it's walking. Something you already know how to do.

Why Israel

“The idea of Israel as a nation is an emotionally charged topic. The mere mention of its name can easily set off demonstrations, sometimes resulting in violence and even all-out war. But Why Israel? What is it about this tiniest of countries sitting in the midst of massive Middle Eastern nations that constantly seems to keep the world sitting on the edge of its seat? How did it get there, and for what purpose does it exist? These are age-old questions this book seeks to answer. It is not an attempt to solve any current political, religious, or social perplexities, nor a desire to advocate on behalf of Jews, Palestinians, or Christians living in the region. No, what you are about to read is simply an honest attempt to explain from the Bible how, and why, Israel appears continually in world affairs and conflicts.” “Though never mentioned specifically in the Bible, the Star of David is recognized universally as the insignia for modern Judaism. Today it is a symbol of great pride among the Hebrew people, but during War World II Adolf Hitler forced Jews to wear it as a “badge of shame” designed to racially profile their identities. The First Zionist Congress in 1897 chose the star as the central emblem for the flag of the future State of Israel. Just 51 years later the new nation of Israel was born on May 14, 1948, thus establishing the first Jewish state in nearly 2,000 years. But where did Israel come from? And what is the significance of their reappearance on the world’s political and religious stage? In his book WHY ISRAEL? author Keavin Hayden takes his readers on a spiritual journey through time, uncovering the history of this ancient people, and demonstrating how the existence of Israel will affect the future of everyone living on our planet.”

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Ola and Bola Osundairo

Olabinjo ‘Ola’ Osundairo born in Chicago in 1991 to Nigerian immigrants, spent his first eight years of schooling in Chicago’s schools. He did his high school years in Nigeria while learning about his heritage from the family who lived it. After completing high school, Ola returned to the States for university. Ola graduated with an associate, bachelor, and master’s degree in business.

Interested in pursuing a possible acting career, Ola landed a role on Chicago PD. This role led to a part as a bodyguard on the hit show Empire. Together with his brother, and a college friend, they began a fitness and wellness program, Team Abel.

Interested in fitness and training, Ola decided to give bodybuilding and boxing a go. Not just the physical side of things, but the financial side as well. Ola has just begun his career in boxing, but his goal is to become a boxer children can look up to. If along the way, he wins a match or two all the better.

Abimbola ‘Bola’ Osundairo, born in Chicago in 1993. Of Nigerian descent, Bola did his early schooling in Chicago before moving to Nigeria for high school with his family. Learning about his culture along the way, Bola returned to the United States for college.

Upon completing college with a bachelor’s in science, and a minor in theater, Bola was bitten by the acting bug. After several small roles in Chicago PD, Bola was cast as the lead in the independent film, Friends, Family, and Lovers. Bola followed with a stand-in role on the hit show, Empire. Bola started Team Abel, a fitness and exercise program with his brother and a friend.

After a short stint as a bodybuilder, Bola found a new passion in boxing. He won his first fight when he began his boxing career in December 2018. Bola’s first competition was in March 2019. He won and continued winning each round before winning the final round, ultimately winning the Golden Gloves 2019. After winning the US National Championship and being ranked #1 he was selected to be on Team USA for 2024. Honored to be selected, Bola had to decide his future. Remain on the team, wait four years for the Olympics, or become a professional boxer. Bola chose to become a professional boxer and is on the way to becoming World Champion. As a pro, Bola is 6-0. He is the current African Champion and ranked #25 in the world.