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The Rise of American Fascism is an analysis of the first six months of the Donald J. Trump’s second Presidential term.It was written because people tend to have short memories and because Donald Trump is trying to rewrite history to fit his own, delusional narrative. The book offers a glimpse of American society as viewed from the mind of a true patriot whose ancestor fought in the American revolution. Michael Jaquish has spent a lifetime believing in the dream of America as the shining city on the hill, only to witness that dream collapse under the weight of the totalitarian MAGA cult of...

Humanity is fracturing. Evolution is accelerating. And the future may no longer belong to us alone. As authoritarian power tightens its grip and natural disasters reshape the planet, a secret initiative known as the Zarnia Project begins to move from theory to survival strategy. Hidden deep within the mountains of Norway, a covert colony is built to preserve knowledge, culture—and a radical new vision for life itself. At the center of the project stand the architects of a new civilization: visionaries, scientists, and at least one being who is not entirely human. As Zarnian philosophy ...

America is a nation in turmoil. Donald J Trump was elected to a second term in 2024 despite his conviction for 34 serious financial fraud felonies and for sexual assault. Trump is a verified serial liar and he has promised to be a "dictator on day one" if he were elected to a second term. Nine months into that second term, Trump is weaponizing the levers of power to seek revenge on his political enemies and all those who held him to account for his criminality and dangerous behavior in the past. He is weakening the nation by firing tens of thousands of qualified civil servants and defunding...

An Examination of Self-Discovery What is the true nature of the human condition? What is truth? Does it really all come down to suffering? Are we really powerless to alter our own destiny, let alone the destiny of the human species? For certain, suffering is a big, important part of the picture but the vast diversity and magnitude of challenges faced by humanity over history and today all point to something more than that. Many great mystics and teachers such Siddhartha Gautama, Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton, Aristotle, Saint Francis of Assisi, Paramahansa Yogananda and others have been led...

Deep in a small Fulani village along the winding River Gambia, Fatu longs for the attention of her hardworking husband, Momodou. When her frustration begins to harden her heart, she seeks the counsel of a mysterious Marabout spiritual counselor who lives in an enormous hollow baobab tree. His advice is unexpected—and nearly impossible. To restore her marriage, Fatu must bring him milk from a nursing lioness. What follows is a breathtaking journey across the savanna, where danger, discipline, and tenderness intertwine. In her quiet encounter with the Queen of Beasts, Fatu discovers ...

What if the collapse of American democracy didn’t happen overnight… but slowly, through decisions that seemed reasonable at the time? In The Fall of American Democracy, author Michael Jaquish, a former Police Chief and US international Diplomatic Security administrator, presents a chilling political thriller that explores how fragile democratic institutions can be when confronted by fear, misinformation, and the relentless pursuit of power. Set against the backdrop of a deeply divided United States, the story follows a small group of citizens—former military officers, intelligence ...

If you are a young person, you have probably wondered where the universe came from and how the Earth formed. How life began, and how humans came to exist. In Where Did We Come From? And Where Are We Going?, young readers take an exciting journey through the story of everything—from the birth of the universe to the possible future of humanity. Written for curious readers in grades 5–8, this engaging science book explores some of the biggest questions humans have ever asked: • How did the universe begin? • What are stars made of—and how do they create the elements that make life ...

Are we in fact, a nation of liars? Not entirely of course. Millions of Americans still embrace truth as much as humanly possible. But lies have indeed always been a fundamental part of the story of America. The earliest lie perhaps, being the first sentence of the second paragraph of the US Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Another lie we tell ourselves is displayed on our Statue of ...

This fast-paced science fiction novel with a bit of Buddhist philosophy tossed in for good measure is the prequel to THE LEGACY. The story begins with a young couple in North Bend, Washington abducted by "Aliens" in a silver flying saucer on a rainy night in the forest. The plot takes an unexpected twist however, when the couple learns that the "Aliens" are really human visitors from another time and they are astonished to learn that the abduction is actually a rescue mission. But before they can wrap their minds around the bizarre revelations, the couple finds themselves tumbling head ...

In 1962 two 14 year-old twin brothers on a ranch outside of Castle Rock, Washington are befriended by a curious little man called ‘The Professor’ in an enormous house down the lane. The man is not what he appears to be and he displays an uncanny knowledge of all things scientific. The Professor takes the brothers on an exciting and unbelievable astronomical journey of discovery with the aid of an Alien spacecraft he has hidden away in his barn. The book contains illustrations by the author. Michael Jaquish is a world-traveler, an adventurer, and a story teller. He has published over ...

"A fascinating peek inside the mind of one seeking to rescue the world from its own insanity." Following a career in domestic law enforcement, the author traveled to Liberia in West Africa to run US Embassy diplomatic security and Intelligence operations. Before he could get his bearings he found himself engulfed in bloody civil war in Liberia that exposed him to horrors that would stretch the boundaries of his personal believability to the limits. His struggles to adapt and survive the revolution in Liberia, and the two that awaited him in Gambia and Sierra Leone, altered the way he viewed...

This book is a replica of the incredible journal of Tim Peterson that was found in an old steamer trunk in the attic of Tim Peterson's home by his daughter, Sandra Peterson, after Tim's death. This narrative has been painstakingly reproduced from the only hand-written copy by the author, Michael Jaquish, using a font that most closely resembles the handwriting of Tim Peterson for realism. This journal is what motivated Tim's daughter, Sandra to investigate and determine if the journal she found could possibly be true. That investigation launched her and her friends into an epic adventure ...

The author has spent a lifetime living on the edge of chaos to experience all that the life journey has to offer. His travels have carried him across the globe to places like Africa, Cuba, Ecuador and Thailand, and Europe, often while rubbing shoulders with some of the most unsavory individuals on the planet. In this book he draws upon some of those experiences to entertain you with tales that range from reality to fanciful penetrations of the surreal, spiritual, inspirational and bizarre. Some stories are real, some are imagined. Will you be able to tell which is which? A Country Cop Books...

What do you say when your child asks you, “where do we come from?” Most Americans tend to respond with the Biblical story of creation, but not everyone subscribes to that version of human origin. Many people prefer the scientific version of the human journey. This book for them. Although the book touches briefly on speculation about the existence of the soul, and how some cultures deal with this issue, the primary intent is to provide a simple story based upon what science tells us. If you are one who feels comfortable with a discussion about evolution, and the big bang that created our...

This updated 2025 version of, The Role of the Security Officer, is a comprehensive security-training tool for instructors and students that provides all the information a professional private security guard needs to serve with professionalism and conduct themselves within the parameters of the law. Most chapters end with a quiz and there is a final exam at the end of the book. This training manual is an excellent choice not only for students of the security profession, but also for security company managers and private security consultants. The book is ideal for college instructors ...

Every family has a story. Your family is the story of you… who you are, and where you came from. You exist only because you have ancestors. This is the story of the American Jaquish family. The American story began when an 18 year old Henri Jaques climbed aboard a boat in France in 1640 and sailed to the “New World” to make his fortune. He stepped off that boat in Newbury, Massachusetts (Now called Newburyport.) He joined the Massachusetts Bay Colony English Puritans, married Anna Knight, and changed his name from Henri Jaques to Henry Jaquish. What happened after that is, well… the...

Why are we here? Some suggest that one reason we may be here, is to understand why we make the choices we make, and how to make better ones. What does it mean to be human? How can we learn to recognize how ego can destroy inner peace, and vanquish it to release the true nature of our compassionate spiritual essence? This book explores such questions and offers some answers, while examining some even tougher questions such as: how are human beings capable of genocide on one hand, and capable of near godlike compassion on the other? Growing numbers of human beings believe we have the ...

What practical impact does the philosophy of Buddhism have for those engaged with modern culture and how does awareness enter the picture? This book offers a collection of essays by a contemplative Buddhist and author of over fifteen books that provides comments and observations on a variety of contemporary issues intended to show how the Buddhist perspective can be used to engage a wide variety of issues realistically with awareness, mindfulness and compassion.

Most will agree that humanity is a mess. Particularly since political forces in America began destroying democracy with authoritarianism. Darwinian evolution says that all species are doomed to compete among themselves for the right to contribute to the gene pool. Human beings like to think we are superior to animals, but the evidence shows we are no different from animals in this respect. Every generation finds reasons to conduct atrocities and wage wars. The idea that we can coexist peacefully seems for many, like an idealistic, overly-optimistic dream, rather than anything founded in ...

'Zairian Buddhism' is book three of the Time Hero Chronicles. Unlike the first two books, which contain a fictional account of the collision of three human cultures from three different time periods, this book explores in depth the philosophy of mindfulness and compassion that governs the future pacifist society of the people of Zarnia as described in the first two books of this series; TIME LOVES A HERO and THE LEGACY. This book was created to respond to questions from readers intrigued by the nature of the Zairian culture. The book describes how such a society might actually be created ...