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Armenia had a 500 year history with Rome that was a struggle for survival which proved to be the precedent for survival for Armenia through to the present time. Includes 2021 conflict analysis and breaking 2022 genetic science updates. Booklife Reports: ”The study of Roman Armenia that I wrote many years ago has been so completely rewritten where it’s premise as to the survivorabiliy of the Armenian homeland is proven 2,000 years after its inception against the Roman Empire. This time though it is 2021 and the attack by Azerbaijan and Turkey forces using Turkish drones to disable the ...

Why the term Sketch Book in the title of this book and not the term Notebook? Because Sketch Book is part of a book title by Washington Irving who was my late wife Jeri's favorite author and Notebook is associated with a title of a book by one of our greatest authors F. Scott Fitzgerald but not a favorite of Jeri's and this is a book about Jeri so her favorite author takes immovable precedent over all others. Though I should mention that it is a series of random notes more akin to F Scott’s Notebook. Regardless, Jeri was a noted New York artist who worked in wood construction, collage, ...

The author and his wife Jeri have traveled throughout Europe but now Jeri wants to go to a place that has enchanted her since she discovered her favorite writer, Washington Irving, and learned of the magical ruins that he convinced the world to restore. Join the travelers on their most romantic journey to date as they sit in each others embrace beneath the ink black Andalusia sky. The Alhambra Ranked number 58 by Amazon in Andalusia category

Join the author on his dharma journey of discovery as he treats his depression with Western methods and Tibetan Buddhism learned with his wife from the teachings of the Dalai Lama, Robert Thurman, Allen Ginsberg, and the lamas of the KTC Monastery in the Hudson Valley.

Mike and Jeri share their journeys through American history visiting historic sites, attending patriot events and honoring family members who served from the American Revolution to the present while campaigning, protesting and voting. "The person we had just purchased our historic 1841 John Adams style saltbox home from said that a flag had flown from this house since 9-11. We quickly asked him why the flag had not been flying before then. "A great tribute to your wife...describes the era of the 1960s...so well," - Gary A. Kulhanjian, Social Historian

Three celebrated Hudson Valley and Catskills classics. First a collection of Catskills essays with a regional guide, the author and his late wife Jeri’s memoir of their first year in the Hudson Valley, and finally a writer’s guide to the region from the Shawangunks to the Hudson Valley to the Catskills now in its Second Edition.

Released the day India landed on the moon, August 23, 2023 The Armenians of India: Merchants of Empires from the Age of Vishnu and Home Again, Second Edition, tells the story of the 2300 year relationship between India and its Armenians. The diaspora of Armenian merchants in India were at the center of a global trading network and at the center of their lives were their churches which remain as monuments to the diaspora in India. The Second Edition contains updated information on freemason Sir Catchick Paul Chater not just the greatest Armenian philantrphist and business leader of India and...

Mike and Jeri leave behind their Brooklyn and Long Island lifestyles for a vacation in the sun west to San Francisco and then down the coast to Big Sur, Monterey, Pebble Beach and Carmel. Then they set off for a four hour drive to Yosemite in their clown car, a tiny Geo Metro. Jeri falls immediately in love with San Francisco wanting to stay and send for their things confident that as a coordinator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art she can land a job at an art museum in San Francisco and Mike can transfer out of Brooklyn Law School to a law school here. What will their decision be, should ...

The teachers of our own time are held in high regard as they were in Ancient Roman and Greek times. Learn about these teachers from a teacher of our own time as we go beyond Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. "Education is the key to success in life and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students," - - Hon. Solomon Ortiz. "The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching," -- Aristotle. "The book manifests the importance of education to all civilizations and people," --Gary A Kulhanjian, Social Historian.

Ten year old Gregory peers into a Free Library book box and is swept away into the the greatest adventure of his life in the fashion of Robert Louis Stevenson.

Sybil Ludington rode further and longer than Paul Revere to warn of the approaching British saving the entire Hudson Valley in the American Revolution. An incredible achievement of riding, Stacey Romeo,Championship rider, trainer and instructor.

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQI+) bars, drinking and dancing establishments were not just party scenes but were really sanctuaries for that community. As a matter of fact, many people in the LGBTQI+ community treated these happy places as second homes or even primary homes if their families were close minded towards the community. They did indeed forge Pride and this book was the first to tell that story.

He was the greatest spy of the American Revolution - so much so, that at times, it was hard to tell if he was working for the British or the Americans.

Join lovers Mike and Jeri as they discover the romantic true secrets of one of the great world capitals born of the civilization of the Aztecs and before them the rulers of the mysterious pyramids of Teotihuacan into modern times with world class artists like Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera as well as writers like Carlos Fuentes and Octavio Paz where not even systemic earthquakes or the city's gradual sinking into the Aztec lake it was built over can stop its march to world glory. Regarding the destruction of the Aztecs and their civilization, “A Genocide of course from my study of history, ...

Discover the fascinating history of the Fishkill Supply Depot, a strategic supply depot during the Revolutionary War.

Armenian Edessa was a Christian city overrun by Muslims. The church called for a crusade to rescue the city and the Knights Templar would guide and protect these crusaders and the Armenians.

The litigators of New York are the right stuff attorneys of the legal profession, comparable to being a test pilot or member of Seal Team Six. They serve and deliver justice to the public.

The epic battle between Armenia and Rome that lasted for centuries and was a fight for survival for Armenians.

Buddhist meditation and the relaxation of fishing can help with your battle against depression. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Meditative Fly Fishing and the Battle Against Depression and learn about mindfulness and meditation.

A history of Armenian masonry that goes back to the legendary origins of Noah to the operative stone masons to the speculative masons to the lodges of the 1800s, their destruction during the genocide, and their revival in 1991.