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Part 2 – I Was Trained To Be A Spy by Helias Doundoulakis

Helias Doundoulakis, author of the book I Was Trained To Be A Spy, tells us about his time fighting in the war. In this extended episode, he talks about Gestapo’s invasion of Greece, his time in a resistance group, how it came about that he joined the US Army and, finally, the OSS, a precursor to the modern-day CIA.

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Part 1 – Imagination & Reality by Harry C. Doolittle

Interwoven with humor and satire, Imagination & Reality is an anthology of tales specifically collected and selected by Harry C. Doolittle. The author makes use of real locations that readers will be able to recognize though the characters and stories are fictional. He employs satire to cleverly present life’s sometimes absurd realities, wrapped in imaginative tales that will either draw out a laugh or provoke a thought.

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Part 1 – Marriage of the Lamb by J. Gordon Powell

Author J. Gordon Powell thinks he was born to be a teaching prophet. Although he is not yet a commissioned prophet as defined by Moses to Aaron and Miriam, he has already discovered a lot of information about repentance and rapture.

He believes that rapture is imminent and that many church leaders are expecting spiritual awakening. This may be the revival that some scholars anticipate as has been prophesied. Unfortunately, however, the very same teachers who predict revival before rapture still cling to religious traditions that allow pagan deities to deceive them.

Gordon believes that modern humans are resisting repentance in preparation for rapture because they are using intellect to function like gods. This desire to be like the gods was the reason humans severed their covenant union with God back when the earth was still young.

These beliefs, the scripture, and the author’s views on theology are discussed in detail in Marriage of the Lamb. Through his book, Gordon warns the citizens to abandon religious deception and repent to a marriage relationship with Christ.

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Part 1 – I Was Trained To Be A Spy by Helias Doundoulakis

I Was Trained To Be A Spy follows the story of an American-born boy who grew up in a small village on the Greek island of Crete. During his final year in high school, he witnesses the German invasion of the island as WWII began. At the age of eighteen, he joined a resistance group and supplied crucial information to the SOE, the arm of the English Intelligence Service. This group however is uncovered, resulting in their evacuation by the SOE, to Cairo.

There, Helias Doundoulakis was asked to join English Intelligence, only to pursue the American OSS (Office of Strategic Services), the fledgling American spy organization. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and was attached to the OSS’s SI or Secret Intelligence sector, where the author was trained for intelligence as well as defensive combat skills. After being oriented into a skilled “spy”, Doundoulakis was sent back to Salonica, Greece along with a Greek naval intelligence officer, and later set up a communications cell with a wireless radio he smuggled in, hidden inside a can of olive oil!

I Was Trained To Be A Spy is a heart-rendering account told in simple prose, of one young man’s spy training. He was the only American soldier in Salonica for a period of nine months, sending daily messages to OSS headquarters in Cairo on German troop movements. With these cryptic messages, many Axis ships were sunk, trains bombed, and thousand of Germans were killed. The author was decorated by the United States Army and the Greek government after the war, became a successful civil engineer, and holds the patent for the world’s largest radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

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Part 5 – The Value of a Homemaker by Patricia Zona

In this final podcast with author Patricia Zona, she touches on myriad topics that are brought up in her new book, The Value of a Homemaker: Corporate greed and the strain it puts on a marriage, violence on television and the movies, our broken legal system, especially in divorce cases, and finally her desire to send a positive message with this book that will help readers better their lives.

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Part 5 – Wondering About by David Strumfels

In the final podcast episode with author David Strumfels he talks about the positive experience he had writing his debut book Wondering About. He also tells us that he’s working on his second book. The upcoming title, The Third Row, is a book about chemistry that is meant to help students who are sometimes overwhelmed by the subject.

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Part 5 – Poetic Gesture by Elton Hill

What is in a name? For Elton Hill, author of the new collection of poetry Poetic Gesture, quite a bit! He tells us why he chose this title for his first book. He also tells us that, in the future, he plans to continue writing not just more poetry, but also a novel. Stay tuned for more from Elton Hill.

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Part 4 – The Value of a Homemaker by Patricia Zona

What is the true value of a homemaker? Patricia Zona, author of The Value of a Homemaker, talks about the myriad ways she tried to create a perfect home for her family. She tells us she loved having a home that her children would want to bring their friends to and always had dinner waiting for her husband as he worked late.

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Part 4 – Wondering About by David Strumfels

Author David Strumfels tells is about the process of writing his book, Wondering About. He explains that he learned a tremendous amount about himself and his Aspergers Syndrome while researching the book. He also talks more about his love for science and the sense of wonder that has brought him so much happiness in life.

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Part 4 – Poetic Gesture by Elton Hill

In this podcast episode poet Elton Hill reads his favorite poem from his debut collection, Poetic Gesture. This poem, called “I Live On,” was written for one of Elton’s friends, a young man who was tragically killed in a car accident.

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