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  It’s funny how, when you look back on your school years, it’s not the report cards or the test scores that stay with you. What sticks, often more than anything else, are the people who were there while you were trying to figure out who you were becoming. That’s one of the strongest threads running through North: The Journey —this sense that the author grew up surrounded by adults who took their jobs, and their students, seriously. Not in a stiff or rigid way, but in a steady, dependable, “I’m here if you need me” sort of way. Reading through the memoir, you get the feeling that the teachers at Valley Stream North weren’t just doing a job. A lot of them were young, close in age to the students, and full of energy. They didn’t just teach whatever subject they were assigned—they dragged kids into new experiences, broadened their world a little, and tried to give them more than what was on the page. That closeness is one of the things that gives the book so much warmth. The author ...

  A newly expanded edition of North: The Journey has been released, offering readers a heartfelt reflection on what it meant to grow up in the 1950s and how those early years shaped a lifetime of values, friendships, and personal faith. Written by Raymond Philip Heron II, the memoir revisits the author’s school days at Valley Stream North High School and explores how community, teachers, and small everyday moments continued to influence him long after graduation. Unlike many modern memoirs, this book doesn’t rely on dramatic plot twists or shocking revelations. Instead, it delivers something quieter and more intimate: the honesty of someone looking back and trying to understand how ordinary experiences—walking into a classroom, sitting on a team bus, talking with a coach after practice—ended up carrying so much weight. The author invites readers into those memories, not just to revisit them, but to appreciate the lessons they quietly delivered. A central focus of the memoir is...

The option of not working hard was just unavailable in Shaolin. In each household, hard work was required and all children understood that there was no guarantee of opportunity. My parents and grandmother used to work long hours, which taught me a lesson of making an appearance even when things were not right. The work ethic was integrated into my personality whether I was working on callaloo, selling snacks, or cutting hair into the late hours of the night. Further on, in college (sports, school, and finances), the training that I received as a child helped me out. Visit:  https://garoldhamilton.com/ That learning came in very handy when I had to face one of my most difficult times in life, my motorbike accident, in the course of my university life. It required the physical and mental strength to recuperate. It demanded time and dedication. It needed the kind of determination that I had cultivated in Shaolin in hustling. I used my hard work-induced resilience to overcome the acc...

  Looking back at my career today, with my rise to the top of the major engineering firms, such as SmithGroup, WSP, and eventually Introba within the Sidara network, people tend to think that my leadership skills were developed in the conference rooms or on the university campus, or through corporate mentorship programs. The reality is however, much more surprising. These were the most fundamental skills that equipped me to work in corporate America and these were acquired in my childhood days and during my teenage life in Jamaican ghetto of Shaolin where hustle was a way of life and hard work was not a choice, but rather a necessity. In From Grit to Glory , I reveal the character traits that were developed through barbering, hustling, and day-to-day discipline and led me up the ladder to executive leadership. Visit:  https://garoldhamilton.com/ One of my very first duties was barbering and I learned much more than how to cut hair. My humble barbering shop in Shaolin was soo...

  This book narrates the remarkable story of Garold Hamilton, this is a most touching testament of how persistence of entrepreneurial spirit and access to education breaks down even those generational barriers that are most rigid. The story of Hamilton begins in Shaolin, a ghetto community in Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica, which is impoverished, crowded with people, and has low opportunities. Even here, in a setting of two cemeteries and grim truths of ghetto existence, there was a germ of ambition, a germ that would sprout in other lands, other cultures, other continents.  Hamilton shares with the memoir how the first teacher was resilience. He also grew up knowing how to hustle, having been brought up in a hustling family the members of which managed to survive on small businesses, farming, and creativity. Entrepreneurship was a way of life whether selling bag juice, running a June plum business at school, farming callaloo in his backyard and later starting up with a full-scale barbe...

  A new release that asks readers to slow down, return often, and let meaning unfold over time Some books are meant to be read quickly. Highlighted, summed up, and put on a shelf. Done. This one fights that instinct. This month, Sterling Platinum's "Synchronicity: The Connecting Energy" comes out with a more peaceful purpose. It doesn't want to be finished. It wants to be kept close. Opened again. Lived with. Reading often feels like a transaction—get the information and move on—but this book offers something else: a relationship that keeps going. That alone makes it feel like it needs to happen now. Why This Book Hits Different There is a cultural push to get value quickly. Read the whole book. Get the food to go. Use what you learned. The Connecting Energy works against that rhythm, which is called synchronicity. It is based on thinking, noticing, and coming back. Exercises that don't go away. Questions that change based on when you meet them. This bo...

  A growing number of young people and working professionals are taking an interest in stock and options trading, yet many feel overwhelmed by complex terminology, conflicting advice, and costly subscription services. In response to these challenges, author Ritchey Marbury has released DO IT YOURSELF INVESTING FOR BUSY PEOPLE: TRADE ANYTIME , a guide written specifically for beginners who want a straightforward, reliable, and time-efficient system to start trading with confidence. The book is the result of Marbury’s 60 years of personal trading experience, during which he managed his company’s retirement plan without a losing year. His background as a professional civil engineer and land surveyor helped him develop a disciplined, analytical mindset—one that he now shares with readers in an accessible and beginner-friendly format. A Beginner’s Roadmap From Someone Who’s Been There What sets this book apart from typical trading manuals is its simplicity. Instead of overwhelming...

  In the backdrop of all violence in Hanna Blade is a greater mechanism, a mechanism comprised of covert missions, hidden agendas, the corrupt intelligence and the silent wars being waged in the background by men who hardly have their names come to sunlight. The very world, which predetermines the fate of Hanna Blade, is not characterized by random cruelty but by some secret services, which shatter the wall between the justice and the betrayal. This world is unlocked with the book by Akira Ajiro, the father of Hanna, a deep-cover agent who was hidden deep within criminal groups. His job entailed no talking, no secret, and the power to endure in a world where he always felt threatened. The records he was able to compile, enriched with encrypted notebooks, secret accounts and intelligence documents, showed that he was a part of a web of deadly networks. The very systems set up secretly to guard the society worked against him. With false information and diversion, Akira is wrongly ...

Harlem K. Night announces the release of Lost in Harlem , a debut work that steps boldly into the emotional terrain many people avoid speaking about. The manuscript blends personal storytelling, poetic rhythm, fragmented memory, intimate dialogue, and theatrical structure into a single narrative experience that feels strikingly real and deeply vulnerable. With its honest tone, unfiltered reflections, and unconventional format, Lost in Harlem introduces Harlem K. Night as a voice willing to reveal the emotional truths most people keep quiet. A Debut Crafted From Experience, Not Performance Unlike traditional literary debuts polished to fit expectations, Lost in Harlem stays true to the raw voice that wrote it. Harlem doesn’t polish his emotions. He doesn’t reshape his story to fit a neat arc. Instead, he allows the narrative to move as memory does — shifting back and forth, jumping between feelings, lingering on certain moments, and allowing others to remain unspoken. The re...