Review\n"Fast-paced, filled with enough Southern coastal Texas lure, nature, fly fishing, humor, sex, drama, and clever surprises all the way to the last page to make it thoroughly entertaining. This is what GREAT movies are made of."\n~ Wanda Taylor, "The South's 1st Lady of Fly Fishing"\n"I had a hard time putting this book down. Kathy's words drew me in with her expressive writing style and alluring story line. She takes you on this in-depth journey through the lives of these wonderful characters and paints a beautiful inviting picture of South Texas and the Laguna Madre."\n~ Alex Ramirez, CEO of Outdoor Specialty Products\n"Only a woman who deeply knows the true anatomy and soul of fly fishing could so wisely reel us into this parallel world of the anatomy and very soul of human challenge, passion, and the call to surrender. Sparrow brings feminine divinity home to roost in the waters of South Texas. Brilliant."\n~ Molly Lord, TUNED-IN Productions\n"I have a stack of books next to my bed that I've been very gradually working my way through. They're all non-fiction, "personal growth" books, to help me gain a better grasp of that, ever elusive, inner peace or to learn something new to share with my clients, readers, and radio show listeners. But, as the warmer weather arrived, I was thinking more and more about playfulness and giving in to guilty pleasures. I began to crave a good piece of fiction, one where I could relate to the main character and get lost in the story. Kathy Sparrow's The Whispered Teachings of Grandmother Trout has fulfilled this craving. I became so wrapped up in the story that I stayed up late at night, unable to put the book down, emotionally wrapped up in the character and all of her personal ups and downs. In the end, I didn't feel so guilty about this pleasure because I could feel a subtle shift inside. Perhaps, I had achieved a bit of that 'personal growth' while enjoying the read, learning some of the lessons with Sparrow's protagonist, Ali, and from the whisperings of Grandmother Trout."\n~ Dr. Mara Karpel, psychologist, radio show host, and author of, The Passionate Life: Creating Vitality & Joy at Any Age\n"Kathy Sparrow's The Whispered Teachings of Grandmother Trout offered me a challenge. As I became engrossed in the lives of Ali and Jack, their thoughts felt like they became my own. My mind filled with their options and fought with the same emotions. The turning point for me was when the trout said, 'I'm over here.' I spend a fair amount of time outdoors as a sanctuary from daily life and a place to gather my thoughts. I wonder if I am really listening. Ali did not get it right away and had to let go of her fears to understand the whispers. Having made a significant career transition, I would say I have not let go of my fears. Perhaps if I listen more closely, I can learn from 'whispered teachings' and challenge the edge of comfort and fear."\n~ Mike McCleish, Army Veteran, and Media/Photographer Coordinator for Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing - Colorado Springs\nOn the surface, Ali Stephenson has it all––a secure position at Southern Style Magazine, where she’s risen to the ranks of managing editor with all the trappings that a six-figure salary makes possible and a clear route to take over her mentor and friend’s role as publisher. She has good friends, practices yoga daily, and takes long strolls on the beach near her home on the Chesapeake Bay. Her life is set, predictable.\nBut something is missing…\nWhen Ali is sent off to deep South Texas to write about fly fishing on the Lower Laguna Madre, she has no idea that her life is about to change drastically––and that, by facing much of the past she has kept at bay, she will be given the opportunity to melt the fortress she has spent years building around her heart.\nWill she embrace the opportunity?\nLike many women, Ali has a history of choosing unavailable men, an inevitable consequence of her childhood wounding by

The Whispered Teachings of Grandmother Trout

Romance

Sparrow, Kathy

Contemporary

A Writable Life

Stanky & Cece: Break The Rules

Children's Books

Hanstedt, Chad

Animals

Writable Life Publishing

What does it mean to make good choices? 
Best friends, Stanky, the jeep, and Cece the dog, soon discover that each adventure holds the opportunity to make the right decisions and take responsibility for their actions. 
In Stanky & Cece: Break the Rules, the friends head out for an adventure, and one bad decision lands them into trouble––creating havoc for a family of rabbits. 
Ultimately, Stanky & Cece learn a valuable lesson about making good choices, apologizing for their mistakes, and taking responsibility to fix what they destroyed. 
Adventures can be fun and safe––when we follow the rules––and make the right decisions. 
Co-authors Chad Hanstedt and Kathy Sparrow team with Illustrators Jacob Gray and James Koenig to share the adventures and valuable lessons of Stanky & Cece in this, the first of a series. 
Stanky & Cece: Break the Rules is a wonderful way to introduce kids ages 3-8 to embracing adventure, exploring nature, being responsible for their actions, and making amends. 
This engaging book: encourages children to look for opportunities to make the right choices affirms that everyone makes mistakes teaches children that mistakes can be forgiven appeals to kids' enjoyment of animals, trucks, and nature can be read aloud for story time or enjoyed as an independent read

Action & Adventure

A Writable Life Publishing

In this book, eleven of Jack Canfield's prestigious Success Principles Trainers share proven tools to ignite your leadership. These transformational leaders-Kathy Sparrow, Neel Raman, Pete Winiarski, Nathalie Osborn, Sergio Sedas, Jane Ransom, Jaroslav Pru&#778;sa, Sally Dooley, Amina Makhdoom, Connie Whitesell, and Lynden Kidd-represent key areas of industry and academia from Australia, the Czech Republic, Mexico, and the United States. In Ignite Your Leadership, they reveal how to energize your teams, influence real change, and create better results faster. The book is divided into three sections--Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading Organizations--and covers a wide range of topics, including: <ul><li>Conscious leadership and the power of your why</li><li>Intention, possibility, and innovation</li><li>Subconscious saboteurs and passionate business strategies</li><li>High employee and team engagement, and much more... </li></ul> As transformational leadership calls for every leader to know thyself, this book will become a valuable resource to help you do just that. You will discover the insights you need to uplift others so that together, you and your team will achieve your organization's highest mission and goals.

Ignite Your Leadership: Proven Tools for Leaders to Energize Teams, Fuel Momentum and Accelerate Results

Business & Money

Raman, Neel

Winiarski, Pete

Osborn, Nathalie

Sedas, Sergio

Dooley, Sally

Průša, Jaroslav

Ransom, Jane

Makhdoom, Amina

Whitesell, Connie

Management & Leadership

Authors Place Press

Revolving around her own quest to learn to fly fish on the Lower Laguna Madre of deep south Texas, Kathy Sparrow weaves ageless principles of women's psychology and yoga with a fresh, distinctly feminine approach to fly fishing. Kathy takes the reader from her early life on the bank with her father and grandfathers to her current status as a licensed Coast Guard captain, a fly fishing guide and lodge owner, and the holder of a women's world record speckled trout. Throughout she offers precious technical advice gleaned from male and female anglers alike. From the rods to use, the lines, and the flies, she covers a broad range of information including tips on how to see fish, read the water, and how to become a stealthy wader so you can stalk fish with finesse.

On the Mother Lagoon: Fly Fishing and the Spiritual Journey

Sports & Outdoors

Hiking & Camping

Wish Pub

The Precipice of Life: Leadership and Personal Growth Insights from a Mountaineer's Edge

Parfet, Bo

Voisen, Greg

Religion & Spirituality

Denali Venture Philanthropy LLC

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