The Copper Spike

Lone E. Janson

Dog Ear Publishing

Gods Meadow is a collection of essays, imagery, and poetry on the cultural landscape of Oslo, Norway, especially the ruins of a Cistercian monastery on an island in the Oslo fjord. Gods Meadow creates a kind of archaeological impressionism that explores evolutionary and spiritual connections between the oceans of Earth and space.

Gods Meadow: A Summer of Poems on the Edge of Oslo Fjord

P.J. Capelotti

After twenty-five plus years in the legal field with extensive background in commercial bankruptcy, litigation, real estate law, estate management and legal research, five years teaching bankruptcy law and professional ethics at Cleveland State Community College, seven years traveling all over lecturing, making training films and two television commercials, I retired. I was always interested in family history but never really had the time to work on it. Another, not so secret, desire of mine was to write books. So, in 1994, I began this amazing journey to put the “Wrinkle Family Puzzle” back together. I have met so many lovely people, all of them Wrinkles, of course. With my friend and distant cousin, Mary Maudean Wrinkle Desason, we dug up roots everywhere. We traveled and researched together and on our own. Many, many other Wrinkles helped with the project as well. For the past two years, I have been compiling and completing the research on each line. This is the first offering of a Volume of Wrinkle Adventures.

Walking in History: Adventures of the George Wrinkle Family

Evelyn Cross

Our children are experiencing a serious health crisis.If we do not get educated about it and facilitate change it is estimated that our children will not even live to the current lifespan of adults today.In fact,cancer,diabetes, asthma,obesity,ADHD and degenerative diseases are more prevalent than ever. Tween Kwisine:A Road to Better Health has been especially designed for kids ages 9 to 14 and their families. Many of the recipes have been submitted by kids from around the country.The recipes are easy to prepare and only utilize natural wholesome ingredients.This translates to meals,snacks and desserts that are free from artificial flavors, colors, preservatives, transfat, excess sugar, and salt. Throughout the book you will find health facts and tips as well as some history of common foods and comparisons between the classic tween favorites and their fast food counterparts. The goal is to get kids interested in learning about and preparing healthy food and be entertained in the process while fueling their creative sides. Now let ’s get cooking! Corie Goodson,MPH CHES

Tween Kwisine: A Road to Better Health

Corie Goodson

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Life in The US MILITARY is the 4th title in my Simple Pleasures for Special Seniors Collection of books begun in 2007. Previous titles are FRUITS, FUN FOODS and HAND TOOLS. The underlying concept of the books (cognitive visual/image therapy for people with memory loss) has been very carefully researched and. Many trials have occurred around the country under the watchful eyes of therapists, geriatric doctors, activity directors and caregiving family members that have guided the creation of the final published Simple Pleasures for Special Seniors books. Simply put, there are extremely effective at reestablishing connection and communications with people who have memory loss from various causes. The images are crisply detailed against a pristine white background, an artistic device that helps unite viewer and subject. By extracting the familiar object from its typical setting be it a pair of military boots, an apple or a hammer and placing it in a field of white , all confusing visual contexts have been removed that might confuse or frustrate this person with memory loss. As a result, the simple, familiar object evolves into a powerful visual cue that encourages quiet reflection or shared fresh reminiscence. It is important to note that every person with memory loss experiences things differently. What works for one person may not work in the same manner for another. Each Simple Pleasures for Special Seniors book focuses on a familiar aspect of life and is filled with simple, bold photo illustrations of familiar images designed to be easily recognizable to most people with memory loss. With no storylines or characters to cause confusion or frustration, Simple Pleasures for Special Seniors provides a positive alternative to written books, magazines and television programs. I dedicate Life in The US MILITARY to my dad and mom, Jack and Dorothy Koffman, and to the many family members, friends and professionals who are loving caregivers to US Military Veterans who have Alzheimer s disease and other forms of dementia and memory loss. My dad entered the Army in 1944 at the age of 39. He and my mom closed their three successful retail locations and my dad put his unique business skills to work as an educator for U.S. soldiers returning home after suffering battlefield disabilities ranging from lost limbs to blindness. Stationed at Dibble General Hospital in Menlo Park, California, my dad wrote training manuals specifically designed to assist these disabled veterans identify and establish new businesses they could successfully operate after the war with assistance offered by the GI Bill. My mom was a civilian employee of the Army and worked along side my dad, no doubt assisting in the creation of these unique training manuals. In his later years, my dad often spoke with pride about having been able to contribute positively to the lives of these disabled veterans. Dad was diagnosed with dementia in the 1980s and passed away in the 1990s. Mom was his primary caregiver and she passed away just six months later. I am all too familiar with the pain, frustration and sadness visited upon a family in these circumstances. That is why I created this book. And this book works! In the world of Alzheimer s and dementia, moments of connection and sharing are often few and far between. The images in this Simple Pleasures book are simple and powerful and can spark quiet reflection and even deeply moving shared experiences. They can create opportunities for communication between family members of all ages and their Special Veteran . . . opportunities for precious shared moments that will be treasured always. There is simply nothing more important. And I think my folks would agree.

Life In The US Military

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Dan Koffman

Mental Health

"The wonder isn't that the airplane took so long to get built but that it got built at all." Robert GoyerEditor-in-Chief, Flying MagazineVern Raburn - high tech entrepreneur - was a man with a dream and strong opinions.The build a low cost, high speed twin-engine jet aircraft; to completely change personal air travel and Eclipse the competition. The strong when comparing the standards of thinking in aviation to those of Silicon Valley, Raburn said of aviation, "People think we can't do it because they can't. It's the 'if it doesn't exist, it can't exist' theorem." He said of Silicon Valley, "If it doesn't exist, it's a market opportunity."Eclipse Aviation, Raburn's start-up company, created the airplane, won the prestigious Collier Trophy and went bankrupt. Then, against all odds, it was saved. "The Great Eclipse" tells the story of how crippling culture clashes, supply chain sloppiness, mega-marketing and major mismanagement made the dream a nightmare.Maxwell takes us on a fascinating journey as Raburn's Eclipse powers through the easy money time of the internet bubble, tumbles on technology and crashes in the global economic crisis. Then, the assets of the company were plucked from the bankruptcy court and a new Eclipse company took flight, managed with a sensible financial and business strategy.Dennis Maxwell has been writing about technology for over 30 years, at General Electric, SRI International, for a number of Silicon Valley high technology films and for Eclipse Aviation. His words have appeared in disparate places, from The American Cinematographer to Congressional testimony. Born in Hamburg, NY, he lives on Johns Island, South Carolina.Students of business seeking an excellent real life company case study involving an industry "game changing" product that suffered from repeated management and financial missteps will find a series of thought provoking business strategy questions in the last section of this book.

The Great Eclipse: A Dream Design Bankrupted by Marketing and Mismanagement and Saved by a Sensible Business Strategy

Dennis D. Maxwell

Speak Ye First the Kingdom is one part Susan Howatch novel, one part minister's manual and one part fundraising resource, with generous sprinklings of 20th century history from the viewpoint of an intriguing family, church maneuvering and theology thrown in. Kamila Blessing narrates her journey into the abundance of God within communities of faith that want to know this abundance but often serve as their own worst enemy. Her escapades, wounds and triumphs captivate the reader, whether lay or clergy, and before they know it, BOOM comes the spiritual insight and practical next steps. This work incorporates Kamila's many life experiences, academic interests and encounters with God into a rich and complex story of learning to trust God for all things, then leading others to do the same. Each chapter ends with a Prayer Starter to send us into our own journey into abundance. Readers will find themselves rereading entire chapters as if savoring a dense and flavorful dessert. Groups that read this book together will find much to discuss. Kamila Blessing has been an Episcopal priest for 27 years and served more than a dozen denominations as teacher, consultant, mediator, and editor of Christian Education materials. She has shepherded more than 20 congregations toward increased giving based upon the spiritual growth of the congregation-sometimes more than doubling the funding base of the church. She believes people will not give unless they feel fulfilled and nurtured by family, church, and above all, the love of God. Also important is the analysis of communication patterns (seen and unseen) in which the life of the church is really lived. Blessing often says that if she preaches only the love of God for all people for her entire pastorate, it will be the work of a lifetime. It is important to Blessing to stand explicitly for traditional Christianity, and let the members reason out for themselves whether they should believe, but in the face of one who does.

Speak Ye First the Kingdom: A Mainline Pastor's Journey into Abundance

Blessing, Kamila

Religion & Spirituality

This looks ultra exciting -- fascinating and very well organized. It's a book I would absolutely buy. When I encountered infidelity in my marriage, I searched at length for helpful literature. Your book would have jumped off the shelf. Linda B. Spiritual Philosophy Teacher This engaging and entertaining book delivers powerful stories and insightful tools to empower couples to achieve extraordinary success. An essential instruction manual for intimate relationships. David Krueger MD, Executive Mentor Coach Author, The Secret Language of Money www.MentorPath.com Nearly half of all Americans think marriage is obsolete. Marrying another person, uniting legally with commitment, has usually been the basis for the formation of families. Traditional marriage and family life is still desired by the majority of our society and most Americans believe that being faithful to one's spouse is required and expected. Still, infidelity happens... and often. If you picked up this book and are having an affair, in an exclusive relationship, have been betrayed by your partner, plan on being married, have secret conversations with someone you met online, worry about couples cheating as the norm today, this book is for you. An issue splashed across the media virtually every day, occurring in both celebrity and private lives, it is the right time to address marriage, committed relationships, extra-marital affairs, cybersex, communication problems, the evolution of women in society as it relates to marriage, and our American sexualized society today. Rica Gold, Ph.D., formally practiced as a licensed Marriage Family Therapist for more than twenty years and hosted her own live radio and television shows. She is currently the owner of Clear Transitions, Life and Wellness Coaching, providing individual and group coaching to both the business and private sector. An online college instructor in Communication Studies, she is also a provider for the Board of Behavioral Science, authoring Continuation Education courses to mental health professionals. Professional teleseminars, public speaking and free-lance writing are among her engaging activities. Gold lives in California.

Adultery is Universal: But I'm Getting Married Anyway: What to Know Before You Do or Already Have

Rica Gold

Parenting & Relationships

Lily Price Hamersley became, with her 1888 marriage to the eighth Duke of Marlborough, the highest-ranking American peeress in England and the first American duchess in fifty years. The duke was one of three distinguished, but, alas, short-lived husbands of this beauty from Troy, New York. Her first husband, Louis Hamersley, was a patrician New Yorker who left her an affluent widow at the age of twenty-eight. Her second was the brilliant but "wicked," divorced, and socially outcast Duke of Marlborough―brother-in-law to Jennie Churchill, uncle to Winston, and father to the first husband of Consuelo Vanderbilt. Lily's third choice was an ebullient Anglo-Irish lord, William de la Poer Beresford, a horseracing enthusiast whose popularity has been likened to that of modern film stars. In the course of a surprising life, Lily knew triumph and heartbreak while proving herself a woman of self-confidence, optimism, and remarkable resilience. Lily’s “three marriages, her confident ease in moving into impossibly complicated and exalted social realms, and her decades of dealing with legal complexities related to wills, estates, and trusts make her story read like a newly discovered Edith Wharton novel. The history of the fairytale years when Lily became the Duchess of Marlborough and a dear friend of Winston Churchill is immensely readable and fascinating." Eric Homberger, emeritus professor of American Studies, University of East Anglia, and author of Mrs. Astor's New York: Money and Social Power in a Gilded Age "This entrancing portrait of a conventional American girl who made three extraordinary marriages draws on society papers and women's magazines as well as archives, court records and private papers to create a lively and vivid picture of social elites on both sides of the Atlantic during the late nineteenth century." Sally Mitchell, author of Daily Life in Victorian England and The New Girl: Girls' Culture in England, 1880-1915

Lily, Duchess of Marlborough

Biographies & Memoirs

Sally E. Svenson

Historical

Where do you work? We may answer this question with a physical location... but increasingly that is either only a partial truth, impossible to answer or just irrelevant. In this fascinating, highly personal investigation into work, Paul Miller challenges us rethink how and where we work today. Blending his own working career experiences, with those of organizations, Miller says it is the 'digital' in the workplace that now defines and shapes our working lives. Building on compelling stories from well-known organizations, Miller explains in a powerful narrative how every aspect of work is being transformed. This is an essential exploration of modern and future work that we can all relate to personally. Addiction, disappointment, liberation, slavery, speed - 'The Digital Workplace' is a captivating manifesto for work that lingers in the head and the heart. Paul Miller is a technology and social entrepreneur. He is CEO and Founder of the Digital Workplace Forum and the Intranet Benchmarking Forum and has been at the heart of the work and technology revolution for the last decade. He is the host of IBF Live, a monthly intranet media show, and Executive Producer and host of the annual IBF 24, which features 24 hours of the world's best intranets plus thought-provoking discussion on how work is being redesigned through technology. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, and wrote the best-selling book Mobilising the Power of What You Know. After an early career as a business journalist and speech writer, he published the influential WAVE magazine in 1990 and established The Empowerment Group in 1992, pioneering new approaches to communication within major organizations. In 1993, he co-founded the Ideas Café, a regular innovation event, shaped along social software lines during the early days of the web. Paul was one of the leaders of the innovative 'Fathers and Daughters Weekends'. He lives in London and has two daughters.

The Digital Workplace: How Technology Is Liberating Work

Science & Math

Dr Paul Miller MD Dmh Mrcpsych

Technology

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