ISHA Ullr Award recipient, Ski History Book 2020. James Bond fans may have been exposed to biathlon in “For Your Eyes Only,” when a fictitious biathlon champion (and agent) leaves his race to chase Bond through a series of winter sports venues. The U.S. has played an important role in returning the sport to the Winter Olympics. The exciting winter sport of biathlon, which combines the dual physical skills of cross-country skiing with marksmanship, is a fast-paced sport that enjoys great popularity in Europe. Although biathlon can be traced to prehistoric Scandinavia, its role in military planning and strategies by early Scandinavian military ski troops can be said to be the true origins of this exciting modern-day sport. This book explains what biathlon is, what it takes and how it’s done, as well as the people and organizations involved in the history and development of the sport in the U.S. Photographs, glossary, references, index, and a listing of U.S. champions and international participation of American athletes in the Biathlon World Championship and Winter Olympic Games, are included. About the Author Art Stegen has been at the epicenter of biathlon for fifty years, as an athlete, coach, team leader, member of the board of directors and editor of the US Biathlon newsletter Art. He demonstrated athletic prowess early in his career as a runner, then as a cross‐country skier and, later, in biathlon, spending his service time with the Modern Winter Biathlon Training Center at Fort Richardson, Alaska. Certified in Norway as a cross-country skiing and biathlon coach, an original member establishing the independent U.S. Biathlon Association, UIMPB honors for writing the first book in the English language about biathlon, the Meritorious Service Medal for writing the military’s biathlon training manuals, authoring U.S. biathlon’s coaching education programs, and drafting U.S. biathlon’s modern bylaws. Art continues to serve on the board of directors.

Unique and Unknown: The Story of Biathlon in the United States

Arthur Stegen

Great Life Press

THE DIABETES REVOLUTION WORKBOOK is an innovative, self-paced program, designed to enable participants to bring their diabetes or pre-diabetes under control by following the programs Conquer Diabetes Success Systemä. Rather than focusing on diets, doomed to fail in the long run, or quick fix solutions that dont address the underlying problem, it focuses on teaching participants how to implement lasting lifestyle changes. Using a step-by-step system, participants learn how to conquer diabetes and its complications, one success habit at time.

The Diabetes Revolution Workbook

Janet B. Sanders

Costa Ndayisabye’s parents fled a Tutsis’ massacre in Rwanda to Burundi in 1959. After his mother was widowed at a young age, he and his siblings grew up in extreme poverty. Costa was imprisoned three times, in Congo and Burundi at the age of seventeen, and in Rwanda. The family repatriated to Rwanda in 1995 after the Tutsis’ Genocide, which took the lives of almost one million innocents within a period of 100 days. Inspired by The School for The Work with Byron Katie, where he found the true line of his innerpeace, the author became an international presenter and facilitator for individual healing and interpersonal reconciliation. The Work That Brings Peace in Me--the name of this book and of Costa's presentation--teaches about how to live peacefully in The Present by questioning our mind.

The Work That Brings Peace in Me: From Africa Through Hate to Love—Journey to Epiphany

Self-Help

Ndayisabye, Costa

Motivational

This book of full-color photographs and how-to guide highlights ten of the dresses from the Embellishments exhibit and analyzes their design elements in depth. Each item has been closely examined, taking advantage of places where threads have loosened over time to peer at the back side of trims, searching garment interiors, and studying fabric grain lines and seams for clues on construction. Lush photography of full-length gowns and close-up views of construction details are paired with descriptions, clear diagrams, and instructions for a book you can enjoy on many levels. “Embellishments is a must have for fashion do-it-yourselfers, but this publication also belongs on bookshelves of serious fashionistas and Victorian enthusiasts.” —Lynne Francis-Lunn, Director of Merchandising, Peabody Essex Museum “In an era in which our closets are full of mass-produced clothing, Embellishments offers us a rich and lushly illustrated book that combines an obvious love of handcraft with intimate knowledge of Victorian garment construction.” —Michelle Tolini Finamore, Curator of Fashion Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Embellishments: Constructing Victorian Detail

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Schaeffer, Astrida

Crafts & Hobbies

After 40 years in consulting (he started when he was 8), Alan Weiss, the rock star of consulting, was finally persuaded to sit still periodically over the course of a year for over a hundred hours of interviews edited for this seminal work. He has written more books on consulting than anyone in history, and in these pages you'll find the best of Alan. In freewheeling and candid responses, he replied to three expert interviewers (Chad Barr, Linda Henman, and Aviv Shahar, all expert consultants themselves) with energy, pragmatism, and his signature humor. This book will be on the shelf of every serious consultant in the world, dog-eared marked up, and forever applicable.

Alan Weiss on Consulting

Alan, Weiss

Linda Henman

Chad Barr

Aviv Shahar

For over 30 years Arturo's restaurant advertised its modest claims to "Decent Italian Food." No frills -- with a sense of humor -- wine glasses were labeled "Arturo's Cheap Wine" and beer mugs read "Warm Flat Beer." Renowned for his large portions and small prices, as well as his sense of humor, Art "Arturo" Belge entertained and fed thousands of patrons. This book is a collection of essays written for a Syracuse, New York, monthly tabloid called Table Hopping, dedicated to the restaurant scene around town. Art's only condition was that his column wouldn't have anything to do with the restaurant scene around town... And thus it was this book was born.

Warm Flat Beer

Biographies & Memoirs

Belge, Art "Arturo"

Professionals & Academics

This full color book is a summary of the fundamental ideas of representational painting that artists use to help paint light and shadow or the look of nature. --To help the working painter logically solve problems. Written in a concise manner so they can be easily memorized. Learning to paint involves learning to see and guidance from a master craftsman is very helpful. This book is a supplement to studio instruction. It can easily fit in a paint box. Although I have written this book for other artists, anyone with an interest in art can read it and greatly increase their appreciation and understanding of classical realism.

Painting the Visual Impression

Richard Whitney

Arts & Photography

When Costa Ndayisabye, author of The Work that Brings Peace in Me, first met Tim Stoklosa, he knew Tim was someone special. It was Tim’s peaceful way of living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy that got Costa’s attention, and a special bond developed between them that led to the writing of this book. Tim is a living example of how we can cultivate peace by letting go of fear. When we are fearful, we become “care-less,” and we create that “don’t care” spirit in our minds and then fearfully project that to the outside. When we do not care for each other, we do not care for ourselves. Caring takes moving past the fear, to understand the potential value and goodness of all human beings, and to seek caring ways of solving human problems. Not caring is a reaction to the confusion that emanates from a mind full of FEAR. From Costa Ndayisabye, author of The Work that Brings Peace in Me. Our hope is that Tim’s story awakens us to a larger understanding, and to discover as Tim and Costa have discovered, the power of peacefully Living the Present.

Overcoming Fear: Challenging Our Greatest Disability

Stoklosa, Timothy

Community & Culture

From the time he was a baby, James Haller loved being in the kitchen. Internationally acclaimed chef and award-winning author James Haller serves up a perfect blend of humor, nostalgia, and wisdom in this delightful culinary memoir. In his latest book, Chef Haller chronicles a lifetime of cooking. “I never formally studied the culinary arts. But the lessons that came to me in the daily cooking of the households of which I was a part have stayed with me all of my life. This informal education is the subject of this book. Salt &amp; Pepper Cooking brings me full circle—back to where I began.” — Chef Haller. James Haller opened his renowned restaurant, Blue Strawbery, in 1970 and in 16 years never repeated a menu. Today, creative cuisine abounds, but in Chef Haller’s time, he was truly an innovator, one of a generation of American chefs including Larry Forgione in Manhattan, Lydia Shire in Boston, Jeremiah Tower in San Francisco, Alice Waters of Chez Panisse, who all pioneered the New American Cooking. Haller is the author of several books, including The Blue Strawbery Cookbook: Cooking Brilliantly Without Recipes, Vie De France, a travel journal that has been printed in 3 languages, and What To Eat When You Don’t Feel Like Eating, on cooking for cancer patients, which has sold over 800,000 copies.

Salt & Pepper Cooking: The Education of an American Chef

Haller, James

The Bait Store and Other Stories is a collection of humorous short stories based on true events from the time the author opened and ran a bait store at the gateway to Cape Cod during the social changes of the late 1960s. The title story is about the many people he met and worked with along the roadside. He is determined to succeed, while an array of obstacles and challenges lie in his way. The stories present issues of the coming of age process and trials of a young spiritual seeker. Responding to the guidance of his developing intuition and personal destiny, he eventually creates his dream career as a children’s overnight summer camp director and owner in Raymond, Maine. He shares his insights and experiences creating and operating Camp Hawthorne for twenty-five summers.

The Bait Store: & Other Stories

Literature & Fiction

Furst, Ron

Short Stories & Anthologies

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