With millions of Americans entering their so-called "retirement years" many with few material needs but a hunger in their souls to make this "second to last chapter" count Wilkes offers the practical counsel of one who has already been there. "The last thing we want to do in our remaining productive years is count the daisies and days," he says. "We want to matter, to accomplish something that matters. Something is stirring within us and demands a response." Your Second to Last Chapter is a time when you are at the peak of your powers wise in years, brimming with experience, ready to take on fresh new challenges. Wilkes shows how to match your passion and abilities with human needs in new ways that will use your talents to fullest and provide you the deepest personal satisfaction possible.

Your Second to Last Chapter: Creating a Meaningful Life on Your Own Terms

Self-Help

Wilkes, Paul

Motivational

In Extenso Press

The Cardinal's Assassin

"The third suspense novel following Bishop Bryn Martins encounters with a cabal of conservative Catholic clergy and prelates and their hired assassin Giorgio Grotti"--

Donald Cozzens

"The third suspense novel following Bishop Bryn Martin's encounters with a cabal of conservative Catholic clergy and prelates and their hired assassin Giorgio Grotti"--

Cozzens, Donald

Literature & Fiction

Under Pain of Mortal Sin

A Bishop Bryn Martin Murder Mystery Fergus Mann, an assassin hand-picked by men he deems to be true believers and protectors of the supreme center of his beloved church, plunges into action as an agent of divine retribution. Placing the cincture over the hanger s hook of her garment bag, Reverend Laura Spivak noted with curiosity the crunch of car tires on the gravel drive in front of the lodge where she had just celebrated Mass. Maybe a park ranger coming to secure the lodge for the night. The door of the lodge opened slowly, and she turned to see instead, standing full in the doorway, a man of average height in a nylon workout suit. He stood still for a second, as if posing for a picture, his shadowed eyes dark and unblinking. May I help you? she asked, her voice thin and tight. You have sinned, woman, his voice sharp and cold as a condemning judge. You have sinned mortally. So begins the story of Bishop Bryn Martin s new engagement with powerful forces determined to preserve and protect their particular orthodoxy. The bishop s first months as the ordinary of a Roman Catholic diocese will bring him face-to-face with the darkest impulses of the human heart, to a place where sins and consequences are too often mortal.

A followup to the award-winning novel Master of Ceremonies by Donald Cozzens. Another Bishop Bryn Martin Murder Mystery.

Murder, Chicago-style Cosmo Grande, a washed-up private eye operating out of Chicago's near North Side, is brought up short when a client hires him to investigate a murder not yet committed. Following a confounding path of strange clues and stumbling upon vestiges of his own storied past, the self-professed tough guy encounterswith his own brand of grit (and wit)murderers, mobsters, straight and crooked cops, and a financial scheme threatening to bring to its knees a church already swooning from scandal. Unfolding events ultimately force Cosmo to confront his own frailty and finally face a ghost from the past who will not rest.

Death in Chicago: Winter

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Grassi, Dominic J

Mystery

Murder, Chicago-style Cosmo Grande, a washed-up private eye operating out of Chicago's near North Side, is brought up short when a client hires him to investigate a murder not yet committed. Following a confounding path of strange clues and stumbling upon vestiges of his own storied past, the self-professed tough guy encounterswith his own brand of grit (and wit)murderers, mobsters, straight and crooked cops, and a financial scheme threatening to bring to its knees a church already swooning from scandal. Unfolding events ultimately force Cosmo to confront his own frailty and finally face a ghost from the past who will not rest. The first thrilling novel in the Cosmo Grande series.

Grassi, Fr Dominic

Brother Louis is at it again: challenging the very nature of belief in the modern world and how human beings can practice an authentic spirituality in the twenty-first century. His newest book is aimed specifically at Roman Catholics, but it will be read by seekers of all Christian denominations, all faiths, and all those searching for a faith that makes sense to them today.EXCERPT FROM DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING, GOD?In our own perplexing attempts to peer beneath the veil of theological convention, we may discover there is a higher truth in questions that can’t be answered than in answers that can’t be questioned. Jesus, the great communicator, used the things with which his disciples had everyday familiarity to convey his message of salvation and the power of universal love: the lilies of the field, wheat and chaff, a mustard seed, lost sheep, fig trees, the power of Caesar, toiling in the fields, the nets of the fishermen. But is that how he would choose to speak to us today, in the third millennium since his death? Would he not speak instead of quarks and Wall Street capitalism, organ transplants, nuclear arsenals, gender identity, our failing stewardship of the planet, racial animus, income disparity, and unwelcome refugees? Who, we may ask, are the outcasts of our society today with whom he would seek communion? What contemporary hypocrites would suffer his scorn? Whom would he drive from the temple today? These are questions that have the power to engage and awaken us.132 pages, paperback, $14.95, 978-0-87946-979-5, #2025BROTHER LOUIS DE THOMASIS, FSC, a member of the De La Salle Christian Brothers, is President Emeritus of Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and Chairman of Christian Brothers Investment Services–Global. He is the author of Flying in the Face of Tradition, Dynamics of Catholic Education, All Things to All People, and co-author, with Cynthia Nienhaus, CSA, of The Silent Schism: Healing the Serious Split in the Catholic Church.

Do You Know What You're Doing, God?: Unveiling a Spirituality for the Twenty-First Century

Dethomasis, Louis

Brother Louis is at it again: challenging the very nature of belief in the modern world and how human beings can practice an authentic spirituality in the twenty-first century. His newest book is aimed specifically at Roman Catholics, but it will be read by seekers of all Christian denominations, all faiths, and all those searching for a faith that makes sense to them today.

Do You Know What You're Doing, God?: Unveiling A S[Orotia;otu Fpr Tje Twenty-First Century

While receiving treatment for breast cancer, clinical psychologist and spiritual director Kay Metres found nine surprising discoveries that she came to think of as gifts. 
The Nine Gifts
 -Transformation: Embracing change
 -Learning to Ask for Help: On not being alone anymore
 -Interdependence: Cooperating in your healing
 -Surrender: The power of giving up
 -Sisterhood: The wonderful women in your life
 -No Longer Need to be Right: The delicious freedom of letting go
 -Savoring Each Day: Mindfulness in every moment
 -Discovering Your Own Strength and Beauty: Loving yourself again
 -Deeper Spirituality: The unending pool of strength
 "I hope through reading this book, you will find empowerment and even joy, yea, joy, becoming more aware of your own strengths and inestimable value you bring to the world."

After the Fear Come the Gifts: Breast Cancer's Nine Surprising Blessings

Metres, Kay

Health, Fitness & Dieting

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Your Second to Last Chapter: Creating a Meaningful Life on Your Own Terms

The Cardinal's Assassin

The Cardinal's Assassin

Under Pain of Mortal Sin

Under Pain of Mortal Sin

Death in Chicago: Winter

Death in Chicago: Winter

Do You Know What You're Doing, God?: Unveiling a Spirituality for the Twenty-First Century

Do You Know What You're Doing, God?: Unveiling A S[Orotia;otu Fpr Tje Twenty-First Century

After the Fear Come the Gifts: Breast Cancer's Nine Surprising Blessings