Plants and People and Lessons Learned in the Dirt Popular garden columnist, lecturer and coach Colleen Plimpton has written a unique gardening memoir filled with funny, sad, touching and memorable stories of her years of digging in the dirt, the many people who nurtured her interest from childhood, and the unexpected life lessons she learned from morning glories, lilacs, potatoes, and even dandelions. Each chapter concludes with a detailed profile of the plant or woodland creature around which the story revolved. Mentors in the Garden of Life has received numerous awards, among them: * 2011 Connecticut Book Award Finalist in the Memoir category * The 2011 International Book Awards winner, Home: Gardening category * Best Books 2010 Awards Finalist, Home: Gardening, from USABookNews.com

Mentors in the Garden of Life

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Colleen Plimpton

Gardening & Landscape Design

Park East Press, Inc.

Gwendolyn Stevens beautifully written memoire about the remarkable life of Dr. Sheldon Gardner is set in a parallel universe, Heaven, where Dr. Gardner spends several Saturday s with God discussing significant events in his life. Many of us grow up in less than desirable circumstances. Some of us, either through illness or accident, wake up less able bodied than we were the day before. Dr. Sheldon Gardner experienced both. Growing up Jewish in an Italian ghetto outside of Boston, Sheldon learned about discrimination early; as a six-year-old he was molested by pre-teen Irish thugs in a park. At eleven, when he contracted Bulbar Polio, he quickly learned not to take life for granted, because it can change in the blink of an eye. GOOMBAH LUIGI S GRANDSON is an interesting, inspirational story especially for those who have experienced discrimination or had to adjust to living with a significant physical disability

Goombah Luigi's Grandson

Politics & Social Sciences

Gwendolyn Stevens

Philosophy

Robert Johansen's and Todd Gaffaney's breakout book, MAKING LOVE-How to Create, Enjoy, and Sustain Intimacy, is a beautifully written, easy to understand, clinically proven concept that teaches the reader how he or she can create and sustain love for their partner. MAKING LOVE is an extremely important book for today's times, given that a staggering sixty-seven percent of couples married after 1990 are divorced. Ironically, marriage counselors divorce at the same alarming rate as the national average. While these failed relationship statistics are troubling, there is hope for a better tomorrow. Author's Johansen and Gaffaney's research evolved into a groundbreaking and clinically tested model that gives readers the tools to thrive in their marriage or relationship. "I had the great opportunity to put the principles contained in this book to a scientific test for my doctoral dissertation. The results of my research were very positive to say the least. But perhaps even more importantly, I have applied these principles with clients in my practice and have seen first hand how effective they are. By offerring an organizing perspective on the complex data couples bring to therapy, the model reduces anxiety in clients and treating therapists. The model changes our traditional views on love and marriage. I strongly recommend it." Ian T. Johansen, PhD Clinical Psychologist Private Practice Author, Private Practice

Making Love

Self-Help

Robert Johansen

Todd Gaffaney

Relationships

Davy Crockett is one of the best known and best loved characters in American history. In this book, we follow the life of Davy from the Indian wars to his final days of glory at the Alamo. Three children, who are looking for information fro a school paper, join him on his journey. Addie, Dylan and Braden share Davy's adventures as they learn about his life, but alsovaluable lessons to help them in their lives. This book is intended for later elementary grades and early junior highs. This is the first in as series of books about American heroes aimed at young people. The Frontier Legends series has been praised by teachers and librarians as a marvelous teaching tool that makes reading fun while learning about our great American history.

Davy Crockett

History

Hollmann, Robert

Americas

Jim Bowie was one of the best-known frontiersmen of his day. He wrestled alligators, rode wild mustangs, and helped Texas dwin its independence. He was famous for the knife that still bears his name. He led a life of adventure and excitementthat ended with him as one of the defenders of the Alamo. In this book you can follow the adventures of Jim Bowie as told by his faithful dog and friend Gator. From the moment Jim snatches the small puppy from the jaws of an alligator until the final moments at the Alamo, Jim and Gator shard a life of friendship and adventure. Come share this story of courage, loyalty, and devotion as Jim and Gator follow the path from history into legend. Jim Bowie is the second book in the Frontier Legends series. The series has been praised by teachers and librarians as a valuable learning tool that makes reading fun for students as they learn about our great American history.

Jim Bowie

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Two elementary school students, Nancy and Jimmie, travel with Lady Texas to the Alamo, the shrine of Texas liberty where Santa Anna's troops surrounded the old mission.

The Alamo

For many years, a new creed has been invading the land, creeping into and gaining control of the minds of millions.  The invasion has been stealthy, arousing surprisingly little alarm, and the victims have often been unaware of their infection.  The creed goes by several names, but Political Correctness is by far the most popular.    Dr. Larry Brown's book lays bare the often disturbing beliefs of Politically Correct teaching.  PC demands far more than support for the racism of affirmative action or the blatant inconsistencies of multiculturalism.  Commandments range from the endorsement of bad grammar to the damnation of Darwin, from the celebration of single motherhood to the promotion of strict rules of drink.     Some will be offended by this bible.  Some will be downright angry-no one likes her or his little prejudices and contradictions aired for public viewing.  But many will also manage a snide chuckle or two.  The book is by design nasty, exaggerated, and yes, sometimes even amusingly truthful!

PC Bible

Humor & Entertainment

BROWN, Larry

Humor

Your heart breaks for your grandchildren.In the voice of a true survivor, Jolyn Rudelson, grandmother, widow and cancer survivor tells how she coped with her feelings of helplessness when her son announced his intention to divorce. Grandparent to grandparent, in warm practical terms, Rudelson guides you through surviving a family divorce from the first day of the announcement. She tells you how to: * use the Ten Rules she has learned for making it through tough times * "Help without Harming" - the key to surviving the family divorce * understand the legal language of divorce and selecting an attorney to help you * soothe your feelings of rage and loss * manage gracefully amidst battling sides and issues of loyalty * reinvent your relationship with your former-in-law * relieve some of the burden your grandchildren will carry * help in the special ways only grandparents can * using the "Divorced Family Pledge" to work together to achieve a successful divorce. "At last there is a book for grandparents. In emotionally intelligent and well-researched prose, Jolyn Rudelson takes fellow grandparents by the hand on the journey that will be their child's divorce. In this book the concerned grandparent will learn how divorce happens in the early twenty-first century, how to help, how to stay out of the way when necessary, and where to go for support for their own grief and anger (hint: it's not to the divorcing child). Well-written, timely and filling a gap in the literature, Rudelson's book should join the ranks of well-known self-help books for families - all members of families -who are affected by the losses of divorce." ELIZABETH MARQUARDT - author of BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce and Director of the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values. "IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU is an invaluable work. With a voice of strength, knowledge and experience, Jolyn Rudelson offers her readers a path to wisdom. In short, this book is required reading for every grandparent who seeks to support his or her children and grandchildren through divorce."-RABBI NAOMI LEVY- author of HOPE WILL FIND YOU and TO BEGIN AGAIN

It's Not About You: A Grandparent's Guide to Surviving Divorce in the Family

Parenting & Relationships

Rudelson, Jolyn

Family Relationships

The Man Who Fed the World: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug and His Battle to End World Hunger

Dr. Norman Borlaug, one of the world's greatest heroes, is the most highly-decorated individual of our time. He is credited with saving over a billion people from Starvation. Dr. Borlaug is only one of five people in history to win the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.In addition, Dr. Borlaug received the Padma Vibhushan, the highest civilian award the government of India can present to a non-citizen. Winner USA Book News Best Biography of the Year. Winner American Farm Bureau Foundation of Agriculture Best Book of the Year award. Winner Florida Publishers Association Best Book Award. Winner Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Literary Award.

The Man Who Fed the World

Biographies & Memoirs

Hesser, Leon

Professionals & Academics

Tom Lukenbill's book, Staying Awake, chronicles his amazing journey to the other side. The subject of death is a delicate matter, evoking a range of emotions as no one is immune from its eventuality. It could have happened to anyone-one morning, the devastating news came that my mother had suffered a massive stroke and was now paralyzed, unable to speak and was on life support at the Mayo Clinic (MN) with no hope of recovery. Being the youngest of eight, I found myself called to hold up the family during this difficult time,and act as the family representative with the doctors. What I experienced was nothing short of miraculous as I began to have such regret, grief and guilt about the choice of letting my mother go. I was shown physically what it is like to be paralyzed, unable to speak and experience exactly what my mother was subsequently experiencing at the same time as she left her body after the removal of life support. Ultimately, I have been gifted with the remarkable journey of taking my mother to the other side. My return has marked a new understanding and message of the love and compassion that is available to us all.

Staying Awake

Lukenbill, Thomas A

Religion & Spirituality

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