The Words We SpeakAuthor: Mary DrewThe Words We Speak is a journey seen and felt through the eyes and experiences of Mary Drew, The North Shore Psychic Medium. Everyday words and phrases has bridged the life of a woman and Medium to the Spiritual world on the other side. Life transformed in a beautiful way and took Mary Drew through meaningful lessons of love, death and healing. Come with Mary and explore a world seen through the perspective of a mother, medium and friend to all.

The Words We Speak

Biographies & Memoirs

Drew, Mary

Reference & Collections

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Growing up in Santa Monica, California, Julie Weiss would do almost anything for love. She drank, she quit school, she stole—and she ended up a mother in her teens. Years later, overweight and depressed, she put one foot in front of another and found a new road beckoning. Running gave her the answers she was looking for. Julie's loving, larger-than-life father, her biggest critic during her wayward years, became her biggest fan as his now-fit and healthy daughter began to run marathons. When he died suddenly of pancreatic cancer, she decided to turn her new pursuit into a purpose and, in his memory, embarked on an incredible endeavor to raise money and hope in the fight against pancreatic cancer. In 2012-13, Julie—a/k/a, the Marathon Goddess—ran 52 marathons in 52 weeks. Along the way she was featured in a major documentary film, Spirit of the Marathon II, appeared on national television and attracted a passionate social media following, as she logged the miles of each of her 52 marathons in honor of individuals lost to or fighting pancreatic cancer, ultimately raising over a half million dollars for the cause. It's a story of resilience, perseverance, endurance—and romance: Julie's turbulent early life; the rekindling of a father's love extinguished too soon; her epic year traveling to far-flung races and places; not to mention her relationship with coach David Levine. After a rocky road, their underlying love emerged, culminating with a finish line marriage proposal. It all adds up to make "The Miles and Trials of a Marathon Goddess" a riveting, humorous, poignant and ultimately uplifting book, for runners and non-runners alike.

The Miles and Trials of a Marathon Goddess: 52 Weeks, 52 Marathons

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Weiss, Julie

Hanc, John

Nolan, Ali

Exercise & Fitness

INTRODUCTION: When I was growing up, I wanted to be a journalist (I "published" newspapers for my grade school classmates and received a prestigious journalism award in high school). But I also enjoyed working with children and wanted to be a teacher. I was hired to teach at my Long Island, New York,, alma mater, North Shore High School (I later moved to the Middle School). But, I never gave up my love of writing. I wrote my first story about returning to North Shore to substitute teach and sent it out to newspapers and magazines. Twelve rejection letters later, I decided to try The New York Times. Why not? I thought. If they turned me down, I could frame a rejection letter from the world's greatest newspaper. But, they threw me off-balance by accepting it! My first published essay---in The New York Times! From there, I went on to write other essays for the Times, plus the Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Miami Herald, Newsday, The Denver Post, The New York Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Toronto Globe &amp; Mail, Family Circle, and Newsweek. In 1980, The Washington Post began a travel section and I began submitting manuscripts. Instead of writing about the canals of Venice or the fjords of Norway, mine were humor essays such as, "The Joys of Jet Lag" (the chores I happily do at 4 a.m. when I can't sleep) and the title piece, "Why Does My Social Life Pick Up When I Leave the Country?" I retired from teaching in 2014, but I am still writing, mostly for Newsday where I have had 60 published essays. Overall, 138 pieces have appeared in newspapers and magazines and occasionally I've appeared in a new outlet: on-line. And, now, I've gathered these essays for this book. Not all of them are appearing here, but my favorites are. I hope you enjoy them!

Why Does My Social Life Pick up When I Leave the Country? and Other (mostly) Whimsical Essays

Literature & Fiction

Schachter, Saul

United States

John Yoniak is an advid collector of everything sports. His passion for sports started nearly fifty years ago. Much like any suburban child growing up in America, he played little league baseball, football in the back-yard and street hockey. One afternoon John’s older brother and a few friends decided to venture into Manhattan to the Roosevelt Hotel to try and obtain signatures from players of the New York Mets who were staying there. Eight-year-old John tagged along. John got his first signatures, including from Joe Toree, Sandy Alomar, Wood Woodward, Rico Carty and Hank Aaron… He was hooked. The experience launched him into, well some would say, an obsession for sports memorabilia. Many say John has become a magnet for “bumping into” and befriending some of the greats of the sports world. John’s collection of signatures and memorabilia is extensive… In A Collection of Memories, John shares not only some of the photos, signatures and memorabilia, but also his memories of the players, games and friendships he collected along the way.

A Collection of Memories

Yoniak, John

We Got This is the story of the Marathon Goddess. A girl, who grows up with a love for running This inspiring story teaches early elementary school children to do what they love and believe in their dreams. It inspires the reader to learn the true meaning of giving back and how, by putting one-foot-in-front-of-the-other, they can achieve the impossible.Reading Level 1st grade and above.

We Got This: The story of the Marathon Goddess

Children's Books

The Story Of How I Found You

Bolla, Rita

Sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying. This is why we need political satire, to laugh and cry at human foibles.Written by an acclaimed poet and journalist, whose work ranges from humorous to inspirational, and who, as a political activist herself, has supported many humanitarian causes.With quotes and tweets from philosophers, religious leaders, writers, presidents and dictators, and photographs on topics from the serious to the absurd, this poetry collection chronicles the years 2016-2019 in rhyming verse.

America; Wake Up!: Contra-Verse Political + Satirical = Hysterical

Crosby, Victoria R.

Humor & Satire

The Gifted Wings

Growing Up & Facts of Life

NO WORRY MURRAY is about an adorable Bernedoodle who is searching for his true identity. . . Is he a Bernese Mountain Dog or a Poodle?Murray learns that he is neither breed. He is Murray, a funloving, affectionate, and perfect family dog.Follow Murray’s goofy journey of self discovery as he investigates and experiments to find his true self.

No Worry Murray

Gerson, Andrea L

Can You See Freedom?: and other poems about the importance of interracial and interfaith understanding

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