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After a successful career in film, television, and journalism in Washington, DC, Bill made a career change, becoming a successful financial advisor in the Midwest. In this new role, he tried using this then-new thing called email to stay connected with his widespread staff. To get them to regularly check their mail, he started sending out a "Thought for the Day." And it worked even better than he expected. Clients learned about the daily email and asked to be included on the list, and it just...
In this captivating memoir, the author embarks on a deeply personal journey to uncover her family's hidden history during the Holocaust while pursuing Austrian citizenship. As Austria opens the door to reparation citizenship for descendants of those victimized by the Nazi and Austrofascist regimes, Anne digs through fragments of family stories and documents to trace her Austrian and Czechoslovakian roots. Through her search, she pieces together the story her ancestors withheld from thei...
Set in the harsh, windswept beauty of Newberry Springs, California in 1964, Mrs. Orcutt’s Driveway tells the remarkable true story of an independent, retired woman living alone with her goats, tortoises, and a homemade lake—on a quiet, forgotten stretch of Route 66. But when the state tried to force her off her land in the name of "progress," she dug in her heels—and made national headlines. She tenaciously defied government plans to isolate her desert home by fighting for a four-mile road co...
Dr. Marianne Pinkston is a graduate of the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, and of the CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Family Practice Residency Program. Graduating in 1997 and starting her clinical solo practice in 2000 with her husband, Dr. Pinkston provided South Texas with the best general care in family practice until 2007, when she developed Rheumatoid arthritis, where Dr. Pinkston then began her journey into integrative and functional medicine. She earned tens of thous...
She CAN’T WAIT to take you on this journey with her. Because you DESERVE to experience the true adventure called life, the way you are MEANT to. Achieving one’s dreams has a TRANSFORMATIONAL effect that will make your life EXCEPTIONAL, she says. She wants to teach you the SECRET FORMULA. She wants you to allow her to help you STOP doubting your dreams and START doubting your limitations. But DON’T expect these chapters to take you on a calm and peaceful ride. Because she promises you: they wi...
She has designed her website to provide an affordable way for consumers to learn the realities of consumer credit, avoiding the myths that many companies falsely claim they can accomplish. The goal is for YOU to understand how the credit system works and improve your own credit. Developing this life skill will help YOU qualify for credit by utilizing what you have learned and saving money on interest rates. Laurie is also the former host of the nationally syndicated Half Empty, Half Ful...
What happens when you refuse to walk on a flag—and get caught listening to music? In the Shadows of the IRGC is the harrowing true story of Sherman Jason Niamehr, born in Florence, Italy, to a Muslim mother and a Jewish father. Raised between two cultures, Sherman’s life changed forever the day he refused to step on a painted American and Israeli flag during his mandatory military service in Iran. Days later, he was caught listening to music—both acts seen as dangerous defiance by the I...
The frame house, known as the Mark Twain Boyhood Home, was constructed about 1843 or 1844. The Clemens family lived here until leaving town in 1853. Following their departure, this became a rental property. In 1911 it was scheduled for demolition to make way for a larger building. The Hannibal Commercial Club (forerunner to the Chamber of Commerce) started a fund drive to save the house. Mr. George Mahan stepped forward, purchased the house, fixed it up, and gave it to the City of Hanni...
She is a versatile American actress, author, comedienne, and television personality with a diverse range of credits to her name. Born and raised in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, April discovered her passion for entertainment at an early age. She honed her skills in acting and comedy over the years, eventually making a name for herself in the competitive worlds of New York City and Las Vegas. In New York City, April made a mark on the cabaret and comedy club scenes, performing at renowned v...
She is a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, trained in Functional, Integrative, and Environmental Medicine with 25 years’ experience. She has a brick-and-mortar practice in Costa Mesa, CA where she helps patients with mystery illnesses, with autoimmune issues, mold illness, chronic infections, mast cell activation syndrome, which is a hypersensitivity condition, and other complex chronic conditions. She integrates science, intuition, and spiritual psychology to hel...
John Isaac Jones's new biographical novel on Samuel Langhorne Clemens, A/K/A Mark Twain, brings the fascinating life of America's most famous humorist to you in vivid, captivating detail. His time - 1840s-1910 America. Wagon trains moving west; California gold rush; telegraph invented; War between the States; Lincoln assassinated; the golden spike; Custer massacred; the trail of tears; invention of electric light, the telephone, and the automobile; the Spanish-American War; political ev...
The killing of Cecil the lion by Walter Palmer in 2015 showed there are a handful of people who occasionally kill an animal for kicks, right? Wrong! 20,000 endangered animals were shot by trophy hunters last year. The total figure is closer to 100,000 animals if you include unprotected species. And this number does not count animals shot by people in their own country. Safari Club International (SCI) is the world’s largest trophy hunting group. In the past few years, it has handed out 2...
He aims to replace economic frustration with a practical understanding of our economy and empower us to identify and advocate for a better approach to the problems we face. Howard Yaruss breaks down our economic system in a straightforward, nonpartisan way, avoiding jargon, formulas, graphs, and other technical material so common in books on this subject. Instead, he uses accessible analogies, real-world observations, and entertaining anecdotes to create a comprehensive picture of our economy...
Do you feel like your life is just too busy and you do not have enough time for all you need to do? He will show you how to make every moment count, just like the most successful people in the world do. The truth is—you have no less and no more time in your day than Elon Musk, Warren Buffet, The President of the United States, Taylor Swift, and Simon Cowell. How do they get so much done in their day while you struggle? They live differently because they learned to use time differently. Sure, ...
His personal journey started as a retail pharmacist just trying to help diabetic patients. What he learned over the last decade is that teaching patients about the impact of diet, medications and lifestyle is the most valuable tool for improving health outcomes. He wanted to use his background as a pharmacist to fill that need for patient education. Unlike pharmacy school, he now has evidence-based information at his fingertips. And for the curious-minded, there are several clever ways to dis...
Everybody loves dogs, right? Kathleen Troy is a dog lover who has been involved with dog training for 20+ years, and she is ready to share her knowledge. When she is not writing, traveling, or classroom lecturing, Kathleen enjoys visiting local schools and groups to share her stories and teach about dog responsibility. As a college writing professor and dog trainer, Kathleen loves to talk to people of all ages about writing and dogs! She is happy to do both large-group talks (with plenty of i...
Everyone looks back on their youth and thinks, “I wish I knew then what I know now.…” This is a book for young adults who want to know right now what so many wish they had known back then. What is happy, anyway? Where do you find it? Finding Happy is for young adults starting their adult journey, and for those well into theirs who have not yet sighted land. It is written by a master storyteller who learned to scale walls and blew them up rather than be stopped, and who learned in the pr...
This is a story about the Seabrooks and the frozen vegetable empire they created in Southern New Jersey, Seabrook Farms. It chronicles the ingenuity and ambition that built the industrial farm and its brand, as well as the brutality and graft required to keep it going, and the tragic way that the family business ended. “Having left this material for his writer son, my father must have wanted the story told, even if he couldn’t bear to tell it himself.” So begins the story of a forgotten Ameri...
Over a span of 39 years, twenty-three aliases, twenty-eight arrests in twenty cities, and a dozen imprisonments, Robert Spears had lived a con artists' life of unparalleled adventure and intrigue. This is his story. Shortly before Thanksgiving Day in 1959, a plane exploded in mid-air, killing all forty-two passengers and crew and leaving scattered debris and bodies across the otherwise tranquil Gulf waters. Listed on the manifest was Dr. Robert Spears—once the highly regarded president of the...
By the time Maryanne was 16 years old, she had been arrested for murder. In and out of foster and adoptive homes since age 10, she had run away, been trafficked and assaulted, and finally pointed a gun at the latest man to take her into his car. She pulled the trigger and fled. But with no family to turn to and few dependable friends, it did not take long for the police to catch up with her. In court, the defense blamed neither traffickers, nor Maryanne, but Washington state itself—or rather,...
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