Lessons From a Difficult Person: How To Deal with People Like us 1st Edition by Sarah H. Elliston M.A.T.

 

 

The funny thing is that Sarah Elliston never realized she was “a difficult person,” -- someone who harangued people until she got her way, threw snip fits and temper tantrums, talked over her bosses and pointed out what she thought were their misconceptions. In her family, where she felt bullied, the only way she knew how to get someone’s attention and approval was to voice her opinion—and loudly! Without standing her ground, how could she do what she thought was best for herself and everyone else around her. She wasn’t intentionally mean-spirited. She was just trying to do what she thought was RIGHT! Until a kind, but firm, boss woke her up! With great compassion, and strength, her boss pointed out that that her actions had consequences. That in being “difficult,” she was not only disrupting the office camaraderie and production, but impeding her own professional advancement. That’s the beginning of Sarah’s transformation— when she started on the journey to leave behind the difficult person, and become the woman who teaches others how to deal with difficult people. Sarah “Sam” Elliston is now bringing forth her vital manual on how to awaken the challenging personality, and change both the relationship and the environment with her new book Dealing with Difficult People; Lessons Learned from a Difficult Person. Today, Elliston is a highly successful workshop leader and trainer, who offers wisdom learned the hard way—and through rigorous study and certification in many areas of professional training that aid her in her work -- Values Realization, Parent Effectiveness Training and Reality Therapy. She is a faculty member of the William Glasser Institute. Glasser is an internationally recognized psychiatrist and developer of Reality Therapy, a method of psychotherapy that teaches people they have a choice in how they choose to behave. The methods Elliston offers in her book end the trauma and the drama, and minimizes the possibility of confrontation. She gives YOU the ability to take a strong, positive, confident—yet compassionate--stance with the “difficult person”—whether that is a relative, coworker, friend, one of your children or anyone else for that matter. Elliston offers: * How to identify the ways to talk to a difficult person -- without drama-- that will lead to change * The true incentives that make people change * How to make real the consequences of the difficult person’s action—both to him and to those impacted * How to soften the blow through belonging * How to identify areas in yourself that are triggered by the difficult person so you can neutralize those hot buttons, and communicate without judgement Elliston lays out a proven script for peacefully transforming the difficult person’s behavior and the environment—or getting that person to move on. She gives you the tools for a successful change conversation with a difficult person. For more information, visit www.sarahelliston.com

Mastering Stress, Maximizing Success: Your Complete Guide to Overcoming Anxiety & Finding Purpose in Your Life by Dr. LaShawn Gill

 

 

Stress is a curse, as well as, a blessing, in that it occurs in malignant, as well as, benign forms. Stress can be both constructive and destructive, in that it may open the doors of possibility, while shutting the doors of others. It is the negative side of stress that creates the overall problem for us as living beings. Stress has been known to be devastating and problematic to us. It creates difficulties for us when it does not let up; and when it is triggered by ordinary, everyday events. We are currently living in a psychologically, hyped up, exhausted, and stressed out society; whereby, we are experiencing nervous breakdowns, burnout, stress-related illnesses; and ultimately death. What am I prepared to do about this stress that I am experiencing? Fortunately, there are more constructive ways of handling stress . This book is not intended to be a "do-it-yourself" guide to mental and emotional health, although it may provide information and insights that will direct ways toward self-improvement. This book is designed to help both individuals and organizations.

Pimping Out My Sister-In-Law*, Volume 1: * A Collection of Short Stories That Has Absolutely Nothing to Do with the Title or Cover Art. (Pimping Out My Sister In Law*) by Sheldon Charles

 

 

An anthology of short stories selected to provide you with a brief escape from where you find yourself right now. Each will allow you to leave this reality and take a quick trip into a different one. Have no fear. It’s a nice place. Even better, they know you there.

Included in Volume 1:

Words Ever Unspoken
Years have passed since Carson and Melissa broke up. Even though time has passed, both still dwell on the last time the two were together. Was that night a way of marking the end of their relationship, or was it a desperate attempt on both their parts to prevent their breakup from being permanent? Neither of them said a word during that last time together. Will either of them be able to find the words to express what is going on inside their minds and hearts today?

It's a Surreal Thing
He was deep into that summer between being a kid and being a teenager. She was the kind of woman that was the building block of a young man’s fantasies. As he sat there alone, she walked up behind him unnoticed and for a brief moment became the center of his universe when she made a simple request… a swig of his Coke.

Just Down from Rimpy’s Bait Shop
Peter’s most turbulent years were spent with his grandfather. Now, as the man he loves begins to succumb to the deterioration of age, the younger man feels himself using the same techniques his grandfather used. Fertilizing a section of the lawn should be a simple thing, especially when there are explicit directions. But then again, maybe not.

A Scents of the Virus
A sleepless night filled with the boredom of the COVID19 lockdown, a distracting ad on the Internet, and a credit card in hand lead to the purchase of a Hollywood star’s latest vanity project: A candle with a unique scent. The first time Munro smells it, he realizes the memory it evokes from his past is one he suppressed for many years. A woman and relationship his heart and body cherished. Still, his mind wouldn’t let him recall until the aroma surrounded him.

Deception: A Hollywood Mystery by Britt Lind

 

 

"...the story takes some refreshingly unexpected turns, picking a path through genre cliches and keeping readers guessing. Fans of silver screen crime should approve, as, in many respects, this reads like the novelization of a movie." — Kirkus

“Britt Lind has written an intriguing mystery filled with twists and turns that takes place in a world she knows well from every perspective.” – Carlyne Grager, Talent Representative and Owner of Dramatic Artists Agency Los Angeles and Seattle.

Blood and dreams run red through the magical land of Hollywood, and rarely do kind souls win the spoils of war…

Singer/songwriter Josh Sibley is handsome, talented, and smart, but he tries to appease his demons with alcohol in an effort to break free of his complicated past. When he gets the opportunity to write songs for a multi-million dollar feature film, he throws himself in head first, determined to shake his bad luck streak. Then he meets Lila Levy, the sexy singer/actress who is married to the producer of the movie. She attempts to use her sexuality to hook Josh into a secret love affair—but Josh surprises himself by keeping his feelings under wraps while trying to teach Lila to sing his songs.

But this is Hollywood, and dark souls are clothed in glamour and secrets. When Lila’s husband Stan is murdered, Lila disappears, leaving Josh to deal with the woman determined to track her down—Sergeant Rosemaria Baker of the Beverly Hills Police Department. Beautiful yet disenchanted with the glitz of Hollywood, Rosemaria considers Josh a delusional loser but he’s her best lead. Too bad Josh doesn’t know Lila in the way he thought he did. When the cops finally bring Lila in, she declares herself innocent and builds her case around disturbing childhood trauma that will twist Josh’s soul.

 

Business Consulting Wows!: Answers to Life and Business Issues by Dr. Tom DePaoli

 

 

Get your own personal business consultant! Dr. Tom DePaoli’s new book Business Consulting Wows! Answers to Business and Life Issues reveals all the Wow! discoveries of his career. The book serves as an outstanding business desktop guide for growing the respect and trust of your colleagues. Benefit from his compelling and entertaining business advice! He organizes the ideas by his eight successful business books topics. They include blogs, articles, reviews and real-life experiences. He calls these extra cuts. He uses techniques like story-telling, imaginative training exercises, check lists, methodologies, humor, and ready to use outlines. Areas covered are purchasing, procurement, the supply chain, work process-design improvement, human resources, lean, emotional intelligence, lean six sigma, kaizens, organizational transformation, business fables, and most importantly leadership. The reader can gain much from these lessons. Dr. DePaoli’s lessons are practical, to the point and enjoyable. Like many good business leaders, the author places getting the trust of employees first and foremost in his book. The book provides solid elements of a desktop guide for success in business. Dr. DePaoli asserts, “You can learn from my experiences and achieve even greater success.”How to use the book:This is not a book to read front to back in page order. Again, it is organized by Dr. Tom’s book titles so you can go to the chapter of a book that interests you first and jump around. He has provided a summary index of all the articles in alphabetical order by title in the back of the book. This probably the best and quickest way to explore the book and locate an article(s) that interest you. It is designed to be a desktop guide to run your business or career.

50 Years in the OR: True Stories of Life, Loss, and Laughter While Giving Anesthesia by Ronald Whitchurch

 

 

The First Book about the Unsung Heroes of the Operating Room

Ron Whitchurch has the observation, wit and insight of a modern day Mark Twain and the eyebrows and mustache to match."

— Koco Eaton, MD, ABOS, Team Physician, Tampa Bay Rays

“An extraordinary book which brilliantly and compellingly conveys the day-to-day workings of the operating room.” 

— Kevin M. Sweeney, MD, board-certified neurosurgeon, former chief of Neurosurgery of Mease hospitals in Dunedin and Clearwater, Florida

It’s a busy time for the anesthetist during surgery. Keeping a watchful eye on the patient’s vital signs and being prepared for any possibilities that might develop are an anesthetist’s prime focus. Each case is unique, whether it’s a scheduled surgery on a healthy patient, an emergency or a critical illness. They all require analytical judgments along with many skills to manage them.

Ron Whitchurch wrote this wildly entertaining book to offer a firsthand look at what happens after patients are anesthetized and what challenges the staff face in keeping them healthy and safe. 

50 Years in the OR gives readers an intimate sense of what it’s like to be the only person in the OR who knows the heartbeat-to-heartbeat status of a surgical patient at any given moment.

 

Betrayed – Illustrated by Joseph Lewis

 

 

"To call Betrayed a thriller alone would be to do a disservice." –Midwest Book Review

"A stirring and unusual tale of teenage love, adventure and murder." –Best Thrillers

"Action and adventure are the words of the day in this thrilling, well-written, page-turner from Joseph Lewis." –Sublime Book Review

Integrity is protecting someone who betrayed you. Courage is keeping a promise even though it might mean death.

A late-night phone call turns what was to be a fun hunting trip into a deadly showdown. Fifteen-year-old brothers George Tokay, Brian Evans and Brett McGovern face death on top of a mesa on the Navajo

 

The Latitude by Pete Clements

 

 

Florida's Citrus Belt, finest place in the world to grow citrus, Tropical Zone summers, hot, humid, rain. Temperate Zone winters, mild, possible touch of frost, minor chance of freeze. Perfect. Except, the place is directly in the flyway of airborne illegally imported illicit opioids from our neighbors to the south. They fly unseen into the U. S., bound for Midwest and East Coast distribution, invade under cover of night, land in the rural unpopulated groves, commandeer homes and barns, threaten murder, bankruptcy, economic havoc. Some brave young citizens face the traffickers, fight back, bring high seas chase all the way to Bahamas hideouts, battle vicious gunfire and a deadly hurricane, and even find young love. Who wins? This time, you do.

Creative Cash: The Complete Guide to Master Lease Options and Seller Financing for Investing in Real Estate by Bill Ham, Gino Barbaro, Jake Stenziano,

 

 

Think you can’t afford to invest in multifamily real estate?

Now, you can. Discover the best-kept secrets of the two creative, effective financing strategies other investors don’t want you to know about: Master Lease Options and Seller Financing.

Real estate investor Bill Ham used these strategies to buy his first 400 units without ever stepping into a bank or qualifying for a loan.

In Creative Cash, you’ll learn step-by-step how to:

• Buy property without ever stepping into a bank
• Identify the best emerging markets
• Find the right deals
• Analyze and underwrite those deals
• Make offers and perform due diligence
• Negotiate successfully
• Come out ahead with exit strategies for creating wealth

Let Bill show you how to close your next deal with little to no money down using the hottest strategies in real estate—leveraging other people’s money to come out ahead.

 

 

 

The Left's Little Red Book on Forming a New Green Republic by William L Kovacs

 

 

Words matter! Words are the primary way we describe our world. Words persuade and inspire. They can also manipulate thinking. The radical Left corrupts words so people believe something other than their true intent. The simple corruption of two words allows them to paint their movement “green” to cover a “red” socialist core.


The reference to a “Little Red Book” alludes to Chairman Mao’s book of quotations; words proclaiming “truth”, but used to impose political domination. By setting out the actual words of the radical Left, i.e. hatred of capitalism, truth is not relevant and humans must go, The Left’s Little Red Book on Forming a New Green Republic, equips the reader with skills to challenge lies that sound truthful and evaluate solutions that might benefit society.

ATHANOR: The Secret Science of the Heart (I Quaderni del Bardo Edizioni di Stefano Donno)

The time of our civilisation, which is only one of the possible civilisations, can be transcribed synthetically through the categories of thought that specified axiologically its structure and continually remodelled it. Passages never clearly marked, if anything connoted, by that “barbarian residue” which, due to a certain instinctual pertinacity, were painstakingly exceeded. The border between reality and appearance is always very subtle, we find it so, even today in the persistence of certain scientifically anachronistic expressions; let us say, for example, that the sun rises and sets, instead of referring to the horizon. We need some time to get used to something that differs from the perception that we had of the world that is, we need time to change.This, for what it’s worth, is what we believe. In fact, however, it is only the persistences that weaken our conscious presence, which, in turn, manifests itself in a wealth of forms commensurate with the capacity we have to intuit them. Every achievement is as if a new mental being is produced, almost incapable of empathy with the past self. Ultimately, the shift over time determines a change of perspective, by regressing in the memory, we lose the sharpness of the state of mind that led to the choice or for which we risked that move. We simply change our mind and this has the effect of no longer permitting us to be that which we once were. It’s as if they slowly vanish, all the humours or moods that we have experienced converge here - there is no other time and if every shift creates a different vision of the world, everything can be changed in a single instant.

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L'arte di legare le persone di Paolo Milone (Einaudi)

 

 

«Avendo fuggito ogni altro lavoro per paura, mi ritrovo a fare il lavoro che fa più paura a tutti». Quante volte parliamo dei medici come di eroi, martiri, vittime... In verità, fuor di retorica, uomini e donne esposti al male. Appassionati e fragili, fallibili, mortali. Paolo Milone ha lavorato per quarant'anni in Psichiatria d'urgenza, e ci racconta esattamente questo. Nudo e pungente, senza farsi sconti. Con una musica tutta sua ci catapulta dentro il Reparto 77, dove il mistero della malattia mentale convive con la quotidianità umanissima di chi, a fine turno, deve togliersi il camice e ricordarsi di comprare il latte. Tra queste pagine così irregolari, a volte persino ridendo, scopriamo lo sgomento e l'impotenza, la curiosità, la passione, l'esasperazione, l'inesausta catena di domande che colleziona chiunque abbia scelto di «guardare l'abisso con gli occhi degli altri». «Si riesce a lavorare in Psichiatria solo se ci si diverte. Io mi sono divertito per anni. Non tutti gli anni: non i primi – troppe illusioni, non gli ultimi – troppi moduli, non quelli di mezzo – troppo mestiere». Ci sono libri che si scrivono per una vita intera. Ogni giorno, ogni sera, quando quello che viviamo straripa. Sono spesso libri molto speciali, in cui la scrittura diventa la forma del mondo. È questo il caso dell'«Arte di legare le persone», che corre con un ritmo tutto suo, lirico e mobile, a scardinare tante nostre certezze. Con il dono rarissimo del ritratto fulminante, Paolo Milone mette in scena il corpo a corpo della Psichiatria d'urgenza, affrontando i nodi più difficili senza mai perdere il dubbio e la meraviglia. Così ci ritroviamo a seguirlo tra i corridoi dell'ospedale, studiando le urla e i silenzi, e poi dentro le case, dentro le vite degli altri, nell'avventura dei Tso tra i vicoli di Genova. Non c'è nulla di teorico o di astratto, in queste pagine. C'è la vita del reparto, la sete di umanità, l'intimità di afferrarsi e di sfuggirsi, la furia dei malati, la furia dei colleghi, il peso delle chiavi nella tasca, la morte sempre in agguato, gli amori inconfessabili, i carrugi del centro storico e i segreti bellissimi del mare. Ci sono infermieri, medici, pazienti, passanti, conoscenti, caduti da una parte e dall'altra di quella linea invisibile che separa i sani dai malati: a ben guardare, solo «un tiro di dadi riuscito bene».

Il bambino intermittente: 1 di Luca Ragagnin (Miraggi)

 

 

Il piccolo Berg vive in una città del Nord con la madre professoressa. Ha molti nomi inventati e da un certo punto in avanti anche una sorella - vera o immaginaria? Ha un padre con un maggiolino giallo a pois rosa che gli insegna i nomi degli alberi e dei funghi. Ha dei nonni di città che gli insegnano l’uso filosofico degli Agnolotti e la contemplazione del meccanismo ha dei nonni di mare che lo accompagnano nella crescita, da una cucina con finestra sul mare e da uno sga- buzzino magico. Berg cresce rimodellando la realtà, in un travaso continuo di immaginazione, e in tal modo at tra- versa l’infanzia, adolescenza e l’età adulta. Da bambino, conosce Man mano il pericolo me- metafisica degli oggetti, inesorabile dei pensieri altrui, gli anni di piombo; da ragazzo - stupito e incredulo - l’amore e il risveglio di un'intera città industriale; da adulto la forza e abbandona, l’affollamento muto e una solitudine che continua a sfrigolare con le sue decine di voci interiori.

Lingua madre di Maddalena Fingerle (Italo Svevo Edizioni)

 

 

 Paolo Prescher, bolzanino di lingua italiana, è ossessionato dalle parole che si sporcano. Dopo la morte del padre, si trasferisce a Berlino dove lavora come bibliotecario. Ma il ritorno a Bolzano, al bilinguismo, e la nascita del figlio lo fanno ripiombare tragicamente nella mania della lingua.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Book 1) by Ransom Riggs

 

 

The #1 New York Times Best Seller is now a major motion picture from visionary director Tim Burton, starring Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Samuel L. Jackson, and Judi Dench.

Bonus features
• Q&A with author Ransom Riggs
• Eight pages of color stills from the film
• Sneak preview of Hollow City, the next novel in the series

A mysterious island.

An abandoned orphanage.

A strange collection of very curious photographs.

It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive. A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.

“A tense, moving, and wondrously strange first novel. The photographs and text work together brilliantly to create an unforgettable story.”—John Green, New York Times best-selling author of The Fault in Our Stars

“With its X-Men: First Class-meets-time-travel story line, David Lynchian imagery, and rich, eerie detail, it’s no wonder Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children has been snapped up by Twentieth Century Fox. B+”—Entertainment Weekly

“‘Peculiar’ doesn’t even begin to cover it. Riggs’ chilling, wondrous novel is already headed to the movies.”—People

“You’ll love it if you want a good thriller for the summer. It’s a mystery, and you’ll race to solve it before Jacob figures it out for himself.”—Seventeen

 

Credible Threat (15) (Ali Reynolds Series) by J.A. Jance

 

 

Ali Reynolds and her team at High Noon Enterprises must race against the clock to save an archbishop who faces mysterious death threats in yet another “incredible” (Suspense Magazine) installment of J.A. Jance’s New York Times bestselling series.

Years after her son’s fatal overdose, grieving mother Rachel Higgins learns that his addiction may have grown out of damage suffered at the hands of a pedophile priest while he was in high school. Looking for vengeance, she targets the Catholic Church’s most visible local figure, Archbishop Francis Gillespie. When the archbishop begins receiving anonymous threats, local police dismiss them, saying they’re not credible. So he turns to his friends, Ali Reynolds and her husband, B. Simpson.

With B. out of the country on a cybersecurity emergency, it’s up to Ali to track down the source of the threats. When a shooter assassinates the archbishop’s driver and leaves the priest himself severely injured, Ali forms an uneasy alliance with a Phoenix homicide cop in hopes of preventing another attack. But Ali doesn’t realize that the killer has become not only more unhinged but also more determined to take out his or her target.

Flashbacks: an unreliable memoir of the 60s by Morgan Smith

 

 

 

A collection of memories about growing up hippie in Toronto, during one of the most interesting periods of the 20^th century. Not to mention the sex, drugs and rock and roll…

Morgan Smith was only twelve during the Summer of Love, but her parents had plunged headlong into the Age of Aquarius, and she was no mere bystander. From paisley shirts to protest rallies and from Be-Ins to hash brownies, she lived through one of the most ground-breaking and outright joyous periods of the 20^th century as a participant, and through her memories, she shares what it was like to watch the world change.

 

Tempting Secrets (Tempting Nights Romance Series) by Michelle Windsor

 

 

 

My name is Maddox Stone. Or at least, it’s the name my clients call me. I work for the elite escort agency, Temptations, and for a price, I’ll be whatever you want and need me to be. I have the body, I have the looks, and I have a smile that makes any woman swoon. But It’s just a job. A necessary evil to help fund my dreams of becoming a doctor. I’m simply a robot, performing my required tasks. Until the night I’m hired to seduce Charlotte Harvey and remind her how good a man can make her feel. I didn’t expect her beauty to spark a desire in me long buried. I didn’t expect her smile to turn that spark into a flame. And I definitely didn’t expect her passion to ignite that flame into an inferno. I should have walked away without looking back, but she started a fire in me that I can’t seem to tame. Tempting Nights is the first book in the Tempted Nights Romance Series. Each book can be read as a stand-alone and features a happily ever after.

Master Your Destiny : What Famous Peoples' Lives Teach by George Kouloukis

 

 

The moment you’ve finished reading this book, you’ll be able to learn whether the years just ahead are good or bad for you, and how long this season will last. You’ll be able thus to act accordingly: if there is a storm on the horizon, you’ll take shelter in time; if sunny days loom ahead, you’ll take advantage of it before the opportunity passes. In short, you’ll be able to take crucial decisions regarding your career, marriage, family, relationships, and all other life’s issues.

Secret Monitor Men (Skye Keller) by Jamie Dickey

 

 Skye Keller and cub reporter, Katie Pierce, begin an investigation into nocturnal crimes and strange goings-on, luring them into a secret world, where interlopers remain unwelcome.  The naive girls soon find themselves out of their depth, immersed in an international conspiracy, where factions of a powerful organization are waging war for the right to control the secrets to space, time, and life itself.

 

The Cocaine Zoo by Anghus Houvouras

 

 

America's clandestine war on Columbian drug cartels is in full swing. Two opportunistic CIA Operatives learn of a secret treasure hidden on the isolated estate of a recently deceased drug-lord. Knowing that there is likely to be wealth beyond their wildest dreams they form a plan to find it and smuggle it back to the United States. With a crack team to support them, it looks like a simple job that will net them a fortune. But almost as soon as they arrive things go horribly wrong.A zoo, filled with exotic creatures, has been abandoned, and the ravenous inhabitants are on the attack. The team finds itself in a desperate fight for their lives as they face off against wild animals who have had their behavior altered by drinking water laced with cocaine.Can any of them survive the terrifying creatures of The Cocaine Zoo?

Dracula - The Devil's Nosferatu: Volume 2 of the Glass Darkly Gothic Vampire Series by William Gareth Evans

 

 

Until the nineteenth century, scant information existed concerning the ethereal species, known as Nosferatu, Vampire or the un-dead. These were the earliest of times in which modern man battled a very ancient enemy. Only distorted mythical accounts survived in East European and Celtic folklore that gave any clue to the existence of humanity’s past battles with the preternatural creatures. Sparse methodology remained of the procedures employed to counter their attacks. This was the age of discovery for those few brave individuals that dared to confront the damned perpetrators of a hellish plague.

Within The Glass Darkly: Volume 1 of the Glass Darkly Gothic Vampire Series by William Gareth Evans

 

 

Nineteenth century Paris. A spate of gruesome murders has everyone gripped with fear as the killer continues to terrorise the city. There are rumours that a murderous ‘beast’ is stalking the streets of Paris at night… A mysterious nobleman and his sister enter the lives of the Perrodon family and their friends. The unwary Parisians are about to encounter the terrifying reality of a darker world that will tear their young lives apart. One man already knows the identity and true nature of the ‘beast’. He is also aware of an ancient vendetta against members of the Perrodon family. Only his knowledge and experience stands between them and their mutual nemesis

Really? At Your Age?: A Better Late Romance by Jacqueline Diamond

 

 

 

Is it too late for her dreams to come true?

After a quake rattles her small town, Dr. Cody Matchett—age 52—is jolted into rethinking her life choices. That includes her long-simmering attraction to hospital attorney Ben Wright, along with the fate of half a dozen frozen embryos.

When Cody sets her sights on love and motherhood, she discovers shocking secrets and the need to heal family fractures. Then there’s the challenge of choosing a surrogate... who might be Ben’s grown daughter!

Unexpected twists, emotional depth, and moments of laughter fill USA Today bestselling author Jacqueline Diamond’s novels, including the Safe Harbor Medical Romance series. Now the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award winner finds inspiration in what happens when a mature woman discovers she has to act now or never. Don’t miss it!

A Dead Husband Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery #1 by Anna Celeste Burke (Author), Peggy Hyndman (Editor), Ying Cooper (Editor)

 

 

"My first day as a sleuth was more Stephanie Plum than Miss Marple."

Meet Jessica Huntington, an amateur sleuth with a shopping jones and a black AMEX card, who soon learns that money can’t buy happiness or save her neck. With her well-planned life in shambles, Jessica's hiding out near Palm Springs when her best friend’s husband is murdered. Jessica tries to help, but she and her friends are soon stalked by scoundrels in pantyhose, stilettos, Bruno Maglis, and Armani suits. Roger Stone had something that got him killed. What was it and what will they do to get it back?

5***** “This book has everything! Suspense, colorful characters, romance, and a beautiful and interesting setting, all woven together with intelligence and wit.”

USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Anna Celeste Burke, brings you an unconventional sleuth hot on the heels of high-living lowlifes in book 1 of the Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery Series. Even in a desert paradise, life is full of surprises like A Dead Husband. Grab Your Copy Today!

Amendment Seventeen: A Blessing? Or a Curse? 2nd ed. Edition by Michael James Geanoulis Sr

 

 

Our thoroughly educated and distinguished founding fathers spent more time on the careful construction of our Senate than on any other topic. They wanted it to be populated with the highest and best humanity had to offer. So, they concluded, by a vote of 10 to 0, that such a Senate could best be achieved by assigning State legislatures the chore of selecting them; not the public at large who were already given the House of Representatives.

They would no doubt be biased in this regard, but if the founders could be resurrected long enough to survey how we managed the well-considered legacy they gave us in 1787, and how Amendment Seventeen (A17) impacted that legacy, they would be horrified. "What were you thinking?" they would likely ask as they discovered our slowly deteriorating condition, "We intended for you to have a republic, not the popular democratic spectacle of turbulence and contention demonstrated by the ancient record."

Now that we've had more than a hundred years of experience with (A17) and its revised, 1913 formula for popular Senate elections, we should be able to parse the available evidence on the before and after 1913, were we interested enough to do so, in order to determine whether or not A17 was a net good thing for us, or a bad thing; whether or not it was a Blessing for the United States, or a Curse.

 

Fault Line by T. L. Scott

 

 

Bill has come home to see his little sister get married. He brought along some of his Army buddies to enjoy this slice of small town America. They were looking forward to getting some rest and relaxation away from war. Unfortunately, war has found them here, on the streets of small town America. This tranquil setting is interrupted when a man forces a woman down on her knees in the middle of Main street. When he brings the muzzle down, just inches from her beautiful face, the soldiers are forced to take action. This fast-paced novel has the soldiers teaming up with local law enforcement and agents from the FBI to eradicate a gang that has invaded the very fabric of this town. They couldn't have become so embedded without help, help from someone in a position of power, someone that is at fault and has definitely crossed the line, the Fault Line.

A Soldier's Tale of Combating Hangovers: Debauchery Before the Internet by S D Turner

 

 

"I simply could not put it down-marvelous storytelling. This book makes you want more. Aside from being incredibly funny, S.D. Turner honors America's soldiers past and present. I could see A Soldier's Tale of Combating Hangovers being adapted into a mini-series."

- MAJ Donald "Captain Hand-grenade" Vandergriff, MA, FRSA, US Army (Ret)

A Soldier's Tale of Combating Hangovers: Debauchery Before the Internet is the funniest damn book you'll ever read about the military. S.D. Turner, in his debut memoir, brilliantly captures the mood and spirit of life in the early 1990s. After signing up for the Army's delayed entry program at sixteen years old, he found himself at Kentucky's Fort Knox a week after his eighteenth birthday. As a new recruit, the story starts with him running from irate drill sergeants and ends with him running from 1,800-pound angry bulls in the cobbled streets of Pamplona, Spain.

Part One follows his 4-month training cycle where the recruits are at the hands of the drill sergeants and every torturous, but funny punishment they can dole out. Having come from a long line of service members, S.D. Turner breaks down the hysterical irony of it all in perfect fashion, as he masterfully puts the encoded world of the military into a language that civilians will understand and service members, young and old, will appreciate. It's a page-turner that will have you wanting more.

Part(y) Two finds our author stationed in the beer capital of the world-Germany. As a newly minted soldier on his first night in Europe, he wasted no time in drinking too much, as he defiles a First Sergeant's boots with pizza and beer. Follow along as he finds his first experiences, like driving on the famed Autobahn, mostly-naked, in a 10-ton Army truck, and with an audience of French tourist buses, are usually down-right laughable. He guarantees you will look at soldiers in trucks very differently. Beer fests, an unauthorized weekend in Amsterdam, being chased by the German Polizei and Military Police in one night all happened before the advent and proof of the internet.

Aside from being laugh-out-loud, the story, interestingly, is not all beer brawls and bull fights. The subtle theme is the author's reflective quality on character and the bonds of brotherhood that were developed, while their mostly innocent and youthful spirits soared in the moment. As WWII was less than a half-century removed, the rich European history they lived and breathed was not in the least lost on the author. S.D. Turner and company literally walked the hallowed footsteps of Patton at the Battle of the Bulge, slept in barracks still adorned with Swastikas, and hiked a section of the D-Day invasion.

The humor is a constant throughout the book, but the subtle theme that every service member can appreciate, is the one quality that defines them as soldiers, airmen and airwomen, marines and sailors-adaptability in every situation. The author has seemingly pulled back the curtain into not only the past, but into a world about the military that few knew existed-the funnier side of all the guns, guts, and glory.

America is wrought with warrior heroes, and having only combated hangovers in Europe, the author pays a fitting tribute to the humor of life as a soldier. Sit back and enjoy this hilarious and unbelievable journey and meet some of his closest brothers in the storyline, as they regularly hold reunions.

 

The Rainbow Blots: A children's storytime book about rainbow colours and learning through play. Ages 1-6 by Carlie Wright (Author) and Victoria Mikki (Illustrator)

 

 

Meet the Rainbow Blots. They are playful, happy, rainbow spots! 

Have fun learning about rainbow colours with Mummy Rainbow and her Rainbow Blots. The Blots love to play with their colours and to play together as a family. Join in with their day and keep a lookout for their special trick!

 

Abbecedario di Gillo Dorfles

 

 

Educare con l’arte’. Forse Gillo si era ispirato a questa massima di Herbert Read quando ha pensato di sollecitare la curiosità di noi nipoti disegnando questo abbecedario, anche se, pur piccoli, in parte sapevamo già districarci con la lettura. I significati di riferimento sono un campionario di animali, nomi e aggettivi spesso di uso non comune. Ma Gillo, più che avere progetti didattici, tendeva a mettersi al nostro livello, divertendosi, provando con noi i giochi che portava dai suoi viaggi, e sfidandoci sul piano della creatività. Dopo aver tracciato il contorno a penna del soggetto, spesso ci invitava a completare i suoi disegni con i colori a pastello e a inventarne i nomi. Dalla Prefazione di Piero e Giorgetta Dorfles