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While working in a lab just months after graduating with a BA in chemistry, Barbara met Ray Esposito, a real scientist, who had recently experienced a personal tragedy. They began a risky affair, considering themselves "star-crossed lovers." As they worked toward their dream of being together, they were blithely unaware that they were walking over minefields that would eventually threaten Barbara's very survival.Their relationship began with life on the lam, starting a family, and establishing a business selling paint removers and recycling dirty solvents. Ultimately the EPA designated Ray's facility as a Superfund site, and Ray became a scapegoat. The publicity was crushing. They never knew where friends and family members really stood, and they were stabbed in the back more than once.Things started snowballing in a way that tested not only their love for each other but their sanity. What happened next propelled Barbara into a downward spiral, and alcohol became her crutch. Fueled by the additional strain of her disintegrating relationship with Ray, she kept drinking until the alcohol was driving everything. All she could think about was getting her next drink.Barbara's journey eventually led her back to the land of the living, but would she and Ray be able to find peace and reconciliation after all they had experienced?

In What the Single Eye Sees: Faith, Hope, Charity & the Pursuit of Discipleship, Dr. Joseph Q. Jarvis draws on a lifetime of leadership, service, and scripture study to reveal spiritual insights we've never considered before—teaching us how to explore what Christ's call to discipleship really means and how following that call deepens our relationship with the Savior.If you are searching for answers, peace, and communion with the divine, then digging deep into your discipleship is key.In What the Single Eye Sees, you’ll• Explore the power of faith, hope, and charity• Examine the energy involved in true consecration• Discover how to obtain the influence of the SpiritWithin these pages, Dr. Jarvis illustrates how developing Christlike traits with an eye single to God's glory elevates us and brings us to really know our Lord, who truly understands the confusion, suffering, unfairness, and essential aloneness of mortality.Indeed, the Savior is ideally situated to strengthen, enlighten, and preserve the best in us. When He tells us His "grace is sufficient" (2 Corinthians 12:9), we know that through Him we can have peace and purpose in this life, and ultimately, life everlasting.Begin your journey toward a deepened spiritual experience today: start reading and discover how to turn your eye to the Lord and partake of His glory and grace.

You get what you pay for, right?Not when it comes to health care in America. We pay twice as much as any other developed nation for health care, yet we have the worst health of them all. If the safety record of American hospitals were transposed onto the airline industry, a fully loaded 747 would crash every other week! And while we pay the highest taxes for health care in the world, tens of thousands of Americans die each year from treatable illness merely because they can't afford medical care.How did we reach this shameful state? You'll be shocked to find out not only who's to blame, but more importantly, how easy the solution can be.In this riveting book, Dr. Joseph Jarvis, MD, examines how our nation's focus has radically shifted from the disease to the dollar-drastically harming Americans in the process. With unforgettable stories drawn from Dr. Jarvis's thirty-plus years in the medical profession, he gets you thinking about health-care reform in a big way (you'll never get over the drunk miner who spent the night dipping a dead, rabid bat into every bar patron's drink!).And through other captivating examples, from brothels to nursing homes, he shows how poorly the average American understands how to make safe health-care choices in the so-called medical marketplace and how poorly politicians serve as arbiters of what good health policy should be. Most importantly, this book can finally make a difference: instead of simply pointing fingers and wailing about the outrages, Dr. Jarvis offers a workable solution that can be quickly implemented by each state. Before you finish this book, you'll get a compelling look at how politicians can offer real solutions and how the American electorate can finally do the right thing in health-system reform: protect our families, our country, and our future.

"People don't want to be managed, they want to be led."Within the first few pages of this book, you’ll realize something with new clarity: managers are a dime a dozen. Most people know or can learn how to manage. But leaders? They’re something special—and what they contribute to an organization is what sets it apart from the competition.Effective leaders make the difference between an organization that succeeds and one that stagnates. Effective leaders make solid decisions, but they take it a step further—they bring the guidance, vision, creativity, and motivation necessary to powerfully execute the decisions. They influence behavior, shape goals, and encourage the best. An influential leader’s footprint is forever engraved on a successful organization’s heart.The good news is that you can also learn to be the kind of leader who makes a difference. And this book—written by one of the best—will teach you how.