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Tobias Hillyer had a promising future until a car accident claimed the lives of his parents. Abandoning his dreams, he dropped out of college to take care of his orphaned, brain-damaged younger brother. Now in his late thirties, Tobias must struggle to provide for his family, working dead-end jobs that fall far short of the academic career he had imagined. Then he wins the lottery. His financial worries eliminated, Tobias anticipates nothing but smooth sailing ahead for himself and the people he loves. But he soon finds that his amazing stroke of luck may threaten everything he holds dear. Over peaks and valleys, this uplifting journey will challenge everything we think we know about luck, life, and what we value most. About the Author Lilian Duval is the author of the forthcoming story collection Random Acts of Kindness. She is an amateur classical guitarist and a survivor of the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Lilian and her husband live in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Praise for You Never Know Does chance rule our lives? Or do we overcome chance and rule ourselves? Those are the questions that underlie You Never Know ... Duval's book reminds us all that even in the face of good luck we must continue to take both hardiness and happiness seriously; they come as much from inside as out. -- Jay Thomas, PhD, Distinguished University Professor, School of Professional Psychology, Pacific University

It is 1936 and Jesse Owens is poised for victory. Berlin is on full display. Hitler is firmly in control. Six-year-old Jutta Bolle relishes Owens's victory and the excitement of the Olympics. But the darkness is already engulfing Jutta's world as her family confronts the evil of Hitler. Each year brings more unimagined hardships and heartbreaks until finally, in 1945, bombs destroy what remains of Berlin and fifteen-year-old Jutta and her father run for their lives. The Russians are coming. In a matter of days Berlin will be surrounded, unleashing a new round of misery. Angels in the Darkness tells the dramatic true story of the Bolles' struggle to survive the tyranny of Hitler's government, a war they did not believe in, and the subsequent brutal occupation of their home and city by the Russians. Ultimately, it is the story of the strength of will over forces beyond our control, and of a young girl's admiration for the Americans who liberate her city, bringing hope and the promise of freedom. About the Author Lisa Farringer Parker is a successful attorney and author. A former professor of writing at Arizona State University, she has appeared on CNN and is a regular contributor to the Arizona Republic. She lives in Paradise Valley, Arizona, with her husband, Vernon B. Parker, the former mayor, and her two children. Jutta Bolle is her mother.

The popular self-help book Charge Up Your Life outlines the six components necessary for love, happiness, and success while introducing the Take Charge Solution. This unique model for personal growth has helped readers become aware of their personal stumbling blocks and move beyond them.An excellent addition to Charge Up Your Life, this workbook offers a new set of engaging exercises designed to help you improve your life . . . without changing the essence of who you are. Inside you will find:Activities that show you how to look within for answersTechniques to identify the barriers that hold you backKeys to the emotional origins of your aches and painsMethods for developing friendships and other relationshipsStrategies that get people to listen when you talk With quizzes to chart your progress, the Charge Up Your Life Workbook will start you on the path to love, happiness, and success, and give you the tools you need to keep going.About the AuthorsEllen is a psychologist with more than twenty years'' experience working with adults, children, and families. She is interested in writing more about mentoring women in transition, developing effective parenting skills, exploring couples'' issues, and creating emotionally safe classrooms. She has three adult children and lives with her husband in the Phoenix area.Connie has a passion for empowering others to attain their dreams and find their life''s purpose. She is a personal life coach and author living in Scottsdale, Arizona. Connie holds degrees in administrative leadership, psychology, and counseling and has over twenty-five years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in public and private school settings.

Most of us fantasize about what it would be like to walk away from work. Denice Kronau did it. On the surface, Denice had it all: a great job as CEO of a $100 million company, offices in thirty countries, and travel around the world. However, her great job was killing her because she couldn't keep work in perspective. She let it take over her life and was exhausted, overworked, overweight, and endlessly running on a hamster wheel. When it became too much, she took an unpaid sabbatical and spent months regaining a sense of balance in her life. She explored what drove her to work in such a destructive way and discovered many insights about work. More importantly, she found what made her happy at work. In Falling in Love with Work, Denice shares many of these key elements, such as: We're human beings, not human "doings." Don't feed the urgent while starving the important. It's perfectly fine to "Find out what you don't do well, and don't do it" (to quote Alf, the 1980s TV character). Be happy, now. Don't postpone happiness while waiting for a one-time event. About the Author Denice Kronau is a veteran of corporate life. During her thirty-year career she has held positions of chief executive officer, chief financial officer, and chief diversity officer. She has worked for notable global companies such as Altria, Diageo PLC, and Siemens AG.

About the AuthorGloria Petersen is president and founder of Global Protocol, Inc., a premier resource for developing a dynamic business culture. Gloria energizes audiences with her down-to-earth style and inspires them to take control of their careers and to serve as role models for others. Her customized programs have a twenty-five-year proven track record for teaching individuals how to develop the social intelligence necessary to inspire, lead, and succeed. Credentialed as a certified protocol professional and a graduate of the Protocol School of Washington and the Professional Image Institute, her accomplishments include directing and hosting her own FOX network television show, Image of Success, serving as an etiquette judge on The Learning Channel, and authoring articles for numerous publications. She keeps current by conducting surveys, attending frequent symposiums, and monitoring the business climate for emerging issues.

An excellent resource for teachers and students of yogasana, medical professionals, and bodywork practitioners, A Handbook for Yogasana Teachers presents novel aspects of physiology and neuroscience as they apply to the practice of yoga. If you have ever wondered why we do yogasana as we do, you will likely find the answers within these pages.Endorsements"A Handbook for Yogasana Teachers provides a lucid blending of Eastern and Western science that helps us understand the human body from both perspectives! It is a major contribution to both medicine and yoga."Rajvi Mehta, editor, Yoga Rahasya, Mumbai"This book is quite obviously the result of extensive thought and effort on the part of the author. It contains a wide range of information, blending present-day anatomy and physiology with knowledge of yoga from ancient texts."Dr. Shirley Telles, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation, Bangalore"There is a paucity of books such as this handbook ... I liked the colorful descriptions and stories interspersed throughout."Lois Steinberg, teacher and therapist, Iyengar Yoga Institute of Champaign-Urbana"The book is unique in its mixture of scientific explanation and practical application ... As a practicing Iyengar teacher with no medical background, I have had little choice but to accept the words of B. K. S. and Geeta Iyengar in their description of the effects and benefits of poses ... I have had no reason to doubt them, but when teaching students with a Western mind, it helps to present them with a 'scientific reason' why."Renata Cardinal, certified Iyengar yoga teacher, Watchung Yoga Arts Center, New Jersey"Mel Robin's labor of love has combined his knowledge of modern anatomy and physiology and traditional yoga beliefs (mostly in the Iyengar tradition) together with personal opinion and analysis based on years of teaching and practice within this tradition. By painstakingly collecting this material together, he has done a great service to the yoga community, especially those with an interest in yoga therapy and the intersection between yoga and Western medicine."Dr. Ruth Gilmore, faculty, Yoga Therapy Centre, London"A Handbook for Yogasana Teachers is useful for yoga teachers and serious yoga students who wish to bridge their understanding of Western and Eastern concepts. It may help practitioners of other Eastern methods of healing find ways to explain what they are doing to Western students or clients. Western doctors who want to understand Eastern healing methods will find the book extremely beneficial."Jessie Thompson, director, the Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

The fate of the struggling American colonies depends on the actions of one man . . .Time separates hero from villain and friend from foe. After an act of treason, committed at the request of King George III, Captain Arthur F. Nelson and his crew find themselves the victims of a set-up that leads them straight to the gallows.As their death sentence is read aloud, the curse of Blood Bones is set in motion once again, transporting them several hundred years into the future.Captain Nelson leads a group of his loyal comrades on a daunting quest to return back to 1763 to save Benjamin Manry and the remaining crew that were captured by the cutthroat Richard Highmore.Follow Captain Nelson and his colleagues as they go under "pirate" cover in this exciting and fast-paced story. Will they succeed in the rescue of our young hero? Or will they fail in their efforts?The fate of the future United States of America rests in Benjamin Manry's rescue . . .

Great management is difficult. It requires patience, empathy, courage, flexibility, and an understanding of how everybody's efforts contribute to the greater goal. You may possess some of these qualities, but few of us excel at all of them -- at least not right out of the gate. Managing on Purpose is a concise, comprehensive overview that provides you with the tools you need to achieve results in an organization. You will learn how to communicate effectively with the people you manage, prioritize competing demands on your time and energy, anticipate problems and deal with them proactively, maintain your equilibrium in the midst of chaos, and much more.

Beth E. Wallace married her best friend when she was twenty-seven years and ten months old. They were married twenty-seven years and ten months when she lost him to cancer. Sometimes she thought her life had ended, and sometimes she wished it would, but God had other plans for her.In Frankly Speaking About Widowhood, Beth offers a hand to Christians who are traveling the path of loss. While everybody deals with the same heartbreaking emotions when a loved one dies, Christians often feel guilty about them. Do anger, frustration, and loneliness mean you don't believe your spouse is in a better place? Have you rejected God's will? Beth gently assures you that such feelings are normal and talks about how you can allow God to help you heal . . . without trying to suppress your own grief.Adjusting to widowhood is one of the hardest things you'll do. But hearing from someone who has been there -- and made it through -- will provide the encouragement you need to begin rebuilding your life.

In an impoverished world, imprisoned by socially constraining fences with very few gates of opportunity, Joey Joaneda, the son of failed and alcoholic parents, struggles toward maturity in a depression-era fishing village. Nothing much is expected from him or his Wharf Rat friends except to carry on questionable and antiquated traditions. Under the influence of a cast of colorful local characters -- from the powerful Captain Sam Brumos and a wise old woman in a fish house, to a very troublesome monkey -- the boy wrestles with the rewards and consequences of his own actions. He endures the animosity of his peers when he turns his back on simply "coasting around." Inevitably, he confronts the definitive fence which must be climbed to call himself a man, the need to accept accountability for his life choices.But can you ever deny your past? Can you ever run fast enough or far enough to lose who you are? Goaded by the insistent vagrant Holy Joe in a search for truthfulness, Joey Joaneda, "the boy who is always running away," discovers that ultimately, you will forever bump into yourself.

Life is not always easy or fair for the follower of Christ. Yet, Sheryl Giesbrecht has learned, from the depths of past pain, it is possible to be raised up. It is possible to heal. Most importantly, it is possible to exchange hurt for hope. In her inspirational new book, Get Back Up: Trusting God When Life Knocks You Down, Sheryl tells her own story. She uses scripture to tell the stories of so many other Biblical figures who stumbled before they could be helped up.Sheryl's message is one of hope. Trusting God in the midst of a life turned upside down is essential to survival. Without Him, life would not be worth living. Climbing out of the pits of despair would be impossible. Yes, with God to lean on, finding hope is possible. Healing is possible. God is capable of taking our losses and mistakes and turning them into something remarkably beautiful. Won't you let Him?

THE IRON DOVE OF THE FRONTIER...At twenty-one, LouISa was already a sagacious woman. She had been privileged to attend finishing schools in the East where she learned the ways of "Ladyship" and studied piano under the tutorship of masters, becoming proficient with the classical works of Mozart, Bach, Chopin, Beethoven, Liszt, and many others.LouIsa: Iron Dove of the Frontier is a story about a tough, but well-educated genteel woman of quiet strength who, when it became necessary, could get down and dirty and fight as adeptly as the best gutter rats. But also, when necessary, she could don a party dress and be perfectly comfortable with Vassar graduates.About the AuthorWill Edwinson grew up in rural Southeast Idaho during the 1940s. He made his living on the family farm in Southeast Idaho as a dry land farmer raising barley and wheat, always holding onto the dream he harbored for most of his life -- that of being a writer. Will was also a semi-professional singer, performing on stages from Sun Valley, Idaho, to Lake Havasu City, Arizona.Edwinson, author of numerous blog posts and four books, is an award winning story teller and columnist, His second book, Buddy ... His Trials and Treasures, won first place in a statewide competition, and second at the national level.His nostalgia column, written under another name, won second and first place awards in two separate competitions sponsored by the Utah-Idaho-Spokane Associated Press Association.The author currently lives in Tucson, Arizona.

In 1987, the author, a senior U.S. Army counterintelligence (CI) agent, became the partner of a close friend, Clyde Lee Conrad, at the head of a spy ring which had sold NATO secrets for twelve years to Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Russia. He helped his friend sell secrets, craft a new plan for recruitment of U.S. soldiers for Hungary, and plan kidnaping, torture, and murder. Nine agents and couriers in five countries were eventually convicted of espionage and treason. No actual names are used in this book, without permission, except those connected with the spy ring. The operation and innovative trade-craft employed by the author were hailed by many as the most significant in U.S. Army counterespionage (CE) history.Danny L. Williams began his Army career at age thirty-three as a private, in Eighth Infantry Division in Germany. After five years, he graduated with honors from the U.S. Army Counterintelligence School, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, and served as field office NCOIC in Giessen, Germany, with the 165th MI Battalion. He returned to Ft. Huachuca as special operations instructor and training NCOIC with the school, then designed, taught, and implemented operational security procedures for Information Systems Command. After two years assisting the FBI, he retired a CI sergeant major and lives in Hereford, Arizona, with his wife of forty-two years, Shirley, and her two cats, Cinnamon and Ginger, who replaced Bobo and Aristocrat.

Chaos of War, Balance of Life is one sergeant's story throughout his deployment in Afghanistan. Vivid emotions that Will Higginbotham could not share with his men, instead, were shared in both prose and artistic sketches to his mother.Often penned in the stark aftermath or impending prelude to battle, this journal is a haunting and powerful tale of the struggle during wartime to do one's duty, yet to remain human.Higginbotham's hope was that this journal be used for good -- for veterans who need to know that they are not alone in their feelings and thoughts, for new soldiers who have not yet experienced war, and for families and friends of veterans who want to know what their soldier may have experienced.Dedicated to all veterans (past, present, and future), with special recognition to those who have given all and for those who have suffered battle wounds and scarring that may or may not be visible to the naked eye.

A promising Iranian-American law student is mysteriously snatched from the Harvard commons and forced into a dark, dangerous world of international espionage....A statue of Moses and the Ten Commandments is erected on a courthouse lawn in Texas, sparking legal conflict and ethnic violence....When veteran Washington journalist Jason Palani is charged to investigate these events, he discovers a hidden agenda driven by Washington powerbrokers bent on changing the face of America. Probing deeper, he finds himself on the run from deadly forces, with few options and only a small cadre he can trust: a senior senator, a Secret Service agent, and a Justice Department lawyer with whom he shares an attraction. Jason and his team race desperately to expose the conspiracy before the election of a president controlled by unseen and sinister forces.Jonathan Neff is the author of Power Play, an action thriller available at Amazon.com and other online booksellers. The many personal and professional interests that inspire and inform his stories can be found on www.jonathanneff.com and www.jnefflaw.com.

"God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and Truth." -- John 4:24Would you like the clarity of mind that results from penetrating the moral fog surrounding our culture and the world today?Young adults, teens, and children look to the older generation to tell them about life. Yet somehow, along the way, these life lessons have been lost.Salvation for the Twenty-First Century and Beyond includes:Generational sayingsReal life lessons learnedSocial ills and current trendsSin and sex and the consequences of bothColonization and Christianity explainedWorkable action plans for a better world and lifeContrary to conventional wisdom, only the principles set down in the days of old will stop the current downward spiral of immorality that is now threatening the existence of mankind.