Books published by Wheatmark

Imagine a school district where the cafeteria is the central hub for staff and students to hang out as a respite from normal daily school activities, where food service managers and directors get students excited about the cafeteria on social media, and where parents and students do not even consider bringing a meal from home because of the quality and choices offered in their school cafeteria.In his last book, Competing for Kids, Kelly E. Middleton explained how customer service concepts from the business world can help public schools attract and retain students. Now, in this follow-up book, Kelly directs his attention entirely on the food service department.Feed Our Students Well serves up 18 customer service concepts for school leaders and food service employees to deliver the very best nutrition, atmosphere and facilities to students.In this book, you'll learn: How food, employee attitudes, facilities, school culture, and leadership can be given a customer service boost to improve student satisfaction in the cafeteria How public schools can learn from industry best practices to compete with the current competitive educational climate How customer service in a school's food service department can play a major role in overall student happiness and school culture.

When Linda Tafet injured her shoulder and could no longer play golf or tennis, she found a new passion in the game of bridge. She took lessons, and the more she learned the more fascinated she became with the game. Every time she learned something new, she would condense it into her own words on a small index card. Soon, these cards became a stack, and then she combined the stack into a small three-ring binder. When her bridge friends saw what she was up to, they asked her to make them binders as well, and pretty soon she found herself in the handmade book-making business, selling each book for $75 each.After selling more than five hundred of these books, Linda decided she was working too hard and could reach more bridge players if she published her book. The Best Bridge Book is a compilation of her original handmade book, now produced as a paperback. Larry Cohen, a very good friend of Linda's and one of the best bridge teachers in the world, edited her book, ensuring that each lesson is correct and easy to follow. Now all bridge players from beginners to advanced can enjoy and learn from Linda's book.

James Ontiveros, a ninth-generation Californio, introduces Barbara Booth Keiller to the story of his ancestors traveling north into Alta California with the 1781 Pobladore Expedition to establish Los Angeles and the Santa Barbara Presidio.

The terrorist group Al-Saafi is about to unleash its newly developed weapon of mass destruction. Soon the devastating MAX 18 virus will rid the world of infidels, beginning with the president of the United States and his cabinet.Two beautiful and extraordinary women, born only minutes apart at opposite ends of the country, share a spiritual ancestry that extends well beyond mere psychic power. Together they have less than nine months to follow a trail of secrets and unthinkable deeds to keep mankind's future intact.Powerful, hypnotic, and utterly original, this paranormal thriller will keep you spellbound.

When zoning and subdivision ordinances were created in the early 1900s they were two distinct governmental functions. But failure to combine them led to jurisdictions writing contradictory regulations.Author Connor Murphy looks at the standard way subdivision and zoning are presented as separate code titles in most land use regulations then combines the regulations into a single code title -- effectively solving long-standing problems planners have encountered.Common Sense Zoning makes the planning process accessible and transparent for those who wish to create a more livable future. Professional city planners and others can easily understand land use regulations that: simplify Euclidian zoning make sense to people who lack expertise in zoning clearly explain the decision-making process invite ordinary people to participate in governance protect communities from scoundrelsCommon Sense Zoning provides guidance to the 34,000 small governments that can't afford to hire pricey outside consultants or pay millions to update their land use regulations.

A stroll into darkness. An assassin horrifying in his methods. Twisted little people striving for greatness. Villains unimaginable. Hauntings unheard of, seductive in theirexquisite siren calls to the unaware. Fools with their connivances.All and more await exposure to the light of your imagination in 20 Little Horrors, this collection of micro-tales collected from the mind of D. S. Knight.Curious about the machinations of nice guys who have multiple ways to suck the humanity right out of your soul? Wondering how many types of haunts are out there waiting in the dark and not-so-dark places of your world? Considering developing a relationship for your own selfish purposes?You'll want to look inside to fully understand the folly of thinking you know what is real. To fully understand the depths of human betrayal and horror. To see the outcome of deception for deception's sake. To learn the tragedy of ignoring that quiet little voice inside your head.