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ABOUT THE BOOK: This is the warm and witty story of a 38-year-old stroke victim and his long and slow recovery. It is also about what he learned through the ordeal and how his life and values changed with each step he took to heal himself. It is the first release of the "Redwood Writers" series, co-published by the Redwood Branch of the California Writers Club in collaboration with Unlimited Publishing LLC.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dick Burns is a retired advertising man -- the one who put the smile on the PSA airplane and engineered a cultural icon: the Fruit of the Loom Guys. At 38, he suffered a massive stroke and was not expected to live. Yet many years later, Mr. Burns resides happily in northern California, where he is an avid golfer... and now a published author. He wrote this wise and witty story of his miraculous survival and recovery for someone special: you.
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Print: $13.49 ABOUT THE BOOK: "An interesting story, interestingly told, and as such it is welcome," wrote The New York Times of the first edition from Houghton Mifflin. This revised and updated second edition from UP is the definitive history of the world’s most famous landmark and its ingenious builder, from a veteran international journalist. "Written with wit and charm," added The Los Angeles Times.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: “Harriss succeeds admirably…This is a well-organized, exceptionally readable book; entertaining, informative, and highly recommended," said Library Journal. Harriss has served as a TIME correspondent in Paris, Algiers and Brussels, a Reader’s Digest staff writer covering Europe, and a foreign affairs columnist for The Dallas Morning News. His work has also appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, The American Spectator, and many other publications. He lives in Paris.
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ABOUT THE BOOK: "This work of high originality rekindles our sense of life’s rich mystery," said Library Journal of the first edition. This remarkable book received the Western States Book Award for creative non-fiction in 1986 with additional praise from The New York Times, NPR and other major media. It lapsed briefly out of print until updated by UP in 2005. A veteran piano tuner presents a literary, minimally technical view of the quixotic tuning systems used on keyboard instruments for hundreds of years.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Anita Sullivan lives in Oregon, where recently she has turned her attention to early pianos, the tuning of historical temperaments, and the music that goes with them.
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Four Seasons of Leadership is about fulfilling your personal calling, personal leadership and living out your dreams. Apply these principles and watch your dreams unfold as your life's work takes shape.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: David Neidert is a leadership author, speaker and instructor at Anderson University in Indiana. His prior works include GOD QUEST and METAMORPHOSIS. The recipient of the 2003 National Wilbur McFeely Award, he continues to teach, write and contribute to the field of leadership.
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Print: $19.99 ABOUT THE BOOK: This is a comprehensive, power-packed guide that will help you avoid common MLM industry pitfalls. If you've struggled to make money in network marketing, chances are it's because you selected the wrong company or upline or you just weren't properly trained. Inside are power secrets taken directly from the arsenals of top income earners. Whether you're just entering the industry or you've been in it a while, this book is a must read for the serious business builder.
Soon to be published in German by Life Success Media, with an initial printing of 3,000 copies.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rod Nichols has been involved in network marketing since 1979, as a company founder, distributor, best selling author, recognized trainer, coach, and consultant. He has built several large networks and still earns a full-time residual income. His books and seminars have helped tens of thousands of network marketers build successful businesses.
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Print: $19.99 ABOUT THE BOOK, as featured on the nationally syndicated Marketplace radio program, December 2007:
According to the author, "For years, when my stockbroker called me, I joked that I was 'talking with my bookie.' Is buying stock investing? Or is it a speculation -- a bet? After 40 years of 'investing' in stocks, I decided to try 'gambling.' Warning: my bet puts hundreds of thousands of dollars at risk -- with no guarantee of success. Read this book for entertainment, but NOT as an investment guide!"
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Stanley Mazor was a co-designer of the first commerical microcomputer silicon chip. He has published more than 50 papers on integrated circuit chip design and computer architecture over the years. He has been awarded the Kyoto Prize, the Ron Brown American Innovator Award, and the SIA Robert Noyce Award. He has also been inducted into the Inventor’s Hall of Fame. What does a scientist-engineer know about gambling? Read his book to find out!
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Print: $13.99 ABOUT THE BOOK: A co-publication of the Josephson Institute of Ethics and Unlimited Publishing LLC, this highly useful book brings to life the Josephson Institute’s five principles of public service ethics: public interest, independent objective judgment, public accountability, democratic leadership, responsibility and fitness for office. Includes extensive references to the Office of Government Ethics rules for federal employees. An excellent guide for those new to public service, as well as career public servants, managers and policymakers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michael S. Josephson is the founder and president of the Josephson Institute of Ethics as well as the CHARACTER COUNTS! education movement and its companion sportsmanship campaign, Pursuing Victory With Honor. One of the nation’s most sought-after ethicists, he consults with Fortune 100 companies and top government agencies and hosts an internationally syndicated daily radio program from Los Angeles.
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Are you burdened by caring for aging parents? The number of middle-aged children today who have elderly parents is unprecedented. Having old parents, however, is rarely portrayed as a privilege. Too often parents are depicted as a problem for their adult children. Written with minimal jargon, the book helps adult children and old parents who want to better understand their family relationships.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sarah H. Matthews, Ph.D., chairs the Sociology Department at Cleveland State University and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Aging Studies, Journal of Marriage and Family, and The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. She is the author of two previous books, and has published numerous articles about older family ties in gerontology journals.
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REDSTRIPE AND OTHER DACHSHUND TALES is a tail-wagging treat for anyone who has ever been "owned" by a Dachshund or other four-legged friend. It is followed by the sequel, ANOTHER REDSTRIPE PLEASE! and the "three-quel," REDSTRIPE'S INN. In all three books, the hounds, not the hapless humans, are in charge. The Dachshund trio of Redstripe, Paris and Belle creates a three-ring circus of canine comedy that will make you howl with laughter!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jack Magestro left careers in teaching, educational administration and Information Technology to write. He lives in Wisconsin with his wife Jill, where they are owned by a Dachshund named Belle. Over many years, his experiences as a traveler to seldom-visited reaches of the Caribbean have formed much of the background for his warm and colorful stories.
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Print: $19.99 "Brian Hines has managed to present Plotinus' wonderful and elaborate system in a way that makes it accessible to the contemporary reader...Creating the bridge between the paradigm of ancient Rome and the Western world in the 21st century is the gift of this book," wrote Shimon Malin of Colgate University.
From the author of God's Whisper, Creation's Thunder and Life is Fair comes an insightful new work that links classical Greek and contemporary thought in a remarkable new way.
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