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Print: $12.99 ABOUT THE 5.5x8.5" PAPERBACK: Shines a spotlight into the black hole in inner space where good intentions disappear! It reveals the startling reasons why being serious about making life-improving changes don’t keep your good intentions from fizzling out long before the job is done: It shows why the human mind just isn’t hard-wired for follow through, and what you can do about it.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Steve Levinson, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist with more than three decades of experience. He is also an inventor, teacher and consultant who combines his talents as a psychologist and innovator with a passion for helping individuals and organizations follow through. Pete Greider, M.Ed. is a consultant who helps athletes and business people overcome obstacles to peak performance. His clients have included the Orlando Magic, Northwestern Mutual Life, State Farm Insurance, and General Electric. A popular keynote speaker, his credits include Exxon and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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Print: $14.99 Download: $9.99 ABOUT THE 5x5x8.5" PAPERBACK (not available from bookstores): 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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Print: $14.99 ABOUT THE 5.5x8.5" PAPERBACK: The amusing antidote to today's epidemic of negative stereotypes about teens! "Life with teens does not have to be a perpetual battlefield... I wish I had this book when I had teens. It’s funny and wise and makes you want to hug your teen. So buy it, read it, and do it!" says Michele Borba, Ed.D., author of Parents Do Make a Difference and Building Moral Intelligence.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Barbara Cooke has been a popular contributor to The Chicago Tribune and many other publications. Harvard-trained therapist Carleton Kendrick is widely recognized as one of the nation’s most widely quoted authorities on family matters, with frequent appearances on national network television and in major print media coast to coast. Visit www.CarletonKendrick.com for updated interviews and commentary about subjects of interest to parents, teachers or anyone who interacts with teens.
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Print: $12.99 ABOUT THE 6x9" PAPERBACK: What are “Collectible Meals?” They’re real menus of meals enjoyed by rich, famous (or infamous) and influential figures throughout history, which you can recreate in your own home for a fun and educational dining experience. From a Ronald Reagan birthday bash, Elizabeth Taylor’s afternoon tea, George Washington’s Christmas brunch or the last meal of serial killer Ted Bundy, this book has a story to suit your celebration.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rob DiSilvestre began assembling this unique menu collection in 1999. Today he owns what is believed to be the largest library of collectible meals (www.collectiblemeals.com) in the world. He is a former telecommunications executive turned freelance writer and author. He lives in South Carolina with his wife and two children.
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Print: $12.99 ABOUT THE 6x9" PAPERBACK: What are “Collectible Meals?” They’re real menus of meals enjoyed by rich, famous (or infamous) and influential figures throughout history, which you can recreate in your own home for a fun and educational dining experience. From the first Thanksgiving to the last meal of Timothy McVeigh, menus from Hollywood legends such as Marilyn Monroe, Julia Roberts and Halle Berry are featured. From wartime meals with FDR and Winston Churchill to grand State occasions with Presidents Kennedy, Ford and many others, this book offers a story, and a menu, to suit any occasion.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rob DiSilvestre began assembling this unique menu collection in 1999. Today he owns what is believed to be the largest library of collectible meals (www.collectiblemeals.com) in the world. He is a former telecommunications executive turned freelance writer and author. He lives in South Carolina with his wife and two children.
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Print: $12.99 Download: $7.99 ABOUT THE 5.5x8.5" PAPERBACK: You can insure quick service ("One Day Lead Times") for your customers if you have short Cycle Times, infinite capacity, or infinite inventory. But most businesses don’t have infinite inventory or infinite capacity -- and customers won’t wait years for you to reduce Cycle Times. Adopting the processes in this book will improve your customer service in three months.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: David P. Zimmerman has more than 36 years of industrial experience, including Industrial Engineering, Production Management, and Materials Management. He earned a B.S. from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and was awarded CPM certification. He was selected as a speaker at the 83rd International convention of the National Association of Purchasing Managers, and has developed this material into courses taught in the United States and Mexico. When not traveling as a guest speaker, or conducting seminars, he resides in Rochester NY with his wife Marcha.
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Print: $14.99 ABOUT THE 6x9" TRADE PAPERBACK (special advance release, not yet available from bookstores): Lisa Saunders says “no” to her daughter Jackie’s pleas for a dog, fearing it will be too rambunctious around Jackie’s disabled little sister Elizabeth. Then one day, the unexpected happens: a shivering, dirty puppy shows up at their door. But is this dog really Heaven-sent? PLUS: The latest news on how to prevent the far-reaching but under-reported effects of congenital CMV, the #1 viral cause of birth defects—more common a cause of disabilities than Down syndrome. It also contains highly useful sections with Resources, Contacts and Support Services for anyone whose life is touched by CMV.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lisa Saunders is the author of Ride a Horse, Not an Elevator and Ever True. She is a writer for the State University of New York at Rockland Community College, a Congenital CMV Foundation parent representative and a graduate of Cornell University.
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Print: $24.99 ABOUT THE 5.5x8.5" TRILOGY PAPERBACK: the cult classic 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 bark with laughter! For the first time, all three books are combined in one volume, at a special price!
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: $15.99 ABOUT THE 5.5x8.5" PAPERBACK (for US markets only): This is the first full-length biography of Edmond Rostand published in English. Written for those who love "Cyrano de Bergerac", it throws new light on the origins of his most famous play. Readers will discover a sensitive, modest poet, overwhelmed by the demands of his fame, but determined, in spite of suffering from periods of depression, to fulfil what he saw as his life’s work.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sue Lloyd was born in Keynsham, England, and studied at Bristol University. After teaching in East Africa, she returned to England, settling in Norfolk. Here she researched her Master’s degree on Cyrano de Bergerac (University of East Anglia, 1977), which revived her longstanding interest in Edmond Rostand. In 1982, her new edition of Roget’s Thesaurus for Longman, the first for twenty years, became a world best-seller. After a further period in East Africa, she now lives in Southwest England.
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Print: $14.99 ABOUT THE 5.5x8.5" PAPERBACK (for US markets only): Co-published by Harvardwood Books and Unlimited Publishing LLC, this is a remarkable witch's brew of supernatural, Christian, classical and scientific arcana, served up at an all-too-real Midwestern military school. "An occult thriller, scary, learned, and charitable in the true tradition of Charles Williams and his fellow Inklings," says T.A. Shippey, editor of The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John Houghton is a prize winning historian with degrees from Harvard, Yale, Indiana and Notre Dame; a poet; educator; and an Episcopal minister.
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