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GONYEA

Chances are, unless I’m a designer, I don’t know what I want. All I know is I want something functional that looks good, is comparable with my competitors, and features constant colour schemes for branding. I’ll look at other designs that have already been created and ask for something similar. Hence, it is important that you can take the information I give and help me visualize what it is you think I want.

— ADITYA MAHESH

I have a love for stories, and for finding a new way to tell them. I find much enjoyment in exploring the intricacies of a tale, the twists and turns, the endings you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect. With every story comes a new challenge, an angle unlike the one before it. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where I thrive, in the challenge. I can help you find that sweet spot, the right way to tell YOUR tale.

SELF-HELP

MARIA FLAHERTY is a wife and mother of two who has spent the last twelve years of her life on a journey of self-discovery. Living with OCD, Maria has found which alternative methods work and which don’t, and now shares her collective knowledge in this book. U.S. $XX.XX

LI V E

M ETH

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CRACKING

—Amanda Vermilion, business owner and clinical hypnotherapist

MARIA FLAHERTY

“An outstanding yet rare glimpse into the life of OCD. Flaherty cleverly explores the delicate balance of both traditional and holistic modalities. If you want information along side an occasional splash of humor, then this is your book!”

N ATU RA L

N AT U R A L M E T H O D S T O L I V E W I T H O C D

will provide the OCD sufferer with alternative methods of living with this disorder. Discover a way to have and enjoy a fullling life without all the suffering and hardships of OCD. In addition to using meditation to help connect with your angels and with God, you will also learn how to use Reiki, color therapy, chakra cleansing, diet and exercise, and even past life regression to gure out what best works for you. Each chapter describes personal experiences of author Maria Flaherty, as well as plenty of information to help you along your own journey of self-healing. It also reminds us that a little laughter and gratitude can go a long way. This lovingly written book will be a handy guide for those who want a different way to live with OCD.

CRACKING UP: U S I N G

CRACKING

U SI N G

SELF HELP | BODY - MIND - SPIRIT

H O D S

O C D

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER This disorder affects so many people, and each individual has to find a way to cope, live and function in this fast-paced world. This disorder is about routines, rituals, and order, so I wanted push against that to create tension and instability.

REBIRTHING Rebirthing is a unique breath work technique of psychological correction, self-discovery, and spiritual transformation. The general idea was to keep this cover clean and breathy, while keeping the idea of psychological triggers. Colors, kerning, and repetitive shapes are used to provide focal points and direction.

BODY - MIND - SPIRIT

Breathe Consciously and Be Happy!

Author Inga Koryagina not only became a rebirther but also discovered a healing gift in herself. In this book, you can ﬁnd diﬀerent breath work exercises, helping to solve many psychic and physical problems, the author’s fantastic experience, and the happiness of letting go of psychic and moral burdens.

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INGA KORYAGINA , PH.D, Associated Professor, Reiki Master, Rebirther, ATP® is a creator and a leader of esoteric center Esolang in Moscow, Russia.

She combines her spiritual path with teaching MBA students at the State University of management in Moscow, Russia.

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I N G A K O R YA G I N A

She is a caring daughter, a loving mother, a reliable wife, a very supportive mother-inlow, a sports girl and a business woman.

B R E A T H E C O N S C I O U S L Y be happy! •

presents unique breath work technique called rebirthing. It is a technique of psychological correction, self-discovery, and spiritual transformation. In 1974, rebirthing breath work was oﬃcially conﬁrmed as a highly therapeutic and healing methodology.

the breath which turned my whole life

INGA K O R YA G I N A

B R E AT H E C O N S C I O U S LY

be happy!

BIOGR APHY - AUTOBIOGR APHY - MEMOIR

SI MP LY MADELEI NE: t he memoir of a post world war II french pianist

MAD ELEINE F ORTE

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IT IS ME

AGAIN AFTER THE END

{ AA fteF rer sDh ivoS tarcer t } MAYRA S. MUTT

he shock of divorce removed Cristina from her comfort zone to a place required for her rediscovery. She got in touch with an essence long forgotten in order to reacquaint herself with love, validate her feelings and emotions, dream again, find courage, and welcome the unfolding grandness of those dreams. Cristina’s renewed strength allowed her to face and banish fears, resentments, and old premises that had become useless. It permitted her to embrace a liberating and rewarding journey full of surprises. She grew enough to set aside disappointments, upsets, and emotional pain from people who were only obstacles to her new, purpose-directed life. Within these pages you will find the story of many people. Perhaps it is your own or that of someone you know. Courageous people like Cristina have used the leftovers of a broken marriage to construct a new life, adapting previous experiences, hidden virtues, and the love of so many as raw materials for a new and fulfilling path uniquely designed by each of them. So, grant yourself permission and join the characters herein on their astounding journeys.

{Top:} Seeing as this book is about starting over, fresh starts, and beginning anew, I wanted to play off of that idea in relation to divorce. What might a woman want to change? If she is “stuck” in the same house, what would she do to prevent herself from tearing the place apart? She would redecorate: make the place hers, to be rid herself of the stigma of what was once “ours.” And so, she wallpapers over the old with something fresh and lively, a pretty floral pattern that gives her hope and renewal. {Left:} The name Forte is a big one in musical circles. Madeleine has music in her blood, and as a world-reknown pianist, her name precedes her. She doesn’t need fussy or extravagant, just a classic design like the music she plays.

BUSINESS - ECONOMICS

A provocative,

TRUE TO LIFE STORY about the in the

INDUSTRIALIZED

ATT POLASKI, Leading Hand of the maintenance engineering crew at the Mornington Dairy plant, is sick and tired of the

breakdowns, stress and the negative

BOHICA Wh a t Yo u M a n a g e rs A l wa y s D o To U s Wo r ke r s

impact his job is having on his marriage

world…arrogant,

and plant performance. JIM CHAMPION,

OUT OF TOUCH

improvements to performance for his

leadership.

BOHICA

MAJOR FLAW

the kick-ass Site Manager, demands own selﬁsh reasons. Matt discovers a mentor and a proven method to solve the problems which Jim supports until which he forces on Matt and the site with explosive results. BOHICA!

ROB PROBST

he ﬁnds a cheaper, faster approach idea

ROB PROBST

JAN FOWLER is an awardwinning columnist, television producer/host, and national speaker on senior topics. She developed a passion for the senior population during her long career as a licensed speech pathologist and is now an ambassador for seniors everywhere.

{Right:} This author chose a vibrant image of a coffee cup reminiscent of clip art. Instead of trying to hide this fact, I played up the rest of the cover in a funky way, playing with bright shapes and repeating colors from the front cover.

She is the founder of Starburst Inspirations, a nonprot corporation that supports Drug Court as its primary charity, and is a member of the National League of American Pen Women. Jan has ve grandchildren and lives in southern California.

HUMOR

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90%

of management improvement and cost saving initiatives are failures that end up wasting

time, money and in the worst cases, result in catastrophic failures leading to injury or death. MATT POLASKI and his band of unsung maintenance engineering heroes at the Mornington Dairy Plant are frustrated by working in the ”circle of despair;” patching one breakdown after another. They want to do the right things right. Matt knows that the preservation of their mental well-being and the future of the company depend on the implementation of a best practices program. He realizes that his marriage may even survive if they are successful! JIM CHAMPION, Mornington’s GM, wants to improve performance as well, but he can’t wait as long as Matt’s plan requires. Jim’s approach leads to a temporary improvement followed by a major catastrophe. When the dust and recriminations settle, Jim asks Matt to lead another improvement program. Matt and his crew have a tough choice to make.

{Left:}I like to use repeating patterns as a sort of comic relief, a not-so-subtle reminder that the book is a light read. The graphic kiwi imagery was provided as inspiration, so we went with it, creating a cover ablaze with screws. Stark black boxes are used to call out important details, while keeping a very factory-line look overall.

Hot Chocolate F O R S E N IO RS

F O R S EN I OR S

“Entertaining, energetic, heartwarming! True-life accounts of real people from all walks of life.” Jackie Goldberg (“The Pink Lady”), Producer of Senior Star Power Productions’ “Rockin’ With the Ages, The Musical”, Hollywood

Hot Chocolate

“Jan Fowler has created a sparkling diamond!” Paul Ryan, Celebrity TV Talk Show Host for CBS, NBC, ABC; author of The Art of Comedy: Getting Serious about Being Funny

MO RE THAN

“The perfect gift book for any senior!” Bruce McAllister, award-winning author of Dream Baby

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“A wonderful collection of short stories to share and remember.” Sherii Sherban, Publisher, Senior Times South Central Michigan

HEARTWARMING, HUMOROUS, INSPIRING STORIES WRITTEN BY SENIORS, FOR SENIORS, AND ABOUT SENIORS

“Getting back into the dating game after years, or even decades, in a relationship can be extremely difcult. This book will give you the encouragement, advice and direction to seek out your next true love.” Daniel Waterloo, Director of Seniordating.org

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J A N F OW L E R

“Jan Fowler is the voice of today’s senior! Stories about love and life, trials and victories, miracles in the unexpected and the funny, yet meaningful, moments in life.” Barbara A. Berg, speaker, coach, author of How to Escape the No-win Trap and Ring Shui

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J A N F OW L E R

Design is a response to a specific problem. You are given a problem to solve, and then you let the problem itself tell you what your solution is.

—CHIP KIDD

(HENRY DAVID THOREAU)

HERE ARE TWO GREAT BRANCHES OF EVIDENCE

MEL HARMON

in a Criminal Case. They are direct evidence and circumstantial evidence. The meaning of direct evidence is as plain as the nose on your face. A rst grader can easily grasp the concept. Whatever a person perceives with any of his physical senses is direct evidence. If you see a crime happen that is direct evidence. And if you smell it or touch it or taste it or hear it as it happens -- that is also direct evidence. Everything else is circumstantial. Therefore, the meaning of circumstantial evidence is easily comprehended and just as easily categorized. If it isn’t direct evidence it’s circumstantial evidence. And if there’s a trout in a can of milk, we know the farmer has dipped his can into a stream of water. We didn’t see him do it, but we know the squiggly rainbow didn’t come from a cow’s udder. The nned scrapper getting his rst taste of milk is irrefutable circumstantial evidence of dairy farmer duplicity!

A Trout in the Milk

“Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you nd a trout in the milk.”

is a retired Trial Lawyer. Employed by the Clark County District Attorney’s Ofce in Las Vegas, Nevada for twenty nine years. Serving as Chief Deputy in charge of the Major Violator’s Unit for sixteen years. During his career he handled nearly 300 felony trials, which includes 136 Murder Trials. Probably, no Prosecutor in the United States has exceeded this number. He is uniquely qualied to discuss the prosecution of murder cases. He is well known in the State of Nevada, particularly in the Las Vegas area. He has participated over the years in many high-prole cases that received extensive news coverage. The Governor proclaimed both March 1, 1989 and October 26, 1996 as Mel Harmon Days in recognition of his professional stature. He also recived the State Bar of Nevada Distinguished Public Lawyer Award for “expertise, dedication and extraordinary service to the people of Nevada as a Public Lawyer” in November, 1992. Moreover, he was awarded the William J. Raggio outstanding Prosecutor in the State Award on September 23, 2004. He has been married to his wife for 48 years, and they are the parents of four children and six grandchildren.

MEL HARMON

A TROUT

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MEL HARMON

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Design is an opportunity to continue telling the story, not just to sum everything up. {TATE LINDEN}

I CAN DO THIS

BOBBIE WEINER, a.k.a. “Bloody Mary,” is the owner of Bobbie Weiner Enterprises LLC. Bobbie is the top supplier of camouage face paint for the US Military; her face paint also frequently appears at sporting events, used by fans to show their team spirit. She has licensed the comic book she created in 2002, Tales of Bloody Mary, to Universal Studios and Six Flags Over Texas. She supplies her famous F/X Makeup to many studios in Hollywood and to Broadway theatre productions. She currently resides in Dallas/Fort Worth with her big old cat, Camouage.

Nicknamed “Bloody Mary” for her makeup work in horror lms, Bobbie Weiner has turned her nickname into a multimillion-dollar business. This is the true story of how she did it. I was painfully aware that I had to create a new life for myself. I had to work because I was desperate— financially and emotionally. The modest settlement I received in the divorce was going fast. I was living off my now ex-husband’s pension, and then his 401K, but bleeding it dry at a rate of more than $15,000 a month with just the “basics”—the mortgage payment, car and boat payments, and other expenses from our former life together that he simply couldn’t be bothered with anymore. The divorce lawyer alone cost me $65,000. My husband had knocked me on my ass, and I became fragile and broken and scared to death.

I had lost my legs, and it was time to get them back.

BOBBIE WEINER

I knew I couldn’t go back. I couldn’t recreate the success I’d had with my thrift shop in my twenties and thirties. I needed my own identity, my own life, and I was determined to make that happen.

I CAN DO THIS

t forty-six, Bobbie Weiner found herself divorced and penniless, and something that was even worse—identityless. On a whim, she enrolled in makeup school and soon found herself applying gory special effects makeup to the actors on Hollywood sets. Her work on the horror lm Pumpkinhead II earned her the nickname “Bloody Mary,” which would become her new identity. After she helped create the dead, frozen corpses in the Oscarwinning lm Titanic, her life would never be the same. With just an idea and a hunch—and no nancial help from a single bank in the world, since none of them would give her a loan—she launched her line of Sports Fan Face Paint and sold it to colleges around the country. The US Department of Defense took notice and hired Bobbie to develop camouage face paint for soldiers. Each success led to another, and today she supplies face paint to hundreds of major sporting events, militaries around the world, the movie industry, and the haunt industry. Throughout her career, Bobbie’s entrepreneurial spirit, her passion, her persistence, and her willingness to make sacrices have helped her turn a bad break into a prosperous life.

BOBBIE WEINER

I Can Do This tells the story of how Bobbie turned her “Bloody Mary” nickname into a multimillion-dollar business.

t forty-six, Bobbie Weiner found herself divorced and penniless, and something that was even worse—identity-less. On a whim, she enrolled in makeup school and soon found herself applying gory special effects makeup to the actors on Hollywood sets. Her work on the horror lm Pumpkinhead II earned her the nickname “Bloody Mary,” which would become her new identity. After she helped create the dead, frozen corpses in the Oscar-winning lm Titanic, her life would never be the same. With just an idea and a hunch—and no nancial help from a single bank in the world, since none of them would give her a loan—she launched her line of Sports Fan Face Paint and sold it to colleges around the country. The US Department of Defense took notice and hired Bobbie to develop camouage face paint for soldiers. Each success led to another, and today she supplies face paint to hundreds of major sporting events, militaries around the world, the movie industry, and the haunt industry. Throughout her career, Bobbie’s entrepreneurial spirit, her passion, her persistence, and her willingness to make sacrices have helped her turn a bad break into a prosperous life. I Can Do This tells the story of how Bobbie turned her “Bloody Mary” nickname into a multimillion-dollar business.

his book contains pieces written from the late nineties to the present. There are pieces dedicated to and inspired by dear friends, relatives, vacations, and various situations that author Kias Emmanuel Creech has lived and learned from over the years. It is his hope that these verses will inspire and encourage others in their spiritual paths and maybe even write a poem or two themselves.

From the Heart

presents poems and meditations written from 1997 to 2011 that relate to true feelings and personal experiences that can be felt and experienced by the reader. They are about love, life, and actual places that author Kias Emmanuel Creech has been to. U V U

POETRY

KIAS EMMANUEL CREECH

K I A S E M M A N U E L C R E E C H has been writing since 1987, and it was his dream to one day publish a book. Most of his inspiration comes from visits to Helen, Georgia, as well as from his friends and family. He is thirty-eight years old and lives in Kentucky. He enjoys writing, reading about magick and ancient Egypt, and spending time with family and friends.

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Heart the

• P O E M S A N D M E D I TAT I O N S B Y •

KIAS EMMANUEL CREECH

Poetry covers such a wide range in styles- the sky is the limit! This author referenced sunflowers in their design ideas, so I created a graphic image that could then be used with decorative framing for the back cover. Since there was so little text and the author wanted an inspirational feel, I added a repeating decorative pattern to the background that would help the yellow portions stand out that much more.

rom mental visits to Egypt all the way back home to the USA, Kias Emmanuel Creech has written more than 400 works. He has selected sixty-one for this publication, a special number due to two dear friends who have since passed on were born in 1961. They, among others, have helped to inspire several pieces in this book. Since 1987, he has been writing heartfelt poetry and meditations to show others not only that he knows how they feel but how to relax and take positive feelings from otherwise negative situations.

Design is thinking made visual.

—SAUL BASS

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The book is a carefully designed compendium of practical advice on topics of vital importance to success:

THE YOU IN YOUR BUSINESS

Larry Patten, a well-known educator and author, has just released a new book entitled, “The You in Your Business.” The book is an indispensable workbook for anyone who owns or is thinking of owning a small business. It outlines and examines, in detail, what is required to assure that not only the business is successful but also to assure that the owner has a quality life in the process.

LARRY G. PATTEN

Author and speaker Larry G. Patten has written several books including his Champion Series, Living as a Champion, Champion Health and Spiritual Champion. He is a noted speaker on building a champion life, organizational leadership, strategic organizational development and quality systems. He founded World Leadership Institute and has served as president and chancellor of several colleges and universities.

SPIRITUAL CHAMPION

All of us have an internal desire to connect with something that brings greater signicance to our life. When we consider the complexity of our bodies and the indenable nature of love, even the most atheistic individuals must realize that a special creator must be at work. However, in spite of this strong evidence, many have difculty internalizing a real and lasting relationship with that creator. Many question the “teachings” of modern religions. Often people just drift away ignoring the obvious and loosing any chance for a more highly driven spiritual life. You may have a strong purpose in your life but still lack the feeling of life’s joy that comes from being on a journey with God. In this book, you will carefully develop a more meaningful and fullling relationship with God, based on your own true feelings rather than as directed by someone else. You will build a foundation for your faith through self discovery upon which you will construct a framework for your future spiritual direction. You will determine the partners you wish to have with you on your new spiritual journey. You will learn how to develop the personal life power that will sustain your faith journey. Through this program you will learn what you need to do to be the spiritual champion for your life. You will learn how to be tolerant of others beliefs and use your faith and belief in positive ways as others use theirs in their life. Being a spiritual champion is not about requiring others to be in your race, but about running your spiritual race in a way that brings the crowd to you. It is not about convincing others to follow but about conceiving a new way of helping them develop the desire to be more spiritually attuned.

• Discovering how you and the business t together • Determining what matters most in your life • Knowing how to balance your life and your business • How to assure success in both life and business

LARRY G. PATTEN

“The You in Your Business” is must reading for anyone who is currently operating a small business or who is thinking about starting a new venture. This book is set up in work book form, allowing you to actively work to achieve your desire. You will return time and time again using this book as a reference and a resource for assuring a quality life as you grow your small business operation.

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LARRY G. PATTEN

Author and speaker Larry G. Patten has written several books including his Champion Series which includes Living as a Champion, Champion Health and Spiritual Champion. He is a noted speaker on building a champion life, organizational leadership, strategic organizational development and quality systems. He founded World Leadership Institute and has served as president and chancellor of several colleges and universities.

LIVING AS A CHAMPION

Achieving success can only come when you have taken time to dene what success means to you. In today’s world with the media constantly reminding you of what should be important in your life, it is imperative that you take time to determine for yourself what success would be for you! Discovery is the rst section of Living as a Champion. This section will help you focus on each of six areas of your life. You will determine what is most important in each of the areas and nally decide which of the areas really matters most. Once you have a foundation of Discovery, you will begin to build a framework for success. This framework will set a new positive Direction for your life. You will learn how having this framework will keep your attitudes aligned with the success you want which will assure you achieve your desired outcomes. The third section deals with your ability to bring a program of Development into your life to power yourself to success. It is ne to have dreams, but unless you have developed yourself to meet the challenges that will come your way, you will fail at reaching those dreams. This section guides you in developing a personal development plan that will assure you have the power to reach your outcomes. This is not a book for just read, but rather a personal life workbook through which you will move your life to a more positive future. If you work through the exercises in this book and complete each section, it will not only have an immediate positive impact on your life, but it will be an impact that will be sustained over time. For more information about other Champion Programs visit our Web site WLiOnline.com.

LARRY G. PATTEN

Author and speaker Larry G. Patten has written several books as well as his Champion Series which include Living as a Champion, Champion Health and Spiritual Champion. He is a noted speaker on building a champion life, organizational leadership, strategic organizational development and quality systems. He founded World Leadership Institute and has served as president and chancellor of several colleges and universities.

CHAMPION HEALTH

Often, we try to emulate others life styles, adopt someone’s new fad diet or accept someone’s new exercise program. That results in frustration and failure. These health fads do not work simply because they belong to someone else’s life style, not yours. This program teaches you how to establish a foundation of health by discovering your health desires, set a framework of direction by providing a pathway for you to follow and assure you have the power to keep on track. This program is not a fast diet to greater health. It is not a book you just read but rather a workbook in which you engage in real action over time. By creating positive health attitudes based on your own desires for great health, you will affect your behaviors toward your health to assure you have the results you need to achieve the health successes you desire. Most importantly, because you will be building on a foundation of discovery, establishing a framework of direction and developing yourself to maintain the health you want, you will be able to sustain your health regime over time. Great health practices will then be built into your life not just “bolted on” the outside where they are easily broken off over time. World Leadership Institute offers other books in this champion series including living as a champion. Look to our web site www. WLiOnline.com for more information about our programs.

And initially, in a remote village, in a realm heavy and old where Alentir grows up, that seems so. Till Elexdreur: till he gets caught in an internal world that increasingly diverges from unwanted external events. After a period of incarceration he leaves his homeland to traverse Kolchin – its forests, waters and passes – till he reaches the lands beneath the high peaks. There he ﬁnds a knowledge long-distilled and a corruption newly arrived.

The Migra tor

There is order and there is chaos. One good: one not. This is an absolute, instilled in everyone. Straightforward.

Ric ha rd Br a y

C hi n ese Fab l es

Magnus Nielsen is a

My cover design career so far has spanned four years, dozens of genres, and thousands of designs. If there is a genre out there, I’ve probably worked on it. I like to say that working for a self-publishing giant has been a bit like design boot camp. We cater to a wide audience, and there aren’t many things that we turn down. We’re here to make dreams come true, whether they’re packaged in a young body or old, a science fiction novel or an autobiography. The stories that have come across my desk have given me fulfillment, enjoyment, laughter and tears.

graduate of Classical Studies and lives in London where he works as a freelance tour guide.

M ag nu s Ni e l sen

DUANE FISHER

Duane Fisher is a 28 year US Army veteran with distinguished service during World War II, Korea and Vietnam. After retiring from the service, he then went on to work for the US Postal Service for 11 years. He now resides in Florida with his wife of 50+ years.

GERONIMO DAY

Joining the Army in 1944, Duane Fisher went on to ght with the famous 101st Airborne “Screaming Eagles” in the 501st Parachute Infantry Division (PIR). Jumping in Normandy and Holland, surrounded in Bastogne, celebrating in Paris and receiving wounds along the way, Duane goes on to be a successful recruiter in the Philadelphia area for many years. Korea calls him away from home in 1954 as does Vietnam in the late 1960’s.

THE UN K N OW N SUP ER N ATURALLY has made their present known among us proving that medically there’s no cure for self-defeating mental illnesses. Doctors are taught medically how to cure, treat and heal through medicine humanly, but not when it involves Demons existing psychologically. A well-known doctor by the name of Dr. Allen with a great reputation was faced with conquering his own shadow that was Demon possessed and haunted him. The shadow killed many leaving the evident that lead only to Dr. Allen because witnesses saw the reflection of Dr. Allen in action. In order for him to prove his innocence, he had to allow this Demon possessed shadow to enter on the inside of him mentally so that he can control it’s mind; but being as it was his own shadow, made it difficult because shadows are the reflection of one’s body. It became a challenge proving his innocence because it had never been heard of shadows separating and transforming into an unhumanized demon staggering alone.

K R I STI E PEAV Y is a recovering alcoholic who has been sober since June 16, 2006. She is a Christian wife and mother of two beautiful girls, residing in Cuthbert, GA. Currently working as a volunteer in the field of Substance Abuse Treatment, she is working toward her B.A., Psychology in hopes of pursuing a career as an Intervention Specialist/S.A.C.

This book was written for all those who have been touched by addiction, from the addict or alcoholic still suffering to the friends and family members looking for answers to this baffling illness. The message in this book is one of hope and inspiration, no matter what side of the fence you are on. It is written from the perspective of an addict struggling through the process of working the 12 Steps, while in a treatment facility. This book is a must read for professionals hoping to get inside the mindset of a person wrestling with overcoming addiction.

SCIENCE FICTION

SURVIVAL.

It’s the primary instinct built into every living thing. Computer programmer Ian Daniels has designed his latest masterpiece, the Survivor Program. Able to boost the creativity and cunning, its purpose is to help a government built assassin droid, Shara, survive suicide missions behind enemy lines. But when Shara breaks out, killing everyone in its way, it comes to Ian for help. Intending to motivate him, the machine takes on the form and personality of Ian’s late wife. Torn between the idea of having his beloved back in his life versus the knowledge it’s an assassin droid under the skin, Ian is forced into a difcult position. Matters only escalate when the military, bent on retrieving their property, unleash an unstable prototype to hunt Shara down. Only Ian’s programming skill will determine the end of the confrontation and decide who will survive.

GLENN KOERNER

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[THE SURVIVOR PROGRAM]

It has been a pleasure bringing these stories to life, and I look forward to spending many more years exploring the depths of story-telling and stretching my conceptual muscles.

DREAMS OF A SUMMER NIGHT

D OC SHADOW

osaria Wills

ROSE

J ACQ U EL IN E S TE WAR T

WAS BORN AND RAISED IN NAPLES, ITALY. SHE MET HER HUSBAND, DAVE, WHILE HE WAS SERVING IN THE AIR FORCETHEY MOVED TO FLORIDA AND SHE GRADUATED FROM ROLLINS COLLEGE IN WINTER PARK, FLORIDA N 1984 SHE SPENT SIX YEARS IN GERMANY TEACHING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. SHE IS CURRENTLY TEACHING PRE-ALGEBRA AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN LAKE MARY- HER HUSBAND WAS A COLLEGE PROFESSOR AND A WRITER, HE HAS PUBLISHED THREE BOOKS. THIS IS HER FIRST BOOK, A COLLECTION OF NOVELS AND SHE IS ALREADY WORKING ON HER 2 AND 3 BOOK SHE HAS ALSO WRITTEN AN UNPUBLISHED BOOK OF HER LIFE SHE HAS THREE CHILDREN AND 5 GRAND CHILDREN.

[THE SURVIVOR PROGRAM]

GLENN KOERNER

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iscover why Seymour is a hero and how friendship can lead to extraordinary things. Join millions of children and adults as they enjoy Seymour the Sea Turtle and his adventures in the sea. As I read many children’s books to my three sons over the years, it always amazed me that those books not only taught my boys life lessons but also reminded me of some of the most important values we hold true as a society. This book is one of those classic cases. —Robert Weltner President, Operation Splash

° ° ° Susanne Haltigan lives in Florida off the Gulf of Mexico with her family. Susanne loves to take time to enjoy the water with her family and all the beautiful sea creatures that live there. It is important to Susanne that we take care of our environment and that our children are taught to do the same.

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rincess Shay loves to bake! She makes cookies, brownies, and even pies, but most of all, she is known for her delicious decorated cakes. This delightful story allows the ingredients she uses to bake to introduce themselves by name (Butter, Eggs, Sugar, Salt, Flour, and Vanilla) and provide reasons they are the pastry world’s most valuable ingredient, as well as their expectations to win this year’s crowning award at the Kingdom Cake Challenge! It’s here the story begins as it is revealed to everyone what happened one day when Princess Shay was done baking and left the kitchen for the day in “The Ingredient Meeting.” This short tale teaches one of life’s treasured lessons of teamwork. Everyone on a team plays a role, and everyone’s role is equally important!

It is a book with foods that her mother cooked f children on a very small budget. Now her fami family of four children that loved to eat. Each would try to give the family a hardy breakfast lunch and a meat and vegetable meal for supper.

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Being that these were energetic children they require a snack before going to bed at night.

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{Left:} This cookbook has a whimsical air, and plays to a younger audience. I wanted to create a softer look reminiscent of meringues and pretty cakes. Loops and swirls are created using dancing utensils to draw the readerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye about the cover, from the delicate cake on the front to the synopsis on the back.

From being shaken down by Chicago Police for “their” share of the action from a bookie on the railroads to trying to rescue a dear friend from nancial ruins in the commodity markets in 1980s, we see a self-made man who has an unusual grace in pressure situations and an afnity for forging friendships with the most unlikely of characters, resulting in some fascinating tales.

TONY SERRITELLA, a lifetime Chicago

resident, grew up in a near-south side Italian neighborhood. He is a rst-time author in the September of his years who has a gift of incorporating humor in his story-telling. His vivid memories will resonate with others growing up in these ‘simpler years’, and he hopes his story-telling will bring the reader a smile and renewed memories of their own. In writing this, he realizes how much he appreciated his youth, friends and family, and how he wouldn’t trade the events in his life with anyone else.

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He tells how his investment in a Lounge in Cicero, Illinois, welcomes some threatening and dangerous company, and how his neighborhood connections may have saved his life.

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A 31-YEAR-OLD MARKETING DIRECTOR experiences a tragic event over a decade ago that causes her to lose trust in God and question His so called empathy. Her anger and indifference towards life creates a bitter outlook for herself and others. Refusing to let go of the past, the Universe sends her another tragic event to test her ill-faith. Nevertheless, the latest event compels her to seek the guidance of Reverend Carter. He assists in transforming her life and teaches invaluable lessons and also instills wisdom that no amount of money can buy. Will she discover true happiness through forgiveness and peace while on her journey to healing? Or remain bitter towards her hatred towards God?

Good ideas never go out of style. LORETTA ASATA’s Lessons Learned is

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her very rst inspirational novel. Future upcoming creative works includes a children’s novel and a screenplay. She has been working in the property management industry for the past 7 years. She is also a student at the University of Phoenix pursing her business degree and lives in Maryland.

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Jaruzelski finds a little more than he expects when on secondment to Serrano, a lifelong resident of Chicago’s Chinatown, takes readers the Taranaki Province to investigate small on a story about his childhood time farming of marijuana in Opunake. experience with a book-maker uncle, in the army, as an options He also takes the opportunity to have clerk and broker and as a railroad clerk. Where it seemed everyone closure over the mystery of his mothers just couldn’t resist the thrill of a death when he was a teenager there. good (or bad) bet.

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ROM TAKING $2 HORSE BETS at his uncle’s newsstand in Chicago’s downtown district as a nine-year-old in the 1940s, to taking $20,000 Super Bowl bets from traders on the oor at one of Chicago’s Exchanges, Anthony Serrano has seen every bet and every character that comes with them—some loved, some who wield machine guns, and some threatening in so many different ways. Aleksander

Told rst-hand, Serrano walks us through light-hearted tales that often lead to funny yet sometimes serious circumstances.

Serrano also explains how his experience as a bookie gave him an advantage while in the army, giving him job opportunities that few other reserves had.

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After taking steep bets from what appeared to be a wealthy businessman, Serrano is exposed to what turns out to be a drugcrazed, bankrupt man who will stop at nothing to get his ex-wife back and suffers a brutal fate in his pursuit. Reluctantly, Serrano is swept into this drama after the man cannot pay back a bet.

I really love to play with texture to help bring out the depths of an image, or to push it back to create some mystery.

Revelation 1:5&6 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. A-men. Did you ever wonder why He called us kings and priests unto God?

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Are you doing the same and even greater works that Jesus did when He was on the Earth? If not, then there is something missing in your walk with the Lord! Remember, Jesus is the one who said it.

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John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go to my Father.

Revelation 1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, A-men. The time is short! Its time for you to take your place as a king and as a priest! He is coming in the clouds for you and for me! Hebrews 10:12 & 13 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. That is our job, making His enemies His footstool! God wants to know, “When can I talk to you?”

Michael Oldham

Michael Oldham Be Crazy for Jesus Ministries bcrazy4jesus.org

The Infinite Minute

“Call her what you will, but Galland is this year’s must-have, the woman on Hollywood’s speed dial. … And Washington’s … and New York’s …” —Harper’s Bazaar “This London ex-pat’s clientele includes many agents and some very high-profile people—Oscar-winning actors— but she’s just as good with non-Hollywood types.” —W Magazine

Suzannah Galland is a

life coach whose global clients include leading celebrities, high-profile executives, and professionals. Fox Entertainment has described her as an expert in both human behavior and pop culture. Her intuitive and practical expertise has been celebrated on publications worldwide. Suzannah has also made a number of television appearances, including on NBC’s Today Show and America’s Next Top Model. She currently lives in California.

“… (She helps) them deal with life’s little transactions… Academy Award winners and top agents are among those who know this firsthand …” —Los Angeles Magazine

Visit Galland online at www.suzannahgalland.com.

In a well-made book, where designer, compositor and printer have all done their jobs, no matter how many thousands of lines and pages they must occupy, the letters are alive. They dance in their seats. Sometimes they rise and dance in the margins and aisles. — ROBERT BRINGHURST

GALLAND

I was working with a pair of clients who faced an extraordinary dilemma. Their company was about to crash. Their only hope of averting disaster depended on the right set of decisions being made, and those within the hour. The situation was dire. I consult with people for a living. My niche is creative and intuitive; I’m called upon for my out-of-the-box thinking. My own livelihood and reputation were suddenly on the line. I felt overwhelmed and replied, “Give me some time to think about it.” They wouldn’t let me. Their crisis was at a climax; their backs were to the wall and mine with them.

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Michelle Cromer is the bestselling author of Exit Strategy: Thinking

Outside the Box, It Snows in Heaven, and Where Am I Going? Moving From Religious Tourist to Spiritual Explorer. An acclaimed public speaker, she leads workshops in which participants learn how to tap into a deep well of spirituality, serenity, and purpose. Michelle has been in marketing and advertising for 2 decades and is a former partner at Sanders Wingo Advertising. She is the founder of Pink Crosses, a foundation dedicated to assisting families of he murdered girls of Juarez, Mexico, utilizing forensic identiﬁcation. A graduate of Abilene Christian University, with a BA in Finance, she lives in El Paso with her husband and their two sons.

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In The Infinite Minute, author and life coach Suzannah Galland explores the concept of intuition, discusses the inner workings of her own extrasensory gift, and provides advice to help you identify, develop, and use your own. She shows you how to separate the real “gut hits” from the whirlwind of colored lights and misleading signs and symbols that often appear, especially in a time of crisis.

Life-Changing Intuition in Sixty Seconds

The Infinite Minute is part memoir, part guidebook; in it, Galland directs you toward the path of trusting your own instincts. She shares the poignant story behind her internal truth-telling experiences and offers practical techniques and tools to create powerful change within yourself, one infinite minute at a time.

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Whatever has happened in your life up until now, whatever you have believed in, hoped for, or dreamed of, is in the past. A new meaningful life awaits you. You have the opportunity to clearly see it. I have written this book as if the two of us are about to walk through a gate into a deeper experience of life’s meaning. All you have to do is open the gate.

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When I am hiking on a Saturday afternoon with my family, I pause and look upward. I see the mountains and they are red; the sky is blue. The clouds are white. The birds ﬂying overhead are black. The air of the desert ﬁlls my lungs and I take long, slow, deep breaths and see my sons in front of me. The question of what’s truly meaningful never enters my mind now. I know I am meaningful. The whole universe is meaningful, and I am meaningful because I’m a part of it.

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{Left:} The Infinite Minute is about listening to your intuition, about taking each moment to really breathe life in and make the most of every moment. Working on this one, all I could think about was the quiet whisper of the wind, of places throughout the world that seem to stretch on infinitely: fields of wildflowers, mountain plains, sands and seas. So here we are, standing among the infinite junction. {Below:} Where Am I Going? is a question that takes you on a journey rich with experience and wonder.

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Shouldn’t life be about more than just working, trying to make money, buying stuff, and traveling? What if there’s more to life than what we experience with our ﬁve senses? We know there are tones of music too high to be registered by the human ear. Aren’t there also colors beyond our perception? Just because I can’t hear the notes or see the colors doesn’t mean they aren’t real. What else could be beyond our earthly perception?

Both of these designs were for high profile VIP authors. One was used, the other wasn’t. No hard feelings! In the world of publishing, sometimes things work and sometimes they don’t. It is up to us as designers to find a new solution or a new set of eyes when our client wants to take another direction.

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If we are lucky, there are moments in life when all of a sudden, we can take a step away from whatever it is that consumes our days—whether it’s shuttling the kids to soccer, punching in at work, or picking up the dry cleaning—and we see a bigger picture. In these “ah-ha” moments, some of us have taken a hard look at our lives and wondered, This can’t really be it, can it? We want our lives which feel ordinary, to be extraordinary. And once we wake up and ask this question, we begin to have an inkling that there is something more, something deeper, more spiritualthat our lives can have meaning. Part travel guide, part memoir, Where Am I Going? Moving From Religious Tourist to Spiritual Explorer takes the reader on a journey to ﬁnding this meaning in the same way that Michelle Cromer did for herself, through seven stages that connect each of us to the deepest part of our souls. This inspiring story of Michelle’s own quest for meaning in her life is a welcome departure from the typical preachy selfhelp book. Always spiritual, sometimes dangerous, often exotic, her search—as told by this hilarious, complicated woman from Texas who seems to barrel through life with her heart on her sleeve—is a powerful lesson for anyone who also ﬁnally asks the Big Questions and begins their own spiritual journey. it is a journey that can propel you to discover your life’s most profound purpose.

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by Stephen Mitchell – A small book with mighty messages.

THE HOLOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE by Michael Talbot - a life changing perspective.

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by Gary Zukav – Physics to live by.

THE BIOLOGY OF BELIEF

by Bruce Lipton –Biology to live by.

reaches beyond stroke and heart attack prevention. Woven into the fabric is a philosophy of living that reects eighty years of practice from childhood to the present. There are servings of common sense and some humor as related both to the scientic world as well as to the practical aspects of living. The book is information dense, with recommended reading at about 50 pages at a sitting. If the rst part of the book written in chapter form dealing with the science of stroke and heart attack (heavy stuff) is not for you, you will still capture the essential messages by going directly to the second portion of the book which covers the stroke lessons learned. To my knowledge, this is the rst book written on stroke as experienced in an aging body.

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LOSING GAIN This book is all about education; the message of how to prevent heart attack and stroke, is aimed at the world population. The proceeds from the book will go directly into a Charitable Trust for the benet of promoting education at Alma College in Alma, Michigan ( my home town), and to Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina (present residence). The author will accept no nancial benet from what he regards as a cosmically inspired effort. He views himself as no more than a conduit to transmit ideas from the soul world, a rare honor.

I love creating covers that focus on typography, color, and shape. Typography and color can be used to create movement, and this is vital in a cover with no imagery. Symbols, repetition, glyphs, lines: all come into play to send a message and add emphasis to WORDS. Each of these books is inspirational. From surviving a stroke and harnessing the power of laughter to losing weight and a step-by-step guide to boosting profit, they each have a call to action. Do something. Go somewhere. Be someone.

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Nancy, The Retail Miss Fix-it, is a Retail Strategist and owner of Magnolia She has over 20 years industry experience; in-store management, customer service, product development, manufacturing, wholesaling and marketing. Evolving from wholesaling business, Paper Magnolia, moved to marketing support & consulting. This is Nancy’s rst book. She wrote, 7 Powerful Ways To Boost Retail Prots, in any economic climate to help retailers identify the foundation they need to ensure a protable retail store and business in today’s climate. Retailers need the information and support so that they can adapt and navigate the new retail climate. Working with retailers, wholesalers, brands & manufacturers to navigate the ‘new world’. Nancy strategically integrates and implements sound retail practices with websites, e-commerce and Social Media. Nancy is one of the founders of Social Media Women. Nancy contributes insightful Retail and Marketing articles to trade magazines and websites. She is a speaker at industry conferences and events, covering a variety of topics, including Retail Essentials, Customer Service, Websites & E-Commerce and Social Media & Marketing Tools.

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{Right:} I think with the right imagery, typefaces, and color scheme, just about anything can be pulled off. The author of this cookbook wanted the imagery to focus on the raising of free range chickens on a farm. While dirt and feathers may not be the most appealing imagery youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d think of when dreaming up food, I think using a clean typeface and bold, colorful imagery helps bring your mind around to the natural side of where our food comes from, and focuses on the realistic, vibrant textures those environments have to offer. COOKBOOKS - FOOD - DRINK

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LYDIA PRESENTS THE COMPLETE MEAL COOKBOOK

Lydia Lewis owes her love of food, cooking, and entertaining to her aunt Bessie, who invited her into the kitchen during many blissful summer vacations. Aunt Bessie taught her how to raise chickens and rabbits, work a garden, and can the fruits of their harvests. She was the consummate cook and hostess who loved to share her gifts and entertain, and now Lydia wants to pay that great gift forward. She has collected and created recipes her entire life, and now she’s sharing the love. Whether your goal is to add some delicious homegrown charm to your own cooking, to throw a more entertaining and stress-free dinner party, or to start a new career, she’s got you covered. Her easy-to-follow recipes and instructions will show you how to shine in your own kitchen. She shares helpful tips for setting up (or improving) your pantry, setting a table, stocking a spice cupboard, measuring ingredients, following recipes, and more. She also shares her favorite recipes for appetizers, dips, soups, salads, entrees, side dishes, and desserts. But helping you improve your kitchen skills is only one of her goals. As the director of the Malibu Women’s Prison Ministry, she is concerned over the lack of post-release resources for women. She knew that the creation of a transitional home and training center could help these women build new lives and new careers, and 90 percent of the profits from her cookbook will go to benefit the Second Chance Women’s Center, a 501c3 organization.

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Lydia Lewis got her love of food and cooking from her aunt. Now, she shares that love with women who have been released from prison, and has dreams of creating a transitional center to provide training for their new lives. Born in Los Angeles, California, Lydia now lives in Colorado.

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RAISING KIDS IS LIKE DRIVING A CAR DOWN LIFE’S HIGHWAY As parents there are two very basic rules of the road that are plain and clear at the beginning, or at least should be plain, clear, and practiced at the onset and throughout this ride we take in life called parenting. If parenting is the car, then we must remember that 1. we own the car 2. We hold the keys and 3. we drive the car.

If you can’t solve a problem, it’s because you’re playing by the rules. — PAUL ARDEN

KAY TAYLOR

When points one through three are clear, that also implies that we decide where the car is going and what its nal destination is; however, sadly many of us parents gave up the keys either willingly or the car was hijacked by our children a long time ago. And if we’ve surrendered the keys, it’s no wonder we have suffered and continue to, it’s because we surrendered our role as DRIVER/ PARENT a long time ago. We are no longer in control. We gave up the reins, and for some of us, we’re not even in the passenger seat; we’ve been relegated to

the backset, and in some cases, the trunk. Parents who get thrown into the trunk are the ones who made too much noise or caused too much grief for their children by objecting to, or forbidding certain behaviors or privileges. But their child does still love them and they denitely need their parent from time to time, and in those instances the child driver will pull their parent out of the trunk, dust them off, and plunk the thankful parent into the back seat every now and then or on a need-to basis. For those of you looking for the trunk to open up or for a ray of sunshine to appear through a crack, the only consoling news is there is a fate worse than yours. If a parent is viewed as an obstacle to a free life or is simply a pain in the ass to their adult child, they get tossed out onto the highway. Once that happens, not only are you no longer in the car with your child, you’re out on a desolate stretch of road, alone, bewildered, and wondering how this could happen to you.

FREE MOTHER

ay Taylor is in a unique position to understand human behavior and the innerpersonal struggles and relationship dynamics and challenges that modern life and parenthood presents. Having lived with over a hundred foster children during her formative and teen years, and being forcibly married off at the age of sixteen and then raising two children alone while working two jobs and attending college, Ms. Taylor offers a unique and insightful view of what it’s like to be mother, working single parent, and stepmother to what she refers to as E-generation children (children who compete with their parents for power and control). Professionally, Ms. Taylor worked as a staff writer for a national magazine and later as a freelance writer for several newspapers, television, and commercial print media. After a successful career in corporate America later in her life, Ms. Taylor retired to Florida where she and her husband Neil enjoy boating, cycling, and time spent with family, friends, and their beloved dogs and parrot Kahlua, who Kay and Neil jokingly refer to as the only children they’ve had together. In Free Mother to Good Home, Kay Taylor speaks to new millennia challenges from a parent’s perspective, as well as from the place from which all human needs arise-the heart. And from that sacred place, she addresses the human need and desire to experience self awareness, self respect, and authentic love and connection.

M e e r F A HANDBOOK & SURVIVAL GUIDE for GOOD PARENTS, STEPPARENTS & GRANDPARENTS

PHYLLIS SPENCE is a wife of forty-

three years. She jokingly says that she told her husband Guy before they were married, that if he ever left her she would be an “X-Spence” in more ways than one! Brian, Phyllis’s son, and his wife Jodie live in Raleigh North Carolina. They both love the Lord and are busy serving Him as teachers and mentors to other young couples. Music is a huge part of who Phyllis is. After twenty-seven years out of high school, Phyllis went to college and now holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music. She graduated cum laude from Piedmont Baptist College. She teaches private piano and voice lessons to children and adults. She has been the director of the Children’s Choir at Grace Baptist Temple in Winston-Salem North Carolina for many years. God has opened doors for Phyllis to share her enthusiasm for the Gospel and her love for the Lord. She speaks in a refreshing and humorous way.

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While the title of the book often tells you what the story is about, I like to use imagery to help keep the story going. Does the book look like what it is? Does it tell the story it needs to?

Author Kay Taylor has studied sociology, parenting, blended families and personal growth for years; in this bold, groundbreaking book she explores the changes in our culture that she believes have given birth to what she describes as the E-generation—a generation of teens and young adults that feel so empowered and entitled that they often clash with their parents, creating a palpable power struggle within the family. This often leaves good parents alone, depressed, and completely befuddled as to what they did wrong.

The book on the left is a handbook, and as such, I designed it to look like one. I imagine the book below to have a removable orange flap that reveals a finished image of geese in flight below. Since the printer I work with cannot accommodate that, I chose to finish off the flying V using typography and shapes instead. It is a simple solution that creates more intrigue and a bit more pizzazz.

Free Mother to Good Home comes from the heart and experiences of an everyday parent in the trenches. Taylor offers a mother’s perspective, as well as a remedy for parental blues, helping parents know what they can do to get their houses and their lives back in order.

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eeded God to show up in my life me know that He was listening and at was going on in my frazzled mind rt, He did. I can say that it was in the usual way. I saw a beautiful ock of over the freeway in front of my car. en geese ying many times before but never like this. It was at that that God “spoke up” and told me I needed to hear. We read in His some very interesting and unique t He chose to speak to men and But does He still speak to His children this high-tech world of our pushociety? Yes, He does! Warning: after this book you will never look at a geese in the same way again!

Have you heard the words, “I never dared to treat my parents the way kids do today”? If you are a baby boomer or the parent of a tween, teen, or adult child, not only have you heard those words, you may have uttered them yourself. If, in this new age of childparent relations, you’ve ever felt like a helpless puppy or kitten inside a box marked “Free to Good Home”—if, in spite of all your love and the care with which you embraced parenting, your child has grown into an entitled and thoughtless power broker in your relationship—read on.

EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVES should

bring us a new story that needs to be told. A day without a story is no day at all. People have asked me, “Phyllis, where do you get all these stories?” Well, I don’t get them. They somehow get me! It is an exciting life when you can live in a storybook place, which I seem to do. All these stories that you are about to read are really my stories. I love telling about the blessings that come from walking with God as He brings new adventures into my life. I do hope you enjoy reading about “my geese!” Phyllis is noted by her audiences as one who inspires and entertains. While her inspiration comes from God alone, her heartfelt humor is gleaned from her full life with her family, friends, and church. Get to know the Phyllis who is enjoyed by seminar audiences and friends alike.

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Being a graphic designer gets you used to rejection of your brilliance. So it’s good practice for dating. — HEATHER PHILLIPS RUSS HOLLOMAN received his PhD in psychology and management from the University of Washington in 1965, while serving in the United States Air Force. He retired from the air force in 1970, after teaching psychology at the Air Force Academy. He subsequently served as Maxwell Professor of Organization and Management at Augusta State University. Other teaching was with the University of Maryland (Germany), University of Southern California (Okinawa), and Virginia Tech. He has authored over sixty professional journal articles in his eld of research and served as a behavioral consultant to government, business, and religious organizations. He is the author of And Now, a Word from Our Creator (Westbow Press, 2011). He also maintained a private practice in psychotherapy for twenty-four years.

WHY ARE SOME MARRIAGES MORE SUCCESSFUL, MORE SATISFYING, AND MORE ENDURING THAN OTHERS? The answer to this question is perhaps the most widely studied and best-known part of our marriage and family-therapy literature, although arguably, it is the least understood and certainly the least followed in terms of avoiding the pitfalls that lead to unsuccessful marriages. What this book proposes as an answer to this question is the nearest thing we have to a manifesto for marriage and family living. It provides us with a clear description of what married life should be like. No words or ideas sum up the intention of this manifesto better or indicate more clearly its challenge to contemporary marriages than the words “making marriage user-friendly.”

MAKING MAARRI ARRIAGE RRI USER FRIENDLY

A native of Mississippi, he married Lenora Strebeck in 1949, and they had two children, Suzanne and Mark. Dr. Holloman is a certied lay speaker in the United Methodist Church and has taught the same Sunday school class since 1973. He has served his church in numerous administrative capacities at the local, district, and conference levels.

RUSS HOLLOMAN, PH. D.

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The Helping Solution

“To be united in our love, And yet independent in our thoughts. To be together in our hopes, Yet distinctive in our ways. To be one in our dreams, Yet two in our goals. This is the blessing of marriage.” —ANONYMOUS

RUSS HOLLOMAN, PH. D.

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hroughout the ages, we have searched: for Camelot, for the golden eece, for El Dorado. No matter what name we gave the quest, it ultimately meant a search for meaning and purpose in our lives. Our search continues today with a new face and a greater sense of urgency. Encompassing both our personal and professional lives, it is a search for the blueprint of a happy, fullling, enduring marriage. Our search nds its most rewarding answer in viewing marriage as a helping relationship, determining the future quality of a marriage by dening the contributions each partner must make to it.

Create your own visual style… let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.

— ORSON WELLES

I lean toward graphic simplicity. There is something about negative space that speaks to me. It’s like a breath of fresh air. Some designs just need that. Unless you are going for a packed design that creates tension and anxiety on purpose, there needs to be room to ebb and flow through

the design, for your eyes to wander in and around the important bits. Room for thought, if you will. A place to rest.

Resist the urge to fill every little space! You won’t regret it. I promise.

Broadcast Blues will take everyone back to the dress

and sounds of 1938 and relive a moment in time before TVs, PCs, CDs, DVD’s and the net. When entertainment was brought into the living rooms by radio. The stage is turned into a working radio station of the day, with radio actors, a soap opera and a lively game show with the audience.

Broadcast Blues

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rama students will embark on a journey back into the time of the old radio days. This comedy will open a window to the past for the young and bring back memories to the parents, grandparents and yes even great/grandparents.

o live life to the fullest has nothing to do with being rulers of kingdoms, presidents of nations or topmost executives in organizations. It has nothing to do with your job title, what you do, and what others consider you to be. It has nothing to do with the impressiveness of your educational qualications, material possessions and abounding accolades. But rather, to live life to the fullest is directly tied to your spiritual state of being. It is directly tied to your ability to humbly accept constructive feedback; your ability to not feel threatened or insecure when your space is invaded, when your ignorance is exposed, when your decision is challenged, when your apology is requested, and when your thoughts are provoked. A life that is lived to the fullest is built on a foundation of utmost love, absolute integrity and overwhelming humility. It embodies spirituality at the highest level.

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take you by

Jack Deurloo

The year is 1938, October 30. Radio is in its hay-day. The competition for air dominance between CBS, NBC, RKO as well as all of the smaller stations in the area, was as high pressured as big business could make it. This radio season was make or break for one of those stations, radio station COD, a small station in a large market.

SHAKE YOU became

popular on television and radio because people wanted to learn about a positive approach in life. He believes that the simple creed of positive thinking and using your brain in the

The setting is a 1938 in the city of New York.

right way can and will affect your physical health, and that this is often ignored.

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of a personal journey from a life of absolute self to that of absolute best; from a life of regrettable disservice to humanity to that of a passionate service for mankind. It exposes you to the abounding strength, overwhelming intelligence and striking beauty that you likely never knew existed within you. It compels you to face yourself and whomever or whatever you need to face in order to live your life to the fullest.

WELCOME TO GREATNESS is a roadmap of what you require for your journey from grass to grace, from hate to love, from emptiness to fulllment, from timidity to condence

and from fear to courage. WELCOME TO GREATNESS is about how you may begin and

WELCOME to GREATNESS

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sustain your own journey en route to fulllment, from wherever you are today to where you need to be tomorrow–physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, or nancially.

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Getting Ahead Sooner

Jack Deurloo

believes in

the simple creed of positive thinking, noting that its effect on physical health is often ignored. He is firmly committed to demonstrating the validity of motivation seminars and teaching the ABCs of getting what you need and want t h r o u g h “ s u c c e s s m o t i v a t i o n .”

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occupy in this world.

immigrated to Canada in 1951, and became aware of

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the power of thought in the sixties. He learned that a person can control and design their own destiny by studying, searching, and learning about the past and future.

Jack Deurloo

Jack has shared his learned knowledge by demonstrating positive thinking can and will

CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

Quite simply, this booklet embraces good old-fashioned “ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS” logic, using God’s “Top 10” moral standards as the format.

THE TEEN COMMANDMENTS

LORRI M. REYNOLDS is a faith-based single mom who takes her cue from God’s first laws and creates her version of the “teen” commandments. If you are the parent of an adolescent child, age ten to nineteen years, this book is for you.

These innovative yet practical guidelines provide fresh insights into handling curfews, poor school grades, traffic tickets, cell phones, household chores, and more without relying on constant yelling, empty threats, or longwinded lectures.

ontrary to what you or your kids may have heard or believe, being a Christian is not so much the restriction of our human behavior as much as it is the conviction of our human spirit.

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COMMANDMENTS

www.TheTeenCommandments.com www.facebook.com/theteencommandments TheTeenCommandments@yahoo.com

LORRI M. REYNOLDS

Ms. Reynolds currently lives in Jacksonville, Florida, with her two children.

WAR CHILDREN KEEPOUT

Not Your Typical Parenting LORRI M. REYNOLDS

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KEN WARNER

KEN WARNER is a teacher, author, and counselor. He works in the Church as an elder, teacher and conference speaker. He has developed several ministries in the Churches he served in over the years and now works mostly with men in a mentoring ministry. His 30 plus years in the business world gave him a keen insight into how this veil of darkness has created the stressful conditions which Christian businessmen are forced to operate. Ken is an avid outdoorsman, bow hunter and archery instructor. Living in the Pacific Northwest gives him plenty of opportunity to get alone in the world and see God’s beauty unfold. I Can’t Believe I Missed the Point is his legacy to the churches he so dearly loves.

I Can’t Believe I Missed the Point uses analogies, stories, humor and personal experiences to demonstrate the powerful effects deception has had on our culture. The darkness has insidiously distorted our view of God to the point we wonder why the chair we sit in seems more real than God does. Living in His presence is the plan. Our hope will rise and our soul will come alive once we discover this hidden truth. Redemption is not the finality of that plan, but an indispensable step for its implementation. Our renewed strength will keep us on the path to live the moments of our life in His presence while leading others out of darkness. Before you are finished reading, you too will exclaim I Can’t Believe I Missed the Point.

I CAN’T BELIEVE I MISSED THE POINT

n the beginning, before the fall, God had a plan. But darkness entered the garden and established the biggest cover up of all time. This intruder, disguised by busyness and good deeds, has buried the essence of God’s plan in a sea of theology and doctrines. I Can’t Believe I Missed the Point strips off the veil of darkness allowing the light of the gospel to shine in areas we never knew existed. Calling the ever-increasing spiritual dimness normal, has bound us with the chains of frustration, anxiety and stress. Every Spiritual Battle has but one purpose, understanding that is the key to victory.

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I hope you have enjoyed this journey as much as I have enjoyed living it. While my process has changed over the years, and fluctuates even depending on what project I’m working on, the end result remains the same: create beautiful artwork that tells the author’s story. Make the reader relive the experience through design.

Picture the book cover as a person, complete with all of the personality traits and idiosyncracies that make them uniquely wonderful.

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I Can’t Believe I Missed the Point

is a “rubber meeting the road” type of experience. Blindsided by unseen forces we rattle through life like a BB in a boxcar. For many of us in the twenty first century our life is spent pursuing self-fulfillment. Ignorant of God’s purpose for mankind, we hopelessly grope in the dark to find an indefinable something. Hope, the unveiling of God’s heart, is the life-blood of our soul, which reshapes us into the person we were created to be.

I CAN’T BELIEVE

I Missed the

POINT KEN WARNER

Deception, rooted in darkness, influences every aspect of our culture, families and churches. We see life as a series of meaningless events leaving us empty, weary and depressed. Calling the ever-increasing spiritual dimness normal, has bound us with the chains of frustration, anxiety and stress. As the light increases, so will your understanding of the depth of the Good News of the Gospel. Jesus has come to set the captives free. You too will exclaim I Can’t Believe I Missed the Point.

The best design tool is a long eraser with a pencil at one end. {MARTY NEUMEIER}