Driven Through Tragedy
Waking up in the hospital covered in glass is Jeffery Minock’s first memory after that night in 1978 but the shards of disaster that remained with him also marked his way forward. He tells his story from horrific car accident to his growth as coach and entrepreneur in his book, Driven Through Tragedy.
Driven Through Tragedy relates his accounts of a life filled with successful ventures, including his family’s hay-supply business, as well as his achievements as a football coach interspersed with a personal conviction to overcome adversity and tragedy, and “to always move forward in life through goal setting, hard work and determination.” It is a teachable story that will help many children – and even adults – in today’s chaotic world find their way.
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Operation Darts
Some quarter of a century ago, I was invited to give a speech titled “Government and the News Media; Friends or Foes.” I had given that same talk in various parts of the country. The program was part of an adult learning class.
When the mid-presentation break was over, I was shocked to see half of the audience had left. That was a first for me. When I pressed my sponsor for an explanation, he hemmed and hawed until he explained, “They felt you were a ‘no name’ speaker.”
I spent my first nearly 15 years as a reporter on three Ohio newspapers, plus some 24 years as a federal government press officer at four agencies. I did not know of any other speaker with a similar background giving a similar topic. However, I admit I never made it to television appearances.
The “no name” label stuck in my craw for many years until I was listed in the latest publication of “Who’s Who in America” along with 24,999 others. I am at peace.
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A Life In Three Acts
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Two Wars
My first war was in Vietnam. The second occurred when I came home and fought battles on the streets of Atlanta dealing and using drugs. A hippie of the late 60s and early 70s, I was a kid who was nervous and excited when I was drafted, witnessed horrors as a helicopter gunner in some of the toughest arenas in ‘Nam, and returned to a home that was no longer the same.
This true and honest recount of my life tells the ultimate experience of what it was like fighting, and then returning from a war no one wanted. Everything you’ve heard is true. I know. I lived it.
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Smile, It’s All Connected!
Dr. Claire Stagg shares that the teeth and mouth are profoundly connected with the health of the rest of the body, and vice versa. These connections are far more extensive than most dentists are aware of! Health Connections Dentistry®︎ is Dr. Stagg’s holistic, integrative and comprehensive way of practicing dentistry.
In Smile, It’s All Connected! Whole Health Through Balance, Dr. Stagg reveals the interconnection between oral systemic health and overall well-being in a captivating and enlightening way. By partnering with patients, her passion for knowledge and helping others “think outside the box”, Dr. Stagg helps them take charge of their journey toward root cause healing and optimal health, instead of temporarily covering up symptoms that will only get worse and result in poor health. She connects dental and oral solutions to medical conditions via conservative approaches to dental care with an emphasis on growth development and maintenance of the facial skeleton and airways, from infancy to puberty and beyond.
This book is designed to help specifically the lay person and will benefit many generations to come. Please also visit HealthConnectionsDentistry.com for more groundbreaking opportunities to be empowered, a means of finding knowledge and health wellness, thereby accelerating the momentum of changes in all care delivery for the mastery of humanity.
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Tenacity
At the tender age of sixteen, Tyler Kingsbury’s world was turned upside down when he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Overnight, his life went from making saves on the soccer field to fighting for survival in a hospital room. Tyler fearlessly confronted cancer and emerged victorious.
But fate had other plans for Tyler. Just as he thought he had conquered one battle, he was quickly dealt a devastating blow—a form of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma known as DLCBL. Suddenly, the odds were stacked against him, and the journey to remission—and back on the soccer field—seemed like an insurmountable mountain to climb.
In the face of uncertainty, Tyler remained a pillar of strength. Enduring numerous biopsies, relentless chemotherapy treatments, and even a life-saving bone marrow transplant, he refused to succumb to despair. Instead, he embraced resilience, tenacity, and an unyielding spirit that propelled him forward.
Tyler’s story is one of triumph over adversity, an inspiring testament to the human spirit. Through his courage, he exemplifies the power of resilience and the indomitable will to overcome life’s most significant challenges. Join him on a journey of hope, determination, and the transformative power of tenacity as he emerges from despair into his radiant new life: Tyler 2.0.
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Emotional Realities
This book is an invaluable gift to the world, a loving, kind and gentle approach to the understanding of the most difficult challenging realities that we all face in dealing with the sensitive topic of death and dying.
These powerful stories will assist readers and medical professionals; each short personal account is easy to read and will enable the reader to understand and relate to the importance of each life’s final moments. It is my hope that a better understanding of this matter will bring peace and break through all boundaries.
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Love and Gratitude
This is a story of eternal love and everlasting gratitude about my dearly beloved deceased wife, Debi Czajkowski, and me, the reluctant survivor. I began writing on March 1, 2017.
This book reveals our thirty-one-year love story, and my enduring gratitude for be a part of this amazing and wonderful woman’s life. It is a true and tragic story that I am compelled to write, a story that I never imagined I would have to write.
I hope I have written a book that the reader will be compelled to read to the end. I have written this book because I do not want to forget.
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Call Me Your Brother: It’s Our Only Hope
In this time of Universal Tribulation and distress among the nations, I give my testimony with the hope that future generations will know the truth and be inspired to follow. As we find ourselves living in a doomed, dying, sin-sick world, people are crying out for moral leadership and authority, a moral compass and guide.
In 1970, I received the highest honor and divine blessing of being called to bear witness to the focal point of human history, the resurrection of the Son of Man: “call me what you will, I’m your brother.”
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Still Coming Of Age Into My 90s
The underlying theme of Still Coming Of Age Into My 90s is the premise that my life has been, and continues to be, like a jigsaw puzzle.
At the start, spaces were empty and clues scattered. By trial and error, and some luck, the spaces began to fill. Yet I still haven’t always recognized the connections. Sometimes nothing seems to make sense. The harder I tried to understand, the more I failed.
As I tell my alter-ego the story of my life, including my time as a combat rifleman with the 97th Division during WWII, my journalism career, my positions as assistant director of information under Justice Department Attorney General Ramsey Clark, my handling of 400 demonstrators arrested for blocking the Pentagon and, most importantly, my job as the first, and only, spokesman for the Anti-Skyjacking Task Force, bearing a direct impact to the events of Sept. 11, 2001, you’ll understand why the stories of my life are better than fiction.
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I Sell Tomatoes, Inspiration and Consideration Before End-Of-Life
In 1994, after witnessing the soul leave the body at death, Michelle Angel had the epiphany that her life’s work was to serve the dying. Twists and turns and years later, she found herself as an owner of a Farmers Market fifteen hundred miles from where she began. There for twenty years, the work she was called to do still found her.
Now, as a full-time guide and consultant for the dying and their loved ones, Michelle wrote I Sell Tomatoes, Inspiration and Consideration Before End-Of-Life, to alleviate fear, inspire self-inquiry, and encourage conversation for before the inevitable – end of life. Also in this thought-provoking little book are “Fun Farmers Market Secrets” that are sure to bring a smile.
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Discovering You in YOU
The personal formula for joy is something that has evaded humans for centuries. What is it that makes us happy? How can we heal and grow from our experiences and, most importantly, achieve and sustain a high level of happiness?
Answering these questions for humankind are authors Dr. Katherine Powell and Dr. Brian R. Clement. In their new book, Discovering You in YOU, they each delve into the many tiers of lifestyle – what we wear, how we eat, our mental and physical health and relate how we can be better to ourselves and thus, better to the world in which we live.
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Facing Crossroads: Stay Motivated to Become Your Best Self
This book provides vitamins for your life and heart. The world is complex and filled with options. How you respond to those options, good or bad, frames who you become. I invite you along on the journey of my experiences to see how I continue to accomplish every goal I set for myself. This is a task that anyone can fulfill with the correct motivation and desire.
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It’s All Bullsh*t: A Doctor’s Guide to Understanding Weight Loss
What you weigh is really based on a simple concept of understanding your basal metabolic rate and caloric intake. Understanding these key concepts and following our recommendations will help you achieve your weight loss goals. Let us empower you with the knowledge to maintain your weight loss permanently.
Don’t buy into the latest B.S. diet fads or miracle pill promising you will be skinny overnight. Understanding the basic principles of weight management is the only way to achieve long-term weight loss. In short, if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
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In Motion: Optimize Aging Potential Through Lifestyle
Several years ago, Charles Mount began to see huge differences in how some people aged, which made him wonder: Do extreme lifestyle experiences directly correlate to the aging process? He believes they do. The more he learned on this subject, the more he wanted to show slowing down his symptoms of aging and perhaps gain a new perspective on why adventures aren’t only for the young. His goal is to educate and then search for answers on how the specific lifestyle choices we make affect how our biology reacts.
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It’s Not the Destination, But the Journey
For several decades, baby boomer Randy Durich has been sharing, with anyone who listen, vignettes and stories of his years growing up in the Italian neighborhood of Allentown, Pennsylvania, during the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s. When he realized friends and family were frequently saying tell the one about… and you should write a book, he decided it was time to put pen to paper. His memories of long ago rose to the surface and beckoned to be released. For those who welcome an escape to a more innocent, less-complicated time, this collection of stories and the true characters that make them are sure to entertain. Here are the lovely peaks of his journey to a destination still awaiting definition.
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I’m Just A Jersey Boy!
This book is an autobiography of a Baby Boomer born and raised in New Jersey. Just an ordinary guy who’s been on this earth since the 1950s. A regular guy like many of you. Not anyone famous, a politician, actor, movie star, musician, TV or sports star. Just a Jersey Boy!
Some of the topics Berinato discusses include living through the cultural highs of the 1950s, segregation, the Civil Rights movement, bussing, the Vietnam War, going to college in the 1970s, gambling, dealings with the mob, many of the famous people he met, a brief marriage, the deaths of his parents who died in his arms, moving to South Florida in the 2000s, and working in a 40+ year career in the food and beverage industry.
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A Differing View of Cuba’s History
Charles A. Santos-Buch, a graduate of Harvard College, Cornell University Medical College, and the New York Hospital, is the patriarch of one of the oldest families in the New World, rooted in the eastern lands of Cuba during the first decade of the sixteenth century. In this book he records his family’s journey from its successful campaign against Islam’s occupation of Spain to modern America. Dr. Santos-Buch’s insightful story covers many of the important historical events in Cuba’s history in a different way by illustrating how it affected his family and the destiny of the tragic island.
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Reach and Fall
Making yourself vulnerable isn’t about obscurity. It’s about telling the truth. You will be hard pressed to find a more fascinating true-life story anywhere on planet earth than Zeke Petrie’s. From diabetics, people living with brain tumors (acoustic neuroma), people fighting vices and addictions, men in prison, distance runners, triathletes, Christian missionaries living abroad, abusive husbands, folks struggling with OCD tendencies, those suffering from trigeminal neuralgia, and young people around the world who dare to dream by the day, Petrie’s memoir is a remarkable tale of perseverance and hope.
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Sunflower in the Snow
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This Is Me
“This Is Me” tells the story of Wilma Silver, an octogenarian nearing her 90th birthday, and delves into her childhood, marriage, raising a family, her careers, education, and how this lifetime of experiences has shaped her outlook on life.
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Who Am I?
“Who Am I” is liquid and mercurial and, as self-defined, can have tentacles stretching into and beyond clouds, or simply landing a self-prescribed circle. And even its essence can change in the space of a nanosecond. A happy summary of the contents of this book suggests that despite many life challenges and setbacks, the majority of these people are overtly satisfied and some hyper-satisfied with who they are.
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In My Mother’s Footsteps
An amazing insight into little known World War II history.
Caught within the ever-approaching steel jaws of Nazi exterminators, 19-year-old German Jewish girl Leah keeps a diary as she and her family desperately flee Europe for their lives. Across European countries they persevere one hour, one day at a time- always one step ahead.
The Vegas Player
Jimmy Mulidore was a player alight. His saxophone took him from a poor Italian neighborhood in Youngstown, Ohio, to the heights of Las Vegas, playing beside his mentor, James Moody. Mulidore didn’t just witness Las Vegas in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, he lived it. From Sinatra to Elvis to drugs and the mob, Mulidore had an orchestra seat.
Law School: How to Get In, Get Through, and Get Practicing
Filled with personal anecdotes about his law school years, Law School- How to Get In, Get Through, and Get Practicing by Michael J. Reppas II, ESQ. offers all future law students a peek into the ever-surprising, nerve-racking, adventure known as law school, where no book is left unturned and no hour spent resting. This is your law school guide from start to finish.
The Invitation to Your Life
Finding a purpose in life can not be discovered in one day. What lies ahead in the path of fulfillment is a journey that leads to infinite possibilities, especially the possibilities of uncovering hidden talents and strengths.
Humanity may dwell within the confines of what society has unfolded before them, but it takes a leap of faith for one to recognize that life is more than a grade or an eight-hour job.
Life is an invitation to discovering your potential. Embrace it and allow success to fall in place.
What’s Driving You??? How I Overcame Abuse and Learned to Lead in the NBA.
During his 12th season as a professional Basketball player, Keyon Dooling was at the top of his game as the designated team leader of the Boston Celtics. Known for firing up his teammates with the challenge, “What’s driving you?” – found himself a few months later locked away in a mental institution, confused, frightened and on the verge of losing everything.
In his memoir “What’s Driving You???” Dooling candidly discusses the shocking childhood incident that had a major impact on his career, as well as the hidden trauma that led to his widely-publicized breakdown.
Heartache and Hope in Haiti
Britney Gengel was a vibrant nineteen-year-old Lynn University sophomore when she traveled to Haiti in January 2010 to work for an aide group. Deeply moved, she texted her mother that she dreamed of returning to open an orphanage of her own. But hours later, an earthquake leveled Port-au-Prince and the Hotel Montana where Britney’s group was staying. For thirty-three days, her family lived a nightmare, with conflicting stories in the post-quake chaos of finding Britney, then losing her. After a gut-wrenching trip to the Haitian capital ten days after the quake, they learned the truth: Brit was not coming home alive.
A Young Man Sent To Sea
Going to sea as a sailor at age eighteen is not the dream of most college-aged boys, especially those with some privileges in life. Yet for one young man who navigated this path at the insistence of his father, the unlikely experience turned into a wildly unforgettable adventure.
Sent off to sea on the M.S. Grundsunda, an aging vessel with a foreign crew, Long Island teenager Vincent DeOrchis found himself thrown into the excitement of a maritime enterprise involving a motley mix of jobs —with a side excursion of jumping ship in Spain during the late ’60s, only to find himself confronted by life under the Franco regime.
My Eyes & My Hair
As an African-American born with light skin, gray eyes and hair the color of goldfish, Natosha Smart Dooling struggled with bullying from the day she entered elementary school. The harassment that stemmed from being “different” chased her all the way into college and was especially painful because it came from people of her own race.
Proving that the human spirit can always triumph, Natosha navigated through the trials and tribulations of her youth, going on to marry her high school sweetheart, NBA star Keyon Dooling. Even in the world of celebrities, Natosha faced stereotypes and expectations that needed to be defied daily.
Why? The Question That Could Save Your Life
Why? The Question that Could Save Your Life exposes many of the
obstacles blocking the road to ideal health and medical treatment, and
serves as a guide to overcoming them.
The book will teach you:
-How to be proactive with your health, participate in medical decisions, and make sure your doctor is doing his or her job.
-Why treating symptoms only will never allow you to achieve optimum health.
-The astonishingly overlooked relationship between diet and disease.
Who You Callin’ Silly?
A witty, wise and contemporary Christian-centered plan for releasing women from yesterday’s mistakes to show them the value in themselves today, and a hope-filled tomorrow.
In this step-by-step guide, author Kimberly Lock leads women out of the spiritual and emotional wilderness into a place of strength and self-confidence. While helping her husband to run Unity Gospel House of Prayer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lock discovered countless women yearning to be responsible and God-fearing, yet lacking the tools necessary to escape the traps from their past.
“Silly” women are weak, irresponsible and easily taken advantage of; virtuous women are wise and blaze their own righteous path.
Riding Solo
For years I languished in a marriage that was both gratifying and
frightening, never knowing when I would be elevated to great heights of
ecstasy or plunge toward the bowels of hell.
Riding Solo chronicles a journey through love and lust, disillusionment and deceit, and ultimately survival.
If you or someone dear to you is struggling with codependency, domestic
abuse, or a mental disorder, you owe it to yourself to read, Riding
Solo: My Journey Through Love and Madness.
I’ve Been Thinking and It Might Save Your Life (and Vision)
Don’t you want to be empowered with the knowledge to circumnavigate America’s increasingly complex health care environment?
Have you thought to ask these five key questions you should be asking concerning your health care? Dr.Weinstock has dedicated complete chapters to these (and more):
- How and where do I find good medical care?
- What is the best way to choose a physician?
- How do I manage my expectations and when should I be saying more than Ahhhh ?
- What is the reality and what is the myth of prevention?
- If I am unhappy with my doctor, what options do I have?
Create Space for Peace: Forty Years of Peacemaking
A collection of articles, letters, and speeches from Gene’s journey of Christian peacemaking. This collection draws from his peacemaking experience around the world and contains stories of direct peace actions, including highlights of current political and military trends.
Gene Stoltzfus (1940 – 2010) was the Founding Director of the Christian Peacemaker Teams from 1988 until 2004. Profits from the sales of this book will go to Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT). Christian Peacemaker Teams place violence reduction teams in situations of crisis and occupation and militarized areas around the world at the invitation of local peace and human rights workers. They enlist the whole church in an organized non-violent alternative to war.
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Chasing Rainbows and Beyond
In the conclusion of Chasing Rainbows and Beyond, author Robert Berman shares with the reader his “Final Four” Humanitarian Rainbows. These are very personal and ambitious projects that have yet to reach fruition; however the “embers still glow,” and each remains possible. The Final Four Rainbows of Hope are:
-The Hope Scholarship
-Hope For Starving Children
-Hope For Tolerance Development
-Hope for A Cure for ALS (Lou Gehrig s Disease)
Berman passionately illustrates an intelligent, feasible game plan for each, providing the blueprint to making these hopeful humanitarian projects become a much-needed reality.
Memories, Milestones and Memoirs
We are back again with more stories from Memories, Milestones and Memoirs, Vol. 2. These stories are from our writing workshops between 2005 through 2010 in Boca Raton, Florida.
Some are short, some are less short. Some are Chick Lit, some are Macho Man Lit. Most are universal. You will find yourself in many of these stories, experiencing the same emotions, or perhaps laughing with the narrator.
Matters of the Heart
When I first began writing Matters of the Heart, less than a year ago, my intention was simply to offer it to my three daughters as a gift. But the more I wrote, the more I realized that it was meant to be shared with other teen girls. As an adolescent, I wished that I’d had a road map, a guidebook to help me discover and focus on the things that really mattered and to help me develop the strength and courage to live by those things. I know that there are few things in life that matter more than having a clear sense of who we are. As I’m sure you know, girls are growing up so quickly, and they’re constantly being bombarded with confusing images and information. Matters of the Heart offers a refreshing and empowering voice, and offers the support and guidance teen girls need to reach their full potential. Corin Wiser, M.Ed., Author
Momma’s Christmas Cookbook
More than a convenient collection of classic Italian recipes, Momma’s Christmas Cookbook is a tribute to the traditions that keep families together! Especially for the cook who remembers what her mother or grandmother put on the table to celebrate the holidays, this cookbook contains all the recipes you want to prepare for your family at Christmas…or any day of the year!