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Aphorisms, Adages & Advice for the Children I Never Had

by Len Tomaka

To soon old, too late smart. Over the course of my life, I have happened upon sayings that apply to specific situations in our lives. Actually, they relate powerful lessons. Over time, I jotted down many of these real-world insights and also began to compile a list of my personal experiences that I expected to pass along to my children. But I was married for thirteen years then divorced. We were not blessed with children. So I passed these sayings along to pipe fitter apprentices who worked w... more

The Underdog Curse

by Dr. Don MacDonald

Everyone loves an underdog, but what happens when you stay stuck in that mindset? It can become a curse that causes you to sabotage your own success, be brought down by old habits and held back from genuine happiness. After spending most of his life trying to kick his own underdog curse, chiropractor and success coach Dr. Don MacDonald now spends most of his time trying to help others with the cure to this purpose-destroying pattern. It’s time to stop being focused on what other people think... more

Koan Kreativity: Using Ancient Wisdom to Inspire Modern Creativity

by Tim Ljunggren

Presented as either a riddle or tale, the koan is instrumental to the Zen student’s path to enlightenment; by opening and freeing the mind from both outer and inner restrictions, the “empty mind” of the Zen student is more open to insight and realization that could be achieved in no other way. As artists, we, too, need the benefit of an “empty mind.” Our own creative insights and realizations become more tangible and workable when we clear away the clutter of fear, negativity, apathy, and all... more

EARN THAT VOTE: Practical Help From The Gut To Win An Election

by Michael Gold

MICHAEL GOLD is a photographer and author, whose photographs have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Fortune, Esquire, Opera News, National Lampoon, American Express, BMW, IBM, SONY and more. Besides "EARN THAT VOTE: Practical Help From The Gut To Win An Election," he is also the co-author, along with Professor Fred Mayo of NYU, of “Modern American Manners: Dining Etiquette for Hosts and Guests,” published by Skyhorse Publishing that will be available April 4th, 2017, all over the country.... more

Drink, Drank, Drunk

by Bill Stokes

Thirty-eight years ago I wrote a “Drink, Drank, Drunk,” series of six articles for the Milwaukee Journal in which I used my personal experience with booze along with pointing out the stranglehold the beer/booze industry has in formulating our absurd collective relationship with alcohol. Incredibly, a recent review of those articles leads to the inevitable and unfortunate conclusion that with only minor changes for updating statistics they could have been written yesterday. Never in my many ye... more

ASHLEY ON THE CROSS ROADS OF LIFE

by Munir Ahmad

Teaching College: The Ultimate Guide to Lecturing, Presenting, and Engaging Students

by Norman Eng

“Teaching College” aims to help new instructors engage students more effectively, through strategies and approaches Dr. Eng learned as a K-12 teacher and as an advertiser. These include “the marketer’s mindset” to understanding the needs of the target audience as well as the “You, Y’all, We” approach to lesson planning. “Teaching College” walks you through the planning & execution of your course step-by-step, backed by the latest research in education, psychology, communication, and business.

ReVivement: Having a Life After Making a Living

by Gloria Dunn-Violin

Change the word and change your mind by transforming retirement into revivement™ and, have your best life now! Gloria Dunn-Violin has coined this new word and a new philosophy for your second half of life in her hot off the press book called Revivement: Having a Life After Making a Living. She suggests with fervor that anyone over 50 is ready to have a rebirth, and to renew and revitalize a life that has been waiting for this auspicious time. This book is a good friend for anyone contemplatin... more

Working World Mentor: A Comprehensive Guide for Students and Young Adults

by Robert Jastremski

Advice is perishable. Often we hear some good advice but it’s for a situation not in play for months or years, so you forget the advice. Working World Mentor contains 80 standalone what/why/how, insightful topics, covering student concerns, job capture, workplace reality, communications, and professional development winning advice. A chapter on balancing work and enjoying life is included.. This book covers how to achieve desired goals with minimum stress. The author lived a remarkab... more

Innovator's High

by Robert Gerlach

"Creative work in companies is like going fishing, but with a gun pointed to your head telling you to hurry up or you are out!" – Robert Gerlach

Innovator’s High provides new insights on creativity, such as: the #1 reason why people have their best ideas on the job, how to transform negative feelings into creative power and why great artists never steal. What’s more? Creativity coach Robert Gerlach reveals an unknown secret behind the innovators Leonardo da V... more

The Next Step

by Millicent Arlene Smith

What did you do for YOU today? Did you simply go through the motions of everyday life, or did you purposefully live each minute, each moment to the fullest? The Next Step is an inspirational guide to living that explores the meaning of life and each person's individual purpose on earth. It challenges the motive for the decisions we make on a daily basis and forces us to look within ourselves for answers to questions about our existence. With faith in God and a strong belief in the power of the p... more

How To Write An eBook In 40 Days (Or Less)

by Brandy Miller

A how-to guide for aspiring authors who want to finish their first book in 40 days (or less). Inspired by the author's own experiences, the book offers tips and tricks that she has used to get her books out of her head and onto the page while balancing work, family, and community obligations.

Do the Right Thing: A Surgeon's Approach to Life

by Arthur Lauretano

When I was an intern in 1988, I asked a senior resident for some direction in treating a complicated patient. His advice was simply, “Do the right thing.” Those four hopeful albeit ambiguous words have stayed with me my entire career. Most people would make the assumption that “doing the right thing” is imperative for a surgeon, arises from years of training, and is critical because our actions can be life-saving. Nevertheless, in “Do the Right Thing: A Surgeon’s Approach to Life”, I express my ... more

Learning ABCs with Jesus: A Teaching & Learning Tool

by Gladys Amerson

Learning ABCs with Jesus enhances literacy skills while teaching children simple Bible verses. Learning activities include: •\tlearning the alphabets •\tlearning sight words that begin with each alphabet •\tlearning to trace the alphabets using your finger/pencil •\tlearning pictures that reflect the Bible •\tlearning Biblical scriptures that apply to letters in the alphabet

Living Longer Living Well

by Brigitte Nioche

This timely book provides insightful and common-sense tips for how to navigate something we all hope to achieve - a happy and healthy life as we get old. If followed it will make our lives so much more pleasurable. This is a book everyone over 50 should read

Simply redeemed

by Jessica C Jemmott

“ Simply Redeemed: Titus 3:3 – 5 ” is a devotional designed to encourage women to embrace their purpose in God with the understanding that they are loved and redeemed by the sacrifice\tof Christ. “ Without any question, we have been transformed from something that was unpleasant in God's sight and now made acceptable unto Him,” says author Jessica C. Jemmott, MA. “ We were once\tenslaved to sin but was &... more

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