Christmas Gifts- Books for Families

I would like to share a secret with you about me. One of my most favorite Gifts to is books for any occasion and for anyone on my Gift Giving list including just because gifts. Because books can open up so many doors for the person reading the books. Do you like to give books as well?

Dreams That Can Save Your Life by Larry Burke, MD, CEHP

An exploration of dreams as a spiritual source of healing and inner guidance for your health and well-being

• 2018 Nautilus Silver Award

• Shares stories–confirmed by pathology reports–from subjects in medical research projects whose dreams diagnosed illness and helped heal their lives

• Explores medical studies and ongoing research on the diagnostic power of precognitive dreams, including Dr. Burk’s own medical research

• Includes an introduction to dream journaling and interpretation techniques

Your dreams can provide inner guidance filled with life-saving information. Since ancient Egypt and Greece, people have relied on the art of dreaming to diagnose illness and get answers to personal life challenges. Now, dreams are making a grand reappearance in the medical arena as recent scientific research and medical pathology reports validate the diagnostic abilities of precognitive dreams. Are we stepping back into the future as modern medical tests show dreams can be early warning signs of cancer and other diseases?

Showcasing the important role of dreams and their power to detect and heal illness, Dr. Larry Burk and Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos share amazing research and true stories of physical and emotional healings triggered by dreams. The authors explore medical studies and ongoing research on the diagnostic power of precognitive dreams, including Dr. Burk’s own research on dreams that come true and can be medically validated. They share detailed stories–all confirmed by pathology reports–from subjects in medical research projects whose dreams diagnosed illness and helped heal their lives, including Kathleen’s own story as a three-time breast cancer survivor whose dreams diagnosed her cancer even when it was missed by her doctors.

Alongside these stories of survival and faith, the authors also include an introduction to dream journaling and interpretation, allowing the reader to develop trust in their dreams as a spiritual source of healing and inner guidance.

Proverbs From Around the World By Gerd de Ley

Proverbs from Around the World collects the best proverbs from all corners of the earth.

As much as there are differences in our cultures, traditions, and beliefs, there are more similarities between us all than we all realize. One of these similarities is our penchant to record age-old wisdom through generations. Proverbs from Around the World feature a grand collection of these passed down knowledge and witticisms from all continents–Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. In so doing, the book gives insight to the wonderful and rich cultures around the world and perhaps helping us all realize that ultimately, we are one people.

The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life by Boyd Varty

Somewhere deep inside, you know what your gift, purpose, and mission are. Boyd Varty, a lion tracker and life coach, reveals how the wisdom from the ancient art of tracking can teach you how to recognize these essential ingredients in a meaningful life.

Know how to navigate, don’t worry about the destination, and stay alert. These are just a few of the strategies that contribute to both successful lion tracking and a life of fulfillment. When we join Boyd Varty and his two friends tracking lions, we are immersed in the South African bush, and, although we learn some of the skills required for actual tracking, the takeaways are the strategies that can be applied to our everyday lives. Trackers learn how to use all of their senses to read the environment and enter into a state of “greater aliveness.” When we learn to find and follow our inner tracks, we learn to see what is deeply important to us. In the same way the trip in the classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was a vehicle to examine how to live out our values, the story of this one-day adventure—with danger and suspense along the way—uses the ancient art of tracking to convey profound lessons on how to live a purposeful, meaningful life of greater harmony.

Mindfullness For Mums & Dads by Diana

As a parent, it can be all too easy to live life on automatic pilot – fulfilling one demand after another while missing out on much of the journey. And though you can’t control every situation, you can influence the outcome by learning to change how you react. Dr Diana Korevaar, a practicing perinatal psychiatrist, uses mindfulness practice as a powerful tool to help parents calm down, connect and reframe the challenges they face in order to experience life more positively. Grounded in science, Mindfulness for Mums and Dads features dozens of case studies, as well as simple mindfulness practices that can be carried out anywhere. These are practical tools for anyone seeking to actively engage in their own recovery from anxiety or depression, or for those no longer content to ‘just exist’ in life, hoping that things will get better in the future. In as little as three minutes a day, it is possible to take control of your life, become calmer and more compassionate, and be fully present for the small moments in life that create true and lasting happiness.

Raising a Child with DYSLEXIA What Every Parent Needs to Know by Don M. Winn

Keyed to current, cutting-edge research, this user-friendly guide provides detailed assistance to parents and educators who want to help dyslexic children achieve their best life.

Topics include signs of dyslexia parents can watch for at various ages, symptoms that warrant diagnosis by a professional, what to expect during the testing process, tips on working with the school to create an optimal learning environment, how to offer a safe, encouraging space where children can learn to manage the emotional fallout of the dyslexic struggle, and how to help children with dyslexia develop vital personal qualities and coping strategies that will enable them to approach life with courage, determination, perseverance, and joy.

Why Will No One Play with Me By: Caroline Maguire, PPC, M.E.d.

From renowned parent expert Caroline Maguire, Why Will No One Play with Me? is a groundbreaking program that has helped thousands of children struggling with social skills to make friends, find acceptance, and have a happy childhood. Every parent wants their child to be okay–to have friends, to be successful, to feel comfortable in his or her own skin. But many children lack important social and executive functioning skills that allow them to navigate through the world with ease.

In-demand parenting expert and former Hallowell Center coach Caroline Maguire has worked with thousands of families dealing with chronic social dilemmas, ranging from shyness to aggression to ADHD, and more. In this groundbreaking book, she shares her decade-in-the-making protocol–The Play Better Plan– to help parents coach children to connect with others and make friends. Children of all ages–truly, from kindergarten to college age– will gain the confidence to make friends and get along with others, using tools such as: *Social Sleuthing: learn to pay attention to social cues

*Post-Play Date Huddles: help kids figure out what to look for in a friendship*Reflective Listening: improve your child’s relationship with their peers

With compassion and ease, this program gives parents a tangible, easy-to-follow guide for helping kids develop the executive function and social skills they need to thrive.

girl be Brave By: Cheryl Hale

When Cheryl Hale discovered a note from her grandmother, written in a family Bible and ending with the phrase “girl be brave,” she found the inspiration she needed to push through her fear and chart a course for her life. Her hope was for her grandmother’s words to reach every girl and woman who needs a reminder of their own bravery.
 
Inspired by the movement of the same name, Hale’s gift book Girl Be Brave: 100 Days to Chart Your Course, shares 100 days of encouragement, quotes, and photos, calling women everywhere to embrace lives of bravery. Hale helps readers chart their course to a more passionate and satisfying life with reflections accompanied by powerful images of brave women in action. 

Permanent Happiness By: Iyabo Ojikutu, M D

“Another book about happiness?” What does this one has to say that we all have not heard before? And is happiness really an achievable state of being?

We never stop craving happiness. It is the world’s most sought-after feeling and emotion. As we wake up each morning, we do so hoping to find happiness in all that we experience, whether we are consciously aware of this desire or not.

We do, of course, find happiness at different points and phases in our lives. The problem is, this situational happiness tends to be short lived. We are happy for a few days and then fall back into anxiety, sadness, and/or worry.

Permanent Happiness outlines three easy steps to pursuing permanent happiness. It tackles key life situations we encounter during our daily living and shows how to pursue peace and be positive influencers on those around us. When our lives are in balance, we discover we let go of the stress and worry that arise when life throws us curveballs.

Get ready to be challenged and inspired. More importantly, get ready to learn about and understand permanent happiness and peace from a different perspective!

Eat To Sleep By: Karmen Meyer, RD, LDN

Utilize food as your all-natural solution to sleeplessness with this easy guide that teaches you just what to eat—and when to eat it—to fall asleep faster and wake up refreshed.

We’ve all heard that it’s the turkey that makes you so sleepy after every Thanksgiving dinner, and a cup of warm milk is just the thing to help you settle down for night, but it may surprise you to find just how much what you eat can affect how well you sleep at night.

Whether you experience occasional insomnia or suffer from chronic sleeplessness, Eat to Sleep explains which foods to eat and when to eat them in order to get the best night’s rest possible. With information on how to easily incorporate “sleepy” foods into your diet, and how to prepare your food to increase its sleep-inducing effectiveness, Eat to Sleep shows you the way to getting optimal shuteye—naturally.

Find Your Mantra by Aysel Gunar

Be mindful and present in your daily life with these 75 uplifting messages, organized by theme. Founder of MantraBand Aysel Gunar provides an inspiring introduction on the importance of positive, meaningful mantras in your life.

Whether your focus is peace, love, happiness, strength, or your journey—you’ll find the perfect mantra for every day of your life. Some of the positive messages you’ll find:

• Be Present: Be present, free of past and future, and enjoy this moment, that is filled with love, awareness, peace, and joy.
• Love and Light: May love and light always find you, and may you be a vessel of love and light. Let these powerful forces pull you away from your fears and open you to the understanding of oneness.
• Choose Joy: A phrase so simple, yet so powerful that it changes one’s outlook on life. It helps us realize the power of our minds and the power of our attitude. A simple step in the path to a more positive life and a constant reminder to choose happiness.
• Blessed: You are greatly blessed and deeply loved. Count your blessings, not your troubles. I am awake, I am alive, I am blessed.

By reading these affirmations—one a day, several at a time, or just by opening the book at random—you’re taking the first step toward building a more rewarding life.

Travels with Sushi in the Land of the Mind By Eduard Shyfrin

The children closed their eyes in order to enjoy the sensations more fully and when they opened them again the restaurant had vanished…”

Aaron and Stella spend every summer at their grandparents’ house, playing on the beach in the day, and eating sushi at night. One evening, the children try some special sushi which transports them to an alternate universe – The Land of the Mind, a place traditionally governed by maths and quantum physics, which is being taken over by evil and chaos.

With the many different areas in the Land of the Mind being ruled over by the Dark Lords of Intolerance, Fear, Pride, Indifference, Betrayal and Despair, the children are tasked with rescuing the Book of Understanding, which contains all the rules on how to live a good life.

Chosen because of their relationship to the Golden Ratio known as Phi (1.618), Aaron and Stella travel on a Phi-Flyer and are guided by a wise raven called Sophie (who is both a particle and a wave). The children must learn how to navigate the infinite dimensions of quantum physics to save the Land of the Mind from falling into the hands of chaos.

Travels with Sushi in the Land of the Mind is an atmospheric children’s novel by Eduard Shyfrin which introduces children to quantum physics and classic morality through an adventure in another universe. D. It has parallels with Alice in Wonderland, although the children in this book must face situations which are far more challenging and dangerous than Lewis Carroll had in mind. It’s a celebration of the power of words and the role of science, exquisitely illustrated by the talented Tomislav Tomic. Beautifully produced, Travels with Sushi makes a perfect gift, and is an educational, fun and imaginative debut novel.

I Never Left: a compelling psychological suspense mystery by: McGarvey Black

“An outstanding psychological drama featuring finely drawn credible characters” –  booklover

My name is Quinn Roberts and I was murdered.

Quinn Roberts is dead and she wants to know how it happened. She’s angry, confused and disappointed that her life is over. Most of her friends have moved on and it seems like no one cares who was responsible. Her adult children are in shock but their mother’s death is too painful, so they do nothing.

Soon after her murder, Quinn’s husband, Alec, acquires a new wife and Quinn becomes a distant memory. Only her sister, Erin, and Detective John McQuillan continue to search for answers.

But as the case stalls, the formal investigation is moved to the Cold Case division and Quinn’s family loses hope that there will ever be an arrest.

Can Quinn get the justice she deserves? And, is discovering the truth always worth it?

“This book has gone into my top 3 best EVER reads.” – Audrey Gibson

If you are a fan of the classic bestseller The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and of addictive psychological thrillers by authors like Lesley Kara and Cara Hunter, then you are going to love McGarvey Black’s unmissable new thriller, I Never Left.

Friendship Isn’t A Big Thing, It’s A Million Little Things The Art of Friendship By: Becca Anderson

A Tribute to Female Friendships

Celebrate the bonds you’ve built with the wonderful women in your life. The bond shared among girlfriends is like no other. Whether the friendship is decades old or just beginning, we share a unique relationship with these women, a connection wholly different even from what we share with husbands or boyfriends.

Share in the wit and wisdom of fellow women. Strong female friendships are inspiring because they foster the practice of women supporting and enabling other women. Author and blogger Becca Anderson has long been moved by the inspirational quotes and stories of groundbreaking women (as seen in her bestselling title, The Book of Awesome Women), and she shares some of that female empowerment with us in this book.

Fill your heart with gratitude for your soul sisters. We know how much we love our girlfriends, but do they know? This book reminds us just how valuable our bonds with our gal pals are. These are the women who answer the phone at 4 a.m. and drop everything to help a sister out, the ones who are there for both the tearful wine nights and the champagne-worthy celebrations. As author Becca Anderson says, “Our friends are some of the great loves of our lives. Mine have seem me through tough times and we have so much shared joy. My life advice is simple: make friends and treasure them.”

By reading Friendship Isn’t a Big Thing, It’s a Million Little Things, you will find…

• Renewed value in the friendships you share with women
• Inspiration for growing in those relationships and further supporting your friends
• Reasons to celebrate the unique love you find in female friendship
• A perfect inspirational gift for the women in your life

If you’ve enjoyed books such as Beautifully Said, Badass Affirmations, That’s What She Said, and Cleo Wade’s Heart Talk, you will love Friendship Isn’t a Big Thing, It’s a Million Little Things: The Art of Female Friendship by bestselling author Becca Anderson.

Say It Now: 33 Ways to Say I LOVE YOU To the Most Important People In Your Life: Sherry Richert Belul

#1 Amazon New Release! ― Creative Ways to Show Your Love Every Day

Inspiration when the words are hard: Sometimes it’s difficult to find the right way to say “I love you” to the people you appreciate the most in life. The emotions are there, but the words don’t come. Say It Now shows you how to put your feelings into words―and actions, too. From activities that take just a minute, to love letters, joy jars, tribute videos, surprise parties, and more, this book helps you celebrate the most important people in your life.

Appreciate the time you have together: We never know how much time we have left with our loved ones. If there’s someone you care about deeply―a parent, grandparent, child, friend, colleague, teacher, or neighbor―don’t wait to express how you feel. Say It Now offers inspiring stories and ways to write those first love notes and share couples gifts that you’ll treasure for years.

Ideas for every love language: Whether it’s words of affection, thoughtful actions, handmade love gifts, or just your time and attention, Say It Now has ways for you to express your love in your own way. Start with these thirty-three ideas and make them your own. If you are a daughter looking for the right way to say “what I love about Dad,” or a husband looking for creative anniversary gifts, Say It Now has the inspiration you need.

Say It Now: 33 Ways to Say I LOVE YOU to the Most Important People In Your Life is an activity book to spark creativity, perfect for anyone who enjoys books like What I Love About You: Fill In the Love Journal, The Big Activity Book for Couples, or I Love You: The Activity Book Meant To Be Shared.

• Get inspired to say “I love you” to the important people in your life
• Make a big impact in someone’s day
• Save money with gift ideas that don’t cost much to create
• Build a stronger bond with friends
• Make someone’s day
• Feel positive, optimistic, and connected

Outdoor London by Eleanor Rose

London is a patchwork of wild spaces, open water, parklands and adventure playgrounds. With so much green space, this is the ideal guide to get exploring. Whether a local or a visitor looking to see the wilder side of the big city, Outdoor London covers the full spectrum of outdoor opportunities. If you’re looking for water to paddle in or on, paths to amble down slowly or careen down on mountain bikes, wide open spaces for music festivals or simply to find an empty pasture, you’ll find something for everyone in this easily portable London guide.

Dad’s Famous Friends By: Ryan Arthur LeVine

This children’s book shares fascinating true stories of a 6 year old and his dad. The father, has met many of the most incredible celebrities in real life. They include stories of positive lessons learned from Paul McCartney, Bon Jovi, Cher, Audrey Hepburn, Patrick Swayze and others. It is an inspirational book by YouTuber Ryan Arthur LeVine who costars on the channel Tyler LeVine. He has over 4 million YouTube views at age 6. Blake LeVine, directs the channel and is a popular author of self help books

Do you wish that you could enjoy parenthood more?
Have you ever wondered what deeper meaning there is to being a Mom or Dad?

In Parenting Through the Eyes of Lollipops Jacqueline Pirtle

A mom herself, carries you through the experience of parenthood by making spiritual and energetic sense of real physical-life parenting scenarios—while, as her highest priority, keeping children’s perspectives in mind.

This book opens new doors for you to dive into parenthood with fresh zest, plenty of fun, and infinite love for yourself and for your children by teaching you these 3 important pillars to better parenting:

365 Days of Happiness By: Jacqueline Pirtle

Reading and practicing the bestseller 365 Days of Happiness – as seen on ABC 7 Chicago – will help you to BE and live happy anywhere at anytime––no matter your circumstances.

• You get daily practice in “feeling good,” creating health, celebrating joy
• You gain deep understanding of your inner self
• You master how to live a wonderful and mindfully happy life
• Available as paperback, e-book, mobile app––apple, android, and can be supplemented with its Self-Study-Program at freakyhealer.com

Do you have fun with your own life?

If You Give an ox an Oxy By: Dr. Laura E. Happe, PharmD

Remember the mouse who wanted a cookie―and a glass of milk to go with it? Or the moose who wanted a muffin?

In If You Give an Ox an Oxy, adolescents meet an ox who takes a prescription medication called an opioid. They follow him as he goes from taking a few opioids, to overusing them, and finally becoming addicted, learning about treatment for addiction and how dangerous taking illegal opioid drugs can be.

Inspired by the mouse who was clearly addicted to cookies, Ox’s story demonstrates how opioid use often leads to a cycle of addiction and recovery. Too often this cycle is hard to break. Although Ox’s story is told in a childlike way, opioid use is a very serious and complex topic. Written by national expert on the opioid epidemic Dr. Laura E. Happe, If You Give an Ox an Oxy focuses on preventing opioid misuse for the next generation. Dr. Happe transforms the beloved childhood picture book into an educational resource that teens are sure to remember to help them understand the risks of opioid use―and why it’s best not to start in the first place.

The Gifts Beneath Your Anxiety By: Pat Longo

Do you or does someone you know suffer from unexplained anxiety, panic attacks, or sadness?

Are you often overwhelmed with compassion for others’ pain?
Do people sometimes refer to you as being “sensitive” or “too sensitive?”

If so, you may be an empath—and a few simple tools could change your life.

As a spiritual healer and teacher to some of today’s most well-known empaths—including “Long Island Medium” Theresa Caputo—Pat Longo has found that many of the individuals who have come to her with anxiety and related symptoms possess a heightened sense of perception and an extreme level of intuition—absorbing the energies, thoughts, and feelings that surround them and even experiencing them as their own. What’s more, most of these individuals had no idea they had these abilities.

How To Develop A Winning Self-Mode By: Dr. David Joyette

We live in a society that seems designed to challenge our feeling of self-worth and tarnish our self-image to the point where we can hardly stand the sight of ourselves. This has to stop. It is upon the foundation of our self-image that everything else in our life is built―our relationships, our work, our financial position, and even our mental, emotional, and physical well-being.

With beautifully expressed inspirations and insights into visualization―and its constructive impact on change―this book will teach you how to take responsibility for your own emotions, confront your fears and weakness, and make meaningful and positive changes to your subconscious mind. 

This is a book about change, and the time for change has come….

The Intelligent Body By: Celeste Shirley

In March of 1985, Celeste stepped on stage at a bodybuilding competition and went into a state of “non-duality” or what can best be related to as “pure joy.” She didn’t come out of the state for three months. During that time, nothing in her life was particularly miraculous or contributing to exceptional happiness. She was studying at university full-time, holding down three jobs, training up to two hours a day at the gym and trying to make sleep a hobby. Yet, no matter how stressful her day was, stress did not register as a difficult occurrence. All of her life became one continuous experience of moments that felt alive and direct. Each experience felt like a privilege, even when it involved deep loss, sadness or failure. Her book, The Intelligent Body is her account of how a state of joy can be lived at all times. The unique personal stories not only uplift, they reveal that there is no path to constantly feel alive, and that by knowing this, you discover how. 

The book reveals and stokes a capacity for us to know we can trust our self.

For anyone who is – or knows someone who is – expecting or has recently added a new baby to their life and is feeling overwhelmed, underappreciated, or just lost, this is the book for you.

Through humor and brave self-disclosure, the author – a clinical psychologist – realizes that even though she has the “book smarts”, sometimes, the practical application of psychological theory gets lost in translation when it comes to babies and young children.    

Dr. Cook weaves together personal and professional stories with proven science through the lens of a “woke” woman. She takes the listener on a multidimensional deep-dive into parenting which is both educational and interesting to the sleep-deprived and marginalized parent. This book is laced with many laugh-out-loud moments which are, in and of themselves, therapeutic and cathartic to all parents everywhere.

Let Go of Emotional Overeating and Love Your Food is for anyone who would like to eat whatever they like yet stop just at the point of satisfaction without overeating. 

Written by a Columbia University trained psychotherapist and former emotional overeater, Let Go of Emotional Overeating and Love Your Food offers psychologically sound techniques for recognizing the symptoms of emotional overeating and methods for addressing it in ways that are both effective and enjoyable.

Readers will learn how to become aware of the difference between eating in a healthy way and eating emotionally – neither to satisfy hunger, nor for enjoyment, but in a desperate attempt to distract oneself from painful thoughts and feelings. Diets don’t work for people who eat through their emotions. Instead, learning to recognize the stressors that lead to emotional eating and to address those tensions through other methods besides eating is the goal. When we handle stress well away from the table, we’re free to relax and really savor our food when we choose to eat. Proven techniques like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) are presented in an innovative, easy-to-remember way. Learning to eat mindfully, for health and enjoyment, becomes the goal, and Arlene Englander walks readers through table techniques designed to make mindful eating easier, habitual, and ultimately second nature. 

Allowing for both fun foods and healthy foods, Englander’s approach emphasizes eating healthfully and being aware of best practices and the behavioral objectives of coping with stress, exercising regularly, mindful eating, good nutrition and hydration, and controlling overeating situations. She addresses late-night eating, parties, vacation, and other situations where overindulging may be a risk. She concludes with a prescription that is meant to last so that readers can love their food for a lifetime.

The holidays are a great time to give someone you love the gift of healthy habits so practical and pleasurable that they’ll last forever.

“Let Go of Emotional Overeating and Love Your Food: A Five Point Plan for Success” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018) is for anyone who wishes they could eat what they like (within the 80-90% healthy foods/10-20% fun foods ratio advised by most evolved nutritionists today), savor it, and stop just at the point of satisfaction without overeating. Readers learn how to become aware of the difference between eating in a healthy way and eating emotionally – neither to satisfy hunger, nor for enjoyment, but in a desperate attempt to distract oneself from painful thoughts and feelings. Proven techniques like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Mindful Eating are presented in an innovative, easy to remember way. 

I’m a Columbia University trained licensed psychotherapist with over twenty years of clinical experience and am, myself, a former emotional overeater. Also, an MBA, I’ve developed programs on stress management, emotional overeating and other mental health issues while on staff at settings as diverse as American Express, T..R.S. and Cancer Care, Inc.

Simply Amazing: Stories of inspiration, Triumph over tragedy, near death experiences and more as told on WMAPRadioHardcover – KC Armstrong, former cast member of the Howard Stern show and 20 year veteran of radio, has his on radio network called the “World’s Most Amazing People” radio, www.wmapradio.com. On his show he has interviewed hundreds of people about their lives, the impact of the world on themselves, and how they overcame adversity to inspire and help others.

Being overweight, you are judged on a daily basis because of how you are on the outside and rarely ever because of whom you are on the inside. I had visions of walking into a party and people staring at me. A zipper appears close to my chest, and I unzipped it and a skinny person was revealed to the surprise of everyone in the room. I was finally exposing my true inner being and no longer hiding or surrounding myself in “fat.”

We also unzip when we are about to do something intimate and personal. We unzip for the purpose of changing, exposing or releasing in some form. In order to be your true self, you have to have the courage to expose yourself physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.

We all have a story that is being written daily. Characters come and go for the purpose of moving the story along. Some scenes are sad and dark, some are comical and light. We hold the pen and dictate where we want to take our audience watching.

Some of us choose to keep it to ourselves and some of us want to use it as an opportunity to help and inspire others. I am the latter.

This is my story…

The poems in Exodus are modern re-interpretations and psychological explorations of the people and events in the Bible. A central metaphor is the exodus from Egypt, which represents the journeys that people take trying new experiences, leaving a bad relationship, finding a new job, taking risks. Many of the poems are dramatic monologues from the perspective of a character in the Scriptures.

Folk Concert: Changing Times concerns the journey of becoming a woman during difficult times. Themes include feminism, love relationships, college teaching, nature, psychotherapy, travel, the anti-Vietnam War movement, family, the life of an artist/entertainer/writer, and music.

Denver is known the world over as the gateway to Colorado’s magnificent Rocky Mountains.

Four national forests, a national grassland, scores of regional and city parks and preserves, and Rocky Mountain National Park offer hundreds of hiking and walking trails―all within one to three hours of downtown Denver.  Base Camp Denver offers you 101 of the best of these great hiking destinations to choose from. Take a day to explore an alpine meadow, walk to a waterfall, hike through a forest, or stroll suburban park lands. Enjoy a spectacular day of spring wildflowers or fall foliage, and still be home by dinnertime. Scramble to the top of a mountain to enjoy a sunrise and still make it to work by eight. With Pete KJ as your guide and Denver as your base camp, the splendor of Colorado’s Front Range is yours to enjoy one day―or even just a few hours―at a time.

History, geology, flora, and fauna for each hike. Best hikes for each season, and where to enjoy spring wildflowers & fall foliage. Ratings from 1 to 5 for trail conditions, difficulty, suitability for children, and more. Detailed driving directions to trail heads and info about elevation, hiking time, parking, and restrooms. Regional maps showing all trails in each chapter; route map for each hike. Best hikes for dogs, kids, and teens. Hikes that offer solitude … or plenty of company! Hikes by interest: bird watching, stargazing, wetlands, wildlife, and more. How to prepare & what to take 101 great hikes to choose from! (Pete KJ)

Set in the fictional town of Lake Haven, Maine, Evoke examines the complexities of love and loss among childhood friends after a tragic accident claims the lives of three, while leaving two behind. When five friends return home from college for the summer, it feels as if the friendship that has bound them together since childhood is stronger than ever. But when Laney Thomas wakes up two-months later and discovers she is the sole survivor of the accident that has claimed the lives of three of her friends, Laney quickly realizes the world she awakened to is not the one she remembers. The one thing that hasn’t changed however, is Evan – one of their group of five not in the car that night. Laney and Evan have always been close. Children of best friends, their lives inextricable, connection unbreakable. He is the only person that understands her grief and can help her get through their shared nightmare. But when Evan disappears from her life, Laney’s very presence reminding him of all they’ve lost, Laney is left to manage through her new world alone. Dean Danvers, a former classmate, is more than happy to help her pick up the pieces of her broken life. But when Laney’s reckless behavior brings Evan crashing back into her life, he sets out on a course to help her remember the events that led up to that tragic night, including the truth of the friendships she’d cherished, and love coveted.

Justin has seen the dead since he was nine years old.

Now at twenty-six, he’s discovering the rules between their world and his aren’t the same as they’ve always been. Devastated by tragedy and haunted by his past, he sets off on a cross country mission with Whitney, his only friend, to find the one person who can tell him who and what he really is.

The Year of no Non-Sense

In the vein of Girl, Wash Your Face and How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t, a practical guide to acknowledging and getting rid of the nonsense and bs in your life

Exhausted and overworked lawyer, triathlete, wife, and mom Meredith Atwood decided one morning that she’d had it. She didn’t take her kids to school. She didn’t go to work. She didn’t go to the gym. When she pulled herself out of bed hours later than she should have, she found a note from her husband next to two empty bottles of wine and a stack of unpaid bills: You need to get your sh*t together.

And that’s what Meredith began to do, starting with identifying the nonsense in her life that was holding her back: saying “yes” too much, keeping frenemies around, and more. In The Year of No Nonsense, Atwood shares what she learned, tackling struggles with work, family, and body image, and also willpower and time management. Ultimately, she’s the tough-as-nails coach /slash/ best friend who shares a practical plan for identifying and getting rid of your own nonsense in order to move forward and live an authentic, healthy life. From recognizing lies you believe about yourself and your abilities, to making a “nonsense” list and developing a “no nonsense blueprint,” this book walks you through reclaiming yourself with grit and determination, step by step.

With targeted, practical chapters to help you stop feeling stuck and get on with your life, The Year of No Nonsense is equal parts girlfriend and been-there-done-that. The best part? Like any friend, she helps you get to the other side. 

In the summer of 1979, while disco was dying and new wave and punk were rising from the underground, two twenty-something guys were thrown together on a new music monthly ignobly called Sweet Potato. One had a Canon camera, the other a thirty-six-pound Royal typewriter. Over the next several years, the two chronicled the Minneapolis scene and the cultural landscape of the Twin Cities, covering some of the most influential artists, musicians, writers, comedians, and entertainers of the past forty years. They profiled legendary musicians from across the globe and across musical genres—Paul and Linda McCartney, Bob Marley, U2, James Brown, John Lee Hooker, Devo, and more—as well as homegrown talents ranging from Dylan and Prince to the Replacements and Hüsker Dü. They covered such disparate writers as William Burroughs and Dr. Seuss, and young, up-and-coming comedians like Jerry Seinfeld, Louie Anderson, and Lizz Winstead.

In Hijinx and Hearsay, writer Martin Keller and photographer Greg Helgeson are at it again, offering a delectable, fun, and fresh perspective through Helgeson’s photography (much of it never seen before) and new stories and insights by Keller that shed fascinating light on a singular, influential era in popular culture in Minnesota.

A child of immigrants, Margery Kraus knew the value of hard work from an early age. Graduating from college before she had finished high school, she learned to be a risk taker. As a young wife and mother coming of age in the 1960’s, she faced plenty of people who told her, “You can’t do that.” But in the end, she did: she founded APCO Worldwide, a global consulting firm headquartered in Washington, DC, specializing in public affairs, communication, and business consulting for major multinationals. Under her leadership, the company grew from nothing to almost $150 million in revenues. In Roots and Wings, Kraus shares the ten lessons she learned from motherhood and leadership that guided her along the way―an inspiration to all seeking to overcome obstacles, achieve career and personal success, and do the right thing.

A chance encounter with a stranger traps Tessa within the mind of a madman. 

Tessa was born with a gift. Through a simple touch she picks up pieces of others. A flash of color devours her – the only indication that she’s gained something new from another person. Red equals pain; purple, a talent; yellow, a premonition; orange, a painful memory; and blue, a pleasant one. 

Each flash blurs the lines between her inherent traits and those she’s acquired from others. Whenever she gains bits of something new, she loses more pieces of herself. While assisting in search efforts for a local missing college student, Tessa is paralyzed by a flash that rips through her like a lightning bolt, slicing apart her soul. 

A blinding light takes away her vision. A buzzing louder than any noise she’s ever heard overwhelms her, penetrates her mind. As the bolt works its way through her body, images and feelings from someone else take over. Women’s dead eyes stare at her as her hands encircle their throats. Their screams consume her mind. Memories of the brutal murders of five women invade her.

Will she be able to find the killer and help save the next victim? Can she do so without completely losing herself?  Bits & Pieces is a fast-paced, riveting psychological suspense tale with supernatural elements that leaves the listener guessing until the end.

Does she have a secret life? One even she doesn’t know about.

Ever since seventeen-year-old River can remember, she’s always had the sense that she is in the wrong place–that SHE is wrong. Because of this, she battles a constant restlessness that consumes her. Running is the only thing that helps. Another reason she knows she’s wrong. She can see the light around a person. Everyone gives off energy and somehow River can see a bit of it. She instantly knows when someone’s good or bad. She just doesn’t know what a blurry light means, like the light around the scary new kid.

Upon seeing him, something inside her breaks open; a crack along some forgotten wall that frees a painful wave of raw emotion, faint visions, and an emerald-eyed boy that River doesn’t remember but knows she should. After the new kid reveals his violent, supernatural side, River’s world explodes and everything she thought was real, fades away. Taken from her life in Georgia, River is forced into the dangerous, beautiful, self-sustaining, power-filled, live-in-the-trees-like-Robin-Hood Fair world that has been impatiently awaiting her return.

Drinking For Two

The perfect gift for moms-to-be!

Designed specifically for pregnant, breastfeeding, and soon-to-be moms, Drinking for Two provides 45+ delicious, plant-based mocktail recipes carefully crafted to deliver essential nutrients and antioxidants, and target common pregnancy symptoms, all leading to a healthy pregnancy.

With recipes for flat, bubbly, apres-dinner, and warm comfort drinks, registered dietitians Diana Licalzi and Kerry Criss carefully developed and tested each mocktail to include whole foods and all-natural sweeteners. Quick-to-prepare recipes (including many that are gluten free!) feature plant-based and everyday ingredients that are healthy for mom and baby, accompanied by notes to highlight the benefits of various ingredients with respect to common pregnancy symptoms like nausea and swelling. The book also features other valuable nutrition information to help women modify their diets and stay healthy throughout their pregnancy.

Recipes include
•  No Way Rose
•  Mocktail Mule
•  Ging-osa
•  Virgin Mary
•  Sour Mock-a-rita
•  …and many more

More than just a book full of the latest information, this is a dynamic, interactive, and personalized journey of recovery for those impacted by adverse childhood experiences (ACES). Finally, they can put their past behind them where it belongs!

For those who have grown up in a family with addiction, mental illness, or other adverse childhood experiences (ACES), the heartache and pain doesn’t end when they grow up and leave home. The legacy can last a lifetime and spread to generations unseen, as author Janet Wotitiz first showed readers in the groundbreaking Adult Children of Alcoholics. In The ACoA Trauma Syndrome Dr. Tian Dayton picked up where Dr. Woititz left off, filling in the decades of research that tell us why pain from yesterday recreates itself over and over again in our today. In  The Soulful Journey of Recovery, Dr. Dayton gives us the how.

There is a journey of recovery that you can start today. Simple, elegantly written and researched, poignant, penetrating, and on point, Dr. Dayton will move with you through the confusion, pain, and anger you may carry in secrecy and silence. Through engaging and enlightening exercises, you will give voice to hidden wounds and space to your innermost emotions and thoughts. Online links will also offer guided meditations, film clips and other tools to enhance the work you do in the book. You will learn what happened to you growing up with dysfunction and you will learn how to deal with it in the present. You will discover that recovery is a self-affirming life adventure, and the kindest and best thing you can do for yourself and future generations. Some books can change your life. This is one of them.

From sunrise to sunset this collection of bright and beautiful artwork and music makes everyday activities with your young child a memorable and musical experiance.

Inspired by raising her first child, the author Cynthia Butler wrote 9 songs and illustrated each one to create this book. Lead sheets are included in the back of the book for those who wish to learn to sing the songs.

The perfect gift book, featuring the writing of Meryl Streep, Bill Bailey, Emilia Clarke, Olivia Colman, Caitlin Moran, Richard Ayoade, Emily Watson and others, to coincide with the upcoming movie Last Christmas, starring Emma Thompson, Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding.

When you think back to Christmases past, what (if anything) made it magical? Looking towards the future, what would your perfect Christmas be? What would you change? What should we all change?

This is a beautiful, funny and soulful collection of personal essays about the meaning of Christmas, written by a unique plethora of voices from the boulevards of Hollywood to the soup kitchens of Covent Garden.

Away from the John Lewis advert, the high street decorations and the candied orange in Heston Blumenthal’s Christmas pudding, this gem of a book introduced and curated by Emma Thompson and Greg Wise celebrates the importance of kindness and generosity, acceptance and tolerance – and shows us that these values are not just for Christmas.

watch the movie trailer starring Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding!

“Take time to remember, take time to laugh, to cry, to feast and feel alive.”

-Emilia Clarke-

25¢ from every book sold will be donated to Crisis and The Refugee Council!

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

GREG WISE is an actor, producer and author. He has appeared in many British television works, as well as several feature films, such as The Crown and Sense and Sensibility. With his sister, Clare, he co-authored the critically acclaimed memoirNot That Kind of Love. He is married to Emma Thompson and they have two children.

DAME EMMA THOMPSON is one of the UK’s most acclaimed actresses, screenwriters and activists. She has won two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, three BAFTA Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. She is the president of the Helen Bamber Foundation, a patron of the Refugee Council and the Elton John AIDS Foundation and an ambassador for ActionAid, and splits her time between London and Scotland with her husband, Greg Wise.

Title:Last Christmas

Author: Emma Thompson & Greg Wise

Baron Paul Greycastle has made one of the “Greatest Discoveries of All Time”. He shows, with a tremendous amount of lists, facts and figures, that the most famous and successful people in practically every career field: Archeologists, Artists, Athletes, Comedians, Composers, Designers, Doctors, Educators, Environmentalists, Health Gurus, Inventors, Journalists, Lawyers, Models, Musicians, Peace Makers, Photographers, Physicists, Positive-Thinking Philosophers, Promoters, Richest, Romantics, Sales People, Singers, Talk Show Hosts, Writers and many more, are successful because of their color-coded names.

He proves, with undeniable evidence, that Sir Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein owe their great knowledge of physics to their names. He shows that our color-coded names determine who our romantic soul mate should be, what colors we should use in our homes and wardrobe to stimulate and create the 7 different home decor mood environments and project the fashion image styles (youthful, intellectual, harmonius, dramatic, corporate, romantic & sexy).

This is one of the greatest self-help books ever written. Find out what your name says about how to enhance your beauty, choose the right career, find the right romantic soul mate, build the best color/style wardrobe, and stimulate your 7 centers using your colors in your home or business environment.

Greycastle claims that if his philosophy is accepted by mainstream medical society, it could possibly create two new medical fields: Endocrinology Psychology and Endocrinology Psychiatry.

Justin has seen the dead since he was nine years old.

Now at twenty-six, he’s discovering the rules between their world and his aren’t the same as they’ve always been. Devastated by tragedy and haunted by his past, he sets off on a cross country mission with Whitney, his only friend, to find the one person who can tell him who and what he really is.

Be the Sun, Not the Salt Gift Guide

A easy and quick read great for teenagers and up because this helps all ages enjoy life to the fullest and how to enjoy your relationships more.

We believe in the power each of us has to energize and uplift ourselves and those around us when we are our best selves.

Our mission is to touch as many people as possible, impacting their lives through providing content and tools designed to promote the practice of heliotropic behaviors.

Dr. Harry D. Cohen’s latest book is here to serve as a guidebook for readers looking to uplift themselves and those around them.

Dr. Harry D. Cohen first introduced this idea during a TEDx Talk which can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4QUp6tuo-EThis book is rooted in the understanding of the Heliotropic Effect, the scientific understanding that all living systems are drawn towards life-sustaining energy. Just as a plant on the windowsill tilts towards the sun, we are attracted and drawn to people who express qualities that energize us.

Each chapter of the book is purposefully brief and intended to be helpful and thought-provoking. Encourages active awareness and reflection of both positive and negative everyday interactions, while giving tips and real-life observations about how we can all be Positive Energizers.

With that being said, we hope we can count on you to help spread the message and read and Gift this new novel during the upcoming holiday season.

Below are 12 Reasons why we suggest gifting this holiday season!

1 – TO GIVE A GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING. Gifting not only benefits the recipient but impacts their relationships too. By helping someone you help spread the contagious behaviors that come along with it. That’s the Heliotropic Effect!

2 – TO SHOW SOMEONE YOU CARE ABOUT THEM. Author, Dr. Harry D. Cohen reminds us often that caring is a learnable skill. Doing something that’s special for someone, like gifting this book, or even smiling at them, can light them up and impact them in a huge way.

3 – TO KICK-START SOMEONE’S 2020 RESOLUTIONAN as new year approaches, it’s time to set resolutions for 2020! Packed with motivation, will support any reader in their journey to establishing positive and intentional practices for the upcoming year!

4 – TO SHARE YOUR PASSION FOR POSITIVITY. Share your positive personality with others who may be looking for a boost of sunshine themselves. Gifting the advice and insights within can help spread your passion for uplifting others.

5 – TO SHOW GRATITUDE TOWARD YOUR ROLE MODEL. Do you have a Positive energizer in your life? Say thanks by gifting them, a simple but unique gesture to show that you appreciate their uplifting spirit and leadership!

6 – TO APPLOGIZE WELL. Done something you wish you hadn’t? Dr. Harry D. Cohen says, “A genuine apology begins with the words, ‘I am sorry,’ and is followed by a statement that takes responsibility for an action.” Including a small gift can also help express honest regret!

7 – TO HELP SUPPORT OUR MISSION. Our mission is to change lives and to touch as many people as possible. Purchasing a copy of helps support this mission and continues to allow us to spread our message!

8 – TO HELP RID THE WORLD OF CILANTRO. Cilantro you ask. Dr. Harry D. Cohen refers to people who are salty as Cilantro – meaning folks who don’t brighten your outlook, who aren’t pleasing to be around. Gifting to a Cilantro may help them recognize their own saltiness.

9 – TO EMPOWER SOMEONE ON A NEW PATH. If you’re looking for a gift to give to someone who’s starting a new path such as a new career or a cross-country move, look no further. Help them kick-start their life-changing moment by giving them a resource to grow new, lasting relationships.

10 – TO SPREAD HOLIDAY CHEER. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, being heliotropic is a contagious behavior! Practice, practice, practice and you’ll see firsthand how a little positivity around the holidays can make a profound impact!

11 – TO GROW YOUR RELATIONSHIPS. Help take your budding relationships to the next level by making the intentional effort to build stronger, more uplifting connections. Gifting can help lay the groundwork for developing more genuine, positive relationships.

12 – JUST FRICKIN’ DO IT. As Dr. Harry. D Cohen states in his last chapter, “It’s the doing that makes a difference.” We invite you take the plunge, and gift someone, or even yourself, a copy of this holiday!

There is so much wisdom packed into this book! The concepts presented here are elegant (e.g. not designed by a complexifier) as they are easy to grasp and can have an immediate, positive impact on anyone willing to put them into practice — both in business and in life.” – Alex H.

Confident Parents, Confident Kids lays out an approach for helping parents—and the kids they love—hone their emotional intelligence so that they can make wise choices, connect and communicate well with others (even when patience is thin), and become socially conscious and confident human beings.

How do we raise a happy, confident kid? And how can we be confident that our parenting is preparing our child for success? Our confidence develops from understanding and having a mastery over our emotions (aka emotional intelligence)—and helping our children do the same. Like learning to play a musical instrument, we can fine-tune our ability to skillfully react to those crazy, wonderful, big feelings that naturally arise from our child’s constant growth and changes, moving from chaos to harmony. We want our children to trust that they can conquer any challenge with hard work and persistence; that they can love boundlessly; that they will find their unique sense of purpose; and they will act wisely in a complex world. This book shows you how.

With author and educator Jennifer Miller as your supportive guide, you’ll learn:  

• the lies we’ve been told about emotions, how they shape our choices, and how we can reshape our parenting decisions in better alignment with our deepest values.
• how to identify the temperaments your child was born with so you can support those tendencies rather than fight them.
• how to align your biggest hopes and dreams for your kids with specific skills that can be practiced, along with new research to support those powerful connections.
• about each age and stage your child goes through and the range of learning opportunities available.
• how to identify and manage those big emotions (that only the parenting process can bring out in us!) and how to model emotional intelligence for your children.
• how to deal with the emotions and influences of your choir—the many outside individuals and communities who directly impact your child’s life, including school, the digital world, extended family, neighbors, and friends.

Raising confident, centered, happy kids—while feeling the same way about yourself—is possible with  Confident Parents, Confident Kids.

I would like to introduce you to a series of 6 Books. I like how the Author is promoting Give the Gift of Reading campaign because I believe Giving the Gift of Reading should be a year-round campaign.

These books are perfect for tweens.

It’s so much more than just a story! ‘Escape to Clown Town‘ lives, breathes and fearlessly tells a coming-of-age tale of a young girl that is swept up in a journey that is bigger than she ever imagines. It inspires those who read it to dream big and overcome adversity. It has a diverse melting pot of characters that mirrors the world we live in, which forces us to reflect on society.

This new breed of writing that embraces innocence and fearlessly tackles the true meaning of evil. Inspired by the old works of Tolkien, Lewis, and Jane Austen, it throws itself into an exquisitely crafted universe that successfully marries the whimsicality of fantasy with an in-depth look at good versus evil.

General Sharaya touched Duchess’ dark brown hair as she lay weak and dying on the cold stone floor of their jail cell. The dark star Epsilon Eridani finally succeeded in taking her star stone. Duchess has yet to learn that General Sharaya is her cousin and that she herself is Faree.

18-year-old Duchess is a simple village girl that has no idea that she is at the center of the most epic war of the ages that is soon to come. Duchess tries desperately to escape her village upbringing and dreams of becoming a dancer in the famous Royal Clown Ballet. Duchess has not been told the truth about her royal fairy lineage and falls victim to a universal plot; conjured by the dark star Epsilon Eridani.

The clowns easily ensnare Duchess by seducing her with the life she’s always dreamed of. After Duchess escapes her kidnapper, she wakes up in the grandest room she has ever been in. When she gets up to look out of her window, she realizes that she is in the Grand Clown Plaza Hotel located in the center of Clown Town.

King Clownington quickly learns of Duchess’ arrival to Clown Town and immediately plots with Epsilon on how to extract her star stone. Epsilon learned from killing many fairies that star stones must be freely given in order to retain their power and cannot be extracted under duress.

King Clownington orders his son Jax to court Duchess and the entire clown family does all that they can to trick Duchess into sacrificing her stone.

Duchess falls in love with the king’s son but starts to grow suspicious when she tries to leave Clown Town and is not able to. General Sharaya sends Duchess a seemingly cryptic message about the clowns that Duchess fails to understand, until it’s too late.

With the universe on the brink of a war that has the power to penetrate space and time, will Duchess become trapped by her hatred of the clowns or freed by her newfound destiny?

Book 2 in Tephra Miriam’s Clown Town Adventures fantasy fiction series for tweens and teens is a diverse and fearless action thriller that challenges readers to think about influence and stand strong in the face of opposition.

Duchess looked over at the large purple gumdrop running beside her in despair. Her head wouldn’t stop pounding and sweat began to burn her eyes. I must be dreaming, she thought to herself.

The sound of General Sharaya’s voice quickly reminded her that she was very much awake, but all Duchess could remember was lying on a hard cement floor in the dark dungeons of Clown Town. Even though Duchess finally finds out the truth about the nature of Jax and the clowns, one true friend comes to her rescue and the journey to Pearl City begins.

The celestials and fairies find themselves battling ancient dark forces more powerful than even the dark star Epsilon Eridani, that seek to unite the thirteen heavens under the dark deity, Iona Draconis. Mancai the sorcerer emerges from his dark exile and with the blessings of the lords of darkness, seeks to complete Epsilon’s mission of gathering the thirteen-star scrolls and unlocking their power.

Despite being subject to the oppression of the deylai and Martian forces, Measles finds a long-lost friend and travels the universe in search of the true meaning of loyalty.

Even though the tanatoorian Pirate Captain Naman helps Measles and his new friend Popcorn navigate the troll fields, the clowns end up in the middle of the epic conflict between the immortal celestials and the dark stars.

As the Queen of all stars Felanthiam Celenamis rides her great celestial dragon into battle, the fate of the heavens of light lies in the hands of a simple village girl, but a prophecy told by the dead souls of Lyanthra may snuff out the light in all thirteen realms of space and time.

When the prophecy is fulfilled, and the ancient supreme sorceress Vangemtra rises from the dead, all beings of the thirteen heavens wonder if war between the heavenly realms will plunge their worlds into darkness forever

10 unfolds the story of the troubled and impulsive Simone struggling to navigate through the tumultuous years of adolescence. She finds support and guidance through an exchange of letters with the enigmatic Joy, a beautiful and affluent globe-trotter, helpful and wise far beyond her teenage years. As Simone’s life gradually descends into chaos, Joy strives to rescue her, drawing from her life experiences.

10 is a coming-of-age story about friendship, love, depression, and the virtues of life. Simone and Joy build a strong bond through letters as they both, in their own unique and surprising ways, grapple to come to terms with the significance and challenges of living a fulfilling life.

This is a case of Soul Recognition and it is based on a true story!
In August 2018, the author added a post to her Facebook page: “A friend of mine died 1983-ish.
He was born again in 1991. I met him again in 2016! ” Readers wanted to know several things: 
1. HOW did she recognize this person?
2. How did the person react to this news?
3. How can others also recognize their reincarnated loved ones.

In these pages, Gillian covers all of those points and does so bravely. In order to be effective and share as authentically as possible, she steps into many vulnerable places. 

Metphysical consultant Gillian Harris, steps leave no stone unturned as she reveals the full story of how it is she remembers this soul. She calls it a “Romantic Drama/Suspense Action Thriller “!

She writes it as it unfolds over a five-month period. Because she’s a medium, much of what’s being revealed is news to her, as well until it is shared from the Spirit World.

Is it maybe just…wishful thinking that she’s recongized this reincarnated loved one? She eventually gets several visits from and has long talks with someone from across the veil who claims to have inspired this entire adventure.

Gillian has no way of knowing this person was deceased. In fact, had no reason to think about this person until they surprisingly presented themselves.

It was verified that this person had crossed over and the motivation for her actions from the spirit world became vibrantly clear. and beyond logical. In fact, this part becomes the bittersweet tearjerker part of the story until… Until the unthinkable happens. 

There is a strong, consistent undercurrent in the authors message: Be kind to your neighbor but with much deeper reasons as to WHY than ever before!

FROM THE BOOK: 
“You know what they say about 6 degrees of separation?! Well, when you add the multi-dimensional element, it’s probably more like 2 degrees of separation! I’m reminded by this turn of events that the truth is, if we actually had access to all the reincarnation history of everyone around us presently, there would be a lot of deep and profound relationships like what I described … we’ve all got deep history we don’t remember with present day associates as well as with people we don’t even notice this lifetime!!!!”

The fascinating story behind the mission, music, and message of NASA’s Voyager Golden Record–humanity’s message to the stars.

In 1977, a team led by the great Carl Sagan was assembled to create a record that would travel to the stars on NASA’s Voyager probe. The Vinyl Frontier reveals the inside story of how the record was created, from the first phone call to the final launch, when Voyager 1 and 2 left Earth with a playlist that would represent humanity to any future alien races that come into contact with the probe. Each song, sound and picture that made the final cut has a story to tell.

The Golden Record is a 90-minute playlist of music from across the globe, a sound essay of life on Earth, spoken greetings in multiple languages, and more than 100 photographs, all painstakingly chosen by Sagan and his team to create an aliens’ guide to Earthlings. The final playlist contains music written and performed by well-known names such as Bach, Beethoven, Chuck Berry and Blind Willie Johnson, as well as music from China, India and more remote cultures, such as a community in Small Malaita in the Solomon Islands.

Through interviews with all of the key players involved with the record, this book pieces together the whole story of the Golden Record. It addresses the myth that the Beatles were left off of the record because of copyright reasons and will include new information about US president Jimmy Carter’s role in the record, as well as many other fascinating insights that have never been reported before. It also tells the love story between Carl Sagan and the project’s creative director Ann Druyan that flourishes as the record is being created.

The Golden Record is more than just a time capsule. It is a unique combination of science and art, and a testament to the genius of its driving force, the great polymath Carl Sagan.

Everyone loves a good story! Seventeen-year-old Eva Kelly watches with anguish as her brothers are sent to fight in World War II. Caught up in the rigors of life on the home front, she finds her life changing even further as her hometown becomes refuge for some 200 enemy prisoners.

Sixty years later, Claire Beaudine returns to the home in which her grandmother Eva raised her. As Eva lies unresponsive in a hospital bed, Claire finds, locked away in an old trunk, the journals of a young girl, coming of age in the turbulence of the 1940.

Yoga for Chronic Pain…WTF? Take Control, Combat Pain & Rock Your Life by Samantha Parker, Neoteric Movement Systems, Kinesiophobia, yoga, health & movement specialist 

If you’re living with some type of chronic pain, at one point in your journey your doctor probably advised you to start doing yoga. And at one point you said, “WTF?” As in, “My doctor told me to do yoga. WTF? How is that going to help?”

Or maybe you’ve gone to a yoga class on your own because you read online that it would be good for your back. So, you went to a yoga studio and a typical class and you found yourself saying, “WTF? This is my first class. How the hell am I supposed to bend like that?”

Or you have gone to a yoga class, completed the class successfully only to get home and several hours or a day or two later, you’re in more pain than when you went to the class! WTF? I thought the class was supposed to help me, not hurt me.

Relief from chronic pain with yoga is possible. In this book, yoga therapist Samantha Parker explains how traditional poses can be modified and gives readers keen insights into what is physically happening to the body while practicing yoga. She also dives deep into what is actually causing your chronic pain, so you can combat it at its true source!

Parker takes away the mystery and presents the practical side of yoga, so you can come away from a yoga session and implement what you did on your yoga mat that day for the rest of your day, week and possibly life.

He Restoreth My Soul is a delightful devotional bursting with real kingdom principles, personal encounters, and the keys to your spiritual breakthrough!

After being diagnosed with systemic lupus and suffering the painstaking loss of 5 miscarriages, Cassandra reached her hand and her hope to the Only strength she has ever known ~ Jesus!
With much prayer, petition, and faith, Cassandra battled against the odds, the snare of the enemy, and WON!
–
Now You Can TOO!

If you have suffered a devastating loss– then this book is for you.
If you have endured a severe hardship– then this book is for you.
If you have battled with your health or depression– then this book is for you too.

Your wait for a spiritual breakthrough is OVER.
He Restoreth My Soul by Cassandra Hill is the Fresh perspective you need to run your race, fight your battle, and WIN in Jesus Christ!

Intentional Gratitude is a simple yet powerful journal that focuses on helping you become more aware of and grateful for the blessings in your life. It is a compilation of 52 gratitude action prompts and exercises for you to practice and build the habit of gratitude.

Thank you,

Glenda, Charlie and David Cates