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How Anti-Aging Lotions Work | by Winston Pabalay Feb. 07, 2012 | Free! | 321 words | Read a sample |
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An Old Chick Named Hazel | by Gail Ellis Feb. 04, 2012 | $3.99 | 4842 words | Sample 15% |
| Author bio: Gail Ellis considered herself a creative genius when it came to working with children. Little did she know that she would spend over twenty years of her adult life caring for elderly parents and family members. It was in taking care of those family members that she used her creative ideas to help them live independently. |
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Red Light Therapy Reviews | by Red Light Therapy Jan. 23, 2012 | Free! | 920 words | Read a sample |
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SEE your Loved One through Macular Degeneration | by Raymond Dierker Jan. 21, 2012 | $2.99 | 3127 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Ray Dierker is a semi-retired business executive who resides in a suburb of St. Louis with his wife, Shirlee. In the early 1980's, his mother was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration.(AMD) He is not an ophthalmologist. He is not a low vision or any other kind of specialist. In fact, he has no professional designation whatsoever. He does have almost thirty years of experience assisting his mother on her journey through the various stages of macular degeneration. This book is not attended to be a manual on macular degeneration. It is a visual explanation of a system that he has developed by trial and error to adapt to her needs over almost thirty years. Properly implemented this system will: "See your Loved One through Macular Degeneration." |
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Simplicity, Joy and Mystery: A Guide to Growing Up, Not Old | by Joan S. Mishra Jan. 17, 2012 | $4.95 | 20549 words | Sample 15% |
| Author bio: Joan S. Mishra holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Michigan and a Masters in Education from Boston University. She has over thirty years of experience teaching English in community colleges and piano (according to the Suzuki Method) in her private studio. For five years, she was the founder and director of Allegro Conservatory, a music-based preschool in Houston, Texas. She is the author of two other books, Widening Our Circle and Your Preschooler Discovers the Fine Arts, available through major booksellers online. Currently, she lives in Austin, TX. |
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5 Minutes to Wellness | by Dr. Eric Kaplan Jan. 16, 2012 | $7.99 | 28446 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Born from humble means, he went from the streets of Jersey City, NJ, to President and COO on Wall Street and acquiring and running Nutrisystem, the famous weight-loss company. Learn why business leaders like Donald Trump, who sits atop Dr. Kaplan's first book "Lifestyles of The Fit & Famous," have utilized Dr. Kaplan as a speaker and physician, embraced his life-changing philosophies. Dr. Kaplan began as a chiropractor owning and operating 6 clinics. After selling his clinics, he went on to Wall Street and became the founder and President of Clinicorp Medical Centers, Medical Diagnostic Imaging. His entrepreneurial skill, combined with excellent leadership and communication skills, led him to become the President, COO and board member of Complete Wellness Centers, NASDAQ traded. Dr. Kaplan guided the company from losing 1 million dollars per month to profitability which it remained during his entire tenure. One of the ways he did this was with the merger and acquisition of 50% of Nutrisystem and 100% of all their company-owned stores. After leaving Wall Street, Dr. Kaplan has remained an internationally recognized business consultant, pioneering the likes of LPG, Inc. from France and Italy and AST from the United Kingdom and Wall Street to implementation in the United States. He later went on to become founder and President of Discforce, Inc., one of the nation's leading companies in non-invasive way of treating herniated discs. He is currently CEO of Concierge Coaches, a nationally recognized consulting company. As a speaker, Dr. Kaplan has spoken for the likes of Donald Trump, as well as for presidents of companies like Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola, McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Land O'Lakes, Pillsbury, Keebler, Frito Lay, and Radisson. |
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Easy Natural Facelift part 4 Young Skin Diet - Vibrant Antiaging Food! | by Alison Heath Jan. 15, 2012 | $4.99 | 2782 words | Sample 20% |
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Craft to Heal: Soothing Your Soul with Sewing, Painting, and Other Pastimes | by Nancy Monson Jan. 11, 2012 | $7.99 | 23449 words | Sample 15% |
| Author bio: Nancy Monson is a nationally published writer who specializes in the topics of crafts, creativity, health, nutrition and psychology. Her articles have been published in over 30 magazines, including Family Circle, First for Women, Glamour, More, Reader's Digest, Redbook, Shape, Weight Watchers Magazine and Woman's Day. She has been a crafter since she was a child and a quilter for the past 20 years. |
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My Pal Daisy | by Raymond Boyd Dunn Dec. 31, 2011 | $0.99 | 1094 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Born in Monto,Queensland.Secondary education at Rockhampton Boys' Grammar School. Began working life as a Bank Officer in The Queensland National Bank.Since then has been Grocer, Milkman,Butcher, Supermarket Chain owner, Farmer, Printer and after retiring-Author. Main work being the Pearson/Rickards Trilogy of Palmer Gold, Budgere (pronounced as in Budgerigar, but without the '-gar'and since re-published as 'An Australian RANCH'} and Beyond Budgere (Since re-published as 'Carly and Sam...Will and Effie') Now enjoying the sunshine on the beautiful Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. |
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Get Off The Couch, Potato! | by Kathi Casey Dec. 22, 2011 | $7.99 | 8643 words | Sample 15% |
| Author bio: Kathi Casey, "The Healthy Boomer Body Expert" is a renowned health and wellness coach, Amazon international bestselling author, trainer, popular speaker and radio show guest; has appeared on Fox 23, ABC -8 Evening News, and produces her own TV show, “To Your Health.†Casey is a columnist for The South Shore Senior News, Life After 50, Boomer-Living, has written for More Magazine, and owns the Healthy Boomer Body Center in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. Her programs and products help end your chronic back or neck pain, enhance your immune system, reduce stress, lower blood pressure, lose weight and KEEP it off, and laugh yourself well with Laughing Meditation! Her blog ranked # 10 in nursingschools.net list of 50 top Health Blogs. For the last 9 years, she’s been teaching people all up and down the East Coast how to take charge of their own Health Care – Regardless of what Congress does! More information can be found on her web site: http://www.HealthyBoomerBody.com |
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Bragg Back Fitness Program - with Spine Motion For Pain-Free Back | by Patricia Bragg and Paul Bragg Dec. 19, 2011 | $4.00 | 43741 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Patricia Bragg N.D., Ph.D., is a world-renowned lecturer, nutritionist, author of 10 self-health books, and the CEO of Bragg Live Foods, Inc., a company founded by her father, Paul C. Bragg, in 1912. Patricia has won international fame on her own in this field. Along with running this worldwide company, she conducts health and fitness seminars in California, Hawaii, Australia and many other countries. She is a sought-after radio and television talk show host and guest, and she consults with world leaders, film stars and champion athletes. Patricia and her father co-authored The Bragg Health Library of instructive, inspiring books that promote a healthier lifestyle, for a long, vital, and happy life. Patricia herself is the symbol of health, perpetual youth, and radiant, feminine energy. Paul C. Bragg is considered to be the father of the modern health movement in America. Paul opened the first Health Food Store in America and was the first expert to give lectures across America on the importance of health and diet. He and Patricia pioneered a health TV show from Hollywood that included exercises, health recipes, visual demonstrations and guest appearances by famous, health-minded people. Paul opened the first health restaurants and health spas in America. He created the first health foods and products and then made them available nationwide: herbal teas, health beverages, vitamin drinks, seven-grain cereals and crackers, health cosmetics, health candies, calcium, vitamins and mineral supplements, wheat germ, digestive enzymes from papaya, herbs and kelp seasonings, and amino acids from soybeans. Paul was a prolific writer, and much of his energy, passion and optimism can be seen in the books he and Patricia wrote. |
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A Life Changing Workout For The Elderly | by James Linker Dec. 17, 2011 | Free! | 2108 words | Read a sample |
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Physical Immortality: A History and How to Guide | by Martin Ettington Dec. 15, 2011 | $9.99 | 31136 words | Sample 10% |
| Author bio: The owner Martin K. Ettington is an Engineer by training and has had multiple careers. These include technical sales for GE and HP. Martin also Owns his own software and consulting business. Martin’s interest in the Paranormal and Occult goes back to his childhood. He has had many paranormal experiences and has been a student of Eastern Philosophies and Meditation for 35 years. Seeking Enlightenment; he knows that we are already all Enlightened. We just have to realize this deeply. His books are expressions of his creativity to help others understand what he has internalized through study, experience, and membership in different societies. Not many technical persons or scientists spend a lot of time in parallel studying the Metaphysical and have had many spiritual or psychic experiences too. Therefore, Martin believes that he can provide a unique vantage point to integrate Western Scientific thinking with Eastern exploration of the mind and spirit. |
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The Code of Life: The Anti-Aging, Disease Prevention & Recovery Breakthrough of Our Lifetime! | by Dr. Ronald Drucker Dec. 15, 2011 | Free! | 54648 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: With 35+ years experience in research, formulation, natural healing techniques & therapies, Dr. Drucker is known among his colleagues and patients as a caring, prudent, and knowledgeable practitioner. |
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From Salad To Sex - The Men's Training Guide to Mental, Financial, Physical And Sexual Health And Fun In Retirement | by James Gould Dec. 12, 2011 | $7.99 | 57577 words | Sample 10% |
| Author bio: Jim Gould is a married Boomer, a father, grandfather, patent lawyer, motorcycler, skier, hiker, traveler and a lover of Manhattan's culture. After writing as a lawyer for over three decades, he began non-legal writing a few years ago in his blog jimslifecycle.com. Please go there for free travel stories, fiction short stories and essays (and a few travel photos). This is his first book, but it will not be his last. Possible future projects include (1) Lifecycle, based on my diary of a cross-country motorcycle trip at age 17 and an upcoming repeat 50 years later and (2) a story of the creators of Superman, their lives, their loves, their military service and the 70 year legal battle for control of the copyright on Superman. |
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Eating Real Food Is Easy | by Carla Fister Dec. 10, 2011 | $7.99 | 17783 words | Sample 15% |
| Author bio: This first book is a combination of 5 years of information gathered while on my own quest to stay healthy and cancer free. My past career has been spent using the communication skills of photography, illustration and design to market other peoples' businesses. I’ve been able to apply that know-how to accentuate the message of this book. As the economy has brought unexpected changes it’s made many of us dig deeper to find the value that will help sustain us or get us back on our feet.. and many times the answer lies right under those feet we’re trying to stand on… 'Acres of Diamonds' tells the story of the past 2 years of my life and the process I've found in combining the passions of my skills with the message of Eating Real Food Is Easy! |
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Lifecell Scam ...or not? | by Lifecell Scam Dec. 08, 2011 | Free! | 1126 words | Read a sample |
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Playtime for Grown Ups | by Calvin Colarusso, M.D. Dec. 08, 2011 | $2.99 | 5495 words | Sample 15% |
| Author bio: An eminent authority in the field of development, Dr. Colarusso is a board-certified Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego, where he served for two decades as Director of the Child Psychiatry Residency Training Program. He is also a Training and Supervising Analyst in child and adult psychoanalysis at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute and an internationally known lecturer to students, professionals, and the general public on many aspects of normal and pathologic development. His six books in print have been published in English, Korean, and Spanish. He has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals. See http://amzn.to/calcolarusso. Dr. Colarusso resides in La Jolla, California with his wife of 51 years, three married children, and 6 grandchildren. Playtime is filled with music, travel, physical fitness, and golf. |
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Body, Mind & Spirit: The Awakening (Day 10:I Believe the Seniors Are Our Future) | by James Hackley Dec. 08, 2011 | $2.99 | 17507 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: James Hackley just may be the most blessed individual you’ll ever meet. Despite a highly successful sales & marketing career that has spanned the last two decades, his true “calling†is touching the lives of others and inspiring them to want to change for the better. As a result of a major epiphany, James was able to lose an amazing 50 lbs of fat in just 4 months and has sculpted his 46-yr-old body into the best shape ever. He has learned to significantly reduce stress, quiet the mind and get in touch with his spirit like never before. As a result, he’s been able to free himself from a lifetime sentence of high blood pressure and high cholesterol prescription medications. More importantly, he’s been able to inspire those around him to do the same. In his latest release, Body, Mind & Spirit: The Awakening, James explores the root causes of why we overeat, refuse to exercise, live chaotic lives and fail to accomplish the goals that God has intended for our life since the dawn of time. This is not just another diet or “weight loss†(loss of fat and muscle) book. Diets simply don’t work, and James emphasizes how we need to be more concerned about “fat loss.†In fact, this guaranteed bestseller would be better categorized as a “Negativity Loss†guide: loss of negative fat, negative habits, negative foods, negative people, negative thoughts and negative actions. This guide arms you with knowledge and encouragement to put a plan into action to finally master the things that have long mastered you. Mr. Hackley received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Longwood College, a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia, he’s chaplain of a local chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and an active member of Holy & Whole Life Changing Ministries International in Loudoun County, Virginia. He is the proud founder and CEO of Omega Consulting Enterprises, LLC and currently lives in Sterling, Va. with his beautiful wife Angela and their daughter Landon. He enjoys exercising, running, meditation, reading and simply being used by God. Contact Info: Omega Consulting Enterprises, LLC P.O. Box 2892 Sterling, Va. 20167 Office #: (571) 315-5923 Email: info@jameshackley.com Website: http://www.jameshackley.com |
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The Practical Caregiver's Guide to Home Hospice Care: How to Help Someone You Love | by Sara Barton Dec. 04, 2011 | Free! | 5384 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: "Goodwill Ambassador for Family Care" -- Sara M. Barton trained as an educator and artist, worked in clinical settings with children and adults, and now develops family caregiver education. "I believe in family caregiving. The truth is love is never enough to get you through the experience. You also need tools to help you give the right kind of care and to avoid caregiver burnout. An educated caregiver is a care manager, with resources and support. Good family care is about making your loved one as active, independent, and comfortable as possible. It makes your job easier because your loved one is more engaged in the care plan. It's important for every caregiver to still maintain goals, hopes and dreams. You should never give up yourself completely to the care. Balance is key." |
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Flesh and Spirit - From the books of the Bible | by Richard J. McQueen Dec. 02, 2011 | $4.00 | 34565 words | Sample 10% |
| Author bio: Prof. Richard J. McQueen is deputy director and promoter editor of the Department of Thematic Studies at NIBS & CL - New Institute of Biblical Studies & Canon Law. The series "From the books of the Bible" is based on thematic studies conducted by Fernando D'Amico and Jacques Wisman, and has been designed according to a new method of direct approach to the amazing richness of the biblical text. This series comprises different thematic paths, on topics of current interest, each of which is preceded by a brief summary of Bible. |
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Bragg Healthy Lifestyle - Vital Living to 120! | by Patricia Bragg and Paul Bragg Nov. 29, 2011 | $4.00 | 54462 words | Sample 10% |
| Author bio: Patricia Bragg N.D., Ph.D., is a world-renowned lecturer, nutritionist, author of 10 self-health books, and the CEO of Bragg Live Foods, Inc., a company founded by her father, Paul C. Bragg, in 1912. Patricia has won international fame on her own in this field. Along with running this worldwide company, she conducts health and fitness seminars in California, Hawaii, Australia and many other countries. She is a sought-after radio and television talk show host and guest, and she consults with world leaders, film stars and champion athletes. Patricia and her father co-authored The Bragg Health Library of instructive, inspiring books that promote a healthier lifestyle, for a long, vital, and happy life. Patricia herself is the symbol of health, perpetual youth, and radiant, feminine energy. Paul C. Bragg is considered to be the father of the modern health movement in America. Paul opened the first Health Food Store in America and was the first expert to give lectures across America on the importance of health and diet. He and Patricia pioneered a health TV show from Hollywood that included exercises, health recipes, visual demonstrations and guest appearances by famous, health-minded people. Paul opened the first health restaurants and health spas in America. He created the first health foods and products and then made them available nationwide: herbal teas, health beverages, vitamin drinks, seven-grain cereals and crackers, health cosmetics, health candies, calcium, vitamins and mineral supplements, wheat germ, digestive enzymes from papaya, herbs and kelp seasonings, and amino acids from soybeans. Paul was a prolific writer, and much of his energy, passion and optimism can be seen in the books he and Patricia wrote. |
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The 5 Minute Motivator | by Dr. Eric Kaplan Nov. 26, 2011 | $9.99 | 78124 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Born from humble means, he went from the streets of Jersey City, NJ, to President and COO on Wall Street and acquiring and running Nutrisystem, the famous weight-loss company. Learn why business leaders like Donald Trump, who sits atop Dr. Kaplan's first book "Lifestyles of The Fit & Famous," have utilized Dr. Kaplan as a speaker and physician, embraced his life-changing philosophies. Dr. Kaplan began as a chiropractor owning and operating 6 clinics. After selling his clinics, he went on to Wall Street and became the founder and President of Clinicorp Medical Centers, Medical Diagnostic Imaging. His entrepreneurial skill, combined with excellent leadership and communication skills, led him to become the President, COO and board member of Complete Wellness Centers, NASDAQ traded. Dr. Kaplan guided the company from losing 1 million dollars per month to profitability which it remained during his entire tenure. One of the ways he did this was with the merger and acquisition of 50% of Nutrisystem and 100% of all their company-owned stores. After leaving Wall Street, Dr. Kaplan has remained an internationally recognized business consultant, pioneering the likes of LPG, Inc. from France and Italy and AST from the United Kingdom and Wall Street to implementation in the United States. He later went on to become founder and President of Discforce, Inc., one of the nation's leading companies in non-invasive way of treating herniated discs. He is currently CEO of Concierge Coaches, a nationally recognized consulting company. As a speaker, Dr. Kaplan has spoken for the likes of Donald Trump, as well as for presidents of companies like Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola, McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Land O'Lakes, Pillsbury, Keebler, Frito Lay, and Radisson. |
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Stem Cell Therapy Cream Review | by Stem Cell Therapy Nov. 24, 2011 | Free! | 502 words | Read a sample |
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So You Want To Do Cardio...Now What? Step-by-Step Instructions & Essential Info That Truly Simplify How to Do Cardio, Including Sample Workouts! | by Linda Burke Nov. 20, 2011 | $2.99 | 8207 words | Sample 30% |
| Author bio: I am a fitness professional who hates hype, scams, and lies. I write books that dispel the doubts, fears, and confusion these create. I simplify and demystify the convoluted messages sent out by mainstream media in attempts to sell useless products to desperate people. I do this by writing the truth. No shortcuts or magic. Just the simple truth minus the fluff and filler. Linda Burke, Certified Personal Fitness Trainer |
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So You Want To Get Fit...Now What? Step-by-Step Instructions & Essential Info That Truly Simplify How to Get Fit & Stay Healthy! | by Linda Burke Nov. 19, 2011 | $2.99 | 9412 words | Sample 30% |
| Author bio: I am a fitness professional who hates hype, scams, and lies. I write books that dispel the doubts, fears, and confusion these create. I simplify and demystify the convoluted messages sent out by mainstream media in attempts to sell useless products to desperate people. I do this by writing the truth. No shortcuts or magic. Just the simple truth minus the fluff and filler. Linda Burke, Certified Personal Fitness Trainer |
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The Joy of Living - From the books of the Bible | by Richard J. McQueen Nov. 17, 2011 | $4.00 | 68924 words | Sample 10% |
| Author bio: Prof. Richard J. McQueen is deputy director and promoter editor of the Department of Thematic Studies at NIBS & CL - New Institute of Biblical Studies & Canon Law. The series "From the books of the Bible" is based on thematic studies conducted by Fernando D'Amico and Jacques Wisman, and has been designed according to a new method of direct approach to the amazing richness of the biblical text. This series comprises different thematic paths, on topics of current interest, each of which is preceded by a brief summary of Bible. |
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Illuminating the Twilight | by Carol L. Rizzolo Nov. 13, 2011 | $2.99 | 98542 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: After a 22 year career practicing pediatrics as a Physician Assistant, I opted to live my passion for learning and enter into a graduate program at Pacifica Graduate Institute (www.pacifica.edu). Juggling my deep commitments to my marriage and my family, I pursued and completed my doctorate in April 2011 in Mythological Studies with an Emphasis in Depth Psychology. My dissertation project, Illuminating the Twilight: A Depth Psychological Exploration of the Nature of Poeisis in the Time of Dying focused on the ways in which the end of life has been held as both sacred and unique since our earliest written record. Ancient myths and literature provide a wisdom literature all its own holding deep insights that can help us to ease the end of the life journey for ourselves and for those we love. It is over the moon exciting for me to see this in publication on both Amazon in the Kindle store (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006A8D9JA) and on Smashwords in all other e-formats (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/104848). A particularly nice thing for those of us who do not use mobile e-readers, is that Smashwords allows you to download the book to a PDF file that you could print out if you wanted it in print form. A nice option. Being able to give sermons and talks on my dissertation research, as well as teaching on topics of myth and depth psychology, is filled with incredible joy and passion for me. Myth and Depth Psychology (mostly Jungian and post-Jungian) is something that I just love to pursue and talk about! I found tremendous joy in the patient contact of my previous career and was fortunate to have gained a wealth of medical knowledge in that pursuit. That knowledge has allowed me to act in the role of medical translator and advocate for my family and my friends many many times. Being able to assist those I love as they traverse the often foreign and daunting medical world has brought me great joy on my journey. At the same time, I love teaching and exploring the incredible insights offered in the stories told in myth and fairy tales. The wisdom of our common human ancestors is spellbinding for me. It is pure luxury to me when I get the opportunity to experience the wisdom of millions of people as they have told their stories over thousands of years. The opportunity itself has been a gift to my soul beyond all measure. Lastly, people have often asked me about my hobbies…they are …being outdoors doing just about anything…cycling, walking, kayaking, canoeing, camping…and indoors doing lots too: canning, making jams and jellies, baking, and playing the concert harp, piano, and classical guitar. Thanks to all of you who have asked what I like to do when I am not reading or writing or visiting…or ….or…or….and thanks for visiting my website! Wishing each of you the deepest peace that the season can bring to your soul. Warmly, Carol |
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The Landscapes of Our Patients' Journeys | by Keith Rasey Nov. 09, 2011 | $2.99 | 17980 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Keith A. Rasey is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University, Yale Divinity School and Kent State University. He has Bachelor of Science degrees in History and Economics and Gerontology and Long Term Health Care Management. He has a Master of Divinity. Keith has done postgraduate work in organizational leadership and advancement at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. He is also a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator. Keith has over twenty-five years of experience in working with patients and families at the end of life. The very first patient to die at home in the United States, while receiving care from hospice, was a member of the parish he served as minister on May 25, 1977. Keith was working with hospice as a volunteer before hospice care was approved for payment by the Federal government. He is particularly skilled and experienced at Judeochristian and Buddhist approaches and practices for end of life care. He is currently exploring the ways in which traditional healers, aka shamans, practices can inform, enrich and deepen spiritual care at the end of life. He also understands that, from a family systems' viewpoint, humor, wit and whimsy are ways of being in the world that can create a way for change in organizations and groups that are stuck in a rut. Some of the "crazy" things that traditional healers do may offer us postmodern people a way to live more authentic, centered and whole lives in the sociocultural contexts of our present lives. "The Landscapes of Our Patients' Journeys" grew out of his interest in both science based or evidence based approaches and spirituality. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services is increasingly requiring hospices to measure the quality of care and the patient/family experience. "The Landscapes of Our Patients' Journeys" offers a method to marry narrative and data that provides a means to assess the patient/family experience of end of life and measure the quality of caregivers' responses. He is currently formating his newest book, "Polar Bear Angels: Humorous, Insightful and Irreverent Stories from a Reverend," to make it conform to epublishing platforms. It is based on real interactions. As has often been noted, real life is far more unbelievable, outrageous, poignant and humorous than anything that can be made up. Keith lives with Diane, his wife of twenty years, and two dogs, Benny and Sunshine. He enjoys theater, cinema, travel, reading and jogging his two canine housemates through a five mile route in a local cemetery. |
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"But I Don't Want Eldercare!" | by Terry Lynch Oct. 31, 2011 | $9.99 | 63879 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Terry Lynch is the Owner of Strategies for Independent Aging LLC. He has been advancing the independent living cause since 1977, when he served as assistant to the Director of the White House Conference on individuals with disabilities. He then managed a federal disability rights program and had a key role in developing what is now the National Disability Rights Network. Prior to his involvement with the White House Conference, Terry participated in government initiatives to improve education opportunities for low-income children and remove barriers to school desegregation in Southern school districts In 1980 Terry received a federal government award for initiating disability rights projects in minority communities. In 1985 the National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems honored him with an award for his work in promoting the civil rights of people with disabilities. Terry left Washington, D.C. in 1985 to establish his consulting and public speaking business in Racine, Wisconsin. He soon began living his work. Terry helped his mother remain at home for the next ten years, in spite of significant medical problems and a memory disorder that stole her ability to manage daily life. Through this illuminating personal experience and his work with other families, Terry learned that we have more control over the quality of our lives as we age than we realize. His business is devoted to helping frail elders, people with disabilities, and their families maintain this control. Terry is involved in state and national initiatives to develop “self-directed†in-home services. He also serves on the Racine County Commission on Aging and Board of the Aging and Disability Resource Center. He is a member of the Kenosha County Long-Term Care Workforce Alliance. In 2006, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle appointed Terry to the state Board on Aging and Long-Term Care. He is a member of the Executive Council of AARP-Wisconsin and the Board of Care Wisconsin First. His essay on making informed long-term care decisions is featured on the web site of the PBS documentary, “Almost Home.†|
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I Look Marvelous | by Walter Parks Oct. 29, 2011 | $0.99 | 5851 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Hi! Thanks so much for checking out my books! My principal interests are true stories of the unusual or of the previously Unknown or unexplained. I have occasionally also written some fiction. My books and eBooks include: Atlantis the Eyewitnesses in paperback and as a series of eBooks: Atlantis the Eyewitnesses which includes all 3 parts, Atlantis the Eyewitness Part I The Creation of Atlantis, Atlantis the Eyewitness Part II The Atlantians and their Legacy, and Atlantis the Eyewitness Part III The Destruction of Atlantis. These books are based on scientific evidence and an ancient document about Atlantis written many centuries before Plato. Immortal Again, Secrets of the Ancients in paperback and an eBook based on evidence and scientific tests showing how Methuselah and other ancients lived such long lives. Aging is a Treatable Disease in paperback and an eBook that describes why we age and what we can do to increase our healthy longevity. Jesus His School Years a paperback based on the found text books that Jesus studied before beginning His ministry. Jesus the Missing Years an eBook based on new evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient documents. Noah's Flood a paperback based on scientific evidence and ancient documents and artifacts. Satan Has Left the Earth this eBook based on ancient documents and new scientific findings. Alligator Attack! This eBook is based on a true story of a very large alligator attacking and killing some people in Orlando Florida. The Devil Took the Bodies this eBook is based on a true story of the evil encounter with the Devil in Mississippi. Paranormal Portal to a Parallel Universe based on scientific evidence and inspired by measurements at a paranormal encounter. ******* I currently have several more such books and eBooks in development, including: Clan of the Bigfoot is a novel about a school teacher finding and joining a Bigfoot Clan in Louisiana. Finding the Soul based on experimental results from research conducted on paranormal events. Ancient Secrets that Can Drive the Future is a summary of ancient findings and their likely affect on the future. Alien Arrival, the First Visit is a novel about alien encounters through the ages. Corpus De Licti is a novel based on a true story about a killer that keeps trying to get rid of a body that keeps coming back. End of Honor, Death of the Mafia is a true story about how the Mafia lost its honor code and became weak, as told by people in the Mafia. ******* More about me: I was born in Memphis Tennessee and grew up in a small town near Tupelo Mississippi. After graduating from Mississippi State University as an aerospace engineer I moved to Orlando Florida and worked for Lockheed Martin for 24 years. I advanced from an aerospace engineer to a Vice President of the Company and President of the Tactical Weapons Systems Division. I then formed Parks-Jaggers Aerospace Company and sold it 4 years later. I continued my education throughout my career with a MBA degree from Rollins College and with Post Graduate Studies in Astrophysics at UCLA; Laser Physics at the University of Michigan; Computer Science at the University of Florida; and Finance and Accounting at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. After selling my aerospace company I formed Quest Studios, Quest Entertainment and Rosebud Entertainment to make films at Universal Studios. I produced 10 films, directed 7 films and wrote 5 films produced at Universal Studios. I then formed UnknownTruths Publishing Company to publish true stories of the unusual or of the previously Unknown or unexplained. These include books about past events so unbelievable that most people have relegated them to "myths". |
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Advice for Staying Young | by TK Rowland Oct. 26, 2011 | $1.00 | 6637 words | Sample 10% |
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The Real Secret to Stop Smoking | by Daniel Chester Ross Oct. 25, 2011 | $6.00 | 4361 words | Sample 20% |
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Working Together to Prevent Falls at Home | by Philips Lifeline Oct. 19, 2011 | Free! | 2541 words | Read a sample |
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Beautiful... Even in this Economy | by Dr. Bonnie Marting Oct. 11, 2011 | Free! | 5870 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Dr. Bonnie Marting DNP ARNP is truly an innovator in cosmetic aesthetics. Using her wide medical background, she has been published in several medical journals and has written accredited programs for training medical practitioners in state-of-the-art cosmetic procedures. With these same skills, she provides her patients with detailed assessment and treatment programs that help them not only understand the skin, but see it as the one organ most responsible for "aging" their appearance Currently she is Director of Medical Aesthetics at Anushka Cosmedical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, and trains nationally for Allergan Inc., and Medicis Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Bonnie can be reached through her website at www.BeautifulRightNow.com. |
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Ten Principles of Wellness | by Dr. Stephen Bizal Oct. 04, 2011 | $2.99 | 59686 words | Sample 15% |
| Author bio: Dr. Stephen Bizal, D.C., “America’s Wellness Coachâ€, is a professional speaker and the author of the critically acclaimed book "The Optimal Life, Empowering Health, Healing & Longevity,†He is an innovator in the field of human performance enhancement. Dr. Bizal founded the first executive health & fitness coaching company in Southern CA in 1981. His Wellness Mastery® EmPOWERment program "Wellness/ Lifestyle Medicine & Healthy-Aging" is approved for continuing education for both medical professionals and chiropractors in CA. “The Optimal Life†is an online course, at www.psychceu.com, approved for continuing education for psychologists, LMFT’s, RN’s and Social Workers in CA, TX, OH, and FL. Dr. Bizal is also the founder of the Wellness Coaching Institute at www.wellnesscoachinginstitute.com offering university co-sponsored wellness certification programs for both health professionals and corporate America. Thought provoking and always entertaining, America’s Wellness "Go-To" Guy will inspire you to take charge of your life by helping you "connect the dots" to create optimal health and the optimal life. As a former consultant to the largest integrated-medicine treatment center in North America, the second largest hospital chain in America, and a dot.com company that served big Pharma, he has an insider's understanding of both the conventional and alternative medicine healthcare models, the challenges that each faces, and why you, the consumer, is the one that is really at risk in today's healthcare environment. |
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The Wholistic Health Model | by Dr. Stephen Bizal Oct. 04, 2011 | $2.99 | 26076 words | Sample 15% |
| Author bio: Dr. Stephen Bizal, D.C., “America’s Wellness Coachâ€, is a professional speaker and the author of the critically acclaimed book "The Optimal Life, Empowering Health, Healing & Longevity,†He is an innovator in the field of human performance enhancement. Dr. Bizal founded the first executive health & fitness coaching company in Southern CA in 1981. His Wellness Mastery® EmPOWERment program "Wellness/ Lifestyle Medicine & Healthy-Aging" is approved for continuing education for both medical professionals and chiropractors in CA. “The Optimal Life†is an online course, at www.psychceu.com, approved for continuing education for psychologists, LMFT’s, RN’s and Social Workers in CA, TX, OH, and FL. Dr. Bizal is also the founder of the Wellness Coaching Institute at www.wellnesscoachinginstitute.com offering university co-sponsored wellness certification programs for both health professionals and corporate America. Thought provoking and always entertaining, America’s Wellness "Go-To" Guy will inspire you to take charge of your life by helping you "connect the dots" to create optimal health and the optimal life. As a former consultant to the largest integrated-medicine treatment center in North America, the second largest hospital chain in America, and a dot.com company that served big Pharma, he has an insider's understanding of both the conventional and alternative medicine healthcare models, the challenges that each faces, and why you, the consumer, is the one that is really at risk in today's healthcare environment. |
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Beauty from the Inside Out | by Terri King Oct. 01, 2011 | $3.43 | 8515 words | |
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Widow's Key: Innovative Approaches for Overcoming Personal Loss | by Linda Lindholm Sep. 30, 2011 | $8.99 | 125051 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Linda Lindholm is an attorney who has specialized in trusts and estates for over twenty years. She was inspired to write Widow's Key as a guide for her widowed clients to use after the loss of a loved one. Linda's compassionate and realistic approaches to grief, reinvention of self, legal and financial matters and life adjustments have established her as a knowledgeable guide for life transitions. Widow's Key won the 2011 IPPY national book award for an independent book in the field of aging, death and dying. Linda lives in Salem, Oregon near the donation land claim of her Oregon Trail pioneer ancestors. She stays involved in speaking, training sessions, legacy letter creation, private coaching, hospice work, conducting tours/pilgrimages to sacred places and her website (www.widowskey.com), in addition to pursuing her love of travel and photography. |
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How To Find a Nursing Home - Your Step-By-Step Guide To Finding a Nursing Home | by HowExpert Press Sep. 13, 2011 | $9.99 | 10153 words | Sample 10% |
| Author bio: HowExpert.com is a team of everyday experts that create no-fluff, straight to the point, quick guides that gets you fast results. Our mission is to create quick and straight to the point guides that anyone can quickly read to get better results in the fastest time as possible. We create quick reports because we know that many people prefer to get tips quick, fast, and easy compared to digging for it in an overly lengthy book. We don't want to waste your time. We want to get you results. That's it! We want you to get results FAST. That is why we purposely create most of our guides to be short and to the point. In fact, most of our books can be read in an hour or less. In the end, you get a cool 'how to' guide that focuses on ONE thing and ONE thing only. That is to get you results FAST. So if you are looking for a no-fluff, straight to the point guide that will get you real life results in the fastest way without wasting any of your precious time, then get any of our 'how to' guides of your choice. Thank you and we wish you much success in all areas of your life! HowExpert.com Team |
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Killing Yourself With Your Fork!? | by Frank Maloney, MBA,CPCC Sep. 10, 2011 | $1.99 | 35863 words | Sample 15% |
| Author bio: Originally from Montreal, Quebec ,Frank C. Maloney has been in Toronto since 1999. He obtained his Bachelor of Commerce at McGill University and his MBA in Strategy at Colorado’s ISIM. He has over 21 years experience with such notable corporations as Unilever, Roche, General Motors and Nissan Canada. With extensive account management and sales experience he also has 7 years of experience as a recruiter. Since 2006 he has been awarded the prestigious Certified Co-active life coach designation from the prestigious Coaches Training Institute in San Raphael, California, having performed at least 500 hours as a breakthrough coach. Additionally, he has been college professor of Marketing at George Brown College since 2003. He self-published his first book, “Killing Yourself With Your Fork!?†in 2009. Over a period of 6 months in 2011, his boundless creativity masterminded four self-help books, an adventure illustrated book series, a weekly call-in radio show and the creation of a breakthrough audio course and a psycho-social project. He is an inspirational pioneer blending the Law of Attraction, mind power, coaching, teaching and inspirational speaking. He is a man who touches all who meet him deeply and permanently with his passion and joy for a life inspired by choice and integrity. His latest book, "Cobra in the Closet: Roadmap to Realization†creates a new genre: the psychodrama inspirational self coaching book. |
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Wheelchair Freedom! Get Help. Get Up. Get Out. | by Marcia Oliver Sep. 05, 2011 | $12.99 | 12951 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Marcia Oliver MSPT has been a physical therapist since 1993 practicing home health care the majority of that time. Times have certainly changed (over the years) the way business is done in home health care. Caring for our aging companions has become a dog-eat-dog business where the customer is left vulnerable and often no better off than when home care started caring for them. Changing times in the home health industry have concerned Marcia enough to let you in on the secrets. In an effort to extend Marcia’s extensive knowledge as a physical therapist and personal trainer, she has captured her years of experience on her HomeHealthPT.com website and in her ebooks. Marcia and her husband, Jim enjoy taking care of the land they have been blessed with, making maple syrup and seeing patients by appointment only in her homestead studio. Marcia’s other books: |
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The Immortality Pill - Available Now: How Nobel Prize Winning Anti-Aging Science on Telomeres, Telomerase and TA-65 Can Help You Live Longer and Healthier, Fight Aging, and Stay Young | by Richard Stooker Aug. 25, 2011 | $2.99 | 10682 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: I hate "about me" pages -- at least, I hate writing them about me. What I think is really relevant, is my quest to get rich quick, which lasted for many years until I finally figured out the optimum way how investors can get rich slowly, have lots of income to spend without incurring capital gains taxes and remain rich. I figure, what else do you want to know about me? Besides, while I don't call myself "old," I have enough years on me to have some feeling for privacy. I don't understand the appeal of social media where people tell the world what they ate for lunch, and somebody on the other side of the apparently actually cares. Anyway, I'm from the small city of Alton Illinois, right across the Mississippi River from St Louis, so I early on got used to going from one environment to the other learning what it's like to be on a border. My neighborhood was a classic small town area where I knew the neighbors that had kids. The older people remained inside and so I didn't mix with them. But I had the freedom to run around, climb trees, go in the woods, ride my bicycle and so on. It took was a border area, though, as just a short block away was the entrance to Fairmount, where lived the very rich people. Some of them were merely upper class, but some of the mansions on the top of the bluff were really large. The famous/infamous -- depending on your political persuasion -- Phyllis Schaffley lived in one. I don't know if anybody besides servants lived in the Olin Mansion, but its land area was very large. One time while in junior high my girlfriend and I went around the bluffs, visiting Spring Cave and Dry Cave, then went down to Blue Pool, and then walked a long way over to Levis Lane, and some caretaker yelled at us then. We were still on Olin property. Most people don't consider state borders inside the United States as very important. Politically they're not. But you can still notice differences. At one point I was a sort of messenger and delivery boy for the advertising department of The Alton Evening Telegraph, the newspaper. One of my jobs when I had to drive over to St Louis was to buy cartoons of cigarettes for employees, because Illinois charged much higher cigarette taxes than Missouri. The area between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers -- "between the bridges" -- is St. Charles County, not St. Louis County. This means you can buy fireworks there, so there were several big tents of them erected every June, and they got a lot of customers from both St Louis and Illinois. That's also the area where I always buy gas, because Missouri gas taxes are lower than Illinois gas taxes. That doesn't mean Illinois is always the loser, though. When Illinois had a lottery and Missouri didn't, tons of St Louis residents would drive to Illinois to buy lottery tickets. It was wild when the Illinois lottery went up to 40 million dollars the first time. People were flying in to O'Hare Airport in Chicago from Paris France to buy tickets, then fly back home again. So driving half an hour to Illinois from St Louis seemed no big deal. Many more years ago, Illinois passed a law allowing nineteen year olds to drink legally. Maybe it was just beer, I don't recall. But in Missouri you had to be 21, so certainly created a stream of traffic of nineteen and twenty year olds going to Illinois every Friday and Saturday night to drink legally. The law was eventually changed, however. The lawmakers of Illinois eventually decided to change back to 21. When I was in high school, one "sport" of some guys was to go "rolling queers." At that time, Illinois was one of only two states in the U.S. with a "consenting adults" law. Whatever two consenting adults wanted to do, they could. It's all over the U.S. now, but that certainly wasn't the case then. So gay men from Missouri would drive to Illinois, find the areas of Alton close to the river where there were a lot of trees and bushes and not many people -- if there were no Little League baseball games going on -- and then do what they wanted. I suppose some actually booked motel rooms, but maybe the local motels didn't want to be seen as short-time "love motels." Like many young hippies in those days, I dropped out of college after the first one and a half years as an English major, then spent 3 years struggling with minimum wage jobs. I eventually got tired of that and returned to school as an Accounting major, determined to learn something that I could make money from when I graduated. I eventually wound up in a job with a government agency that required me to interview many low income people. I became quite familiar with the their thinking -- or nonthinking -- about the subject of money. That, combined with what I learned while in Business School, made me all the more determined to have more money myself. My government job paid a comfortable salary, but nothing that would allow me to move into Fairmount if I chose. Meanwhile, my mother was living a comfortable life based on the stocks my grandfather bought for her with the life insurance money from my father's early death. The dividends had kept growing for decades, allowing her the freedom to have an active social life and visit her grandchildren in Boston periodically. At one point she showed me the original list of stocks Grandpa bought, and I connected that with my exploration of income investments, and I realized that income investing was the family tradition -- though my mother did think conventionally about stocks, I must admit. She'd look at their current market value, look at her dividends and gripe about the "low yield" she was getting. She was getting a terrific yield on the amounts she invested way back when! Just goes to show you that "capital gains" thinking is insidious. It creeps up on all of us. Years ago I told my mother that if a stock paid a dividend, I didn't want to own it. I was confident in the ability of growth stocks to actually grow. I've totally changed my tune now. My investment funds are now exclusively in income producing investments, mainly stocks with a smattering of bonds, as I advise in INCOME INVESTING SECRETS for people who are not yet retired. I left my government job a few years ago and now spend all my time studying investing and writing about it and other subjects. |
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Home Health Lemons - How Physical Therapy Pay Affects Your Care | by Marcia Oliver Aug. 25, 2011 | $9.95 | 4972 words | Sample 25% |
| Author bio: Marcia Oliver MSPT has been a physical therapist since 1993 practicing home health care the majority of that time. Times have certainly changed (over the years) the way business is done in home health care. Caring for our aging companions has become a dog-eat-dog business where the customer is left vulnerable and often no better off than when home care started caring for them. Changing times in the home health industry have concerned Marcia enough to let you in on the secrets. In an effort to extend Marcia’s extensive knowledge as a physical therapist and personal trainer, she has captured her years of experience on her HomeHealthPT.com website and in her ebooks. Marcia and her husband, Jim enjoy taking care of the land they have been blessed with, making maple syrup and seeing patients by appointment only in her homestead studio. Marcia’s other books: |
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Getting Well for the First Time | by Paul Rice Aug. 23, 2011 | $0.99 | 49169 words | Sample 15% |
| Author bio: I work as a software developer in the Washington DC area for my day job. My resume is on my LinkedIn profile. |
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Fitface Foundations | by Charlotte Hamilton Aug. 19, 2011 | $5.72 | 9238 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Born in 1956 in Dorset, England; into the poorer end of the land of gentry and spending the first 4 years of her life on her Grandfathers' mega (4,000 acres) country estate. Her parents, both flamboyant characters separated when she was 7 years old (while at boarding school) to shield her and/or as a respite from family problems. The fat ugly duckling grew up (in the shadow of her gorgeous outlandish mother) to become a swan and she left home. From working Jersey in the Channel Islands she ended up living and marrying trice in Californian and still within her twenties giving birth to her only child, a daughter. Her thirties were less exuberantly spent in the south of England where she wrote her first book. Her early forties were her "mixed up" stage, compounded by her daughter's horrendous accident and her too...ing and fro ....ing from Florida where she now resides. |
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Full Spectrum Health | by Quinn Eaker Aug. 10, 2011 | $9.99 | 46702 words | Sample 15% |
| Author bio: Quinn Eaker is an inspiring example of what awaits in the New Paradigm~ Though only 28 years old, he has life experience and insight beyond that which is considered wise and experienced. When he was 17 years old, in the peak of his sexual interest, he chose to channel all his sexual energy into spirituality. This powerful shift of energy consciously changed everything. No thoughts, feelings, or actions of a sexual nature and a total shift of importance to spirituality. His whole life became devoted to consciousness. When he was 18 years old, he had his full life awakening. Realizing everything and nothing he spent 5 years in meditation processing the vastness of infinite possibility and how that relates to a physical experience. Liberated from the ideas of right/wrong, good/bad, and the limitations of a life based on have to, supposed to, should, etc., he has been exploring an experience based on freedom and true divine insight as the inspiration for his quality of life. During those five years, he lived in relative solitude every part of every day, being dedicated to the fine tuning of his consciousness. He lived in the woods with nothing but a knife, homeless on the streets, traveled around the country processing in caves, deserts, and wherever most facilitated a life dedicated to conscious evolution. He was able to re-experience his past from a place of liberated perspective and empowered connection. Becoming more and more free each day to thrive in the pure potential of now. Now life IS meditation for Quinn, yet he interacts with a wide spectrum of people each day holding space for each individual's unique potential. From five years of relative solitude to facilitating every day others' conscious process, he is clear, present, and unwavering with a sword of truth, free of judgment, holding the ideal space of safety and accountability. The possibilities he has to share are simple yet mind blowing because of the difference in perspective from that which is found around the world. Quinn has been in the process and is in the process of writing many books on a wide range of topics including relationships, psychology, spirituality, parenting, health, sustainability, and even business. While each one is powerful and sharing New Paradigm perspective on these topics, Full Spectrum Health is the first published due to a synchronistic meeting with Adrienne. After a handful of consultations, the inspiration arose for Adrienne to become Quinn's Editor and Full Spectrum Health was chosen to be the first to polish. With so much insight to share and so much focus from which this may flow, there is sure to be a wide spectrum of consciousness in book form on its way. |
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Health and Healing | by Stephen Licciardello Aug. 09, 2011 | $11.99 | 8855 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Starting in MLM just fresh out of High School, Stephen instantly fell in love with the Direct Sales industry. With a tumultuous journey in this industry, Stephen experienced many successes and failures in his stride. Introspection and soul-searching led him to realise that it was not the external environment but the inside of him which was impeding his growth. That's when he began a journey of personal development to find out what makes people do what they do, and why some make it and some don't. Stephen realised that given the right tools to work with on the inside, as well as a complete system to build your business, you could have the results you want a lot sooner. It is with this that he began to work on himself and experienced amazing results in every aspect of his life and business, Including shedding over 30Kg, after years of constant dieting. Stephen is a Master Practitioner and coach of Neuro Linguistic Programming, Hypnosis and Time Line Therapyâ„¢, and also a member of the Australian Board of NLP and the Time Line Therapyâ„¢ Association. With a background in Nursing and Training & Development, Stephen has worked with students from all different backgrounds. His work with the long term unemployed, allowed them the necessary skills to successfully gain employment as nurses. Stephen is a dynamic presenter and passionate about what he does. He is a member of Toast Masters International and his club. Also a keynote speaker, Stephen has spoken at many events both nationally and internationally. Though his background is extensively in the Direct sales industry, his clients come from all different social and economic backgrounds, who are dissatisfied with where they are, and want more out of life, business and relationships. "The journey of life can be challenging and yet fulfilling at the same time, giving the necessary tools you can create abundance in your life. An abundance of Joy, An abundance of peace, An abundance of love, An abundance in wealth, An abundance of Health, An abundance in your relationships. The choice is yours" |
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An Operations Manual For Humankind (The Complete Compendium Of Natural Health) | by Paul Patrick Robinson Aug. 03, 2011 | $4.99 | 45408 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: In days gone by, some would have said of me that I was a "Micropreneur"; a man of fairly minor achievements and small qualifications, who also had a modicum of 'money-making' skill along with a lot of luck and good friends in high places. Here's how I see myself these days: An "Innerpreneur"; a searcher, researcher and scribe of that which lies behind our Consensual Truth, a dedicated Psychonaut of soul space and a citizen of cyberspace. I'm also a practitioner of the philosophy known as Ahimsa .... doing no harm to my fellow creatures. I moved to Ecuador from a small village on the Island of Maui, Hawaii, a place called Hana; very much like Vilcabamba, with sweet-natured gentle people, good weather and beautiful surroundings. The difference? A 75% lower cost of living in Ecuador and an unintrusive government in a more or less libertarian-leaning cultural environment! I began this newest cultural-changing adventure three years ago at the still vigorous and healthy age of 80, after spending four years traveling around the world trying to find THE perfect Shangri La in which to spend my Golden years. It would be, I hoped, my final life-adventure, of which I'd had more than my fair share. As one reviewer put it: "He's Had An Interesting Life ... to say the least! When he decided to make Maui his year-round home in the late 1970s, Patrick had already been a Wyoming cowboy, Marine Corps officer, a monastic monk, Humanistic 'growth' center director, award-winning restaurateur and ski lodge entrepreneur. And sometime during those Life Adventures, he had also been a husband . . . Oh, and he'd been a specialist in international art thefts at a governmental agency in his young and more derring-do days." For the past quarter century, my business function had been that of managing partner and director of one of the Maui's premier business enterprises. Now semi-retired, I am riding herd on a 102 year-old private family foundation and its investment arm established by my great-grandfather, writing books .... and working daily in an organic veggie garden (well actually, Jorge my Ecuadorian gardener does all the work, while I just 'supervise' and nibble). By the way, that garden produces almost 100% of my food intake. I have been on a mostly "plant-based" diet (fruits and veggies, nuts and seeds) for the past three years. And my health is thriving! Try it, you'll love it. |
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Aging In America: One Healthcare Worker's Perspective | by Linda Schlenker July 15, 2011 | $4.50 | 11373 words | |
| Author bio: Linda Schlenker is a licensed Occupational Therapist specializing in senior home health care. She earned her undergraduate degree from Arizona State University in Psychology and her Masters Degree in Occupational Therapy from Tufts University. In addition, she holds a Masters Degree in Counseling from Rivier College where she graduated With Distinction. Linda has spent the last decade teaching seniors ways to remain safe and independent in their own homes, whether that home is their house, an assisted living apartment, or an independent living apartment. She produced her first video, Fall Prevention for Seniors: How To Stay Safe and Independent in Your Home, in response to the growing problem of falls among the senior population. Her first book, Aging in America: One Healthcare Workers Perspective, was written to assist seniors, their families, and the people who care for seniors Mrs. Schlenker also spends part of her time educating caregivers, seniors, and family about this important topic and continues to make home visits. |
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