AMELIORATION
It’s a common belief that we are born with an upward reach, a desire to grow and progress toward our potential and that we feel better about ourselves as we do so. Amelioration – moving into the field of love – explores pathways to inner enrichment, drawing upon themes that are common and universal to us all. With the practice of Mindfulness, together with the learnings of Life Coaching principles and the application of NLP therapy – the heart is brought back into the picture, offering a complementary means to handle upsetting thoughts and feelings. This methodology does not change the situation; it only changes our response to the situation. It teaches us to lessen the intensity of our emotional reactions so that we can function at our optimal best. Life coach, Neurolinguistic Practitioner, Pilates and Group Fitness Instructor, Kathleen Jerin had an earlier career working in medical administration after dedicating her mind and body as a full-time dancer in her younger years. While working with medical specialists Kathleen observed that patients receiving treatments and surgery each had a particular and profound story – a story that was not often being attended to or acknowledged in the course of their treatment. This realisation led Kathleen on a Coaching quest as she recognised a need to bring healing back into the body using all her knowledge through moving the body and exercising the mind – embracing the mind and body as a whole and complete field of love.
DESERT DEACON
Climb every mountain… Find out how a fun-loving young girl was motivated to turn early life tragedy and challenges into a life of freedom and ‘mountain top’ experience. Discover how a strong faith, courage and tenacity were required to reverse her destiny and find her true identity. This memoir is of one of Western Australia’s first female Anglican deacons and priest to be given a Parish within the North Eastern Goldfields incorporating Leinster, Leonora and Laverton. Her journey will certainly enlighten, enthral and encourage women to overcome adversity.
DEAD GUILTY
When a battered wife disappears from a women's shelter after her husband's murder, guilt-driven journo, Lexie Reed, has to push the already besieged DSS Wil Saddington to help as she uncovers human trafficking of Melbourne's most vulnerable. If her husband hadn't been murdered - would anyone have noticed she was missing?
DOPEY WOMEN
Sadie had a bumpy upbringing but she’s still managed to drag herself out and carve a career for herself. That all comes crashing down when she, along with the women she manages; Mags, Lexi & Steph, get made redundant. She’s screwed. In hindsight she shouldn’t have attacked her colleague in a moment of rage. There goes the reference. When they all bump into each other a few months later at the job centre Sadie finds she’s not the only one in a hole. Steph’s boyfriend has left her holding the baby, Lexi’s stuck in an abusive relationship and poor Mags has breast cancer. They’re all struggling to keep on top of their bills. They all need money to get out of their situations, its as simple as that. Mags mentions that some women find marijuana helps ease the sickness caused by chemo. With the desperation mounting and the coffee spurring them on they somehow decide to start growing it. They’re only going to sell to ladies going through chemo, so its not too bad, right? They’re not going to be proper drug dealers. And its only temporary. They didn’t bet on the business taking off so well though. Before they know it they’ve got orders coming out of their ears, a sexy detective on their trail, suspicious neighbours and drug dealers angry they’re working on their patch. Can Sadie pull them out of this dangerous world they’ve found themselves in? And can she do it before they end up in prison?
FLICKERING CANDLES
A woman deals with death and the loss of her learning disabled son through poetry. She reveals the difficult roads they traveled together throughout his lifetime. The author uses poetry as a healing tool and as a means of expressing feelings about other lifetime situations.
THE TERCENTENNIAL BARON
A vengeful, wild-eyed warrior, he’s the most sinister figure in Scottish legend. For three centuries, the Tercentennial Baron has fought his way through famous battles—then vanished without a trace. Now he’s reappeared in the quiet town of Bonnybield, where he’s about to be discovered by thirteen-year-old Percival Dunbar… Armed with a secret stash of books on the supernatural, Percival is the only one to recognize the ghostly signs emerging around his town. When he tries to decipher them, he’s terrified to suddenly find himself face to face with the murderous Tercentennial Baron. However, the Baron reveals he’s come not to attack Bonnybield, but to save it from an ancient, demonic evil.Through an epic journey from the battlefields of 17th-century Scotland to the underworld of Victorian London and beyond, Percival races to uncover the truth of the Baron’s past—and what it means for his own destiny.
THE NATURE OF GODS
When gods and goddesses abruptly overthrow Earth, humans are given two choices – worship or die. Desperate to survive, Olivia and her family devote their days to fulfilling the will of the gods. But the wrath of the gods is insatiable and unpredictable. With her hope crushed, Olivia is resigned to her bleak fate . . . until she meets Nature.Immediately, Olivia knows this charismatic girl with color-changing eyes isn’t normal. Nature looks like a teenager yet she has the power to control the weather and converse with animals. Nature opens Olivia’s eyes to a hidden world that had always existed in harmony with her own. However, know-it-all butterflies and mystical creatures aren’t the only secrets revealed as Olivia discovers the dark plan of the gods.When Nature decides to confront the gods, Olivia is catapulted to the forefront of humanity’s battle for survival. Olivia must rely on her courage, strength, and newfound gifts as she faces monster-infested pathways and ever-looming traps. But does she have enough courage or skill to battle brutal gods eager to rule the world and dole out punishment to anyone who defies them? Nature and the world depend on it.The Nature of Gods is a fantasy adventure appropriate for tweens and middle grade readers.
OREGON ROAD TRIPS – NORTHEAST EDITION
Discover Northeast Oregon's Scenic Backroads & Byways By Day...While Staying In Historic Hotels By Night!An Exciting 9-Day Road Trip Exploring Northeast Oregon's Scenic Backroads and Byways is Now As Easy As 1-2-3...?? 1) Write in the Dates of Your Trip?? 2) Make Your Hotel Reservations?? 3) Pack Your Bags and Go!You've always wanted to hit the road and discover Oregon, but you've never known where to begin.? Well, now you do!? We've laid out an exciting 9-day journey through Northeast Oregon's scenic backroads and byways for you.? With this easy-to-use guide, you'll simply turn each page as you motor along and choose which points of interest to stop at and explore during that day's journey...all while making your way towards the evening's lodging at a historic Oregon hotel! Ride Aboard a Historic Steam Train Wander Oregon Ghost Towns Ride a Tram to Over 8,000' Stay at the 1907 Balch Hotel Stand in the Open Expanse of the Zumwalt Prairie Preserve Discover Oregon's Small Museums Board the Sumpter Valley Dredge See the Grandeur of the Wallowas Explore Cottonwood Canyon Pedal the Rails on a 2-Seater Jet Boat i
MAIMED IN THE USA
First they tried to kill him in New Jersey, then New York City, When he escaped to Chicago, they tailed all along. When he moved to Salt Lake City, they found him yet again. When he finally went to Sacramento, they were in hot pursuit. When they got a chance, they maimed him for life! And they got away with it because they have federal DEA badges! Evn today they get away with targeting him with chemical agents and weaponized toxins because they have "authority" of the federal government! Read David's incredible story of persavearance even while on foreign soil outgunned and vastly outnumbered! www.BookGringo.com
THE LADY AND THE MOUNTAIN DOCTOR
Miriam Bryant has always dreamed of leaving the never-ending work of her family's remote mountain ranch to travel abroad as a genteel lady. She's thrilled when the opportunity finally arises, but a gruesome hunting accident crushes her plans, leaving her stranded for weeks in a mining town. The single bright spot in her disappointment comes in the form of this mountain town's newest doctor… Fresh out of medical school, Alex Donaghue is excited to join his brother's practice and prove himself in the mining town of Butte, in Montana Territory. But the tough conditions in the mines and the brutal winter are worse than he expected. Now a mysterious lung disease is killing patients he fought so hard to cure. The single bright spot in this dreary place comes in the form of their newest patient… But when Miriam's life is threatened by the effects of a medical tragedy, will Alex have what it takes to save the woman he's come to love? Will Miriam ever find the place God created her for, or is it too late?
TYRANTS OF THE HEART
In a number of articles I published when I began my training as a psychoanalyst at the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute, now the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, I became intrigued by James Joyce's concern with mothers and maternal images. I found that writing “Stephen's Mothers in Ulysses” crystallized my sense that amor matris, to use Stephen Dedalus's phrase, the ambiguous “mother love” (a mother's love for her son or a son's love for his mother or both at once), was a way into many of the mysterious, unfathomed, even unfathomable passages in Ulysses.As I continued my training, while simultaneously teaching English literature at San Francisco State, I became more and more aware that the way I enjoyed teaching—the close, systematic textual analysis of literature, explication de texte—was dovetailing with the ways I was learning to listen to, and to muse about, my patients. In effect, I was learning that by focusing on the inner lives of patients and literary characters—on what Paul Schwaber in his psychoanalytic reading of Ulysses, The Cast of Characters (1999), calls “minds in action”—I was doing much the same thing. I was trying to pay the closest attention to the repeated thoughts, feelings, images, and associations that make human beings unique.
THE GRIEVING PARENTS CLUB
Like millions of other parents, Kelly Barbour-Conerty was living a normal life, spending time with her daughters, watching them grow up and making plans for their futures. Then, in the blink of an eye, along with the screeching of tires and the crushing of a metal car frame, that normality came to a sudden and horrific end. Her 16 year-old daughter, Lexi, was killed in a car crash only 1 ½ miles from home on the way to a meeting of her church youth group, and Kelly instantly became the newest member of The Grieving Parents Club. For years, Kelly has lived and struggled with a new normal–one that doesn’t include Lexi. Like so many other grieving parents before her, she has grappled with the big questions—Why did this happen to my child? How can I go on without my child? and the small ones–Do I hang a Christmas stocking? What should I do with her things? Kelly knows first-hand of the darkness that comes with the grief after the death of a child, but with the help of other members of the Club who feel her pain like no one else can and kindly offer advice at every stage of the grieving process, she has learned how to survive, cope and heal, and how to bring a ray of light, hope, and joy to other grieving parents. If you are a grieving parent, or know one, this book can help. By sharing her journey through this hardest grief and the insights that she has gained over the years from other members of the Club, Kelly hopes to make the journey easier for other parents who experience the death of a child and make sure they know that they are never alone. No matter what, members of the Grieving Parents Club will be there to help each other.
MOTEL CALIFORNIA
Farrah Graham and Jimmy Doubts, hosts of the Uncorking a Murder podcast, are back in Michael Carlon’s new comedic mystery Motel California. Unlike the song of a similar title, the Motel California isn’t a lovely place—a fact that Jimmy learns the hard way when he’s framed for the murder of an outlaw country artist hellbent on distancing himself from his past. Farrah has her own cross to bear as a patent troll has surfaced looking to put an end to Uncorking a Murder unless their outrageous demands can be met. The stakes couldn’t be higher as Jimmy races against the clock to prove his innocence and Farrah fights for their future. Identical twin detectives who incessantly argue about glam rock, a sociopathic cowboy with an axe to grind, an adult film actress running away from “Silicone Valley,” and a mob boss addicted to home improvement television round out the cast of Motel California, a tale that could only be told in the backdrop of a city as colorful as LA. Readers who appreciate the vibrant characters of Carl Hiaasen, the wit of Jonathan Tropper, and the humor of both should check into the Motel California; there’s plenty of room.
SEANNA AND THE MAGIC MOON
From the imaginary mind of a third grader. Some dreams are to be lived. Seanna is a young girl who dreams by night and lives her dream by day. Joining her on a daring adventure is Honorable the horse and Quilla the osprey. Together they will journey to Scallywag Island to rescue Prince Orin. Along the way, they will have to contend with shark pirates in the sea and monkey pirates on the land, not to mention other unseen eyes watching their every move. But to rescue the prince, they will have to confront Captain Firebreath, a fierce fire-breathing dragon with stinky rotten fish breath. Seanna and her courageous friends are up for the challenge, because they know when you awaken to your dream anything is possible.
THE STONES CRY OUT
When nobody talks, the stones cry out In the searing heat of a Virginia summer, two men plummet from a roof top to their deaths on the sidewalk below. One of them was a white police officer. The other, a black man with a murky past. Hundreds of people stood on the sidewalk below, yet nobody will say what happened.The FBI wants a quick verdict—with or without the truth—and sends in rookie agent Raleigh Harmon.Between the tight-lipped witnesses and the secrets hidden among the city's most powerful families, Raleigh's forced to use her forensic geology skills to uncover the truth. But can she solve this case before the city's simmering rage burns out of control? And will her choices bring down everyone involved—including Raleigh herself?Praise for the Raleigh Harmon series“Giorello has won the Christy Award and has received two Pulitzer Prize nominations. When you read this book, you’ll see why.”—Booklist, Starred Review“Read her for her wonderfully descriptive prose, her killer plots or her well-drawn characters, but read her. You’ll come away enriched in deep and plentiful ways.”—The Richmond Times-Dispatch