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This one's for you. Yes, you. You and all the different versions of you.The one that loves, the one that protects, the one that hurts, and even the one that hates.Every single part of your being will find itself concealed between these pages, and I hope, once you find yourself, you'll help others find themselves too.

From hanging an effigy of Old Annie to hunting Minnesota gangsters, a little corn-silk-haired girl with black tarred feet learns about death and life from the characters around her. The "mischief of mice" referenced in her title recall the poverty of her youth, but also the realizations that come with age, including the shocking mischief she uncovered in the man she revered most - her father, a jazz musician, and the secrets he carried to the grave.Cynthia Blomquist Gustavson is best known for her poetry, and this book weaves poetry, color illustrations of wildflowers, and vivid storytelling, into her view of the St. Croix Valley's sand hills after the Second World War. This is a book full of sense and life, both lush and simple, real and imaginative. From Jan Airhart, author of 'Mother of My Invention', "Just as a creek carves a path through its environment, Valley Creek shapes Cynthia Gustavson's early life near Afton, Minnesota in the 1950s.... Descriptions of exploits in the Valley, including the creek and its accompanying trail, are reminiscent of Annie Dillard's exploration of Tinker Creek. Despite the unwelcome mice making mischief within the walls of her childhood home and the secret deceptions that are eventually uncovered, Gustavson tells her story with compassion for those she's loved-even those who betrayed her. Music is a solace woven throughout the narrative, a legacy of her jazz musician father, while chapters are punctuated with the author's beautifully crafted poetry. A Mischief of Mice is a delightful depiction of one woman's ongoing relationship with nature and her resulting reverence for all of life."

Do you struggle with your weight? Are you the mum who perhaps gained some after children and is having a hard time taking it off? Or perchance, one who looks at the super-slim and wonders to herself if those women are naturally thin, or very controlled about their diet and exercise routines? Sally Shields set out to uncover some answers as to offer inspiration to those in need of a strategy. Inside this book you will find many insider secrets to shedding those unwanted pounds once and for all, so that you can be healthy, feel fabulous, and get back into your jeans again! Each candidly sharing their personal story, these 101 contributors range from women who were born with the coveted thin gene to those who struggled to learn exactly what it takes to maintain their slim figures, the book shows us that it is possible to look and feel great, no matter what your age, size or body-type!

Laird Smay compares the challenge of selling many of today''s technologies to the challenge of convincing someone to eat a raw oyster for the first time. Today''s technologies are transformational and require a new set of skills in order to generate demand for the changes these technologies entail. This book is a must read for sellers of today''s transformational technologies. Smay brings logic and real life examples into the mix, and with his sprinkled-in metaphors and stories, this book is as fun to read as it is full of great material.