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Remember when..? Being together was the glue that kept the family close? Being interested in various activities with family members participating was rewarding to everyone. Having the opportunity to encourage and compliment each other in their chosen activities was a reward in itself. Whether you finished first or last, togetherness made the difference and was most important. In today's computer driven world we tend to forget the fond memories of family fun and the everyday adventures experienced during childhood. Our reminiscing of how we got our favorite computer characters to their destination seems to have little meaning in the end. Yet today, if you asked a child what his or her favorite things are, you will still hear that family plays a big part which shows how much family really means. In this flip book which is two stories in one, take a journey with a little girl and boy as they share their favorite activities and build lasting memories with their families.

One of the biggest changes any child experiences is the transition to school. While children are adaptable and adventurous, they are also fragile and innocent, and they need the guidance of parents, adult friends, older siblings, and family members to encourage them on the journey forward to life's adventures. Starting school is a milestone where a positive outlook can make all the difference. Penelope is looking forward to her first day of school, and she wants to share that excitement with your child. Join Penelope as she prepares for her big day.

Johnny Redblood is a fun loving inhabitant of Micropolis and as a red blood cell he delivers oxygen canisters to the residents of the city. His daily routine is abruptly changed when Tyrus the Virus enters the lower valley and starts to cause serious damage. It is up to Johnny and his friends to find to way to stop Tyrus and save the city that they live in.

Lady Flatterley is a caterpillar who lives high in the tall oak tree and through her vision of the world and rhyming prose, children will learn about the stages of life.

Boogie the BoogerEvery person has a nose. Every nose has a booger.

True Beauty Is More Than Skin Deep...Mrs. Mouse has a big problem. A terrible rainstorm has flooded her cozy hollow, and now she and her eight cold, wet little children have nowhere to sleep! Can Amanda rescue them from the freezing night air? Read her story and find out!

The Cry of the Homeless OneAfter making a daring escape off the transport train from the Lodz ghetto en route to the Tremblinka concentration camp, Morris Breitbart found refuge in a farmhouse attic, and then in a hole under a stable. In the depths of despair, he records this terrible and unimaginable time in human history. In his diary, he pours his heart out, lamenting the murder of his family so brutally torn away from him, and the tragic fate of the Jewish people, as he dreams, awaiting a miracle.

James Vena is an innovative and strategic thinker who has influenced key decision-makers globally in business development and revenue growth strategies. For more than thirty years, James has built a resume that encompasses a wide range of industries and expertise in sales, marketing, entrepreneurship, finance, merger arbitrage, technology and executive management. He has successfully developed innovative, high growth businesses and restructured companies that immediately demonstrated accelerated sales and profit growth. His 30 year career has been marked by success across many countries and industries. This track record has established James's credentials as both a seasoned internationally astute executive and a disruptive innovator with a quick and fearless mind to seize opportunities along with the ability to articulate the mission needed to achieve specific goals. Mr. Vena's career started as a China trader of commodities in the early 1980's for a large US firm. After 5 years, he founded his own trading company at 26 and over the next 20 years developed that company into an internationally recognized brand with offices in 24 locations in some 15 countries. After retiring as CEO and Founder of his global trading company to take a 5-year sabbatical in order to care for his cancer stricken wife and help raise the couple's young children, the always energetic James unretired and re-entered the world of international business. However, this time focusing on his past experiences, leadership skills and entrepreneurial mind-set to help develop and grow small businesses and early stage ventures. James's entrepreneurial mind-set and dynamic personality combined with high energy, passion and purposeful manner, makes him an effective inspirational and motivational communicator. James has been mentoring entrepreneurs, lecturing students and publicly speaking to corporate leaders on the importance of cultural awareness, social responsibility, entrepreneurship, benevo

When the results of your life's choices causes you to feel as if you're living in a perpetual Hell...Just know that Hell Don't Last Always... "Hell Don't Last Always" is the sequel to, "I'm Catchin' Hell." The story resumes with Angelica Townsend as she endures mental rehabilitation. She discovers that everyone in this life has a story to tell, the only difference is the author. Angelica's life's journey introduces her to a special group of people, all of which reveal to her that their life experiences are much worse than hers. Joshua Townsend learns of a family secret that's accidently disclosed, which causes a tragedy within the Townsend family. "Hell Don't Last Always" is emotionally dramatic, suspenseful, but relatable to current real life issues.

In the Kingdom of Lenore, a realm of long ago, a King lay dying without a name or the love of his subjects. His Kingdom torn by years of civil unrest and an ongoing invasion from a foreign Empire, he gives up one final tale, his own tale, to the only two souls remaining at his side, a doctor and her daughter. In his final hours, he tells of his youth, of glory, adventure, trials, chance, pain, love, grief, and most of all, rage, murder, and ruin.

Coach Bob Darrah never wrestled in high school or college, but in coaching over 30 years of high school wrestling his teams won 95% of their matches. Coach Darrah's teams compiled a dual meet record of 340-17-2. That career winning percentage is the best for Iowa high school wrestling coaches. Few coaches in any sport can claim this level of success over three decades and at three different high schools. After coaching at Morning Sun, Urbandale, and Dowling high schools, Darrah was recruited to the collegiate level by the administration and boosters of Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. At Simpson, he coached men's wrestling, and eventually women's golf. Coach Darrah was infamous for running intense practices in wrestling rooms. He was also known for punctuating his critiques with what he calls "four letter words." Many were surprised that he could make the transition from that aggressive environment to one that would allow him to facilitate the development of the quiet confidence required of tournament-winning golfers. Yet his skill in developing champions moved easily between sports and genders, as under his guidance the Simpson women's golf team dominated its conference for much of a decade. Coach Darrah has been honored with inductions into numerous wrestling and coaching halls of fame, both locally and nationally. He has been named Coach of The Year multiple times at both high school and collegiate levels. With five decades of teaching behind him, Coach has chosen to share what he feels shaped his personal and professional development. His readiness to learn and innovate helped him show others how hard work and desire could bring rewards. The gold standard of achievement in wrestling in a wrestling-crazed state came through fierce dedication. Coach was known for being tough. Here, Coach's stories expose the root of that toughness growing up in rural Iowa during the Great Depression. Named Robert L. Darrah by his parents, he came of

1. Is it best to love or be loved? 2. How long would you wait for a lover to get a divorce? 3. Have you told your mate that she is intellectually superior? 4. Is sex before marriage necessary to determine capability? 5. Do you worry most about money, health or happiness? This book of (more than 750) questions, which the author began compiling in 1988, comes without answers. The intent is to push singles and couples - young adults to seniors - to discuss and better understand their life situations and decisions about relationships. Answer the questions alone, with a new love interest, a long-term partner, spouse, family or friends. Be ready to laugh, ponder and listen.

A young female by the name of Marisol Swift is the first responded to one of the biggest homicide cases Seattle has ever seen and meets a young lady by the name of Mariah Price whom touches her heart. While investigating a wrongful conviction, she gets promoted to homicide detective and that's when her life takes an unsuspected turn when she allows her emotions to interfere with her job. Detective Swift's better judgement gets clouded due to her love for two individuals while investigating multiple homicide cases in the Seattle area. How many lives will be taken at the hands of Detective Swift lack of better judgement? Will her first true love have to suffer the consequences for her incompetency?

The last message broadcast from the known world: Missiles are heading towards all the cities in North America. Any of the planet's people and other creatures not killed by the missile strikes will die from the poison winds.A small group of women and girls survive due to the timing of a freak plane crash. With good luck and summer weather they carry on, eking out an existence on a mountainside in Colorado. Their reality is meager: they sustain themselves on roots and leaves and sleep in a debris hut. They mourn the loss of their loved ones, their homes, their careers and pastimes. Some of the women forge bonds while others develop dislikes. Ultimately they share their secrets and their sadnesses and form a small community. After the women come to accept the fact that they will freeze to death when winter comes, they experience a strange peace verging on euphoria, a previously unknown sense of freedom. However, in the nick of time, just after the first snowfall, they heed the disjointed utterings of a demented old lady Reverend in their midst, and find shelter with the companionship of a ninety-nine-year-old blind man. And some months later, they encounter three young men who join them. In an empty world, the children grow unfettered and reveal new and remarkable native abilities. And despite mourning the loss of their old lives and loves, the adults eventually adapt and then thrive. In the end they all experience an expansion of consciousness and become pioneers in an amazing new world.

Their fifty-seven-year honeymoon is a statement unto itself. From celebrating their love in southern Florida on OUR BEACH, to meeting HOT LIPS THE BEAR... We are sitting at the picnic table laughing at this pesky squirrel, when a grizzly bear stuck her head through the brush at the end of the table. About forty-five minutes ago, I made a mistake that could cost both of us our lives! I left our pepper spray in the car! Their memories and experiences span over 60 years. Not only do their short stories encompass joy and laughter, they also portray the heartache and honor of a Marine. After many disturbing days and nights, Rose tried to help, telling me, "if you keep telling yourself, this is only a dream, maybe soon you will start to believe, and then maybe you can get some sleep. After a period of time, it started to work, to a certain degree. Their adventures began many, many miles apart, Rose in Wisconsin and Bill in Mississippi. They each started their high-spirited exploring at a very early age and when they met in their twenties, it could only be described as fate. Their love for life, adventure and especially for each other exploded and they became one. This was truly a union made in heaven. True love took them on the ride of their lives and the open road was their avenue to A LIFETIME OF ADVENTURES!

It was 1945. The end of WW II brought renewed hope for America and the world, inspiring rejuvenated national pride along with enthusiasm for motherhood and apple pie, family, God, conformity, virginity, and idealism! While experiencing post-war euphoria, Alan Bentley dreamed of becoming a hero. Though only a short-pants-wearing, skinny kid, he felt a calling to become legendary, universally admired for his character, grit, perseverance, wisdom, courage, and unshakable regard for truth, fair play, and humility. He hoped someday to join Borglum's famous memorialized quartet in South Dakota. After all, this was America! Realizing that the predominant opportunities for heroism were offered by war, he enlisted in the army upon graduating from high school two weeks shy of his eighteenth birthday. He would prepare for the inevitable next conflict. In The Saga of Chief Barking Loincloth, Alan unabashedly recounts his adventures and misadventures, revealing humor and pathos in elusive successes and humiliating miss-steps as he encounters social contradiction and hypocrisy, unanticipated pitfalls, and ill-advised detours. Whether committing a major faux pas in an elementary spelling bee, inflicting injury on a class-mate, facing the wrath of a humorless army criminal Investigation, or warding off sexual assault by Travis, a horny spider monkey, he strives to define and become a hero!