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The Baby Boom generation, all 78 million of them, is hitting or has already hit, that all-important phase of human development, the midlife passage. This passage is often fraught with challenges, discontent and a feeling of diminishing possibilities, but this generation, unlike their parents, has been given the gift of extra time. In many cases this generation will live up to thirty years longer than any other generation before them. What to do with this time is the focus of the book, Second Act Soul Calls ¿ Your Guide to the Re-Invention of Your Life at Midlife and Beyond with Passion, Purpose, and Possibilities. Both practical and pragmatic but also spiritual and soulful, this book will change your life if you listen to the call of your soul and take its challenges to heart. Lorraine Banfield, a psychotherapist, career counselor and life coach writes the perfect book to help you negotiate this time of life. Banfield¿s thesis is that midlife and beyond is a time of life ripe for hearing the call of your soul and reinventing your life in a way that meets both the needs and desires of your soul but which also contributes in some way to the greater good. The book is written in four parts, each with unique tasks and challenges. The first part asks you to take some time to enter the mysteries of the soul by taking some time out alone to listen for that still small voice that knows the way to a new and invigorating life. The second part is on taking stock of your gifts and talents by taking a journey back to your childhood to see what your ten-year-old self loved, hated and what got you into trouble, but also by looking at what you love to do now and what you also hate doing. The third part is on the obstacles and dragons you will face in terms of truly reinventing your life. The last part is about manifesting your soul¿s call. In this part she talks about redefining retirement to one of engagement in productive work, whether paid or unpaid. She calls this re-invention planning rather than retirement planning. She also encourages her readers to make sure that what they call a soul call also contributes to the greater good rather than simply contributing to their own personal good as she sees this as a win-win for both the individual and the planet. Banfield ends her book with eighteen strategies for putting your soul¿s call into practice.

Everett Weston is a no-good troublemaker. A worthless has-been at the age of eighteen. He is continually in trouble at school and provokes his mother and father often. When he runs away from home and hitches a ride with a man named Slim, he finds himself in Jupiter-a small town with a big heart. Eventually he lands a job and marries a lovely woman. But Everett is not able to fully appreciate his life and is not always a pleasant man to be around-and when his son is born, it appears that Dan will follow in his father's selfish footsteps. Either fate or coincidence leads Dan to Maggie, a wonderful woman who is determined to steer her husband away from his father's patterns and turn him into a true blessing to the people of Jupiter.

Life is a series of moments guided by our choices. Do you know your designed path, are you on it? Would it be a good idea to know? I think so and I will tell you the how and why to your destiny. Happiness is your destiny and you can get there. Change your choices and you will change your life. This book is either intense or light reading, preferably light the first time. It is your choice to take the next step. Make no mistake, you are where you are in this life as a direct result of your choices, good or bad. The ending can and should be happy. Here is how, hard or easy, to make it so. This book is for everyone that wants to be happy. Deep down, all-consuming happiness is at your fingertips. The funny thing is that you are reading this and you choose to keep reading. Why? Can you be happier, regardless of your current place in this life? The short answer is a resounding YES! Will you do what is necessary to get there, why or why not? Life, literally, is not for the faint of heart. Choose happiness every step of the way. This book will give you a step by step process to ensure that you are happy.

PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE, IS NOW, IN THIS PRESENT MOMENT - DO NOT LET THIS MOMENT PASS YOU BY OR WAIT UNTIL YOUR LIFE JOURNEY IS OVER TO DISCOVER YOUR ETERNAL LIGHT, YOUR BEAUTY AND MAGNIFICENCE. We are so used to living our lives from external realities, we lost touch with our spirit, always looking for temporarily high, but there is always something missing and we cannot seem to find it. Do we want to be healthier at peace and fulfilled in life on all levels? Do we want to live in balance, joy, be authentic, creative, solve issues from direct knowing instead looking for external sources to solve our problems? This book offers wisdom, knowledge, and invitation to step into new energy, to self-discovery, your own power and to begin to see life from all angles and expanded consciousness. Today, take steps to begin the process leading to wholeness, and to transform daily life's challenges, moving beyond the limitations and suffering and to know your life's purpose, find greater meaning in everyday life and the missing link to happiness , knowing Self is to open the energy to love, light, prosperity, wellness and magnificence within you. World's Greatest Treasures offer wisdom and knowledge of the great beings throughout the ages, past and present, specific practices, working with energy of earth, water, fire and air, healing meditations to initiate changes in the electromagnetic energy of the body, shifting lower energy from the body to assist you to transform your life from limitations, stress, old patterns of thinking and to embracing new ideas, possibilities leading to balance and wholeness and fulfillment in life.

Danny Loveless went to a church that wasn't. He had a wife and child but then he didn't. His psychiatrist is going crazy. Now, at the urging of Byron Shepherd, Danny is on his way to Japan in search of "Keiko," the perfect woman for whom he was "destined." Shepherd, real or imagined, claims to have come from a place where future minds are editing and deleting events to alter history. He says that Danny and Keiko will produce the progenitor of his own perfect mate. Follow Danny through a sensual world of flickering reality to the place where destinies collide, to a night of horror in a Kobe stadium.

Chasity is a young and attractive woman living in Houston, Texas. She has the world in her hands, with a career as the top fashion stylist to wealthy and celebrities, she is willing to do what it takes to stay on top of the game. But the life she has grown accustomed to has left little room for love-until now.After Chasity meets black, she thinks she has found the man of her dreams. Only to discover Black has more secrets than she can handle.

THE RADENBAUGH FARM COOKBOOK compiled by Linda Wilfinger and Katherine RadenbaughGeneration tested recipes straight from the farm to you!Are you looking for a cookbook that offers simple and quick to make meals with that just off the farm taste? This cookbook offers it all! Simple to make meals and desserts with ingredients that most of us already have on hand. No special utensils, or ingredients or techniques required to produce the taste of simple down home goodness.The authors invite you to enjoy the photos of farm family life from an earlier time as you try recipes passed down from generations of farm family cooks. Each cook added something to perfect the taste of these farm family favorites. From stick-to-the-ribs scalloped potatoes, soups for cold winter days, or company pleasing cheesecakes, there is sure to be a taste treat you and your family will enjoy.The book even includes a special section just for the younger members of the family with instructions on how to make play clay, decorative breadbaskets and giant bubbles. Keep the family dog happy with your baking skills and serve Fido a batch of our easy to make dog biscuits! All of the above can be found in the cookbook titled THE RADENBAUGH FARM COOKBOOK compiled by Linda Wilfinger and Katherine Radenbaugh and published by Outskirts Press.

In his own quest for William H. Gass's "heart of the heart of the country," author Andrew J. Olson takes readers to rural Minnesota, where children are essential parts in the machinery of everyday life. Portals to wonderment, they must learn the hard way about their own bodies and their own fragility, and yet we recognize it's their souls that are resilient, because even the marginalized exude a certain magic that cannot be ignored. Young men learn that hard work is its own reward, and that promises can be reaped from the land. However, workaday tragedies lie in wait, and Mother Nature is brutish in her lack of sympathy. Fortunately, the sense of duty that comes with living in a small community helps to temper both grief and loss, and in the end, we find that the heart of the heart of the country is a gift that can't be sought, only found. For those of us who are blessed to live on corn-speckled streets, these stories by Andrew J. Olson ring true. There is also a universality that readers will recognize as Olson tells stories that explore family relationships, innocence, loss, grief, revenge. We reach into the stories, and they surprise us, move us, encourage us, and help us to see ourselves, each other, and the world more clearly. - David Bengtson, author of Broken Lines: Prose Poems. In this evocative first collection set mostly on family farms in west central Minnesota, Andrew J. Olson strips his haunted young men of everything but their pride. In the title story, the venerable rural practice of barn stripping becomes a poignant symbol of mortality. One teenager comes to grip with a father from another time, suspended in his ways and in his outlook on the world, while another grows beyond his years after his father is killed in Iraq...these characters live in hardscrabble but resilient emotional territory. This is their survival manual, and Olson writes it with a flair for the telling episode or detail. - Alan Davis, author of So Bravely Vegetative and

"The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my helper; I put my trust in God, for he gives me strength; he is my protector and by his power, he saves me. He will be forever my refuge." Psalms 18:2. Tina King watched as her mother-the person who filled her life with words of peace, hope, faith, and courage-struggled to hold on to her own faith. Tina's mother had always lived by the prayers of King David, prayers that gave her peace and courage after she was diagnosed with third-stage breast cancer. This amazing woman held on to hope, went through 16 rounds of chemotherapy, and was preparing to walk her first 5k to benefit breast cancer. God had given her the strength and the will to live. Four months into her recovery, Tina's mother was devastated to learn that the cancer had returned-this time in her bones. Tina's mom was now fighting a new battle, and not just a battle for her life. She had lost her faith in God. As her child, Tina had to do whatever she could to get her mother to believe again, to regain the peace and solace of her faith on this new journey. "I took those words of King David and read them as if they were being lifted off the pages right into my mother's soul." Psalms of Healing is a collection of modernized verse written specifically for the cancer community-or anyone who is facing an overwhelming battle. These words provide faith, hope, and peace for the most challenging times.

On the island of Shikoku in Japan, there is a pilgrimage of 88 temples. Once an ascetic rite of passage for monks, it has become a more generalized ritual of penance and spiritual rejuvenation for troubled souls. Seven juvenile offenders on leave from various reform schools are doing the 1,300-kilometer pilgrimage on foot with a counselor and some assigned wardens from the state. The youths are under strict observation with at least one of the supervisors with them at all times. Once the seven finish the pilgrimage, they will be released. Will they rejoin society or leave it behind? Genre and market: A 50,000-word thriller. The Seven Samurai meets The Fugitive for young adults.Advance review of The 89TH Temple: "Absorbing and harrowing, capturing the more ominous aspects of the society it describes. The reader is immersed in the situation from the outset and kept there till the end. Powerfully realized and tellingly paced." - Ciaran Murray, The Secret Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Charlie Canning taught English for ten years at three different universities in Japan before enrolling in the PhD program in creative writing at the University of Adelaide. He has co-edited a collection of Japanese American literature, written an academic writing textbook, and published dozens of articles and reviews. The 89TH Temple is his first novel. For more information, please visit the author website at: http://charliecanning.com/home.html.

We are the result of all our experiences. To know us, you must know our stories... The Escapees RV Club was founded by Joe and Kay Peterson in 1978. Originally there was no detailed plan-the Petersons were simply two working travelers who wanted to make the RV lifestyle the best it could be for themselves and for fellow travelers. They had no idea that over 100,000 Escapees members would eventually join the club! With a magazine, an RV park system, a licensed adult day care center, and the largest mail service under one roof, the Escapees RV Club is now one of the largest in the industry. It provides a total support network for all RVers. The Petersons have inspired countless others to follow their dreams and discover the joy of this traveling lifestyle.Along their journey, Joe and Kay learned lessons in resilience, compassion, and an understanding that it is people-not places-that are important. In Beating the Odds, Kay Peterson shares the memories of their mistakes, disappointments, and heartaches. She shares her family's history and how it all led to finding Joe, her soul mate, and the lifestyle that gave them so much happiness.

Life is an amazing gift. We are all faced with many challenges throughout our lives and in the midst of them all, is love. Love is a lifelong journey. Along your travels of heart, there are peaks and valleys. At times it may be exciting, complicated, and even selfish. Being love and being in love have different meanings. The reward for living a happier and more fulfilling life extends from loving yourself first. Your conscious will contribute to you sharing love and light with others; once you're aware that love is already within. You'll find yourself lost in songs of the heart as you travel Lyrically Lost In Love. The journey is forever... Choose Love ... Agape ... Love Harder. ¿

"Sticks, Stones and Forgiveness" is a practical guide and case study used to address deeply rooted damaged emotions. It is a simple step-by-step process that has been proven to be affective to bring healing through forgiveness.

Contrary to popular belief...ALL MEN ARE NOT DOGS! The Forgotten Man is for the man who doesn't get the recognition he deserves, who has to constantly prove himself, who gets blamed for practically everything, who works hard trying to please his significant other, who gets disrespected and taken advantage of. Millions of men have been left hopeless and penniless because they've been deceived by women they thought they could trust. Find out what The Forgotten Man has to offer by taking a good look at the opposite side of male bashing.

Sam Fields grew up in a small town in upstate New York, with her father the police chief for years, the family always thought that she would make the perfect detective with her eidetic memory. But that wasn't in her plans, after quitting college she decided that a bigger city would satisfy her more, stopping in Boston she wound up being a police officer until the night that her partner was shot in a burglary gone bad. Quitting the next day she drove across country winding up in Los Angeles, big city, big dreams. Going to work for a large movie studio, she loved her job as a stunt woman until an accident and she was demoted to gopher. That is until the day an executive found out about her memory and they immediately put her into the props department, and she knew she had found her dream job. Becoming fast friends with a handsome LA detective, the chemistry just wasn't there for anything more, Sam thought she had the perfect life until she went to a party at a producers house and her world started to unravel. Between having to cater to friends of the boss and then finding a body in the storage locker at work, Sam's world started to disintegrate. Finding the body of her a co-worker and talking to the murderer while he remained in the shadows, she wondered what else was going on behind the scenes on the studio lot. It wasn't long before she found out that movies weren't the only illusion on the studio. There were more than props stored in the lockers on the lot, and unfortunately she was the one finding it. After a kidnapping attempt on her friend Abby, being held captive, having another encounter with the murderer from the shadows, Sam longs for her small hometown again. Even the old friend from New York that she runs into turns out to be more than he appears to be with a secret that even the best screen writer couldn't come up with. Longing for the days before she met the producer's friends, Sam helps solve the murders, and helps uncover an even bigger secret tha

The words of this testimony were inspired by God and powered by Christ.A highly dramatic and explosive testimony which exposes the lives of everyday people and tracks how they chose to live life according to the world in spite of having been introduced to the only true living God. These true occurrences as told through the eyes of the author are sure to lose friends, and win hearts, souls, and lives over to Jesus to the glory of God.In "Not One Second Late", Donna takes her reader on a 6 year journey spanning from 2005 thru 2011. The impacts of many of the events occurring during and prior to this time period continue today. In God's desire to use what the enemy meant for evil, for good, Donna answered the Lord's call to action. As God gave her the courage to write this painfully private account, bondages were broken. In the breaking down of prideful walls, the Lord knew that millions would now have yet another vehicle through which to come to know Him who otherwise might not.Although critical events take place over a period of many years, the resulting testimony in fact spans a lifetime. A testimony has a definite beginning and a certain end: Born x/x/xxx - Died x/x/xxx; in between are the pages, chapters, and seasons of life.A mentor, teacher, speaker, and trainer, Donna is an influential leader and highly effective communicator who is available to facilitate sessions for: women's fellowships, battered women's shelters, book clubs, singles ministries, prison ministries, and other forums in order to augment the reading and navigation of this manuscript with additional insights not penned herein but which helped to shape the turn of events that contributed to this account.With or without a facilitated session, the reader will most assuredly follow the transforming testimony in the hopes that in some small way they can relate to or be freed through their own unique transformation as they allow Christ to work in and thru them.Do

"Revelation, The Personal Message" is a Bible Study presented from a fresh new perspective for discerning Christians. It explains the sequence of events that will take place before the return of Christ and how those events will impact the church, while emphasizing the need for a personal relationship with Christ Jesus through the presence of the Holy Spirit. Authored by Carol Sparks, it is the result of a twenty-five year study that was written over a span of ten years. It offers amazing insights into God's 'end time' plan for creation and mankind, while eliminating the confusing terminology and theories normally associated with the study of Revelation. The Book of Revelation can be intimidating and seemingly unapproachable to many believers. Much of the available literature on the subject is focused on a combination of the activity that took place during the early years of the church and prophetic future events; based on any one of a number of different theories. The reader is left confused and the personal message is lost in the translation. When we seek understanding through scripture, the truth is amazingly uncomplicated and the personal message is startlingly poignant and relevant to every believer. The purpose of this Study is to provide Christians with a tool for understanding Revelation through God's Word. It is designed to increase knowledge of scripture and personal growth by means of individual or group study with a format that is easy to follow. The structure of the study lists the successive verses of Revelation along the left margin with corresponding scripture identified along the right margin. Key words are emphasized in bold print, followed by definitions and commentary. Every chapter includes a summary and some thought provoking questions. Revelation is not written in linear sequence. Large segments of the text deal with descriptions of people and the influence they exerci

Betrayal, love, lust and triumph over demons of the past...Kelandra's childhood was spent in a tough neighborhood in the beautiful Berkshire hills, in Pittsfield, a city filled with beauty and awe, surrounded by nature in all of its glory, but where violence and sexual abuse grew, spreading as if it were an epidemic. This is the story of her search for peace from nightmares that plagued her childhood, a childhood that was marred by sexual abuse, where she witnessed more than her share of domestic violence in a neighborhood that was ripe with a sense of hopelessness. It follows Kelandra through her childhood and into adulthood where she finds the rationalization of how torture and trauma could exist simultaneously with fun and adventure for so many years. It is about Kelandra's journey of self-discovery, about how she was able to meet someone and fall deeply in love, how that love began to change her and start the process of growth within her. Even though Kelandra leaves this, would be knight in shining armor, and the nightmares continued to attack her sleep for over a decade, she was able to finally break free from her past. She was healing and discovering that it is okay to love and to be loved back. She will find love again many years later in a twist of fate that is almost too good to be true. She will head full force into her happily ever after without the fear of what will go wrong, conquering the demons she had always battled. She will find the hope that life will finally give her room to breathe and faith in something more. She will finally know contentment and tranquility. If only she reminds herself to look forward and let go of the pain.