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Business & Money

Avadian, Brenda

Management & Leadership

North Star Books

The REAL-TIME telling of caregiving experiences, for families of the 36 million people worldwide who live with dementia such as Alzheimer's. Learn what to expect and be comforted by this candid account of caring for a loved one.<ul>
<li>Diagnosis</li>
<li>Support Groups</li>
<li>Conservatorship</li>
<li>In-home Care</li>
<li>Skilled Nursing care</li>
<li>A Rare Gift</li>
<li>Family conflict</li>
<li>Legal &amp; Financial Issues</li>
<li>Celebrating Life</li>
</ul>This revised and expanded second edition of the internationally selling title features more dialogue, including family, caregiving, and legal details. If you've ever raised your hands and screamed, "I don't know what to do! Someone, please tell me what to do!" You're not alone. READ THIS BOOK! To be released as an eBook late 2014.

"Where's my shoes?" My Father's Walk Through Alzheimer's

Health, Fitness & Dieting

The REAL-TIME telling of caregiving experiences, for families of the 36 million people worldwide who live with dementia such as Alzheimer's. The grammatically-incorrect title in quotations is what the author's father asked while living with dementia. Learn what to expect and be comforted by this candid account of caring for a loved one. <ul>
<li> Diagnosis
</li>
<li> Support Groups</li>
<li> Conservatorship</li>
<li> In-home Care</li>
<li> Skilled Nursing care</li>
<li> A Rare Gift</li>
<li> Family conflict</li>
<li> Legal &amp; Financial Issues</li>
<li> Celebrating Life</li>
</ul>
 This revised and expanded second edition of the internationally selling title features more dialogue, including family, caregiving, and legal details. If you've ever raised your hands and screamed, "I don't know what to do! Someone, please tell me what to do!" You're not alone. Read this book. To be released as an eBook late 2014.

"Where's My Shoes?": My Father's Walk Through Alzheimer's

Brenda Avadian

STUFFology 101 is for those us who want to get the clutter out of our lives without being featured on reality TV. We can still use our bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen, but we harbor secrets. <ol>
<li>Do you race around to pick up piles when someone's at the door? </li>
<li>Do you close the door to hide your stuff in the spare room? </li>
<li>Do you still have boxes to unpack from your last move a dozen years ago? </li>
<li>Are you unable to focus because your mind is so frazzled? </li>
</ol>
STUFFologists Brenda Avadian and Eric Riddle share four decades of experience dealing with STUFF-uhh, clutter. Inside STUFFology 101, you'll find FUN and FLEXIBLE approaches to get your mind out of what YOU DEFINE as CLUTTER. Funny, serious, and humbling stories are woven with tips to help you clear the toxic clutter out of your life. BRENDA AVADIAN, MA author of nine books, was raised by a mother who could not say no to a free offer and a father who had "spare parts for everything." She broke the clutter cycle in her own life by learning to let go. "It's mine!" ERIC RIDDLE would say while holding onto his children's stuff for many years. Once he defined his clutter, he discovered that getting his mind out of the clutter is an ongoing process. At the end of your life, what will matter most - -THINGS or PEOPLE? Are you ready to manage the STUFF in your life? STUFFology 101: Get Your Mind Out of the Clutter STUFFology101.com

STUFFology 101: Get Your Mind Out of the Clutter

Riddle, Eric M.

Avadian M.A., Brenda

Beauty, Grooming, & Style

Gold Star Sister

When her beloved Gram is dying of cancer, Carrie discovers letters from Gran's brother, Billy, who was killed in World War II and uncovers a family secret as she pieces together Gran's life and her own as well.

Murphy, Claire Rudolf

Something wicked this way comes; in this case it's Jack Barrett's father, whose inherent drive for perfection has spiraled into a raging obsession ever since he began working for the mysterious Eden Corporation. When his father forcibly relocates the family to Paradise, a village that is literally owned by Eden's enigmatic CEO, Jack uncovers a sinister plot that threatens the lives of everyone he loves. Delving even further into the secrets of the village, he soon learns just how high the price for perfection can be . . . and to what lengths some people are willing to go to obtain it.

This Side of Paradise

Teen & Young Adult

Layne, Steven L.

Literature & Fiction

Nephi Stevensen is deeply compromised. A former Mormon missionary, he is now a student by day and a spy by night. Curious yet obedient, over-achieving Nephi strives to out-Bond James Bond even as his job is tearing him apart. With deep religious convictions and personal safety on the line, Nephi begins to question his commitment to his country. He works to extract himself from a blackmailed existence as a spy, even as he is rubbing shoulders with prime ministers, movie stars, and KGB agents. In Harvard Final Clubs, Mekong Swift Boats, Singaporean hawker centers, classrooms, ancient temples, and his girlfriend s apartment, Nephi makes choices that bring him step by step closer to his final decision: embrace his inner-murderer or end it all...
 Nephi s story is told through the eyes of his 15-year-old son, Jake, who has never met his father. Jake is learning about Nephi for the first time while sitting in the basement sifting through a carefully arranged, hidden box of correspondence, diaries, and government documents. As son comes to know father, Jake also learns about himself scared to death he may end up just like his dad.

Gman: a Mormon spy story

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Jason Jahns

Thrillers & Suspense

If most of us want to be good, how is it that many of us can seem so bad? 
 Drawing on the disciplines of brain science, management, moral philosophy, public policy, and psychology and filled with original research, surveys, and case studies, Good vs Good explains how we each prioritize the 8 Great Goods in completely disparate order. In surveys of over 2000 Americans, 1750 gave a unique sequence for their Goods. Yet, when we encounter people with whom we do not share the same prioritization of Goods, our natural inclination is to resist them and their views. 
 This resistance leads to boardroom coups, family spats, and lovers quarrels. We may even find those who look at the world in divergent ways as somehow evil. The most important conflicts in human history (Cambodia s Killing Fields, Islamic Jihads, civil wars and even presidential elections) are all about how we prioritize the 8 Great Goods. 
 The way we rank the 8 Goods explicit or unspoken determines who we are and what we will become as individuals, organizations, and nations. So for anyone who is a national leader, an organizational manager or just trying to get along with co-workers or family members, Good vs Good offers insights into what is going on in our minds and in the minds of others. More importantly, this book gives readers a step-by-step game plan for how to bridge the gulf between the Goods and each other. Good vs Good shows us how our differences can actually build understanding and create solutions that may permanently improve our lives and the world around us.

Good vs Good: Why the 8 Great Goods Are Behind Every Good (and Bad) Decision

John C. Beck

The Charles Snodgrass Family: Frontier Life in the Monongahela Valley is Millie Covey Fry’s perfect combination of family history and story-enhancing photos. In the early 1700s, a couple of determined Scottish Snodgrasses sailed to America and adapted to a life on the frontier that was filled with uncertainty and adventure. The surname Snodgrass soon became familiar on early Virginia land records and church lists of founding members, on military service rosters, and is one that spans generations on census and vital statistic records. Snodgrass families were in Frederick County, Virginia by 1750. Charles Snodgrass and five other Snodgrasses were listed on a church membership in Frederick County [present day Berkeley County, West Virginia] in 1770. There was nothing ordinary about the Snodgrasses who forged their way through extraordinary times. History enthusiasts will discover the Snodgrasses’ involvement with others in drafting a petition in opposition of paying taxes to support a state church—and that particular petition was powerful enough to later influence Thomas Jefferson’s draft of The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, which was later used as a basis for what would become the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution that guarantees American citizens freedom of religion. George Washington is another well-known historical figure who is documented as having crossed paths with the Snodgrasses. With tenacity and strength, the Snodgrasses faced threats and realities of life or death situations on the frontier while rearing families and running their homesteads and businesses. You’ll read of their struggles and accomplishments, marriages, births, and deaths. You’ll read of combined families and separated families. You’ll learn of heroes who served on the battlefields and those who fought to protect their families in other times of turmoil. You’ll read stories of unsung heroes—those strong and resilient women who were Snodgrasses, married Snodgrasses, and gave birth to future Snodgrasses. Readers will make an immediate connection to the characters and places mentioned in the book, and those readers who share the Snodgrass DNA will be proud to share those hardy genes. The founding Snodgrass men and women built a wonderful legacy, and although some have been laid to rest in unmarked or nearly forgotten graves, because of the continued interest, determination, and tenacity genes that have been handed down to Millie Covey Fry, their names and history will be kept alive for their descendants and others in The Charles Snodgrass Family: Frontier Life in the Monongahela Valley.

The Charles Snodgrass Family: Frontier Life In The Monongahela Valley

Biographies & Memoirs

Fry, Millie Covey

Community & Culture

James Galloway and Tecumseh: The Pact of Peace and Friendship

History

Americas

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