Fran Tabor has a small business owner with Survivor's Attitude.

She wrote the Kindle top 10 Live Abundantly! 50 Business Lessons from the Bible.

Also wrote Shhhh! It is a Secret. How to Compete against Walmart & the Internet, available in audio & print, Female Small business owner since 1978, went from 20,000/yr to over $1,000,000/yr since 2003.

My business has survived divorce, uninsured cancer, embezzlements, recessions, rapidly changing demographics -- and continues to grow.

In addition to other books, she wrote Sci Fi epic To Own Two Suns and Montana romance Eagle Rock.

The Bible belongs to the gritty world of twenty-first century business. When to fire? Market research? Home-life/Work-time balance? Bankruptcy? All that and more is in the Bible, along with His promise that if we follow His Laws, we will live abundantly. With humor and compassion, this concise book shares the principles which helped the author’s business bounce back from insolvency to profitability. The fifty short, entertaining lessons in Live Abundantly! weave together Bible stories, worldly references, and direct quotes from the Bible.

She is the author of Live Abundantly! 50 Business Lessons from the Bible.

 https://www.amazon.com/Live-Abundantly-Business-Lessons-Bible/dp/145631159X

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 He is an exceptional physician who has spent a lifetime attempting to facilitate communication between patients and their doctors and patients and their families. He has authored a brilliant book summarizing his life’s experience regarding preparations for dying well. This book is necessary for anyone who has loved ones who may be grappling with this issue. It is a masterpiece, says Philip W. Gold, M.D.

Library of Congress Council of Scholars, Former Investigator in the Intramural Research Program of the NIMH.

It has been over 50 years of medical practice and teaching for understanding what is needed to navigate the obstacles in the way of a peaceful departure. The subject of his commencement speech at the Duke Medical School graduation in 1970 concerned the lack of human understanding in medical education.

The most  human of understandings, the wisdom to accept illness, old age (if you are lucky), and death, is called existential intelligence. This is the core intelligence of Doctor Horton’s two current books and the ones to follow.

He is the author of "Good to Go: Five Understandings to Navigate a Peaceful and Elegant Last Chapter of Life." 

https://drjohnhorton.com/

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Prior to admitting his addiction, Joshua was a prominent magazine publisher, award-winning journalist, film festival founder, and politician in central Maine. Early on, he recognized recovery was far more than just quitting the negative behavior of his addiction. It was about answering the questions: "Why did I become an addict, how did that make me the person I am today, what must I do to become the person I was truly born to be?"

In 2017, Joshua launched ThatCornCoach.com. He has also contributed articles about recovery to TheFix.com and Recovery Today magazine.

His most recent book, I am Reading This Book About Porn Addiction for a Friend, introduces readers who are struggling in early recovery, or looking for more information about a suspected addiction. It includes symptoms, stories of addicts Shea have worked with, and a series of activities to personalize the process.

His third book, Porn, and the Pandemic: How Three Months in 2020 Changed Everything was released in July 2020. It looks at how the world of online pornography changed overnight during the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak with analysis and interviews from current and former pornography addicts, "cam models" who use sites like Chaturbate and OnlyFans, and a bevy of mental health and addiction professionals. Online pornography exploded during the pandemic right under most people's noses.

He is also the author of The Addiction Nobody Will Talk About: How I Let My Pornography Addiction Hurt People and Destroy Relationships (2018), a memoir about his descent during the final days of his addiction and He is a Porn Addict…Now What? (2019) written for female partners of male porn addicts who are grappling with the revelation their loved one is an addict. It was co-written with Tony Overbay, LMFT.

Shea currently makes his full-time living as a certified pornography addict and certified betrayal trauma coach.

Shea has given more interviews about pornography addiction than anybody on Earth since 2018. He has appeared on over 350 podcasts, television and radio shows using his personal story to promote the ideas that porn addiction spans all demographics and those with a problem should seek help before it is too late, as it became in his case.

Sober since early 2014, Joshua still lives in Central Maine with his wife and two children, four dogs and eight cats.

 https://thatcorncoach.com/

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The story behind Dr. Gerta Keller’s world-shattering scientific discovery that dinosaur extinction was NOT caused by asteroid impact, but rather by volcanic eruptions on the Indian peninsula, a discovery that highlights today’s existential threat of greenhouse gasses and climate change and one that sparked an all-out war waged by the scientific establishment.

Part scientific detective story, part personal odyssey, The Last Extinction is the definitive account of a radical theory that has reshaped how we understand our planet’s past and, as we face the possibility of a sixth extinction, how we might survive its future.

For decades, the dominant theory held that an asteroid impact caused the dinosaurs’ extinction. But Princeton Geologist Dr. Gerta Keller followed the evidence to the truth: Deccan volcanism, a series of massive volcanic eruptions in India, triggered a long-term climate catastrophe and Earth’s fifth mass extinction. Her findings upended the field and ignited a bitter feud in modern science—what became known as the “Dinosaur Wars.”

Raised in poverty on a Swiss farm and told she could never be a scientist, Keller defied expectations, earning her PhD at Stanford and battling her way into the highest ranks of Geology, eventually becoming a Professor of Paleontology and Geology at Princeton University. Her refusal to back down in the face of ridicule, sabotage, and sexism makes her story as thrilling as her science, which offers urgent insight into today’s climate crisis: Sustained planetary upheaval—not a single cataclysmic event—can plunge the planet into an age of death.

She is the author of "The Last Extinction: The Real Science Behind the Death of the Dinosaurs."

https://www.amazon.com/Last-Extinction-Science-Behind-Dinosaurs/dp/B0DZ13NHZV 

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After a successful career in film, television, and journalism in Washington, DC, Bill made a career change, becoming a successful financial advisor in the Midwest. In this new role, he tried using this then-new thing called email to stay connected with his widespread staff. To get them to regularly check their mail, he started sending out a "Thought for the Day." And it worked even better than he expected. Clients learned about the daily email and asked to be included on the list, and it just kept growing.

For over 20 years, Bill Williams has been spreading joy and wisdom through his daily email series, A Thought for the Day. From managing a sales team to inspiring audiences worldwide, his collection of humorous and thought-provoking stories has connected people across generations and continents.

Now, after twenty years and thousands of "thoughts" later, he is making these missives available in this series of books.

He is the author of "20 Years of Internet Humor: Volume One and Other Interesting Things." 

https://www.internet-humor.com/

http://www.yourlotandparcel.org

 In this captivating memoir, the author embarks on a deeply personal journey to uncover her family's hidden history during the Holocaust while pursuing Austrian citizenship. As Austria opens the door to reparation citizenship for descendants of those victimized by the Nazi and Austrofascist regimes, Anne digs through fragments of family stories and documents to trace her Austrian and Czechoslovakian roots. Through her search, she pieces together the story her ancestors withheld from their children after World War II, while reflecting on identity, migration, and heritage.

Navigating the bureaucratic process of gaining citizenship, this journey becomes much more than just a legal pursuit. It transforms into a reflection on memory, loss, and resilience, culminating in the celebration of legacies both long buried and still cherished. Along the way, she confronts the silences and gaps in her family's past, grappling with the weight of history and its impact on future generations. This story is a heartfelt meditation on the intersection of personal and shared history, and a joyful tribute to the power of remembering and belonging.

This memoir stands out as a unique and contemporary story, offering a fresh perspective on historical reparations and the ongoing quest for identity in a rapidly changing world. By blending personal narrative with a modern-day journey through citizenship laws and collective memory, it highlights the enduring influence of history on modern life. It is a timely, thoughtful exploration of what it means to reclaim a lost heritage and gain a new place in today's world.

 https://www.amazon.com/Austrian-Again-Reclaiming-Holocaust-Heritage/dp/949332298X

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Set in the harsh, windswept beauty of Newberry Springs, California in 1964, Mrs. Orcutt’s Driveway tells the remarkable true story of an independent, retired woman living alone with her goats, tortoises, and a homemade lake—on a quiet, forgotten stretch of Route 66. But when the state tried to force her off her land in the name of "progress," she dug in her heels—and made national headlines.

She tenaciously defied government plans to isolate her desert home by fighting for a four-mile road connecting her property to Route 66. Her story is one of fierce resilience and independence, showing how a determined woman stood up to bureaucracy and secured her place in history. More than just a fight for access, Mrs. Orcutt’s Driveway symbolizes the power of persistence and a woman’s right to be heard.

When state bulldozers came to carve a highway through her Mojave property, Margaret “Bonnie” Orcutt refused to budge. She was not just defending her land—she was taking a stand against the full weight of government authority, and her fight reached all the way to the White House.

My guest is the author of "Mrs. Orcutt's Driveway: A Legendary Road - An Unstoppable Woman" 

https://mrsorcuttsdriveway.com/

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 Dr. Marianne Pinkston is a graduate of the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, and of the CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Family Practice Residency Program. Graduating in 1997 and starting her clinical solo practice in 2000 with her husband, Dr. Pinkston provided South Texas with the best general care in family practice until 2007, when she developed Rheumatoid arthritis, where Dr. Pinkston then began her journey into integrative and functional medicine. She earned tens of thousands of hours in training and degrees in stem cell and peptide certification, as well as anti-aging, natural hormone replacement, weight loss, regenerative medicine, and integrative medicine studies. Dr. Pinkston is a specialist in weight loss, having gained up to three hundred pounds and developed diabetes and high blood pressure. Dr. Pinkston lost 162 pounds in a year and two months, regaining her precious health and soon training to a high athletic level. Dr. Pinkston also provides natural hormone replacement therapy for men and women and treats autoimmune conditions such as metabolic, thyroid, gut health, exposure medicine, and many other inflammatory conditions. Dr. Pinkston is not limited to any disease or treatment style. Dr. Pinkston entered the media scene in 2016 with KTSA 550 and the Dr. Pinkston’s Radio Show and now has joined KLUP-930 The Answer in San Antonio, Texas, where she presents many contemporary and integrative health topics as well as inspirational and guided life improvement topics and motivational speaking. 

https://www.drpbetterlife.com/

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She CAN’T WAIT to take you on this journey with her.

Because you DESERVE to experience the true adventure called life, the way you are MEANT to. Achieving one’s dreams has a TRANSFORMATIONAL effect that will make your life EXCEPTIONAL, she says.

She wants to teach you the SECRET FORMULA.

She wants you to allow her to help you STOP doubting your dreams and START doubting your limitations.

But DON’T expect these chapters to take you on a calm and peaceful ride. Because she promises you: they will not.

This book will challenge you first. It will make you feel uncomfortable. It will provoke you and even scare you.

But if you think your dream is WORTH the price. If you are the kind of person for whom adventure is more important than predictability. Then allow her to CAPTIVATE YOU and come on this journey with her!

GO and GRAB your INVALUABLE copy TODAY, because this book WILL WITHOUT QUESTION CHANGE YOUR LIFE. She is the author of "From Fear to Fierce: How to Turn Failure into Success." 

https://www.amazon.com/Fear-Fierce-Turn-Failure-Success/dp/177277619X

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 She has designed her website to provide an affordable way for consumers to learn the realities of consumer credit, avoiding the myths that many companies falsely claim they can accomplish. The goal is for YOU to understand how the credit system works and improve your own credit. Developing this life skill will help YOU qualify for credit by utilizing what you have learned and saving money on interest rates.

Laurie is also the former host of the nationally syndicated Half Empty, Half Full Consumer Advocacy Radio Show and co-host of Fraudsters. Both shows featured guest experts covering a multitude of topics designed to help consumers make better decisions and become smarter faster.

Laurie’s experience includes:

Featured Guest Credit Expert—Tampa News Channel 10 (2009 to 2019)

Speaker: Chambers of Commerce, TBREIA, SREIA, Multiple Mortgage and Real Estate Companies; Moderator and Panelist at GTAR on Debt Collection; Moderator and Panelist at the Jimmy B. Keel Library on Consumer Credit, Debt Collection, and Foreclosures.

Author of the copyrighted book: “Credit Scare? Credit Repair? Fighting the Credit Bureaus, Creditors, and Collection Agencies” and the “Laurie Zoock Do-It-Yourself” Plan

Former NJ Public Access Talk Show Host (2004 to 2005) – Volunteer dedicated to helping nonprofits gain exposure through public access TV in North NJ.

 https://crediteducationconsultants.com/our-services#content

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 What happens when you refuse to walk on a flag—and get caught listening to music?

In the Shadows of the IRGC is the harrowing true story of Sherman Jason Niamehr, born in Florence, Italy, to a Muslim mother and a Jewish father. Raised between two cultures, Sherman’s life changed forever the day he refused to step on a painted American and Israeli flag during his mandatory military service in Iran. Days later, he was caught listening to music—both acts seen as dangerous defiance by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

He was branded a spy. Interrogated. Disappeared into a secret IRGC black site.

What followed was years of secret detainment, brutal psychological warfare, and solitary confinement. After barely surviving Iran’s system, Sherman returned to the U.S.—only to be locked in another solitary cell, this time in New York during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

He lost his country, his freedom, and years with his children and wife. But he never lost his story.

This memoir is not just about survival, it is about identity, injustice, and rediscovering peace through meditation after a life of trauma. It is about a man born between religions, raised across continents, and silenced by powerful regimes who feared the truth.

They tried to erase him. He chose to write it down.

He is the author of "In the Shadows of the IRGC: What Happened After I Refused to Step on the American Flag at an IRGC Military Base."

https://www.amazon.sg/Shadows-IRGC-Happened-American-Military/dp/B0F3P564PK

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 The frame house, known as the Mark Twain Boyhood Home, was constructed about 1843 or 1844. The Clemens family lived here until leaving town in 1853. Following their departure, this became a rental property. In 1911 it was scheduled for demolition to make way for a larger building.

The Hannibal Commercial Club (forerunner to the Chamber of Commerce) started a fund drive to save the house. Mr. George Mahan stepped forward, purchased the house, fixed it up, and gave it to the City of Hannibal on May 15, 1912. For several years, a caretaker lived in most of the rooms and showed the parlor to the public.

1935, the Mark Twain Centennial celebration included a museum in the lobby of the B&L Building, at Fourth and Broadway. The museum was popular and led to the erection of the stone museum adjacent to the Boyhood Home. This museum included living quarters above the museum, so the caretaker moved out of the Boyhood Home. The remaining rooms of the home were then opened to the public.

The metal viewing platform was installed over the winter of 1984-1985 in preparation for the Mark Twain Sesquicentennial. A full restoration of the Boyhood Home occurred in 1990-1991. This included rebuilding two rooms at the rear that had been removed in about 1885.

The Boyhood Home has been open to the public since 1912, making it one of the earliest historic preservations in the country. It is on the National Register of Historic Buildings and is designated as a National Historic Landmark.

 https://marktwainmuseum.org/

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 She is a versatile American actress, author, comedienne, and television personality with a diverse range of credits to her name. Born and raised in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, April discovered her passion for entertainment at an early age. She honed her skills in acting and comedy over the years, eventually making a name for herself in the competitive worlds of New York City and Las Vegas.

In New York City, April made a mark on the cabaret and comedy club scenes, performing at renowned venues such as Don't Tell Mama, The Duplex, and The Metropolitan Room. Her talents also extended to off-Broadway productions, including the long-running dinner theater show "Murdered by The Mob."

April's television career is equally impressive, with appearances on popular shows like "Entertainment Tonight," "Inside Edition," and "The Wendy Williams Show." She has also showcased her comedic talents on programs such as "Judge Jerry," "Videos After Dark," and "What Would You Do?" Her appearance on Season 1, Episode 4, of TLC's "My Strange Addiction" (streaming on Amazon, Hulu, Max, etc.) has made April a cult fan favorite worldwide.

In Las Vegas, April has become a fixture in the entertainment scene, performing at prestigious venues like Notoriety Theater and Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Her nine-month stint as a special guest star in the classic Vegas showgirl revue "BurlesQ" at Alexis Park Resort further solidified her status as a sought-after performer in the city. She hosts "April in Vegas," a streaming TV chat show produced on location at The English Hotel in the Las Vegas Arts District. Las Vegas Review-Journal entertainment columnist John Katsilometes has dubbed her the "ventriloquial vixen."

She is the author of “Do not Read My Lips! America’s Foremost Female Ventriloquist Reveals the Secrets of How to be a Successful Vent."

http://www.aprilbrucker.tv/

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She is a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, trained in Functional, Integrative, and Environmental Medicine with 25 years’ experience. She has a brick-and-mortar practice in Costa Mesa, CA where she helps patients with mystery illnesses, with autoimmune issues, mold illness, chronic infections, mast cell activation syndrome, which is a hypersensitivity condition, and other complex chronic conditions. She integrates science, intuition, and spiritual psychology to help people heal at the deepest levels. She is on the Board of two professional organizations dedicated to educating health care providers about the effects of environmental toxins on health. She hosted 3 virtual worldwide summits reaching over 100,000 people,  and author of a forthcoming book that showcases the transformational healing journeys of 7 of my patients where she explore reframing illness as opportunity, not only to heal the physical body but to uncover and come into coherence with ourselves as Authentic expressions of who we are meant to be on this planet.

Her goal is to educate patients, families, and our community on functional and integrative medicine, empowering them to make informed decisions about their health. They foster a culture of respect and support, continuously providing innovative expertise, tools, and services for optimal healing.

 https://thespringcenter.com/

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 John Isaac Jones's new biographical novel on Samuel Langhorne Clemens, A/K/A Mark Twain, brings the fascinating life of America's most famous humorist to you in vivid, captivating detail. His time - 1840s-1910 America. Wagon trains moving west; California gold rush; telegraph invented; War between the States; Lincoln assassinated; the golden spike; Custer massacred; the trail of tears; invention of electric light, the telephone, and the automobile; the Spanish-American War; political events leading to WWI. His loves - His strait-laced, highly-religious mother Jane who vowed he was "born to be hanged!"; Laura Hawkins, his childhood sweetheart to whom he was unable to commit; Ina Coolbrith, the beautiful California poetess and lover who vowed to hold him; his beloved wife Olivia who urged him to become “a serious writer;” his oldest daughter Susan whom he worshipped from the day she was born until the day of her death.

His genius – Samuel Langhorne Clemens, news reporter, steamboat pilot, gold miner, lecturer, world-traveler, adventurer, author of the classic Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn books; the first man to circumnavigate the world on a steamship; singlehandedly invented the travelogue genre when he wrote Innocents Abroad; later books, including A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Roughing it, Life of the Mississippi and the short story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, earned him the title “The father of American literature.”

https://johnisaacjones.com/#content 

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 The killing of Cecil the lion by Walter Palmer in 2015 showed there are a handful of people who occasionally kill an animal for kicks, right?

Wrong!

20,000 endangered animals were shot by trophy hunters last year. The total figure is closer to 100,000 animals if you include unprotected species. And this number does not count animals shot by people in their own country.

Safari Club International (SCI) is the world’s largest trophy hunting group. In the past few years, it has handed out 20,000 prizes to members who have shot lots of animals. They include hundreds of winners of its Hunting Achievement Award who each killed over 125 different animals.

SCI keeps a Record Book of the biggest animals killed by its members. There are 200,000 entries. You can buy hunting holidays on the internet to shoot any animal on the planet. If you fancy ‘big game’ hunting in Africa, there are lions, elephants, rhinos, and hippos. If you prefer ‘plains game,’ then you can choose a giraffe, zebra, leopard or even a cheetah.

If North America is where you would like to go, you can shoot polar bears and moose. Or pumas and capybara in South America. Some people enjoy flying ‘down under.’ Why not shoot camels and wallabies while you are there? The US has ranches where you can shoot zebras, kangaroos, and animals that have been hunted to extinction in the wild. There are beavers, reindeer, and seals for sale in Europe. Asian wild goats and sheep. If you go to Texas, you can even shoot wild pigs from a helicopter ... using a machine gun. Some go with their loved ones. There are father and son breaks, mother and daughter shooting trips. Fancy using a bow and arrow? There are bowhunting-only estates. And companies that specialize in shooting animals with revolvers. Many hunting companies advertise on the internet. Try googling ‘polar bear outfitter.’ Or ‘lion hunting safari.’ Or just ‘sheep hunting.’

There are thousands of hunting holiday companies in the world today. They sell hunting package holidays for almost any species. Safari Club International’s list of ‘eligible’ animals covers over nine hundred species and sub-species, including endangered animals such as black rhinos, and animals you may never have heard of. Hunting companies offer dozens more species not on SCI's list, such as zebras, giraffes, monkeys, baboons. Google ‘safari hunting price list.’

In “Shoot 1 Lion Get 1 Free” you will meet the owners of dozens of the world’s top hunting companies, see the animals they have for sale, and learn what their customers think of it.

“Shoot 1 Lion Get 1 Free" is a genuine offer promoted by a hunting company in Africa.

This is a Trophy Hunting Book Trilogy:

“Twenty Elephants in Seventy-Five Minutes,”

“Shoot One Lion – Get One Free” & “Mainlining on Heroin"

 https://www.amazon.com/Shoot-One-Lion-Hunting-Industry/dp/B0FCXR6BCY#:~:text=His%20new%20trilogy%20%2D%20%22Twenty%20Elephants,sport'%2C%20selfies%20and%20souvenirs.

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He aims to replace economic frustration with a practical understanding of our economy and empower us to identify and advocate for a better approach to the problems we face. Howard Yaruss breaks down our economic system in a straightforward, nonpartisan way, avoiding jargon, formulas, graphs, and other technical material so common in books on this subject. Instead, he uses accessible analogies, real-world observations, and entertaining anecdotes to create a comprehensive picture of our economy.

A book that provides the tools needed to understand our economy, determine which policies would work best, and champion those policies effectively, Understandable Economics could not be more timely-or more necessary.

HOWARD YARUSS is an economist, professor, attorney, businessman, and activist who has taught a variety of courses on economics and business and currently teaches at New York University. Prior to teaching, he served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Radian Group, one of the largest guarantors of debt in the world. Yaruss graduated from Brown University, studied at the London School of Economics, and earned a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in Manhattan.

He is the author of Understandable Economics: Because Understanding Our Economy is Easier Than You Think and More Important Than You Know.

 https://www.amazon.com/Understandable-Economics-Because-Understanding-Important/dp/1633888363#:~:text=Incomes%20are%20stagnating%2C%20middle%2Dclass,world%20observations%2C%20and%20entertaining%20anecdotes.

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Do you feel like your life is just too busy and you do not have enough time for all you need to do?

He will show you how to make every moment count, just like the most successful people in the world do.

The truth is—you have no less and no more time in your day than Elon Musk, Warren Buffet, The President of the United States, Taylor Swift, and Simon Cowell.

How do they get so much done in their day while you struggle? They live differently because they learned to use time differently. Sure, they are rich, and they do not waste their money. But they are also rich in time because they learned not to waste it either.

They learned what you will learn in this episode. How to use the unused moments in life.

We tend to live as if we all have an infinite amount of time. But the truth is we all have a finite number of years, days, hours and moments and we never know when they will run out. When a moment passes unused, unproductive, and unfruitful—you never get it back.

You cannot make time. You cannot save time. You cannot kill time. You cannot buy time. But you can redeem time. You can use it—or you can lose it.

He is the author of 30 Seconds That Can Change Your Life: Learning to Use the Unused Moments of Life.

https://www.amazon.com/Seconds-That-Change-Your-Life/dp/0982260733

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His personal journey started as a retail pharmacist just trying to help diabetic patients. What he learned over the last decade is that teaching patients about the impact of diet, medications and lifestyle is the most valuable tool for improving health outcomes.

He wanted to use his background as a pharmacist to fill that need for patient education. Unlike pharmacy school, he now has evidence-based information at his fingertips. And for the curious-minded, there are several clever ways to discover where conflicts of interest in the government, food, and pharmaceutical industries have shaped our misunderstanding of chronic disease. ​

On a personal level, he found the ketogenic diet to be a powerful tool in helping him drop over fifty pounds and fuel his newly found passion for the watersport, SUP (stand-up paddle). He was able to achieve this goal and significantly improve various health markers. This personal dietary experiment added passion to his career transition from a traditional retail pharmacist to an educator and coach. Before he knew it, he was offering diabetes classes and leading a weekly support group. ​

With recent advances in wearable technologies like CGMs (continuous glucose monitoring) and smart watches, patients can get important feedback in real-time regarding the consequences of their choices. His role is to facilitate learning as they navigate their own personal trek back to better health. 

https://www.unscriptedpharmacist.com/

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Everybody loves dogs, right? Kathleen Troy is a dog lover who has been involved with dog training for 20+ years, and she is ready to share her knowledge.

When she is not writing, traveling, or classroom lecturing, Kathleen enjoys visiting local schools and groups to share her stories and teach about dog responsibility.

As a college writing professor and dog trainer, Kathleen loves to talk to people of all ages about writing and dogs!

She is happy to do both large-group talks (with plenty of interaction) and smaller events for grades 3-12. Let her know your needs.

She is the author of Dear Dylan’s Dog Squad. “An abundance of adventures to keep the pages turning, interwoven with a healthy supply of tender and humorous respites.

An entertaining series, with positive messaging and a delightful dog.”

She says, “Every day when I wake up, I think I’m the luckiest person I know.” Dog training is Kathleen’s passion, and she has achieved recognition, most notably for training service dogs for hospice work. She also enjoys spending her weekends and evenings with children’s groups to share her stories and teach about dog responsibility. Kathleen welcomes hearing from you! 

https://www.kathleentroy.com/

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 Everyone looks back on their youth and thinks, “I wish I knew then what I know now.…” This is a book for young adults who want to know right now what so many wish they had known back then. What is happy, anyway? Where do you find it?

Finding Happy is for young adults starting their adult journey, and for those well into theirs who have not yet sighted land.

It is written by a master storyteller who learned to scale walls and blew them up rather than be stopped, and who learned in the process that our happiness flows from leaving the world a better place than we found it. It is about how best to channel this glorious life we are each privileged to enjoy and to make it genuinely happy.

Finding Happy is filled with gripping adventures and misadventures that demonstrate just how possible the seemingly impossible often is, from daredevil filmmaking in Africa and Asia to making daunting rules work for you, to earning a full college scholarship after being completely unable to answer the entrance exam essay question…to climbing down a hundred-foot pipe shaft at 3 a.m. to rescue a kitten, with no plan for how to climb back up.

It is about how best to seize the day, which risks are brave and which foolish, about roadblocks and solutions, learning from leaders and finding your own secret sauce. Samuelson explains how to find your compass and persuade others to help you. He shows how to live your passion, make a living, take off your mask, build your best place in the universe, and find your own unique and personal Happy.

He is the author of "Finding Happy: A User's Guide to Your Life, with Lessons from Mine."

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DP5GC8K6   

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This is a story about the Seabrooks and the frozen vegetable empire they created in Southern New Jersey, Seabrook Farms. It chronicles the ingenuity and ambition that built the industrial farm and its brand, as well as the brutality and graft required to keep it going, and the tragic way that the family business ended.

“Having left this material for his writer son, my father must have wanted the story told, even if he couldn’t bear to tell it himself.”

So begins the story of a forgotten American dynasty, a farming family from the bean fields of southern New Jersey that became wealthy and powerful aristocrats—only to implode in a storm of lies. The patriarch, C. F. Seabrook, was hailed as the “Henry Ford of Agriculture.” His son Jack, a keen businessman, was poised to take over what Life called “the biggest vegetable factory on earth.” But the carefully cultivated facade—glamorous outings by horse-drawn carriage, hidden wine cellars, and movie star girlfriends—hid dark secrets that led to the implosion of the family business. A compulsively readable story of class and privilege, betrayal, and revenge—three decades in the making — The Spinach King explores the author’s complicated family legacy and dark corners of the American Dream.

He is the author of the "Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty." 

https://www.johnseabrook.com/

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Over a span of 39 years, twenty-three aliases, twenty-eight arrests in twenty cities, and a dozen imprisonments, Robert Spears had lived a con artists' life of unparalleled adventure and intrigue. This is his story.

Shortly before Thanksgiving Day in 1959, a plane exploded in mid-air, killing all forty-two passengers and crew and leaving scattered debris and bodies across the otherwise tranquil Gulf waters. Listed on the manifest was Dr. Robert Spears—once the highly regarded president of the Texas Naturopathic Association.

Father of two small children with a lovely, society-minded wife and an elegant home in an exclusive neighborhood, it was a monumental tragedy for them, as it was for all the souls lost that day. Less than two months later, Robert Spears miraculously “rose from the dead” in Phoenix where he was promptly arrested. Headlining newspapers nationwide— “Man Downs Airliner to Fake Death”—Spears was discovered to have cleverly switched identities, persuaded his friend, Al Taylor, to fly with his plane ticket, asked him to carry “a package” on board and drove away in his friend’s car with his wallet and driver’s license.

As the FBI began to investigate, they uncovered a stunning, mind-bending tale of murder, abortion rings, and false identities—more than twenty-five aliases for Spears alone—as well as insurance frauds and investment frauds that stretched over decades. But that was far from the end of the story. Methodically and carefully researched for years and meticulously sourced by a research sociologist and author, Vanishing Act is one of the great true crimes.

He is the author of Vanishing Act: A Crashed Airliner, Faked Death, and Backroom Abortions. 

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By the time Maryanne was 16 years old, she had been arrested for murder. In and out of foster and adoptive homes since age 10, she had run away, been trafficked and assaulted, and finally pointed a gun at the latest man to take her into his car. She pulled the trigger and fled. But with no family to turn to and few dependable friends, it did not take long for the police to catch up with her.

In court, the defense blamed neither traffickers, nor Maryanne, but Washington state itself—or rather, its foster care system, which parents thousands of children every year. The courts did not listen to that argument, but the award-winning journalist Claudia Rowe did.

Washington state is not alone, of course. Each year, hundreds of thousands of children grow up in America’s $30 billion foster care system, only to leave and enter its prisons, where a quarter of all inmates are former foster youth.

Weaving Maryanne’s story with those of five other foster kids across the country—including an 18-year-old sleeping on the New York City subways; a gangbanger-turned graduate student; and a foster child who is now a policy advisor to the White House—Rowe paints a visceral survival narrative showing exactly where, when, and how the system channels children into locked cells. Balanced with accounts from psychologists, advocates, judges, and foster parents, Wards of the State paves a road to reform by pulling back the curtain on our country’s longstanding foster care-to-prison pipeline and the searing realities faced by kids who may be sitting in classrooms next to your own children.

She is the author of "Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care." 

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Understanding the reason behind a child’s developmental and mental health difficulties can be challenging for parents. Every child is unique and may not fit into the typical profile which is described in literature. Delay in understanding the child’s profile and reaching the right diagnosis can delay the child accessing the right interventions.

Children with Developmental Challenges are present all over the world. Unfortunately, lack of trained personnel, lack of awareness in health, educational staff, and the community results in extended periods of suffering for the child and family.

Early identification leads to Early Intervention and Improved outcome for Children with Developmental Challenges. Unfortunately, there is also a lack of adequate resources to provide interventions for affected children in less developed countries.

The Doctor is an experienced neurodevelopmental Pediatrician practicing in the United Kingdom, she has expertise in managing children with a wide range of developmental disorders. For almost two decades, Dr. Inyang Takon has been actively involved in the assessment and management of children with neurodevelopmental disorders.

She is the Co-author of "ADHD, Tics and Me," and the Founder of Early Intervention Matters Podcast.

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