If you never thought about shooting your no-good boyfriend, you probably ARE a boyfriend and should not read this book except for cautionary purposes. Cammy May Hunnicutt takes that impulse to its logical conclusion–and the results are hilarious. Unleashed from rewrites and editing, the rather terrifying Ms. Hunnicutt reveals a dark, cutting wit that [...]
Tags: ballbuster, boyfriend, feminist, humor, remedial, satire, shooting, women
Posted in Advice & How-To, Humor |
Light in the Mountains traces the development of the author’s unique relationship with the Rai people of Basa Village. Jeff Rasley has worked with this remote village in the Nepal Himalayas to help build an elementary school, a hydroelectric system and smokeless stoves. But Rasley claims that he has received more than he has [...]
Tags: adventure travel, alicia rasley, economic development, hiking, Himalayas, indiana, mountaineering, nepal, philanthropy, quaker, rasley, sherpa, spiritual growth, three cups of tea, trekking
Posted in Advice & How-To, Historical, Nonfiction |
Let’s face it: when it comes to celebrity diet secrets there isn’t anything most of us wouldn’t do get a taste of the same weight loss success that most celebrities have. If you are looking at a few celebrity diet secrets, and wondering if they are a good option for you, it may be [...]
Tags: celebrity gossip, diets, fad diets, weight loss
Posted in Cooking, Food & Wine, Lifestyle & Home, Nonfiction |
“Once Upon a Star” is a true autobiography about a young Hollywood ingénue, searching for love in all the wrong places of La La land. Peggy bares her heart and soul in her quest for love amongst Hollywood’s most elite players. Follow her struggles with trying to balance her modeling, television and film career [...]
Tags: actresses, Billy Idol, Brett Michaels, celebrity biographies, celebrity gossip, David Cassidy, groupies, Jack Wagner, Johnny Depp, Kevin Costner, kiss and tell books, Mark Messier, Mick Jagger, models, Nicolas Cage, Once upon a star celebrity kiss and tell stories, peggy trentini, playboy, Sean Penn, Sly Stallone, Sting, swedish bikini team, Vince Neil
Posted in Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction |
A frank, first hand look at the world of Marijuana trafficking. The narrative takes our main character Doc on a series of adventures and misadventures from the Texas/Mexican border to Colombia’s verdant Guahira peninsula to the brilliant blue green waters of the Caribbean Sea. Along the way Doc finds himself in a Mexican border [...]
Tags: airlines, columbia, drugs, Marijuana, mexico, prison, smuggling
Posted in Nonfiction |
Is your holiday to-do list overwhelming? Do you have mixed feelings about the winter holiday season? The Kaizen Plan for Reducing Holiday Stress can help! Discover: – Nine strategies for dealing with the source of your stress – How to spend less and shop more efficiently – How to resist overindulging in holiday treats [...]
Tags: acupressure, anxiety, breathing, calories, candy, celebrate, celebration, channukah, Christmas, christmas party, christmas shopping, cookies, decorations, deep breathing, depression, diet, family, family gatherings, family stress, financial stress, get organized, gifts, hannukah, happy holiday, happy holidays, holiday, holiday blues, holiday eating, holiday season, holidays, holy days, interpersonal conflict, kwanzaa, memories, organizing, overeating, parties, party, pie, planning, presents, recapture the past, saying no, stress, stressfree, stretching, sweets, tapas acupressure technique, tat, time management, todo list, travel, treats, winter holidays, yoga
Posted in Advice & How-To, Friday Freebies, Nonfiction |
How often do you make it through your daily to-do list? Do you struggle to prioritize tasks? Do you find yourself getting distracted and moving on to the next task before you’ve finished the previous one? Maybe it’s time to declutter your to-do list! This simple but practical approach to getting things done can [...]
Tags: baby steps, chores, clutter, decluttering, decluttering your todo list, effectiveness, efficiency, get more done, getting things done, kaizen, kaizen plan, lynn johnston, planner, planning, productivity, small steps, smallstepstobigchangecom, task list, time management, timer, todo list
Posted in Advice & How-To, Friday Freebies, Nonfiction |
Do you spend more time reading email than you’d like? Do you waste time looking for files on your hard drive? Do Facebook and Twitter take a bigger chunk out of your day than they should? In this era of information overload, it’s harder than ever to stay focused and productive when working on [...]
Tags: back up, computer, declutter, distractions, efficiency, email, facebook, hard drive crash, inbox, kaizen, kaizen plan, lynn johnston, productivity, simplify, small steps to big change, the kaizen plan for decluttering your computer, time management, timewasters, twitter, wasting time, web surfing
Posted in Advice & How-To, Friday Freebies, Nonfiction |
Man Writing a Romance is humorous, but offers insights into the differences between men and women and fresh views on topics ripped from the headlines. Those insights include the importance of focusing on relationships, building emotion and never using the word “panties.” In a book or in casual conversation. About the Author Dave has [...]
Tags: gender differences, humor, love, panties, relationships, romance, sex, writing romance
Posted in Nonfiction |
Written in a lively dramatic style, this 50 page e-book is perfect for readers age 10 to 110. At a time when most women stayed home to raise children, violinist Maud Powell and trumpeter Edna White thrilled millions with their performances. Maud was the first instrumentalist to record for RCA Victor in 1904. Edna [...]
Tags: American history, classical music, early recordings, vaudeville, women musicians, women trumpet players, women violinists, women\'s history
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Biography & Memoir, Historical, Nonfiction |
Daily Spiritual Tools- Learning How to Forgive and let Goprovides the reader with simple yet insightful ideas about how forgiving is more for the forgiver than the person being forgiven. This second book by Sherry Woodcock, Learning How to Forgive and Let Go, is a shorter, more specific look at how simple spiritual tools [...]
Tags: forgiving, letting go, religion, self improvement, self-help, spiritual, spirituality
Posted in Advice & How-To, Friday Freebies, Nonfiction |
With four decades as a teacher, as a supervisor, and as a college professor, Dr. Wilson brings a unique perspective to the issues faced by today’s educators. The underlying theme is his immense concern about the continued failure of the American Educational System. He makes no bones about the continued waste of taxpayers’ dollars [...]
Tags: American Educational System, education, Educational Disaster
Posted in Nonfiction |
Being a successful student is far more about being a smart user of effective strategies than about being ‘smart’. In fact it is possible to predict how well a student will do simply on the basis of their use of study strategies. This workbook (one of a series on study skills) looks at the [...]
Tags: education, learning, study skills
Posted in Advice & How-To, Nonfiction, Reference |
Of all the memory failures that plague us, forgetting our intentions — birthdays, appointments, errands we mean to do — is the greatest, closely followed by those moments of absentmindedness when we lose track of what we’re doing. In a workplace diary study in which participants were asked to note down any memory problems, [...]
Tags: forgetting, memory improvement, self-help
Posted in Advice & How-To, Nonfiction |
This book has it all! It’s three books in one. the print copy is over 375 pages. This compilation includes the three Career Essential books – The Resume, The Cover Letter, The Interview. Learn everything you need to know right from creating a dynamite resume, a compelling cover letter to great interview techniques that [...]
Tags: career essential series, career essentials, careers, cover letter, cover letter writing, dale mayer, employment, find a job, interviews, job hunting, job search, jobs, resume, resume writing, unemployment
Posted in Nonfiction |
Today’s economy is tighter and more complex than ever before. With no time or money for mistakes, companies need to find the ‘right’ person for every position quickly and efficiently. To have reached the interview stage is a feat in itself. Now it’s critical that you not only get through the interview but that [...]
Tags: career change, career essential series, career essentials, cover letter, dale mayer, employment, find a job, interview, interview techniques, interviewing, job hunt, job hunting, job searching, resume, unemployment
Posted in Nonfiction |
Writers are different. We don’t always think in straight lines. We take leaps of logic, we think metaphorically, and we know in order to make something beautiful, you might also have to make a mess. You’ve probably tried to adopt at least one organizing system already. Maybe it was in a bestselling book written [...]
Tags: Author, calendar, clutter, creative process, decluttering, focus, get organized, home office, kaizen, kaizen plan, lynn johnston, organized authors, organizing, organizing documents, paper management, procrastination, productivity, prolific, small steps to big change, time management, write more, writer, writer\'s office, writer\'s space, writing, writing career, writing process
Posted in Advice & How-To, Lifestyle & Home, Nonfiction, Reference |
Today’s economy leaves little room for second chances in the job market. Hiring managers are swamped with applications. What are you doing to rise to the top of the pile and get noticed? If it isn’t creating a cover letter driven by facts and filled with punch, you aren’t doing enough. The cover letter [...]
Tags: career change, cover letter, cover letters, employment, finding a job, interviews, job hunt, job hunting, job search, letter writing, resume, resume writing, resumes, tips for job hunting, unemployment
Posted in Nonfiction |