Theres A Lobster Loose!For more than ten years, five would-be writers have somehow managed to discard infirmity, tragedy, parental and spousal responsibility, sucky jobs, suckier prospects, literary rejection and the basic planetary pull of lifes gravity to join one another in a unique collective of literary hooliganism that may not rival The Round Table, but certainly involves congregating around a table. Enter The Loose Lobster and this collection of essays, short stories, screen...

Part 1 of The Executive Summary shows you a technique that will have you smashing targets like an adrenalin fueled downhill ride and not an uphill struggle. You're an owner/manager or senior exec in a corporation and flat out making your business a success. You've got snatched moments for inspiration and nuggets of wisdom but you want it delivered in fast and succinct way. The Executive Summary gets right to the point. It gives you the concept and some practical ways that the author has us...

Never mind about ruling the world, although you could, no doubt, do it better than the idiots in charge. Who cares about being youthful, athletic or handsome when you've been there, done that and got the scars to prove it? Joking apart, there are plenty of ways to make your life much happier as you get older and that's what this little book is really all about. It's a mixture of humour and advice, written by a very contented 83-year-old who knows what he's talking about. After deciding to ...

A Train of Dreams Lives are changed forever on a train. The Green Bench by the Lake A retired man affects the lives of strangers passing by. The Sea Also Rises The consequences of climate change brings people together. Sejal A poor girls family in India is influenced by a candlemaker. Andys Journey This is the search for a captured American in the Middle East. A Man, a Dog, and a Goat An older man is helped by others to bring joy to others. The Golden Eagle A group of boys learn valuable l...

The American Experiment is at a breaking point-but the story isn't over yet.Do you feel the tension at every family dinner? Do you scroll through your social media feed with a sense of disbelief, wondering how your neighbors can see the world so differently? You aren't imagining it. The United States is more divided today than it has been in decades, and the fracture is no longer just about policy-it's personal. In Fractured Union: Understanding and Healing Political Divi...

This book is a compilation of short stories and poems.

Each story has a positive message, a learning experience and a happy ending.

Somewhere in the Midwest, there lived a worm called Wringles. He was a happy and a curious worm. He wiggled and wiggled from the day he was born. His family giggled whenever Wringles wiggled. Sometimes he accidentally wiggled into trouble, but he usually found a way to wiggle out of it. During the family outings he often lagged far behind and got lost. So his mother knitted a bright-red cap so he could be easily found. Wringles liked his cap so much he never took it off. He even wore it to...

The Gold Pocket Watch: A grandfathers watch plays an important role in his granddaughters life. Free Manure: Two bumbling, harmless ex-convicts are outsmarted by a woman who runs an orphanage. Earl and Four Socks: Against all odds, a horse trainer and a race horse regain their rightful places. Jeffs Dream: A young man goes West during the gold rush and befriends a raven that changes his life. A New Beginning: A mans taste of heaven becomes a life-changing experience. The Shopping Cart: A r...

Isa Moskowitz's Vegan With a Vengeance and Sarah Kramer's How It All Vegan! showed the world that plant-based cookbooks don't have to be full of sanctimonious text and wilted sprouts recipes. But why should vegans have all the fun? Food-blogging duo Alex Brown and Evan George--better known as Hot Knives--have shown their 60,000 monthly readers that vegetarians are "cheeky [and] over-the-top" too and "don't much care for established notions of propriety" (LA Weekly

Transformed tells how civic leaders in Pittsburgh—once the world’s steel capital—brought new uses to five derelict industrial brownfield sites. Polluted and largely abandoned Herr’s Island became Washington’s Landing, with upscale housing, a marina, rowing center and riverfront trails. LTV’s shuttered Pittsburgh Steel Works became the Pittsburgh Technology Center, a home to academic and commercial R&D. USX’s Homestead Works, once the largest steel mill in the world, became the Sandcastle w...

Solution Focused Brief Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques provides a concise and jargon-free guide to the thinking and practice of this exciting approach, which enables people to make changes in their lives quickly and effectively. It covers:The history and background to solution focused practiceThe philosophical underpinnings of the approachTechniques and practicesSpecific applications to work with children and adolescents...