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Nancy Olson

A deeply personal and spiritually channeled collection of writings and art by Nancy Olson, aka -nom, exploring themes of self-discovery, healing, divine connection, and higher consciousness. Through poetic reflections, visionary experiences, and vibrant artwork, Olson invites readers on a transformative inner journey toward truth, peace, and soulful purpose. This book is both a creative expression and a spiritual guide for those seeking meaning beyond the material world. This Book is fille...

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Nancy Olson Livingston

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Screen Classics

From her idyllic childhood in the American Midwest to her Oscar–nominated performance in Sunset Boulevard (1950) and the social circles of New York and Los Angeles, actress Nancy Olson Livingston has lived abundantly. In her memoir, A Front Row Seat, Livingston treats readers to an intimate, charming chronicle of her life as an actress, wife, and mother, and her memories of many of the most notable figures and moments of her time.Livingston shares reminiscences of...

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Nancy Olson

Mighty oaks stood guard at my country school, deeply rooted from the time before people began landing at Plymouth Rock. Their pungent perfume invited me to come and play. Their presence did not vary except in fall when their leaves turned brown and fell to the ground. They stood as strong as a bull and as independent as a Scotsman unaffected by the winds of circumstance. Such were our ancestors: the Olsons, Krugers, Matthews, Hamlins, and Mortons.Each family came from similar backg...

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Nancy Olson, Leslie Willcocks, Peter Petherbridge

'Making IT Count: from strategy to implementation' focuses on the practical elements of delivering Information Technology strategy. Studies regularly show that over half of Information Technology strategies are never implemented, or are unsuccessful in delivering the desired results, and that a significant percentage of strategies implemented were never in the original plans. The linkage between strategy development and delivery needs a very clear focus; this is the key topic that the auth...

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Nancy W. Olson

With only a couple of weeks until school starts, Karmen decides she wants to see her grandparents, but they arent coming until Christmas. Its too far to travel to their house in Missouri right now, so she decides to make a time-travel machine and have Christmas early at her house.After finding the materials she needs in her house, she begins her work. She cant believe it when the time machine actually works.Karmens Khristmas is in for many surprises. That is why she calls i...

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Nancy W. Olson

Christopher, a 5-year-old boy, is getting ready to go to Grandma's for Thanksgiving when he discovers he can't find his shoes. With Ted E.'s help, shoes are found, and he, Ted E., and Mommy head for Grandma's. After greeting the cousins and uncles, Christopher heads to the kitchen. He finds his grandma and aunts preparing the food. As he sees each food he makes up a rhyme to show just how hungry he is. Grandma's repeating assurance lets him know that it will soon be time to eat. The family...

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Jeffrey Vance, Nancy Olson Livingston

Celebrate the 75th anniversary of one of cinema’s greatest achievements, Sunset Boulevard.1950 was a seminal year for filmmaking: All About Eve, Born Yesterday, Father of the Bride, and more. But one movie stands above the rest: Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder’s searing look at—and indictment of—the studio industry at one of its most influential and powerful times of its reign. The story of Joe Gillis, a down-on-his-luck ...

Regardless of field, from the art world to healthcare delivery, there is a growing need for practically useful theory and theoretically informed practice. The time is ripe for a collaborative, creative conversation among thinkers and doers who are concerned about the larger world and our role in it. Making Sense: Beauty, Creativity, and Healing is a collection of essays and creative expressions written and produced in relation to a colloquium that tried to address these matters at...

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Donna L. Akers, Edward D. Castillo, Jean A. Keller, Todd Benson, Nancy Reifel, Jerome M. Levi, Brooke Olson, Felicia Schanche Hodge, Linda Burhansstipanov, Eric Henderson, Troy Johnson, Holly Tomren, Jeanette Hassin, Robert S. Young

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Contemporary Native American Communities

Improving the dire health problems faced by many Native American communities is central to their cultural, political, and economic well being. However, it is still too often the case that both theoretical studies and applied programs fail to account for Native American perspectives on the range of factors that actually contribute to these problems in the first place. The authors in Medicine Ways examine the ways people from a multitude of indigenous communities think about and practice hea...

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Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

The practice of meditation takes us on a fabulous journey into the gap between our thoughts, where all the advantages of a more peaceful, stress-free, healthy, and fatigue-free life are available, but which are simply side benefits.The paramount reason for daily meditation is to get into the gap between our thoughts, and make conscious contact with the creative energy of life itself. Dr. Wayne W. Dyer explains the soul-nourishing meditation techniq...

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Suzanne Finstad

The New York Times bestselling definitive biography of Natalie Wood, Natasha is the haunting story of a vulnerable and talented actress whom many of us felt we knew.We watched her mature on the movie screen before our eyes—in Miracle on 34th Street, Rebel Without a Cause, West Side Story, Splendor in the Grass, and on and on. She has been hailed—along with Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor—as one of the top three female movie stars in t...

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Jimmy Carter

“An American classic.” —The New YorkerIn An Hour Before Daylight, Jimmy Carter, bestselling author of Living Faith and Sources of Strength, recreates his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm before the civil rights movement forever changed it and the country.Carter writes about the powerful rhythms of countryside and community in a sharecropping economy, offering an unforgettable portrait of his fathe...