In a groundbreaking call to arms, Fifty Plus takes an important look at the seventy-eight million strong American baby boomer revolution. From age 50+ on up, Americans are now refusing to rock away their retirement and are actively changing the face of aging in America. The Boomers are no strangers to the gym, voting booth, online investing sites, or even management of their 401(k)s. They're joining an already on the go group of Americans 50+ who are leaving their mark. Bill Novel...

50+ is a call to arms. It's a groundbreaking look at the revolution that's going on right now among seventy-eight million American baby boomers. From age 50+ on up, Americans are refusing to rock away their retirement. They're starting new careers, rallying for causes close to their hearts, raising grandchildren, becoming more active in their communities, and, above all else, changing the face of aging in America.Bill Novelli, CEO of AARP, knows that with the largest genera...

Let me tell you a story about a little girl who gets knocked down by an ugly gray troll who keeps showing up to ruin her day—a troll named...Diabetes.She doesn't stay down, though. No, she gets right back up and stares that troll down! This book is for kids who have more than a little experience with diabetes, or maybe someone they love has it. This book is for kids who know better than most people that there are days with diabetes filled with sunshine and rainbows when you are rea...

Organ donation is the last gift given to you by the best friend you never met.How do we talk about the hard stuff with our kids? We don't get to avoid it. We don't pretend it's not happening and we can't pretend it's not affecting us. We shouldn't expect them to understand when we don't completely understand it ourselves. We're parents, we want to protect our children from anything that might hurt.And some things are going to hurt. So how do we talk about the hard stuff? We...

A straight-to-the-point, honest-as-hell grief recovery handbook, offering a refreshingly honest approach to healing, empowering you to navigate your journey without the fluff and generic advice.Embrace the concept of radical honesty with a raw and unfiltered perspective on the grieving process. From acknowledging the messy and complex nature of grief to exploring unconventional methods for healing, this book is your partner in reclaiming your emotional well-being a...

Can a monster pray? The creature invented by Mary Shelley was not the shambling mumbling monster from the movies (apologies to Mr. Karloff). Shelley's creature learned to reason and speak with his ear to the cabin wall of a family who lived in the woods. He learned to read when he discovered a leather satchel full of books in that same forest. What if one of those books was a Bible?

We forget the psalms are song lyrics, most written by a troubled warrior, insomniac, street-musician king. Steve Case envisions all of these Davids through imaginative prose and pictures reframing all 150 psalms. The book captures the anger, the joy, the pleading for forgiveness, and the utter astonishment of a king who stops and fully realizes precisely who God is.

God is the author of joy. Read the opening words of either of the Genesis stories (wait there's more than one?) and you'll meet a being who creates everything with love and happiness. It's easy to imagine God dancing through creation flinging a paintbrush dipped in light. When did God become the judge? When did God become the angry, somber, pinch-faced deity looking down from on high with a bucket of lightning bolts at the ready? This book, like its predecessor, celebrates the God who laug...

In The World We Want, Peter Karoff presents a collective vision of an ideal world. By sharing his experiences and through conversations with more than forty social entrepreneurs, activists, nonprofit leaders, and philanthropists who are changing notions of 'the human condition' in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and North America, he describes how new partnerships and approaches are reducing suffering and gaining greater equity for people everywhere. These visionaries...

Ahhh the church fart...Perhaps one of the most highly regarded laughs in annals of humor (No, not anals, ANNALS). A singular source of humor since the dawn of time. One can imagine our cave-dwelling ancestors breaking each other up or even that the creator of the universe himself was known to express himself with a wet one now and then. Church farts are funny because...A: They are farts. Funny for all children and most grown men and grown men who act like children.B. T...

YOU ARE ALLOWED TO LAUGH. Too often our faith is like wearing a T-shirt that's two sizes too small. We keep trying to pull it and tug it and all the while it feels like we are slowly suffocating.YOU ARE ALLOWED TO LAUGH. The finger pointers and the self-appointed judges of what's appropriate and what isn't sit in the back row and scowl. They sing Joy to the World as if it were a funeral dirge. They say, "Stop that laughing. You are in CHURCH!"YOU ARE ALLOWED TO LAUGH. Jesus...

If you believe the Book of Revelation is a detailed and accurate account of the End of Days and how God will choose the righteous and leave the rest behind and anyone who makes fun of this sacred work is committing blasphemy...buy this book anyway. You're in as much trouble just for reading the back cover as I am for writing the book. If you are a fan of that author who is famous for his work about green holiday haters and felines wearing head apparel...you will enjoy this book. If you are...