At Berkshire Hathaway, we like companies that are easy to understand. Doris Christopher’s “keep it simple” approach has a lot to teach anyone who is reaching for the American Dream. Frankly, if I can’t understand a company’s business, I figure their customers must have a pretty hard time figuring it out, too.I would challenge anyone on Wall Street to take $3,000 and do what Doris Christopher has done: build a business from scratch into a world-class organization. But follow the sim...

In this helpful and heartfelt book, Doris Christopher shows families how to honor and celebrate one of our most beloved traditions: togetherness around the family table. An American entrepreneur, who is also an enterprising American mom, Christopher serves up a blend of inspiration and practical advice, revealing the ways dozens of others have transformed their tables into vehicles for strengthening family life. Book jacket.

The Pampered Chef is Doris Christopher’s extraordinary account of how she turned an innovative concept and $3,000 investment into a business with annual sales approaching the billion-dollar mark. It is packed with real-life lessons and inspiring insights for small-business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs.In 1980 Doris Christopher, a former home economist and teacher, was itching to get back into the workforce after an eight-year hiatus as a stay-at-home mom. Drawing on h...

At Berkshire Hathaway, we like companies that are easy to understand. Doris Christopher’s “keep it simple” approach has a lot to teach anyone who is reaching for the American Dream. Frankly, if I can’t understand a company’s business, I figure their customers must have a pretty hard time figuring it out, too.I would challenge anyone on Wall Street to take $3,000 and do what Doris Christopher has done: build a business from scratch into a world-class organization. But follow the sim...

Twelve-year old Billy Kent's life couldn't be any better. On Christmas Eve his family was about to leave for the vacation of a lifetime. Then disaster struck. Their house caught fire and burned to the ground. The fire destroyed everything, including all the Christmas presents. But things were about to get even worse.Billy's dad forgot to pay the fire insurance on the house. The real truth was that Billy's Dad lost his job and couldn't pay all the bills. He didn't want to spoil the ...

Marcy Darwin's two-year old son suffers a massive seizure and dies. With her son's death, she begins having nightmares about her past. The only way she has a chance to save her sanity and her marriage is to return to face the life she left behind years earlier. Confronting her past relationships and demons will thrust her headlong into honoring a death pact promise of a childhood friend.But there are secrets which will cause Marcy to question the faithfulness of those she loves. Sh...

This collection bridges the voices of international scholars and adopted persons to share knowledge about clinical practice with adopted people in adolescence and early adulthood.Coming at a time when countries are beginning to focus on adoption reform, this handbook is the first to address not only the external, systemic contributions to their developmental complexities but also the underlying, internal meanings of being adopted as children become adolescents and mature into adult...