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Frameshifting is a process we can use to overcome the ego and acquire wholeness. David K. Banner explains that any change of attitude or paradigm is a form of frameshifting. Banner states, “One of the main messages of this book is, that, to gain real happiness, the ego must be transcended and an identity in Spirit must be experientially realized.” Readers will find Frameshifting a practical, useful, highly readable book. Banner provides tools such as Enneagram work, frameshifting examples and exercises, and stories of how many other teachers affected his own thought processes and ability to overcome his ego. “Frameshifting” will inspire people to transcend the everyday and connect with the spiritual world all around them. Everyone will benefit from the tools Banner offers. |
Readers of The Handyman’s Dream and the The Handyman’s Reality have watched Rick and Ed date, then become a couple. The two men have gone from the euphoria of falling in love, to lovers’ squabbles, and learning how to make their relationship work. Now in The Handyman’s Promise they continue their lives as a married couple, in a time and place where the thought of two men being married is not even a remote possibility. Regardless, their love bonds them together. They are determined to see their relationship through the long-term. Nick Poff has stated he intended to write a trilogy of Handyman novels, but already fans are asking for more. His domestic emphasis, devoid of sensationalism and erotica, is a breath of fresh air in gay fiction. Poff’s chronicling of the modern gay culture provides a new perspective from two committed small town men. Behind the story is the music soundtrack of the 1980s, so that the novel reads like romantic comedy films from that era. Anyone who loves a good romance, male or female, straight or gay, will love The Handyman’s Promise. |
Dr. Oelklaus has written for “The Systems Thinker,” “Leverage,” “The American School Board Journal,” “Leaders of Learners” and “Austin Business Journal.” Her leadership profile, "The Power of Love," appears in “Appreciative Leaders: In the Eye of the Beholder,” published by the Taos Institute. When a relationship gets difficult, many of us try not to feel what we’re feeling and just keep things on an “even keel.” This approach, however well intentioned, does not work. Those negative emotions dig in and take root. Our efforts to resist them only make them stronger. Reconciliation contains several stories of breached relationships in work and family, as well as with money. A highlight is the three simple-but-not-easy steps that are required for healing. |
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The key to transforming your life is mindfulness: an active effort to pay attention to how you react to present situations, Sherman says. The book presents exercises to increase one’s mindfulness and deal with negative past experiences, allowing old wounds to heal and healthy relationships to develop.Mindfulness and the Art of Choice aims to help readers know their lives better and learn how to create the life they want. “The main message is that no matter what your experiences have been in the past, how you live your life is a choice,” Sherman says. “I truly believe that not only does each person have responsibility for what happens to him or her, but that therein also lies his or her power. This book is about letting people know that they can have the life they want—that it’s actually something they can choose to create.” |
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A Handful of Sand is about them, and for them, and for all readers of history and romance. Retired from teaching, McCaffrey now lives in Fresno, also in the Central Valley of California. She is busy writing another historical, about a young man who travels by wagon train after the Civil War from Like a Latino Gone With the Wind, A Handful of Sand depicts the violent class struggle and repulse of a French invasion that raged in Mexico at the same time as the U. S. Civil War. The history is brought to life by a compelling love story. Spirited aristocrat, Isabella, and charismatic Juarista colonel, Miguel, fall in love and begin a secret second life. Isabella, independent in a male-dominated society, betrays her father and class to give covert aid to Juarista guerrillas. Miguel leads daring raids against the French on the northern desert. Their clandestine love affair, woven into turbulent Mexican history, is a web of secrets, lies, and subplots with the intrigue and suspense of a mystery. The star-crossed lovers try to find fulfillment amidst real and perceived betrayals. |
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On June 19th, 2008 Irene Watson spoke with publisher, author, and editor Victor R. Volkman about the fundamental numbers of the publishing business including ISBN registration and usage, working with the Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication program, and the Book Industry Standards Group’s BISAC coding system. Specifically, we talked about the publishing lifecycle and how library cataloging and sales fits in with rest of the picture in pre-publication publicity. Additionally, we explained the nuts-and-bolts of ISBN registration, working with Books-In-Print, and how distributors and bookstores learn about new titles. Victor Volkman is the President of Loving Healing Press Incorporated, a small publisher which has been dedicated to producing self-help, psychology, trauma recovery, and personal growth books since 2003. LHP has produced more than 60 titles covering such diverse areas as physical disabilities, medicine and alternative health, abuse recovery, mindfulness, and critical incident stress management. Their books are sold in the USA, Canada, and the UK via Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Bertrams Books, Quality Books, New Leaf Distributing, and other distributors. The overall mission statement is simply Redefining what is possible for healing mind and spirit. He is the author of six books on topics from psychology to computer programming and his next book will be called Power Publishing. Listen to Victor's topic: Publishing, ISBN, the Library of Congress, and BISAC Next show: Authors Access will interview Emily Heineman. Her topic will be, "How to Brand Your Book." |
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Jack Eadon is offering an award for the Best Book in Contemporary Drama. The winner will receive a $100 cash prize. To be considered, the characters must be vividly portrayed as those individuals who can exist side-by-side with someone living in this world now, dealing with issues of today in a dramatic fashion. The setting must be excruciatingly real. |