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Finding Beauty in the Gray (Hard Cover) by Hugh J. Willard
In this brilliant collection of essays, Finding Beauty in the Gray invites you into the living rooms, backyard gardens, mountain apple orchards, and coastal boardwalks of folks approaching, or in the fertile soil of, their retirement years. This landscape offers excitement, and maybe some trepidation, as Third-Agers navigate the questions: “Who am I today? Who or what matters to me now? What gifts do I have to offer myself and my community?”
Follow Hugh Willard as he shares the stories of Third-Agers gathered at cocktail parties; by neighbors’ mailboxes; in his counseling practice; and even at the literal feet of two-story, recycled, wooden trolls in coastal Maine. Hugh gives voice to their experiences and some of his own through lively, joyful, and, at times, gritty essays. Complementing these essays and themes are some of Hugh’s poems—verses of love, loss, legacy, play, and always beauty.
Finding Beauty in the Gray (Soft Cover) by Hugh J. Willard
In this brilliant collection of essays, Finding Beauty in the Gray invites you into the living rooms, backyard gardens, mountain apple orchards, and coastal boardwalks of folks approaching, or in the fertile soil of, their retirement years. This landscape offers excitement, and maybe some trepidation, as Third-Agers navigate the questions: “Who am I today? Who or what matters to me now? What gifts do I have to offer myself and my community?”
Follow Hugh Willard as he shares the stories of Third-Agers gathered at cocktail parties; by neighbors’ mailboxes; in his counseling practice; and even at the literal feet of two-story, recycled, wooden trolls in coastal Maine. Hugh gives voice to their experiences and some of his own through lively, joyful, and, at times, gritty essays. Complementing these essays and themes are some of Hugh’s poems—verses of love, loss, legacy, play, and always beauty.
All Mixed Up- Soft Cover by Lexi Andresen Lutz
We are no longer in a world where people can be defined by one or two syllables. We are increasingly more unique and more complex humans. This is the beauty of America, and it should be shared and acknowledged.
Growing up in a multicultural household with a Filipino mother and German-Irish father, Alexandria “Lexi” Lutz has always been fascinated by the complexities of her identity. Despite a happy childhood and supportive parents, she often felt like an outsider while living in an environment where most people identified with one race.
In light of recent social and political movements surrounding race and identity, Lexi was inspired to write about being multiracial and racially ambiguous in America, as well as the identity crisis that comes with it.
All Mixed Up delves into the complexities of navigating different cultural identities and the importance of belonging in today’s society, empowering multiracial individuals to find beauty in their ambiguity.
All Mixed Up- Hard Cover by Lexi Andresen Lutz
We are no longer in a world where people can be defined by one or two syllables. We are increasingly more unique and more complex humans. This is the beauty of America, and it should be shared and acknowledged.
Growing up in a multicultural household with a Filipino mother and German-Irish father, Alexandria “Lexi” Lutz has always been fascinated by the complexities of her identity. Despite a happy childhood and supportive parents, she often felt like an outsider while living in an environment where most people identified with one race.
In light of recent social and political movements surrounding race and identity, Lexi was inspired to write about being multiracial and racially ambiguous in America, as well as the identity crisis that comes with it.
All Mixed Up delves into the complexities of navigating different cultural identities and the importance of belonging in today’s society, empowering multiracial individuals to find beauty in their ambiguity.
Okay … Now What? Hard Cover by Pam Chila Smith
It is a very scary word: cancer. It’s even scarier when it’s your own child.
Every parent wants to be Wonder Woman or Superman, but even the strongest and bravest of parents sometimes need help during stressful and tumultuous times. For Pamela Chila Smith, that time was when her teenage son, Nicholas, was diagnosed with brain cancer.
Okay.. Now What? is a guide for new cancer parents, written from the heart of experience. Throughout the book, Pamela offers clear, direct, and empathetic advice for parents challenged with the task of keeping their sick child as healthy and comfortable as possible as well as making sure proper care is provided. She stresses the importance of listening and paying attention to the child and staying on top of everything and everyone, so nothing is missed.
Take notes. Ask questions. Stay strong. And remember to breathe.
Okay … Now What? Soft Cover by Pam Chila Smith
It is a very scary word: cancer. It’s even scarier when it’s your own child.
Every parent wants to be Wonder Woman or Superman, but even the strongest and bravest of parents sometimes need help during stressful and tumultuous times. For Pamela Chila Smith, that time was when her teenage son, Nicholas, was diagnosed with brain cancer.
Okay.. Now What? is a guide for new cancer parents, written from the heart of experience. Throughout the book, Pamela offers clear, direct, and empathetic advice for parents challenged with the task of keeping their sick child as healthy and comfortable as possible as well as making sure proper care is provided. She stresses the importance of listening and paying attention to the child and staying on top of everything and everyone, so nothing is missed.
Take notes. Ask questions. Stay strong. And remember to breathe.
When the Rivers Flowed by Marilyn Mascaro (Hard Cover)
Set in the early twentieth century, this riveting tale follows Marie Little and Earl Layman, who left different parts of Appalachia to better themselves in Knoxville, Tennessee. It explores events central to the city, such as the tumultuous riot in 1919. Earl witnessed the event and steadfastly believed in the innocence of the Black man whose arrest sparked the violence. Marie was influenced by the Progressive Movement’s insistence on temperance and women’s suffrage, as well as the Jazz Age’s view of women as fun and accomplished.
Once Earl and Marie meet and marry, they are almost immediately thrown into the Great Depression. As the couple navigate the era’s dark waters, they learn to value stamina and kindness toward others.
When the Rivers Flowed: An Ambitious Hillbilly and a Southern Flapper Discover Knoxville, Tennessee blends historical truth with storytelling flair, creating an enthralling tale of ordinary people living in extraordinary times.
When the Rivers Flowed by Marilyn Mascaro (Soft Cover)
Set in the early twentieth century, this riveting tale follows Marie Little and Earl Layman, who left different parts of Appalachia to better themselves in Knoxville, Tennessee. It explores events central to the city, such as the tumultuous riot in 1919. Earl witnessed the event and steadfastly believed in the innocence of the Black man whose arrest sparked the violence. Marie was influenced by the Progressive Movement’s insistence on temperance and women’s suffrage, as well as the Jazz Age’s view of women as fun and accomplished.
Once Earl and Marie meet and marry, they are almost immediately thrown into the Great Depression. As the couple navigate the era’s dark waters, they learn to value stamina and kindness toward others.
When the Rivers Flowed: An Ambitious Hillbilly and a Southern Flapper Discover Knoxville, Tennessee blends historical truth with storytelling flair, creating an enthralling tale of ordinary people living in extraordinary times.
Two Rivers: The Power of Collaboration (Hard Cover) by Shery Roussarie & Kelly Macken-Marble
In the fall of 2018, Shery Roussarie and Kelly Macken-Marble, CEOs of two competing health care companies, met for the first time. The energy generated by their like-mindedness in creating a managed care network sparked a two-year journey of collaboration that took their small community by surprise ... and by storm.
While maintaining their separate companies, these two inspirational women purchased a hospital and merged, creating a safe, reliable place people could come to for health care services. Along the way, they encountered significant resistance and trials from the very medical organizations keeping theirs alive. The hospital systems that had instantly minimized the opportunities to jointly collaborate and threatened retribution for collaboration were rocked when the two women's plans for more accessible health care came to fruition.
Breaking the norms of gender, competition, and politics in leadership, Shery and Kelly pushed traditions aside and accomplished the impossible through collaboration.
Two Rivers: The Power of Collaboration (Soft Cover) by Shery Roussarie & Kelly Macken-Marble
In the fall of 2018, Shery Roussarie and Kelly Macken-Marble, CEOs of two competing health care companies, met for the first time. The energy generated by their like-mindedness in creating a managed care network sparked a two-year journey of collaboration that took their small community by surprise ... and by storm.
While maintaining their separate companies, these two inspirational women purchased a hospital and merged, creating a safe, reliable place people could come to for health care services. Along the way, they encountered significant resistance and trials from the very medical organizations keeping theirs alive. The hospital systems that had instantly minimized the opportunities to jointly collaborate and threatened retribution for collaboration were rocked when the two women's plans for more accessible health care came to fruition.
Breaking the norms of gender, competition, and politics in leadership, Shery and Kelly pushed traditions aside and accomplished the impossible through collaboration.
Dear Patriarchy (Soft Cover) by Jennifer Audrie and Lisa Lynn
Are you tired of being told to “boss up,” “lean in,” or “hustle harder”? Are you dealing with corporate misogyny, systemic racism, ableism, queer- and transphobia, fatphobia, sexual harassment, the gender pay gap, and so much more because you live in a world that views the White, heterosexual, cisgender male experience as the benchmark and everyone else’s experience as niche?
In Dear Patriarchy: A Gaslit Worker’s Guide to Surviving the (Corporate) World, intersectional feminists and activists Jennifer Audrie and Lisa Lynn will ignite you with their personal stories, inform you with their research, and arm you with their hard-won knowledge, so you can head back into the boardroom, holding the Feminist toolkit you didn’t know you needed, ready to re-write the corporate paradigm.
Dear Patriarchy (Hard Cover) by Jennifer Audrie and Lisa Lynn
Are you tired of being told to “boss up,” “lean in,” or “hustle harder”? Are you dealing with corporate misogyny, systemic racism, ableism, queer- and transphobia, fatphobia, sexual harassment, the gender pay gap, and so much more because you live in a world that views the White, heterosexual, cisgender male experience as the benchmark and everyone else’s experience as niche?
In Dear Patriarchy: A Gaslit Worker’s Guide to Surviving the (Corporate) World, intersectional feminists and activists Jennifer Audrie and Lisa Lynn will ignite you with their personal stories, inform you with their research, and arm you with their hard-won knowledge, so you can head back into the boardroom, holding the Feminist toolkit you didn’t know you needed, ready to re-write the corporate paradigm.