“Delve into this beautiful book. You’ll come away sharing his passion for the beauty that gardens bring into our lives.” —Sigourney Weaver, environmentalist, actor, trustee of New York Botanical Garden How does an individual garden relate to the larger landscape? How does it connect to the natural and cultural environment? Does it evoke a sense of place? In Spirit of Place, Bill Noble—a lifelong gardener, and the former director of preservation for the Garden Conservancy—helps gardeners answer these questions by sharing how they influenced the creation of his garden in Vermont. Throughout, Noble reveals that a garden is never created in a vacuum but is rather the outcome of an individual’s personal vision combined with historical and cultural forces. Sumptuously illustrated, this thoughtful look at the process of garden-making shares insights gleaned over a long career that will inspire you to create a garden rich in context, personal vision, and spirit.
I wrote this book as a autobiography (Memoirs) for which I am giving tribute to my biological mother and two stepmothers who assisted in raising me from infant to adulthood. My father gained custody of me at the age of two (2) and raised me with the help of my two stepmothers. Growing up as a child was a journey for me and my mother(s) gave me specific gifts to prevail and succeed. I thank them for their loving, caring, and sharing attitudes toward me. I forgive my dad for his abusiveness during my childhood as he did not know what he was doing. However, he had the insight to choose women who were remarkable human beings. Children from dysfunctional family backgrounds will hopefully enjoy reading this book; and adults who have similar backgrounds will appreciate from whence I have come. I hope that this book will be an inspiration to all affected persons to succeed.
This book is a collection of memoirs from the author’s life as he looks back in the “rearview mirror.” It is the author’s hope and desire that the writing of these experiences may be an inspiration and encouragement to others. Even though we are all different in our own ways, we have similar life seasons that we go through. We all have to walk through the “valleys” of life. I believe that these times should not be wasted but instead used as learning points. I believe that God has allowed me to go through these life experiences so as to make me better equipped and able to help and minister to others who may find themselves in similar circumstances. As we share our life experiences, it can be a blessing and encouragement to others. This is the author’s intent and desire.
I have been writing email essays for many years. So often my friends have told me that I should publish a collection of my writings as they have received great enlightenment and joy reading my comments. So, following my friends' suggestion, I have asked Christian Faith Publishing to prepare a book collecting my short stories. This book is exactly that--a collection of short stories that will only take an hour to read each one. It is my prayer that each reader will find an aha moment as you tune in to my thoughts. You will find a rebel motorcycle racer, auto mechanic, and all-around greaseball who has been touched by God to become a contributing member of His kingdom. God is good, and He has certainly changed my life!
In the book A Deadly Homecoming, Alan destroyed a drug ring in the small town of Harold's Landing in the Arkansas' Ozarks. In doing so, he ended up with millions of dollars in drug money. Now, Benito De La Cruz, Maryland drug lord, wants his money and revenge on the person responsible for killing his men. He sends in a team of killers to find the guilty person and the money. When a private investigator misuses a credit card with Benito's name on it, the drug lord's trouble starts. He is forced to turn his own men on each other to protect himself. When they fail in their assignments, he flies to Harold's Landing to take personal control of the operation.
Gold discovered out in California excites young Dan Bartlett, but life as a '49er isn't what he expected. Penniless, hungry and still innocent of life, he takes work holding a few horses, and when his new partner Tom Hodges yells at him to get in the saddle and ride, he naturally does as he's told. Then Dan realizes that they are riding stolen stock and, believing the law is behind them, they head into Nevada Territory, where Hodges remembers having seen a little valley, a place where they can start a ranch. But en route for the valley, they come across an abandoned gold mine. It doesn't matter it isn't California gold; any gold draws interest - and when Dan finds himself looking into the barrel of a Colt .45 is when he really begins to grow up.
Have you ever wondered why no matter what you do, your business seems to have more problems than solutions? Do you sometimes think that there's got to be a better way? Where would you go to find answers, to find help? Jack Griffin is a young man flushed with the success of his new company, SnackBox Inc. In six months he's witnessed its meteoric rise, and now right before a big expansion, it seems that his skills as a CEO and leader cannot be stopped. What he doesn't realize is the techniques he used may have carried him this short distance, but will work against him from here on out. With problems arising in every department, he notices too late that he personally is causing his business to come crashing down. Written as a story, Under the Gun teaches real-world leadership secrets in a context that shows rather than tells. And these secrets aren't from just anywhere; they come from Bill Byrd's leadership book, Sweet Succes: Twelve Proven Habits of Winning Leaders. It's these Sweet Success principles that Jack learns throughout the book... and they may just give his company a fighting chance.
James Donato is a demolitions expert with an explosive temper. When he gets angry, something blows up. A misunderstanding at a bank leads to what he calls his latest “job.” He has it all planned. A quick job in the bank, then jump on a plane to Los Angeles at nearby San Francisco International Airport to leave a cold trail. Everything goes fine until Donato encounters the one thing he can’t control: the weather. Victoria Kilpatrick is the head of security at SFO. After 9/11, airport security has become more complicated. Security lines are long and every threat is taken seriously. When fog, a long-time nemesis at SFO shuts down the airport, tempers rise and the terminals fill up. James Donato is one of those who has been delayed, and he knows only one way to relieve his anger - explosively. The fog, and by extension, San Francisco International Airport has foiled his perfect bank job, and Donato decides the airport must pay. The FBI, ATF and local police are called in to form a task force to capture Donato before he can make good on his threat. A San Francisco Fire Department Captain, Mark Saxon, is assigned to the task force as a resource in case Donato is somehow successful in detonating a bomb at the airport and an emergency medical and fire response is necessary. The task force is divided over whether the attack will occur out on the field and attack the airport’s infrastructure, or occur in the terminals where injury and panic will cause chaos. Using skills he learned during an undistinguished military career, Donato plans a commando-like raid on the airport. Kilpatrick and Saxon fight the FBI and ATF over how to use resources to protect the airport. As Donato’s deadline grows closer, there is no agreement on how Donato could carry out his plan. But Donato has already launched it as the task force starts to close in on him. The race is on to prevent an on-time arrival of destruction at San Francisco International Airport.
Fresh from the battlefields of Korea, Bobby meets Jeanette while visiting a friend back home in Tennessee. Annie walks into Bill's office in a Georgia textile mill and something just clicks. "My Girl" is the true story of two couples, written as a tribute to these brave, strong women from two different generations. (Motivation)
SHADES OF GRAY-INTO THE LIGHT is a journey. A collection of stories told in poetic verse and prose of the layers of the human spirit. Stories of life and love and joys and sorrows chronicled by dates in random order taken from events in life. Stories of fact and fiction beginning in DARK SHADES before migrating through the MEDIUM SHADES of life into the eventuality of LIGHT SHADES where hope always springs eternal when willing souls refuse to give into anything less than they deserve. SHADES of GRAY-INTO THE LIGHT is a story of change! A story of facing challenges head on that we sometimes create ourselves as life hands them to us allowing us to make the choices that dictate where our lives will go. We stand on the threshfold of change where hopes rewards are but a few steps away as long as we dare to dream!
This book describes the personal and spiritual benefits of living life in a way that matters, with an awareness that one's life can reflect a sense of higher purpose no matter what the circumstances. The book draws upon religious, philosophical, and literary writings to show how humans in many cultures and historical epochs have pursued noble purposes by answering God's call as each hears it. Noble purpose can be pursued both in heroic acts and in everyday behavior. The book shows how ordinary people—teachers, business professionals, parents, citizens—can ennoble what they do by being mindful of its deepest meaning. It also points out that humility is a necessary virtue for those who pursue a noble purpose. Great heroes are bold, courageous, and sometimes audacious in their determination to succeed; but they are also humble in their awareness of their own limitations. Moreover, a person must never violate basic moral laws while pursuing a noble purpose—the means must be as moral as the ends. Purpose brings coherence and satisfaction to people's lives, producing joy in good times and resilience in hard times. It also presents a paradox: hard work in service of noble purpose that transcends personal gain is a surer path to happiness than the self-indulgent pursuit of happiness for its own sake. The closer we come to God's purpose for us, the more satisfied our lives become. From the inspiration and examples conveyed in this book, we learn that all individuals have the capacity to discover their own God-given abilities, to learn the world's need for the services they can provide, and to experience joy in serving society and God in their special ways. As theologian Frederick Buechner writes, "The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.
It's a warm spring evening in 1967. Abby Moore watches Charlie Egan as they dance to the seductive rhythm and blues. Then it was the Beatles. She didn't remember how they ended up in her apartment. Then he disappeared. He left no forwarding address. There were no goodbye messages. There was just an empty place in her heart and in her life. Thirty-six years later at a business conference on Hilton Head Island she spies a man who has the familiar walk and mannerisms that remind her of Charlie. Part of her wants it to be him, the other does not. Resurrecting the past would be painful and she's not sure she shouldn't just leave it there. Telling him what he left behind terrified her, but she desperately needed to know why he disappeared. When they meet on the beach they find themselves drawn together by the same magic that bound them for two glorious years in their story book youth. A mutual attraction that was so strong they could not imagine life without the other. This time they realize they must drive a stake into the past and kill it before they can enjoy the present.
Passionate and witty, Ain't my America is an eye-opening exploration of the rich, honorable, and absurdly under-known history of right-wing peace movements. Pointing toward a "Little American" alternative to the bipartisan imperialism that reigns in today's Washington, it is also a clarion manifesto for the antiwar conservatives of today. -- from dust jacket.
As the whites push westward, leaving in their wake a trail of broken treaties and violence, it is up to Crazy Horse to face off with the white leader George Armstrong Custer.
Bill Edwards is a professional writer, author, speaker, business consultant and life skills expert in his fifties. Bill has appeared on many national and international radio shows, television and web broadcasts, and been featured in a number of well-known newspapers, periodicals and publications. This book offers amazing facts about the Chihuahua Dog Breed and helpful hints about their care, feeding, training and breeding learned from years of experience with the world's smallest dog.
The stories in this book reflect the trout fishing experiences of the author. There are also stories which relate to trout but arent about trout fishing. The variety of locations in the stories provide interesting and colorful background. The author has a passion for trout fishing which is both enthusiastic and contagious. As the author said I never met a trout I didnt like.
In this book we all need our mindsets to be an Ambassador of Heaven. God is raising up a new breed of men and women of God. The Kingdom of God can seem like a gigantic unchartered spiritual frontier! Consequently, we need a Kingdom mindset in order to rightly discern and tap into all that God wants to reveal to us, especially in days like these--days of the harvest. You will be blessed by Bill Vincent's power revelations of God's Glory and the Kingdom of God being released in the earth.
The title refers to a remark Chögyam Trungpa once made to a too-busy student -- At least you’re living life fully! This ability to reframe our experience is central to Karelis’s carefully structured introduction to the path of awakening, aimed at those struggling to free themselves from circumstances that imprison them. Meditation, Karelis explains, doesn’t necessarily eliminate those circumstances; instead, it transforms them into tools for a fully awakened life.
Following "Steps to Mystical Experience", in this, his second book on spiritual guidance, the author gently takes us by the hand and opens up a new dimension within ourselves to discover that "that which you have looked for, you have always been". Compiled from a series of talks that flowed spontaneously from that deep inner place where all of our knowing resides, Bill Skiles has given us a guide to develop a healing consciousness, the Christ-consciousness that lives within each and everyone of us. This is not a self-help, a self-improvement book, but - in the tradition of mystical teachings, like that presented by Joel Goldsmith and other mystics throughout the ages - this book is a tool to become aware of the wondrous reality of the divinity in our own soul.' Britta Iwersen Denver, Colorado
This is about one man's review of his early adult life experiences which he wishes to share with his sons and future generations. He wishes to point out how his military experiences shaped his understanding of life and the spiritual influences of his journey that he considers to be full of blessings resulting in events that caused him much gratitude for such a blessed journey. He hopes that this outlook on life will explain the thread of perspective which can be identified in his ancestry and the future journeys of his descendants.
A collection of personal essays covering one man's observations regarding music, baseball, family, religion, noetic science, and life, all presented with insight, contemplation, and a touch of humor.
The amusing pieces in "Bill Nye's Sparks" were penned by Edgar Wilson Nye, writing under the pen name Bill Nye. Renowned American humourist and journalist Bill Nye was well-known for his sharp mind and caustic viewpoint on a wide range of topics. Readers can anticipate several amusing observations and commentary on society, daily life, and human behavior in "Bill Nye's Sparks." To keep his audience entertained, Nye uses a unique comedic style that combines wordplay and satire. The pieces offer a light-hearted look at the peculiarities and eccentricities of late 19th-century American culture on a variety of subjects. Although the essays' exact subjects may differ, readers can always count on Nye's distinctive humour and his ability to make the mundane hilarious. The word "Sparks" in the title can imply that Nye's works are humorous or insightful sparks that cause others to laugh and think. All things considered, the book is a charming illustration of American humour from the 19th century and the caustic approach that made Bill Nye famous.
Originally designed for Bill Jelen's live Power Excel seminars, the target audience already uses Excel 40 hours a week. These tips are the "aha" tips that uncover secret methods in Excel. The book covers general Excel functions, pivot tables, and formulas such as VLOOKUP and the new XLOOKUP. It introduces elements of modern Excel such as the Power Pivot Data Model and cleaning data with Power Query. Updated annually, this edition for 2022 adds information on collaboration features, LET and LAMBDA functions, amazing new data types, dynamic array formulas, and more.
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