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A Son's Handbook

By: Stephen W. Hoag, Ph.D.

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A Son's Handbook is the ten-year journey of a son as he cared for his mother with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Compelled by the love for his mother, author Stephen W. Hoag provides a tender, dramatic and often humorous account of the unforgettable years he shared with his mother as they faced the difficulties associated with her disease. His chronicled anecdotes and articulated moments will bring comfort to family members and care givers who must complete the daily tasks and overcome the obstacles accompanying the care of those afflicted with this illness. There are approximately five million Americans who suffer from Alzheimer's and dementia and the vast majority of these people rely on family members - particularly sons and daughters - for their care. There is no vaccine or procedure that will cure this disease that first takes the mind and then takes the body. Our only weapon against its ravages is love. To be sure, one of the greatest manifestations and demonstrations of love that a person may experience in life is the caring for a parent with this infirmity. Each experience described in this personal account led Stephen Hoag to write a "Son's Rule" at the end of each chapter, a fitting approach to being forever positive and insightful in moments of great challenge.

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1462408419

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Before the Picture Fades

The True Story of Love, Legacy and Unforeseen Triumph

By: Stephen W. Hoag Ph.D.

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Before the Picture Fades

The True Story of Love, Legacy and Unforeseen Triumph

By: Stephen W. Hoag Ph.D.

By creating many student-driven organizations and activities, the principal empowered the student body and faculty to embrace a dynamic spirit of the soul. Removing all obstacles, including the football team, basketball became the centerpiece for the school and community. Through almost 70 years, basketball at Lyman Hall High School in Wallingford, Connecticut, was sacrosanct, leading to countless wins and championships. Amid the deleterious events regarding football over seven decades, the most improbable and, indeed, the most impossible of moments came in the form of a miracle, the 1985 state football championship for Lyman Hall High School. “Before the Picture Fades” is the story of the events that resulted in that miracle. Nary, a rah-rah sports piece with exciting moments and colorful characters, this book examines circumstances and consequences that often face public secondary schools. Whether you shake your head, laugh, or cheer loudly, “Before the Picture Fades” will swing the door of your heart wide open with endless exultation.

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1462413358

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9781462413355

Vows

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told of Promises Made & Promises Kept

By: Stephen W. Hoag Ph.D.

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Vows

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told of Promises Made & Promises Kept

By: Stephen W. Hoag Ph.D.

VOWS is the most dramatic love story ever written. Two friends, separated by life’s challenges and circumstances, are suddenly reunited after twelve years of anonymity and with stirring emotion rediscover each other. Wishing never to lose the gift they have found, they lovingly design meaningful marriage vows, promises that will impact every day of their lives now and forever. Along the way, they share unequaled tenderness and intimacy, moments of humor, all of which lead to the serious structure of their marriage vows and subsequent marriage. “Vows” is a model of how to plan for a triumphal marriage, from day one to time eternal. The pathway of this tale of love will touch every emotion and strum your heartstrings. Whether you tingle, laugh, cry, or all three, “Vows” will leave you breathless.

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1462412955

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9781462412952

Main Street Melody

The magic is in the music and the music is on Main

By: Stephen W. Hoag Ph.D.

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Main Street Melody

The magic is in the music and the music is on Main

By: Stephen W. Hoag Ph.D.

Main Street Melody is an uninhibited, melodramatic novel of love and romance that speaks to the intrinsic sway of ... music. MELODY reveals the power of music. Often, just the first few bars of a tune can revive a memory of many decades ago or almost magically flip an internal switch, changing despair into joy and loneliness into a swath of warmth. No other domain in our society has that capacity and that personal impact. Music, in its many forms, meets the “needs” of every person in every demographic category. The teenage and adult characters in this textured novel of the age of innocence will touch your heart in endless ways from the tenderness of a first kiss, to the nefarious pranks of unfettered youth. In each moment of wonderment there will be music as you have never experienced it before. From the echoes of car radios, to the magnificent sound of a concert band, the creative excitement of a garage band to that singular voice, that when heard just once can never be forgotten. The purported calculable components of life are often capricious, as one can never count on the preciseness of happenstance. Such are the purported necessities of life, food, water, shelter, and clothing. Indeed, each is indispensable but at the mercy of economic and environmental conditions. With all of that to contemplate in the textured world all about us, one element brings forth the dreams and memories of special moments, hope, and love, ... MUSIC. The dramatic conclusion surely will convince you that MUSIC, like love, never fails, and no matter the occasion or the circumstance of life, music makes the darkest moments more tolerable and enhances the zenithal peaks of a lifetime. “Main Street” Melody will capture the fullness of your senses ... and bring music to new heights in your heart.

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9798823014380

Main Street

Anyone's Town, Everyone's Forever

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Main Street

Anyone's Town, Everyone's Forever

By: Stephen W. Hoag Ph.D.

This powerful romance novel, once read, will remain in your soul forever as the characters set within this tale of the age of innocence will steal a piece of your heart. Each of us is a novel unto ourselves with endless chapters of triumph and tragedy. With each incidental instance that we are touched by someone in life, sometimes with nothing more than a walkthrough, our individual saga is changed, and the expanse of our frame of reference is altered. The story about to unfold comes to life on a street in "any town" in America, a "tableau vivant" (a living picture), where a group of young people begins to define themselves in that period of time known as the "high school years." There are many clinical definitions and technical labels for this wisp of one's lifetime, but in the reminiscences within most of us, the high school years fill our memory luggage. The characters in this narrative are amalgamations of many real people with names that might remind or mislead the reader of someone they remember all too well. Although this romantically woven fable is fictitious, each twist and turn could and probably did occur in your town ... on your Main Street, ... and in your life. For this fable of romance and revelation, we peer into the hearts and minds of a few dozen high school students, each seeking moments to fill their growing vessels of youthful passion and desire while discovering their levels of giving and kindness. With all the fleeting lessons in language arts, math, science, and history, drilled and demonstrated during the secondary school years, what endures as this story will elucidate are the forever feelings and relationships that grow strong, never to be shaken. In this tale, young hearts will spring forth like a babbling stream and rekindle your memories of times long since evaporated but impossible to exfoliate on the landscape of your heart.

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1665568879

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Whisper of a Kiss

“. . . One of the Most Dramatic Love Stories Ever Told”

By: Stephen W. Hoag Ph.D.

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Whisper of a Kiss

“. . . One of the Most Dramatic Love Stories Ever Told”

By: Stephen W. Hoag Ph.D.

Whisper of a Kiss is one of the most powerful love stories ever written, sharing the journey of a quiet, marginalized high school student from a life of mediocrity to the summit of unimagined achievement all made possible by the impact of a single person on his life. The principles he learns from a devoted single mother and his mentor manifest in a dynamic, moving understanding of love brought thundering to the surface by the presence of a girl who is “the one.” The story, based on true life events, addresses many important issues relative to parenting, mentoring, and educating. But most of all, the story is unforgettable.

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1462412432

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Main Street Moment

By: Stephen W. Hoag Ph.D.

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Main Street Moment

By: Stephen W. Hoag Ph.D.

Main Street Moment is the most vice-gripping saga of high school drama ever penned, combining the signature of intense intimacy of the author’s previous works with a mighty cascade of fascinating characters and events who share that dynamic transition period of life known as the senior year in high school. Tucked into the revealing mosaic of the teenage personalities who progress through the moments of their final year of high school is the most dramatic sports story ever written, with unanticipated twists and turns that will leave you breathless through every surprising moment. With a backdrop of historic reportage, fortifying the delicately woven story that will make you recall the sparkling splash of a first glance of a person so compelling and wantonly hot to the rapid progression of star-crossed moments when the world would stop at the touch of a hand or the first touch of soft lips that ignite every physical sense and pulsating emotion is the heart-stopping romance of sexagenarians, Denise and Kyle. Their emotional journey will keep you invested in their love story. Main Street Moment, the third book in the “Main Street trilogy” will unlock the door of your heart to memories, once assumed forgotten when the world was an endless stream of sparkling moments that made you embrace the potential of the future with enthusiastic anticipation. Now, rekindled in Main Street Moment, we knit in with all the amazing characters of the Main Street series, allowing ourselves to fall in love and be thrilled by our age of innocence once again. The exhilarating conclusion will warm your soul and leave you feeling fully satisfied, yet craving for yet another moment.

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A Son's Handbook

A Son's Handbook

Before the Picture Fades

Before the Picture Fades

Vows

Vows

Main Street Melody

Main Street Melody

Main Street

Main Street

Whisper of a Kiss

Whisper of a Kiss

Main Street Moment

Main Street Moment

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