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‘How to Turn Mundane into Magnificent’ is step-by-step guide that helps you discover the look and feel you want to create in your home. This book goes beyond home decorating as it delves into the nuts and bolts of how to make all those projects happen! Professional painting tips make every project one you will be pround to 'reveal!'The common sense theory from the ‘Make It Mine’ book continues here as we examine how to use what you have, to do what you can, where you are; creating an entirely new look on a minimal budget. It provides a wonderful, lighthearted approach to repurposing...

The massive lumbering gates of hell were slowly being cast open this night; the hounds of hell released to reclaim these vicious misfits of humanity. They would be returned to their master and their chosen home. Hell had broken loose, quietly and without fanfare. The distant sound of the unleashed deadly hounds in pursuit began to pound, a steady, deadly beat that portended their coming arrival. Like a ticker tape on Broadway, the number of participants began to fill the pages of the black book of hell. Unbeknown to them, in very short order they would all be rejoined as the deadly hounds ...

The Ohio Reformatory for Women was under siege. The state highway patrol had taken control of the facility. Every cottage was now manned by a state trooper. The entire campus remained under lock down. Discover the inside details of this true story that altered the course of the facility forever.

Since the beginning of recorded history, fear has been the motivating factor behind human emotion and significant change. It continues to be used as the most powerful tool in the toolbox of bullies who beat those around them with their bully club of fear. It is a powerful emotion that can be defeated and used to your own highest good. 'I Did Not Give You Fear' is a practical guide to defeating that paper tiger called FEAR that enslaves us, encourages us to tolerate and accept abuse, and defeats the most basic goals in our lives when we are caught in 'The Eye of the Tiger.' Like a good ...

A powerfully inspirational and healing book for anyone who has suffered a loss that seems unendurable. The reader walks hand in hand through the darkest places of grief and emerges from being tattered and broken to a new kind of healing. This book is sad and funny and inspires all of us dare to dance through the pain. "Endings rarely arrive on the same sunbeam as dreams; the kind we imagine have passed through the darkness, filtered through the clouds, mingled with starlight, and found its way to our heart on the path of a sunbeam" begins the journey to cementing the pieces of your broken ...

‘How to Find the Best…’ is a three book special offering that combines ‘Bridge Across Tomorrow; Surviving the Game of Life,’ and 'Mundane to Magnificent. ‘Bridge Across Tomorrow’ takes a close up and personal look at the best and the worst of life and the challenges and choices we are all faced with at some point. It provides insights, ideas and solutions to the good, the bad and the ugly in our society. This book runs the gauntlet from child abuse, bullying, domestic violence and loss to rebuilding the best of ourselves and regaining the things that matter. It speaks to ...

“Reach out, take my hand and stand again, for this day I have set my hand again, and you have received all that you forgotten when you were created; this day you have received the knowledge that you are never alone, that you exist as a miracle, and that we have always been one.” “Take my hand, walk with me and dream your dreams again, dream without fear of failure, dream knowing it is already done and that every image of failure is only an illusion. And even on the darkest night, look above you at the promise of the coming new day as the starlight dispels the darkest path. Know that I...

Many times people are uncomfortable around those who have experienced a deep and painful loss, even if they are friends. For the one who has endured the loss it is a pain filled and halting process to arrive at a place where you can speak at all and harder still to speak of the loss. There lies within all of us that inner child who says if you don’t say it maybe it won’t be real. Trauma creates a strong bond; nothing can be as traumatic as having someone you love ripped from your life. Sharing is a healing experience for all. There is nothing so profound as the tears that fall from our ...

A riveting story of a rising star in the tech industry and his decent into homelessness landing him in front of a pawn shop window searching for a gun to end his life. His journey takes him to the streets living with the mass of homeless people. It was there on a snowy Christmas morning where Richard was peering into the pawn shop window; his gift to himself was the purchase of gun to end his life ... when fate stepped in. Journey with Richard on his amazing road back from the darkest moments of his life to a new dream as he pursues a love that proves to be elusive and perfect to complete ...

The donkey dug his heels in and refused to move another step. The farmer, a country man who had been living off his land for many years, was frustrated and angry. The animal was refusing to move forward into the barn, fearing the strange sensation of his long ears brushing the top of the barn. He pushed and slapped the donkey’s side with his straw hat, attempting to scare him forward. But the animal refused to budge another inch. The farmer had no time for such foolishness. A car was approaching the barn; likely another customer from his unattended vegetable stand out front. Drat this ...

‘Mining the Mine goes beyond home decorating as it delves into the nuts and bolts of how to make all those ‘dreamed of’ projects become a new reality! Together we take a closer look at what you have and what you would like to have to make your space feel relaxing and secure. Next we will examine how to use what you have, to do what you can, where you are. The final result is creating an entirely new look on a minimal budget. The information shared ensures a wonderful, lighthearted approach to a final finish on budget. Every home is a personal expression of the people who live there. ...

“Design is what you do when you want to express yourself…” if you had time, if you knew how, if you could; you would. But where to start? We all reach a time or place in our life when we look around and no longer feel comfortable in our space; a time when it begins to feel constricting, dark, cluttered or unharmonious. Most people do what they have always done before. You clean it up, move a few things around and maybe even paint; but it’s still not perfect, just better than it was. What makes the difference between a house and a home? Design. A house may have all the same furniture...

Every life journey begins with a dream, a plan and the opportunities to make them come true. There is no promise more extraordinary than that of a newborn child who enters our life. Where then does the road go, where are the obstacles that alter the course of all that promise? The cause of those broken dreams many times originate when we are unduly influenced, even with the best of intentions, by those whose lives have been colored by their own experiences. This creates a filter of bias that interrupts our ability to see events in a clear and concise manner. Three Parables offers the ...

The Lions Crossing provides vibrant inspiration with inspiring and empowering self-contained short stories that share ideas and solutions to daily issues in life. It is the beside book that shares ideas and thoughts that propel one from being lost in the jungle of life to a new self awareness and love for life. Everyone has a well of personal power that may have been diminished and trampled on in the game of life. Many have been crushed beneath the weight of painful words and experiences that have altered the course of their life; reducing their sense of self-worth to nothingness by the ...

The story about one woman's journey to the opportunity of tuning into the real guidance offered by our highest consciousness and how it changed her life. How can you recognize signs from the nighest part of your consciousness? Discover the secret to receiving guidance and special gifts from those who are traveling on this journey with you, the guides who bring you enlightenment, security and protection, hope and unquestioning love. Life is an amazing journey if you are able to recognize your companions along the way!

Why do women, the nurturers who typically encourage and support their loved ones suddenly become killers? For some, it is not sudden; it is the last stop before their own murder. For many, the reasons lie squarely within the confines of greed, jealously and rage. 'When Walls Talk' begins at the gates of the Ohio Reformatory for Women where Lauren, an Investigative Journalist, was assigned to complete a newspaper series titled, 'Why Women Kill.' It provides up close and personal details about the thoughts and actions behind 5 different murders, as related by the women who committed them. ...

“Come, sit with me awhile. Take a moment just to spend with me alone …” a gentle yet strong voice that passes through the darkness, filters through the clouds, mingles with starlight, and finds its way to your heart on the path of a sunbeam; very subtly it reaches you. You recognize it, and for no apparent reason, you are covered in chills of truth. This is real! Would you? If you heard, really heard the voice of your creator and those words were spoken, would you? Would you take a moment, even though you don’t quite know if it is possible? Even though you have never done this ...