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Fine Lines, a quarterly literary journal, is a collection of essays and poetry from writers of all ages.

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Paperback: 238 pages, 6 x 9 x .5 in
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-057-1

Barbara, a devout Mennonite farm-girl, had been married less than a year when her husband suddenly vanished. Her safe and happy world disappeared along with him. Who was this man she had wed? The unexpected truth would lead her through years of pain and heartache, fighting for the survival of not only her marriage, but their children as well.

Soft Like Steel is the true story of Barbara’s courageous journey, as laid out in the pages of her hand-written journal. Set against a backdrop of Nebraska and Iowa during the devastation of the Dust Bowl and World War II, it is a tale of much more than mere survival. It is a testimony to an incredible woman whose love and devotion rescued her family from the curses of the past into lives of stability, purpose and joy!

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Paperback: 142 pages,5 x 8 in or 203 x 127 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN Complete: 978-1-60808-055-7

Whether the economy is good, bad or ugly, small businesses need ongoing coaching in how to stay in business!  Rule of Thumb: A Guide to Small Business Sustainability closes the "how-to stay in business" information gap for micro and small businesses that are struggling to last beyond today's reactive approaches.  If you have a vision of your business lasting forever, let this guide show you the action steps for diversifying revenues, lasting in the social media market, branding smarter, finding new revenue streams, and planning for business succession. Dr. Bev Browning, the author, has been an entrepreneur for nearly 40 years. Her lessons learned are packaged into this easy-to-read guide for others to achieve business sustainability goals.  This book is a win/win for every reader!

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Paperback: 64 pages,6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN Complete: 978-1-60808-053-3

Vietnam Reflections is a haunting account of the effects of the Vietnam War. Written with such vivid imagery and detail, the reader will feel every heartbeat, every squash of a soldier's boot in the Delta Rice Paddy, and will hear the whistling of incoming rounds as they find their mark.

At times inspiring, and at times bringing the reader to tears, Vietnam Reflections is a collection of stories that trace the evolution of several eighteen-year-old farm boys who went off to war. When they finally returned home, they found that their service and sacrifices were for naught. Following their return to the States,the soldiers were left to survive on their own. Many found that the only way out of Vietnam for good was to end their own lives or to live homeless.

These stories are their voice- their screams- about a distant place and a distant time, about a war that went amok... a war that many Americans wish to forget.

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Paperback: 204 pages,5 x 8 in or 203 x 127 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN Complete: 978-1-60808-052-6

This is the story of Ali, growing up in a peaceful Afghanistan, but later having to resist the control of first the Russians and later the Taliban, so he and his family could live at peace in their home. It's the story of many young Afghans, a story of the Afghanistan that was, and a story with hope for a brighter future.

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Paperback: 168 pages,5 x 8 in or 203 x 127 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN Complete: 978-1-60808-051-9

What happens after a bad egg hatches? Grendel Gander is the comic story about how a self-centered stubborn goose bullies his family, friends and lake. As Grendel himself puts it, "I'm mean & I'm nasty, I'm full of abuse. I'm evil incarnate, a most sinister goose! If you think I am kind then your idea's absurd, I am a low-down stinking fowl-feathered bird!" But like all bullies, Grendel eventually gets his comeuppance when an angry turtle accidentally teaches him the lesson of the Golden Rule. The story, inspired by author Michael Homan's childhood experiences growing up alongside a Nebraska river, is brought to life by Peat Duggins' detailed illustrations.

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Paperback: 48 pages,8.5 x 11 in or 280 x 216 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN Complete: 978-1-60808-049-6

The trends in homebuilding are clear: New homes of the future will all be built to meet high standards of energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, and unsurpassed indoor-air quality that help keep homeowners and their families healthy. Homebuilders who are the first in their communities to build their homes to these standards of quality will undoubtedly enjoy a competitive advantage in their local marketplace. In "Sold on Building Science," Tim Lowndes details how fellow homebuilders can achieve this marketplace advantage by building what he calls High Performance New Homes™. Tim's innovative blueprint for building and marketing these types of affordable, high-quality homes is a must-read for today's cutting-edge homebuilders eager to educate themselves about the latest in home-building science.

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Paperback: 140 pages,6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN Complete: 978-1-60808-036-6

Fine Lines, a quarterly literary journal, is a collection of essays and poetry from writers of all ages.Winter 2012: Best of the Best - 20th Anniversary Edition.

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Paperback: 350 pages, 6 x 9 in
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-050-2

Just how important are effective communication skills? The answer is critically important, especially in the work world. (Keep in mind that these skills are also extremely useful in your personal life.) Many people, including business professionals, often express doubt about the need for good communication skills, believing that whatever communication skills they already possess will serve them well enough. Perhaps that is true if the person's skills are good, but not so much if the person's skills are less so. Having learned how to read and write in school does not necessarily mean that one has nothing left to learn or upon which to improve. Does having "good communication skills" mean you need to use big long words that few people understand? Absolutely not! Use simple words, but use them correctly. Employer surveys consistently reveal the importance of effective communication skills for securing a job, as well as for job performance, career advancement and the success of a business. Good communication reflects directly on the company, creating trust and presenting a professional image to build better business relationships. Before panicking, remember that good communications skills are learned. No one is born an excellent communicator. Effective communication is a learned skill. Anyone can learn the skills to communicate effectively in both written and oral messages. This book provides basic information to help you improve both written and oral communication skills. It shows you how to be kind to your readers by making what you've written easy to understand. Keep it clear. Keep it simple. Keep it to the point.

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Paperback: 130 pages,6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN Complete: 978-1-60808-046-5

In today's competitive business environment, good manners, proper speech patterns, a dynamic appearance, professional communication and networking skills can make the difference between getting ahead and being left behind. Even in business relationships, people are judged by how they act, speak, look, and write. It takes seven seconds to capture your prospect's or audience's attention. In those first few moments, people are making judgments about your self-image, outlook on life, moral character, economic and educational levels, trustworthiness, social position and future success. Use this book to build a successful, personal brand, NOW!

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Paperback: 66 pages,6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN Complete: 978-1-60808-048-9

This book is an introductory guide for the first-time entrepreneur starting a new small business, as well as for an existing business owner who wants to grow and needs marketing advice. In clear and practical language, the author describes the essential, need-to-know concepts which combine to drive strategic directions toward success. Highlights include planning, budgeting, branding, advertising, social media, and public relations. Real world and commonly understood examples and experiences help the reader identify the strengths which underscore a healthy marketing business plan. Rules of Thumb throughout create easy to remember and apply fundamental principles and guideposts along the marketing journey.

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Paperback:74 pages,6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN Complete: 978-1-60808-047-2

A Compact Comp Book is a writer's handbook. It contains accessible, helpful suggestions and includes practical illustrations without being a voluminous textbook. Not only is A Compact Comp Book easy to carry, but it is also easy to understand. Author Carl Adkins calls upon his broad teaching background that includes students from high school, community college,university undergraduate and graduate writing courses to address familiar writing problems in common sense language. In other words, this sensible writer's handbook is truly user friendly.

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Paperback: 52 pages, 5 x 8 in or 203 x 127 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-045-8

Hurricane Blues is a collection of fictional essays. In the title story, Hurricane Blues, meet a Louisiana blues piano player who protects her home-alone son by averting hurricanes with a whiskey shot glass and a mother's love. In The Reader, a dreamy bookworm stumbles into manhood. In Soul Most In Need, the friendship of two southern widows is the one truth at a tent revival. Nahualli presents a sharp-tongued Mexican recluse and her shape-shifting lover. Meet a good-hearted deacon doing reconnaissance on a philandering preacher from a classic car in T-Bird Recon. A cruel medieval father, a frontier lawyer's silent child scrivener, and an aspiring teacher caught in the 1918 influenza epidemic also populate this eclectic collection of previously published and new short fiction. Marcia Calhoun Forecki lives and writes in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Her first book, Speak To Me, from Gallaudet University Press, won a book award from the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped in 1986. She published Better Than Magic, a novel for middle grade readers, in 2000.

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Paperback: 190 pages, 5 x 8 in or 203 x 127 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-043-4

Tony Endelman is not a rockstar, an athlete, an actor, or a hero of any kind. He's a twenty-something guy, living in the Midwest, stumbling through life like many of us do and hoping to learn something along the way. Perhaps, that's what makes this book so wildly entertaining. I Hope There's Pie is a collection of eleven personal essays in which Endelman recounts experiences with family, friendship, depression, failure, work, sex, and drugs - and does so with such affecting honesty and utter hilarity that, by the last page, it's impossible not to feel like you've been hanging out with him for years. With a knack for turning the seemingly mundane into the vastly amusing, Tony Endelman just might be one of the next great comedic voices. (Book contains mature language and themes.) "To write a memoir at the tender age of 28 is audacious. But, what transpires in this book of inequities and debauchery is something of note; the living room retellings of young adulthood gone awry - with the tone and candor of a best friend. Hysterical, true to life, easy-to-relate-to, and, unlike anything else out there. You can smell the booze and cigarette smoke tucked between these hundred and some odd pages." - David Wexler, creator of MTV's College Life

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Paperback: 134 pages, 5 x 8 in or 203 x 127 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-044-1

When Allison Little, Real Estate Diva discovers a mauled body in a brand new listing, she sincerely hopes this won't be about her. But the murder is about her: the murder threatens her clients, her best friend Carrie, and her almost boyfriend, Ben. Allison isn't fond of the holidays in the best of years, but with tumbling home prices, tumbling bodies, suspicious non-profits and a headless ex-wife, she's ready to pack it in for warmer climate and far fewer renditions of jingle bells. "I really should give up these million dollar homes and stick to first time buyers and condos, nothing happens in a condo, first time home buyers are too busy scraping together their down payment to create mayhem and murder. No, I take that back, I'm not that happy with condo buyers either." To sell the house, Allison must find the killer, save her friend, and comfort her boyfriend. Who knew Black Friday could be so damn bloody?

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Paperback: 284 pages, 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-042-7

Fine Lines, a quarterly literary journal, is a collection of essays and poetry from writers of all ages.

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Paperback: 242 pages, 6 x 9 in
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-041-0

After more than 15 years of marriage, Dawn Marie's got a divorce, a daughter, and a dilemma. Diary of an Online Dating Junkie chronicles, in hilarious and heartwarming detail, the real life journey of a woman who finds herself looking for love online. The road is bumpy and filled with incredible highs, like a shiny new Porsche, and devastating lows, like an empty bank account and a rock hard bed in a tiny trailer. Dawn takes her experiences in stride and it doesn't take long for her to realize that finding true love might just be the most difficult test of her life.

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Paperback: 410 pages, 5 x 8 in or 203 x 127 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-040-3

Donna Leigh owns an Omaha ad agency. She is also an energetic and somewhat sardonic menopausal woman. When a former colleague is murdered, Donna becomes the chief amateur sleuth so her toxic relationship with the victim doesn't land her at the top of the suspect list. As Donna and her colorful colleagues work feverishly to solve the case, they leave a trail of unintentional destruction in their wake; from injured police officers to collapsed buildings. Donna and her team stir things up enough to make the murderer nervous; after Donna receives a threat to "back off" things take on a more serious bent for her, but not for her ever vigilant colleagues who continue to animatedly bungle their way through the investigation until the murderer is behind bars.

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Paperback: 284 pages, 5 x 8 in or 203 x 127 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-038-0

Every teenager wants to fit in, and Christian Pearson is no different. He is a phenomenon on the athletic field and in the classroom, but a terrifying accident on a fishing trip with his grandfather changes Christian's life forever. As he enters his freshman year of high school, Christian hides a secret that he plans to take to his grave. When the Pearson family moved from the city to the sleepy town of Red Oak, Iowa, before his freshman year of high school, Christian hoped for a smooth transition to small town life. Being the new kid in school has been a blessing and a curse. Most of the boys in Christian's class view him as a threat, so Christian struggles to fit it, but as an outcast, his secret is safe. When three freshmen, all from the same family, start school a week late, Christian senses something different about these new students. He reaches out to "The Three" seeking some semblance of friendship in his new hometown. When "The Three" confront Christian about the secret he hides, Christian is faced with a huge problem. Will this secret cost Christian his friends, his family, his freedom, and even his life?

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Paperback: 368 pages, 5 x 8 in or 203 x 127 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-039-7

This powerful workbook takes the grieving participant on a spiritual quest for healing and hope following the death of a child. The authors share deeply from their personal experience and faith journey after the death of their son.

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Paperback: 250 pages, 8.5 x 11 in or 280 x 216 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-037-3

There's a naked man in the laundry room at Meadow Lakes Retirement Community. He's wearing only a brown vest, a Stetson hat and cowboy boots. But that's about the extent of excitement in the big complex and that's why four diverse widows take off secretly for part unknown, leaving no forwarding address. Between adopting the boys at the Ragged Ass Saloon, finding a dead body in the woods and capturing the killer, closing down a sleazy porno shop and meeting two handsome sheriffs, the burned out old broads who dine together at Meadow Lakes Table 12 find adventure, romance, mystery and prove there is life after grief. Grab your latest AARP advertisement for a bookmark and join Maggie Patten (Sandhills Rancher), Hadley Joy Morris-Whitfield (wealthy and wise), Mary Rose McGill (sweet Catholic girl), and Edith Ann (rescued Schnauzer) for a laugh-out-loud, fun read and a look into relationships every mature woman wants and deserves.

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Paperback: 208 pages, 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-034-2

Never underestimate a Burned Out Old Broad (BOOB). This time the three retired widows, Hadley Joy Morris-Whitfield (socialite and volunteer), Dr. Robinson Leary (retired English Professor) and Mary Rose McGill (housewife and sweet Catholic girl) join new BOOB Girl Patty Whack in clever ways to break the boredom of aging. Except now they'd welcome some boredom. Patty Whack turns out to be Calamity Doodles, an aging spy whose husbands' number five and six have gone to the dark side and are out to kill her. Be one of the BOOB Girls as Mary Rose demonstrates her famous groin kick, guaranteed to dislocate a man's kneecap every time. Go with them into a twilight-lit, crow-filled cemetery to rob a grave with the BOOB Boys, the Burned Out Old Bastards of Meadow Lakes Retirement Community. Stay outside where it's safe while they take down a mobster's mansion in search of a hidden micro-chip, and then gain ten pounds just from reading about Evangeline Goldberg's famous cinnamon rolls. In this second adventure, the four girls claim more exclamation points than Nancy Drew(!). You can use the same AARP card that marked your place in book one, The BOOB Girls: The Burned Out Old Broads at Table 12, grab your cup of coffee or tea and find out if cowboy wannabe Wiley Vondra and Mary Rose really do make out in the end. Adventure and romance await you.

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Paperback: 208 pages, 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-028-1

Fine Lines, a quarterly literary journal, is a collection of essays and poetry from writers of all ages.

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Paperback: 278 pages, 6 x 9 x .5 in
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-033-5

When Tony Endelman gets bored, he tends to cause trouble. On the internet, at least he can do so under a different name. Randy Penny: Cordially F*#@ing With People Vol. 1 is the first collection of hilariously wacky and all too real email exchanges between Endelman's alter ego and people that, among other things, use the internet to sell worthless crap. The book, which is sure to make you laugh from first page to last, contains nearly 40 conversations, full-color doodles, and hardly any vulgarities.

"In the grand tradition of The Lazlo Letters and Letters from a Nut comes the next generation of mess-with-their-heads correspondence, Randy Penny. This stuff is Laugh Out Loud Funny from beginning to end. No cursing, no yelling - all of it hilarious.If you don't think this book is funny - kill yourself." - Nick Griffin, Comedian

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Paperback: 158 pages, 8.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 216 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-032-8

Panic was a permanent guest in the Schnitzer's home in the 1920s. They celebrated life, but never celebrated in moderation. Thanks to Gerald's grandmother acting as a traffic cop on an emotional oasis, order was restored. Before her death, Grandma Sarah discovered the calming waters off Coney Island. She never learned to swim, not a stroke, but she could float, sometimes out of sight of land - but that's another story. Join Gerald Schnitzer in the novelized memoir, My Floating Grandmother.

About the Author: A retired film director and screen writer, Gerald Schnitzer was born and raised in Brooklyn in the 1920s and early 30s, He attended Erasmus Hall High and The Peddie School, graduating Dartmouth College in 1940. Following his service inWW2 as a 2nd Lieutenant, attached to a French Cadet Air Crew Training Unit, he began his professional career as a writer and director in Hollywood. He retains his membership in Writers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America. He continues his writing, publishing short stories in national magazines. His Polaroid art work was exhibited internationally. He owned and operated Gerald Schnitzer Productions for twenty years. He was awarded several Gran Prix for his commercials for Kodak, Chevrolet and Clairol. Feature film credits: Sail to Glory, The Naked, Doomtown, Kid Dynamite, Bowery Boys, Jinx Money, The Corpse Vanishes; TV segment of Lassie and National Velvet. He directed Buster Keaton, Emmet Kelly,Robert Stack, Linda Evans, Phil Silvers, Jan Clayton, Jean Lockhart, Pops Fiedler,Lorne Greene, Arnold Palmer, Imogene Coco, Bela Lugosi, Andy Griffith, Don Knotts and Albert Brooks. He gained notoriety in the world of TV advertising in the late 50s by "his humanizing the commercial." - creating the so-called, "Kodak Moment." In his best seller, "The Fifties", David Halberstam wrote: ". . . Mr. Schnitzer's innovative, humanistic approach to his arresting films in some way reflected the sense of American life. They were the work of an original and very gifted man."

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Paperback: 284 pages, 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-030-4

Fine Lines, a quarterly literary journal, is a collection of essays and poetry from writers of all ages.

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Paperback: 326 pages, 6 x 9 in x .5"
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-60808-031-1

What happens when adults ask teenagers what is going on in their lives and then really listen to the answers? Once the teens trust that the adults are sincere and accepting, this book is what can happen. Written by two classes of seniors at Omaha South High Magnet School with the support of 29 volunteer writing mentors, this collection of personal essays reveals some of the issues American teens face every day but often keep to themselves. These insightful students share experiences of survival, the reasons for their dreams and their secret hopes for their lives. This book was produced by The Omaha Young Writers Project using the philosophies of the Freedom Writers and 826 Valencia as inspiration and guidance. Includes a foreword by Erin Gruwell, teacher of the Freedom Writers, an afterword from the classroom teacher's perspective and an epilogue by Gallup Senior Scientist in Residence Shane J. Lopez on how we can all spread hope to kids and our communities.

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Paperback: 322 pages, 5 x 8 in or 203 x 127 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English; this book contains some profanity.
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808- 029-8

Fine Lines, a quarterly literary journal, is a collection of essays and poetry from writers of all ages.

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Paperback: 270 pages, 9 x 6 in x .5"
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-60808-027-4

Performance: The Collective and Introspective by Angelica Daniele reflects the culmination of a year-long investigation involving the analysis of various aspects of dance performance experiences and their effects on the developing dancer. This investigation focuses on the psychological aspects of performing dance, with consideration given to the biological, emotional, educational, and social aspects involved with such experiences. The information presented reflects the most recent findings from dance research literature and a primary survey-based research study designed to assess the psychological similarities in performance experiences from a range of dancer populations. Additionally, this work reflects the author's personal performance endeavors and commentary from active dance participants in the educational and professional fields of dance. This investigation serves to not only provide a "behind the scenes" perspective on the demanding yet rewarding life of a dancer, but also provoke thought among performing artists as well as those less artistically informed.

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Paperback: 136 pages, 8 x 10 in or 254 x 203 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-60808-026-7

"Lessons from a Rubber Duck" is a story about teasing and bullying that is both educational and engaging. Author, Melissa Saunders, teaches young people ways to assert themselves and build the confidence they need to feel good about standing up for themselves in situations when they are hurt by someone's words or actions. "Lessons from a Rubber Duck" offers fun and creative solutions for using imagination and a sense of humor to take the sting out of hurtful remarks. The book includes a letter to the reader with further helpful information about bullying as well as suggested discussion questions for use by parents and professionals who work with young people and their families.
This book is suggested for children ages 8-12.

Endorsements for the Book
"This is the first children's book to address the real problem of sibling bullying. Lessons from a Rubber Duck gives great advice to kids and parents who are struggling with bullying. It should be on every bookshelf!" -Susan M. Swearer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of School Psychology; Co-Director, The Bullying Research Network, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

"Melissa Saunders clever use of humor and parable will help children develop the confidence and skills to begin to assert and protect themselves from teasing and hurtful remarks. I am recommending Lessons from a Rubber Duck to every young client of mine who struggles with a bully." -Alice Spence, licensed child and mental health therapist

"Enlightening as it is enjoyable and educational, Lessons from a Rubber Duck is a must have for any parent, teacher, counselor, or child care provider. This realistic story will serve children well as they learn to recognize bullying behaviors and to respond in a way that is respectful, responsible and safe." -Briana McLeod-Larsen, Safe, Secure and Disciplined Schools Facilitator for Omaha Public Schools

About the Author
Melissa Saunders is a former elementary school teacher and elementary school counselor with master's degrees in both counseling and education. Through her work as a teacher and counselor, she grew to closely understand many of the issues and concerns facing young people and their families. Her desire to encourage and support children and their families evolved into a career as an author and speaker. Melissa lives in Omaha, Nebraska with her husband and son. You can follow her on Facebook, Twitter and visit her online at www.melissasaunders.com.

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Full-Color Paperback: 44 pages, 7 x 10 in or 254 x 178 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-60808-025-0

A business owner needs to be aware of legal requirements, financial resources, record-keeping requirements, ways to market the business, communication skills, human resource laws, as well as issues that may arise on a day-to-day basis. Knowing and following the laws will keep you out of legal trouble. Knowledge and skills needed to run your business on a day-to-day basis will increase the odds of your success. Rule of Thumb: A Guide to Small Business Basics will assist you in gaining a basic understanding of what it takes to operate a small business.

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Paperback: 76 pages,6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN Complete: 978-1-60808-024-3

Fine Lines, a quarterly literary journal, is a collection of essays and poetry from writers of all ages.

Book Details
Paperback: 262 pages
Publisher: WriteLife (October 6, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-022-9
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches

The color pink is about to be turned upside down. "I Don't Like Pink" is about a well-dressed little girl who does not fit the norm. She does not like the color pink, or does she? Children and adults will fall in love with the whimsical illustrations and independence of this character. Join the fun of "I Don't Like Pink" with an ending that is a "real treat"! John Petersen was born in Omaha, Nebraska and has been creating characters and illustrating for as long as he can remember. He always dreamed of writing children's books. He and his family live in Atlanta, Georgia and his daughter, Riley, continues to provide inspiration for this and future books.

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Full-Color Hardcover: 32 pages, 8.5 x 11 in or 280 x 216 mm
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-021-2

Fine Lines, a quarterly literary journal, is a collection of essays and poetry from writers of all ages.

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Paperback: 238 pages
Publisher: WriteLife (July 17, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-020-5
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches

Eva McLelland was good at keeping secrets, and she had a big one. Sworn to secrecy for thirty-one years until the death of her husband, Eva was at last able to come forward and share a story that turns twentieth century history on its head and fills in puzzling blanks in the mysterious life of the tycoon Howard Hughes.

How could Hughes appear to witnesses as an emaciated, long finger-nailed, mental incompetent, yet fly a jet aircraft four months later? How could a doctor describe him as looking like a "prisoner of war," when at the same time investment bankers, politicians, and diplomats who met him said he was articulate and well-groomed? The answer is a perfect example of the brilliance of the elusive billionaire. He simply found a mentally incompetent man to impersonate him, drawing the attention of the Internal Revenue Service and an army of lawyers who pursued him, while he conducted his business in peace from Panama with his new wife, Eva McLelland. Sound fantastic? It is. However, after seven years of research and verification, Eva's story produces the final pieces in the mysterious puzzle that was Howard Hughes.

Douglas Wellman has been a television producer and director in Hollywood since 1980. He is currently Assistant Dean of the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Deborah.

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-017-5

Feeling a little nerdy? Then you’re in the right place. Nerdy Thirty is a collection of thirteen humorous essays that recount personal experiences from one woman’s childhood, her painfully awkward teen years, college and those leading up to the big three-oh (no!).

After turning thirty and looking back at her life, Wendy Townley found herself in countless awkward and cringe-worthy situations, many of which she’s able to laugh about now: camping for the first time; meeting pop-star Jessica Simpson; surviving a Nebraska rodeo; and being mistaken for a lesbian. The more she dissected these situations – oftentimes over one too many cocktails – she thankfully arrived at one conclusion: “I shall forever remain a nerd.”

Born and bred in the urban donut hole of Omaha, Nebraska, Townley’s perspective is anything but cornfields and cows. She is just now learning to cook, does not do yard work, has an unhealthy preoccupation with paper and is often mistaken for a Hipster.

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Paperback: 98 pages
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-019-9

Fine Lines, a quarterly literary journal, is a collection of essays and poetry from writers of all ages.

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Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: WriteLife (April 19,2010)
Language: English

ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-018-2
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches

Written and illustrated by a high school student with epilepsy, "Karen's Epilepsy" is a 28-page story about a girl with complex-partial seizures. When Karen's family moves to a new city, she wonders if her new classmates will befriend her despite her differences. Karen struggles with her own self-acceptance until something unexpected happens. Written with elementary school students in mind, this heart-warming story speaks to both children and adults. With reassuring words and pictures Baltaro communicates a hopeful message of friendship, confidence, and determination.

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Paperback: 28 pages
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-015-1

Fine Lines, a quarterly literary journal, is a collection of essays and poetry from writers of all ages.

Book Details
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: WriteLife (January 9, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1608080145
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-014-4
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches

In "The Messiah of Howard Street," Hayden Bell has successfully evaded University of Nebraska at Lincoln by employing himself as a street performer in the Old Market. Kelly Erickson is watching her mother die of cancer, and Janie Harris is watching her best friend march off to Iraq. Frank Kuzchenitsh is stuck in a dead end job, Ryan Fairfield just filed for divorce, and Thomas Stall is successfully making his escape via an impromptu Colorado road trip. Through Jennifer Castello’s small portraits of those who have found themselves on the threshold of change and monotony, the city of Omaha comes to life in a story of growing up, standing up, and taking chances.

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Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-013-7

"Running Water, Living Water" is a personal tale from a mission trip leader in the United States, to a small Lahu Village in Thailand. In this book, Angela Sudermann shares the story of a small village and their vision of healthier lives for the community. She also discusses how a dedicated group of hill tribe men and women serve in a ministry called the Integrated Tribal Development Program (ITDP) to help villages realize that vision. The book is a call to people to go experience Thailand - the wonderful hospitality, the amazing food, the beautiful country, and share in the work, as ITDP continues to work with villages through water and sanitation, agricultural, educational, medical projects and more.

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Paperback: 99 pages
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-012-0

Fine Lines, a quarterly literary journal, is a collection of essays and poetry from writers of all ages.

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Paperback: 211 pages
Publisher: WriteLife (October 9, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10:1608080110
ISBN-13:978-1-60808-011-3
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches

Melanie Marie Shifflett Ridner is a Native American writer and poet. "The Four Winds" is a collection of over 100 Native American poems. Through these verses, she pours out her emotions about growing up Native American, nature, ceremonies and various rites of passage.

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Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-010-6

In "Spud", author Patricia Orvis, tells the tale of the stifling Illinois summer heat wave of 1995... Two unthinkable tragedies... How will sophomore Jackson Cooper deal with the horrific loss of a best friend, the unforgiving heat, the expectations...? How will he cope with the summer's events, find acceptance, win his girl, feel like life is meaningful again...? Or will he, too, succumb to a similar fate?

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Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-009-0

"My Chosen Prison" is the first volume in a heptalogy compiled by Monmouth University Professor Christine Kaye Severson. It represents part of a body of work that consists of over three hundred poems, numerous short stories, and other miscellaneous works. "My Chosen Prison" examines the complexities and frustrations that exist within that fundamental common denominator, language. Severson uses words at once subtle and cutting, investing weight and meaning in the every day. "My Chosen Prison" is an open and honest examination of how language binds us together while simultaneously helping to establish identity and difference.

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Paperback: 86 pages
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-008-3

Fine Lines, a quarterly literary journal, is a collection of essays and poetry from writers of all ages.

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Paperback: 216 pages
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC (June 8, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1608080072
ISBN-13:978-1-60808-007-6
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches

"Facing the Blank Page" is a collection of essays and poems written by David Martin.

"David Martin has the rare gift of writing, which inspires readers to open their eyes and look closely at the world around them. Whatever subject he writes about, he convinces us that he has discovered what is most important in life and has never forgotten it. He epitomizes Plato's famous quotation from Socrates: 'The unexamined life is not worth the living.' At the heart of his essays is Martin's conviction that writing is essential to the well being of people of all ages. He has found joy and meaning in his own writing, and he is passionate in his desire to encourage others to realize what a precious gift writing can be. His essays model a graceful style, a strong voice, a facility with language, and a focus on what is truly significant in life." -Dr. Loren Logsdon, Emeritus Professor of English, Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois

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Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-005-2

Fine Lines, a quarterly literary journal, is a collection of essays and poetry from writers of all ages.

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Paperback: 228 pages
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC (March 16, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1608080064
ISBN-13: 978-1608080069
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches

In "Love, Life and a Fish Called Sydney", Antony Donoghue created a lyrical collection of poems from his life experiences in the United Kingdom. His poems are gritty and truthful, full of emotion and turmoil.

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Paperback: 104 pages
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-004-5

Tenses! is a resource for English Language learners. The text helps explain verb tenses.

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Paperback: 64 pages
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-003-8

"A Life Renewed" is a collection of poetry from author Darci Phillips that was written to inspire people who are going through difficult situations, especially as it relates to relationships. This book does contain graphic and explicit language and imagery.

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Paperback: 180 pages, color interior photos
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-001-4

"African Tales" is a collection of African Folk Tales from author Emmanuel Aare A. Ben that was written to educate and entertain readers. All of these folk tales teach a lesson through the actions of animals.

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Paperback: 56 pages
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-000-7

"Permit Me to Dream" is a poetry book written by Steven Caulfield from Durham, England. He uses the art of language to explore the realms of his imagination and soul.The book is the result of six years of reflection and writing.

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Paperback: 156 pages
Publisher: WriteLife, LLC
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-60808-002-1