WINNER--2020 Best Indie Book Awards, Non-Fiction: Caregiving

Caring for a parent, spouse, or relative who cannot care for themselves due to age, infirmity, or illness is one of the noblest human activities. It's also one of the most stressful, posing challenges that can be painful, confusing, frustrating, and deeply rewarding-sometimes all at once. When Caregiving Calls is an invitation to a deep conversation about caregiving and its meaning for you.

Aaron Blight has lived the caregiving experience many ways-as a family caregiver for a mother-in-law struggling with brain cancer as it stole her mental clarity and ultimately her life; as the owner of a home care company that supported thousands of families living their own versions of the same journey; and as a researcher, lecturer, and consultant traveling the world to learn from family caregivers and their professional helpers.

Now he shares his insights in eighteen brief, thoughtful chapters that examine the many facets of caregiving. He explores how caregiving reshapes family relationships, challenges comfortable assumptions, and stresses your ability to manage your time, energy, and emotions. He shows how the changing mental and physical state of a loved one can lead to growing vulnerability, need, and loneliness on the part of care receiver and caregiver alike. He shares stories-poignant, funny, and often inspiring-that vividly capture the unique daily realities of the caregiving life. And he offers candid, practical advice that can help family caregivers do a better job of coping with the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual challenges they face.

Clear, accurate, insightful. This might be the best introduction to financial freedom I've ever found. -J.D. Roth, author and founder of GetRichSlowly.org.

Personal finance and investing don't have to be complicated, intimidating or boring. Imagine having a guide to walk you through everything you need to chart a path to financial freedom. Forbes Deputy Editor Rob Berger has written your guide.

Find everything you need to get out of debt, control spending without painful budgets, manage multiple financial goals, and start investing for retirement. And yes, you'll even learn how to retire early if FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) is your goal.

Here are just a few of the topics covered:

• The Money Audit: Learn how to save money without sacrifice. This step-by-step plan walks you through how to reduce your spending without changing your lifestyle.
• FIRE Math: You'll master the simple math behind early retirement. You'll also be able to determine how your daily, weekly and monthly decisions affect your journey to financial independence.
• Simple Investing: The days of being intimidated by mutual funds or the stock market are over. This book provides everything you need to build a simple investment portfolio that you can actually understand.
• Retirement Accounts: From 401(k) and 403(b) accounts to a Roth IRA and HSA (Health Spending Account), you'll learn how these accounts work. You'll also get a simple plan you can follow to decide which accounts are best for you.
• Get Out of Debt: Debt doesn't have to hold you back from your financial goals. The book walks through a simple way to pay off your debt in a sensible way while still saving, investing, and pursuing other financial goals.
• Life Experiments: Learn how your daily habits are affecting your finances and how you can master those habits by asking what if questions and running 21-day experiments.

The book is designed for anybody wanting to master their money, but is tired of all the complicated jargon.

Readers are already enjoying Retire Before Mom and Dad: I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will go back and re-read, study & refer to many of its sections. The author writes in plain English and provides some really smart advice about our money and some really cool suggestions & referrals. Wesley, Goodreads Review.

Probably one of the most straight forward and easiest to understand personal finance books with simple next action items to set yourself up for success on your journey towards financial freedom. Jeffrey Diritto, Goodreads Review.

People around the world recognize the dire threat posed by climate change. Governments, businesses, and individuals are making commitments to shift to renewable energy sources, trim consumption, and otherwise reduce their carbon footprints.

But what if these steps are woefully inadequate to ensure the future health-or even the survival-of the human race? What if the most popular goal being pursued by today's climate activists-net zero carbon emissions-is actually a recipe for human disaster?

That's the warning being sounded by scientist, engineer, and entrepreneur Peter Fiekowsky . . . along with an urgent call to refocus our rescue efforts on a much bigger, bolder, yet fully achievable goal-the goal of restoring the climate to the healthy state that will allow human beings to thrive.

Scientific data show that humans evolved and thrived in a world where atmospheric CO2 levels were below 300 parts per million (ppm). Meeting the goal of net zero emissions will leave us with a dangerous level of about 460 ppm. We need to do much better-to return the world to climate conditions that we know are healthy for humans.

As Fiekowsky explains in Climate Restoration, this will require removing a trillion tons of excess CO2 from the atmosphere. The good news is that this task, while enormous and technically challenging, is eminently feasible. Scientists and engineers have developed four major technologies for greenhouse gas removal and storage: Ocean iron fertilization; synthetic limestone manufacture; seaweed permaculture; and methane oxidation.

Fiekowsky shows that these technologies are safe and practical-and, even more remarkable, that they require little if any government funding, since they can be financed largely through existing markets. For these reasons, they have enormous promise as vehicles for achieving climate restoration.

With the global climate crisis continuing to spiral out of control, the time for tough conversations about what it will really take to create a healthy future for humanity is here. Climate Restoration will inspire those conversations and, ultimately, the actions we must take to ensure a livable planet for generations to come.

For years, executive Martin Fiore has been advising leaders from a wide range of industries about technological trends that are reshaping the world of business, from artificial intelligence and the rise of autonomous systems to human/machine convergence. Now, in Humanity Reimagined, Fiore explores how these trends are disrupting industries, changing the world of work, transforming the economy, and creating both threats and opportunities for leaders at all levels, from entrepreneurs nurturing start-up businesses to C-suite leaders at the world's biggest corporations.

Fiore's main focus is on what we can do to ensure that the forces of change now sweeping the planet will protect and enhance the most cherished qualities of human life rather than undermining them. He offers thoughtful recommendations for addressing many of the big issues that today's transformational technologies are raising, from the threats to privacy posed by misuse of big data to the infiltration of autonomous systems by racial and gender bias. Most important, Fiore provides advice on how to prepare for an unpredictable future that business leaders, policy makers, and individuals forging their careers will find both practical and inspiring.

The content of this book is an account of my personal experiences with Jesus Christ as I lived each day in victory during the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID19) while undergoing treatment for cancer. From March 13, 2020 - the day of my diagnosis, to the last day of my treatment, I lived one day at a time in victory. I am grateful to God that treatment plan was completed with a favorable prognosis for healing from cancer. Victory for me is not smiling and celebrating in the face of adversity or tragedy, but victory is having faith, hope, joy, and peace in the midst of adversity or tragedy. It is a roller coaster ride of emotions that God works together for the good of those who love him and who are called according to his purpose. Victory for me is knowing and believing that at the end each day, I am able to shake off negative feelings and temptations that try to push me to abandon my faith in God. Victory for me is responding to life's daily challenges with full confidence that God's promises will be fulfilled according to his perfect will for my life.

The book is designed to offer the reader a daily dose of victory. Each day includes A Daily Affirmation (What you think, you become) A Daily Scripture, (W.O.W - Word of Wisdom), A Daily Insight (Clear, deep understanding of Scripture and it's relevance for today), and A Daily Take-Away (application for success in daily living). This book can be read Chronologically - one day at a time, Randomly - open the book and read any page you touch, Specifically - Choose a day that speaks to a particular situation or circumstance in your life, Repeatedly - 365 days, month after month; and it can be read Freely - read it in any order you feel is best for you.

This book could also be entitled: A Victory Vitamin Each Day Will keep Your Enemy Away - Or Lord, Give Me This Day My Daily Bread. Thank you for purchasing this book and investing in your own healing, health and well-being. Be Blessed

AGAINST ALL ODDS

Declaration of Dependence on God

God did not let me come back, just to be back, but to fight back and take my health back

God did not judge my faults, but he allowed me to find favor at the place where I failed and made mistakes

If God brings me to it, he will get me through it

When God delivers me out of it, he is able to keep me from going back to it

-Pastor Stephen M. Colbert Sr., Author

PASTOR'S WORDS OF WISDOM (W.O.W.)

Whenever you are challenged by a tragic moment in life, you must immediately decide to defy it-denounce it-deny it-and defeat it; or it will defeat you quickly or methodically

Whenever you get knocked down, be on your way back up the second you hit the ground. as long as you stay down, life will

count you out

Never waste a second complaining after a setback, use every ounce of your energy to reach up and grab the hand of Jesus and he

will pull you back up to the top

People put labels on things so that they can identify the contents (good or bad). Don't allow people to put a label on you, only God can label you because he is the only one who knows exactly what's in you

-Pastor Stephen M. Colbert Sr., Author

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This book consists of true short stories that happened throughout my life. I have given a broad view of stories from the funny to the sad. I also tried to give some insight to help you the reader, when a similar situation occurs in your life. This book is about my faith, my love of people and that I was a bit of a rascal. So get to know me and enjoy my life stories and maybe gain some wisdom for you as you travel your life's road. May God Bless You

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One of today's most acclaimed books on nonprofit leadership, Changing the World Without Losing Your Mind is a down-to-earth guide to mission-driven leadership. Drawing on his decades of experience as an acclaimed nonprofit leader, Alex Counts offers practical advice on such vital activities as fundraising, team-building, communications, and management. He shows you how to run an organization-and your own life-both effectively and sustainably, giving joyfully to those around you while also caring generously for yourself.

Changing the World was named one of Forbes magazine's 12 Must-Read Books for Nonprofit Employees, and selected as the Chronicle of Philanthropy's Editor's Pick among nonprofit books of 2019. Now it's available in a revised edition, including a new epilogue on leading in times of crisis, responding to the challenging realities nonprofit leaders have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Do you dread going to work? Have you become so weary and depleted you can't wait until the end of your shift? Have expanded regulations and

limited resources dashed your dreams of caring for the people you serve? Have you lost the joy you once experienced in your job? If so, you are not

alone. Burnout is an enormous problem for those in the helping professions.

Author Dr. Alan Shelton knows the pain of burnout. He's struggled through those dark feelings himself. As Clinical Director of the Puyallup Tribal Health Authority, Shelton now oversees a large ambulatory clinic which offers multiple services while seeing his own patients. Not long ago, however, burnout nearly sidelined him. en a remarkable meeting with a Native Healer gave him surprising insight into his situation. Instead of resigning or changing professions, Shelton found a way to recover his passion for his work and use his new creative energy to address issues.

Life Beyond Burnout traces Dr. Shelton's journey from a depressed, hopeless, and encumbered physician to an energetic, creative, and enthusiastic

caregiver. In this self-help book, Shelton shares the secrets he discovered while finding his way back. Whatever you do, if it involves helping people,

you know how difficult it is to keep giving, day after day. But by rediscovering and growing your inner life, you can recover the joy and excitement you felt when you first began your career.

Miss Sandra and the Turtle People is a children's picture book about the protection, care, and conservation of turtles. It is the sequel to Miss Ella and the Turtle People.

When reading this book, Make America Great Again (MAGA) vs When Was America Great for Us All? You will allow the author to take you on a journey that will allow you to see and feel the growing pains of America. You will also note how religious fundamentalists have taken measures to control this country since it has begun. You will also note how the religious fundamentalist attempts to control the action of others such as the LBGTQ citizens and those citizens who would like to gamble in order to achieve the American dream.The author makes a note of those who have taken and are still taking away the peace, comfort, and freedom of others in order to satisfy their needs. The author also provides information in a way that will allow the people to search their souls and feel empathy for others. The author would like Americans to realize the people that were destroyed as this country was growing and being established.

The author noted that many Americans, young and old would see and realize the pain and suffering others endured as the first settlers came and took advantage of the Native people, took their land at will, and put them on reservations. Americans today must be made aware that the pride they feel is overshadowed by the pain and suffering of others.

The author also notes, although our country is very much divided by many things, some of which are false and some of which are misunderstood. The author says we still have a chance to be the best we can be as a country. So, he would like to challenge each and every American to apply some introspection and get to know who they are.

This book also denotes honor to the Americans that have been and are being treated with injustice.

The book is about poetry written from the heart and experiences I've had through my life I have always had an interest in poetry from a very early age since junior school.

I have devised this book with my own personal take on how I translate my thought and processes down in poetry form.

I hope these poems resonate with the reading public. I hope the reader enjoys the poems as much as I have enjoyed writing them.

This life story traces a major segment of Roland's adult life, an adult life riddled with devastating personal events. During the past thirty years, Roland has had ample opportunities to indulge in self-pity and to become extremely deft at it. In large part, this stems from the parade of very unique and scarring events that have beset his two sets of children and himself: (1) his having to singly raise his five children after his wife of seventeen years abandons him and their children for another man; (2) his having married a young lady, twenty-seven years his junior (Roland 52, his wife 25); (3) his having fathered two more sons, the youngest born when Roland was sixty years old, the other who was at death's door at age four due to kidney cancer; (4) both he and his wife having been diagnosed with cancer within a five-week period, her with breast cancer, Roland with prostate cancer; (5) his wife dying at age forty-six and the associated emotional devastation experienced by their two young sons and himself; (6) and, for the second time in his life, the necessity of this now seventy-four-year-old parent having to singly raise his children. The support of Roland's family and friends and, especially, his Catholic faith gave him the courage and spirit to push through these incredible hardships.

In 1900, King Hubert of Italy was assassinated. The country

was new yet weak. The people were poor. The economic and

political future of Italy was uncertain. Two patriarchs with large

families emigrated from Italy to the United States in pursuit of the

American dream. Both men hoped for better lives for their children.

They could almost smell World War I on its way.

One father, Alonzo Manonero, prospered. He had three sons

and seven daughters born in the United States. The other father,

Vincenzo Delfucho, relied on his children to support him in America.

He refused to work his trade which left his family poor. In spite of

their poverty, he fathered five more children born in his new home.

In schools, the workplace, and even in the military, these Manoneros and Delfuchos faced prejudicial

hatred. Slanders were hurled viciously at unwanted Italians who came to these shores at the turn of

the century. Americans did not accept these immigrants, and often met them with violence, oppression,

and even death.

The families became one large clan when Ambra Manonero married Danelo Delfucho in Newark,

New Jersey in 1942. They had two children. Their daughter Alicia was born in the summer of 1943

and a son came in the spring of 1951. Alonzo Manonero owned two fourplex brownstones in Newark.

With a unit for himself and his wife, the proud patriarch rented apartments to five of his ten children.

Ambra, Danelo, and their children occupied one of these.

In the fall of 1952, tragedy struck, a premonition of Ambra's youngest sister. Daniel L. Delfucho,

the young couple's seventeen-month-old son, contracted polio overnight. The toddler suffered and

nearly died. His survival was thought to be a miracle, despite the loss of Daniel's ability to walk.

Danelo believed his son's disability was a curse on his long-held dream of raising a son to be a

professional athlete.

Flowers When You're Dead is a record of Daniel's life from birth through high school graduation.

His untenable relationship with his father is offset by the loving ones shared with his over-protective

mother and troubled sister. Physical damage, a consequence of polio, kept Daniel close to home. It

limited his contact with other children. As he grew up, Daniel was perpetually in the company of adults.

His stories reveal the impact of polio on his life.

Daniel's sedentary and sometimes solitary existence changed the trajectory of his life. The norms

of childhood were not his to know. At an early age he was forced into options a healthy child might

have ignored. This fictionalized memoir takes a long, detailed look at those options. It exposes the

impossible nature of Daniel's relationship with his father and his search for love from a parent who

did not have love to give.

Italian immigrant families brought their food with them to America. Collected over the years,

Daniel saved twenty old-world Italian and Italian-American recipes that can still be prepared today.

In between meals, there are moments of high comedy, such as Daniel's attempt to become a Boy Scout.

Another is a coffee klatch between the seven Manonero sisters as they attempted to plan a holiday.

Yet another was Daniel's childhood caper to fill his piggy bank!

Immigration issues are still problematic in America today. The persistent theme of Flowers When

You're Dead is the survival of Daniel's mother and how she protected her son. Not only from an abusive

father, but from the physical and emotional challenges in Daniel's specialized world. Follow these two

emigrated families and the author as they adapted. His relatives to American cultural attitudes and

Daniel to an unexpected and indelible love

Kino and his wife Juana are two characters faced with everyone's dilemmas, except on a grand scale. They enter the stage of this book on the collapse of their dreams, most cuttingly felt in the death of their son. Now at the worst point, their lives continue. Here even rebuilding hurts them, for it was that very act, that hopes to raise themselves, that has failed. This is their story, the story of their town, and the story of everyone who identifies with it. Kino and Juana walk the steps we all must take.

When God Makes Himself Known pulls readers into fictional characters dealing with life, church, work and family in situations similar to what people experience everyday. At some point on this journey called life, God is brought into the picture and we decide if we want to learn more about Him or not. If we confess that we are Christians, at some point, we had to acknowledge that God exists. None of us were born with this understanding. We may be taught from an early age, but at some point, whether through teachings or experiences, God presented Himself to us. In order to be a follower of someone, we must first believe they are real. While following the main character's transformation of acknowledging and believing in Christ, we have the opportunity to think of our own experiences with God. Regardless of religion or nationality, God created all and offers His salvation to each individual. The choice to accept is up to us.

When most people think of 'God' they automatically think of sin, and we shouldn't. God is Love. To become a Christian means we are becoming love. What we do reflects who we are, which in turn reflects the way we love ourselves and others. We shouldn't automatically think of what we can or cannot do, but who it is we want to become. When God Makes Himself Known opens us up to the endless possibilities of becoming LOVE.

PERO ARSLAN becomes a navigator-pilot on a buccaneer ship at the pirate center of Brigantine Island, where this business is legal. But the pirate fl eet is in steep decline due to new defenses of commercial ships with artillery and gyrocopters. He joins those turning to legitimate trade and helps bring vitrified hardwood developed in the tropics. Then he becomes part of a group building a vitrifying factory on his home island to glassify coral. A new, advanced gangster piracy rises to threaten shipping and is opposed with plasmatic gas screens by Pero and his friends.

Apollo is a Black Poet/Author from Milwaukee,

Wisconsin. First published book, Sleepless

Nights. A motivational speaker, known also as

The Poetic Voice of the Street - he has set his

life's all-time goal to uplift others, and leave his

legacy to Tru. With his charming way with words,

as you read his extraordinary work you can tell

Apollo has seen, heard, and done it all. Take a

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