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Poems and Other Nonsense
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99These poems are a compilation of my view of life and the human experience. I wrote these poems for my own amusement. If the reader enjoys these poems, I consider that “icing on the cake”.
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Aging Well 2020 and Caregiving
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99This is the newest and most comprehensive book on both subjects, not technical but conversational and sometimes even humorous. Most books on aging are written by those aged fifty or younger who never experienced the senior years. The authors of this book are 80 and 90 years old. They talk about aging and caregiving from the Old horse’s mouth.
Walter Oleksy, 90, author of more than thirty books and a former Chicago Tribune feature writer, reports the latest medical achievements for Alzheimer’s, dementia, and other afflictions of the elderly. From his own experience as a caregiver, he offers advice on caregiving and nursing home visiting. Avis Carlson wrote a weekly newspaper column on aging for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch when she was 80. She tells about the cons of aging: identity problems, self-esteem, aloneness; and the pros of aging: freedoms in aging, acceptance of age, sex and aging, achieving religious growth, laughing at life and death.
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The Fire Club: A dangerously humorous journey with a regular crew of irregular firefighters.
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Cole Walker, an inexperienced fire captain, is cruelly baptized into fire life when he is ripped from his air-conditioned desk job and plunged into the command of an obstinate crew of four mischievous firefighters. Walker’s book-smarts do not prepare him for tumultuous firehouse life, or the vivid horrors of his dangerous profession.
Cole Walker finally realizes his life-long dream when he is promoted to fire captain, and takes the place of a highly respected, veteran captain. Ironically, Walker has never held a command nor even worked in a firehouse! His entire career has been safely sheltered behind the insular walls of headquarters. Rookie Captain Cole Walker painfully discovers he must lead his rebellious firefighters through predicaments he’d never experienced before. In his cathartic journey to prove himself as a worthy field captain, Walker discovers that he must fight more than fire.
His firefighters despise him for his lack of experience, they quarrel and plague him with vicious pranks. A rival captain and nefarious mayor torment Walker through public humiliation, while a mirthful young coed from the ladies Auxiliary sparks a contentious rivalry. In between station conflicts, Walker and crew are deluged with deadly fires and agonizing rescues. Walker and his firefighters struggle to survive the volatile incidents that assail them from both inside and outside the firehouse.
Amid the dangers and persistent firehouse hazing, Walker must allay firefighter rivalries, survive career sabotage, mend broken people, and make command decisions that could easily kill himself and his crew.
Based on Real Events
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Christmas with the Famous
Price range: $3.99 through $14.99Famous men and women in a wide range of occupations tell heartfelt, sometimes sad, sometimes humorous, and often inspirational stories about their best-remembered Christmas. Many times, the Christmas they remember best was when they were poor, perhaps out of work, alone, and with little hope. Yet, they felt the spirit of Christmas within them that brought new hope.
Their stories can inspire us today who are coping with global terrorism, violence and, for many, physical, emotional, or economic concerns that are especially hard to deal with at Christmas. If you’re alone, you can spend Christmas with those of the famous who know what that is like.