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The extraordinary bond between Lissa Bachner, a young blind woman and Milo, a neglected, frightened horse, helped them overcome staggering odds to become one of America's most inspiring, successful riding teams in the world of show jumping. Lissa Bachman was born with a passion for horses and won her first blue ribbon at age five. Other awards would follow as a young rider, and for years Lissa trained with jumpers, tackling more difficult leaps, and working to perfect her ride. When blindness struck in her teens, it appeared her passion for riding would come to an end. How could she jump hurdles when she could barely navigate through her own home? But success, trust, and love ...
By all rights, insight, knowledge, and plain old common sense I should be dead. If past usage of beer, marijuana, and cocaine didnÆt do the trick, then certainly dilated cardiomyopathy should have. Instead, I am alive, clean and sober, and a functioning Catholic priest after finally overcoming addiction. For fifteen years I functioned as a sober priest before my heart gave out from the same heart disease that killed my father. Another miracle came my way, and I was blessed to receive a new heart. I could my blessings every day, every hour, every minute. How many of us have received a second, third, and fourth chance at life? IÆve been granted the blessing of faith, sobriety, a new heart, and a fulfilling ministry... much more than I deserve. This is my testimony to what can happen when a confused and bitter young man opens his life and spirit, and allows God and GodÆs people to do for him what he simply could not do for himself. Book jacket.
The target audience is women between the ages of 42 and 65. They represent the majority of unpaid care givers for loved ones with dementia. Dementia Home Care: How to Prepare Before, During and After will examine taking on the role of care giver and help them make informed decisions about in-home care giving. It will give examples of how to create a safe living space, how to use distraction techniques, and suggest available resources for the care giver. It will emphasize the role of care giver respite and participating in dementia community support to relieve the daily stress of dementia care. Home care giver, Tracy Cram Perkins, will use anecdotes drawn from twelve years of experience. Deme...
An edgy, minimalist style, Tetched presents a darkly comedic picture of difficult family life, quirky sexuality and urban dislocation.
A unique look at how the publishing industry works; given through a series of interviews with leading industry professionals.
A veteran detective reveals the brutal truth of the "victimless" crime of prostitution.
The high octane story of how Kim Kircher drew strength from the ski slopes during her husband's brush with death.
When your writing calls for a character to sue or be sued, this should be number one on your docket.
Young surgeon does battle with a popular senior surgeon when she promotes an alternative medical program within her new hospital.
The world outside defined their brutality. Their world inside consummated their humanity. In 2021 intense solar flares called Solares trigger a series of events that have a profound effect on two hundred killers in a secret experimental prison hidden in the desert. The inmates are abandoned and the project is forgotten for fifty years until ambitious graduate student, Jake Moss, discovers blueprints in the national archives and uncovers the complex. Evidence of fraud, sabotage, and murder surround its existence, and Moss is determined to ferret out the full story. One surviving inmate, Vincent Briscoe, fills in many of the missing pieces, detailing the journals of James Stryker, charismatic leader of the inmates. The story of how ? and why ? these men survived unfolds and becomes the phenomenon that was The Mescalero Project.