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Holey Ship High In Transport: I Had Cancer is an engaging and thought-provoking memoir that looks back on the Matthew G. Walton, D.O.'s experiences battling cancer at the age of thirteen. Diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, Dr. Walton endured brain surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy over the course of a year. He utilizes the challenges he and his family faced to discuss how we can reframe experiences and overcome obstacles. In his case, humor became an important coping mechanism, and he also demonstrates how the support of his extended family, friends, and members of the medical community left a lasting impression. In addition to Dr. Walton's own perspective as a cancer survivor, his father, Gary A. Walton, also shares memories of his son's treatement and his own reflections on how the family coped and the support they received, often from unanticipated sources. Throughout Holey Ship High In Transport: I Had Cancer, the authors offer encouragement not only to those facing medical crises, but to anyone seeking to learn how to overcome challenges and to support others in the midst of difficult circumstances.About the AuthorMatthew G. Walton, D.O. was born and raised in Southwestern Pennsylvania and was diagnosed with a malignant mixed germ cell tumor in the center of his brain as a child. He later studied at Allegheny College and earned his medical degree at LECOM: Erie Campus. He completed his residency in Family Practice at UPMC in Pittsburgh.

It is summer at the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, and the Von Zeppelin family is celebrating the season. Magdalene and her husband, Bion, watch over their children, Izzy and Chloe, as they playfully create adventures on the beach. When Izzy meets a handsome young man, however, their summertime fun becomes more than they ever imagined. It's a Good Year is a story of friendship, and family, and first love, set in idyllic, small-town America. It is a nostalgic and inspirational story that brings to mind memories of hot summer days and the freedom and innocence of youth.About the AuthorThroughout her high school years, Laura Cella looked to pursue a career as an English teacher and journalist. After being involved in a car accident during her early college years, her intent swerved into becoming a writer. She wrote and self-published Utterances, a book of poetry. From this epiphany also evolved her pen name, Laura C. Schor. Her interest in writing urged her to write this book, and a sequel to follow. Ms. Schor is a native of Emerson, New Jersey, where she currently resides.

A solid strategy, the acquisition of knowledge, the selection of the best investments, and the dissection of said investments according to their characteristics is Dr. John Baxevanis' proposal for procuring a healthy relationship with investing. In other words, what at first may seem rather chaotic, perplexing, or just plain confusing can often be broken down into easily distinguishable parts, provided the investor is armed with the right tools. The Investor's Cookbook is a break-it-down approach to investing. It involves understanding the investing landscape, honing the power of observation, and acquiring the basics of monetary policy, economic history and, as Baxevanis put it, "the machinations of the oldest streets in Manhattan." Successful investing should never be a product of luck, but instead a methodical process that involves allowing the mind to process new information. A Ph.D. is not necessary for successful investing, just the assembled ingredients in a well-developed investment recipe- knowledge, prudence, confidence, asset diversification, risk management, patience, and discipline-and a slow and steady wins the race mentality.About the AuthorDr. John J. Baxevanis may be a resident of Pennsylvania, but his educational aspirations and his professional and academic career have taken him across the country and around the world. His formal education includes a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of New York, a Master of Arts in Geography from the University of Indiana (Bloomington), and a Ph.D. in Urban Planning from the University of North Carolina. Baxevanis' work as a professor took him to City University in New York, Trenton State College in New Jersey, the University of North Carolina, Florida State University, and East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania. Baxevanis also served as Chairman of the Geography Department and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at East Stroudsburg University. His travels have taken him to points across the globe, including Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Baxevanis' son, James, a registered broker, was the inspiration for The Investor's Cookbook, his fifth book. He has also served as editor for the American Wine Review, Vinefera Wine Growers Journal, and Social Science Review.

May Day, May We is a semi-humorous look at the potential for solving some of the problems we face in America. With a light, conversational approach, Ms. Sherman addresses issues ranging from proposed changes to the calendar and the abolishment of Daylight Savings Time to nutrition and mental health. Her wit and reasoning are applied to both the personal and political, past and future. May Day, May We will entertain the reader and also encourages each of us to utilize creativity and logic to reconsider our approaches to ongoing problems.About the AuthorClaire Taft Sherman is a native and lifelong resident of Michigan. With a bachelor's degree in math, she has worked in various fields, including computer programming.

Across the world from Africa to Canada and down to the backwaters of Florida, Jackson in Action: True Tales of Adventure is just that; an entertaining, informative, and humorous account of the author's hunting and fishing successes, secrets, and lessons learned. This compilation of short stories recounts the pastimes of fishing and hunting with friends and family, record-book catches and hunts, and, of course, the ones that got away. West invites the outdoorsman to come along with him on numerous hunting and fishing tales that are guaranteed to keep you captivated. From bow to black powder and from reel to spear he will take you on adventures that most people never get to experience. Spanning sixty years of his unleashed life, he has handpicked unique explorations that are sure to keep you in the action. From tales of his first squirrel hunt with his grandfather in Ohio to his cast netting endeavors in Florida where he lifeguarded during his junior college years, West reels his readers in with his larger-than-life anecdotes as he takes them along to his best fishing spots and hunting lookouts across the country.Jack Dale West was born in Zanesville, Ohio. When he was three years old, his parents moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, where his father was to have a thriving Chiropractic Office. West grew up in St. Petersburg in the early fifties and sixties. When he was introduced to hunting and fishing around eleven years of age, he was hooked for life. When he wasn't in school, studying, or doing chores, he would be on the water or in the woods. When he completed his studies at St. Petersburg Jr. College, he followed in both of his grandparents' and his father's footsteps. He moved to Indianapolis, Indiana to attend Lincoln Chiropractic College. He earned his diploma and was licensed to practice Chiropractic Medicine in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1970. West set up his practice and treated thousands of patients for twenty-four years in St. Petersburg. Following a lifelong dream to live in Montana, he moved from St. Pete in 1994. With him he brought his wife, his stepdaughter, and his companion, fourteen-year-old Montana, a black Labrador Retriever. Today he lives in a small town in northwest Montana and continues his chiropractic practice. In his spare time you may find him working on his ten-acre ranchette, spending time with his grandchildren or out exploring the vast wilderness scouting for new adventures.Dr. West has lived much of his life with a famous quote in mind: "Life is a daring adventure or nothing."(Helen Keller)

The Best Man I Can Be is the result of Leonard Dungey's 94 years of experiences. It has been written at the urging of family and friends, and a gut instinct on the part of the author to catalogue his experiences in the military as an African American and as the best man he can be. How does one become the best man he can be? Leonard Dungey strives to illustrate this through his own experiences-good and bad, local and abroad. His is a story to be remembered.