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An actionable toolkit to help you manage the emotional burden of type 1 diabetes written by a psychologist who knows firsthand how much T1D sucks. Life with T1D is unpredictable and filled with never-ending work, leading to overwhelm and burnout. Diabetes gets even more challenging when you believe you can't handle this stress. In this guide to navigating the emotional challenges of T1D, Dr. Mark Heyman shows how life becomes easier when you accept that T1D sucks AND believe you can handle it.In this book, you'll:. Find out how it's easier to manage the stress of T1D when you stop trying to control it. Discover how you probably make T1D more challenging than it needs to be. Master skills to help you handle the emotional burden of T1DDr. Mark shares proven tools and real-life stories of others who have learned to handle the stress of T1D to provide hope for anyone struggling with this chronic condition.Are you ready for more freedom and flexibility in your life with T1D? This book holds the key.

On a windy Wednesday morning...When Oliver's balloon flies out of his hand, he can only imagine its adventures!Soaring past talking birds, giant airplanes, and up, up, up into outer space, Oliver's balloon goes on an incredible journey, but will it reach all the way...to the moon?

In the fall of 1965, a baby girl was put up for adoption. Would she be blessed with a loving family who would take her in and love her like their own? How would this new family change the trajectory of her life? Would she ever meet her biological family again?In A Blessed Life, Michelle Harris recounts the events of her life from adoption to present day and the family she meets along the way. Through moments of personal pain and immense joy, it is clear that family is the necessary ingredient for a blessed life.

"These stories read as genuine experience, created by a writer for whom craft is an instinct. The matter of each is evoked without mishap. For each I came away thoughtful, touched."-Richard Lyons, author of The Edge of Things and Divisible by One"The characters in Voyagers traverse the uncharted territory of life's starts and stops, dream their way through lazy curves and careen around sharp corners while navigating friendships new and old, exploring young love, enduring the searing void of loss. They encounter kindness, violence, and regret; couple and uncouple; are lacerated and heal, bear scars. An epic journey."-Ross West, author of the short story collection The Fragile Blue Dot"There's nothing more to say. Russ Desaulnier has perfected the craft of writing short stories. He now graces us with his fifth volume, Voyagers. The title comes from the first story in the collection and that alone makes the book a success-and yet there are many more excellent stories to follow."-Dan Armstrong, author of The Eyes of Archimedes, Quicksand and Princeton Charlie's Got the Blues"With Voyagers, Russ Desaulnier has once again succeeded in so seamlessly blending real people and real places with their fictional counterparts that readers won't know the difference...but will thoroughly enjoy all four."-Barry Lawler, author of the story collections Kitchen Sink Anthology, Personal Skirmishes: 21 Heart Warming Misadventures, Miracles and Minor Atrocities and the novel Fish

A Relentless Pursuit of Life is the story of one person's journey to improve, gain confidence, and build a foundation for success. The author's adventures yield practical lessons anyone can use to make improvements. Paul Russo provides the reader with a no-nonsense prescription of positive steps to start achieving goals and dreams.His story begins with several real-life adventures in endurance and competitive events he pursued to develop a relentless character and never-give-up approach to everyday challenges. He also gives the reader frank observations and advice about the pitfalls of excuse making and poor time management. The author holds himself and us accountable with a realistic look in the mirror. You will walk away from this book with a renewed sense of purpose and motivation.

Eighty Poems Like Swords Wrapped in Meteors, by poet Lionel Yino Sánchez, is a unique collection in three parts."Part One: The Offertory" introduces the reader to initiatory voices that make the struggle between mind and heart known. "Part Two: Consecration" begins with romance to committed poetry. Each poem denounces the henchmen of hatred, their wars, and their genocides. The collection culminates with "Part Three: Communion," poems that yearn to become the bread of the angels for all violated creatures.This book is a call of consciousness in favor of all the creatures of the cosmos.

As I left the canyon's bottom and climbed over its rim, I was struck by how vast and open the sagebrush steppe is. The contrast was remarkable! Whereas the canyon is a complex of visibly discrete habitats that formed a clear, interconnected mosaic within the confines of its walls, the area above the rim is an endless, indivisible expanse of Great Basin sagebrush and grasses to the horizon and beyond.With my first step above the rim, I left the enchantment of the canyon's gentle breezes to be greeted by the uplifting melody of a meadowlark-my welcoming committee for this phase of work. The creatures I'd meet in the sagebrush steppe would not be as intimately known as those in the canyon due to the seemingly boundless breadth of open, uniformly-appearing country and the limited time available for an extensive inventory.

Abigail Lorraine was raised in the Louisiana Bayou region under the strict tutelage of her abusive grandfather. Grandpapa killed members of Louisiana's judicial system at the bidding of someone Abby calls "Mentor."Abby does not understand the hold Mentor has on her family, but she cannot escape the ghostly influence of Grandpapa's legacy of rules he left behind-or why he trained her to kill as he had killed. Her sanity depends on knowing the way and her resolve is influenced by Jonah Macgregor, the cop she holds captive.

"You only have to write a poem. It doesn't have to rhyme. Don't fret about form. It'll be good enough. It may be your last or, maybe, the first of many. Who knows?" The forty-four poems in this collection, All the Purple Iris, are, definitely, autobiographical and a kind of credo. It's all just I, watching the world, listening to the music it makes, trying to put it into words. It's an earnest effort to pay attention. A poem can make a long story short and often memorable, like "When you are old and grey and full of sleep..." (W. B. Yeats) or "For this your mother sweated in the cold..." (Edna St. Vincent Millay) or "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood..." (Robert Frost). Doesn't it enliven you?One more thing: Don't read the whole collection at once. Just one at a time, please, until it feels like a song and it's you singing.-John S. Thornton, Taucross Farm, Scio, Oregon

Born in Jerusalem during the waning days of World War I, Avraham Frank grew up in a particularly tumultuous and defining historical period in the Holy Land. A son of the distinguished Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank, chief rabbi of Jerusalem, Avraham shares his experience of life in Jerusalem during the British Mandate, as well as his own participation in the struggle for Israel's independence. Through powerful storytelling, Goodness and Mercy Shall Follow Me: A Memoir of Old Jerusalem brings this important era to life for readers.

Death has many ways to take you.But what happens afterwards?Will you fall further into darknessor finally see the light?Death Has Its Ways is a collection of ten stories of everyday people who make ill-fated decisions causing death to take them away. But death doesn't have the final say. Higher powers have an ultimate destination in mind. After their fall from grace, the characters in these stories soon find out that their final chapter in life depends on good versus evil and the battle for their souls. In the end, they are held accountable and reap what they sow.

Life can be fun and sometimes scary, but no matter who you are, there will come a time when it hits you hard and will bring you down with everything it has! Ever since he was a kid, Hunter Carter had always been outgoing. He was, and is, the kid that is always laughing. No one would have thought that he'd dealt with anxiety and depression from an early age. The Midlife Crisis of a Nineteen-Year-Old is a story about those big moments in life, the ones that make us feel like we're on top of the world-and the ones where we feel like giving up because there isn't a happy bone in our body and we don't see the point in trying anymore. At times like that, we can get up and keep going or have a mid-life crisis at nineteen like Hunter did. ¿But guess what? Hunter is still here, chugging along, and there's only one reason for that-LIFE! Life keeps going and, although it's hard, it is such a beautiful thing with so many new opportunities. It's worth it to keep going. Hunter wrote this for you, and you know who you are. He wants you to know he's rooting for you!

In Leonard P. Hindsley's translation of The Sister-Book of Engelthal by Christina Ebner, the Dominican nuns of Engelthal were lost in profound prayer while chanting the words of the prophet Isaiah, "I have loved you with an eternal love, therefore I have drawn you to me with my mercy." Then they fell down unconscious and entered into the mystical realm. This event marked the beginning of their spiritual journey as a community and as individuals. The founding of the monastery and the tales of sisters, brothers, and priests were set down by the nun, Christina Ebner, so that others could learn of the wondrous action of God's grace in the lives of ordinary people in the fourteenth century. This book presents the first text from the Sister-Book genre to be rendered into English.

Respirator Blues is a collection of ninety lowku poems (senryu) by poet Elaine Parker Adams. Similar to the well-known haiku in structure, lowku focuses on social issues rather than nature.Adams explores the good, the bad, and the ugly of COVID-19, its effects, and the realities and myths associated with the virus. Her poems register a variety of responses to living in a COVID-impacted world-in the neighborhood, at work, in schools, and even the fraught environs of hospitals, nursing homes, and end-of-life formalities.Respirator Blues gives its topic due respect while weaving in welcome touches of levity, humor, and sarcasm. These poems provide the opportunity to read briefly but think deeply, arouse memories, and encourage reflection on the challenging experiences impacting pandemic survivors.

In this quick-hitting thriller set in Baltimore, during the waning years of the Cold War, Lussi Sim, a Norwegian physician, is the medical director of a newborn intensive care unit.Lussi had practiced pediatrics near her parents in Oslo until her father suffered a stroke. Growing up, Lussi experienced chronic mental trauma in the self-assigned role of her mother's bodyguard. Ironically, her father's stroke removed the physical threat to her mother and enabled Lussi to pursue her long-suppressed goal to train as a newborn intensive care subspecialist in the United States.An excellent physician, Lussi copes with the stress of treating sick infants by entering the "rescuer" role she adopted to protect her mother. However, her fight v. flight response to threat defaults to the fight mode and she frequently fails to control her anger when negotiating with hospital managers she believes value profit over optimal patient care.Stumbling upon a deadly medical conspiracy, evolving from a US government-approved financial agreement between the CIA and the Saudi Royal family, Lussi must now use her well-honed fighting instincts to overcome lethal obstacles, rescue victims, and bring the perpetrators to justice.

It was a simpler time for a little girl growing up in the 1950's.Judy's life on the rural plains of South Dakota is all about the love of a large extended family, a sense of belonging, and lots of delicious food. From an early age she has a strong curiosity about her German-Russian ancestry. The culture she is born into helps shape and define her future and when eleven-year-old Judy moves with her family to Portland, Oregon, an entirely new world opens up for her.

Journeys, good or bad, are experienced by every woman.We don't mind sharing the tranquil, pleasant expeditions because they illustrate that all is well in the world and happiness is on full display. But what about the journeys that leave us wondering, "Why me?" and "How did I get here?" We may often choose to suffer in silence or hide from our friends and family when our situation doesn't resemble a pretty, picture-worthy social media post.The Journey examines the elephant in the room that many women face while managing their careers and family planning and provides valuable insights into creating safe spaces for spouses, partners, family, and friends-a necessary tool for living a life that is fully transparent and free from the shackles of fear, shame, or embarrassment.

Albion Thatcher did not know a spark of the cosmos was sending him on a miraculous, episodic journey...Facing impending heart surgery, suddenly single, and feeling blindsided, Albion sets off on a long-anticipated adventure: four days in London and three weeks in Italy. He finds himself mysteriously crossing paths with the same series of people along his journey-a smart-ass kid with the ponytail, newlyweds, an older couple, a comedian, and a woman who may be a secret agent.Each time Albion's journey intersects with these travelers, they reveal more of their personal stories. Or could it merely be Albion's imagination? What is lurking behind the curtain of this Italy experience? One does not just keep running into the same people over and over. Something extraordinary seems to be unfolding. Is it possible for these travelers to stumble upon truth while searching for something else?In Albion Thatcher and The Saint of Circumstance, monsters are just as terrifying as imagined ones, love must not be taken for granted, and belief in oneself just may have the power to conquer evil.

Trouble knows how to find Lara. In the sequel to Blood and Faith, museum curator Lara Cole is sent to Oregon to review the progress of a developing art museum and cultural center. It should be routine, but instead she is chased, shot at, and forced to seek the help of FBI agent George Graham, with whom she survived a shoot-out in Russia during a previous assignment.¿Messing about in the art world proves to be risky business that tests Lara's grit and determination, and maybe, just maybe, rekindles romance.

"I can close my eyes and go back to so many places, but I must be more than a string of memories."My Left Hand, a memoir by Lucy Osius, depicts a life full of contrasts. Lucy has lived in Colorado, the highest state in the USA, where it often snowed on the Fourth of July, and broiled under a Middle Eastern sun, so hot one could fry an egg on the sidewalk. She's been broke and comfortably well off; she's been both athletic and wheelchair-bound. Lucy has done many jobs-some lowly, many gratifying-and, as a teacher, has been entrusted with people's most valuable entity, their children. She has spent parts of her life deeply in love and in others, terribly lonely. She's not sure why God gave her such lessons and experiences; she can only attest to this one life.Lucy says, "In writing this memoir, I've tried to learn more about myself and other people and to relive my life from my place now in a wheelchair. Writing has given my life purpose and focus and shape.I hope you come to care about the girl in the book. I hope you see yourself in the contrasts and in other ways too. We are all connected in some way, like a root system."