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Fluffy and Cinnamon Play Softball is an endearing tale that will warm your heart. Fluffy is a stuffed animal dog who loves playing with his best friend, Cinnamon, a stuffed animal koala bear. However, when it comes to playing softball with their owners Maddison and Taylor, Fluffy always seems to fall short. He can't seem to hit the ball no matter how many times he tries. Feeling down, Fluffy turns to Cinnamon for help. Cinnamon boosts Fluffy's spirit, and through positive thinking, Fluffy is able to succeed on the softball field. In this heartwarming story, Fluffy and Cinnamon teach us that with the power of friendship and positivity, anything is possible. Filled with colorful illustrations and relatable characters, this book is perfect for readers of all ages. Join Fluffy and Cinnamon on their adventure as they discover the true meaning of teamwork, perseverance, and the importance of believing in oneself. Fluffy and Cinnamon Play Softball will not disappoint, and it is sure to be an instant classic!

Psyche of the Injured Athlete: the Unspoken Truths presents an intimate look at what happens to athletes who suffer a debilitating, sport career-ending injury. The athlete's identity, the sports family, the daily discipline and work to become an elite athlete are all gone. The psyche of the athlete is damaged, and there is little in place to help them find healing and wholeness.The author, Dr. Laura Miele, PhD, describes her own journey as an elite basketball player who suffered a back injury that ended her promising career and left her on the sidelines. She shares the utter devastation, the consultations with numerous medical professionals searching for a way to rehabilitate and continue to play, and the realization that she needed to move on from her dream. She is an expert in fitness, sports and recreation with a PhD in Sports Psychology, and she brings her understanding of athletic identity, sports injury rehabilitation, and career-ending injury to bear on the lack of mental health resources available to injured athletes and to those who care for them.This book is intended to help coaches, parents, medical practitioners, and the injured athletes themselves acknowledge the need for the body, mind and spirit all to be considered when evaluating the health and wellbeing of the injured athlete. The seven comprehensive chapters cover Miele's story, the role of sport in the identity of elite athletes, the loneliness and despair of an injured, depressed athlete, and finally her detailed solutions to help the injured athlete cope with and move beyond their injury, to transition out of sports and into a successful career and life. The insights from coaches and athletes sprinkled throughout the book corroborate and expand on the topics of athletics, injury, loss and recovery. Dr. Miele notes that athletes have everything they need to heal and move on if they are given the appropriate support. They are disciplined, they know how to work hard, and they are team players. With the right mental health resources and guidance, they can integrate their love of their sport into their life and come back strong.Whether you are a parent, coach, doctor or athlete, this book is a must read. Better analysis and treatment are critical to the mental health of elite athletes, and you owe it to yourself or the athlete you care for to better understand the psyche of the injured athlete.

As visitors to Washington, D.C., celebrated the glorious spring of the 1972 Cherry Blossom Festival, tensions inside the U. S. Capitol were rising. Across the globe, in the jungles of Vietnam, an unwinnable war was wearing on. The president, despite promises to phase out the war and bring troops home, was ramping up the air warfare. Senators and House members, as well as the citizens they represented-mothers and fathers, students and teachers, clergy, and activists-had grown weary of boys coming home in body bags and ceremonies around coffins draped in American flags.Meanwhile, in the south wing of the Capitol, a battle between the war hawks and the peace doves in the U.S. House of Representatives mounted. The hawks had the upper hand, siding with the president and clinging to the tradition that matters of war were handled in the White House, not the Congress. But that spring, Tip O''Neill, then the House Democratic majority whip, saw an opportunity in the unrest. Even the leading hawks were tired of this war and the president''s empty promises, and O''Neill knew it was time to act to end the war.This is the story of one man''s attempt to accomplish a milestone in the history of the American legislative process. Because of his initiative and leadership, the People''s House was given the unique opportunity to have its voice heard on the matter. Tip O''Neill asked and answered the question that still echoes decades later: If Congress has the constitutional power to declare war, can''t it also declare to end war?

Is your company expanding, or has it outgrown its current space? Are you wondering how hard it could possibly be to become the point person for finding and purchasing a new building for your company? You have come to the right place! Read on before you make a move. You are probably great at running your business. But buying commercial real estate has its own language, timetable, challenges and pitfalls. It can be mystifying and daunting, but there is help and hope. Alex Ruggieri and Noah Ruggieri, the authors of The Executive's Guide for Buying Commercial Property, have over 50 years of combined experience in all aspects of buying and selling multimillion dollar buildings as well as experience in commercial building projects. They have seen many of the challenges that can come up in commercial real estate transactions. They want to help you avoid the typical pitfalls that executives can run into when they attempt the complex process of purchasing commercial property for the first time. In this powerful guide you will learn about: • The benefits of owning versus leasing or renting the property • Working with real estate professionals • Short term versus long term thinking • Planning and zoning boards and city ordinances and other political pitfalls • Financing basics • Building the right commercial real estate team • Some things to keep in mind after the purchase. It is possible to make good, data based decisions that will benefit your company now and for years in the future by heeding the advice of these experts. With this book as your guide, you can avoid the pitfalls and move forward with confidence.

Are you a senior leader or executive responsible for setting vision, championing corporate culture, or leading change and innovation? Do you want your people to learn, grow, and develop so they can achieve more dynamic organizational results? Dr. Karen takes you on her own personal leadership journey from calling and destiny in childhood to leadership deployed in adulthood. Stops along the way in this heartfelt depiction, include stories from her active duty years in the Army as well as vignettes from a variety of other life and work experiences. After reading this book you will be inspired to think about how to use your own leadership journey to first lead yourself and then your people. This book is about leveraging your own unique leadership experiences and lessons learned to build a more significant life and business.

Imagine how you would feel if you didn't know who...or what you are. In this book, you will join a small critter in search of its identity on a fanciful trip through the zoo. You will meet wonderful and unusual animals, some real and some not real. And by the end, you will have helped the small critter discover its identity.

“Hi, I’m Breezy, and this is my wife, Dodo.” With hand extended, that was how I usually introduced us to new acquaintances. They would react with a smile, a look of disbelief, and a series of questions – “How and when did you get those names?” – “How did you two meet and marry?” – etc. Our response was quite simple. We were born a week apart in December 1928 to couples who were friends in Dickson City, Pennsylvania. I was given my nickname by a nun in elementary school, at about the same time that Dodo was given hers by her brother Ted. We grew up during the Great Depression and World War II. My dad working in the coal mines and Dodo’s dad owning a local tavern. We first met and became friends in 9th grade, and our friendship grew during our high school years. We began dating while I was attending the University of Scranton, and, a few years later, in October 1950, at the age of 21, were married in the same church in which we had been baptized. I served in the military from 1952 to 1954, which led to my career working at the Department of the Army. We settled in southeastern Pennsylvania, where we lived, worked, and raised their family. This response would lead to more questions. Over the years, our three daughters, Donna, Diane, and Janet, asked similar and many more questions. We answered them with the full extent of our recollections. Yet, it seemed that there was always another question. Now, in my golden years, my daughters have persuaded me to tell them, and their children, the full story of “Breezy” and “Dodo,” including the histories of our families, their immigration from Poland to Pennsylvania, my paternal grandmother’s 21 children, and maternal grandmother’s 13 children. Life growing up and living in a small coal mining town during the 1930s and 40s. getting married and working to achieve the American dream of middle class.

Sisters Bee and Bel operate a tour company--To Be Tours--designed for the literate and adventurous traveler. Their current tour Castles, Chianti, and Classics includes a Tuscan cooking class, book discussions,and highlights of Italy for their quixotic group. The sisters impeccably planned trip is repeatedly derailed by one nasty participant. Patty manages to alienate, infuriate, and embarrass each of the guests in turn, and threatens to make the word American a new and potent profanity. Patty seems determined to ruin not only the tour but the lives of other tour members. After a series of frightening incidents, Patty is found dead. With everyone secretly relieved she is silenced, Bel and Bee discretely unravel the mysteries concealed by their companions, each of whom has an excellent motive for murder. Often hilarious, always informative, Poison Patty has a surprise ending that will leave readers wanting more in this delightful new series.