Synopsis Everyone has had that one awful job, but Stuart Edge really had an awful job–cleaning porta-potties. As he cleaned, he dreamed of creating videos that not only made people laugh but also changed their lives. Now a YouTube sensation, Stuart shares his secrets to his YouTube success and reveals his conversion from self-conscious to […]
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FINDING DOROTHY SCOTT Letters of a WASP Pilot by Sarah Byrn Rickman Genre: Military History / Biography Publisher: Texas Tech University Press Date of Publication: May 30, 2016 Number of Pages: 288 Scroll down for Giveaway! More than eleven hundred women pilots flew military aircraft for the United States Army Air Forces during World War […]
Review – The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell #nonfiction
December 13, 2015
Synopsis ‘I was hoping against hope that the penguin would survive because as of that instant he had a name, and with his name came the beginning of a bond which would last a life-time.’ Tom Michell is in his roaring twenties: single, free-spirited and seeking adventure. He has a plane ticket to South America, […]
Synopsis The ripple effect is all around us. We’ve all benefited from the committed teacher, the loving parent, the caring coach, the helpful stranger… This book celebrates the positive results of acts of kindness. You’ll read about –the teacher who inspired a young doctor to question the status quo, and thereby save the lives of […]
Spotlight – In Full Voice by Fiona Havish #memoir
September 11, 2015
Non Fiction – Memoir Date Published: August 25, 2015 Fiona Havlish is an engaging inspirational speaker and success coach whose stories entertain and inspire those going through drastic life transitions. You would never guess that she stuttered as a child and spent the better part of her life trying to remain invisible while navigating her […]
Non Fiction Date Published: April 29, 2015 Caviar Living is a hand guide of home-spun lessons from a life well lived. Marilyn Whelan shares her wisdom from how to connect with your community to how to play your mortgage like a game. With short snappy chapters Whelan gives us tips and tidbits on: ·        Fun ways […]
The Plate Spinner Chronicles An Assignment: Romance Nonfiction Collection Author – Barbara Valentin Gemma Halliday Publishing 108 pages/Non-fiction/Mom Humor What working parent hasn’t considered delivering a performance review to their child prior to granting a salary, er, allowance increase? The Plate Spinner Chronicles: A Working Mother’s Epic Adventure is a hybrid memoir/how-to guide that is stuffed […]
No Excuses: The Story of Elite Gymnast Aimee Walker-Pond by Adam U. Kempler No Excuses: The Story of Elite Gymnast Aimee Walker-Pond traces the gymnastics career of a girl born deaf and blind in one eye. Despite challenge after challenge and setback after setback, Aimee rose in the gymnastics world to compete for UCLA and […]
If you enjoyed the Little House on the Prairie books as a child, you will probably enjoy this book! Yona was sweet enough to send me a copy and while I haven’t read it yet (that towering TBR pile), it is one that will be kept with the series of books I read and re-read […]
Synopsis First impressions DO count, and so does what comes afterward! Learn how to stand out, shine and make a stellar lasting impression as you enter the workforce. We send messages constantly—through our body language, actions, what we carry with us and what we wear…and most of this has nothing to do with what we […]