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ACROSS AMERICA ON THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
Cycling into a New Life
By Virginia Mudd

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Imagine reading a “Cycling Companion Wanted” ad in a bicycling newsletter for a cross-America bike trip, answering it, and setting off two months later with a woman you just met for a 3,500-mile, 60-day journey from California to Washington, DC. Taken from Virginia’s journal this tells the story of two twenty-nine year old adventurers who fulfill a common dream. She recalls exhilarating roads and landscapes, tedious miles, peaceful times, scary experiences, personal struggles, wonderful encounters with people, and the unfolding of a journey of a lifetime.

Virginia Mudd, a California native, has followed her heart into many diverse arenas—politics, business, education, the arts—as well as numerous bicycling adventures. Beneath it all has flowed the deeper call to self-discovery and personal knowledge of the divine. Virginia is also the author of Bicycling Home, My Journey to Find God from Sunstone Press. She lives in New Mexico with her husband and family of beloved animals.

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Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-048-4
152 pp.,$19.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-356-9
152 pp.,$9.99


ADAM'S FALL
Traumatic Brain Injury, the First 365 Days
By Robert V. Bullough, Jr.

“This book will help physicians and nurses, as well as respiratory, physical, and occupational therapists to understand the struggles of their patients and their families. [And it] will bolster the faith of the family in the midst of dealing with a loved one with severe head injury.” —Randy Jensen, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurosurgery, Radiation Oncology, and Oncological Sciences, University of Utah

On a warm summer’s evening, while riding his bicycle with his girlfriend down a gentle slope something inexplicable happened. Suddenly, Adam flew over his handle bars, bounced on the street, and crushed the back of his head. TBI—traumatic brain injury. In that moment, Adam’s life and the life of his family changed forever. Like tens of thousands of other young people who probably rode their bikes that day, Adam was not wearing a helmet. Adam’s Fall tells a very personal story of a young man’s struggle to survive first while in prolonged coma and then to heal and to recover himself. It is a story of the heroic efforts of doctors, nurses and therapists who saved his life and of those who have since supported his healing. But mostly, it is a story of a family facing every parent’s worst nightmare, a story of faith and of hope that continues to unfold in often surprising ways.

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Website: http://books.google.com/books?id=PVLFGNpokeEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=9780865348097&hl=en&ei=7lvNTvSq

Hardcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-592-2
248 pp.,$36.95

Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-86534-809-7
248 pp.,$22.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-023-0
248 pp.,$3.99


A BABY BOOMER'S GUIDE TO THEIR SECOND SIXTIES
By Ryan Custer Amacher

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While this book was written for male Baby Boomers and their significant others, it also includes Boomer history and what lies ahead as we experience the decade of our own sixties. This story reviews our Boomer luck, recounts the great history of being a kid in the 1950s, and the great opportunities provided by improved education in the 1960s, not to ignore a seemingly mind expanding culture.

Turning sixty is not for the faint hearted. There are issues ahead. The first thing we all face is taking care of aging parents or what the author refers to as helping your parents check out. Then there are our own Boomer health issues including cataracts and prostate cancer. You likely think there is nothing funny about these topics but the quirky economist author finds humor in all of our aging experiences. This book covers Boomer issues, all in the context of our Boomer culture. We Boomers thought we would be young forever.

Maybe that is why it is so amusing.

Ryan Custer Amacher was born 52 days too early to be an “official” Baby Boomer, but he in no way ever considered himself a member of Tom Brokaw’s “Greatest Generation.” In this book, the author chronicles the good luck of the first sixty years of the Boomer experience and guides Boomers into the humorous, but sobering experience of their personal sixties. Amacher, an economist, has a BA degree from Ripon College and a PhD from the University of Virginia. He has been a professor at the University of Oklahoma, Economics Department Chair at Arizona State, Business Dean at Clemson University, and President of the University of Texas at Arlington where he is now a Professor of Economics. He has worked at the Pentagon, writing a market plan for the All-Volunteer Army, the Federal Trade Commission as a consultant, and the US Treasury, on the Law of The Sea negotiations.

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Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-86534-855-4
198 pp.,$19.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-070-4
198 pp.,$3.99


THE BEEF INDUSTRY
What They Don’t Tell You
By John Peirce, DVM

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Whether or not you are a beef consumer, are you satisfied that you know all you should about this product? Usual sources of information might, to a very large degree, not give adequate information about beef. Some of these sources might be biased—either for or against the product. They often have an ulterior motive to sway you one way or another for a variety of reasons. If you care for your body, if you care for your family, throw off the cloak of not knowing. This is your opportunity to discern for yourself the facts regarding beef. It is a story of how, what, when, why and by whom beef is created. Is it really safe? Is it really healthy? Do you want to know more about the terminology of beef? Then this book is for you. Know what you are putting on your plate, or why you are not. Real knowledge is empowerment. Empower yourselves.

John Peirce, DVM, lives in Rockport, Texas, three miles from the site of the first refrigerated packer, the harbor that sailing ships in the past utilized to move locally processed beef toward the cities along the east coast of America. Born a third generation cowboy in Wichita County, Texas he attended schools in Archer City and Matador before going to Texas A&M and obtaining a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.


Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-084-2
230 pp.,$26.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-408-5
230 pp.,$19.99


BICYCLING HOME
My Journey to Find God
By Virginia Mudd

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Desperate to be free of a terrifying food addiction and driven by a terrible longing to find God, whomever and whatever that meant, Virginia began a ten-year journey that covered more than 10,000 miles by bicycle and countless inner miles of self-discovery and transformation. Her search takes her from a well-ordered, happy married life into divorce, chaos, confusion and despair—and ultimately to the unexpected and profound answer to her quest. This story follows a modern-day seeker as she bicycles her way—alone on back roads and in long distance races—all the way home, where she finds herself as she finds the God she is seeking.

Virginia Mudd, a California native, has followed her heart into many diverse arenas—politics, business, education, the arts—as well as numerous bicycling adventures. Beneath it all has flowed the deeper call to self-discovery and personal knowledge of the divine. Virginia is also the author of Across America on the Yellow Brick Road. She lives in New Mexico with her husband and family of beloved animals.

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Website: http://www.virginiamudd.com

Softcover:
8 1/2 x 8 1/2
ISBN: 978-0-86534-997-1
242 pp.,$28.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-289-0
242 pp.,$22.99


BROTHER BOBCAT’S JOURNEY TO HEALTH
The Right Diet for Diabetes and Dialysis
By Anna L. Schwartz and Priscilla R. Sanderson

Brother Bobcat loves to herd his big fluffy sheep and cows. He also loves to eat junk food. One day Brother Bobcat got very sick and had to go to the hospital. Suddenly his life has turned upside down. Can he learn to eat the right foods to get healthy? Will he ever be able to herd his sheep and cows again? This tale includes his struggles with diabetes and having to start dialysis and his determination to return to health. Includes Readers Guide.

Anna L Schwartz, PhD, FNP, FAAN is a professor at Northern Arizona University. She is internationally renowned for her research on the benefits of physical activity for cancer survivors and is the author of Cancer Fitness: Exercise Programs for Patients and Survivors. She provides seminars, lectures and inspirational presentations to motivate people to live healthy lives and reach for their dreams. She set three world records as a world-class bicycle racer. She lives on a ranch in northern Arizona where she raises sheep, alpaca, and horses. She is the author of Okie the Wonder Dog, also from Sunstone Press.

Priscilla R. Sanderson, PhD, CRC is an associate professor at Northern Arizona University. She is a member of the Navajo Nation. Her maternal clan is Old Orabi Red-Running-In-The-River. She was born for the Towering House clan. Her maternal grandfather’s clan is the Mexican Clan and her paternal grandfather’s clan is the Leaf clan. She was born and raised in Shiprock, New Mexico on the Navajo Reservation. Her research interests include cancer, disability rehabilitation, resilience, health literacy, and public health. She is the Principal Investigator of the Center for American Indian Resilience.


Softcover:
8 1/2 x 8 1/2 Illustrated
ISBN: 978-1-63293-214-3
68 pp.,$16.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-540-2
68 pp.,$4.99


CHIEF COMPLAINT: BRAIN TUMOR
By John Kerastas

Chief Complaint: Brain Tumor is a guide for anyone who wants to know about surviving a frightful brain surgery, but it's really a lovely and funny guide to life. The best characters, John's family and friends, show us how to support someone we love.” —Amy Marash, author of "Cancer Is So Funny"

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At 57 years old, John Kerastas thought he was the poster child for fifty-year old healthiness: he competed in triathlons, rode in 100 mile biking events and ate a healthy diet chock full of organic vegetables. Then he discovered that he had a brain tumor the size of his wife’s fist.

His memoir chronicles the first year he spent addressing tumor-related health issues: preparing for his first operation, discovering a dangerous skull infection, having the infected portion of his skull surgically removed, learning about his substantial vision and cognitive losses, undergoing rehab and radiation treatments, and learning to live with his “new normal.” According to Kerastas, the phrase “new normal” is the medical community’s code words for “You’re alive, so quit complaining.” As his health changed, so did his sense of humor. He writes that his humor started out superficially light-hearted prior to the first operation; transmogrified into gallows humor after several subsequent operations; and leveled out as somewhat wry-ish after radiation and rehab.

This is a surprisingly upbeat and inspiring book for anybody interested in memoirs about people dealing with personal crises, for patients trudging through rehab, for caretakers helping victims of serious illnesses, or for anybody looking for an unexpected chuckle from an unlikely subject.

John W. Kerastas has worked at a global advertising agency, at several technology start-up companies and as a free-lance writer. Now, in addition to non-profit and charitable work, he spends his time blogging, speaking and writing about brain health, brain tumors and rehab. You can follow his blog or view his presentations schedule at www.johnstumor.blogspot.com.

Website: http://www.chief-complaint.com/

Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-86534-908-7
136 pp.,$16.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-165-7
136 pp.,$9.99


COMING HOME
Coping With a Sister's Terminal Illness Through Home Hospice Care
By Cynthia Pincus Russell, PhD

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You’re returning home from a conference at the other end of the county, switch on the answering machine at two in the morning and hear the words, “I’m dying.” First, you know it just can’t be true—she’s been a hypochondriac all her life—but this time it may be. How do you literally drop a full life overnight to run a home hospice?

This book is written by a younger sister, a psychotherapist and Psychosynthesis trainer. It’s a story we all need to know as the population grows older, and most become caregivers in the home at some point. Included are many useful quotes, references from experts like James Pennebacker and Steven Levine, and the author’s reflections.

Cynthia Pincus Russell, PhD, has published extensively in both general and academic periodicals. She teaches and supervises Psychosynthesis, collecting techniques from a variety of cultures for rapid recovery and growth. Dr. Russell has also been on the clinical faculty at Yale School of Medicine for years and served as Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry (Psychology) as a supervisor. Her writing includes three books, dozens of articles, research on adult development and depression, poetry, non-fiction and fiction. Her book, Double Duties, was a Woman Today Book Club selection, and Book of the Year of the New Haven Public Library. An essay, “Coming Home,” was reprinted in seven languages. Recent publications include the poem “Memorial Day” in Beyond Lament, an anthology of poems on the Holocaust, and poems in Castalian Springs, Orange Willow Review, Red Oak and many others. Articles have appeared in The New York Times, Parents, Columbia, and other periodicals.

Her “Patient as Teacher” program represents twelve years of research and interviews, and has been excerpted on line by the Yale School of Medicine.

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Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-86534-874-5
126 pp.,$16.95


A COMPLICATED HEART
How Working as a Judge, Lawyer, and Midwife Taught Me What Really Matters
By Sheri A. Raphaelson

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These inspiring true stories portray the life of a dual career lawyer and midwife. Come along on an unusual journey filled with humor, sadness, social awkwardness, self doubt, ethical dilemmas, and cultural lessons. Visit inmates in prison, argue to a jury, and sentence a heroin addict. Deliver babies at home in rural New Mexico, and poor hospitals in the Caribbean and Africa.

Through the intimate style of the author, look directly into the hearts and minds of the criminals, women in labor, their babies, and everyone else her odd life brings her in contact with, including a dead cow. Be surprised at the emotion and beauty you can find in death, a jail cell, the back of a police car, and other unlikely places.

These compelling stories will bring you closer to finding your personal answer to “What does it all mean?”

Sheri A. Raphaelson is a District Court Judge in New Mexico. She has been a lawyer for twenty-three years, focusing on criminal defense and civil rights. Sheri has also been a Licensed Midwife for twenty years. She has always maintained a small homebirth medical practice while working in law full time.

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Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-86534-922-3
176 pp.,$18.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-269-2
176 pp.,$9.99


CONNECTING ACROSS CULTURES
Turning Neighbors Into Friends and Allies
By Carol Paradise Decker

Cultural differences can cause problems. In this book, the author details a workshop she conducted and the lessons learned in Vecinos (broadly defined as “neighbors”) experiences in New Mexico that addressed these problems. The themes explored were crucial: the power of names, the tri-cultural trap, culture and cultures, stereotypes, heritage, values, racism, communications, conflict, bridges, and more. Though the focus is on relationships, the implication is that these relationships will lead to action and alliances as everyone works together on community and individuals’ problems. Some of the text is “commentary,” introducing a theme or reflecting on some of its manifestations. Illustrative stories are sometimes included to add to the account. A large part of the book is devoted to quotations more or less intact, by individuals that reveal perspectives on some of the larger issues dealt with. Although there are plenty of resources—books, documentaries, articles, films—the author states that they must not substitute for contact with real people. Included also are many timeless tips about dealing with cross-cultural contacts. The author hopes that this book will help increase the reader’s awareness, comfort and effectiveness in their own intercultural associations, and lead to warm, enriching friendships for many years.

Carol Paradise Decker came to Santa Fe from Connecticut in 1980 with a background in Spanish, adult education and intercultural relations. Since then she has taught Spanish, New Mexico Heritage, and Intercultural Relations to adult groups in many venues. For five years (1998–2003) she served as a volunteer at the Pecos National Historical Park. As she observed life in New Mexico, she wondered how to help cross the cultural gaps among the various people she encountered. Her previous books, both from Sunstone Press, are Pecos Pueblo People through the Ages, explaining how changing times affected the lives of many people, and The Great Pecos Mission, both based on her five years as a volunteer at the Pecos National Historical Park.


Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-034-7
172 pp.,$19.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-335-4
172 pp.,$4.99


CREATE A YOGA PRACTICE FOR KIDS
Fun, Flexibility, and Focus
By Yael Calhoun and Matthew R. Calhoun

“A creative and charming yoga book that will inspire kids and parents. Lovingly crafted and clearly written ways to share the ageless benefits of yoga.” --Lilias Folan, author of "Lilias! Yoga Gets Better With Age"

“Making the practice of yoga simple is not easy. But the authors have done just that, providing an inspiring and upbeat book that will not only charm children but also educate and support their teachers.”.--Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.D., PT, yoga teacher since 1971, and the author of six books, including "30 Essental Yoga Poses"

“This informative book utilizes many YogaKid® concepts and offers useful suggestions for creating class sequences, scripts to help you teach and other fun techniques to enjoy with the children in your life.” --Marsha Wenig, author of "YogaKids: Educating the Whole Child Through Yoga"

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What allows kids to use a lot of energy, make funny noises, relax, and learn to focus all at the same time? Yoga! While many yoga books present individual poses, this book explains how to create a flowing yoga practice that will hold kids’ interest while providing the benefits of yoga.

Here is a handbook for anyone--including parents, teachers, and kids--who wants to develop a fun yoga practice. In addition, the book provides ideas for yoga games, yoga at a wall, more relaxation games, and five-minute classroom yoga.

YAEL CALHOUN, M.Ed., M.S., is an author and educator who has been studying yoga for 15 years. Yael lives in Utah with her husband and three sons, who have shared their yoga practices with her from the start.

MATTHEW R. CALHOUN is a certified children’s yoga teacher and holds three certifications in hypnotherapy. He created yoga programs for children at the Chicago Yoga Institute and at Onward Neighborhood House. Matthew lives in New York City.

Website: http://greentreeyoga.org
Website: http://books.google.com/books?id=3k6BmczBg4AC
Email: yael3@comcast.net

Softcover:
8 1/4 X 11
ISBN: 978-0-86534-490-7
129 pp.,$22.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-141-1
129 pp.,$5.99


CREATING AN AUTHENTIC LIFE
The Storyteller and the Tale of Self
By Rob Reider, PhD

Dare to be the Who You Were Meant to Be.

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Many of us wonder why we continue to live the lives we have fallen into. If we were obedient children, we followed the societal rules laid out for us by our parents, community, schools, and peers. To be different would be risky; it was much easier to just go along—become part of mainstream society. Those who wanted to be different but weren’t strong enough to fight the others may have wound up living a life of internal anger and depression. Those who were strong enough to dare to be different may have wound up feeling that they didn’t belong, living as outcasts and exiles. Either way, we are all lost in the “tale” we have created for ourselves. For all of us the theme of our tale often encourages us to conceal or disguise our real selves. Now we must unravel our tale to become who we are.

The tales included in the book address the power of the storyteller for the teller and the listener. Each tale deals with a different aspect of the storyteller’s tale and reality. The tales presented together with points to ponder present the basis for analysis by the reader to gain a greater understanding of the reader’s tale and what needs to be changed to move toward the life they want. So take the journey with the author to unravel your own story and become your authentic self.

Rob Reider, CPA, MBA, PhD, is the founder and president of Reider Associates, a management and organizational consulting firm located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The tales in this book are based on Rob’s experiences growing up in the Philadelphia area and his working years and his over thirty years working with people in a consultative capacity—and living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is the author of a number of professional management books as well as one book of fiction. Rob lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife Barbara and has three grown daughters, Kim, Michelle, and Heather—all of whom have contributed to the tales in this book.

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Email: hrreider@reiderassociates.com

Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-86534-657-4
248 pp.,$22.95


THE CURMUDGEON
A Guide for Men Over Sixty
By Bob Eggers

A humorous look, along with tips, for men over sixty with illustrations by the author.

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There is a common thread among most men over sixty: gain weight, lose memory, and pee a lot. Challenges consist of bending over, stairs, new technology and what to do after retirement. If you are just approaching the Golden Years, this handbook will prepare you for what’s ahead. For those already over the hill and fast becoming a “Curmudgeon,” it will assure you that you are not alone.

Bob Eggers’ former life was spent creating television commercials with Young & Rubicam Advertising Agency in New York, then as a director with his commercial production company, Eggers Films, in Los Angeles. He now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.


Softcover:
8 1/2 x 8 1/2
ISBN: 978-0-86534-065-7
136 pp.,$24.95


DEDICATED LIVES
Talks with Those Helping Others
By Michael Scofield

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This book honors the legions of people in the United States who are dedicating their lives to helping others. The representative thirteen in-depth talks with fourteen people you’re about to eavesdrop on took place in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The author has gotten to know many people who dedicate their lives to service and you’ll get to know them as well: Tony McCarty of Kitchen Angels, Deborah Tang of St. Elizabeth Shelter, foster-parents Diane Kell and Russel Stolins, geriatric psychiatrist Larry Lazarus, infant mental health specialist Jane Clarke, and eight others. These credits to the human race often involve their families in their work, and borrow evening and weekend hours to get it done. After finishing each chapter, we hope you’ll exclaim, “Thank you for doing what you’re doing!”

Yale University graduate Michael Scofield received his MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2002. Sunstone Press has published two collections of his poetry, Whirling Backward into the World and Circus Americana. Acting Badly, the first novel in his Santa Fe trilogy, was followed by Making Crazy and Smut Busters. Sand and Other Flash Fiction followed, all from Sunstone Press.

“The Santa Feans you’ll get to know, and probably love, in Michael Scofield’s Dedicated Lives represent our city’s multicultural community of good neighbors reaching out to help others—because that’s very much what Santa Fe is all about.” —Javier Gonzales, Mayor of Santa Fe

“We are blessed to be in this beautiful city of Santa Fe, with its quality of life and values, where so many people give so much of themselves. How privileged we are to spend time with some of them in Michael Scofield’s moving and important new book, Dedicated Lives. It will inspire you.” —Ali MacGraw

Website: http://DedicatedLives.com
Email: michael@scofieldonline.com

Softcover:
6 X 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-137-5
174 pp.,$18.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-482-5
174 pp.,$6.99


DIVINE RAINBOW
Nature as Spiritual Teacher
By M. Louise Heydt

"Those who are strongly drawn to nature will find 'Divine Rainbow' an inspiring and uplifting book, perhaps one they may want to read outdoors." --SirReadaLot.org

Winner: Best New Age Book, 2007 New Mexico Book Awards

In this uplifting book, Louise Heydt weaves together a one-year cycle of nature in a small valley in the Tecolote Mountains east of Pecos, New Mexico, and an inspirational spiritual journey as taught by nature. The land and the spiritual path are interconnected; the outer landscape of nature is the guide for the journey through the inner landscape.

The reader is shown how to find sacred places in the land, and how these places are a gateway or threshold for quiet observation and meditation. The realm of mystical experiences can be explored while in the embrace of nature.

The book also shows that it is a contemporary delusion that humans and nature are separate, and how in the process of immersing oneself into experiences in nature one nourishes his or her inner nature. In the process of this nurturing, a spiritual awakening begins in which one also learns the power of prayer, thus bringing to light one’s intimate relationship with the Divine.

LOUISE HEYDT has lived in northern New Mexico for 28 years. She is a self-taught naturalist with a love for all things wild since childhood. With a Masters Degree in Eastern Studies from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, she brings her academic knowledge of Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, and the literary classics of China, India and Japan into her writing. She has studied under Joan Halifax Roshi for eight years at Upaya in Santa Fe. An artist and poet, she has traveled extensively in Asia.

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Hardcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-86534-450-1
136 pp.,$22.95

Softcover:
6 X 9
ISBN: 978-0-86534-548-5
136 pp.,$16.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-419-1
136 pp.,$3.99


THE FAST TRACK TO ENLIGHTENMENT
Easy Instructions on Clearing Your Negative Conditioning, So You Can Live From Your Heart in the Now
By Amara Mahdhuri

“Amara’s healing work is a testimony to the evolving times where it is now possible to transform in a simple moment.” --Audrey Hope, Creator and Host of REAL WOMEN, an International TV Show

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As a young woman, Amara was inspired by the book, Be Here Now, which was written in the 1970s by Baba Ram Dass. It contains the teachings of his guru, Sri Neem Karoli Baba Maharaj-ji. Through the years, Amara would repeatedly ask herself, “Exactly how does one do this thing called “Be Here Now”?, which is the ultimate state of enlightened Presence in the eternal moment. Not wanting to take another 10,000 lifetimes to experience this state of Grace, she embarked on a 30 year quest, gathering information to quicken the process of unfoldment for herself and others. Through her own revelations and her study with different Masters, she has developed a system that potentially clears great portions of one’s negative conditioning within 30 seconds.

The great Indian sage, Paramahansa Yogananda was once heard saying, “Do you want the donkey way, or do you want the airplane way?” The teachings in this book are from the airplane way of Universal Truth.

Website: http://books.google.com/books?id=r28bSd_M0BgC

Softcover:
6 X 9
ISBN: 978-0-86534-552-2
112 pp.,$16.95


FIONA THE FROG AND FRIENDS
One of a Series Devoted to Correcting Speech Delays in Children
By Erin Ondersma

A book for children with speech delay issues where they read about characters that fall while learning to pronounce the letter “f.”

Does your child struggle with a speech delay? If so, and if your child has trouble pronouncing certain letters or blends, then you have picked the right book. Speech delay, or language delay, is when language follows the right sequence but at a slower range. This condition is not uncommon and some five to ten percent of preschoolers have this difficulty. The focus of this book in the series is to help with the pronunciation of the “f” sound. With colorful illustrations and fun dialogue, this book will help your child master making the ‘f’ sound in a fun way. Other books in the series focus on the “L” sound and the “R” sound.

Includes Readers Guide and Tips for Parents.

Erin Ondersma graduated from Calvin College with majors in English and Spanish and later returned for child development. She is owner and director of Little Smiles Daycare in Grand Rapids, Michigan where she serves sixty families. She also sings in Opera Grand Rapids, where she has been a chorus member since 2002. www.erinondersma.com

Illustrator Amanda S. R. Salazar was born and raised in Colorado and received her BFA in Graphic Design from the Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Denver. Amanda creates her illustrations using a combination of traditional and digital media. Her artwork often reflects her love of animals and nature. www.amsalacreative.com

Website: http://www.erinondersma.com
Email: Erin.ondersma@mac.com

Softcover:
8 1/2 x 8 1/2 Illustrated, Color
ISBN: 978-1-63293-244-0
38 pp.,$16.95


FROM THERE TO ETERNITY, ALZHEIMER’S AND BEYOND
By F. Harlan Flint

This is the story of the end of life journeys of two dissimilar but treasured people. One was the author’s wife, Chris, who joined him on a path that brought them close to the community of people whose ancestors were among the first European settlers of New Mexico. The other, his friend, Baudelio, was the last of a long line of pioneers who found a home in the high country of northern New Mexico. The story had its final act for Chris and Baudelio at close to the same time but in far different ways: hers from the anguish of Alzheimer’s, his from the slow decline after a lifetime of hard work. Other characters are the people met along the way and the places where they came together. One place was Santa Rita, the ephemeral Hispano community where they built a straw bale cabin. Another was the roadside café in a small town on the way to and from the remote cabin.

F. Harlan Flint was born in Rhode Island. He attended Swarthmore College and then the University of New Mexico, where he earned his law degree after three years in the Army. He and his wife, Chris, were always proud that they met in the Triangle Bar, a student hangout on the edge of the university campus. After law school the family moved to Santa Fe, where Flint first served as an Assistant Attorney General and then as General Counsel for the State Engineer and Interstate Stream Commission. He then left for a career as a corporate executive before returning home to New Mexico. He is also the author of Hispano Homesteaders and Journey to a Straw Bale House, both published by Sunstone Press.


Softcover:
7 x 10
ISBN: 978-1-63293-317-1
134 pp.,$26.95

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GROWING WITH THE SEASONS
A Sharing of Insights into the Creative Aspects of Organic Gardening
By Frank and Vicky Giannangelo

GARDENING, PERSONAL GROWTH, COMMUNITY, AND SUSTAINABLE LIVING

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The basic elements of any garden are always the same: seeds, soil, sun, and water. It is in the search for that perfect combination that leads the gardener into the broader aspects of each element. The transitions made during the growing season tell many stories about not only seed, soil, sun, and water, but also about one’s self.

Each season brings its own discoveries, whether using new methods to overcome old problems, celebrating an innovative success, or dealing with the failures and setbacks that befall any gardener. Growing With The Seasons gives many tools and plans for the garden, but lets the reader assemble them as they want and need, traveling the roads of personal discovery, reaching a fruition that is productive, satisfying, and universal.

This book is also the evolving story of the authors’ endeavors to provide ideas, concepts, and encouragements for the practical application of a personal and joined effort of beneficial direction to make the world a better place bringing about a planned harmony within ourselves and the people around us.

Those who have attended the Giannangelos' workshops, bought produce at the Ramah Farmers Market in New Mexico, and met with the authors at community gatherings inspired Growing With The Seasons.

Frank and Vicky Giannangelo both lived in Denver, Colorado, when they were children. Vicky’s family moved to Washington State where she went to high school and graduated from the University of Washington with a double major degree in philosophy and economics. Frank’s family moved to Prescott, Arizona where he went to high school, and upon returning from Viet Nam, graduated from Northern Arizona University with a degree in literature. They met on San Juan Island, Washington, and were married in 1986 where they first began creating organic gardens. In 1993, they moved to Sedona, Arizona and spent three years creating formal gardens for a local community. They moved to New Mexico in 1997 and began gardening and helped start the Ramah Farmer’s Market. Vicky created and is the webmaster of their website, www.avant-gardening.com. Frank teaches at a small school on the Ramah Navajo Reservation. They give spring workshops on organic gardening, basic rockwork, labyrinths, and strawbale wall construction, and established the annual Ramah Area Garden Tour.

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ISBN: 978-0-86534-626-0
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I'M NOT ON A DIET
Culture, Health and Healing
By Natalia Medina Coggins and Kip Coggins

A guide to healthy eating through a combination of common sense and culture-validating approaches to food and life.

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Labels, recommendations, myths and hearsay. Trying to stay healthy can be confusing! This book will help you navigate the maze of information and misinformation about healthy eating through a combination of common sense and culture-validating approaches to food and life.

Natalia Medina Coggins was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and moved to the Southwest in August 1993. She graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. She has one daughter, Jessica, who lives in the Chicago area.

Kip Coggins was born and raised in northern Michigan and moved to the Santa Fe/Albuquerque area in the mid 1980s. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a dual doctoral degree in social work and cultural anthropology. He currently teaches social work at the university level in New Mexico.

“A well written book with many simple, yet powerful, recommendations to lead a healthier life. The use of personal stories provides real-life lessons that can be applied to everyday living.” —Benjamin Jacquez, Director Southern Area Health Education Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico

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ISBN: 978-0-86534-767-0
272 pp.,$22.95


KNOW THE MYSTERY
By Mary Scott Daugherty

For if that which you seek you find not within yourself, you will never find it without.

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Can you imagine wanting your true self? More than anything else? Do you think you have the “right” and the capacity to grow and change? And how would you go about making your life authentic, anyway? Do you have enough time alone to give yourself the attention you want--and need?

Is there a great Absence within you? Can you imagine filling that emptiness with your true and original self--and your life’s purpose? Could you possibly discover them for yourself? And can you believe that finding and knowing your Self is a deeply spiritual experience--possibly the best one you’ll ever have?

Do you feel that you are just performing and are not “real”? Are you so “outgoing” that you can’t seem to find your self inside yourself? Are you giving to others what you need for yourself? And are you overvaluing them (whoever they are) so much that you can’t real-ize your own self or your value? And are you, essentially, alienated from those for whom you put out so much?

What’s so good about depression? Can you believe that everything you need is within you and that what you bring forth in the conversation with yourself is your best self help? And how can aging be about getting smarter and better, not just older and wearier?

If you’re a mother do you feel you have to choose between being idealized or demonized? And if you’re a mother, can you admit that the role isn’t working for you? Can you imagine changing the whole scene and can you believe that you have the right to give up that role and leave it if necessary? For your sake alone?

Essentially, can you believe that you may never get what you seek until you find it within yourself?

And what does Feminism have to do with all of the above?

In the essays in this book Mary Scott Daugherty addresses all of these questions. What she has to say is based on the learnings of her long and interesting and non-traditional life. She's been in the midst of growth and change all of her conscious life and has come out of it with gratitude and satisfaction. She assures the reader that "the effort involved is so worth it."

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ISBN: 978-0-86534-598-0
108 pp.,$16.95


KNOWING YOURSELF
The Psychology of Understanding Yourself
By Virginia Schroeder Burnham and William H. Hampton, M.D.

Written by medical research consultant Virginia Burham in collaboration with psychiatrist William H. Hampton, "Knowing Yourself" is a self-help book that focuses on learning more about oneself, and using that knowledge and wisdom to improve both one's own lot and that of others. Individual chapters address distinctions in the self between men and women; aspects of sexuality; the workings of the brain; the makeup of personality, and more. A fascinating and involving read that embraces the classic wisdom of Socrates himself when he said, "Know thyself, for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves, but otherwise we never shall.", Knowing Yourself is an especially commended addition to Self-Help/Self-Improvement reading lists. (MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW)

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Thinking and doing, supported by intelligence and energy are the fundamental building blocks of every personality. When you understand them, you can understand yourself and direct your life into the most advantageous and positive areas. And by knowing yourself, you will learn how to know others better. You may even find that being neurotic is normal and in some ways helpful to your well-being. There are a lot of books out on the “self help” subject, but here is a clear and common-sense examination of the subject of personality that makes for easy and thoughtful reading. We think you’ll enjoy getting to know yourself.

Virginia Schroeder Burnham served as a consultant in medical research to the Federal Government for the Senate, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration. She developed several proprietorships dealing with inventions and medical instrumentation and her extensive volunteer activities culminated in her being knighted a Dame of Malta in 1985. She is also the author of Since Time Began, The Truths and Myths About Sexual Orientation; The Lake With Two Dams, What You Should Know About Mental Illness and The Two-Edged Sword, A Study of the Paranoid Personality in Action, all from Sunstone Press.P>William H. Hampton, M.D., graduated from Syracuse Medical School and took a psychiatric residency at Syracuse Veterans Administration Hospital and at New York Hospital in White Plains, New York. He participates in the Association for Alcohol and Addictions, the International Geriatric Society and many other professional associations relating to mental health.

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ISBN: 978-0-86534-151-7
160 pp.,$19.95

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THE LAKE WITH TWO DAMS
Telling the Difference Between Mental Illness and Personality Defect
By Virginia Schroeder Burnham and William H. Hampton, M.D.

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The Lake depicts the population of the world, every drop, a person. Two distinctly different channels of personality—”being” and “doing”—are blocked by the two dams, resulting in a mental illness, such as depression, schizophrenia or other psychosis. During a lifetime, we encounter people who fall into these categories and wonder how they got that way and what we can do about it. The authors created this book in the belief that everyone has a critical need for authentic, understandable information about mental illness and offer this book to enlighten you and enable you to discern between a mental illness and a personality defect.

Virginia Schroeder Burnham served as a consultant in medical research to the Federal Government for the Senate, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration. She developed several proprietorships dealing with inventions and medical instrumentation and her extensive volunteer activities culminated in her being knighted a Dame of Malta in 1985. She is also the author of Since Time Began, The Truths and Myths About Sexual Orientation; Knowing Yourself, The Psychology of Understanding Yourself and The Two-Edged Sword, A Study of the Paranoid Personality in Action, all from Sunstone Press.

William H. Hampton, MD, graduated from Syracuse Medical School and took a psychiatric residency at Syracuse Veterans Administration Hospital and at New York Hospital in White Plains, New York. He has participated in the Association for Alcohol and Addictions, the International Geriatric Society and many other professional associations relating to mental health.

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5 1/2 x 8 1/2
ISBN: 978-0-86534-170-8
244 pp.,$22.95

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ISBN: 978-1-61139-964-6
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LET BUSTER LEAD
My Discovery of Love, PTSD and Self Acceptance
By Deborah Dozier Potter

“I'm not a dog person, but I became just as emotionally involved reading about Buster, in Deborah Dozier Potter's memoir, as I did as a youth reading Alfred Payson Terhune's books about his collie, Lad. He became a person. I felt for him. I cheered for him. I ultimately grieved for him. Buster is a dog who truly made a difference during his life, and Mrs. Potter's love for her subject matter illuminates each page.” (Dominick Dunne)

“Deborah Potter vividly elucidates a much under diagnosed illness affecting an estimated 6 to 7 percent of the U.S. population at any one time. As a physician I have witnessed first hand how Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder can destroy families and relationships. I strongly recommend this book to my colleagues and to those who desire a first person account of this illness and its manifestations." (David A. Gonzales, MD)

“'Let Buster Lead' is a love story that begins in the pound, but the adopted pup is beyond ordinary. He rescues a woman who falls prey to a devastating and seemingly incurable illness and saves a marriage in the process. You will weep for joy and heartbreak in the course of reading about this creature, who must be gamboling in heaven with Lassie and Rin Tin Tin and every other legendary dog in literature." (Sylvia Chase, television news correspondent for 20/20, Primetime and NOW on PBS)

“Those suffering with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as well as their family members will enhance their own healing through this warm, honest, and poignant story. The book is a touching and vivid reminder to us all of our hidden inner struggles and can give hope to the many who learn that their recovery will be through relationships--of all kinds! Potter writes in a warm, open and easy personal style; this is a story of courage and commitment.” (Marilyn J. Mason, Ph.D., former family psychologist and celebrity author)

"Hats off to a talented new writer Deborah Potter. In her first book she spins a touching, charming, altogether winning love story, the likes of which has never been told quite so tenderly before. It will lift your spirits and make you feel good about the world at a time when we need it most." (Robert Osborne, columnist for "The Hollywood Reporter" and host of Turner Classic Movies)

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In this newly revised personal memoir about love, courage and healing, Deborah Dozier Potter shares her relationship with her Border Collie, Buster, from the day she met him at the animal shelter until the last moment of his life. But this isn’t a typical pet love story. The author met Buster while in a state of cynicism and grief following the death of her father and her new pet helped to restore her faith in life. Buster then helped her cope with a high-powered marriage, intense stress and faltering self-esteem. When she suffered major trauma in a horse accident, Buster stayed by her side, his herding dog instincts protecting her vulnerable and broken body. A year after the accident she became too tense to be touched by others or leave her home, unaware that she had developed a severe case of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). She tells us how she discovered she had this disease and how Buster became her official service dog. She describes her struggle with PTSD symptoms, and what it was like to travel on airplanes and function in public with a disability. Buster, as a therapy dog, helped restore her mental health and self-assurance and lead her back into a normal life. This is their story.

DEBORAH DOZIER POTTER was born into an entertainment A-list family. Her mother, Joan Fontaine, her aunt, Olivia de Havilland, and her stepmother, Ann Rutherford, were forties era movie stars. Her father, William Dozier, a popular film and television executive, produced and narrated TV’s Batman series. Seeking a “regular” environment, Deborah settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico where she continued her international career as an actors’ representative. She and her husband raised two sons, developed a politically charged real estate law firm, and have formed partnerships that own several businesses. Among her many volunteer positions, she has served as the founding organizer of Santa Fe’s Plaza Community Stage, a member of the Kennedy Center’s President’s Advisory Council on the Arts, and as a trustee of a college, an orchestra and two museums. Her traumatic accident leading to PTSD, an often un-diagnosed disability, and a life-changing relationship with her Border Collie inspired her to write their story. www.deborahdpotter.com

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ISBN: 978-1-63293-038-5
198 pp.,$19.95

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LIFE BEGINS AT SEVENTY
By Gerald G. Hotchkiss

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As time goes by, there are too many clocks in my house. If the power goes off, besides the time pieces themselves, there are those embedded in our refrigerator, stove, telephones, car, you name it. All awaiting a resetting. Our lives do, too. Of course life doesn't begin at seventy, nor did it end at thirty. It is said the three demands of youngsters are: see me, hear me, pay attention to me. Well it's clear to those of us in our second childhood, few see us or hear us, much less pay attention to us. The world is interested in younger generations. My essays pay attention to us with a twist, or at least a chuckle.

Gerald G. Hotchkiss is a retired magazine publisher who has written several children's and young adult books including: Emily and the Lost City of Ergup, the first Emily story; Emily In Khara Koto, Zoe and the Pirate Ship Revenge and Claire at the Crocker Farm, all from Sunstone Press; Music Makers, A Guide to Singing in a Chorus also from Sunstone Press; and has illustrated One Hundred Million Wombats. He worked at Life, Look and Newsweek and was publisher of Psychology Today and Science Digest. His last magazine, as publisher, was 50 Plus, a Whitney publication for seniors.


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ISBN: 978-1-63293-035-4
80 pp.,$18.95

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THE MILLER FITNESS PLAN
Physical Training for Men and Women that Can Be Done at Home or any Gym
By Carl Miller

"Carl Miller, my lifelong friend, is the best there is at teaching athletic weight training to fitness-minded people in all walks of life. The Miller Fitness Plan works." --Clarence Bass, author of the Ripped series, "Lean for Life and Challenge Yourself."

"Anyone interested in learning or instructing physical exercise should read Carl Miller's book. The step-by-step explanations in the pages here make clear the philosophy and principles that make the training program, as taught at Carl and Sandra's Conditioning Center, so productive and superior. I highly recommend The Miller Fitness Plan to all who wish to improve their physical condition for life." --Tommy Kono, two-time Olympic champion, former Olympic coach and member, International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame

"I was very fortunate in my coaching career to have met Carl Miller. He was very willing to share his knowledge and ideas with me. I've used many of his concepts throughout my coaching career. In this book, Carl expresses his unique approach that will benefit anyone who truly wants to physically improve himself." --Al Vermeil, strength and conditioning coach for the Chicago Bulls, Chicago White Sox and San Francisco 49'ers and president, Vermeil Sports and Fitness, Inc.

"Few people know Olympic-style weightlifting better than Carl Miller. Fewer yet incorporate these exercises in the average person's fitness program. Get stronger, have fun and enjoy a new challenge. Follow The Miller Fitness Plan." --Harvey Newton, former national and Olympic coach and author, "Explosive Lifting for Sports"

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This readable, easy-to-follow guide to physical fitness incorporates Olympic coach Carl Miller’s lifetime of experience. The book discusses the benefits of the motions used in Olympic-style weight lifting that contribute to strength, endurance and flexibility and Miller has fine-tuned his approach with decades of hands-on work with clients, both men and women, from age 9 to 90. The Miller Fitness Plan works for everyone, from athletes training for competition to reformed couch potatoes and people with physical challenges. Athletic weight training movements serve as a core for sound physical fitness, enabling people of all ages and abilities to see long term benefit, and have fun while exercising. Complete with photo illustrations, testimonials for those who have used the Miller Plan and advice on motivation, this book is a unique, user-friendly manual for getting and staying in shape that can be done at any gym or at home.

CARL MILLER is the founder and co-owner, along with his wife, Sandra Thomas, of Carl and Sandra's Physical Conditioning Center which has been serving Santa Fe, New Mexico for more than 30 years. He has a master's degree in health, physical education and recreation with a specialty in exercise physiology, biomechanics and nutrition. He is a former United States Olympic Coach and the author of more than 50 articles and three books on Olympic-style weightlifting and athletic training. He has served as a consultant to many strength coaches in many sports, the most well-known of whom is Al Vermiel, former long-time strength coach for the Chicago Bulls basketball team, the San Francisco 49er's football team and the Chicago White Sox baseball team.

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8 1/2 X 11
ISBN: 978-0-86534-481-5
120 pp.,$28.95

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ISBN: 978-1-61139-167-1
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NOURISHING THE BODY AND RECOVERING HEALTH
The Positive Science of Food
By Ana M. Negrón, MD

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In this one-of-a-kind book and guide, the author redefines health care as the practice of nourishing ourselves to support a lifelong partnership with our body. Guiding us from the human cell to the kitchen and beyond, the author explores every intersection where the body meets food. We are reminded that only nourishing food is capable of powering our metabolism, our brains, and our muscles. With the “Virtual Kitchen Tour”—a unique and practical exercise—we are invited to reevaluate our household food bank. Living in the context of relationships, family, friends, schools, senior centers, the workplace, and the community, all are recognized and respected participants in the lifestyle changes one will undertake. There is also a close look at how a western lifestyle contributes to chronic illness and how we can amend this. And through actual case studies we are invited to reflect on our own life ways.

Board certified in family medicine, Ana M. Negrón graduated from the University of Puerto Rico Medical School and completed her family practice residency at Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has made cooking with patients integral to her practice. Doctor Negrón volunteers at a clinic for the uninsured, teaches young physicians the role of food in medicine, and owns a solo nutrition practice.

“Ana M. Negrón moves from the doctor’s office to the kitchen, in pursuit of preventive measures to help her patients, as well as the public. From treating diabetes to preventing heart disease, the answers to today’s health crisis may be found on the dinner plate. In this book Negrón provides clear and specific diet strategies to take charge of your health once and for all.” —Sharon Palmer, RDN, registered dietitian nutritionist, and author of Plant-Powered for Life

“This book is written by a physician who has taken the time to explore the real science (as opposed to that funded by the junk food industry). She writes clearly and positively about the wonderful benefits that are waiting for you, and tells you precisely what you can do to obtain far more health, joy and personal power.” —John Robbins, author of Diet For A New America, The Food Revolution, and President of The Food Revolution Network

“Ana Negrón’s new book is an alchemical wonder. In it, Dr. Negrón combines the hard-nosed rigor of a scientist, the non-nonsense clarity of a great family doctor, the cheerful efficiency of a top-notch life coach, and the compassionate soul of a loving abuelita.” —Howard Jacobson, PhD, contributing author to Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition, and host of the Plant Yourself Podcast

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ISBN: 978-1-63293-065-1
284 pp.,$42.95

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ISBN: 978-1-63293-064-4
284 pp.,$38.95

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OLYMPIC LIFTING
A Training Manual
By Carl Miller

The information in this manual is primarily intended for Olympic-type lifters and coaches so they can improve performance in this sport. But since the hip and leg action of most other sports is similar to that of Olympic Lifting, other sports participants and coaches will also find this manual useful.

Carl Miller is a former United States Olympic and World Coach and the author of more than fifty articles on Olympic-style weightlifting and athletic training. He has a master’s degree in health, physical education and recreation specializing in exercise physiology, biomechanics and nutrition. He was the founder and co-owner, along with his wife, Sandra Thomas, of Carl and Sandra’s Physical Conditioning Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico for more than twenty years and has dedicated himself to analyzing and tweaking the techniques of Olympic lifting. He is the author of The Sport of Olympic Style Weightlifting, The Miller Fitness Plan, and Stories of a Life, all from Sunstone Press.


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8 1/2 X 11, Illustrated
ISBN: 978-1-63293-218-1
140 pp.,$22.95


ONE HUNDRED DOSES
Capsules of Advice and Wisdom for the Health and Well-Being of Farm and Ranch Women
By Teddy Jones and Sue Jane Sullivan

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Farm and ranch women are the heart of an important American institution: agriculture. Their strength is a critical resource for their families and communities. This book offers those women their own special prescription for health and well-being in one hundred small doses. Some "capsules" remind of care to be taken daily, some to be taken regularly, others to take as needed, several to give to family and friends and still more to apply to the community. Reading this book won't make you immediately "feel good" like a warm beverage or a serving of your mother's best meal. It won't always bring a tear of nostalgia to the eye or a longing for the good old days. But like a good tonic, these capsules of advice and encouragement will stimulate you. You'll find essays that will boost your morale. Others will prompt you to be grateful. Several instruct about health matters. And some will even make you laugh. There's no better prescription than that, is there?

TEDDY JONES, R.N., Ph.D., is a Family Nurse Practitioner. Before she and her husband began farming his family's land near Friona, Texas, she was a Professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, in Lubbock, Texas. Growing up in a rural town in central North Texas, she spent lots of happy times with cousins on their families' wheat and dairy farms. Those experiences and her admiration for those who farm and ranch prompted her to develop and teach elective courses in Rural Health Nursing. That same interest spurred her to develop the concept for her health promotion column, "In The Middle Of It All," which appears monthly in "The Farmer Stockman." She practices part-time as a Nurse Practitioner in New Mexico and writes when she's not helping with the farm work.

SUE JAND SULLIVAN, B.S.Ed., teaches in the only school in the only town in Borden County, Texas. That rural school is not far from the area where she grew up, surrounded by ranches, farms and oil wells. Like most people in farming and ranching areas, she can and does fill many roles. She teaches English, Spanish, history and government and coaches Interscholastic League literary events including debate, journalism, and spelling. She's a free-lance newspaper writer and her newsletter, "A New Song," is a regular source of encouragement for the special group of friends for whom she publishes it. A major inspiration for her work is her maternal grandmother who was widowed at 41, during the Great Depression. She managed to keep and operate the family farm and raise five children long before the term single parent was invented.

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ISBN: 978-0-86534-460-0
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ISBN: 978-1-61139-059-9
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PALETTE IN THE KITCHEN
The Celebration Edition of this Famous Cookbook
By Constance Counter and Karl Tani, Compilers

"...recommended to cookbook connoisseurs as a unique collection for spicing up their standard meal menus." --LIBRARY BOOKWATCH

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Santa Fe, New Mexico--a wonderful art center--was much smaller in 1974 when the original edition of PALETTE IN THE KITCHEN was published, and most of the artists knew each other. This led to a lot of parties: parties after gallery openings, parties to plan exhibitions, and parties to plan parties. Looking back on all this--and the photographs from that time--conjures up cartoon mental images of cars careening around Santa Fe, and up and down the road to Taos; artist-filled cars, a bottle or two of wine, and huge casseroles of main dishes, and plates of desserts. Of course, there were the times when everyone showed up with a pasta dish, or everyone brought a dessert. But most of the time there was a wonderful array of creative cooking from their special recipes. And here they are again, to remind us of that wonderful time.

Now, sadly, too many of the artists who contributed to the original edition are gone; some at young ages and some at the end of long productive lives. The late Constance Counter who, along with Karl Tani, put together the first edition of PALETTE IN THE KITCHEN, loved a party, loved to cook, loved a good time, and a good story. Constance asked artists for their favorite recipes, and asked others for dishes they had invented. Some artists gave recipes discovered on their travels, and others contributed recipes from their heritage; and all the artists added their own inventiveness. This Celebration Edition is in memory of Constance Counter and the other artists in this book who are no longer with us. And it is in memory of a smaller, more village-like Santa Fe that is no more. Although times have changed, artists are still taking their creative skills to the kitchen--usually with wonderful, if not surprising, results.

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ISBN: 978-0-86534-283-5
64 pp.,$12.95


PRIMARY CARE
A Doctor's Life North and South of the Border
By Emily Hartzog, MD

The Indian Health Service was an unlikely place for Emily Hartzog to land after specialty medical training in New York City, but caring for the quiet, unfathomable Navajo in Shiprock, New Mexico became the focus of her life. She and her husband moved to the Four Corners region, named because it takes in parts of four states—Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, and, with no farming background, bought a beautiful property on a rough canyon road.

Dr. Hartzog’s Southern upbringing hadn’t prepared her well for herding cattle, delivering sheep, or planting a vineyard in a place of harsh extremes. She set up an old-fashioned practice in the middle of town, as the only obstetrician available in a fifty mile radius, and learned about life from her patients every day.

She says, “Although it was a busy life, I was inspired by the Navajo’s guiding philosophy to maintain balance. This skill served me well for seventeen years, but then my marriage fell apart and so did I. In my despair, I concentrated on the thing that had sustained me most over the years—providing medical care to native people in need. A small cement clinic in Mexico turned out to be the thing that saved my life.”

Emily Hartzog finished her training as an Obstetrician/Gynecologist at the Cornell Medical Center in New York City, then spent seventeen years in and around the Navajo Reservation before moving to New York City in 2008. Since then, she has been working at the Continuum Center for Health and Healing which integrates Eastern and Western medicine. She still travels to the clinic in Mexico at least three times a year.

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ISBN: 978-0-86534-934-6
252 pp.,$24.95

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RIVER OF STONE, RIVER OF SAND
A Story of Medicine and Adventure
By Stephen C. Joseph, MD

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In 1964, newly-minted physician Stephen C. Joseph, just out of his internship, undertakes a two-year assignment as the Peace Corps Physician in Nepal. The job has two facets: responsibility for the health and medical care of a hundred young Peace Corps Volunteers scattered over the roadless hills and valleys along the uplift of the Himalayas, and “do whatever else you want to do in medicine.”

Many lessons not learned in medical school challenge his ingenuity and inexperience: Learn to carry your office in a backpack trekking two-week circuits through the countryside visiting volunteers and holding impromptu clinics in isolated villages. Struggle with the contrasting responsibilities of being both the “Company Doctor” and the patients’ trusted confidant. Rely on your own judgment without medical peers or teachers within reach to guide you. Come to grips with the realities of Third World poverty, whose determinants are not easily remedied by Western medicine.

Some of the lessons are baffling. Some are brutal and terrifying. Some are humorous, and some rewarding beyond measure. And Dr. Joseph finds what is to become a life-long heart’s desire: “doing what you can with what you have,” especially in the more-remote places of the world.

Later, back again in the Third World, Dr. Joseph is part of a small international team starting a country’s first medical school, and has responsibility for the crowded “Under-Five’s Ward” in the medically-primitive conditions of the Capitol City’s hospital in Yaounde, Cameroun. But it is mysterious Chad, on the edges of the Sahara, to which he is most drawn, a little older and a little wiser, but just as restless.

Stephen C. Joseph’s life in medicine has taken him to residential assignments in Nepal, Central Africa, Indonesia, and Newfoundland, with shorter stints in more than a score of countries in Africa and Asia. His home-based efforts have included Neighborhood Health Centers, and appointments as New York City’s Commissioner of Health, Dean of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, and senior positions with UNICEF and the US Agency for International Development. He is a former Chair of the American Public Health Association, a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and an elected member of the Institute of Medicine. His previous books include Dragon Within the Gates: The Once and Future AIDS Epidemic, and Summer of Fifty-Seven: Coming of Age in Wyoming’s Shining Mountains. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife, Elizabeth Preble.

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THE ROMANCE DIET
Body Image and the Wars We Wage On Ourselves
By Destiny Allison

National Indie Excellent Award Winner for Women’s Issues

“In her latest book, Destiny Allison has deftly parsed that feminist cliché the personal is the political in a fresh new way. The search for the authentic self is new for every generation and Allison's book is a valuable contribution to that quest for today's women.” —Patricia Murphy, PhD, John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Women’s Health Policy Fellow and author of “Making Connections: Women, Work, and Abuse”

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Brave, raw, and unflinchingly honest, this book is a weight loss journey, a love story, a heart beating loudly on the page. Every day we battle against something—injustice, our spouses, our weight. Seldom do we acknowledge the real wars we wage. Repressing feelings and silencing our voices, we suffer under the surface, attributing emotional distress and unwanted pounds to the inescapable effects of hormones or age. But weight gain, anxiety, and marital difficulties aren’t always so easy to explain. In her poignant and touching memoir, Allison doesn’t offer recipes, exercise tips, or advice. Instead, she shows us how to stand up, express what we want, and develop empathy for ourselves and the people we love. In doing so, she provides invaluable insight for those seeking to lose weight, save a marriage, or make a significant life change. Includes a Readers Guide.

Destiny Allison is an award winning artist, author, and businesswoman. When an injury required her to re-envision her life, Allison did what she always does. She applied her explosive creativity and dog-with-a-bone tenacity to new endeavors such as community building efforts and developing an innovative business model that transformed a bankrupt shopping center into a thriving community and commercial center. In 2011 she was named Santa Fe Business Woman of the Year. Her first memoir, Shaping Destiny: A Quest for Meaning in Art and Life won best independent non-fiction/memoir in the 2013 Global Book Awards. Since then, she has published two novels and opened a general store. Allison believes that one’s life is one’s greatest work of art. Unafraid to make mistakes and always passionate, she lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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SEVEN STEPS FOR HANDLING GRIEF
Because You Care
By Barbara Russell Chesser, PhD

“Dr. Chesser has done a wonderful service in writing Seven Steps for Handling Grief. She has faced the specter of loss with authority, compassion, reality, and hope. At some time—sooner or later—everyone will need this helpful, heartwarming book.” —L. Johnson

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“Let me know if there is anything I can do.” This well-meaning offer is frequently expressed when a relative or friend suffers a death or other heart-wrenching loss such as divorce, termination of a job, having to put a parent in a nursing home or Alzheimer’s facility, loss of one’s home, or the “empty nest” syndrome. This book moves beyond that offer and other platitudes and gives practical steps to take to help alleviate the pain of loss—the heartbreak from a variety of shattering experiences. These steps are drawn straight from real-life experiences; the stories of people demonstrate how one or more of these seven steps helped them turn grief of futility and despair into understanding, faith, and hope.

The New York Times bestselling author Barbara Russell Chesser is uniquely qualified to write this book. She has personally triumphed over a variety of griefs, and as a university professor, she conducted research on grief and taught courses about it. Her work with families and individuals has taken her to the African countries of Nigeria, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Morocco, and to the Philippines and Greece. The sole author of four books and co-author of four other books, Dr. Chesser is also the editor of several volumes and author of numerous articles, including features in Reader’s Digest.

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SINCE TIME BEGAN
The Truths and Myths About Sexual Orientation
By Virginia Schroeder Burnham in collaboration with William H. Hampton, M.D.

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In this book, the author explores the individual and cultural dilemma of homosexuality. With information drawn from research and personal interviews, Ms. Burnham offers unique insights into this controversial issue in order to "set the record straight" about a much misunderstood aspect of the human experience.

Virginia Schroeder Burnham served as a consultant in medical research to the Federal Government for the Senate, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration. She developed several proprietorships dealing with inventions and medical instrumentation and her extensive volunteer activities culminated in her being knighted a Dame of Malta in 1985. She is also the author of The Lake With Two Dams, What You Should Know About Mental Illness; Knowing Yourself, The Psychology of Understanding Yourself and The Two-Edged Sword, A Study of the Paranoid Personality in Action, all from Sunstone Press.

William H. Hampton, MD, graduated from Syracuse Medical School and took a psychiatric residency at Syracuse Veterans Administration Hospital and at New York Hospital in White Plains, New York. He has participated in the Association for Alcohol and Addictions, the International Geriatric Society and many other professional associations relating to mental health.

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THE SPORT OF OLYMPIC-STYLE WEIGHTLIFTING
Training for the Connoisseur
By Carl Miller

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This book consolidates Carl Miller’s extensive knowledge gained while pursuing his life’s work in Olympic-style weightlifting. There are scientific principles behind Olympic-style weightlifting, and Miller’s 50 years of lifting, researching and coaching provide valuable insight into the process of Olympic lifting. Whether you are an advanced lifter or a novice, Miller equips you with the tools to become a champion, even if it’s in your own mind. For those lifters with the desire to compete, Carl’s book will inspire you to immerse your body and mind in the intricacies required to be a winner.

Miller’s success as a young weightlifter led him to a long and unique career coaching weightlifting, fitness and nutrition to elite athletes in the 1960s and 1970s, and later he spread his message about the benefits of weight training to a wider audience. As Coaching Coordinator for the U.S. Olympic weightlifting team, Miller put into practice many methods and techniques he gleaned from studying successful international lifting programs. The U.S. Olympic weightlifting team under head coach Tommy Kono won a record number of Olympic medals using assistant Olympic coach Carl Miller’s coaching system. He gathered the best lifters in the country, had the best coaches in the sport, and introduced new lifting techniques to elevate the U.S. lifters to contenders. Carl Miller has dedicated himself to analyzing and tweaking the techniques of Olympic lifting. During the 1970s, in addition to his duties with the Olympic team, he was a National coach, World coach, elementary school teacher and vice principal. As a teacher and vice principal Miller developed physical conditioning programs for the kids in his school. During his 30 years, and still counting, as founder and co-owner of Carl & Sandra’s Physical Conditioning Center, lifters seek out Carl, his son Shane and staff for Olympic-style training. Carl & Sandra’s Conditioning Center stands apart from other gyms because Carl Miller’s philosophy revolved around the benefits of weight training long before it became popular. He weaves the hundreds of tiny components of Olympic-style weightlifting into beneficial fitness programs for gym members with a wide variety of profiles, and at the same time, his Conditioning Center trains a team of nationally competitive masters Olympic weightlifters.

The Sport of Olympic-Style Weightlifting provides the athlete with a comprehensive review of the critical elements that mold a champion. Winning isn’t simply about lifting technique, eating the right food or visualizing lifts. You will discover the importance of body levers and the nuances of adjusting for your own unique body measurements, you will learn the finer points of planning the different phases of your training, you will be enthralled with the diverse programs available to incorporate in your routines, and you will grasp how your mind contributes to your accomplishments at critical points along your trajectory.

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STALKING YANG LU-CHAN
Finding Your Tai Chi Body
By Robin Johnson

"Chapters explore key points in training one's Tai Chi body element by element, offering both metaphysical discourse and practical physical guidance to the reader striving to better understand and benefit from the practice. A valuable study and enhancement manual for Tai Chi students and practitioners of all skill levels." MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

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This unique manual of internal methods, inspired by the skills of Yang the Invincible, reveals key elements in finding and training a Tai Chi body. How did Yang do it? From whom did he learn? He watched the Chens but had to train alone in secret. Yang Lu-chan had to learn from himself, through his own body.

Beginning in the stillness of Wu Ji standing, the author presents core components of Tai Chi movement. Each chapter identifies, describes, and explains structures and techniques of a moving body. What, in plain language, are the meanings of stillness in motion? How does ground-level attention ensure seamless moves in solo forms and applied technique? Which complementary action principles ensure the correct shape and energy? What is modesty, and how does it optimize energy exchange? Why are form orientations both useful and misleading? How does a Tai Chi boxer employ the fourth dimension?

These and other questions about Tai Chi movement are answered in clear and direct language. There are no theories nor confusing aphorisms. And the methods employ sensing and deeds, not thinking and ideas. Whatever your intent--self-care, self-defense, or enhanced understanding--you’ll find ways to progress at all levels.

The author has distilled thirty years of exploration and deep respect for Yang into this manual. Rather than think and talk, he has tried to put himself in Yang Lu-chan’s shoes.

ROBIN JOHNSON has engaged in martial arts and natural sciences since childhood. Early steps in Western boxing, jujutsu, then judo, led him in 1972 to Tai Chi Chuan. He has been deeply immersed ever since. The skill and clarity in methods that work have led and guided his studies. And professional practice in science, music, medicine, and martial arts molds the content of this manual. In it he offers simple steps toward Tai Chi Chuan’s grace and competence. Sifu Johnson offers classic Tai Chi Chuan six days/week in sunny Santa Fe, New Mexico. He conducts seminars in Tai Chi body, applied form, sword dueling, and Nanjing cane, when and where needed. Leisure may find him playing mountain music, fencing, cooking, and trying to best his daughter Rhiannon at 3D tic tac toe.

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STILL LIFE
A Parent’s Memoir of Life After Stillbirth and Miscarriage
By Emma Mellon, PhD

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The author says, “Just as the light of a new star continues through the universe long after its explosive beginning, the experience of stillbirth accompanies parents through the years. Far beyond pain and grief, the story continues.” In this touching and insightful memoir, Emma Mellon, PhD, breaks the silence that accumulates in the decades after a stillbirth, and explores those years for glimpses of her son, Zachary. The questions she asks will resonate with parents who’ve endured similar losses, and with the people who love them. Twenty-eight years after my child’s death and birth, does the relationship continue? Does his brief life have meaning for me today? Am I still a parent after all this time? How is he present in my life now? How do I make sense of what happened to us? What does it mean to keep his memory alive? The Readers Guide offers parents the opportunity to ask and answer their own questions, and to discover their ongoing connections with their stillborns.

Emma Mellon, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and has been in private practice in Pennsylvania for over twenty-eight years. She specializes in trauma work with clients who have had complicated losses. Dr. Mellon has given workshops for local and national pregnancy loss support organizations. She has appeared on television and radio to talk about loss and other clinical topics. Dr. Mellon is also the author of Waking Your Dreams, HCI, Inc., and has written clinical articles, essays, and poetry that have appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Philadelphia Daily News, City Paper and Counselor Magazine.

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ISBN: 978-1-63293-191-7
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A STONE FOR EVERY JOURNEY
Traveling the Life of Elinor Gregg, R.N.
By Edwina McConnell and Teddy Jones

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Elinor Delight Gregg, R.N., the first Supervisor of Nurses for the Indian Service, holds the microphone and begins to speak. Her memories--vivid with details of 80 years of an independent woman’s life of adventure, frustration, triumphs, and personal commitment to caring--begin to fill the first tape. She wonders how the two University of New Mexico nursing students, Melody Johnson and Alice Fryer, can possibly benefit from what she has to say. Her stories tell of times far before they were born--of miles she traveled through World War I, on Indian Reservations, in Washington, D.C., and all the journeys between and since. But as always, since she’s agreed to help, she will. Melody and Alice want to learn from Elinor’s experiences, but conflicts and questions about marriage, the Vietnam War, commitment, women’s roles, adventure, and about the type of nurses they’ll become threaten to distract them. Can Elinor Gregg help them find answers? And, once when they visit her in Santa Fe, another question arises--what is the purpose of the basket full of stones “Aunt El” keeps near her chair?

This thoroughly researched true biography set within a fictional relationship between Elinor Gregg and two University of New Mexico nursing students in the summer of 1966 will instruct readers interested in nursing, gerontology, history, and the Women’s Movement, and will fascinate the general reader who enjoys a good story.

Edwina McConnell, a nurse consultant and nurse educator, maintained a career-long interest in the life of Elinor D. Gregg, R.N., the figure about whose life this book revolves. McConnell first studied Gregg as a figure in nursing history during her undergraduate education. Fascinated by the spirit and character of this pioneering nurse, she collected primary and secondary research materials toward a biography for many years. The biography of Elinor Gregg was the focus of her work at the time of her death in 2002.

Teddy Jones is a nurse practitioner and nurse educator whose initial collaboration in this project was limited to critical reading of the developing manuscript and encouragement for her friend and colleague, McConnell. She also made a promise to complete the work should anything happen to prevent McConnell from doing so. Jones’ participation as co-author began when McConnell bequeathed her the research material and the partial manuscript. Or perhaps it began when she made that promise.

Both McConnell (BSN, MSN, Ph.D.) and Jones (BSN, MSN, Ph.D.) have numerous publications in nursing and health care. This is their first work of biographical fiction.

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SUCCESSFUL LIVING FROM A TO Z
By Jody Ellis

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“Say to yourself, ‘I am alive! I am really alive!’ Go through each day as if you were a new arrival in the world. Use all of your senses all day. See everything clearly. Listen to all sounds. Feel the vibration of life in your body and your mind. Be alert every minute. You’ll experience a new day and a new life.”

With that statement, the author introduces a primer designed to assist the “busy body” in today’s society. Successful Living can alter the direction of your life in more ways than you can imagine. Use it as a guide, take it at face value, share it with your children. From Alive to Zest, Knowledge to Quest, every letter of the alphabet is utilized to help the reader of any level fundamentally understand essential principles in the course of living a full life. Pick and choose which lessons are more relevant to your situation. Read the book in chronological order, skip through the chapters, or read it backwards. The teachings inside this little guide are universal. Good for life coaches, teachers of any discipline, business associates, philosophers, or anyone interested in seeking a new path of fulfillment, Jody Ellis’s book can alter your life for the better. This is not a text that holds all the answers, but a remarkable testament of one individual’s keen awareness that she would like to share with her readers.

JODY ELLIS, born in Colorado in 1925, has enjoyed a successful and varied career in health care, business and the arts. She attended MacMurray College and served as a registered nurse in the U.S. Air Force in both the United States and Europe. Her business experiences include owning a candy company and a research firm specializing in work with authors and speakers. She was a founder of Sunstone Press and its first president. Fulfilling a lifelong interest in music, she became a cellist and music teacher, and was one of the founders of the Santa Fe Community Orchestra. In recent years she has also become known as a composer of orchestral and piano music.

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THRIVER SOUP
A Feast for Living Consciously During the Cancer Journey
By Heidi Bright, MDiv

“Illuminating, empowering, and practical, this ‘support-group-in-a-book’ provides a holistic guide for enlivening your Warrior Goddess’ protection against cancer. Heidi Bright shares her healing journey with vulnerable authenticity and deep insight that arouses inspiration and hope. With hundreds of practical tips, “Thriver Soup” lights the way toward inner and outer transformation. A must-read for all those challenged by cancer and committed to thriving.” —Christine Horner, MD

#2 Bestseller, Amazon.com, Oncology Books

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Cancer patients seeking to integrate meaningful spirituality with practical healing solutions can now feast on a comprehensive blend of self-care options. This book provides a variety of holistic strategies for cushioning chemotherapy and softening surgery while empowering readers to grow in consciousness. Each of more than 250 topics begins with an inspirational quote from one of the world’s wisdom traditions, offers a story to foster self-care and personal transformation, and concludes with a useful tip. With passion, authenticity, and a dash of humor, this book courageously addresses medical topics such as “Finding Chemo,” “Hair Pieces: Turbanator,” and “Recovery: Master the Possibilities.” Holistic care entries include “Nutrient Density: Thriver Soup,” “Shadow Work: Dark Night Rises,” and “Field of Dreams.” Explore these restorative ingredients to enhance your nutritional choices, stimulate your creative juices, foster your personal powers to transform mentally and emotionally, and deepen your connection with others and the Divine.

In 2009, specialists predicted Heidi Bright, MDiv, would die within months from an aggressive end-stage cancer. Heidi discovered powerful ways to manage conventional treatment, love her body, embrace her emotions, play with imagery, deepen her spiritual consciousness, and accept support. After two grueling years, another tumor swelled next to her heart. Heidi knew she had to make a shattering decision, permanently altering her life. After another surgery, she was told to prepare for Hospice. Her next scan was clean. Now she combines her journalism and theological background with fresh insights each Thursday on her blog, www.heidibright.com/blog.

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THE TWO-EDGED SWORD
A Study of the Paranoid Personality in Action
By William H. Hampton, M.D. and Virginia Schroeder Burnham

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What did Indira Gandhi, Josef Stalin and Winston Churchill have in common? The answer: paranoia. Oh, too bad, you say. But is paranoia all that bad? Not at all, if it is under control, say our authors. Paranoia is a much misunderstood word and a characteristic we all share. It actually is a valuable and necessary part of our personality--part of the drive toward self-preservation. Paranoid thinking galvanizes, stimulates and fuels our competitive natures and gives all of us, as well as our leaders, motivation and guidance. Since we all have paranoia, we need to know exactly what it is and what it does to us and those around us. But too much or too little affects you adversely. Just read about some of the case studies! The authors hope you will use this book to develop your self knowledge and self control. Then you will be in tune with yourself.

Dr. William H. Hampton graduated from Syracuse Medical School and took a psychiatric residency at Syracuse Veterans Administration Hospital and at New York Hospital in White Plains, New York. He then entered private practice in Greenwich, Connecticut and assumed the directorship of the Greenwich Hospital’s Psychiatric Clinic. He has participated in the Association for Alcohol and Addictions, the International Geriatric Society and many other profession associations relating to mental health.

Virginia Schroeder Burnham served as a consultant in medical research to the Federal Government for the Senate, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration. She developed several proprietorships dealing with inventions and medical instrumentation and served for many years of the board of Gaylord Rehabilitation Hospital. Her extensive volunteer activities culminated in her being knighted a Dame of Malta.

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ISBN: 978-0-86534-147-0
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UNCOVERING THE SOURCES OF LOVE AND HATE
A Theory of Human Behavior
By Colter Rule, M.D.

HUMAN BEHAVIOR AT ITS SIMPLEST

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Theories of human behavior have been made unnecessarily complex and confusing. Dr. Rule believes that just as most people know enough to keep their body healthy and functioning, so we should know enough about human behavior to relate productively and joyously to other humans. This challenging and provocative book offers a simple, easily understood explanation of human behavior as well as a delightful reading experience. Professional and non-professional alike will appreciate the clarity and scholarship of this useful work.

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WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE FIFTY
A Woman's Journey Into Midlife
By Mindy Littman Holland

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If you think your forties were challenging—wait until you’re fifty. Just don’t wait until you’re fifty to read this book. It’s easier to handle this momentous change of life if you’re armed with good information, a sense of humor and, perhaps, a stiff drink. Fifty doesn’t happen overnight—the journey into midlife takes years and it’s different for everybody, female and male. Some start earlier, some start later, but in the end, it’s all the same: By the time you’re fifty adjustments are called for.

This book is about helping women (and men, to some extent) navigate the changes that midlife brings. It gives credence, validity and voice to real concerns about entering middle age and practical advice on preserving and/or improving minds, bodies, desirability, confidence and creativity going forward.

The book covers a broad range of topics from the perspective of midlife veterans, members of a silent majority of women that have a lot more to talk about than hot flashes and other physical manifestations of middle age. It is characterized by straightforward, conversational language, humorous anecdotes, helpful suggestions and an unwavering focus on reality, no matter how controversial or unorthodox. Women are hungry to hear about other women’s experiences in this area—and men are anxious to learn how to relate to the changing women in their lives as they are going through their own changes. They are all looking for relief—comic and otherwise.

Wait Until You’re Fifty focuses less on menopause and more on the perspective changes, little murders and unexpected awakenings that midlife precipitates, such as:
• The Permanently Empty Nest (Farewell to fertility)
• Midlife Love (A whole other affair)
• Reprioritizing friendship (Who will be there for the back fifty?)

Mindy Littman Holland wrote this book based on personal experience and interviews with dozens of women and men who had something to say about the joys and adversities of midlife. In addition to writing non-fiction, she writes long and short fiction. Mindy lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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THE WAY THINGS ARE OR COULD BE
A New Consciousness
By Myrtle Stedman

The Second Book in the Universal Mind Trilogy

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In this dynamic and timely statement about biological and spiritual life, readers are treated to refreshing observations of daily life interwoven with this elder’s persistent curiosity about the nature of the Universe. It is put together in an episodic and anecdotal fashion in a collection of poems, each with its own character and unified in an overall rhythm. It portrays a satirical, a down to earth, and a heavenly attitude toward life all in one. In it is an insight to the Creative Mind and what the knowledge of its working principle could mean to our health and well being and to our associations in an expanding consciousness of our particular species as males and females in the total field of Universal Being.

And it is here that she wishes to acknowledge the importance of her artist husband’s remark that “most of what we call love is just a biological urge” which gave her the impetus to see in this urge the will and the willingness to live together. She still doesn’t know if this would satisfy Einstein’s question, “Is the universe friendly?” She has said, “yes,” definitely, it is even in love. The other two books in this Universal Mind Trilogy are Of One Mind and Of Things to Come, all written in non-classical poetic verse.

Myrtle Stedman was a member of PEN New Mexico, a branch of PEN Center USA West of International PEN and believed that there is no end to what the mind can do with the eye and hand, in time and in spirit. She is also the author of Artists in Adobe, Adobe Architecture, Adobe Remodeling and Fireplaces, Artists in Adobe, A House Not Made with Hands, Of One Mind, Of Things to Come, Ongoing Life, Rural Architecture, and The Ups and Downs of Living Alone in Later Life, all from Sunstone Press.

“I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a walk in the country, a gentle rainfall, an afternoon with a child or any of these moments we often overlook in our hurried world.” —Stuart A. Ashman, Former Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico

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ISBN: 978-0-86534-255-2
96 pp.,$16.95

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WELLNESS
Body, Mind and Soul
By Geetha Patel

Tips and information on staying well, many drawn from the author’s experiences in her community in South India.

This book is the product of the author’s curiosity regarding the secrets behind good health and well being of a person even after the age of seventy. She was inspired by her neighbor’s zest for life and her positive attitude during her advanced years. This prompted her to interview many seniors in Canada and in India to find out the secret to their well being and she found six most common elements. Even though the book starts with these, it also reveals interesting natural remedies used to cure some unique and simple ailments, the medicinal value of some herbs and spices, beauty and hair treatments and face masks used when Geetha was growing up, and then concludes with some healthy vegetarian and non-vegetarian recipes. A fascinating component of this book is the real life stories from the author’s experiences. Useful for young and old, men and women.

Geetha Patel is an Indo-Canadian and a retired school vice principal from the Toronto Catholic District School Board. Her faith, her positive and grateful attitude towards life, her passion for writing, and her active and healthy life style have been the factors responsible for her well being. She introduces readers of her book to some of the ancient customs practiced by her community in South India and the benefits of those practices.


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eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-439-9
84 pp.,$4.99


WHEN HUSBANDS DIE
Women Share Their Stories
By Shirley Reeser McNally

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What happens to wives when husbands die? The quick answer is widowhood. The deeper truth is they are forced into a life change that has serious ramifications for themselves, their families, their friends and their futures. Are poems and songs written about widow-heroes, does literature extol their strength and courage, their independence gained, their new lives discovered? Hardly. But women have important stories to tell about this time in their lives when they come face to face with one of the most common and devastating life experiences for women everywhere. Seventy-nine story tellers have joined together to tell about the tragic time that begins when, in an instant, the husband dies, the man, the lover, the companion, the mate is gone--and so is the marriage!

SHIRLEY REESER McNALLY, the originator of this project, is a graduate of Smith College as are Barbara Harrison Mulhern, Mary Witt Wydman and the majority of women whose stories are told in this book. Because Smith is a liberal arts college for women, it seemed logical to McNally that the alumnae of Smith would be a source and an audience for a study of widows. It has turned out to be so. “The work,” she says, “has been arduous, fascinating and redemptive.” The result is intended for current widows who can learn how others are handling the difficult situation forced upon them, and for women still married who, with their spouses, must plan for what well might occur in their futures.

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Hardcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-193-1
201 pp.,$29.95

Softcover:
6 X 9
ISBN: 978-0-86534-442-6
201 pp.,$18.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-043-8
201 pp.,$9.99


THE WOMAN'S HOLISTIC GUIDE TO DIVORCE
By Wendi Schuller

Simple, Practical, and Light-Hearted Tips for Navigating the Treacherous Waters of Going Your Separate Way

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A result of the author’s own experience finding her way through a particularly traumatizing divorce, this guide includes the usual self-help aspect as well as stories and advice that other women were willing to share with the author to help any woman sail through a turbulent time.

Offering a fresh and uncommon perspective beyond the already long list of books on divorce that focus on getting through a break up’s emotional toll or how to deal with children, the book’s usefulness covers a comprehensive list of solutions to challenges that arise from attorneys offering legal and financial advice to saving on cosmetics and holiday gifts. There is a practical list of household hints as well as methods for helping kids get through such an upsetting period and ways to confront health issues that arise as a result of a stressful time.

The author stresses the importance of such a life transition and how this guide can be a safety net providing a myriad of suggestions that help women move from a victim status to regaining their strength of inner peace and wisdom. Every woman who finds herself in the middle of a break up will find this the ideal all-inclusive companion for moving on.

Wendi Schuller draws upon her knowledge as a nurse, Neuro-Linguistic Programmer (NLP), and hypnotherapist, providing a blueprint to guide women through this difficult transition. Schuller hired an attorney for a court divorce, but decided to go the collaborative route instead and has worked with a mediator post-divorce. Her passion is international travel and she devised savvy cost-cutting measures to achieve this dream. Schuller worked in the public schools and observed firsthand the effects of divorce on children. Her aim is to have families experience a smoother divorce, keeping their sanity intact and obtaining the healthiest outcome possible.


Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-86534-916-2
102 pp.,$14.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-166-4
102 pp.,$9.99


YOGA FOR WOMEN AT MIDLIFE AND BEYOND
A Home Companion
By Pat Shapiro

Would you like to age with grace and vitality? Increase your strength, energy and flexibility? Sleep better and be sharper mentally?

You can achieve all of these if you practice yoga on a regular basis. Many women go to class once or twice a week and want to practice at home but just don’t know how to begin. Yoga for Women at Midlife and Beyond: A Home Companion will give women over 50 the support and guidance they need to create a personal yoga practice in the privacy of their own home.

This guidebook includes ten yoga practices with clear illustrations that you can follow on your own, such as a practice for energizing, one for relaxation and another for insomnia. The manual also contains practical information about:
• where, when and how long to practice
• how to set an intention and get support for your practice
• how to use your breath to enhance your practice, and
• how to sustain a home practice.

Concepts from classical yoga philosopy to help readers deepen their practice and integrate relevant concepts into their lives are introduced. Inspiring stories from women over 50 about how yoga has made a difference to them are peppered throughout the book.

PAT SHAPIRO, MSW, RYT, is the founder and director of SageWays: Yoga for Midlife and Beyond in Santa Fe, New Mexico. For over twelve years, she has studied an approach to yoga that was brought to the West through the teaching of T.K.V. Desikachar. She has taught yoga for more than six years in Philadelphia and Santa Fe and has also done intensive yoga study at Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India. Pat has a special interest in the mid-life years and has written two books on the subject: MY TURN: Women’s Search for Self After the Children Leave and HEART TO HEART: Deepening Women’s Friendships at Midlife. She is also the author of four other nonfiction books, a writing instructor and coach, and speaker on women’s issues.

Website: http://books.google.com/books?id=iAiUufwHVEEC

Softcover:
8 1/4 X 11
ISBN: 978-0-86534-499-0
160 pp.,$26.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-411-5
160 pp.,$9.99


THE ZONE OF HOLINESS
New Possibilities for Materializing Your Heart’s Desire
By Linda Norwood

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How many books have you read that have made your ears glow with inspiration, yet when the last page of the book is turned there is no clear help for you at the moment? Then this book is your ticket to ride the waves of Holiness. It will help you avoid the rip tide of profane events created by the negative events and circumstances in your life that I call the “Adversary.” Here you will find the clues to recognize and enjoy Universal laws and find your personal rules that support you and make this natural flow an effortless part of your days and nights.

While thinking your hands are on the wheel, is something or someone who loves you not controlling your life? Deception is the Adversary’s primary tool to work against the materialization of your unique Love Pattern. Within these pages are eye-opening revelations that blow the Adversary’s cover.

With light and a map, you can avoid the traps. Here you have help for today—this moment—in colorfully detailed inspiration and information. Be introduced to your heart’s true desire as you become aware of the “Blessings Game” and learn how you can live in a practical way with a Personal Life Protocol—beyond your means—in the Zone of Holiness.

Linda Norwood is out on a limb and climbing for a better view—going to where she can see new ways of understanding old truth. She offers practical revelations for individual and global peace—moving over into publishing from a twenty-eight year practice of law. With two escapades from a breast cancer diagnosis, she searched for and found real answers to the challenges of being an authentic woman in modern America. Vitally healthy now, her answers ring true and flow from daily experience. The spiritual science of cell memory cleansing, simple ways with pictures to use energy flow adjustment for health, the power of voice vibrations in the Holy Zone—and the theology of sex, are some of the issues she explores. She currently lives with family in West Monroe, Louisiana, her base for writing and continuing the never-ending quest for more purity, more holiness and more joy.


Softcover:
6 X 9
ISBN: 978-0-86534-414-3
206 pp.,$19.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-262-3
206 pp.,$4.99


 
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