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A Football Story, set in football-crazed Dallas, Texas, is an action-filled drama told with dark humor. The story begins on Christmas Eve, 1988, with Burl Ives singing “Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas” and immediately flashes back six weeks as Matt Story, a young, undermotivated NCAA infractions officer, accompanies his boss, Dick Brotherman, to view a routine post-probation compliance signing at a football powerhouse, Texas Methodist University.

This is my story. After a lifetime of trying to help everyone else get their lives together, I have finally figured out how to get mine together. I am now 72 years old, semi-retired from a business I created to help young adults with autism function in the world. I live in Mexico with my loving partner. I have fulfilling relationships with my adult children and grandchildren.

Join Monique, a fifth grade graduate, as she discovers the power of music.

Christmas Angel is a collection of memories of three events in the life of a retired surgeon, a man who is self-admittedly not perfect and who has not always been religious. A grumpy sort of a fellow who blames his personality defects on his genetics, as do most of us who are well-educated enough to appreciate the value using DNA as an alibi.

A young ranger recon sergeant major, Danny McCarty, returns home following the apparent suicide death of his father. What Danny doesn’t know is that he’s being recruited by his aunt’s Forty Two club for his military and outdoorsman skills to root out his dad’s real killer and bring them to justice. A series of encounters follows wherein Danny goes to jail, breaks out, goes back in, and breaks out again. Between escapes, he wins a football game, blows up the mine with a homemade bomb, and has several confrontations with his brother, his girlfriend, and three persistent thugs.

Once in a Blue Moon, intended for all ages, is the magically realistic story of the Rainwater family and their island in the middle of Good Bear Lake below Shadow Mountain in Colorado. Gabriel Rainwater is the family patriarch and Chris is his 20-year-old grandson. The Rainwaters are members of a clan of superhumans known as Rangers, whose mission is to escort human spirits into and out of this world, and Gabriel is their head man.

You are a pioneer. Administration is ostensibly the absolute most significant worth your association can profit with. In any case, how would we join it into our organizations and into our lives? How would we typify it in the work environment? Also, how would we foster it in ourselves and in everyone around and beneath us? Since genuine administration isn't just about creating yourself or overseeing others, it's tied in with affecting positive development and change in individuals you work with. In this course, we're demonstrating how to do precisely that.

Fur, Focus & Feelings is a heartwarming collection of 100 short stories told in the first person—by service animals and emotional support animals themselves. From guide dogs guiding with quiet wisdom to shelter cats soothing panic attacks, these furry narrators share tales of loyalty, laughter, and love in life’s hardest (and funniest) moments. With equal parts emotion, humor, and education, this collection gently highlights the real differences between service animals and ESAs—and the powerful roles both play.

Are you passionate about cleanliness and order, and eager to turn this passion into a profitable venture? How to Start a Home Cleaning Business serves as your comprehensive manual to establish a successful home cleaning service.