Pain Management Solutions ~ Book Blast with Giveaway

Pain Management Solutions
by Debra S. Cole

About the Author:
Debra S. Cole, MEd, LPC, is a psychotherapist and behavioral medical consultant.
Cole provides psychological support for patients whose lives have been interrupted
by chronic pain at her practice, Southwest Behavioral Healthcare, in Austin, Texas.

Book Spotlight:
Title: Pain Management Solutions
Author: Debra Cole
Publisher: iUniverse
Genre: Holistic Medicine
Pages: 134

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Pain is universal. This can be traced from the first toothache evidence in fossil remains of a human jawbone to today’s pharmacies packed with a huge spectrum of over-the-counter medications. Millions of people seek treatment for pain every year.
In Pain Management Solutions, author Debra S. Cole explores issues related to different types of pain and offers a visionary five-stage approach to pain management.

Cole provides a holistic process to help patients address pain issues due to injury or medical conditions. A comprehensive tool, Pain Management Solutions addresses
current pain treatments and considers the various stages of the process of dealingwith pain:

• The crisis stage of pain
• The fix-it stage
• The management stage
• The rebuilding stage
• The resolution stage

Presented in a complete and easy-to-understand manner, Cole offers strategies for coping with pain to help patients rebuild their lives. This guide provides hope and inspiration for anyone who struggles with both physical and emotional pain.

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For Country ~ Book Blast with Giveaway

For Country: My Little Bit Twenty-One Months of Service

by Donald Bartling

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Title: For Country
Genre: Military Memoir
Author: Donald G. Bartling
Publisher: Xlibris
Pages: 111
Language: English

A study of history shows us that a Nation is only as strong as the will of its citizens to fight for it. America has been tested many times over in its relatively short history. From the Revolutionary War on down to the present conflicts in the Middle East, the majority of the American citizens were willing to place their lives and futures in danger to preserve and build the future of this Nation. Even when the requirements of the military required the use of conscription in order to meet the needs of the day, most citizens were willing to shoulder their responsibilities and deliver the results that were of benefit to all Americans. Many times they have assured a future for this Nation by rising to the occasion. This is especially true today as the burden is falling on an entirely “volunteer force”.

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ABOUT DONALD BARTLING:
The author is farmer that took this time to serve in the US Army in 1951-52. He returned to his chosen occupation in October 1952.

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Mommy Couldn't Find Her Eyelashes ~ Book Blast with Giveaway

Mommy Couldn’t Find Her Eyelashes
by Mary Jane Fizer

About the Author:
Mary Jane Fizer earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Concord
College in Athens, West Virginia, and a master’s degree in elementary education
from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She spent the last forty years
of her teaching career in Prince William County Schools in Woodbridge, Virginia,
where she still resides today.


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Title: Mommy Couldn’t Find Her Eyelashes
Author: Mary Jane Fizer
Publisher: iUniverse
Genre: Biography/Memoir
Pages: 110

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No one knows how unpredictable first graders can be better than a first-grade teacher. In Mommy Couldn’t Find Her Eyelashes, retired elementary educator Mary Jane Fizer shares excerpts from written papers and some of her favorite amusing and poignant conversations with her first-grade students, providing an unforgettable glimpse into the innocent, often uncensored minds and imaginations of children.

Fizer relies on more than forty years of experience in a classroom environment to offer a diverse compilation of funny sayings and heartfelt moments she experienced with her students. From the student who said he wanted to be both the President of the United States and a forklift operator to the boy who announced that he needed to see the nurse because he thought he had headlights, Fizer recalls the unpredictable moments of every day she spent in front of a classroom serving not only as a teacher, but also as a role model, stand-in mother, and a source of
information who had to somehow find a creative answer to every creative question.

Mommy Couldn’t Find Her Eyelashes is a delightful collection of quotes from children that encourages all of us to find the pure happiness in every day—even when we are all grown up.

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How Blue Are the Ridges ~ Book Blast with Giveaway

How Blue Are the Ridges
by Ken Ollis

About the Author:

Ken Ollis is a child of the Great Depression and of the Blue Ridge Mountains of
North Carolina. After traveling abroad, living over much of the United States,
and serving in the US Air Force, he returned there to build a life on Gingercake
Mountain with his wife, Jackie. They have two sons, three grandchildren, and three
great-grandchildren. He is also the author of Seasons of Poetry.

Book Spotlight:

Title: How Blue Are the Ridges
Author: Ken Ollis
Publisher: iUniverse
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Pages: 604

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In the midst of the Great Depression, the people of the Blue Ridge Mountains are as colorful and unforgettable as their home. Strong, intelligent, and kind, they are a force to be reckoned with. They are determined, unyielding, and tough when challenged, and they do what is needed to protect what is theirs. They live off the land and love their music, barn dances, and moonshine whiskey with equal passion.

Walter Stamey is a true Southern gentleman and a mountain man through and through. A veteran of World War I, he works hard to build an empire to provide a future for his family. During the Great Depression, Walter works his way into the moonshine business, and the Newbarn operation grows quickly. But Newbarn is too successful too soon. Now Walter has to contend with the Chicago Mafia, and everything he had worked to achieve is at risk. With the help of his son Jackson and a local detective, they work to protect their livelihood.

Millard Watson grew up dirt poor, knowing nothing but poverty. As an adult, he vows to break the bonds of his past to create a new future with Flora, the girl of his dreams. When Jackson offered him a chance to build that new life at Newbarn, Millard jumped at the opportunity. But is he truly willing to pay the price for his dreams?

Only time will tell how far everyone will go to defend what’s theirs.

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The Search ~ Book Blast with Giveaway

The Search
by Titia Ellis

About the Author:
Born in New York City, Titia Ellis was adopted and then raised outside of
Chicago. Trained as a psychologist, she maintained a family therapy practice for
many years. Titia and her husband, Bill, founded the All One Family Fund in 2008
to help children at risk. They live in Vermont and delight in visits with their three
children and nine grandchildren.


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Title: The Search
Author: Titia Ellis
Publisher: iUniverse
Genre: Relationship/Parenting
Pages: 232

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“A compelling story of an adopted woman’s search for her truth and a mother
lost, found, and lost again. The Search is a poignant memoir of the reality of an
adoptee’s life. I couldn’t put it down.”
JOE SOLL, LCSW, PSYCHOTHERAPIST, AUTHOR OF ADOPTION HEALING…A PATH TO RECOVERY

Titia Ellis remembers the exact moment her life changed forever. Her mother, still
in her dressing gown, sat in the chair opposite five-year-old Titia and her older
sister, twisting a handkerchief between her hands, while her father paced the floor
behind her. Titia’s stomach rolled over as her mother announced, “Daddy and I
want to tell you something important about when you were born.”

As soon as she learns the story of her birth parents’ untimely deaths and her
subsequent adoption, Titia realizes that her adoption is to be kept a secret—never
to be discussed again out of fear of upsetting her mother. Wanting to be loved and
to fit in, she obeys her parents’ wishes—until a mid-life crisis shatters her illusion
of being the perfect daughter, wife, and mother. As Titia chronicles her poignant
journey to find her birth mother, she details how she jeopardizes her relationship
with her adoptive parents and threatens the privacy of unsuspecting strangers—all
without any guarantee of a happy outcome.

When Titia embarks on her quest to find her birth family, she immerses herself
deep into her past, not knowing that what she discovers in the end will transform
her entire life.

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The Secret on the Island ~ Book Blast with Giveaway

The Secret on the Island

About the Author:
Dorcas Mladenka is a retired university professor who has spent a lifetime writing in personal journals, in workbooks for her students, and numerous unfinished collections of poetry and short stories. With retirement, she has finally completed her first novel. She currently lives in Texas.

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Title: The Secret on the Island
Author: Dorcas Mladenka
Publisher: iUniverse
Genre: Mystery/Suspense
Pages: 166

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As a research assistant for a Texas detective agency, Maggie Haslo has a knack for connecting the dots. She can see that the facts don’t add up in the suspicious death of her friend Mando. A history professor at the local university, Mando was killed in what the police are calling a drive-by shooting—but Maggie’s not buying it.

Before his death, Mando had invited Maggie to the diving site of a sunken Spanish galleon off the Gulf coast; when her friend, Sister Clare, asks her to come investigate suspicious circumstances at her convent on nearby Mustang Island, Maggie decides to combine trips. A few days later, a nun is murdered, and Maggie makes a shocking discovery: the deaths of Mando and the nun are related.

As she drives back and forth between the city and the island with her faithful German shepherd, Zoe, Maggie must put aside her sadness for the friends she has lost in order to be strong for friends that are still living. In the process, she meets more trouble than she could have imagined, but also a blue-eyed detective—who turns out to be trouble of different kind.

Maggie’s detective skills are about to be put to the ultimate test. Can she crack the case before another dead body shows up?

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Mister Spunky and His Friends ~ Review and Giveaway

Mister Spunky and His Friends
(Based roughly on a true story)
By Kelly Preston

Mister Spunky is a cute story that shares an important lesson.  When we take the time to reach out to someone who is hurting it can make the difference in their life.

When Mister Spunky decides to spend the day at the beach, his day turns out much differently than he expected.  Along the way to the beach he meets three different dogs who all have problems from being bullied, to feeling unloved, to having a special need.

The drawings will capture the attention of your children and the story will teach them a valuable lesson in caring about others.  Stories with dogs are always well received and Mister Spunky is no exception. With Christmas coming this is a perfect gift for your little early reader whether they are your child, grandchild, or a niece or nephew.

I was provided a copy of this book in conjunction with this Pump Up Your Book blog tour in exchange for my honest review.

About Mister Spunky and His Friends

Mister Spunky and His Friends is the creation of award winning author, Kelly Preston. She has
taken the story line from her book, Real Dogs Don't Whisper, placing it in a picture book format
for children to enjoy. Mister Spunky and His Friends is about the importance of love, friendship;
and, helping those with special needs. Follow Mister Spunky along his journey to the beach,
where he meets three new friends; teaching him important life lessons along the way. Parents,
if you enjoyed Real Dogs Don't Whisper, your children will enjoy this book for them. There are
several pages at the end of the story for coloring activities. Ages: 5+

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Mister Spunky and His Friends Book and Mouse Pad Giveaway  

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• This giveaway begins November 21 and ends November 29, 2013
• Winners will be contacted via email on Monday, December 1, 2013
• Winner has 48 hours to reply.
• Giveaway is open to U.S. only

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About Kelly Preston

Kelly Preston is, first and foremost, an animal lover. Raised on a ten-acre property in a small town in Pennsylvania, she grew up with horses, rabbits, and – of course – dogs. When she left home after college, she acquired Gizmo, an irresistible Lhasa Apso that started her on a journey full of joys and sorrows, hopes and tribulations, frustrations, endless lessons in patience, and above all else, love. All of this has come at the hands (more precisely the paws) of Gizmo,
Betty Boop, Buffy, Carla Mae, and the inimitable Mr. MaGoo.

Mr. MaGoois a nine-year-old Lhasa Apso and the book’s co-creator and co-writer. He is, in his own words, “the alpha and omega of all dogs – in the cutest and sparkiest, most fun-loving package ever.” Ignoring Kelly’s persistent eye-rolling, Mr. MaGoo has forged ahead with this project in an attempt to, as he puts it, “present the facts from a dog’s perspective. In other words, the correct, most accurate, most interesting, only-one-that-matters perspective,” to which he adds, simply, “Woof!”