Being gay and being in the Army was a never-ending struggle for me. Nothing, and no one was safe, and being on guard continuously for almost ten years left indelible scars. In spite of everything, being a veteran is my proudest identification.' Sidney K. Lebhart says of her upfront memoir Sergeant Sappho, 'I am a lesbian who served in the U.S. Army from 1969 until 1979. This is the story of my career, starting with the trials of basic training. It tells of the places I was stationed, how I became a drill sergeant, and features my loves and losses …

Whoever you are, whatever you do, I wager that you are a service provider. To maximise your service, it is necessary to draw your attention to strategies that can lift your performance and productivity. This book covers the essentials of error mitigation and how to grow, preserve, and package your brand. It provides solutions for recovering from service failure and establishing sound business ethics. It also outlines strategies for rewarding performance, getting feedback, and communicating your message to an audience. Finally, the book treats you to how you can manage success for continuous growth. There is something fresh for everyone. …

God Always responds when we allow ourselves to listen. The willingness to listen is the key talent Judith Beals demonstrates in Messages from God and the Ascended Masters. "Listening" turned into pages and pages of messages clearly meant to enlighten, instruct, and inspire not just the \"messenger\" but you, the reader, who will be encouraged and uplifted by learning that God is merely a heartbeat away. In these loving words given by God, Jesus and other Ascended Masters, the reader will find provocative insights from practical everyday lessons urging understanding that God is real, always loving, and wistfully longing for …

Discover the winning secrets to peak performance in the National Bestselling and 2nd Edition book, Secrets of Winning Coaches Revealed. The first in a series of books, it imparts the collective wisdom of Australia?s finest coaches using their personal stories and insights. The book is aimed at athletes, sports parents, teachers, coaches and business leaders and focuses specifically on key personal and developmental insights which aim to fast track a young athlete to individual excellence not only in their sport but in life. Some of the coaches featured include: Wayne Bennett (rugby league), Norma Plummer (netball), Lindsay Gaze (basketball), Frank …

Allow your imagination to run wild into times long forgotten and stories well known. Follow along with the many lives of our heroine, an angel who was created to be the gift of love. This collection of surprisingly erotic stories traverses through 10 separate tales of our heroine’s infinitely long existence and will take you all the way from the far-reaching past to present day. The many adventures she takes us on are miraculous, dangerous, and so very painful, but the power of love prevails despite the turmoil that can make up life. This is an epic novel of romance, …

The extensive consumption of high calorie yielding sugar containing foods and drinks is causing a huge amount of illness in America. This is a potential threat to our culture and can be compared to the effects of chronic lead poisoning that contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire. Lead, leaching out of the glaze used in their wine containers caused multiple symptoms. Though their cause was recognized and reported by one or two individuals, their warnings were ignored. Lead caused the wine to have a sweet taste, thus making it more desirable and increasing its poisonous effects. Sugar, when …

Everyone has had the frustrating experience of putting something down and then forgetting where. Although there are many factors that contribute to the ability to remember, it’s a simple fact that some people are better at remembering than others. Outside influences like stress, hormone problems, or even the side effects of medications can make people absentminded and forgetful. But what if your memory is simply getting progressively worse? Are you frequently embarrassed at not being able to remember someone’s name? Have you ever driven away from a petrol station and genuinely forgotten to pay? Are these episodes of memory loss …

A tragic accident at the hospital triggered something inside to heighten my senses of reality, giving me the ability to hear and see words in my head. There were times that my mind was consumed with so many words that I couldn’t even think. For a time it was constant, until I began to write them down. I wrote so much that I was filling up notebooks and starting new ones on a daily basis. I began to read them and realized that each one was telling a story, each one written was such a big part of me and …

Marcus Aurelius, one of the greatest Roman emperors, is remembered less for his military exploits than for his private reflections. His Meditations, as they became known, have been a major influence on Western thought and behaviour down through the centuries, proving that the pen is mightier than the sword. Seeking an alternative to faith-based religion, Alan Stedall came across the book and found rational answers to questions about the meaning and purpose of life that had been troubling him. Here too were answers to his concern that in the absence of moral beliefs based on religion, we risk creating a …