For most families, loved ones and close friends, the decision to place someone in a nursing home can be a very traumatic experience largely due to the guilt many people feel about leaving their special person in a facility, no matter how nice the nursing home may seem. This book explains that their fears are not unfounded because unless a nursing home is a culture change facility, it is not a nice place to live.

In 1969, when Tony Carr was in the fourth grade, he was taken from his mixed-race school and transferred to a different, predominantly-white school. He didn't realize it at the time, but he was on the front lines of a historic event, an entire generation taking the first faltering steps in the nation's march toward racial equality. Since that time, society has made strides toward integration and coexistence. Programs were created to give minorities equal access to education and jobs. African-Americans began playing major roles in national politics, sports, and entertainment; television programs began to show interracial dating and black people in powerful positions. Much has changed since 1969. But, as Carr has experienced firsthand, many things have not changed, and our national journey toward equality and acceptance is far from over. Carr has lived to witness his father respond submissively to a verbally abusive young white man in front of his family-and he lived to learn his father's reasons for doing so when he was in a similar situation with his family, understanding then that the safety of his loved ones was worth any price. Through his black memorabilia collections, classes, and community involvement, Carr has discovered that what goes around comes around. Time Bring About a Change brings us the story of how one man has dedicated his life to raising awareness that color is, truly, just a color, and that the true worth of a person is found in the respect, love, and caring that person shows to all around. "Things may not happen when you want them to, but through God they always happen on time." - T o n y ' s M other

The Logical Magic of Change is a common-sense guide to heartfelt and realistic positive thinking, with a focus on how to safely use the power of the mind to achieve and accomplish both on the inside and the outside. Based on decades of firsthand experience it covers the nitty gritty of inner change, and dispels common myths, such as that sickness and suffering is the result of 'wrong' thinking and can be fixed by 'right' thinking. Author Valerie Thompson, now a grandmother, who comes from dysfunctional and humble roots, formally studied New Thought/Positive Thinking in the 80s, and her life story is in the National Sound Archives of Great Britain on account of business achievements. She is also author of Mastering The Euromarkets.

HAVE YOU EVER noticed how pleased people are when you ask a good question? They even exclaim 'Good Question!' in acknowledgement. This book, which bringstogether some of the favourite questions used by 28 of the sharpest minds inbusiness and personal de

Just as the fabled Icarus of Greek mythology was able to fly so high, so close to the sun, that his wax wings melted and he plunged into the sea, this same paradox can apply to outstanding companies - their very success seduces them into the excesses that cause their downfall. "The Icarus Paradox" is a breathtaking account of what creates stellar business success, and at the same time, sows the seeds of corporate failure. After researching over 200 companies, Miller discovered that success imperils an organization through the momentum it creates and he has coined a new language to describe the rise and fall of major corporations. Craftsmen such as Ford and Texas Instruments have become concerned only with the products they have created, totally oblivious to the markets they have lost. Pioneers such as Wang and Apple have become escapists, so caught up in searching for breakthroughs that they create often brilliant yet commercially useless products.

Despite severe diabetes, Russell Ogg was a successful photographer who traveled worldwide with his wife, journalist Norma Lee Browning. He's always been able to cope with anything, but when diabetes began to rob him of his sight, "it was like a violinist losing his fingers."When Norma Lee saw him sitting day after day on the patio of their home in Palm Springs, slumped in despair, his sightless eyes fixed on nothing, she too became depressed. But a miracle was about to happen.Then suddenly a red hummingbird appeared that changed their lives.Norma Lee frankly describes her doubts and the errors she made in identifying the birds her husband tried to photograph. She also concludes, from her close observation of the hummers, that "the experts" are wrong on many counts.But the miracle that provides the heart-warming conclusion to this unusual story involves Russell Ogg's eyesight. His sight improved. His eye doctor said he saw better than it was possible for him to see. "There is no way to explain medically how he does it ... his photographs tell us something about the magnificence of man."His inspiring story is a testament to human courage and hope.

"Prayer Energy" is the spiritual seeker's guide to personal fulfilment through prayer. Exploring a wealth of traditions and step-by-step techniques, from reaching relaxed states conducive to prayer to asking precisely for what you need, this book reveals how prayer is a powerful way to transform states of mind and ways of living. The book begins with an extensive explanation of how and why prayer works with practical exercises. The second section presents 30 inspiring, uplifting prayers from the world's many cultures and faiths. Arranged in themed chapters, you will find prayers for peace, safe return, love, healing, reconciliation and many more. Some of these prayers may be familiar, others, new to you; but all express the hopes and fears that we share as human beings. Lavishly illustrated throughout with photographs and commissioned artworks, "Prayer Energy" will help to enhance your life and that of those around you.