Mimi: 347 books

Mimi Pockross, wife and mother of two young boys, is newly entrenched in her adopted city of Denver. Feeling very isolated with no real friends and few contacts, she decides to open a southwestern arts and crafts gallery. At the same time that she is pursuing her quest to turn her gallery into gold,...

A crazy collection of “odd but true” tales. Some of them deal with the paranormal, while others recount curious events from history. Some are scary, and some may make you laugh. All are good reading and full of food for thought. Volume One includes the stories: “An Odd Experience at Cape Cod”…...

A new crazy collection from the “Odd True Tales” series. Some of the narratives deal with the paranormal (ghosts, angels, and more), while others tell of curious events from history. All are good reading and full of food for thought. Volume Two includes the tales: “High Planes Drifters”… “Call Me Angel”… “Blessing In Disguise”… and “The Female Paul Revere”…

Your "one sentence" is that irreducible part of your message that you want your audience to remember. A good sentence stops people in their tracks. It surprises them. It makes them think. And in today's age of information overload and short attention spans, getting your point across is more...

What does the transformation to a visitor-centered approach do for a museum? How are museums made relevant to a broad range of visitors of varying ages, identities, and social classes? Does appealing to a larger audience force museums to "dumb down" their work? What internal changes are...

The fourth installment of the “Odd True Tales” series – quirky and quick reading – an offbeat collection of strange events & experiences drawn from history and the authors’ own lives. Volume 4 includes the stories: “Angel Voices”; “The Ballad of Belle Gunness”; “Mother Shipton’s Handkerchief”; “A Yuletide Tarot Tale”; and “Einstein Was Light…er, Right?”…

The fifth installment of the “Odd True Tales” series… This volume focuses exclusively on the Inquisition, and is not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach. It’s divided into four chapters: Profit & Pain, Cries in the Dark, A Miscellany of Madness, Letter from Hell…

The third installment of the popular “Odd True Tales” series… Some of the stories deal with the paranormal, while others relate curious events from history. Some are a bit grisly, and some may make you laugh. All are good reading and full of food for thought. Volume Three includes the tales:...

Suspenseful and fast-paced, this revamped short story will introduce you to crime in Las Vegas and to the people who fight that crime, Detective Aurora Morelli and Detective Kai Lawson. These are the same characters who star in the full-length sequel "Roll the Dice" and in the 6-books of...

In this day and age, most women are well aware that dieting (and the accompanying deprivation) is no way to lose weight. But you can't blame a girl for trying-after all, who doesn't want to be thinner, feel happier, and look fabulous? Who doesn't want to fit into her skinny jeans and feel like a million...

When the Soviet Union dissolved, so did the easy credit, cheap oil, and subsidies it had provided to Cuba. The bottom fell out of the Cuban economy, and many expected that Castro’s revolution—the one that had inspired the Left throughout Latin America and elsewhere—would soon be gone as well....

WEAVING MEDICAL NARRATIVE AND CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE, DR. MIMI GUARNERI EXPLORES THE FRONTIERS BEYOND THE PHYSICAL HEART. Every day, 2,600 Americans die of cardiovascular disease -- one person every thirty-three seconds. Ten times more women die of heart disease than breast cancer. Despite remarkable...

An associate justice on the renowned Warren Court whose landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education overturned racial segregation in schools and other public facilities, Tom C. Clark was a crusader for justice throughout his long legal career. Among many tributes Clark received, Supreme Court Chief...

Aromatherapy massage oils can be used for health care, beauty care, and weight loss. They can ease pain, fight infection, reduce stress, tone the body, and lift the spirits. They’re also very easy to make at home, and this book will help you get started. It contains plenty of recipes, tips for mixing and use, and includes a quick-reference Glossary of Essential Oils.