Agora International eBooks Presents "Confessions of a Cake Addict"

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 30, 2009 – Agora International eBooks is proud to announce the July 31, 2009 digital release of “Confessions of a Cake Addict” by Emma Kaufmann.
Londoner Kate Pickles has a problem with cake.  Every time she feels down she reaches for the nearest chocolate eclair, until soon she is piling on the pounds.  But her life is turned upside down when, on a trip to Vienna with her glamorous pal, Eva, Kate loses her heart to a sexy Austrian - and loses the pounds in the process.
Emma Kaufmann was born in London, England. She has an Austrian mother and a British father, making her an Austrish. A chance meeting with Mr Right had her hopping the pond Stateside, where she spawned two kids and started her blog, www.mommyhasaheadache.blogspot.com. She has visited Vienna on numerous occasions and loves its stunning architecture and yummy cakes. The inspiration for “Confessions”  came from actually watching a Bollywood movie being filmed in Vienna, which set her imagination in gear to create this tale of a plump girl who conquers her fears and her dependence on cake. Emma currently lives in Baltimore and loves to receive

emails. She can be contacted at emmakcontact@yahoo.com.
“Confessions of a Cake Addict” is available for $5.00 at http://internationalagora.com.

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Outskirts Press announces Beginning to Grow: Five Studies from New York, NY author Sylvia Brody.

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 29, 2009 – Denver, CO and New York, NY - Outskirts Press, Inc. has published  Beginning to Grow: Five Studies  by Sylvia Brody, which is the author's most recent book to date. The 6.14 x 9.21 Paperback in the Psychology/ General category is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble for a suggested retail price of $27.50. The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/sylviabrody was launched simultaneously with the book's publication.

    

About the Book (Excerpts & Info)
“Freud reminded us that theory was good but did not prevent reality from happening. Sylvia Brody once more advances analytic understanding by maintaining relentless discipline in studying lives as they actually unfold. This new rich and readable account of several lives studied across decades exposes and explores essential aspects of mental functioning now too often neglected.”
—Warren S. Poland, M.D.


“With clarity, and drawing on observational evidence, Brody brings mother-infant interaction and its impact on subsequent development to the center stage of psychoanalytic theory.”
—Peter Blos, Jr., M.D.


“This is a book not to be missed by anyone who works with children. It provides an incisive history of infancy research and a longitudinal study of development from birth to age 18.”
—Arlene Kramer Richards, Ed.D


Deftly constructed at 258 pages, Beginning to Grow: Five Studies is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the Psychology/ General category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, Beginning to Grow: Five Studies meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $27.50.
Additionally, Beginning to Grow: Five Studies can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press wholesale online bookstore at www.outskirtspress.com/buybooks
ISBN: 9780615305813    Format: 6.14 x 9.21 Paperback    SRP: $27.50
For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/sylviabrody
About the Author
Sylvia Brody, Ph.D., a distinguished psychoanalyst and developmental researcher, came to prominence with her books documenting her observational, clinical, and theoretical studies on maternal behavior and child development. Among her contributions are Patterns of Mothering (1956), Anxiety and Ego Formation in Infancy (1970), Mothers, Fathers, and Children: Explorations in the Formation of Character in the First Seven Years (1978), and Evolution of Character (1992), a follow-up study of the sample at eighteen years, as well as some thirty papers about infancy and early childhood. This body of work has served to demonstrate vividly the significance of the child’s earliest experiences on their emerging character structure and ego and superego functioning. In 2002, Dr. Brody published The Development of Anorexia Nervosa; and in 2007 a revised edition of the same book was released.
About Outskirts Press, Inc.
Outskirts Press offers full-service, custom self-publishing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press, Inc. represents the future of book publishing, today.

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Self Published Author Lays Out New Rules to Improve Customer Service in Xlibris Release

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 29, 2009 – Customer service is a very important aspect when running a business. Your customers are the lifeblood of your enterprise and how you deal with them can speak for you and your company. It is impossible for an establishment to succeed if it fails to meet customer expectations. You have to keep them satisfied in order to earn their trust and attract new ones as well.
With cutthroat competition and ever-changing demands in the service industry, businesses and organizations should strive for and consistently uphold customer service excellence in order to ensure their success and survival.
Author Sophia Brooks presents fresh, new and surefire ways to achieving customer satisfaction in the self-published book, Customer Service New Rules. This book provides step-by-step ways for businesses, organizations and individuals to earn customer loyalty and attract new ones as well.
Customer Service New Rules also puts emphasis on employees, as they play a huge role in defining the quality of your business’s customer service. This Xlibris release gives employers the heads-up on how to hire the right people; how your people should deal with customers; how to deal with your people and how to motivate into becoming efficient and effective people at work.
Earning a reputation for service excellence is never easy, and achieving business success is never a walk in the park either. Customer Service New Rules hopes to help you achieve your business and organizational goals. How you keep up and commit to it depends on you, of course.


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THE POWER AND MIRACLE OF PRAYER: Jesus Teaches About Praying: Humility & Repentance (Luke 18: 9-14)

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 27, 2009 – www.freedomjournalpress.com

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In the name of God Master, of the Universe, Ruler of the earth
Editors Note: I pray not for self but for all of humankind as I call out the name of self as a willing and humble servant. In an earnest and humble posture we seek repentance from sin for this is the way to Peace and Paradise.


Greetings Brethren,
Peace be unto you. To the Church and believing Christians everywhere. To those that believe in the Bible as the supreme authority that governs all of humankind. In this we give thanks to God the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit that leads and guides us the straightway.
As we continue in the 18th Division of Luke we now note the parable by Jesus of the two men who prayed. These men came to prayer in repentance and humility. Meanwhile some have come to prayer with a pompous attitude that is not pleasing to God.
Luke 18: 9: “And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:”

These people “trusted in themselves” because they considered themselves to be righteous as they boasted about their great deeds. Meanwhile they came to despise others who could not boast of the great things they had done.  Now follow us over to Romans for an additional scripture reference on this point.
Romans 14: 10: In this Chapter the Apostle Paul teaches the brethren about weak and strong believers. Strong believers do not boast and put down other believers nor do they come with malice toward the nonbelievers. However we hate sin. “But why dost thou judge thou brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we all shall stand before the judgment seat of Christ.”
10: “Two men went up in the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.”

The two men although of different perspectives were both acting normal as they went into the temple to pray. (See Isaiah 56:7 and Matthew 21: 13 for more on this thought).
11: “The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.”(The outward actions of the Jews are noted at Isaiah 58: 2 also see Matthew 6: 5).  Now follow us to Revelation for a powerful scripture reference on the main points in verse 11.
Revelation 3: 17: Here John writes about the church that was lukewarm. “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:”

John the writer here in this verse attempts to show us just how much a church can become deceived about its real condition. This can also happen to an individual. Temporal things are just temporary. Meanwhile we see that often material possessions can mis-lead the church or an individual into thinking they are independent or self-sufficient. There is nothing wrong with independence and doing for self. However when one thinks they don’t need God and Christ there is a problem.
12: “I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.”

Verses 11 and 12 reveal the prayer of the Pharisee. Here he did not include a single request from God. Even if his claims were true his prayer is still not acceptable to God. Because he only boasts about his great deeds. Prayer is not the place for boasting. It is written that God already knows of all of our deeds. Thus we need not remind God of these things. But making requests in faith are honorable in prayer.
13: “And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.” (Also see Psalms 40: 12 also see Acts 3:1 where we see a further indication of the many people in the temple during the hour of prayer).

Meanwhile the publican in modesty stood away from the crowd. He realizes the feelings the Pharisees had for his people. However he classed himself with the sinners and prayed for mercy.


14: “I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for everyone that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.” (Also see James 4: 6 and I Peter 5: 5-6).

Those that are justified humble themselves to God. Therefore if the publican was not justified no one in the verse was exalted. Follow us over to Job for an additional thought on those that humble themselves before the Lord.
Job 22: 29: “When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.”

The acknowledgement of sins in verses 24-30  renders a blessing from God. We thus are taught to confess our sins in prayer and remain humble in prayer thus pleasing God.
At Matthew 23: 12 we see another scripture that relates to our discussion. We also note that a similar scriptural passage is found at Luke 14: 11. “And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.”

Those that strive for humility and to serve others as we come this way  realize that service and  work for the Lord is honorable. Meanwhile those that strive and desire the things of the world will be brought down by the Lord. Thus those that humble themselves will get a blessing. We look to God in adoration and supplication confessing our sins in reverence and in faith.

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Outskirts Press announces All My Friends Have Dark Brown Eyes from IL author D.J. Berrien.

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 26, 2009 – Denver, CO and Calumet City, IL - Outskirts Press, Inc. has published  All My Friends Have Dark Brown Eyes  by D.J. Berrien, which is the author's most recent book to date. The 6 x 9 Paperback cream in the Fiction category is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble for a suggested retail price of $19.95. The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/djberrien was launched simultaneously with the book's publication.

    

About the Book (Excerpts & Info)
Fourteen-year-old Daisy Mae Herman has never known life outside her impoverished inner city Chicago neighborhood. Kalyn McKenzie is a sheltered only child in the middle class, mostly white part of town known as Westlake. Now, these two diametrically opposed worlds will intersect when the Herman family moves into the neighborhood where blacks are still a rarity—and cause for alarm.
Frank, compassionate and inspiring, All My Friends Have Dark Brown Eyes examines a shifting American racial landscape and the lives of those caught up in it. For Daisy, leaving her Chicago ghetto means turning her back on a comfortable cocoon—even if it’s defined by a lack of opportunities—for an alien world where she is daily reminded of her outsider status. Meanwhile, Kalyn’s seemingly ideal upbringing belies a way of life that’s eternally fearful of the unknown, as she is urged to avoid any contact with her new neighbor. Then a crisis erupts, putting something else ahead of stereotypes: survival.
As Daisy and Kalyn navigate the racial divide that separates them, their lives will intertwine in unexpected ways, leading to explosive events that rock each family to the core. And neither is prepared for the end result…
Deftly constructed at 319 pages, All My Friends Have Dark Brown Eyes is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the Fiction category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, All My Friends Have Dark Brown Eyes meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $19.95.
Additionally, All My Friends Have Dark Brown Eyes can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press wholesale online bookstore at www.outskirtspress.com/buybooks
ISBN: 9781432712228    Format: 6 x 9 Paperback cream    SRP: $19.95
For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/djberrien
About the Author
D.J. Berrien is a 1982 graduate of Illinois State University. She studied creative writing at Columbia College Chicago, where her short story was selected for publication in Hair Trigger 20, an award-winning anthology. She lives with her husband and two children in Lynwood, Illinois.
About Outskirts Press, Inc.
Outskirts Press offers full-service, custom self-publishing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press, Inc. represents the future of book publishing, today.

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Outskirts Press announces Holy Gatherings from authors Michael Sharp and Argile Smith.

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 25, 2009 – Denver, CO and Kennesaw, GA - Outskirts Press, Inc. has published  Holy Gatherings: A Leader's Guide for Engaging the Congregation in Corporate Worship  by Michael Sharp and Argile Smith, which is the author's most recent book to date. The 6.14 x 9.21 Paperback in the Christian - Modern Worship category is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble for a suggested retail price of $15.95. The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/holygatherings was launched simultaneously with the book's publication.

    

About the Book (Excerpts & Info)
From Dr. Jon Duncan, Music and Worship Specialist, Georgia Baptist Convention, Atlanta, Georgia:
Holy Gatherings is an effective worship education tool that should be on the shelf of every serious worship planner-leader.  There are plenty of theological and theoretical discourses on the subject of worship. This work stands apart as it not only deals effectively with the “why” of worship; it serves well as a “how to” field manual that never erodes biblical footing. The result is a relevant work which will strengthen and deepen worship engagement among God’s people.
From Ron Willoughby, Lecturer in Contemporary Christian Studies, Cliff College, University of Manchester, UK:
Finally! A clear, accessible primer on worship leadership. This book rescues worship leadership from the trap of performance-based crowd pleasing and the clutches of sterile worship models. Do yourself a favor: buy this book. Read it. Highlight it. Put it into practice.
From Dirce Cooper, International Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention,Worship Leadership Training, CUBA:
Beginning with a solid foundation of a biblical understanding of worship, the authors offer practical steps to the designing and leading of corporate worship. Throughout the pathway, probing questions engage the reader in the pursuit of transformative worship. The combined experiences and distinct perspectives of a skillful musician/worship leader and a seasoned theologian/pastor have resulted in a treasure of insights that will serve worship teams as well as serious worship students around the world.
From Graham Smith, Director of the Church Music Department, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board:
What a blessing to have Dr. Argile Smith and Dr. Michael Sharp combine their many gifts from our Lord, which blest by the Holy Spirit, give such synergy to this much needed book on the highest priority of the human spirit---the worship of our Creator-God! We have needed such a defining book among worshippers and worship leaders for some time. Here, by the grace of God, is a gift from Him to us through these two worshippers and worship leaders!
From Will McRaney, Ph.D, Director of Evangelism Strategy, Florida Baptist Convention:
As scholars, practitioners, and local churchmen, Argile Smith and Michael Sharp have served us well by providing a great resource to help us worship God and lead others to worship God in both spirit and truth. You will be both inspired and informed by the work of their vast collective experience.
Deftly constructed at 147 pages, Holy Gatherings: A Leader's Guide for Engaging the Congregation in Corporate Worship is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the Christian - Modern Worship category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, Holy Gatherings meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $15.95.
Additionally, Holy Gatherings can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press wholesale online bookstore at www.outskirtspress.com/buybooks
ISBN: 9781432740740    Format: 6.14 x 9.21 Paperback    SRP: $15.95
For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/holygatherings
About the Authors:
Michael Sharp is Professor of Worship Studies in the Division of Church Music of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He received his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University. Both in the seminary classroom and in conferences throughout the U.S., his teaching focuses on the theology and history of worship as well as practical leadership training in planning and leading corporate worship. Active in local church ministry, Michael has served as a Worship Pastor in churches throughout the Southeast United States. He and his wife Leanne also served for a number of years as music missionaries to Venezuela. The parents of three young adults, they currently reside in Kennesaw, Georgia. His devotional series “52 worshipers” can be accessed on his website: www.worshipconneXion.com
Argile Smith is senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Biloxi, MS. He received his Ph.D. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Upon completion of his doctoral degree, he served as a pastor for fifteen years before returning to the seminary as a professor of preaching. While on the seminary faculty, he occupied the J. D. Grey Chair of Preaching and was invited to chair the Division of Pastoral Ministries. In addition, he also served area churches as interim pastor and developed an extensive writing ministry. He was elected to serve as president of the 2009 Mississippi Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference, and he also directs the Center for Encouraging Pastors, accessible at www.encouragingpastors.com. He and his wife, Connie, have three grown sons.
About Outskirts Press, Inc.
Outskirts Press offers full-service, custom self-publishing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press, Inc. represents the future of book publishing, today.


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A Vivid Horizon: I Wish Upon Land & Mountains

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 21, 2009 – www.freeedomjounralpress.com

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My Beloved Brethren Peace be unto you. We still come with a report on the blind that run amuck throughout the land and country. We thank Almighty God the miracle worker who allows us to see across the room. We also see things deep near and far in the forest. We can also see many lands from the mountain top. However all can witness the miracle of sight if they might.(21 July 2009)


The speaker had become accustomed

to those that cast dark, grey ugly

shadows and wicked, tainted arrows

upon and against things they had not

concluded, confirmed are believed was

true.
A battle hardened solider found joy

in his agony, pain and times of weary

was a fact of the sojourn as his time

here ain’t long.
These feelings were no doubt to some the reflections

of a dream. However the dreamer knew

that these vivid dreams would come true.
Just what was dreamscape? There was

also dream world and dreamland. However

he escaped from nothing as man cast all

things to the dogs as they crucified everything

in sight.
Meanwhile there were undaunted visions

as the visionary souls prepared for the great

homegoing.
They saw the great times of old transcending

into the present as nothing was new. The future

then logically also made the transition.

The wise saw this great Triune. However the

foolish only saw today.

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