Warner weaves a tale about ordinary people living amidst the extraordinary beauty of the storied National Lakeshore; about the not-so-good side of good people, and the good side of the not-so-good; about the young and the old, and how they become enmeshed in circumstances that conspire to destroy the beauty in their lives and the character of their personal histories.

A practical guide for volunteer secretaries of nonprofit organizations, with an emphasis on creating and maintaining a first class image, even with a third rate budget. Information includes how to form a nonprofit corporation and receive IRS recognition, governance and parliamentary best practices, fundraising, membership recruitment and retention, volunteer recruitment, and practical approaches to the development of low cost but highly effective desktop publishing and graphics arts capabilities.

Happiness and success in life depend on something nobody teaches you anything about - your mind. Most of the time brains just free-run, doing whatever they want with the inputs they receive, and taking us wherever they happen to drift, which often turns out to be places we would rather not be. Instead of letting an out-of-control brain be your master - a "monster" that constantly works against you - you can decide to take control, making your mind think rationally and constructively to provide a highly successful, abundantly happy and richly rewarding life.

Learn about the natural and human history of the Manitou Passage, from glacier to National Park! This small book offers a light, sometimes romantic, conspectus written in the conversational style of the popular broadcast series, "Alistair Cooke's America."