When Leigh Perkins bought the Orvis Company in 1965, the fly-fishing and bird-hunting outfitter was a sleepy business with annual sales that had leveled off at $500,000. Over the next thirty years Perkins built Orvis's annual sales to $100 million by revolutionizing the catalog retail industry and reshaping the company's tradition-bound culture. He achieved this by blending his love of nature with his business acumen and bringing the commonsense approach he learned in the streams and on his hunts to his boardroom decision making. The basic principles he used to run his business include: The Customer Is Always Right. . . Even When You Know Damned Well He's Wrong: Perkins put such a high priority on customer service that he would personally man the phones at the height of the holiday season each year to keep in touch with his customers. Product Excellence: Perkins made sure that everything Orvis sold was of the highest quality--even if that meant he had to fight the US government to get access to embargoed Chinese bamboo for fly rods. Empower Your Employees: By promoting from within, and by empowering his employees to solve problems without manager involvement, Perkins built a loyal and talented team. Living the outdoor life his catalog popularized, Perkins traveled all over the world to fish and hunt, from Argentina to New Zealand, while devoting his resources to conservation causes worldwide.

The Un-Rested Soul of Mrs. Allison, is a short story, a true story about a haunting that took place in the early 1980's. Terrorized by an unseen force, one that would soon veer its ugly head and let it's presence be known to all. Nene, was the first to notice the strange occurrences, but couldn't find the words to tell her parents. She felt that no one would believe her, if she spoke a word about it. Her black cat Misty would become her protector. Misty wasn't always around, and when she wasn't, the terror became heightened.

Men who do they think they are, is a helpful guide for all women who seek advice about men. A guide to help understand how they think and feel when it comes to relationships. It will leave you with a better understanding of different types of men who may enter your life. It will give you the heighten sense of knowledge, on what to look for in men. There are scenarios, from women who have encountered broken relationships, and how they each handled the situation dealing with men and their misconstrued ways.

The Man Cave touches on several relationship types. Sometimes men don't understand a woman's struggle, and how hard it is to attempt to keep them happy in the relationship. This guide can give women the insight and advise on how to keep the relationship on track. This book is very informative and humorous at times.

Maggie Finch was born and raised in Tupelo Mississippi. Her mother Maureen and her grandmother Perl raised her with respect. At only nine years old, with a tough girl attitude and thick southern accent, she knew how to stand her own. Her stepfather would be the first one to feel her wrath, when he touches her in ways a father shouldn't. As she grows into a teen, she becomes a problem and a force to be reckoned with in the small town of Tupelo.

Emily is beautiful, successful, happily married...and naive. Her down to earth, easy going attitude blindsides her, from deceit and deception that's unfolding right before her eyes. Her husband Seth is her weakness...one that will soon diminish. An encounter with a guy name Jake mystifies her, in more ways than she will ever know. Causing a chain of events that will change her life forever..."