Daphne Cavin’s poignant story of love, loss and sacrifice was one of the most memorable I encountered in writing The Greatest Generation. Her daughter now completes the story with this very heartfelt book. - Tom Brokaw

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When You Come Home, by Nancy Pitts

The war claimed Daphne Kelley’s young husband’s life, but it couldn’t keep Raymond – and his abiding love – from being with her when she needed him most.

First glimpsed in Tom Brokaw’s landmark bestseller, The Greatest Generation, the true-life love story of Daphne and Raymond Kelley went far deeper than Brokaw’s feature could reveal. Now When You Come Home provides the complete account of what New York Times book reviewer Michael Lind cited as “perhaps the most compelling” love story in Brokaw’s book.

Taking its title from a poem newlywed Daphne sent her soldier husband during World War II, When You Come Home tells of their young love in the heartland at the brink of war, and of the crushing uncertainty and fear as they find themselves a world apart. And when the poem comes back to Daphne – blood-stained by Raymond’s mortal wounds – When You Come Home shares the extraordinary event that restores the grieving young widow’s faith in the transcendent power of love.

Endorsements:

Daphne Cavin’s story is perhaps the most memorable of all the stories I’ve been privileged to tell in my newspaper career. Daphne shared her memories and her scrapbook documenting her brief marriage to a soldier who was killed in action in southern France in 1944. I wrote her story in February 1998, and it took on a life of its own when Tom Brokaw’s researchers discovered it and included it in the best-selling book, The Greatest Generation. Brokaw put Daphne on the NBC Nightly News several times and she became a symbol of the sacrifices made by war widows. Her daughter Nancy Cavin Pitts has done a wonderful job of fleshing out Daphne’s poignant story in When You Come Home. It makes this war widow’s story come alive in rich detail in ways that newspapers and television never could. Mrs. Pitts has given us the definitive portrait of a World War II war bride whose love was lost in the defense of freedom. – John Flora 

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Transformed: Inspiring Stories of Freedom, by Anita Estes

A transformed life is the greatest need of the world today. With all the brokenness and pain in people’s lives, a transformed life provides hope and healing and the evidence that total change is possible. After three years of using drugs, my life was devastated. They had to give me shock treatment therapy and tie me in a strait jacket. Satan was not just a theoretical concept but had total control of my life. Demons not only controlled me, but they were using me to hurt other people. I was not only using but also selling marijuana, opium, hashish, cocaine, heroin, LSD, and pills of every kind. My life was totally self-centered.

The saddest thing about the drugs was that it was destroying every relationship in my life. I became cynical of my parents, my brother, my sister, my girlfriend, my teachers, and friends. I didn’t trust anyone. It was at this time that I heard John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” That moment I put my trust in Jesus Christ and God to forgive me and to save me from all my sin. I began to read the Bible and saturate my thoughts with the Word of God. This was the key that began to transform my life. The Holy Spirit of God used the Holy Word of God to transform me into the image of the Holy Son of God. My philosophy of life was being transformed as God explains in Romans:

I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect (Romans 12:2).

We are beggars who found bread. We want to tell other beggars where to find it. That’s why we share these stories of transformation. That’s why I began Transformation Life Center twenty-five years ago. We found the bread of life—Jesus Christ and want to share it with others who are hungry. We sat at the feet of Jesus and like the demoniac in Luke 8 we were transformed. Spiritually, physically, mentally, domestically, and socially we were transformed. Now we are telling others what great things Jesus did for us.

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The Christian’s Guide To College Admissions: Senior Edition, by Glenda Durano
August 1, 2011

College planning should be a time of excitement and expectation, not fear and frenzy! The Christian’s Guide to College Admissions (Senior Edition) is a faith-based, weekly, what-to-do-when guide for the final year of the college application process. By breaking college planning into manageable, weekly assignments such as developing college criteria, planning university visits, and brainstorming for essays, students gain control over this often overwhelming yet necessary responsibility. Not only does the book instruct students what to do when, it also provides specific directions about how to do the job. This book is unique because each week, students also work through a corresponding devotional in order to focus on God during this stressful time. For example, if the week’s lesson concerns standardized testing, the devotional may be about the tests God allows in our lives. Created to be used within the constraints of a college application timeline, the book is best utilized when started in June prior to the student’s senior year, but it can be accelerated in order benefit any student in the final phases of college planning.

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The Christian’s Guide To College Admissions: Junior Edition, by Glenda Durano
August 15, 2011

Don’t be overwhelmed by college planning. Overcome it! The junior year is the most critical year in the college admissions process. In an easy week-by-week,what–to-do-when format, The Christians Guide to College Admissions (Junior Edition) takes students through the processes and pitfalls of college planning. Through weekly assignments, students manage the practical tasks of college admissions and gain valuable insights about standardized testing, college identification, financial aid, and much more. Most importantly, however, with devotions that correspond to the week’s task, students discover how they can glorify God in the college planning process by focusing on Him and allowing Him to lead the way.

Glenda Durano - Albuquerque
Glenda is a member of the Independent Education Consultants of America and the Higher Education Consultants of America, Glenda’s professional background is in marketing, management, education, and communication. Her younger daughter attends a private university on full scholarship and is in an honors nursing program. Glenda’s older daughter graduated Summa Cum Laude in May 2010 and, after completing research as a Fulbright Scholar, began working as an international broadcast correspondent in southeast Asia.

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Making Ends Meet: How to Survive as a Starving Artist, by Barbara Mang Kois
30 pages

Do you find more month at the end of your money? Have you prayed, clipped coupons and saved, only to find yourself sinking under a weight of worry and debt as you write that “big book?” Making Ends Meet: How to Survive as a Starving Artist | 7  Ways Writers Can Find More Money at the End of the Month offers proven tips for improving your income, outflow, and resources.

This book provides a straightforward approach to developing new sources of income for yourself and your family as you pursue your dreams. Read how to “Find Your Financial Feet” with “Simple Budgeting Gems” – How the “Proverbs 31 Woman” is the “Gold Standard” for “Lifelong Learning” and what it means to put “Family First,” the importance of planning “Party Time!,” and why “Becoming the Boss” could be the best move you ever make. (As a special bonus we’ve also included a special section called: “More ideas for Increasing your Income,” PLUS, links and descriptions to websites that NEED–No, are begging!– for freelance writers!)

As a single mom who started learning about money after her divorce, Barbara Mang Kois shares lessons learned during her quest to earn money and provide for her family during tough economic times. Barbara will help you stand on your financial feet and find secure footing by making sometimes subtle, other times radical, changes to your budgeting priorities.

Barbara Mang Kois is a freelance writer, editor, author coach and corporate communication consultant. She has written or co-written five books, including Help Wanted for Busy Moms (Harvest House), Life According to Jesus with Jack Graham, and Starved for Affection and The Power of One Thing to Change your Life with Randy Carlson (Tyndale). She has written for Moody magazine, Today’s Christian Woman, Nursing Spectrum and Psychology for Living, as well as writing more than 500 articles published by the Chicago Tribune.

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Tip the Scales in Your Favor: 10 Things You Can Do To Lose Weight and Maintain A Healthy Diet, by John Riddle

It is no secret that most people want to eat healthy and live a healthier lifestyle. Unfortunately, those two goals seem “out of reach” for the majority of us.Why is it so difficult for us to find the time to eat healthy meals? Why is it so difficult for us to find the time to exercise and reach that goal of “living a healthier lifestyle?”Here are some of the common excuses people use for not eating healthy:

“It costs too much money”
“I don’t have the time”
“I am afraid I won’t like healthy foods”
“It is easier to stop and pick up fast food on the way home from work”
“I really want to, but I keep procrastinating”

And the list goes on and on! Want to take control of your body? Begin today to tip the scales in your favor.