Discover the many forms and adornments of Purinton Pottery, an attractive hand-painted slip ware best known for its simple yet beautiful designs. More than 1100 color photographs chronicle the pottery from its early, primitive Peasant Ware stages after the company was founded in Wellsville, Ohio in 1936, to the ever-popular Apple and Pennsylvania Dutch patterns of the 1940s and '50s, with all known patterns and molds illustrated in chronological order. The company continued to manufacture pottery until 1959, producing a wide range of items from dinnerware and souvenir items to personalized...

As a mom, there's no escaping the deep-rooted need to keep your children on the right path. But what if one of your teenage kids thinks the path to happiness is through a sex change? And what if the other, while flailing around, trying to find his way, pops out five alternate personalities? Teenage suicide keeps creeping into your thoughts. Some parents face that risk once... but twice? How do you keep from having a nervous breakdown? How do you help the entire family find peace again? Secret Selves is the surprising, touching, and sometimes humorous account of a mother trying to ease the...

IT'S LIFE AT THE BOOKSTORE --- FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE BOOKS Set in Sanders and Bowman Bookstore, newly arrived novel Spy Needle is place alongside the beautiful love story River Runs True. The two "covermates" share their hopes, their plans, and their achievements at they interact with fellow books and their beloved staff. Spy quickly gains a reputation as a supreme storyteller, entertaining his comrades with the comical escapades of Sonny Needle, his main character. The book community band together with ingenious attempts to place self help books ito the hands of several troubled...

Earth is stuck in the dark ages and distant powers from another galaxy want to find out why. The task falls to Menza, a resident of Hammerhead Galaxy with an IQ of 800. He's teamed with legendary adventurer JP to visit the troubled planet. Menza quickly befriends a lively bunch of humans who bring unexpected humor and emotion to his life. There's Marilyn, a beautiful blonde who steals his heart after he almost blows up her car while pumping gas. Then there's Truman, the local "crazy" songwriter who spouts government conspiracy theories and owns the Jumping Cow, a pub that brews the beer Menza...

Find out all you need to know to get started, get noticed, and get signed in the music business from the advice of over 30 music industry experts spanning from radio promoters to A&R reps to tour managers. Don't want the Kindle or Paperback versions from Amazon? A PDF download is also available at smartbandmanagement.com/e-book. YOU WILL LEARN: The roles of each person in the business and how they relate to you as an artist or manager Who they communicate with on a daily basis What their fees are What they look for in artists before working with them How to contact and communicate with them...