Kindle Pick of the Week: Ferry to Cooperation Island

US Olympic sailor Carol Newman Cronin, who competed in Athens in 2004, knows what it’s like to be an athlete in uncertain times. And she has a new novel coming out in June to prove it.

On September 12, 2001, while on her way to a regatta in preparation for the Games, she “sailed” right past the still-smoking remains of the Twin Towers. The whole world had shifted on its axis, paralyzed with shock and fear. Yet Carol sailed on.

Sailors, she points out, are uniquely trained to adapt to a constant barrage of uncertainty.  Sticking to her schedule right after 9/11 was her way of holding onto something normal so she could be mentally prepared to chart her course—whatever it might be. She also knew it was her only way to offer hope to her many followers.

Loner James Malloy is a ferry captain—or used to be, until he was unceremoniously fired and replaced by a girl named Courtney Farris. Now, instead of piloting Brenton Island’s daily lifeline to the glitzy docks of Newport, Rhode Island, James spends his days beached, bitter, and bored.

When he discovers a private golf course staked out across wilderness sacred to his dying best friend, a Narragansett Indian, James is determined to stop such “improvements.” But despite Brenton’s nickname as “Cooperation Island,” he’s used to working solo. To keep rocky bluffs, historic trees, and ocean shoreline open to all, he’ll have to learn to cooperate with other islanders—including Captain Courtney, who might just morph from irritant to irresistible once James learns a secret that’s been kept from him for years.

"Loner James Malloy is a ferry captain—or used to be, until he was unceremoniously fired and replaced by a girl named Courtney Farris. Now, instead of piloting Brenton Island’s daily lifeline to the glitzy docks of Newport, Rhode Island, James spends his days beached, bitter, and bored.

When he discovers a private golf course staked out across wilderness sacred to his dying best friend, a Narragansett Indian, James is determined to stop such “improvements.” But despite Brenton’s nickname as “Cooperation Island,” he’s used to working solo. To keep rocky bluffs, historic trees, and ocean shoreline open to all, he’ll have to learn to cooperate with other islanders—including Captain Courtney, who might just morph from irritant to irresistible once James learns a secret that’s been kept from him for years."

This page turner has it all. A man on a mission, nature and overcoming obstacles.

Cronin calls the theme of this book, a familiar message of hope, “When you can’t change the direction of the wind, adjust your sails.”

Aspiring Olympians from all sports are taught to recalibrate disappointments into opportunity— and so must we all.  Drawing on her experience as an Olympian and sailor, Cronin offers these nuggets of wisdom that everybody—athletes, fans and citizens everywhere—can find hope in right now.

Pre-order here:

https://www.amazon.com/Ferry-Cooperation-Island-Newman-Cronin-ebook/dp/B07VBK47J6

Amazon Pick of the Week: The Art of Working Remotely: How to Thrive in a Distributed Workplace

Since we are all going to be working remotely for the near future.

People aren't typically taught how to thrive in a distributed workplace. Sure, they formally study to learn a specific occupation: design, marketing, sales, development, finance, law, or education. But can they perform that occupation at a high level when they're not physically with other people? Remote workers have to learn on their own. If you work from home, a coworking space, or coffee shop, this book is for you. The author's anecdotes about his 21-year remote work journey will inform and entertain you. Discover how to set up a quality workspace. Learn the behaviors and practices that contribute to remote worker success. You, too, can thrive in a distributed workplace.

Amazon Pick of the Week: Puffin Encounter Fire and Ice

Practicing "social distancing" is nothing like summertime in Iceland with their almost 24 hours of glistening sunlight each day, but it's still perfect for lighting the way and reading about adventurous little puffins. But when two puffin friends, Árni and Birta, embark upon a journey of exploration, an Icelandic Faery plays clever tricks on them, making their grand adventure take longer than expected. The extended darkness of September's nightfall looms large on the horizon, and the pufflings must find their way home in a hurry.

Puffins Encounter Fire & Ice is the third installment in RA Anderson's delightful Iceland: The Puffin Explorers Series, and this time around, Iceland's natural wonders take center stage. Árni and Birta discover glaciers, volcanoes, natural energy, lava fields, waterfalls and some of the legendary folk of Iceland. But as nightfall draws closer, Árni's parents must step up their frantic search for these two curious puffins to help guide them back to their burrows before dark. Will they succeed? Join the adventure to find out!

Although intended for children who have a love for all animals, birds and nature, adults will find that these books hold a unique type of travelogue, complete with fun facts and breathtaking photography shot by the author as she explored the beautiful country of Iceland.

Puffins Encounter Fire & Ice follows in the webbed footsteps of Puffins Take Flight and Puffins off the Beaten Path, the first two books in Anderson's entertaining and educational Puffin Explorers Series.

Author RA Anderson is a wanderer who has lived all over, from California to Belize, and currently, home is a town called Rome, in Georgia that is!

A lifelong passion for creative writing and photography became her life. Her award-winning photographs have been featured in table books, magazines and front-page news, and her writing has been published in magazines, poetry books and children's books. Her If Pets Could Talk series includes Cats, Dogs, Farm Animals and A Service Dog. Iceland: The Puffin Explorers Series is her newest children's series. She also recently released a YA book, Girl Sailing Aboard the Western Star.

Three boys—her heart and soul—call her Mom. She and her husband are recent empty-nesters, leaving them more time to travel.

For more information, please visit ra-anderson.com

Order on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Puffins-Encounter-Fire-Ice-Explorers/dp/1950590100/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2KVTRIVOB9VBQ&dchild=1&keywords=puffins+encounter+fire+%26+ice&qid=1584820885&sprefix=puffin+encounter%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-2

Kindle Free Pick of the Week: Pandemic How to Survive a Spread

Timely release everyone should get.

Do you want to know exactly what’s going on in the recent Chinese  outbreak?

Are you afraid that this disease will spread all over the world?


Well, fear no more! Turn to this practical report on how to survive a pandemic spread

2019-nCoV started from its epicenter in the Chinese wet market of Whuan and is now spreading all over China, with less than 200 infected individuals in the rest of the world.

It is difficult to find reliable information on the internet, with many unconfirmed rumors or straight up fake news. This report will help you filter all the nonsense about the Novel Coronavirus.

So here’s what you get:

A concise overview of the disease’s most prominent or severe symptoms

Clear instruction on how to prevent infection

All the important info about what the Chinese government and the World Health Organization are doing to stop it from spreading

A list of official sources to keep informed on the disease’s progress

Save yourself the time of looking for valid sources and keep informed with this report!

Link:

https://www.amazon.com/How-survive-pandemic-spread-outbreak-ebook/dp/B085LT92J6/ref=zg_bs_157119011_f_5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=VG0WH0F40Z070PJFRZ56

Kindle Free Pick of the Week: Alcatraz: The Suprising History

I had the, I guess you could call it the pleasure of visiting Alcatraz last fall.

The federal prison on Alcatraz Island in the chilly waters of California’s San Francisco Bay housed some of America’s most difficult and dangerous prisoners during its years of operation from 1934 to 1963. Among those who served time at the maximum-security facility were the notorious gangster Al “Scarface” Capone (1899-1947) and murderer Robert “Birdman of Alcatraz” Stroud (1890-1963).

When prisoners boarded the boat for Alcatraz, they knew that they had reached the end of the line. Not only was this the toughest of all Federal penitentiaries, but it was also said to be virtually escape-proof. The island was a natural fortress, separated from the mainland by a narrow strait of freezing water and deadly currents. This prison was the U.S. government’s drastic answer to the lawlessness unleashed under Prohibition, which continued throughout the “Roaring Twenties” and into the teeth of the Great Depression. Alcatraz, with its damp cold and austere isolation, its rigid discipline and strict rule of silence, was as tough as the criminals that were sent there, and by the time the prison closed down in 1963, "the Rock" had indisputably done its job.

The book includes narratives of Alcatraz's most notable inmates who include Robert Stroud (Birdman of Alcatraz), Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, Frank Morris, the Anglin Brothers, Doc Barker, Joe Cretzer, Bernard Coy, Miran Thompson, Sam Shockley, among others.