Magical Martys Deep Dive is the second story of the of Magical Marty Reading Adventure Series which is an ocean full of reading fun. Take a quick dip into the ocean and swim with a whale shark, manta rays, and yellow striped fish all from Magical Martys submarine spaceship! Do you know what a whale shark eats as part of their main meal? Dive into an ocean of reading fun by exploring this Magical Marty adventure! The Magical Marty Reading Adventure Series is a great way to engage children to read again. Reading to your children fifteen minutes a day is a proven activity that encourages them to become life long readers. Preschool and early elementary children will enjoy these wacky adventures with humor thrown in and still remember the focused content. They will also learn about the important aspects of friendship and imagination. Buy a copy now and introduce reading magic to your young reader today! 2007 Promises to bring young readers more Magical Marty Reading Adventures! Magical Marty is Soaring the Sky Magical Marty Meets the Tooth Fairy For more information regarding Magical Marty Reading Adventures visit www.MagicalMarty.com! About the Illustrator Thomas McAteer is an illustrator based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of West Chester University and studied Multimedia Design at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He has traveled across the globe to gather inspiration for his numerous picture books, painting in Florence, Venice, Budapest, Paris, Vienna, Amsterdam and more. 2006

Take a journey into the cosmos. Experience outer space in a fun and wacky way. See a flying giraffe, a wiggly snake, the constellations; Orion, the Big Dipper, Leo the Lion and so much more! Explore space the Magical Marty way! The Magical Marty Reading Adventure Series is a great way to engage children to read again. Preschool and early elementary children will enjoy these wacky adventures with humor thrown in and still remember the focused content. They will also learn about the important aspects of friendship and imagination. Buy a copy now and experience reading the Magical Marty way!

The star-crossed love affair starts with a lie... Real-estate tycoon Carter Cross has spent his life working towards someone else's dream. But a fateful phone call reveals his true destiny—heir to one of the nation's wealthiest oil dynasties. With his legendary composure, Carter is determined to claim the Cross family fortune. As scandal engulfs a renowned oil baron after his shocking demise, gossip journalist Nisha Donovan is tasked with unearthing the secrets of the enigmatic new J.P. Star Energy executive. The dirtier the revelation, the better. Little do they know, their explosive chemistry threatens to derail their ambitions. But when desire and destiny collide, can their star-crossed love overcome the trappings of power? Will Carter and Nisha find a way to forge a new legacy together? Dive into this steamy contemporary romance where ambition meets passion, and forbidden love defies all odds. Experience the sizzling connection between Carter and Nisha as they navigate the treacherous world of power, desire, and deception. Cross My Heart is book one in The Lone Star Crossed Saga. It's a lost heir, black romance with family saga drama, but a happily ever after. No romance cliffhangers. The books have heart and heat, so grab a fan along with the book!

Magical Marty in Space is the first story of the Magical Marty Reading Adventure Series, which takes you on a journey into the cosmos with two cool friends, Magical Marty and Jimmy. Magical Marty can surely touch the stars! Blast off into space and discover the constellations; Orion, the Big Dipper and Leo the Lion, a wiggly snake, a flying giraffe and so much more! Join Magical Marty and explore space in a fun and wacky way in this entertaining picture book. The Magical Marty Reading Adventure Series is a great way to engage children to read again. Reading to your children fifteen minutes a day is a proven activity that encourages them to become life long readers! Preschool and early elementary children will enjoy these wacky adventures with humor thrown in and still remember the focused content. They will also learn about the important aspects of friendship and imagination. Buy a copy now and introduce reading magic to your young reader today! 2007 Promises to bring young readers more Magical Marty Reading Adventures! Magical Martys Deep Dive Magical Marty is Soaring the Sky Magical Marty Meets the Tooth Fairy For more information regarding Magical Marty Reading Adventures visit www.MagicalMarty.com! Book Reviews Sarah, a Mom and Book Lover, 11/20/2006 from www.BarnesandNoble.com...Kids will love it! This book will keep little minds positively engaged in a fun way. It will encourage young readers to use their imagination and explore through reading. The book is nicely illustrated with bright color combinations that make the story and characters come alive. It has an easy rhythm and flow. You could easily create a sing along while reading this book. Children will want to turn the pages to see what happens next. They will surely want Magical Marty to be their friend too! Dragon Pencil Independent Panel of Expert Judges During National Book Week in December - 2006 Cute story. Appeals to the childs imagination. Fun and playful. Well done. Illustrations are believable and bring the story to life. I can see my nephew through this book. Magical Marty in Space is in the fun room and helps kids use their imagination and travel in space! Nice job - A great bedtime story! I like that its educational for (Whats Orion? ), sparking curiosity even more! Informative and imaginative all in oneExcellent! The wording and illustration are matched very well." Magical Marty is a fun thing to have in mind when you fall asleep. I would get this for our grandson. The author presented a great value of friendship in a very creative way. The verbs and the adjectives enhanced the magical value of the book. About the Illustrator Thomas McAteer is an illustrator based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of West Chester University and studied Multimedia Design at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He has traveled across the globe to gather inspiration for his numerous picture books, painting in Florence, Venice, Budapest, Paris, Vienna, Amsterdam and more. 2006

Magical Marty is Soaring the Sky is the third story of the Magical Marty Adventure Series where you meet Peter the Eagle. Soar over the mountains and terrain Magical Marty style! Oh no! A storm is on its way. Is Peter okay? Check out Magical Marty Soaring the Sky and find out! In rememberance of three very special babies; Dillon Tedesco ORourke, Abbie Von Opitz, and Jennifer Anne McGowan I wrote a dedication poem entitled: "Your Littlest Angel". This poem was specifically written for my sister and two special friends of my family as they have experienced the passing of their babies. I love them, I wanted them to know that I did not forget their loss and I am humbled by the experience. Sending my love to them and to all families who have experienced loss of little ones. Engage young children to read again by experiencing the Magical Marty Reading Adventures. Reading to children fifteen minutes a day is a proven activity that encourages children to become life long readers! Preschool and early elementary children will enjoy these wacky adventures with humor thrown in and still remember the focused content. Friendship and imagination is fun when exploring a Magical Marty Reading Adventure! Purchase a copy now and experience reading the Magical Marty way! More Magical Marty Reading Adventures Magical Marty In Space Magical Martys Deep Dive Magical Marty Meets the Tooth Fairy For more Magical Marty Reading Adventure information visit www.MagicalMarty.com

"In the course of an impressive career as a writer, Herbert Gold has demonstrated many gifts, among them his talent for mak-ing high drama of ordinary events, ordinary people." -Chicago Tribune Book World "Gold...has a sharp eye for detail."-The Washington Times Magazine "Not just a good book, but a great one."-Daily Mail (London) "Herbert Gold... gives his stories a wry, bright air of wonder...he is a born storyteller."-New York Times "One of the most gifted writers in America."-Detroit Times Important writers are expected to gather together collections of their shorter works-the obligatory book of stories or essays. In this collection, Herbert Gold discards convention, and instead combines fiction and non-fiction themes that have been important to him as a writer and social thinker. This "interchange between fact and fiction," as Gold writes, "presents the picture of an American mind wrestling with the American mentality." And that mind ranges wide: from the miseries of Haiti to the disasters of Biafra; from the new universities and the beatniks and hippies of San Francisco in the 1960s to the literary life and encounters with random violence, love, death, and sexuality in the present. Portions of this book have been published in periodicals as varied as Esquire and Look, Hudson Review, and Tri-Quarterly, and some appear here for the first time. For this edition, Gold bridges the sections with new introductions, which link the specific works, the times, and his life. The book includes the savage and moving story "A Death on the East Side," and his meditation on the doom of Biafra and the meaning of its fate. He has added two new essays, "King of the Cleveland Beatniks," about his brother, and "Quality Time with Sonny Barger," about the former president of the Hell's Angels Oakland Chapter. These show his consistent interest in what many would see as the margins of social life. Of the title, the author writes: "The Magic Will" seeks to make the real world unreal and magical, and the unreal and magical world practical and real." Amusing, touching, playful, ultimately deeply serious, this book by Herbert Gold further illuminates the mind and heart of a superb writer. It will be a joy to those interested in the humanities, as well as cultural history and social awareness in the broadest sense. Herbert Gold is a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and occasional journalist, who has made his living as a writer for fifty years.

"Great teams are comprised of ordinary people that are empowered and inspired. They are empowered to solve hard problems in ways their customers love yet work for their business. They are inspired with ideas and techniques for quickly evaluating those ideas to discover solutions that work: they are valuable, usable, feasible and viable. This book is about the idea and reality of "achieving extraordinary results from ordinary people". Empowered is the companion to Inspired. It addresses the other half of the problem of building tech products?how to get the absolute best work from your product teams. However, the book's message applies much more broadly than just to product teams. Inspired was aimed at product managers. Empowered is aimed at all levels of technology-powered organizations: founders and CEO's, leaders of product, technology and design, and the countless product managers, product designers and engineers that comprise the teams. This book will not just inspire companies to empower their employees but will teach them how. This book will help readers achieve the benefits of truly empowered teams"--

Marty Sklar was hired by The Walt Disney Company after his junior year at UCLA, and began his Disney career at Disneyland in July 1955, the month before the park opened. He spent his first decade at Disney as "the kid," the very youngest of the creative team Walt had assembled at WED Enterprises. But despite his youth, his talents propelled him forward into substantial responsibility: he became Walt's speech writer, penned Walt's and Roy's messages in the company's annual report, composed most of the publicity and marketing materials for Disneyland, conceived presentations for the U.S. government, devised initiatives to obtain sponsors to enable new Disneyland developments, and wrote a twenty-four-minute film expressing Walt's philosophy for the Walt Disney World project and Epcot. He was Walt's literary right-hand man. Over the next forty years, Marty Sklar rose to become president and principal creative executive of Walt Disney Imagineering, and he devoted his entire career to creating, enhancing, and expanding Walt's magical empire. This beautifully written and enlightening book is Marty's own retelling of his epic Disney journey, a grand adventure that lasted over half a century.

The Invisible History of Museum Computing uses engaging quotes from a one-of-a-kind collection of oral histories gathered by the authors from more than fifty current and former museum technology professionals working in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia to shine a light on the invisible, behind-the-scenes work of museum computing. This book provides a critical analysis of key trends in museum computing that collectively drove the museum technology profession forward from the 1960s to the present day, and offers an “annotated history” of museum computing that shares engaging quotes from the museum technology professionals who participated in this oral history project, places their memories in the appropriate historical context, and uses their personal stories to tell the history of museum computing from the perspective of the very people who lived through it. Filled with a positive spirit of inspiration, innovation, and boundless enthusiasm, this book brings to life the history of museum computing in a way that has never been done before as it explores the overarching trends that influenced the field of museum computing over the past sixty years and explains why that history continues to matter today as museums move forward into their digital future.