Retirement Without Borders by Barry Golson
Barry has lived in six countries and now resides half-time in Mexico. The book is about retiring abroad beyond the borders of your own experience. How to explore, move to a different culture in your later years and revitalize, enhance, and extend your life is the topic of this great resource book. A must for anyone considering retiring overseas.
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her again."
-Barry Golson |
CUSS CONTROL, The Complete Book on How to Curb Your Cursing,
by James V. OConnor
(Initially Three Rivers Press, now iUniverse)
A thought-provoking and entertaining analysis of why we swear,
when and where it should be avoided, and how to break the habit.
We won three national awards for our highly successful campaign.
A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder How Crammed
Closets, Cluttered Offices, and On-the-Fly Planning Make the
World a Better Place, by David Freedman (Little, Brown and
Company)
Being a little messy allows you to be more productive. This book
uncovers all the ways messiness can trump neatness, and will
help the reader assess the right amount of disorder for any
system.
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www.freedman.com
O'Connor Communications tirelessly hunted down a large number of publicity opportunities for my book all over the country, and in all media. They pitch well, they follow up, and they monitor results. They went above and beyond, and were a very cost-effective investment for me.
-- David Freedman
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Wilderness Survival and a series of other books on
survival, by Greg Davenport (Stackpole Books)
A former USAF Survival instructor, Davenport covers the basic
steps of staying calm and alive until rescue arrivespersonal
protection, signaling, finding food and water, travel, and health.
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www.gregdavenport.com
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--Greg Davenport |
The Final Frontiersman: Heimo Korth and His Family, Alone
in Alaskas Arctic Wilderness, by James Campbell (Atria)
The author details his trips to Korths homestead, 130 miles
above the Arctic Circle and 500 miles from the nearest settler.
He relates how Korth and his family live. He won a Midwest
Booksellers Association Award
for this book.
The Ghost Mountain Boys Their Epic March and the
Terrifying Battle for New Guinea The Forgotten War of the
South Pacific, by James Campbell
(Random House)
The amazing story of U.S. soldiers marching through the New
Guinea jungle during World War II. This was a Book of the Month
and a History Book of the Month.
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Lynda and Jim O'Connor have coordinated local and regional media efforts for two of my award-winning books. They are creative, hard working and know the kinds of storylines that the media want. O'Connor Communications is, simply put, exceptionally good at what they do.
-- James Campbell
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The Daughters of Juarez; A True Story of Serial Murders
South of the Border, by Teresa Rodriguez (Simon & Schuster)
Rodriguez is an 11-time Emmy Award-winning newscaster whose
investigative reporting inspired her true tale of multiple
murders and government cover-up in Juarez, Mexico.
www.teresarodriguez.tv
I wish I had found Lynda sooner! What a pleasure it is to work with someone who is so creative, diligent, hard working and the epitome of perseverance! Thanks to Lynda's professionalism and dedication, my book received an incredible amount of publicity from different media sources that I had never even thought of. Her knowledge and experience as a publicist continues to generate interest not only in my book, but in my career as a broadcast journalist. For my next book, I can't think of anyone more qualified than Lynda O'Connor....she delivers, and with a smile!
Teresa Rodriguez
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Twenty Poems to Nourish Your Soul, by Judy Valente and
Charles Reynard
(Loyola Press)
Valente is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and Reynard is a
circuit court judge. They explain how, through poetry, people
from teenagers to the elderly find the sacred in their lives.
Crashproof Your Kids: Make Your Teen a Safer, Smarter
Driver, by Timothy C. Smith
(Simon & Schuster)
The Crashproof Plan is a series of behind -the -wheel exercises
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-- Timothy C. Smith |
Skeletons on the Zahara, A True Story of Survival, by Dean
King
(Little, Brown and Company)
This narrative recounts the experiences of twelve American
sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815,
captured by desert nomads, sold into slavery, and subjected to a
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Sahara. The story was made into a documentary for The History
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www.deanhking.com
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--Dean King
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See You in One Hundred Years, by Logan Ward (BenBella
Books)
Ward, his wife and small son traded skyscrapers in NYC for silos
in the country in search of simpler times. They spent a year in
a Virginia farmhouse where they adopted strict rules that
limited them to the tools that were available at the turn of the
century.
www.loganward.com
"Lynda OConnor is a friendly and charming pit bull
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Emotionally Healthy Twins: A New Philosophy for
Parenting Two Unique Individuals, by Joan Friedman (Da Capo
Lifelong)
Friedman is a psychotherapist specializing in twin issues, the
mother of both twins and singleton children, and a twin herself.
She presents a philosophical approach to raising twins as the
two unique individuals that they are.
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http://emotionallyhealthytwins.com/index.htm
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-- Joan Friedman |
Courting Kathleen Hannigan, by Mary Hutchings Reed
(Ampersand)
Reeds novel is a revealing story of a woman lawyer who
witnesses life-disrupting demands and discrimination that
existed in large law firms for decades and still linger today.
Defending the Damned, by Kevin Davis (Atria)
Davis spent five years studying the criminal justice system and
Chicagos Murder Task Force, a unit of the countrys 500 public
defenders. His book reveals why and how certain lawyers choose
to represent clients accused of hideous crimes.
www.kevinadavis.com
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- Kevin Davis |
Hawaiian Cowboys, A Photographic Journal, by Michal
McClure (Island Heritage)
The unique lifestyle of island cowboys, preserved for
generations, is chronicled with narrative and McClures stunning
photographs. The book is a gorgeous tribute to a culture unknown
even to most visitors to Hawaii.
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www.mcclure-studio.com
I am greatly indebted to Jim and Lynda OConnor for their excellent public relations assistance, counsel on the books development, and editorial assistance. Their ability to obtain extensive media coverage by placing my first articles laid the foundation for reaching the goal of having a published book.
--Michal McClure
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