After years of being passed around to various relatives, Cassandra Jovanovich has found a home where she feels she belongs. All she wants to do is forget her past and pursue her dream of becoming an actress. But her new friend, Leanna Mets, "the most annoying person she has ever met," wants to know how Cassandra became an orphan, and encourages her to write her story. Cassandra's memories reveal how the death of her grandmother and the cruelty of the other adults in her life turned her into the distrustful, secretive twelve-year-old she is. But with friendship and the courage to continue her dream of acting, Cassandra might find a way to connect the dots in her life back together.

Connecting Dots is a collection of four part essay that dwells on the idea of Life as it is unfolding in front of our eyes. The author is heavily inspired by the Indian legacy of "Enquiry Within" which is also encouraged in the Indian constitution as part of the Fundamental Duties (Article 51 A(h) ). He brings around fresh insights towards this legacy and connects the dots within that macro perspective.

I grew up in a large family in Kansas City, Missouri. I had no siblings and my father was not in the home. My wonderful mother was a mere 15 years old when she became pregnant with me. She and I really did grow up together! I was in junior high school before I ever called her "mom" For my personal protection and development, my young single mother uprooted herself from her parents and relocated to Kansas City, Kansas, which enabled me to attend Sumner High School, the high school of both my parents. With much help from my family, neighbors, school teachers, and students, I developed a new and unexpected vision and an attitude to achieve after I had clearly become a truant. The Sumner high school students, particularly my classmates, were the most influential to my success. They gave me a wonderful and critical "vote of confidence" by electing me president of our class for four consecutive years. The students and teachers, with my mother's leadership, absolutely changed my view of myself! They instilled the seeds of ambition and accomplishment in my vision. My mother served to direct this new and unexpected energy. Clearly, based on existing evidence, my new ambition was not innate! It evolved from uncontrolled circumstances. Without a plan or an identified dream, I had a wonderfully successful thirty year marketing career with the IBM Corporation. I promoted the Universal Product Code (UPC) in the early days, well before it had become proven technology accepted in the worldwide retail industry.

You know your child knows his/her letters so it's time to put that know-how on the test! Connect these dots to reveal the mystery pictures that start with any letter of the alphabet! This is a fun twist to the otherwise random theme of the game. How long will take your child to complete all the exercises in this book?

Shirley Taylor has inspired audiences around the world with her heart-warming stories and simple but powerful lessons. Now through the pages of this book, they will inspire readers to stay positive during challenging times and create new opportunities for growth and success. In looking back at the significant turning points in her life, Shirley shares the key lessons that have helped her to grow both professionally and personally. She then 'connects the dots' to reveal the common thread that runs through all these turning points. Shirley also includes inspiring insights from global leadership experts who share their own personal turning points and the lessons they have learned. In Connecting the Dots, Shirley provides down-to-earth advice and practical tools that will help people everywhere to navigate change, unlock their true potential, and drive their own success.

Yes, connect those dots! Connecting dots is a fun activity that comes with so many benefits. Among which is the improvement of hand and eye coordination, which is very useful in the performance of day-to-day tasks. Let your child explore the other benefits of the game. Secure a copy today!

Helen Kanevsky dismantles the separation between fact and fiction in her new poetry collection that enlightens with imagery but also delves into literal truth. Life, the endless reverse from which Helen Kanevsky draws her bitter-sweet poetic brew, is just too weird to grasp and maybe not worth grasping ("Life violates every code of decency"). It is "Rabbis in kimonos munching on gefilte fish sushi." It is an entity that, when you think you've found the particles from which it is constructed, turned into a wave and scatters - its meaning ever elusive, and fading into old recollections. And yet, there is that reality that must be connected with sobriety. As the poet says, "Memories are useless ballast ... until you are brought in for questioning." Reality in Helen's poems defies exactitude, best captured not by exciting exposition, but in the Kanevsky-esque disquisition. And, it is FUN! Bruce Neuburger, writer, educator, and peace activist

CONNECT THE DOTS THEORY is the most mind-enlightening book of the early part of the 21st Century. From revealing to the world the first view of the most magnificent looking unidentified hovering spacecraft ever captured on 35 mm film, to the perfect light energy manifestations of the famous Twin Towers that automatically appear within any two adjacent clear crystal pyramids. Did you ever wonder why things are the way they are on Planet Earth? CONNECT THE DOTS THEORY provides the a

The picture in your mind and heart is clear. You want to be an Impact Player in the game of life. Unfortunately, the roadmap on how to become an Impact Player is not so clear. In order to Connect the Dots, you need help! What's a dot? A dot is advice from someone you respect--an Impact Player. Impact Players are from business, government, sports, entertainment, academia, and non-profit organizations. They can be young, old, men, women, persons of color, white, or physically challenged. Impact Players reside in every nation and territory. Impact Players get beaten up and bruised in this game of life, but they always get up with a passion to succeed and a stronger resolve to win. Impact Players get their Ph.D.s from the School of Hard Knocks. In Connect the Dots, Impact Players reveal how they achieved their success and the steps to replicating it. Author Dick Lynch explores the power of knowledge, the advantages of having teammates, and the strength of the human spirit. Connect the Dots is divided into four parts: Education, Inspiration, Innovation, and Aggregation: Education clearly defines what you need to do to become an Impact Player and offers you a challenge to do so. Inspiration contains Impact Player interviews that will inspire you to do things right and do the right things. Innovation provides expert advice on why cities, businesses, and all organizations must embrace diversity and change and have exceptional leadership to survive. Aggregation illustrates how people from every race and culture are in this game of life together and why we must develop a fellowship of diversity for our children and ourselves. Read Connect the Dots...To Become an Impact Player and get in the game--today!