New Releases by Kevin Carroll

In A Bahamian Odyssey, author Kevin Carroll shares the unique experience of teaching in a high school in Nassau, The Bahamas when he was only 20 years old. With humor and insight, Carroll describes the joys and sorrows, successes and failures, surprises and lessons learned from this on-the-job learning experience. Carroll also describes his experience of living in The Bahamas and immersing himself in Bahamian culture, providing vivid images of Nassau from more than fifty years ago. Readers will find this book to be both entertaining and inspirational.

Prosthetics and Patient Management: A Comprehensive Clinical Approach is an innovative text covering both upper and lower extremity prosthetics. All the information clinicians need to manage a range of patients with amputations and their disorders is available in this practical and all-inclusive text. Kevin Carroll and Joan E. Edelstein, together with internationally recognized leaders, present a multidisciplinary team approach to the care of a patient with an amputation. Prosthetics and Patient Management covers practical solutions to everyday problems that clinicians encounter, from early prosthetic management to issues facing the more advanced user. The text is divided into four sections encompassing the range of subjects that confront practitioners including Early Management; Rehabilitation of Patients with Lower Limb Amputation; Rehabilitation of Patients with Upper Limb Amputations; and Beyond the Basics, which includes special considerations for children and futuristic concepts. Prosthetics and Patient Management will provide expert guidance for dealing with a wide array of patients and is a must-have for clinicians and students in physical therapy, certified prosthetists, and orthopedists interested in the wide-ranging field of prosthetics and amputations.

Our unique worldview, the lens through which we see and experience what happening around us, has a profound impact on our level of happiness and how we relate to others, and the overall attitude we project from one day to the next. When we consciously choose to view the world through the lens of gratitude, we are better equipped to recognize and appreciate the good that is happening all around us. In this book, the author invites readers to reflect on the people, experiences, and gifts for which they can be especially grateful.

We all have much for which to be grateful. So why do so many people struggle with expressing the gratefulness they feel to others? A Focus on Gratitude offers a gratitude prompt for each day of the calendar year. A true focus on gratitude can be life-changing.

The feeling of belonging is something that everyone strives for, and this book teaches kids how to incorporate that feeling into their lives. It tackles what it''s like when you feel like you belong to a group or family or team, and what it''s like when you don''t. It addresses what it feels like when you don''t fit in, or when others don''t want you around. This book teaches kids how to belong to themselves and how that helps them belong anywhere.

Inspirational San Francisco Bay Are psychotherapist Michael Ceely, LMFT recommended 12 questions fathers should always answer for their sons. When author Kevin Carroll''s father passed away in 2008, there was much he still did not know about the man who, along with his mother, had raised him. In this book, the Author provides significant information about himself for his three sons. They have heard many of his stories before, but Carroll is grateful for the opportunity to take Ceely''s advice and put his responses in writing for his sons. Perhaps what he shares here will be beneficial to others, as well.

The Crowley family had two pets, a cat and a dog, named Sammy and Dribs. They had a happy life until one day Mr. Crowley lost his job and the family was in danger of losing their home. They were devastated. Sammy and Dribs were determined to do something to help. They sought ideas from animal friends. Different suggestions led them to having amazing adventures, and making lots of new friends. The story has an Irish flavor with fairy forts, boreens, crocks of gold and familiar Irish place names and Gaelic expressions.

In his book, The Ambassador of 38th Avenue, Kevin Carroll shares a number of significant life lessons he learned over the course of his lifetime, and explains the life experiences through which he learned each of these important lessons.

Blocking for the Gipper, Lawrence "Buck" Shaw was one of Knute Rockne''s star players at Notre Dame during 1919 through 1921. However, it was his nearly four decades of college and pro coaching that earned him esteem. Viewed as a "player''s coach," Shaw was talented at relating to young men and molding them into a winning team. His college teams won two Sugar bowls. Shaw''s successful coaching with the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles also played an integral role in helping the NFL grow into a billion-dollar business. A contemporary of Vince Lombardi, Shaw''s Eagles won the NFL championship in the pre-Super Bowl era. A member of the College Football Hall of Fame, Shaw never received serious consideration for enshrinement at Canton for his professional career. This complete biography tells the colorful story of Shaw''s college and pro years, shedding light on Shaw''s over-looked achievements in the professional ranks, which saw him earn a higher winning percentage a half-dozen Hall of Fame coaches.

“Kevin Carroll''s reminders have helped me resist the urge to complain and replace it with an appreciation of all that I have. A Moment’s Pause for Gratitude can be read in one sitting or used as a daily prayer of thanks; either way, it serves as an antidote to negativity and an aide for the peaceful mind. I expect it will be as helpful to other readers as it has been for me and I’m grateful to him for putting it into this world.” u00adu00adu00ad—Roland Merullo Author, Breakfast with Buddha and The Delight of Being Ordinary We all feel grateful from time to time, yet how often do we fail to adequately express our gratitude to others? The fifty inspirational stories contained in A Moment’s Pause for Gratitude will inspire readers to focus on gratitude and to express their gratitude more consistently and conscientiously.

In the late summer of 1862, after a series of victories culminating in the Union Armys rout at Second Manassas, General Lee and his commanders meet with President Davis and Secretary of State Judah Benjamin near that blood-soaked battleground to arrange a highly controversial and risky campaign for the fall. General Lee agrees to divide his Army of Northern Virginia by sending his most trusted general, Thomas Stonewall Jackson, to Kentucky with three Divisions by railcars to Knoxville, Tennessee. Jacksons Corps is ordered to march into Kentucky and meet with two other Confederate armies, those of Braxton Bragg and Kirby Smith, to secure that state for the Confederacy. In 1862 The Confederates Strike Back, author Kevin Carroll offers a fictional work of military history that envisions what might have happened if commanders at the time had made other choices. The story journeys through a series of hypothetical historical events once the Battle of Second Manassas is complete. Laced with military strategy, tactical maneuvering, and unforeseen complications caused by the fog of war, 1862 The Confederates Strike Back is complete with details on orders of battle that were accurate in late summer of 1862. It presents a realistic and plausible alternative to the historical events as they occurred. Can General Lee hold on and buy the time Jackson needs to complete his mission and return to Virginia? Will the risky strategy backfire on the South? Will the Confederacy achieve Independence?

Pick up just about any diet book on the market and you''ll see that it''s written by a doctor, nutritionist, dietitian or health guru. Not this one. Kevin Carroll takes a look at dieting not from an expert''s point of view, but from a dieter''s point of view. He knows that lots of diets breakdown because eating habits are tough to change, that the average person gets frustrated and gives up, and that people want to see results without a lot of sacrifice. Given that, he figured there had to be a better way. Inside this short and snappy book, you''ll see that The Turtle Diet is based upon the oldest, simplest, and smartest way to lose weight - slow and steady wins the race. By allowing time to play a supporting role, you can get to where you want to go if you''re willing to be patient. On the other hand, if you''re looking for a quick way to lose weight, then this book is not for you.

This is the 4 color version of Kevin Carroll''s book on problem solving and breakthrough thinking techniques. It''s a quick read and is ideal for anyone who wants to immediately become better at critical and creative thinking. A must read for these challenging times when innovation is priority # 1. Think Outside Your Blocks is big, bold and colorful. It makes an ideal coffee table book or gift book.

Put play in your work as you improve on: Innovation: Create better products and services Problem-Solving: Tag-team responsibility and collaborate on solutions Motivation: Build creative excitement at every level Risk-Taking: Push new ideas to their limits Ingenuity: Reward the “a-ha!” ideas and drive progress forward Team-Building: Find new ways to share solutions and forge new ones

Everyone always says, "You need to think outside the box." Well that''s just great, but the only problem is that no one ever shows us how. So whether you''re leading a big R&D project, managing a marketing initiative, or running operations, Think Outside Your Blocks will help you look at your business challenges a whole new way. Kevin Carroll, a professional speaker and consultant, has filled this powerful book with plenty of real world examples, enticing brainteasers and, most importantly, tools that you can put to use immediately!What you''ll find in here are the same techniques that Kevin Carroll teaches in his very popular workshops at companies such as Pfizer, The Hartford and Unilever. To learn more about Kevin''s corporate workshops, go to: www.kevincarroll.com

For 39 seasons at four schools, Dr. Edward N. Anderson spent autumn afternoons roaming the sidelines of college and university gridirons across America. Throughout his career, dignity, composure and a penetrating focus were hallmarks of his sideline decorum. This biography catalogues the life of that "good doctor" who became dean of America''s college football coaches and was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame for lasting influence. Beginning with his young life as a star player, the book relates how Anderson mastered the game as an All-American end under Notre Dame''s legendary Knute Rockne. Then, armed with a firm command of the so-called Notre Dame system of football, Anderson entered the collegiate coaching ranks in 1922 and served as a head coach for all but four of the next 43 years. Simultaneously he devoted himself to the practice of medicine and guided his teams to hundreds of victories. Dr. Anderson is a football icon not only for the indelible impression he made on hundreds of young men who had played for him but also for his role as one of the last of an era of gentlemen coaches who had cut their teeth on football during the Rockne era. On the eve of his retirement from college football in 1964, Dr. Anderson was the game''s elder statesman, revered by players, fellow coaches, fans and members of the press. His football odyssey, during which he crossed paths with the most influential and colorful personalities of the game, is chronicled in depth.

With simple but delightful storytelling, Kevin Carroll channels his childhood passion for sport and play into a universally appealing blueprint for life. Drawing wisdom from the playgrounds of his youth, where he spent hour upon hour sharpening his body and his mind, Carroll shares with readers his Rules of the Red Rubber Ball - how to achieve maximum human potential through the power of passion and creativity. Finding your own -red rubber ball+ and chasing it to your heart+s content, he argues, is the surest route to peace, prosperity, and happiness. Over the years as an athletic trainer and public speaker, Carroll has transformed his philosophy into seven simple rules that any successful leader will endorse: 1) Commit to it 2) Seek out encouragers 3) Work out your creative muscle 4) Prepare to shine 5) Speak up 6) Expect the unexpected 7) Maximize the day With an award-winning design and color photos throughout, Rules of the Red Rubber Ball will inspire the child in everyone for generations to come.

This work describes the traditional architectures of the western half of Nigeria, covering the huge area from the Hausa people of the north to the Yoruba people of the south.