BFF: Black Father Figures

Who is your BFF?

There is a special breed of men out there who love and care for children that are not biologically their own. These men have no hidden agenda to gain notoriety or self-recognition; but their entire purpose and premise for life is to help young men and women reach their potential. You don’t always get it right, you won’t always do things the right way, but one thing remains constant: the intention of your heart. So, I challenge you to open the pages of this book and let your past sorrows gain resolutions and your future dreams and visions gain clarity and wings as you sprout into the man whom young children need in their lives.

Beyond Gravity - Vector Fitness Training

What’s in it for you?  Beyond Gravity - Vector Fitness Training will quickly inspire you to:

1. Increase excitement for working out and getting the body training results you or your clients/athletes want ASAP. 

2. Use a variable directional system to stimulate the mind and body in order to reap the most of every set.
3. Target and maximally develop any specific segment of skeletal muscle for most any function or sports skill.
4. Get up to 10+ times more out of most any standard resistance exercise machine, free weigh, or calisthenic exercise.
5. Reduce injury and painful exercise motions, while breaking through sticking points and progress plateaus

The Training Doc...

Harry J. Einsig, MD, ATC talks the talk with distinctive sports medicine credentials, including Triple Board Certification in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and Athletic Training; many public medical and athletic training presentations; published research and articles; and televised medical segments on ABC, NBC, and CBS. He also walks the walk as a highly successful international level wrestler and U.S. national freestyle champion; Pennsylvania state honored football player; 20+ year coach encompassing wrestling, football, men's and women's lacrosse, baseball, softball, and basketball; and inventor/U.S. Patent holder of exercise machines and methods. His unique experience and charisma allow him to take the fitness and sports training industry by storm and transform it to a higher level ... BEYOND GRAVITY.

Beautifully Bare, Undeniably You

Beautifully Bare, Undeniably You is a book about the journey of discovering one’s truest self. Following a therapeutic process, the reader is guided along a path to gain a more comprehensive understanding of who they are and the factors that have contributed to their current state of being. Interwoven with powerful song lyrics, each section represents a different, yet interconnected stage along this process. Each section and/or chapter includes the following: a therapeutic or theoretical explanation of the given stage in the process, one or more techniques identified to help reader successfully navigate the process, and at least one vignette that represents a time in the lived experiences of one or both authors, which exemplifies either our struggle or successes during our journey. The vignettes are a raw, exposed, and vulnerable window into the human condition.

Baseball Confidential

Baseball Confidential is a revealing look at behind the scenes communication between players, coaches, and managers at all levels of baseball. The book consists of stories and interviews with former players, coaches, and managers mostly at the Major League Baseball level.

This book is written for baseball fans. Every fan wants to know what is said on the mound, in the locker room, behind closed doors and more. With my exposures to coaches, players and fans that is all brought to light in Baseball Confidential. Readers are invited to come behind the closed doors.

The book reveals many funny and good stories related to the mentioned, behind-the-scenes communication. This is a baseball book that includes what coaches say to players: to pitchers on mound visits, pre- and post-game pep talks, and more.

Addiction: From the Other Side

Have you ever felt like you are all alone and like no one understands what you are going through? I have felt this way for my entire adult life because I have been dealing with a loved one being addicted to opiates. Out of nowhere, the love of my life, the man I had been with for 12 years died multiple times in front of my eyes. I had no understanding of why. I thought, “why me?” I have repeatedly asked myself, “If I had known the signs, would it have changed the outcome?”

Life is short, and trying to understand and be open to the idea that this epidemic is still around us may just save somebody’s life and help others. It is time to speak out and not be silent anymore. This does not have to be the end. It just has to be the end of the problem, and the beginning of the solution. I want to help people who are also battling opiate addiction in a loved one, and to let them know that they are not alone. There are many ways to get through it.

A Seagull Named Papa

A Seagull Named Papa is a gentle but powerful exploration of those aspects of our experience that invite and sometimes challenge us to develop such necessary human qualities as courage, compassion, tolerance, humility, patience, defiance, contrition and perseverance.

Get ready to laugh, cry and wonder at the deeply healing experiences of a violent ex-convict who is healed by a simple invitation; an eight-year old girl trying to recover from school-yard name-calling; a bullying supervisor stopped in his tracks; an eighty-seven year old woman who never got to say goodbye to her long-lost papa; and married therapists fortuitously visited by a clown.

Exploring such themes as humility, non-violent resistance, holding in sin, tolerance, poverty, redemption, contrition, the challenge of mercy, facing your inner demons and repairing the world, Barry Robinson invites you to listen for that insistent call that is there at the very heart of your life urging you to be who you really are.

This is an inspiring, fascinating and immersive read that will change the way you see yourself and the world.

A Man's World

A Man’s World tells the tragic story of the Martins, a family destroyed by domestic abuse and its shattering consequences. This vivid portrayal of domestic turmoil illustrates how dysfunction can rob even the most innocent of fulfilling lives, asking where the bystanders were who could have made a difference.

It opens as teenagers Janet and Craig find young love before Craig shows his dark side at the senior prom. Their toxic relationship spirals into a marriage as cruel and domineering as Janet’s own parents. The story bears witness to the terror in which Janet, Craig, and their three children live under Craig’s dictatorship. They could have been a family who played ballgames and went on picnics; instead, they endured Craig’s insatiable thirst for control until it ultimately killed him.

Emerging from the wreckage is a very different Katie than the carefree little girl she once was. Tormented by her father and neglected by her mother, Craig’s behavior molded Katie into a resentful woman obsessed with revenge against domineering men. To prevent others from suffering her mother’s fate, Katie will go to any length necessary… even kill.

A Journey with Plato and My Monkey Toward Ground Zero

Do you know your monkey? Do you truly know who you are or how you became so?

I was living in an illusion in the world that I thought I knew. I had painted such a great picture of myself, that I loved so much. My shortcomings and uncalled-for poor personal behaviors were always justified by either nature or by the presumed faults of others.

Then I met my monkey and we decided to take a journey together with Plato, representing knowledge and wisdom. We discovered that nature and people, most of the time, have nothing to do with our bad habits and poor behavior.

Join us in a journey of searching for the best version of ourselves by going back to ground zero. Then and only then shall we live the true essence of happiness, prosperity, and peace of mind.

A Guide to Herbal Healing

Despite conventional medicine and pharmaceuticals, there is a growing trend toward seeking more natural forms of healing and health maintenance. Pharmaceuticals can have harsh side-effects, and many times pharmaceuticals cannot be used to treat certain types of illness. For example, if someone has a viral infection, antibiotics cannot be used to treat that infection. I have worked with many patients with varying ailments and health concerns, treating them with natural or homeopathic remedies. From my experience working with these patients, it is evident that, when used properly and with insight, natural and homeopathic prescriptions can work as well or even better than conventional medicine and pharmaceuticals. This book is not meant to replace your family physician, but it is a guide to healthier living through wiser food consumption. I believe if people used naturopathic and homeopathic remedies, overall health would increase and the need to go to doctors, specialists, and surgeons would decline significantly. Here’s to a happy, healthy life; naturally.

30-Day Skin Fix

Learn rapid, simple, and scientifically proven steps for better looks and healthier skin. Most skin care books are either overwhelmed by detail and medical jargon or written by unqualified self-proclaimed skin experts. In 30-Day Skin Fix, board-certified Dermatologist and Professor, Dr. Stolman brushes aside the unnecessary detail and immediately hones in on what you need to know. There is a lot to know and a lot of misconceptions on the internet about what works and what does not work for your skin. 30-Day Skin Fix will help you separate fact from fiction, give you real results, and give the average consumer confidence to find the best skin care products on the market.