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Taken from over a million negatives, this selection represents Mike Patrick’s favorite photographs, taken during a career that has lasted from more than 3 decades. Featuring the stars of world speedway of the last 30 years, as well as a wealth of thrilling action shots and some rather unusual pictures, these beautiful images will thrill any speedway fan.

Ben Patrick - better known as KneesOverToesGuy - was a talented high school basketball player. As a sophomore, he won the state's 3-point shooting competition. He was the fundamentally sound point guard any team would want - smart, unselfish and, with the clock ticking down, a cold-blooded competitor with the ball in his hands.What Ben didn't have was the kind of athleticism that could take him far. His knees were so bad, he knew it would be a good day when he didn't have to crawl to the bathroom. Fast forward two decades. With millions of social media followers, Ben and his company - ATG (Athletic Truth Group) - are helping people improve their athletic ability and overall health. Now in his 30s, the ultra-athletic Ben Patrick wonders: If the 12-year-old me had the exercises I now teach, what might have been possible?Meet Ellis Remember Baker of Arlington, Vermont.Ellis is that 12-year-old. A KneesOverToes workout fanatic growing up in the Green Mountain state, young Ellis isn't just an astonishing athlete; he's an extraordinary kid who's as unorthodox as his middle name.A descendent of one of the most feared Green Mountain Boys of Revolutionary War fame - Remember Baker Jr. - little Ellis started walking backward not long after he learned to walk forward. That exercise, encouraged by his weird, rich and completely devoted grandfather, evolved into even more unusual approaches to building strength and flexibility, leading to 12-year-old Ellis shocking Vermonters with his athletic prowess on full display at a state fair track meet.When journalists at the largest newspaper in the state get wind of what the kid can do, the Full Speed Behind story begins. From a backward gristmill grind to bright lights on basketball battles and bench splinters during football season - with a graveyard mystery unearthed in between - follow Ellis's adventures as he confronts the daunting chasm between small-town Vermont boy and celebrity student athlete.Is the kid, well, different? Without a doubt.Will you become an Ellis Baker fan, cheering 'til your throat hurts? You can count on that, too.

"In 1971, I was a junior in high school with a plan for my life. I knew where I was going. I was a good student with sports on the brain all the time," writes Mike Patrick. However, in Mike's first varsity football game, he realized something had gone drastically wrong after trying to make a tackle, right inside the goal line. His life was changed in an instant. In "I Still Believe in Tomorrow," Mike writes about the experience, its affect on the entire town, and scores of medical experiences and triumphs since breaking his neck. Mike's conversational book includes a comprehensive time line and striking photos. He reminds us how our words and actions may affect everyone we encounter today, tomorrow and even years later. He effectively demonstrates this through stories and an experiential exercise for the readers. Reading Mike's experiences will help each of us navigate our own journeys, regardless of what happens along the way.

This little novel is full of fabrication. Where exactly do the two branches of this river of words, Fact and Fiction, separate? We like to keep you guessing, but we'll drop a few facts. Remember Baker Jr. was an early Arlington, Vermont resident and patriotic Revolutionary War figure. One of Vermont's famed Green Mountain Boys, Remember Baker Jr. isn't "remembered" like fellow heroes Seth Warner or Ethan Allen and brother, Ira. In part that's because Baker was cut down Aug. 22, 1775, early in the war. He was only 38 years old. The gristmill Baker built in 1765 is inoperable but still exists in Arlington. The mill depicted in these stories suits the author's fancies, not historical accuracy. In the first book of this series, Full Speed Behind, the Vermont Principals' Association was cast in a somewhat villainous role. Shoot, every good story needs conflict so we picked on the VPA, which is a real entity and not at all sinister, as portrayed in the first book. And perhaps this one. Arlington Memorial High School is real, but Manchester High School isn't. There's an outstanding school in Manchester, Burr & Burton Academy, but that was a mouthful that we chose to simplify and did not at all want to impugn. Martha Canfield Library exists right across East Arlington Road from the high school. Pound for pound and book for book, it's our favorite library on the planet. The abandoned white house just across the Vermont-New York state line is real - and real scary looking. But as of this writing, construction is taking place so the formidable place faces a less haunting future. And Ben Patrick, the KneesOverToesGuy upon whom our star, Ellis Remember Baker, is loosely modeled, is very real. Applying the exercises he also teaches to thousands, Ben can reverse dunk with authority and land doing perfect splits. There's more fact in this story but you'll have to ferret it out from the fabricated fun stuff. And therein lies the key to The Protector: If you have fun riding down both branches of the river, we all win.

Be creative! Be expressive! Kreative Xpessions Volume1. A collection of art, scripts, stories, poems and photos from a handful of talented individuals. Featuring Ashley H.A. Williams, Mike Patrick, John Pierce, Andrew Perritt, Elise Boyce, Diane Hoppman, and Lenny Levy.

Collects anecdotes from thirty-three of boxing's most notable referees about their time in the ring, their experiences with boxing stars, and some of their individual achievements.

The published essays, interviews and other rascally writings of Michael Patrick Welch (1999-2014)

The Prayer and Gratitude Journal for Kids is a tool to help children strengthen their prayer and devotion time with God. It is the perfect gift to help your child develop their prayer time with God in only 5 minutes each day. Each page has prompts for your child to fill out to aid in constructing their prayer. The Lord's Prayer is also included on the back cover.