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Steve Roggenbuck is perhaps most famous for his YouTube videos. Many of these YouTube videos are similar to poetry and describe his appreciation for the natural world, themes of carpe diem and humor. In 2015, Roggenbuck released his book, Live My Lief - Selected & New Poems: 2008-2015. Inside his book, Roggenbuck states: "This book is intended to be in the public domain. Feel free to share, remix, or reprint as you like." Joseph Leo Hickey scoured the internet for evidence that someone had taken Steve up on his offer and found nothing. In this book are Hickey's own poems, some of Roggenbuck's unaltered poems, as well as many revised poems. Hickey has removed all or most of the profanity from the book and has truly made this book his own. While Roggenbuck tends to focus mostly on humor in this book, Hickey's poetry is mostly serious which creates an interesting balance. This book was not necessarily approved or endorsed by Roggenbuck and he had no involvement in the production of this edition and receives no royalties for the purchasing of this unique edition. Joseph Leo Hickey encourages people to check out Roggenbuck's work and support him both financially and through sharing his work with friends.

Carol Frost, poet, farmer, and son of American poet Robert Frost, burned his own poems before committing suicide on October 9, 1940. Detritus is an asemblage of fragments -- burned poems, obituary -- imagined by the artist. The book was created in response to the following poem by Steve Roggenbuck: "I don't care about reading a poem, who do you think I am, Robert Frost? I have never been in the woods and I hate walking."

"In these pages, you'll meet the state legislator who never met a special interest he did not like, an alderman groveling to a mob boss, and the prosecutor who gained notoriety as a publicity hound."--BOOK JACKET. "Neal's beat is politics, but his interests are rich and varied. He also writes about sports, music, literature, and film with a point of view that is fresh and original."--BOOK JACKET.

Have you ever been in a spot where you're wonder to yourself, "Why has God put me here? It doesn't seem to make any sense?" Being in that situation makes us uncomfortable. Uneasy. Unwilling. Sometimes, But God likes us to stretch our wings and push us to fly - because He knows we can, even if we're not so sure. In Remember the Nails, Steve Schofield asks us to try doing just that - remembering that Jesus endured the ultimate discomfort, for all for us. Can you give Him 40 days? This devotional will truly make you stop and think about being too comfortable. You will raise questions to yourself like "What fear do I need to overcome? What self-made obstacles can I push aside? What excuses can I forget?

Meet these notable women and others as you walk in their footsteps around downtown Chicago in three short journeys outlined in this book. From the earliest days of permanent settlement to the present, women's sacrifices, commitment, and creativity have shaped this city. Our lives today reflect the legacy of these women. You will find these tours interesting and informative, and perhaps even provocative.

Working from a prompt book, here are the inner workings of Steve. The Man. The Myth. The Legend.

Imagine a runner, deep into a marathon, who, instead of catching much-needed water bottles generously tossed by the crowd, throws into the crowd toxicity balloons that burst on impact. This scenario pictures the damaging offload that selfishness dumps into relationships. Scripture calls this selfishness ""the flesh,"" and this book will show how repentance--a vital change of heart--drains the toxicity from relationships and fosters a joyous self-giving otherwise known as love. The exhaustion of defensiveness begins to lift. When love enters the bloodstream of relationships, our frantic striving for safety and control gives way to fresh air, the hope of knowing and being known.