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Now That's Italian
Book by Vollmer, Susan, Wilson, Laura
- GenresCooking
171 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1988
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About the author
Susan Vollmer
5 booksThe author, Susan Vollmer, wanted to write about something important. She questioned what is important to people? What would be so important that someone would die for it?
That led to a quest of research searching for possible leaders worth writing about. She selected a diverse group of 18 individuals who represented different countries, cultures, religions, age groups and occupations. Some were born in poverty, some in wealth and others in between.
What they shared in common was a belief in something that was worth pursuing no matter what. What the belief was varied by each individual. They pursued what they thought was right, not for fame or riches, but because it seemed the right thing to do.
Like the people who she writes about, Susan Vollmer knows that we each have a finite amount of time in this life. This book represents her legacy and pays tribute to those who paid the ultimate price. Their stories need to be retold and kept alive for each generation.
The author grew up in a rural area of Missouri known as the Bootheel, located in the southeast part of the state. Even as a child, she wrote stories and short "books" that she always dreamed would be published one day.
This love of writing led her to obtain a bachelor of journalism degree in magazine from the University of Missouri at Columbia. One of the things taught in journalism school is that the death of thousands is a statistic, but the death of one is a tragedy. People can identify with the story of one individual, where the other is too much to comprehend.
After college, Susan worked at the Collinsville Herald-Journal in Illinois as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering a wide variety of news and feature stories. Then, she worked in hospital public relations at what used to be called Normandy Osteopathic Medical Center, now known as Des Peres Hospital. As a publications editor, she oversaw the community magazine, physician newsletter and employee publication. Some of the stories would deal with life and death issues.
Her next career move was writing consumer brochures and news releases for a moving company, called United Van Lines. This company would create a parent company called UniGroup, Inc., which would later buy Mayflower Transit and also form an international subsidiary. That subsidiary, called UniGroup Worldwide UTS, is where Susan currently works as a manager of contracts administration, overseeing international agreements.
Throughout her career at UniGroup, Susan has had the good fortune to travel overseas and meet many people from different countries and cultures. This influence led her to create a book from a global perspective. Like many Americans, her knowledge of world history was someone limited, so she began a personal quest to fill in the blanks.
Her research led to the use of 74 books referenced in the writing of this one book "Legends, Leaders, Legacies."
Susan knows the importance of understanding diversity in cultures and countries. She knows the importance of keeping good stories alive for the generations to come. She believes that she can make a difference. And she believes that you can, too.
Susan's first book has been published by Bootheel Publishing, a company dedicated to providing information that benefits society.
You can read a sample chapter at the author's Web site: http://www.susanv.com.
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That led to a quest of research searching for possible leaders worth writing about. She selected a diverse group of 18 individuals who represented different countries, cultures, religions, age groups and occupations. Some were born in poverty, some in wealth and others in between.
What they shared in common was a belief in something that was worth pursuing no matter what. What the belief was varied by each individual. They pursued what they thought was right, not for fame or riches, but because it seemed the right thing to do.
Like the people who she writes about, Susan Vollmer knows that we each have a finite amount of time in this life. This book represents her legacy and pays tribute to those who paid the ultimate price. Their stories need to be retold and kept alive for each generation.
The author grew up in a rural area of Missouri known as the Bootheel, located in the southeast part of the state. Even as a child, she wrote stories and short "books" that she always dreamed would be published one day.
This love of writing led her to obtain a bachelor of journalism degree in magazine from the University of Missouri at Columbia. One of the things taught in journalism school is that the death of thousands is a statistic, but the death of one is a tragedy. People can identify with the story of one individual, where the other is too much to comprehend.
After college, Susan worked at the Collinsville Herald-Journal in Illinois as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering a wide variety of news and feature stories. Then, she worked in hospital public relations at what used to be called Normandy Osteopathic Medical Center, now known as Des Peres Hospital. As a publications editor, she oversaw the community magazine, physician newsletter and employee publication. Some of the stories would deal with life and death issues.
Her next career move was writing consumer brochures and news releases for a moving company, called United Van Lines. This company would create a parent company called UniGroup, Inc., which would later buy Mayflower Transit and also form an international subsidiary. That subsidiary, called UniGroup Worldwide UTS, is where Susan currently works as a manager of contracts administration, overseeing international agreements.
Throughout her career at UniGroup, Susan has had the good fortune to travel overseas and meet many people from different countries and cultures. This influence led her to create a book from a global perspective. Like many Americans, her knowledge of world history was someone limited, so she began a personal quest to fill in the blanks.
Her research led to the use of 74 books referenced in the writing of this one book "Legends, Leaders, Legacies."
Susan knows the importance of understanding diversity in cultures and countries. She knows the importance of keeping good stories alive for the generations to come. She believes that she can make a difference. And she believes that you can, too.
Susan's first book has been published by Bootheel Publishing, a company dedicated to providing information that benefits society.
You can read a sample chapter at the author's Web site: http://www.susanv.com.
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