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Voices from the Fair :
Oral Histories of the Bloomsburg Fair

Five people were interviewed about the long and interesting history of the Annual Bloomsburg PA Fair. Mr. Elwood (Woody) Heaps, food vendor; Mr. Fred Trump, former Fair President; Mrs. Debra Heckel-Baigis, Barton House volunteer tour guide; Mrs. Nancy and Mr. Dick Bowman, food vendors; and Mr. Rick Creasy, vendor and games.

25 black and white photos enhance the text.

These candid and warm memories make for a nostalgic read, and the book is an excellent souvenir of the fair.

First Edition Copyright 2008, ISBN#978-09790775-6-2 104 pages, black and white text and photos of the fair. white opaque paper
5 1/2 " x 8 1/2 " finished size
Full color paperback cover

To PURCHASE:
WRITE:  Touchstone Press, PO Box 396,
Oneonta, NY 13820

Include a check or money order for $16.98 per book and a shipping and handling fee of $4.95.

Email us with any questions.
(Volume discounts available)

Dr. Sue Dauria

is Professor and Chair of the Anthropology Department at Bloomsburg Universtiy, Bloomsburg, PA.
Ever since she moved to Bloomsburg she has been excited to wander the annual fair grounds and participate in fair activities.
One of her service and research projects for the local community led Dr. Dauria to collaborate with the Bloomsburg Fair Association to produce annual demographic reports showing fairgoer activity. Her university students collect data and assist in investigating the impact of the fair, while learning valuable lessons about culture.
Realizing that data collection can only represent a small portion of the Bloomsburg Fair phenomenon, she wished to create a more expansive understanding by collecting information about personal and community experiences through personal interviews.
Dr. Dauria may continue with additional volumes as interesting interviewees are discovered.

The Adventures of Elbert and Leopoldina

A delightful children's story about an energetic goose and beagle, friends who accidentally stroll 100 years into the past on a spring day. The animals are beautifully depicted with realistic mannerisms and devotion to each other. The story contains concepts about our past, honesty, devotion, and sincere concern for others - both in the human and animal realm. A great gift for children.

First Edition Copyright 2006, ISBN#178-0-978-0-9790775-1-7 104 pages, black and white text and illustrations
black text and sketches on white opaque paper
8 1/2" x 5 1/2" finished size
Full color paperback cover

To PURCHASE:
The book is available directly from Dorothy Kubik
WRITE: Dorothy Kubik, 8058 Co Hwy 28, Hamden, NY 13782
Enclose $15.00 for each book and $4.50 postage and handling.

or Click here to purchase it on Amazon.com
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Dorothy Kubik

A retired English teacher, has written several non-fiction extensively researched history books about the upstate New York area. This is her first fiction. Contact Touchstone for more information. Books signed by the author may be purchased through Touchstone, for $17.00 Or contact Dorothy for a standard book for $15.00, Write: Dorothy Kubik, Echo Farm Publications, 8058 County Highway 26, Hamden, NY 13782, or call: (607) 865-8351

We have recently placed her books for sale on Amazon.com. You can order there.

Testimonial: "Barbara of Touchstone Graphics was such a patient, careful, encouraging, and pleasant person to work with in bringing this book into existence."

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Life After Work:
Six retirement stories that can change your life

Retirement stories of six famous people: Sarah and Bessie Delany, Lee Iacocca, Katharine Hepburn, Jimmy Carter, and Arthur Ashe . . . and the messages they have for the rest of us: How is retirement different today because of the dramatic increases in life expectancy and profound changes about what it means to be retired?  •  How can we plan for retirement in a world of uncertainty and rapid change?  •  What is the role of health in retirement, and what can we do if health fails?  •  If retirement is a transition to the "second half" of adult life, how can we make this new staes of our lives productive and satisfying?

First Edition Copyright 2007, ISBN#978-09790775-0-0
265 pages
Black text and sketches on white opaque paper
9" x 6" finished size
Full color paperback cover

To PURCHASE:
The book is avaiable (to order) at chain bookstores and on Amazon.com. Click here to purchase it on Amazon.com
(But bookmark us so you can come back!)

Arthur F. Dauria and Walter VomSaal

Dr. Arthur F. Dauria is Professor and Chair of the Communication Arts Department at the State University of New York at Oneonta, New York. He received his Ph.D in Communication Studies from the Pennsylvania State University, recipient of the Chancellors Award for excellence in teaching, taught at Penn State, and currently teaches courses related to interpersonal communication, human interaction, and conflict management.

Dr. Walter vom Saal has retired as Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York at Oneonta, where he taught courses in aging and human sexuality. His undergraduate degree is from Columbia University and his Ph.D. from McMaster University. He has served as a college academic vice president, and interim college president. taught at Princeton University and Millersville University before coming to Oneonta, and was awarded the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Distinguished Teaching Chair
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The authors have enjoyed working together for many years to study and explore the topic of retirement. Their research includes interviews, surveys, focus groups, and workshops.

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Open Windows

Vignettes of the author's life take the reader through a childhood as the son of Polish immigrants in Brooklyn, New York inthe 1940's and 1950's; growing up with a father suffering from manic-depression and a confused and frightened mother struggling to keep her family together. Joy and laughter abound too, as friendships, street games, and the Brooklyn Dodgers are discussed. His later life, as teacher and athletic coach, and love of the Catskills provides more warm stories as a man finds peace within himself.

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First Edition Copyright 2007    ISBN#978-0-9790775-3-1
154 pages,
black text
5 1/2" x 8 1/2 " finished size
Full color perfect bound cover

To PURCHASE:
Lenny Mintz is selling the book himself.
contact: Mr. L Mintz, Open Windows, 191 Delside Drive, Delhi, New York  13753
$14.95 plus $3.00 shipping and handling

Contact Touchstone with additional questions

A Midwestern Life, A Memoir

Spencer Ketchum wrote and compiled this book as a gift for his family and friends. He gathered information from his fathers and his own writing, and worked back to the immigration of the Ketchom family to the United States. "Spence" writes in a cordial, detailed style that makes the reading easy and interesting. He intersperces history with humor.

Mr. Ketchum lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and has worked most of his life in public relations. He relates stories from his childhood and through the Second World War, to today.

This was a complex project as it is considered short run (not a large quantity), color and black ink pages mixed, and a hard case binding. By contracting with three different companies we managed to get everything he wanted. He sent books out for Christmas, and he is still getting rave reviews from family and friends.

First Edition Copyright 2006 192 pages,
black and and full-color pages intermingled
Black and full color ink on 80 lb opaque clay-coated paper Full color wrap-around hard case cover, laminated for resiliance
8 1/2" x 11" finished size

To PURCHASE:
Mr. Ketchum is distributing these books himself.
He is into his third printing, due to unexpected demand. Contact Touchstone if you are interested.

Spencer Ketchum

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Speaking and Listening in a New Era,
Ideas, Methods, and Practices.

Wrote this book as a textbook for teaching his Communications course at Shippensburg University. It accompanies a workbook and CD, and is sold to students through that college bookstore.

Dr. Bluman makes the course much more interesting by presenting the material in his own way, and sharing his own life situations to enhance the learning process.

First Edition Copyright 2004

238 pages, black text and charts and illustrations

Black Ink on white 60lb opaque paper

7" x 9" finished size

Full color paperback cover

To PURCHASE:

contact Dr. Bluman at Shippensburg University

Dr. Dale L. Bluman

Is a Professor of Commuinication at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. He also shares his expertise in communications with businesses requesting intercommunication help, and also works with an expert witness making video presentations for the courtroom. Dale writes in a friendly, informative manner which (we feel) makes his course much more interesting. Since Dr. Bluman has custom-published his own textbook, he sees more profit per book sold that he would through a commercial publishing house. And since he is only interested in using the book for his own course, not marketing it for others to use teaching, his needs are only for short-run quantities.
Testimonial: "You were helpful in all aspects of publishing the materials. Your expert advice and experience helped me make good decisions. I was comforted by always knowing that the end product was in competent hands."
Contact Touchstone for more information.

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Pony Rider from Coney Island, A Spiritual Oddssey

. . . is a work of the imagination; it is also, to some extent, autobiographical. Grosso writes:

"To write about the American Indian . . . to get inside him, to feel a sense of him, I have looked into my self, that is, I have groped around looking into my own mystery. And looking into myself, I have discovered that, despite the thin garment of culture that makes us appear different from one another, we are all found in each other."

Stephen Grosso

WALKWAY Poems

Robert Horn writes poetry in his own intellictually unique style. Those interested in the deepest depths of emotional turmoil relating to aids, and those struggling with the disease can relate to his work. This is a labor of true love as he's been writing and rewriting these poems for over six years, struggling to find just the right presentation. An early edition of his book is available.

First Edition Copyright 2003 (the third edition is in process)

172 pages, black text and photos

On 70 lb opaque paper

8 1/2" x 5 1/2" finished size

Black on white paperback cover

When he is ready Mr. Horn intends to distribute his poetry to interested parties. Contact Touchstone if you are interested.

Robert Horn

Lived and worked throughout Europe and in New York City. Associated with artists, he organized and displayed their work. With his regal demeanor, intellictual interests and delight in conversation, Robert received invitations to accompany the elite of society throughout Europe, and has many fascinating stories to tell. We hope he keeps writing. Contact Touchstone for more information.

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YESTERDAY'S WEALTH

Lynn Bissell has been researching, collecting and writing about the Oneonta area, particularly about the development of the school systems, and views of antique postcards for many years. Yesterday's Wealth was created as he asked the elderly he was interviewing, what was most remarkable about then - as they remember.

First Edition Copyright ______

____ pages, black text and photos, GBC bound

On 60 lb opaque paper

8 1/2" x 11" finished size

Full color (parchment) card stock cover with clear overlay to protect.

Lynn Bissell

  Lynn Bissell has been researching, and writing about the Oneonta area, particularly about the development of the school systems, and collecting antique postcards for many years.
   He has interviewed many teachers, students and compiled several books, all which offer deep insight into life as it was in Oneonta long ago.
   His books are for sale at the Oneonta Historical Association, on Main Street in Oneonta, NY.
Contact Touchstone for more information.
   See a photo of Lynn receiving an award from the Oneonta Historical Society: (But bookmark here, as you'll be leaving our web site.) http://www.oneontahistory.org/awards.htm

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THE ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE EXPERIENCE

"Everyone takes pleasure in something. I enjoy interviewing senior citizens, especially one-room schoolhouse teachers and students. . .During my interviews with the teachers, I could feel the sincerity and caring in their voices. They gave everything they had to teach their students. I felt proud to talk to them and when I listened to all the hardships of teaching during those years, I felt very humble. . . Oral history is worth its weight in gold. Let us now share the wealth they have contributed for our enjoyment and education."

First Edition Copyright Nov. 2000

102 pages, black text and photos with some full color pages,Full color illustrations of stunning "rewards of merit" (cards given to students for excellend work). stitched.

On 60 lb opaque paper

8 1/2" x 11" finished size

Black on white gloss card stock cover.

Lynn Bissell

  Lynn Bissell has been researching, and writing about the Oneonta area, particularly about the development of the school systems, and collecting antique postcards for many years.
   He has interviewed many teachers, students and compiled several books, all which offer deep insight into life as it was in Oneonta long ago.
   His books are for sale at the Oneonta Historical Association, on Main Street in Oneonta, NY.
Contact Touchstone for more information.
   See a photo of Lynn receiving an award from the Oneonta Historical Society: (But bookmark here, as you'll be leaving our web site.) http://www.oneontahistory.org/awards.htm

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ONEONTA TRAILS 1771-1980

Lynn Bissell has been researching, collecting and writing about the Oneonta area, particularly about the development of the school systems, and views of antique postcards for many years. Yesterday's Wealth was created as he asked the elderly he was interviewing, what was most remarkable about then - as they remember.

First Edition Copyright ______

____ pages, black text and photos, GBC bound

On 60 lb opaque paper

8 1/2" x 11" finished size

Full color (parchment) card stock cover with clear overlay to protect.

Lynn Bissell

  Lynn Bissell has been researching, and writing about the Oneonta area, particularly about the development of the school systems, and collecting antique postcards for many years.
   He has interviewed many teachers, students and compiled several books, all which offer deep insight into life as it was in Oneonta long ago.
   His books are for sale at the Oneonta Historical Association, on Main Street in Oneonta, NY.
Contact Touchstone for more information.
   See a photo of Lynn receiving an award from the Oneonta Historical Society: (But bookmark here, as you'll be leaving our web site.) http://www.oneontahistory.org/awards.htm

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Johanna

A warm and loving look at Joan's Mother's life, from beginnig to end, from her childhood in Norway to life in the United States.

First Edition Copyright 2005

28 pages, black and white text and photos on white 60lb opaque paper

8 1/2" x 5 1/2" finished size

Black Ink on Ivory Parchment paperback cover

Joan Heffner

Wrote this book as a gift for her grandchildren (and other family members) so it is written in delightfully simple style with plenty of photographs embellishing it throughout.

Contact Touchstone for more information.

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Suggestions for Eating Well with Celiac Disease

Jean offers lighthearted encouragement and some of her own created recipes and sources for information and ingredients.

"Today the products available are plentiful and amazing. They continue to delight me! We Celiac sufferers now can live more easily!"

Copyright 2004

24 pages, black & white text

Black ink on card stock cover - stapled

8.5 x 5.5" finished size

Jean Miller

Jean first developed Celiac Disease at age 6 months, and nearly died from malnutrition and diarrhea before a diagnosis was made. Her Celiac Disease returned in her early 50's and incredibly, no doctor recognized it! She diagnosed herself and started creating and eating gluten-free foods once again.

Contact author by:

636 Co. Hwy. 35, Maryland, New York 12116-1915

(607) 432-5767

This book available by contacting Mrs. Miller to order. Price: $10.00

OR Contact Touchstone for more information.

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