"Purpose" is a poetry book based on the May through July-August 2011 issues of Down in the Dirt magazine (the magazine "revealing all your dirty little secrets", founded 2000 though originally a section in cc&d magazine in 1994,, http://scars.tv/dirt) into this poetry and prose (and very occasionally artwork), published by Scars Publications. The cover art of this collection book was photographed in Chicago in 2011. Writers in this collection book inlcude Janet Kuypers, Tom Ball, Chad D. Barber, Matthew T. Birdsall, Elena Botts, Wm. Samuel Bradford, Rex Bromfield, Jon Brunette, Mark Breckenridge, Eric Burbridge, Brandi Capozzi, Gibson Culbreth, Derek A Davis, Frank De Canio, Kenneth DiMaggio, Steve Dodd, Travis Green, Nathan Hahs, Fritz Hamilton, Rod Hamon, Christopher Hanson, Kathleen Hennessey, Cheryl Hicks, Matt Hlinak, Eric Holden, Ruth Juris, James Kowalczyk, Jennifer E. Lee , Kathryn Leetch, Joseph Lisowski, Brian Looney, Sarah Lucille Marchant, Denny E. Marshall, William Masters, John Constantine Mastor, Kristopher Miller, Jeffrey Park, Steven Pelcman, Donna Pucciani, John Ragusa, J. D. Riso, Amanda Ronan, Daniel J Roozen, Larry Schug, Ian C Smith, Liam Spencer, Bob Strother, Lori Ulrich, Clinton Van Inman, Kerry Lown Whalen, Donald C. White Jr., Changming Yuan and Eleanor Leonne Bennett.

This unique book inspires art, creation, and environmentalism with 50 projects that transform yesterday's trash into today's stylish and useful objects. Using found, discarded, and cast-off items as a foundation-from old computer cases, soda cans, and record album covers to foam packing-readers can fashion stylish clocks, end tables, frames, and much more.

"After the Apocalypse (prose edition)" is the prose collection book based on the 2012 issues of cc&d magazine and Down in the Dirt magazine, published by Scars Publications. Contributors in this collection book includes Janet Kuypers, David S. Atkinson, Eric Bonholtzer, Richard E Marion, Kimberly Bingheim, Tom Cantwell, Phillip Gardner, Roy Haymond, John Duncklee, Billie Louise Jonesa, Arthur Levine, Brandon A.M., R. W. Lowrie, Erica McBeth, DM Morales, Kenneth Rutherford, Derrick Sherwin, Brian Forrest painting, Richard E Marion, Anne Turner Taub, Ronald Martin Wade, Dana Blake, P. Keith Boran, W. Donta Andrews, Fritz Hanilton, Eric W Jepson, max keanu, Don Maurer, Jim Meirose, Alexander P.S., Stephen V. Ramey, Carl Scharwath, Rex Sexton, Yasmin Ramirez, Derrick Sherwin, Ronald M. Wade, Kelly Darrow, A. A. Garrison, Bob Johnston, John Ragusa, Edward Turner III, Michael Trainor, Jon Wesick, Matthew Bagdanovich, Matt Barden, Nancy Lee Bethea, Jack Bristow, Jon Brunette, Eric Burbridge, Justin Creed, Lisa Cappiello, Charley Daveler, Beth Einspanier, Barton Hill, Brian Huba, Alyssa Lawless, Patrick Trotti, Jennifer E. Lee, Bob Strother, D.A. Cairns, Kyle Scot Martinez, M. E. Mitchell, Ryan Priest, Curt Seubert, Ellie Stewart, Jill Simons, Dorothy H. Smith, Liam Spencer, Stanley B. Trice, Kenneth Weene, Duncan Whitmire, Tom Ball, Wm. Samuel Bradford, Rex Bromfield, Jon Brunette, Derek A Davis, Gibson Culbreth, Steve Dodd, Eric Holden, James Kowalczyk, Kathryn Leetch, Kristopher Miller, J. D. Riso, Amanda E. Ronan , Ian C Smith, Daniel J Roozen, Lori Ulrich, Kerry Lown Whalen, Michael Cavazos, Benjamin Christensen, Annabelle Dura, Cassia Gaden Gilmartin, Brittany Clark, Michael Gruber, Jack Hill, Kevin Moore, Zach Murphy, Don Thompson, Frank Traverse, and Megan Willoughby, with art from Aaron Wilder, Uzeyir Lokman CAYCI, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Rose E. Grier art, the HA!man of South Africa, Oz Hardwick, Peter LaBerge, and Eleanor Leonne Bennett.

This book is for you if you believe it is important for you to be a more fulfilled leader as well as a more effective one. A more purposeful and happier leader. A leader who values the wellbeing of your people and who values your own wellbeing too.Whether you are a front-line supervisor or the head of a corporation, a leader has a greater purpose than just delivering the company's goals. What is that purpose and how can it be achieved?In this short book, you will explore the awakening of Steve and his journey into being a Conscious Leader under the guidance of his mentor, John.