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Alder Creek Editions

Books About the Systems We Share.

Alder Creek Editions publishes the work of Stephen Deason, including The Operational Reliability Series, the Mile Marker Library and the Sitting Room Series.

Fiction, nonfiction, and commentary about recovery, business, economics, and the systems that shape people’s choices. The catalog also includes practical family-care books and the growing children’s world of Küche.

CatalogFree Books & Printables
Cover of The Weakest Link by Stephen DeasonCover of The Invisible Architecture by Stephen DeasonCover of The Space Between by Stephen DeasonCover of Residual Claimants by Stephen DeasonCover of The Realities of Ownership by Stephen DeasonCover of Don't Panic: The First Hours After You Stop by Stephen DeasonCover of When More Help Is Needed by Stephen DeasonCover of Grieving Someone Who Is Still Here by Stephen Deason
“Now I know why and more importantly, how to navigate.”
Avid ReaderThe Weakest Link
“Helpful for any family caring for aging loved ones.”
Melissa H.The Invisible Architecture
“I appreciate the note pages you have at the end of each chapter.”
Dick D.When More Help Is Needed

The Operational Reliability Series

The story, the system, the handbook.

Three volumes examine the institutional gaps that shape family care, from story to analysis. A companion handbook and worksheet edition sit alongside the books. The series is for the family member, friend, or partner who became the unpaid family coordinator keeping appointments, medications, authorizations, and the next handoff in one picture.

Cover of The Weakest Link by Stephen DeasonBook IThe Weakest LinkCover of The Invisible Architecture by Stephen DeasonBook IIThe Invisible ArchitectureCover of The Space Between by Stephen DeasonBook IIIThe Space BetweenCover of The Family Integrator's Handbook by Stephen DeasonPDF downloadThe Family Integrator's Handbook
The Operational Reliability SeriesFree elder care planner
Cover of While You Can Still Decide by Stephen DeasonCover of The Move and the First Months by Stephen DeasonCover of When More Help Is Needed by Stephen Deason

The Sitting Room Series

Guides, workbooks, and journals for the changes that ask more of a family.

Every book in the series is in large print, with pages for the person whose life is changing and for the family around them.

The Sitting Room SeriesFree worksheets and printables

The Paid Last Series

Books for business owners and the people they develop. Residual Claimants, Volume One, is available in hardcover, and its opening chapters are free to read.

Residual ClaimantsThe Realities of OwnershipThe series
Cover of Residual Claimants by Stephen DeasonCover of The Realities of Ownership by Stephen Deason

The Mile Marker Library

Sixteen short books for recovery, numbered in the order a person needs them and sorted onto four shelves: Right Now, Daily Practice, Rebuilding, and People Around You. Start with Book 1, Don't Panic. Every published Mile Marker book is free to download.

The Mile Marker Library
Cover of Tools You Can Use on Your Own by Stephen Deason and Melissa DeasonCover of Money in Early Recovery by Stephen DeasonCover of For Families by Stephen DeasonCover of Don't Panic: The First Hours After You Stop by Stephen Deason

Küche

A bright corner of the press.

The Adventures of Noodle Monster & the Sushi Thief is a separate series of playful stories about friendship, food, and the everyday questions children know well.

Meet the Küche series
Cover of How Sushi Thief Got Her Name

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