Ann: 8139 books

           "Up on the Roof and Other Short Stories" is a unique collection of nineteen humorous and serious short stories that explores the lives and relationships of the young and old.             A grizzled, old farmer, Pop, climbs up on his farmhouse roof to...

Hospital visits, calendar watching, disheartening test results and scheduled sex can make trying for a baby a stressful experience, and the strain it puts on couples and individuals struggling with infertility can impact hugely on the likelihood of successful conception. With an approach that...

What happens when brokenness stains our spirits, when the hurts of life linger?Secret or unresolved hurts leak into our everyday lives, filtering into everything we think we know about who we are. We tend to question our value and meaning. We feel unimportant, incapable, "less-than" or "not good enough."So...

The people are the church—not just the pastor. Yet, in many congregations there is a heavy imbalance in the ownership of ministry. Clergy and paid staff are seen as God’s agents in the world, and congregants as occasional participants. Sometimes, clergy and other leaders perpetuate this imbalance. Ann...

"Your mother and father are running away," said a voice piercing the warm air. I froze and turned toward home. To a Hutterite, nothing is more shameful than that word, running away, Weglaufen...In 1969, Ann-Marie Dornn's parents did the unthinkable. They left a Hutterite colony near Portage...

The interplay of the written word and the painted image converge in Ann Holmes skillfully crafted poetry. Holmes gets inside the action of a poem, imagining what it is like to be the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, a goat in Greece, spring beginning, a cloud refusing to change its form. Love, loss, wonder,...

The Stone Era By: Jo Ann Stone The Stone Era is a book with compelling stories from the life of Jo Ann Stone. Stone shares stories from her incredible experience as a search and rescue member to the daily adventures of being a mother. Stone has thrilling stories that will keep you on the edge...

Healthcare expert Lori-Ann Rickard reveals the easy and practical answers that only an insider knows. Spin Your Healthcare Your Way and discover What You Need First with her guide.  Easy Healthcare: What You Need First gives you the secrets no outsider would guess such as:  • How to...

«Ann Rule racconta e cerca di dare una risposta alla domanda: che cosa ha creato un mostro?» il Venerdì di Repubblica Quando la realtà supera qualsiasi finzione, soltanto una grande scrittrice può raccontarla. Questa è la storia di un figlio affettuoso, di uno studente modello,...

Tongulish is the language of sweet talk, babble and blather, quibble and quizzical. And Tongulish is spoken throughout Rita Ann Higgins's lively new collection. These are provocative and heart-warming poems of high jinx and telling social comment by a gutsy, anarchic chronicler of Irish lives and...

There is power, purpose and meaning in a name and knowing who you are as God sees you. Uncovering the truth about your origins requires more than research and facts based on your family tree. You must dig deeper and go to the source of where it all began. This requires being willing to challenge everything...

In Kelly Ann Evers new book, “Hurt No More! A Journey of Healing from Abuse,” she reaches out to abused and battered women with her own compelling and inspirational story. After escaping from her abusive husband, she was unable to enjoy her newfound freedom because of the emotional, physical,...

Her Beautiful Brain is Ann Hedreen’s story of what it was like to become a mom just as her beautiful, brainy mother began to lose her mind to an unforgiving disease. Arlene was a copper miner’s daughter who was divorced twice, widowed once, raised six kids singlehandedly, survived the turbulent...

The only way they would survive, was if they stayed …TOGETHER Sala Schonwetter lived the perfect life. Married to the man of her dreams, mother to two beautiful children, and a member of one of the most respected families in town; she had it all. The year was 1939, and the world was about...