Christy: 616 books

When Life Gives You Lemons is a collection of short stories of varying length. The main characters are females, mostly young adults trying to find their way in the world. All had at one time had hopes for a good life, but things did not turn out the way they had anticipated. They are faced with making...

Over half of England’s secondary schools are now academies. While their impact on achievement has been debated, the social and cultural outcomes prompted by this neoliberal educational model has received less scrutiny. This book draws on original research based at Dreamfields Academy, a celebrated...

Trapped on a wounded aircraft carrier in the middle of some of the worst storms in recorded history. Shocked by explosions that may be even worse than originally believed. Lost without communications or a direction, with no way to know what’s happening in the world at large. Kit West, niece...

Something is attacking the city of Nashville, wreaking havoc in the halls of LaRoze Hospital. Expelled scientist Alexis Douglas finds herself sucked back in to pin down the cause and help the rapidly growing class of patients. An escaped inmate, an arrogant colleague, recent history and an evolving...

The most dangerous man is the one who thinks life is truly a game... As if the destruction of most of the known world and a rash of near-death experiences weren't enough, the members of Team Apollo must now adapt to a new kind of life. All of their work and whatever safety they may feel is suddenly...

When disaster strikes, who will survive Eternity, and who will be trapped by the uncertainty of space? The US Air Force Special Space Group is forced to leave the Earth for an uncertain future aboard the USS Eternity space station. In order to survive, Team Apollo and the civilians on board...

Mindy recently graduated from business school, obtained her first job, and has moved into an apartment with her cat Harley. She's attractive and longs to find Mr. Right but tends to attract nerds due to her kind nature. While riding the bus to work, she meets the man of her dreams. As she tries to...

This Brief focuses on youth who engage in sexually harmful behavior and how they transition back into public schools after serving time in a juvenile detention center or treatment facility. The Brief examines the difference between normal sexual behaviors and sexually harmful behaviors and provides...

A Mistletoe Bride is murdered on Christmas Eve, 1893. Her ghost haunts the family stately home, Willow Manor, until her remains are discovered and the truth revealed. Set in the present day and Victorian England, the tragic young bride can at last share her story and put right the terrible injustice...

This story takes place in the early 1900's,on a farm near the Wabash River in northeastern Indiana. Gertie and her older brother, Bruce, are called upon to help around the farm and the house. They also find time to have adventures, some a bit dangerous. Travel back to a time when foods were canned...

Leanna had great plans for her life. She had just started her final year of college, with hopes of going to graduate school afterwards. But all of that was interrupted when she landed in a car crash that caused her to end up in a coma. Waking up years later and finding herself by that time to be in...

YOU MATTER MORE THAN YOU KNOW The people of Israel, His people, were merely clay in the Master Potter's hands.  Today, His people, are the same. "For we are God's masterpiece," Paul wrote in Ephesians. "He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us...

This book challenges readers to rethink rural health ethics.  Traditional approaches to health ethics are often urban-centric, making implicit assumptions about how values and norms apply in health care practice, and as such may fail to take into account the complexity, depth, richness, and diversity...

Josie est terrorisée. Qui est cet homme à la stature athlétique qui s’est introduit en pleine nuit dans la maison qu’Amy, son associée, lui prête pour les vacances ? Son soulagement est de courte durée quand l’inconnu lui révèle son nom : Connor Preston – le frère d’Amy. Car celui-ci...