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The book is written with the hope that after it is read the reader would understand that even though they may experience many storms in life to trust God. He will never leave nor forsake you. He has a plan and purpose for all our lives. Sometimes it is necessary to go through various trials so that...

Tiger Pause offers a very personal glimpse into one womans experience of living with an active and later recovered alcoholic. Through excerpts from contemporaneous journals, and later reflections on her experience, she weaves along her pathway, and offers a beacon of hope to those undergoing a similar...

Every story in this book is spoken truth. Its about a once weak and insecure person using the past to grow beyond change. From the crazy to the bad, these stories are intended to make you laugh but you will cry, you may even get angry. One thing I do know is you will relate in ways you wouldnt have thought possible. This is my story but I wrote it for you.

The Douglases are traced from 100 A.D. with ancestral background in Ireland around 300 B.C. There is an American branch from the 18th century with connections to the U.S. war of independence and the anti-slave movement. The Crawfords are shown in their early history around the 12th century, then since...

"Everybody Knew Pete" but nobody knew who killed him ten years ago. Jenny McKnight, a high school senior, saw a body being dragged down to the pier, and she's had nightmares ever since. Now she's back in Sowatna, a mythical coastal town in Maine, hoping to find Pete's killer and dispel her...

Mosaics of Mary is a compulation of poems I have written over the past seven years. This book is a reflection of years of hard work I have gone through in order to understand and accept being an abandoned child. Writing poetry has given me an outlet that I did not have as a child. My goal in releasing...

Dream time starts when Carlos Stoner sits down to a blank page. This book passes those dreams to you. It chronicles his early works of art and the stories behind them. The collection will brighten your day and remind you of the wonders of God.

Children frequently deal with issues of inferiority, especially when they compare themselves to their friends and classmates. Most of the time, children are reluctant to tell anyone how they feel. By keeping their feelings to themselves, the issues cannot be resolved in appropriate ways. A Time To...

A parcel of land was gifted to a grandaughter from her loving grandparents when she married and started a family. On this parcel, was a sassafras tree that she had watched grow since she was a child. This is the story of the changes the girl and the tree went through together and the memories made and shared.

Blundering about Sorrento and its environs in search of culture, the author unwittingly resists his wifes never ending attempts to civilise him.From the heights of Vesuvius, to the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum, along the beautiful Amalfi coast and, of course, not forgetting Sorrento itself, the...

Amanda Bartlett runs away from her abusive husband, and finds herself in the gold-mining town of Old Dry Diggings. It is 1851, the height of the gold rush in the Sierra Nevada. She faces the unfamiliar challenges of making her way in a male-dominated society, establishing herself as a school teacher,...

Part One: Describes the structure and culture of an Italian-American family during the depression years. The market crash of 1929 triggered the depression that lasted approximately four years. The conditons during this period are reflected by what the author and his family experienced during this...

When my parents began writing life stories in their writing group, I figured a few good stories would make it onto paper. Well, they did followed by many, many more than I ever imagined. The family history that emerged makes for exciting and revelatory reading. From the family roots in Scotland and...

The poems in this book are chronologically arranged. They explore a variety of moods that often resonate with scenes in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Included as well are evocations of visual artists and their works, meditations on the authors past and present, glimpses of the American scene and commentaries on pop culture leavened with skewed humor.