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An ex-military graduate student falls for a dancer, the prettiest and most popular girl on campus, in this Young Adult novel of science meets the dance world.

Its a beautiful spring day, and Sally is swinging in the backyard with her dad. Thats when she sees something wonderful. In the big tree in her backyard, Sally spies a beautiful blue bird. Thats a blue jay, her dad tells her. Excited, Sally runs over to the tree where the lively blue jay family has...

In 1993, a beautiful baby girl is born. After her daughter is placed in her arms, the mother notices the little girl staring into her eyes. She is like an angel, the mother states, intuitively knowing in that very moment that her baby will one day become very special in some way. Unfortunately, six...

How to Beat Your Kids without Leaving a Mark is a testament to the most thankless job in the worldraising children as a single mom. Author Liz M. Mendoza draws on her experiences as a single mother to share the nitty-gritty details of modern motherhood, from the good to the bad to the ugly, and everything...

In 1955, doctors told Jim L. Wingrove that his severely broken his arm would be permanently paralyzed. Not wanting to accept this diagnosis, Wingrove asked for a second opinion. He met with another doctor, who relayed the same bad news: his arm would never work again. But Wingrove knew something the...

A poetic journey into the life and mind of the author during a very troubled period of his life. He suffered from mental health problems and separation from his beloved for a time. The book renders his problems with madness, depression and unrequited love in direct and moving poetry. It is the poet's first book.

In 2008 I was new to Thailand and new to the amazingly wonderful world of teaching English as a second language. It was bewildering, invigorating, and life changing. No days passed that I didnt marvel at the interaction with students and teachers. At the end of two years in Thai public education I...

Advance Praise for A Happy Journey We could all do with a little Larry in our lives. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. May you relish every word as I did. Dr. Martha Lee, Clinical Sexologist, Eros Coaching, Singapore The stories he shares are all around us; they are in everyone we meet and...

Do you really value the objects around you or are they just things to you? The premise of this book is that part of the pleasure of lifecontentment that we can cultivate no matter how much or how little we havecomes from the conscious appreciation of the beauty and the significance of everyday things....

I was born and brought up in Kenya during the struggle for independence from the colonial rule. This book is about the trials and tribulations that took place during those difficult years. It is also about the cultural changes that the African families endured in that period, but where everyone looked...

In For Play, a former pro basketball player shares a collection of sexual learning experiences gathered over a thirty-year period, beginning with the sexual revolution. When they first met, Will McMasters and Jack Callahan were just a couple of college guys who somehow managed to fumble their away...

Charles Bukowski disliked academics, as this academic and readable book points out from page one onward of its introduction, "Charles Bukowski vs. American Ways." Begun before Bukowski died in 1994, Charles Bukowski: Autobiographer, Gender Critic, Iconoclast was the first doctoral dissertation...

Alguna vez ha conocido a alguien ms incontrolado, quien aquel hablando en tu mente cundo est de compras para tu amante? Cuando sienten que el amor ha tomado el control de tu vida, no lo aceptas! Cuando piensas que la mitad es suficiente... es cuando ms sofoca el amor de tu amante, iluminando tus ojos...

Angels on Earth presents a collection of poetry that expresses feelings held close to the heart. The poems breathe life into experiences that offer reminders of past, present, and future friends, all of whom had a large influence on author Sheddy Versatos life; they are truly angels on Earth. Some...