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Browse all authors List your book | Camp UtopiaJenny Ruden Sixteen-year-old Baltimore teen Bethany Stern knows the only way out of spending her summer at Camp Utopia, a fat camp in Northern California, is weight-loss. Desperate, she tries The Forgiveness Diet, the latest fad whose infomercial promises that all she has to do is forgive her deadbeat... |
 | Ghost HorseThomas H. McNeely Set amidst the social tensions of 1970's Houston, Ghost Horse tells the story of eleven-year-old Buddy Turner's shifting alliances within his fragmented family and with two other boys—one Anglo, one Latino—in their quest to make a Super-8 animated movie. As his father's many secrets begin to... |
 | The 3 PromisesDavid J. Pollay In his blockbuster book The Law of the Garbage Truck, David J. Pollay showed how to deflect the negativity that derails our goals and leaves us stressed and miserable. Now, in this inspiring follow-up, Pollay explains how making three simple promises to yourself—“to find joy every day, do... |
 | The WhipKaren Kondazian The Whip is inspired by the true story of a woman, Charlotte "Charley" Parkhurst (1812-1879) who lived most of her extraordinary life as a man. As a young woman in Rhode Island, she fell in love and had a child. Her husband was lynched and her baby killed. The destruction... |
 | The Invitation: A Weekend with EmmaDawn Kohler Despite having a loving fiancé, Kate Edwards is haunted by a feeling that something is missing in her life. After losing her job as a reporter, a sense of inspiration is ignited by an invitation to spend the weekend with Emma Daines, a retired professor of social anthropology... |
 | ShockedM.C. Barton, MD Shocked is the incredible inspiring story of Dani, a physician with a tragic mental illness suffering the modern nightmare of untreatable madness. Pass through the looking glass into the desperate mind of a physician seemingly condemned by the horrors of her father's life and a childhood fractured by... |
 | Deadly LiesChris Patchell As a teenager, Jill Shannon fell victim to her stepfather's cruel abuse. Now, as an adult, Jill's made it—she has a successful career and a solid, if not static, marriage to Detective Alex Shannon. Together they live out what seems to be a perfect life in Seattle. The vow she made as a teenager to... |
 | Death at 40Cheryl A. Shaffer When Your Dreams Are a Message from God... Everyone dreams. Sometimes you remember your dreams in vivid detail; sometimes they don't seem important. Death at 40 is a compelling memoir from Cheryl A. Shaffer about the role that dreams played in communicating... |
 | Solsbury HillSusan M. Wyler The windswept moors of England, a grand rustic estate, and a love story of one woman caught between two men who love her powerfully—all inspired by Emily Bronte’s beloved classic, Wuthering Heights. Solsbury Hill brings the legend of Catherine and Heathcliff, and that of their mysterious... |
 | The RenewablesChuck Van Soye Clay and Jennie Evans, an aged couple celebrating their 54th wedding anniversary on a trip to Florida, stumble into a mythical reality and are reborn as teenagers overnight. Their immediate joy soon turns to confusion as they are forced to deal with an unbelieving world. Help eventually... |
 | Nowhere OutVincent J. Sachar Former Navy SEAL Kent Taylor, under the false identity of Ronald Lane Woodruff, is hidden away with a reclusive lifestyle that he must have for reasons that touch upon the safety of others. This scintillating razor-sharp sequel to "The Nowhere Man" serves up a new list of victims when a... |
 | I Am AbrahamJerome Charyn This unforgettable portrait of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War effortlessly mixes humor with Shakespearean-like tragedy to create an achingly human portrait of the sixteenth president. Charyn conducts an orchestra of historical figures and fictional extras centered around a profoundly... |
 | A Stirring of the Air, A Shifting of the LightWayne Luckmann Wayne Luckmann looks back on growing up in Milwaukee's South Side during the 1930s and 1940s, sharing hard-fought lessons from his childhood and beyond in this touching memoir. Luckmann celebrates his family, childhood friends, and many others who have played... |
 | The Autobiography Written during the most eventful years of Benjamin Franklin's life (1771-90), the Autobiography is one of the most influential memoirs in history. This newly edited Norton Critical Edition includes an introduction that explains the history of the Autobiography within the larger history of... |
 | Patience BetrayedOlivia Andem Patience Betrayed follows the title character through the courtship maze in 1816, during the era of Jane Austen. This sweet romance is about a young lady's starry-eyed quest for happiness that unfolds in the spa city of Bath, the English countryside and London. Each chapter begins... |
 | Trinity StonesL. G. O'Connor Anxiety-ridden New York investment banker, Cara Collins, has little to smile about on her twenty-seventh birthday between a hostile work environment and her impossible romantic situation with her longtime friend and first love, Dr. Kai Solomon. But before the day ends, she learns she has... |
