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	A Necessary Explosion Dan Burns A Necessary Explosion is an act Dan Burns performs daily to expel the stories pressing on his mind. Only by getting words down onto the page can he make room for all that comes next. Exploring the themes of life, love, family, writing, music, travel, history, and humanity's future, this collection artfully conveys the words of...
	Grote verwachtingen Geert Mak Grote verwachtingen is het vervolg op het immens succesvolle In Europa dat vijftien jaar geleden verscheen. Enkele jaren later volgde de 35-delige gelijknamige serie met de schrijver in de hoofdrol. Waar In Europa handelde over de twintigste eeuw en hoe die, in veel opzichten gruwelijke periode...
	The Colour of the Sun Gillian Thorp One hot June afternoon in Durban, South Africa, a child is born. Doctors and nurses marvel because the birth is one of the rarest in the world. The child, Gillian August, is born still shrouded in her amniotic sac. She is a caul baby, and in 1970s South Africa, this heralds greatness. Or it might have, had August's caul not been stolen within...
	Shoulda! Coulda! Woulda! Dwight Allen O'Neal It's been said that our mistakes are the sculptors that shape who we are. In actor, producer, director and fabulous "gaylebrity" Dwight Allen O'Neal's new book Shoulda! Coulda! Woulda! he explores some of his own missteps, and reflects on how they have affected his personal journey. In a...
	Clarice Lispector Benjamin Moser Born in the nightmarish landscape of post-World War I Ukraine, Clarice became, virtually from adolescence, a person whose beauty, genius, and eccentricity intrigued Brazil. Moser tells how this precocious girl, through long exile abroad and difficult personal struggles, matured into a great...
	Story Intelligence Richard Stone & Scott Livengood Story Intelligence—SQ—helps you become a master of your story, a pursuit indispensable to personal and professional success. By developing your SQ, you’ll amplify and unleash every aspect of your intelligence, including your IQ and EQ. In this book, you’ll also learn how you’re wired for story and the...
	Relationship Should Be 50/50 Elizabeth Edionwe An interpersonal relationship is a bond between two or more people. But, have you ever wondered why these relationships become hard, exhausting and often times toxic? Join me on a revealing journey to understanding the truth behind relationships, and the source of happiness.
	Secrets My Mothers Kept Rebecca Tucker Austin Nobel is preparing for a summer trip to France, which includes obtaining a passport. However, when she receives her birth certificate in the mail with the wrong name on it, she uncovers that she was adopted, something her parents had kept secret from everyone. Austin pursues more information about her...
	The World in a Grain Vince Beiser A finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award – The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the world—sand—and the crucial role it plays in our lives. After water and air, sand is the natural resource that we consume more than any other—even more than...
	a girl with five ties Dr. N N Chloe is a Ph.D. student struggling to survive in a ruthless environment of academic bullying and exploitation. We accompany her through a deepening crisis of mental and physical health and slowly uncover the traumas which lead her to develop a severe eating disorder. Her world is dominated by the tyrannical Dr. Rein, her...
	Scary Spring: Our Polio Fright of 1955 C.A. Hartnell "Fire it up" for friendship, fun, adventure, mystery, and courage that fill the pages of Scary Spring: Our Polio Fright of 1955. Like the Indian-head hood ornament on Aunt Jean's Pontiac Chieftain car that leads the way down dark and scary streets, Pete leads his...
	For the Love of God: A Memoir Jackie Guinn In 1972, Jackie was twenty-two years old, married twice, and divorced once. After finally getting out of her turbulent second marriage, she learns that her baby daughter, Jenny, is profoundly brain-damaged. To finance Jenny’s disabilities and still have a social life, she works as a cocktail waitress...
	Arnold Falls Charlie Suisman Spend time in the funny, oddball village of Arnold Falls, where larger-than-life characters deal with the smallest of problems. Somehow, it all comes out right in the end. Given the choice of go big or go home, nine times out of ten the townspeople of Arnold Falls will go home, get back into their house...
	The Age Of Light Enshrined Zachary Ramsey The year is 1895, an audience gathers in the darkened basement of the Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris. What they see there will set a new age in motion... what they see there is nothing short of light enshrined. In The Age Of Light Enshrined Poet Zachary Ramsey (Forward To An American Odyssey, Fields of Life...
	Kin Carolyn Nones Vazquez Grace listens to a story told to her by her Grandmother. Her Grandmother shares her wisdom. Grace learns the lessons of nature and of the heart. The greatest lesson of all is that we are all "Kin." Grandmother talks about basic traits that are appreciated and important. She focuses on our common humanity. Most of all...
	21 Days Donald R. Dragovich 21 Days is the chronological countdown to David's death as described by his brother, Donald. His written thoughts document what was happening to his brother David as he quickly succumbed to esophageal cancer. Donald describes his emotional turmoil in dealing with his...