Billie: 212 books

Talk about unlucky sevens. An hour ago, seventeen-year-old, seven months pregnant Novalee Nation was heading for California with her boyfriend. Now she finds herself stranded at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma, with just $7.77 in change. But Novalee is about to discover hidden treasures in this small...

From one of America's best-loved storytellers - the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller WHERE THE HEART IS - comes a tale of a small Oklahoma town and the mystery that has haunted its residents for years. In 1972, windswept DeClare, Oklahoma, was consumed by the murder of a young mother,...

Game on. The greatest athletes to ever play their respective sports are revealed in probing, wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. From His Royal Airness Michael Jordan to the Great One Wayne Gretzky to Homerun King Hank Aaron, these incomparable athletes—the...

If you act like Marlene, you end up like Marlene — messed up, lonely and broke. No wonder Samantha rejects her mother’s lifestyle. In THE TROUBLE WITH MARLENE, mother and daughter share one thing — thoughts of suicide. Marlene never stops talking about it, but for Samantha, it’s a private...

As the age of globalization and New Media unite disparate groups of people in new ways, the continual transformation and interconnections between ethnicity, class, and gender become increasingly complex. This reader, comprised of a diverse array of sources ranging from the New York Times to the journals...

One bite of her luscious cupcakes and you just might fall in love… Nineteen-year-old Glynna Balcora’s super power is baking. A young witch, she’s lived her entire life tucked away in the quaint city of Spokane, WA with her domineering aunt and sweetheart of a grandmother. It’s not an ideal...

This volume offers very specific illustrations of psychoanalytic ways of thinking and working in both clinical and pedagogical contexts with children. It is designed for professionals who work with infants, children, and adolescents, and who are seeking modes of working that respects emotions, that...

A Teacher’s Guide to Successful Classroom Management and Differentiated Instruction is a practical, straightforward conversation with teachers about two key aspects of their work. The first section shows teachers how to create the learning environment they want, leading them step by step through...

A true story filled with my personnel journey early in life.The Vietnam war,the Civil Rights Movement. Finding the most prescious of lovepuppy love. Losing that Love to you, his Fans. As I journeyed thru life I never shared Our truth. Not until now. Discreation is only one of the many Virtues I practiced on the road to writing this book.

Hailey James awoke in a strange bed in unfamiliar surroundings. Late afternoon sun filled the room. Where was she? Todd sat in a chair next to the bed, watching her. What was he doing here? A slight gasp escaped her lips and brought him to her side. Hailey can no longer hide her pregnancy,...

Caney Paxton wanted his cafe to have the biggest and brightest sign in Eastern Oklahoma-the "opening soon" part was supposed to be just a removable, painted notice. But a fateful misunderstanding gave Vietnam vet Caney the flashiest joke in the entire state. Twelve years later, the once-busy...

The bestselling author of WHERE THE HEART IS returns with a heartrending tale of two children in search of a place to call home. Lutie McFee's history has taught her to avoid attachments...to people, to places, and to almost everything. With her mother long dead and her father long gone to...

NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR NOVEL by an author of more than 50 books. A novel of feminism taken to the ultimate limit by a woman who no longer has anything to lose. First her husband killed their children, then himself. Now she's on her own, and she's bent on...

This book is titled after Jack Ritchie's classic tale of betrayal and is a collection that demonstrates that evil has no geographical limits.