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Eighteen-year-old Cynthia Anderson wants nothing more than to live her dream of becoming a cosmetologist and rid herself of her perfect big sister, Mary, her daddys obvious favorite. Thank goodness for her best friend, Jessica, and her gorgeous crush, Brian Parkerthe only two people distracting her...

Despite our many abilities, human beings have yet to harness absolute answers to the mysteries of our very existence. Over the centuries, many great thinkers have tried to make sense of it all, through the use of science, philosophy, and religion, but the big answers remain elusive. All human knowledge,...

Picking up where the fragmented narrative of Momentitiousness left off, Black Kettle explores the many manifestations of hope and deceit in the human experience. This is a novella collection--sweet, sensual, sadistic, and sullen--where independently complete stories burst forth with playful vigor,...

Bedtime and Im tucked in tightly, teeth are clean and all my nightly Stories have been read to me, Im ready for my goodnight hug. I cuddle close with teddy bear while mother brushes through my hair And as shes leaving she declares, Sleep now safe and snug. Children love...

John trusted Diane--he had no reason not to--so imagine his horror when he woke being violated by the very woman he thought would never hurt him. He didnt understand what was going on, but she simply told him to hush. When the strange nightmare ended, John began to comprehend what had occurred: hed...

Her love to me Is higher than poetry, Deeper than a memory. It is, you see, Imprinted for eternity. So let it be. Paul Chrisstarlon Wesselhft Paul Chrisstarlon Wesselhft is just like all of us. On his spiritual journey through life, he has experienced...

After losing her husband, Julia Wells has tried to move on with her life in her small New Zealand town. She teaches at the local school while single-handedly raising her son and trying to make ends meet. But when Dieter Gerts, a strange man from South Africa, rents an apartment from her, she has no...

In Me, Myself, and I, A. M. Mary shares the powerful lessons she learned from a life well lived. She grows up in a poor, isolated family, her father tubercular, alcoholic, and unemployed and her mother sad and distant. One of her brothers dies at six and the other is a sickly infant. These circumstances...

During a rain storm, Wanda Wren and Gerald Wren take shelter in a saw mill. Its a warm, dry, and safe place. The two birds decide to make this their home. Wanda and Gerald are pleasantly surprised with their new surroundings. Some of the workers leave crumbs for the wrens to find, and they...

In 1980, a family of twelvetwo parents and ten childrenleaves the comfort of their home from Timisoara, Romania, crossing many borders to arrive in United States of America. A Years Journey offers a moment-by-moment account of the familys flight from their homeland across open fields and numerous...

Young Reda Reynolds lived with her parents and little sister on the Upper West Side of Manhattan shortly after Hitler invaded Poland. Her parents and extended family showered the children with love. That idyllic childhood ended abruptly when Reynoldss father was drafted in 1944. In January of 1945,...

It is November of 1907 in Araguari, Brazil, a newborn lustily cries in her fathers arms. As Maria, called Mariazinha when she is a child, begins to grow up, she wants nothing more than to disappear from her small town and life of poverty to meet new people and see different things. At the age of twelve,...

George William Knauer never had an easy life: He grew up as one of seven children and was placed in foster care after his mother was institutionalized with Huntingtons disease. He ended up at Wiltwyck School for Boys, a reform school supported by Eleanor Roosevelt. When he left school after...

Opwonya Innocent was born three years after unrest started in northern Uganda and three years before the formation of the anti-government Lord's Resistance Army led by Joseph Kony. Death came to his village when he was only seven, and soon his parents required him to sleep miles away from home for...