Bright Sky Press: 49 books
Struggle Well Live Well
60 Ways to Navigate Life's Good, Bad, and In-Between
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
We all struggle. We all want to live better. And sometimes, we don't need a therapist, we just need someone to level with us. Kevin Gilliland, who happens to be a clinical psychologist, provides no-frills advice on how to deal with your triggers, your partners, your vices, and your spirituality. You'll...
Sam Houston
Standing Firm
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Sam Houston was a big man. He did big things for Texas. From the time he ran away to live with the Cherokee as a boy until he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence and led the Texans to victory at the Battle of San Jacinto, not everyone agreed with him. But Sam always stood firm in his own...
Peaches
A Celebration of America’s Sweetest Season
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Here are almost 100 recipes celebrating the sweet and subtle peach, the embodiment of southern charm. Peaches are featured in savory appetizers and entrees, classic and innovative desserts, alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks, and condiments like salsas, ketchups, jellies and jams. The recipes evoke...
The Origin Is Pure
Finding the Divine Within
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
In The Origin Is Pure, Venerable Master Miao Tsan of the Vairocano Zen Monastery uses traditional Zen koans to reveal how to live in accordance with the nature of the Mind. He clarifies common misunderstandings about religious teaching and provides readers with specific ways to create positive spirits...
Open Hands
Lessons on Giving and Receiving
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Open Hands: Lessons on Giving and Receiving is an unforgettable collection of true stories that will touch, move and inspire every reader. Inside this treasury of worldwide experiences, more than 45 contributing authors share how their lives have been affected, in big and small ways, by the kindness...
by Bill Cauble, Cliff Teinert
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Chuck wagon cooks Bill Cauble and Cliff Teinert look as though they have stepped out of the pages of Lonesome Dove, and the foreword by Tommy Lee Jones speaks to the authenticity of their chuck wagon cooking and Southwestern cuisine. These authors share recipes and preparation secrets for their all-time...
Intrinsic Awakened Nature
Manifesting the Wisdom of the Mind
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
In the fourth book in a series of contemporary Zen studies, Intrinsic Awakened Nature, Venerable Master Miao Tsan of the Vairocano Zen Monastery explores the manner in which many Western and Eastern religions share common principles, despite the distinct ways in which they spread their teachings....
Living Truth
The Path of Light
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
In The Living Truth, Venerable Master Miao Tsan explains the cause of our problems and how to resolve them by living according to the universal Truth of life. Distilling the wisdom presented in his previous books and lectures, this book shows us, in simple and direct terms, how to overcome our self-imposed...
Before A Canyon
A Story About Victor and Me
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2011
The telling of an unlikely friendship, "Before a Canyon" shares one man's surprising experience working with marginalized children in the barrio of South Phoenix, his time in school, out of school, and beyond school. Jeremy Tucker befriends a student, Victor, and navigates barriers in...
Highway to the Heart
Unleashing The Potential of Your Marriage Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Through a fellowship with The Hope & Healing Center and Institute, located on the campus of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Houston, Patti Hatton, MA, LPC developed a growth and enrichment program for marriages which counsels couples on the basis of the greatest commandment: love God first, with...
The Only Way Through
A Journey of Loss, Transformation and Oneness
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Angela Caughlin's husband was diagnosed with cancer when they had young children. He was at the height of his career and had plans to provide a wonderful life for his family. Although there is a hole in her heart that can never be filled, Angela was able to use journaling and other healing arts to...
Marfa Blues
A Chef Brett Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Acclaimed chef Brett Baldwin and his Native American friend Jud Garcia are called to the scene of a gruesome torture-homicide in the funky border town of Terlingua. The victim is Juds adopted uncle, craggy-faced, ponytailed Texas blues legend T.J. Rattlesnake Garcia. Rattlesnake has lived for years...
Marfa Rocks
A Chef Brett Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
Brett Baldwin, the Texas chef whose carefully controlled life was turned upside down in Marfa Shadows, is back. He's still running his restaurant- a hip, cutting-edge destination called Mesquite in the tiny town of Marfa- but now he's with Meridyth Morgan, former West Texas cheerleader and movie star...
by Andrea White
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Crazy about basketball, twelve-year-old Sam Davis longs to be a part of the team that practices outside his window. But Sam's different from the other boys: he has cerebral palsy. Confined to a wheelchair, Sam's never touched a basketball. He's never even been to school. It's 1968, and only a few...