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New Orleans native Mademoiselle Francesca Dumas is a kept woman. At age 18 in the second year of the American Civil War, she is the concubine of a rich New Orleans banker, Joachim Buisson. Born a quadroon, Francesca leads a sheltered life of elegant jewels, gowns, lace, and lavish balls - until a bullet shatters her dream world.

Grievers live on the other side of an invisible and seemingly uncrossable canyon, separated from where their previous life with us, their friends and family, has always been. If we’re to help a grieving friend, we must learn to be a bridge over to where they now reside. It's simple once we understand why most popular condolences are of the burn-the-bridge variety. So, why do we say them? And why do so many of our condolences hurt instead of help? Get answers to these and other questions in Condolences Pocket Guide—the definitive book on how to help a grieving friend.

The little mermaid, Marnie, is afraid of the moon, which is so big, so scary, and so far away. She gets tangled in a fisherman's net and escapes with the help of the light of the moon. She and her friends, the merkids, team up to help Martin, the moon, rescue a tugboat. This is a story of teamwork, challenges, friendships, and diversity.

One 16-year-old girl versus a plague of beasts. Can a 16-year-old girl stem the tide of a lycanthropocalypse? When three younger boys show up on Mia's doorstep, naked and on the run, she is drawn into a shadow world where a series of strange disappearances heralds a slowly spreading plague of lycanthropy. Mia must save the three orphaned boys from their brutal Alpha, a man-beast who believes humans are food. A war is brewing for the top of the food chain.

A zany musical comedy, touching love story, and fast-paced adventure thriller combined with “Elvis Presley meets Star Wars” plot twists. Cosmic Cowboy the Musical stars the love-struck alien Prince Remo, from faraway Planet Vegas (complete with glowing blue-grey skin and personal flying saucer), and the object of his adoration, aspiring Nashville country singer Jenna Lee Jenkins.

Being 16 can be hell, and life at Liberty High is not doing Sarah Daniels any favors. Bullies, boys, an abusive mother, and now this: an old journal left to Sarah in her aunt's will. With each passing entry, she grows closer to transforming the skeletons in her mom's closet into proven facts. Everyone has a story. For Sarah, one boy's journey across Great Depression America will set her free.

During daily walks, I have gathered a lot of thoughts about my fellow walkers. Oftentimes I have thought, "What's their story?" as I have passed by them and said hello. The manner in which a person responds to a greeting is quite telling. Watching a person's mannerisms, eye contact, and general facial expressions tell a passerby a lot. These 40 short stories are a fictional reflection of the day-to-day stories that anyone could be experiencing as they walk the daily walk of life in this modern time in America, in the beautiful park with the oaks.

Join Peter Dwares as he shares the personal philosophies, thoughts, and quotes that have driven him to build his life. Follow his passages on creativity, honesty, and the value of being nice. These motivational tidbits will amuse and entertain -- while pushing you that extra mile in your personal and professional endeavors.

In this three-part series by D.J. Bradley, we are read the life of Pamela Burroughs, an evangelizing single mother. In Part 1, we meet Pam, her fellow missionary friends, and Bibi, the boy who becomes their mission. While on a religious support trip to Africa, Pam's journey takes a surprising twist, as Pam's path crosses Bibi's. Bibi, a young, native Nigerian Christian, is on the brink of death, injured, bleeding, and without water. A detour caused by an accident on the highway changes the course of the lives of Pam and her group, along with Bibi.

Pam isn’t shy about revealing that her many treks down the aisle eventually led from the altar to the divorce court. During a 13-year hiatus from saying, "I do," Pam used this time to reflect on her past relationship choices and often hasty decisions. Her discoveries about her personality type and how it influenced her actions helped her gain new knowledge and take responsibility, allowing her to finally break her multi-relationship and marriage pattern.

I was molested by my father when I was 12-years-old. He sedated me with marijuana. My first husband physically abused me for 15 years, and one of the beating paralyze me for two weeks. My second husband I though he loved me, but he used me for his Green Card. He later left our two kids and me. I was a victim of fraud.

The Power of Being Heard is about having a voice and how it can invigorate your life, build satisfying relationships, and change the world. Witnessing, as a psychotherapist for 40 years, the renewed vigor and intimacy possible from building better communication and understanding between couples and families formerly in anguish, she has seen transformations that were more widely possible.

Just when US WAVE Livvy Delacourt thinks she and her team of psychic Nazi hunters are ready for whatever the Reich can throw at them, Hitler adds to the mix a spy who also happens to be a wizard. Now dark magic is being used to attack US facilities. Livvy must match wits with the evil wizard whose objective is to destroy Operation Delphi and all her team. She must sharpen her skills quickly - or risk dying and taking the team down with her.

When 11-year-old Elizabeth is left to babysit her four-year-old sister one rainy night, neither of them expect the adventure that unfolds. Their parents don’t return home, and by morning there is a flood that fills the first floor of their house. Elizabeth must take initiative and make an agonizing decision: whether to stay put where her parents might find them, or to be brave and leave home to go in search of their parents. Dangers loom in either scenario.

If you own Hook House, it owns your soul. On the rugged Washington coast stands an ancient house with a macabre history. Housekeeper, Mrs. Soule never ages, but fades in and out of shadows and appears in mirrors when she's not there. The stairwells, the storeroom, a third floor bedroom, all reveal murder and suicide for those with The Gift...the ability to see ghosts. Entering the grand door of Hook House is easy...leaving it is deadly.

On vacation at an exterminator's convention, Neeta's looking to relax, have fun, and enjoy a little romance. Too bad the zombies have a different idea. When they rise from their watery graves to take over the city by the bay, it looks like it'll be a working vacation after all.

It's mayhem and merriment in the forest today. Berries are being picked (and eaten), chores may be getting done, or maybe not! A fast game of tiddlywinks is a family challenge. A warm family tale of the Four Bears in their family forest home. A busy day before the Bear family settles down for a long winter's night.

A children’s interactive book (ages three to eight) about a penguin (Fernando) and his friend Judith (a couch-surfing chicken) who escape almost certain disaster, save their environment, and start a lucrative recycling business with their new skills. An inspiring story of luck, pluck, and ingenuity!

Prince and His Mother's Crown: Tales Within My Mother's Hair is a whimsical fairy tale about a little boy named Prince, who is fascinated with his mother's magical crown of hair. It is a story that portrays a bond between a graceful mother and a loving son. Every minute showcases a graceful, loving queen mother engaging in the activities of her son’s wild imagination, showing their precious familial relationship.

New Orleans native Mademoiselle Francesca Dumas is a kept woman. At age 18 in the second year of the American Civil War, she is the concubine of a rich New Orleans banker, Joachim Buisson. Born a quadroon, Francesca leads a sheltered life of elegant jewels, gowns, lace, and lavish balls - until a bullet shatters her dream world. An assassin murders “her man” as Francesca stood beside him among a throng gathered atop a Mississippi River levee on April 25, 1862. Bowed by Joachim’s body, rain-soaked and blood-spattered, she vows revenge.