Running Away

When journalist Robert Andrew Powell finished his first marathon, he cried, cradled in his father’s arms. Long distance runners understand where those tears come from, even if there are others who will never understand what drives someone to run 26.2 consecutive miles in a grueling mental and physical test. Powell’s emotional reaction to completing the race wasn’t just about the run, though. It was also about the joy and relief of coming back up after hitting rock bottom.

JT's life is out of control! Mounting debts, damages relationships and a very real threat to his life. Every day he fantasizes about running away from the pressure, he dreams of escaping life. One day, those pressures become crippling and he takes action! He simply can't continue any more and so, he stays on the train, leaving his past behind in one stroke.

Kevin J. Marshall's hard-hitting debut novel, Running Away From Me, takes us on one child’s journey, exploring the depths we will go to in order to protect ourselves and the ones we love. It tells the story of Kaleb, a young boy born into a working-class, 1st-generation Caribbean immigrant family in 1980s London. As a child, Kaleb helplessly witnesses his mother’s physical abuse. In the aftermath of his father’s arrest, his grandmother gains temporary guardianship of him and his brother. With his mother having found new love, Kaleb hopes to be part of a family once more.

Sometimes the world has a way of making you stop. Larissa Green has had a rough run. She ditched her boyfriend, quit her job, and lost her flat all in a day. She does what she does best. Larissa turns on her heels to escape her life by doing something totally out of character – going for a tramp. Harley Orion is an English action movie star, in a toxic relationship. When his girlfriend accuses him of a serious offence, Harley freaks out and runs away to New Zealand until the storm blows over. Anonymity is assured when you stay an at isolated Lodge in the beautiful Abel Tasman National ...

The Best Life Stories by Reader's Digest are 150 of the best hand-picked real-life tales of resilience, joy, and hope - all in 150 words or less! We all know the term running away, but in March 2011, I started actively using the term in a different way.

Smart-mouthed Keane and feared warrior Sarah escape the mercenaries of Wallace’s Company to start somewhere fresh, where no one is trying to kill them. Keane steals the company’s wages in return for his attempted murder, and Sarah agrees to the plan. Unfortunately, Keane doesn’t have one. On the run from the vengeful lord marshal and his wicked mercenary cutthroats, Sarah and Keane hop from danger to disaster.

In Running Away from Home, Tracy Burger explores her lifelong dispassionate relationship with her mother, why she couldn’t connect with her mom during the last five years of her life, and her desperate need to please her.

Winner of the 2023 Audie Award for Best Male Narrator Master storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this #1 New York Times bestselling and spellbinding novel about a young man who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the...

You've lost your daughter. She's addicted to drugs and to an abusive boyfriend. And she's made it clear that she doesn't want to be found. Then, by chance, you see her playing guitar in Central Park. But she's not the girl you remember. This woman is living on the edge, frightened, and clearly in trouble. You don't stop to think. You approach her, beg her to come home. She runs.

"This isn't just a book, it's a LIFELINE." Has your faith ever felt like it was falling apart? Have your prayers echoed back in silence? Do you secretly wonder if you’ve lost God, or if He was ever really there? If time is short, if it's been too long, this is one story, rooted in clear Scripture and the actual words of Jesus, that will bring back your life and faith. Part 2 of the series, the follow-up to Confession of a Christian Fraud, (Un)Following Jesus by Chad Campese is the book your soul has been begging for. It isn’t a guide for how to "believe better." It’s a call to burn ...

Vernon Coleman has been compared to some of England's best known and loved humourists. Second Chance is a joyful romp of a novel set in the idyllic surroundings of the English countryside. The characters leap from the page as they draw the reader in to this tale of Biffo Brimstone who overcomes the adversity of modern day living by, quite simply, running away. He leaves an unrewarding job, a shrewish and demanding wife and a pair of surly grown-up children and abandons his mundane life. A train journey takes him to a part of the country he has never visited before and he finds himself in ...

Jim Payne follows the waterways of America, living a Tom Sawyer life in his 12-foot kayak, getting scared, soaked, and bailed out of trouble by Samaritans he discovers along the way. His escapades span the country, from the Hudson River to the Columbia, from the Mississippi to the Erie Canal. As Payne's adventures unfold, you never know what's around the next bend He's entrapped by security guards at Mount Vernon, loses his rudder off the Florida Keys, and sleeps in Franklin Roosevelt's bed.

Running Away from Cancer is a symphony of inspiration, an anthem of triumph over adversity. The narrative invites listeners to embrace their challenges, to confront fear with courage, and to harness their inner strength to rewrite the narrative of their lives. As the author crosses finish lines and defies odds, he reminds us all that the human spirit is unbreakable, that adversity can be transformed into opportunity, and that within every step lies the promise of a new beginning.

Lucas, a musician and translator living in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, comes home one day to find a cryptic invitation. When he appears at the appointed time, he sets in motion a series of bizarre, seemingly interconnected events that disrupt his previously passive existence. He meets the...

Patrice Brooks didn’t come to St. Jude’s Convent to find God. She came to find walls. After a life defined by chaotic mistakes and too much feeling, she wants the silence, the structure, and the safety of a world where she never has to make a decision again. Sister Grace Stone is the wall. Cold, exacting, and terrifyingly beautiful, she is the order’s perfect soldier—a woman who believes discipline is the only defense against ruin. She sees Patrice’s trembling hands and messy heart as a weakness to be scoured away. But when a catastrophic flood cuts the valley off from the world, ...

A young school teacher learns about strange lights in a foreboding marsh; a nurse in a remote outport visits the baby she delivered weeks before to find a devastating change; a woman meets a mysterious funeral procession late one evening; a musician falls thrall to a group of strange little people and can’t stop playing. The stories in Spirited Away are populated by the fairy-led, by changelings, by people who stray onto fairy turf and experience unnerving events.

Galina Dombrosky was as patriotic as apple pie. An unexpected assignment drops her in St. Petersburg, Russia because of her Russian heritage. Beauty surrounds her, creating a longing for a land she doesn’t know – as well as an overwhelming attraction to the man she has been sent to spy upon, Nik. Nikodim ‘Nik’ Petrov is the most normal billionaire that she’s ever met (not that she has met many!) and completely down to earth. He is caring, friendly, and devastatingly handsome – which makes her wonder if the CIA has the hacker idententified correctly after all? When secrets are ...

A welcoming guide to using magical craft and tarot as tools in a sobriety journey—whether you have been sober for years, are trying to quit, are sober-curious, or are simply interested in reassessing your relationship with alcohol. Growing numbers of people are exploring the transformative...

Sara is a second year student at a tiny junior college in Thatcher Arizona. The summer was a disaster, and all she wants is to be back with her close-knit roommates and blend into the background. She doesn't want to get married. She doesn't even want to date again for awhile. Little does she know that the small glitch in her plan will come in the form of Matt Constanello, the persistent guy living across the street who just might make her change her mind.

Lisa Anselmo wrapped her entire life around her mother, a strong woman who was a defining force in Lisa’s life—maybe too defining. When her mother dies from breast cancer, Lisa realizes she hasn’t built a life of her own and struggles to find her purpose. Who is she without her...