A beautifully written, evocative memoir of the improbable lives of two brothers:Author Raoul Felder, well-known lawyer specializing in high-profile divorce cases and his brother Jerome, famous as a songwriter under the pseudony Doc Pomus.
Faced with multiple choices regarding school, friends, and activities coupled with the ever-widening influence of the outside world, parents of 6-12 year olds need help.
A rare account of a non-German, Erik Wallin, who fought in the Nazi Party's Waffen-SS during World War II-a no-holds-barred narrative of the Eastern Front.
From a twenty-five-year career that spanned four continents, an FBI special agent gives you the inside story of the Bureau's greatest takedowns and biggest screwups.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn instant New York Times bestseller, Thunder Dog tells the true story of a blind man, his guide dog, and the life-changing power of faith and trust in the face of terror.
Sharing authentic personal stories and profound life lessons, Kristen Moeller explores our pervasive human tendency to wait for life and to look outside ourselves for answers.
Originally constructed in the 18th century as a military barracks by Austrian Emperor Joseph II, Theresienstadt (now Terezin) was used as a ghetto and concentration camp by the Nazis early in World War II in their ruse of peaceful resettlement of the Jews of Europe.
Many in baseball consider the scout to be the most important figure in any organization: It is the scout's work in the high school and college bleachers that unearths future legends.
This upbeat nitty-gritty memoir, based on the author's 2001 trail journal, chronicles one man's hike the whole length of the Appalachian Trail, beginning just north of Atlanta and finishing six months later in Maine.
Thin Places is an eloquent meditation on what it means to move between cultures and how one might finally come home, a particular paradox in a culture that lacks deep ties to the natural world.
Using Stories to Build Bridges with Traumatized Children is full of creative ideas for how you can use stories therapeutically with children in counselling, life story work or direct work.
Cynthia Kim explores all the quirkyness of living with Asperger Syndrome (ASD) in this accessible, witty and honest guide looking from an insider perspective at some of the most challenging and intractable aspects of being autistic.
How an unexpected lightning storm changed everything Ryan Stevenson's Dove Award-winning breakout hit ';Eye of the Storm' was an overnight success, but his path to releasing that song was decades in the making.
Hush Now, Baby is the story of how a little white girl climbed out of an uneasy childhood in the segregated Southon the backbone of a black woman who loved her unabashedly.
This volume focuses on the theme of Technology and Youth; advancements in communication and leisure technologies over the past decade have radically transformed the role of technology in the lives of youth.
Mon devoir de servir est le récit d’un enfant du Fouta que le destin a conduit de l’école moderne mauritanienne des premières années d’indépendance au système des grandes écoles françaises.
When Janice Morgan, a divorced college professor living in a small town in Kentucky, learns that her son has been arrested for possession of a stolen firearm and drug charges, she feels like she's living a nightmare.
In the summer of 1994, a freak lightning and thunder storm explodes on the southern coast of Maine, killing Nancy Billss husband and critically wounding her younger son.
A blond-haired, blue-eyed Lutheran man is approached on the streets of Chicago by members of the Latin Kings so he may teach them how to pray, and he does so with grace--this man's story, one suspects, isn't going to be a typical one.
An American ethicist and a South African theologian reflect on their work with wood and how it has helped them find creativity and meaning in experiences of both loss and transformation.
