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" Giving My Heart" is the true story of a New England wife's struggle to find hope and help for a soldier, friend, and lover after his return from Operation Iraqi Freedom. Before the war, he was an outgoing and affable man with a can-do attitude. After deployment, he returns to Vermont wanting nothing more than to be left alone. In the months after, he begins avoiding family and old friends. He is subject to mood swings, angry outbursts, headaches, trouble sleeping, problems at work, and feels that no one can ever understand his world and what he has become. Meanwhile, Lisa has sacrificed everything including a marriage of two decades, to be with a man who is no longer interested in relationships with anyone. Her quest to find healing for her friend with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) will take more love, patience, and persistence than she ever knew she had. "Giving My Heart" portrays the legacy of our involvement in the Middle-East from the Persian Gulf War to the Iraq War as one family tries to gra

"I was by her hospital bed when the surgeon gave his prognosis of 'about a year.' Mother turned to me. Looking directly into my eyes, she reached gently for my hand, and said, with such simplicity, 'Judith, I'm going to need your help.'" So begins the remarkable journey of two women. Judith Ashley had long ago emigrated from England to the United States. Her mother, Enid, still lived in Great Britain and was now dying of cancer of the bowel and liver. Separated by distance for virtually thirty years, Judith traveled back to England to fulfill a promise made two decades earlier - to be the primary caregiver throughout her mother's last weeks of life. In more than fifty letters written to her husband living six thousand miles away, Ashley recounts - with love and unflinching candor - the conscious way in which her mother approached the last year of her life with dignity, intimacy, and grace. The letters also show how Ashley navigated her way through her own chattering thoughts and roller-coaster emotions to

The death of parents from AIDS leaves behind little children, often four or five of them, who desperately want to stay together as a family. In the literature, they call them Child Headed Households. Imagine watching your mother and father slowly die before your eyes, leaving you to bury them and then to raise and care for your younger brothers and sisters. " AIDS Orphans Rising" takes you through the daily lives of these children. What do they eat? Where do they live?How do they survive? What can I do to help? Each chapter provides weblinks to organizations working with these children as well as real solutions, actions that you can take now to help these children not only survive, but succeed. By 2010, there will be 25,000,000 AIDS orphans! Left alone, they will be uneducated, disenfranchised, and unwanted: ripe candidates for radicalization and exploitation by dictators and terrorists. If good people like yourself do not reach out to these children so they can get love, an education and set up in some pro

Dodie Cross was a newlywed American expat who faced far more than a language barrier in her new home. Among the challenges of her move to Thailand: the subtleties of the Eastern Squat Toilet, a near-fatal accident on the Sukhumvit Highway and bladder surgery performed by an inscrutable Thai doctor who decided to restore her virginity. All of these mishaps and more are described with great insight and wit in her new book, "A Broad Abroad In Thailand: An Expat's Misadventures in the Land of Smiles." In the end, it's her unflagging sense of humor that sees Cross through all obstacles: from the first pitfalls and pratfalls in her new land, through times of seemingly insurmountable problems.

Eight years after moving to South Florida, Retz met Randy Reeves, and Bo-Jo -his adopted Chow chow. Taking place in South Florida and the Florida Keys, Adopted Paws is the story of the animals they adopted - Bo-Jo, Lucky, Petey, Samantha, Cali and the heroine of the story, Molly, who was a victim of feline AIDS - and other animals who ran through their life and sometimes into their neighbor's yard.

An imaginative fantasy adventure, The Call to Shakabaz sidesteps many of the usual conventions of the genre and offers instead unusual and original resolutions to a variety of sticky situations. When the recently orphaned Goodacre children are transported to the land of Faracadar, they must discover and develop their special gifts and talents, which require that they exercise ingenuity, creativity, and compassion. Fourteen-year-old Doshmisi and her younger siblings Denzel, Maia, and Sonjay are given the task of retrieving the powerful Staff of Shakabaz from the evil enchanter Sissrath. They travel through a colorful landscape with their Faracadaran guide, fifteen-year-old Jasper, and their Aunt Alice s clever, pesky, and often hilarious parrot, Bayard Rustin. The adventurers must contend with many obstacles and foes, including a giant sea serpent spewing green goo, skeeter birds with uncanny eyesight, the smelliest man in the land (named Compost), the deadly mountain geebachings (who cause their victims to l

"The Dream Catcher Tour" is an intriguing and sensitive tapestry of tales woven into a delightful novel that reflects the beauty and spirit of women. While touring interesting places and enjoying new experiences in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, forty-seven women also travel through the prism of time to re-visit favorite memories and share recollections. The women on the fictional bus are women we all know. They are our mothers, sisters, wives, best friends, neighbors, co-workers. They are related to us by birth, marriage, or shared experience. They are the people we depend on to be there with us as we live our way through the days and seasons and events of our lives. This novel respects the contributions these women make to our lives.

Have you ever wanted to learn about the Bible but were not sure where to start? Does the vast size of the Bible overwhelm you? "Beyond Adam & Eve" provides the guidance you need to get started. By focusing on fifty simple questions that all Christians should be able to answer but often cannot, you and your family will be on your way to learning about many important Biblical characters and several church traditions. "Beyond Adam & Eve" has a question and answer format which makes it great for Family Game nights, car trips, and as a Sunday School class. (A Curriculum Guide is available for an eight-week course.) Scripture passages are also included to acquaint you with different books of the Bible. You'll find yourself returning often to "Beyond Adam & Eve" for inspiration and guidance. Make room on your nightstand for this engaging book

Inside Scoop Live and Reader Views is excited about Alan Rolnick's new book, Landmark Status. What will become of Miami s legendary Century Club? In its heyday, the Club and its famous Everglades Room were the place for everyone who was anyone from Zane Grey to Izzy Fine. Long forgotten, the Club has slumbered for decades in subtropical decay, only to be awakened by a nearby convention center project.

Fred and Kim Goldman discuss their view of O. J. Simpson and his confession in "If I Did It."

The father and sister, Fred and Kim Goldman, of murder victim Ron Goldman explain why they published “If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer,” O.J. Simpson’s gruesome, hypothetical account of murdering Goldman and Nicole Brown in an exclusive interview on Inside Scoop Live, a division of Reader Views.

Everyone knows that the creatures of the outside world are forbidden by magic to enter the land of Een. That's why young Kendra Kandlestar is so surprised when a giant Unger arrives in the middle of the night to deliver a cryptic message: If she can find the fabled Door to Unger, she will be able to unlock the truth about her long-lost family. Soon, Kendra finds herself on an epic adventure in which she must tangle with dwarves, monsters, and one strange, magic-peddling faun. Can Kendra trust this peculiar cast of characters? Will she be able to discover the secret about her family? There's only one way to find out: Open the Door to Unger and enter a world of magic, monsters, and mystery...

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Have you ever wondered why some people are always full of life, even when things all around them are falling apart? "Stress Down & Lift Up" is perfect for you. Renee offers practical tools that will help you stay on the right track. "Stress Down & Lift Up" is a thirty-day healthy lifestyle plan to help you reduce the stressors in your life. Certified Massage Therapist Renee Wiggins provides you with techniques and other steps to help restore your mind and bring you peace. Read the affirmations that "Stress Down & Lift Up" has to offer, and you will stop beating up on, and criticizing, yourself.

Wayne and Nancy have separate adolescent experiences that both inspire and confuse the romantic ambitions they feel drawn to. During the turbulent 1960 s, they meet while he is attending blue-collar Drexel, and she is at neighboring Ivy League Penn. Though irresistibly drawn to each other, they must overcome obstacles posed by the class, financial, and religious differences that separate them, as well as opposition from both families, and later, a twist of fate that will be the cruelest test of all. Can they reach the goal they seek? Can they overcome time s downward pulling inertia? Soaring and poignant, Coinage of Commitment is dedicated to all those readers who ever wondered, perhaps with whimsy, perhaps with hope, just what is the level that love can possibly reach?

Set in 1980, in Central New Jersey, "The Sex Ed Chronicle" recounts a young journalist’s brave efforts to stand up for a teacher’s beliefs in the emotionally charged arenas of sex education and student free press rights in the public schools. In January of 1980, the U.S. economy is in shambles, Ronald Reagan is beginning his quest to become the country’s fortieth president, and New Jersey is about to become the first state to require sex education in all public schools. New Jersey native Greg Mandell, a rookie reporter for the Ocean Republic, accepts an assignment to cover the Parent’s Alliance for Schools and Teachers (PAST) and the state’s public hearings on sex education. Formed to stop sex education, PAST has influenced the election of three hundred like-minded candidates to school boards across the Garden State . While on assignment, Mandell falls for Andi Gilardi, a popular history teacher up for tenure at Mandell’s alma mater, Averdell High School . PAST has accused Gilardi of manipulating her stu

Inside Scoop Live is happy to interview Louise Lewis, author of "No Experts Needed." Losing a job always delivers a hard blow, but it was especially hard for forty-something author Louise Lewis, one of many victims of the technology industry's dotcom implosion. "No Experts Needed: The Meaning of Life According to You!" tells the story of how she pulled herself together and discovered a new life of meaning. Just minutes after being "set free", Lewis, a single woman with a mortgage to pay, sits in the San Jose, California, airport panicking over her future. While toying with the option of giving into depression, she receives a powerful message from God that instantly releases the weight of her worries. "This is just a new chapter in your life. You hold the pen, I'll guide your hand, and together we'll write one hell of a chapter." Through Spirit's continued involvement, Lewis is inspired to ask normal, everyday people to answer Spirit's question: what is the meaning of life? " No Experts Needed

" Fishing for Love" on the Net is a book that sheds light on the new cultural phenomena of Internet dating. After spending more than six years searching for love and learning how it can be done online, Myles has firmly established himself as The Internet Dating Expert. The book proves that Internet dating works. It addresses head on some of the misconceptions. More importantly, Fishing for Love on the Net leaves readers better equipped to make their Internet dating experience more successful.

Inside Scoop Live is happy to present Dirk Chase Eldredge as he talks about his new book, "You've Got to Fight Back!" The heart of this book consists of thirteen, riveting, in-depth stories of people who fought back with courage, humor, and a positive attitude. In doing so, they have provided valuable guidance for you, the readers of this inspiring work. The seriously ill, their friends and family will gain priceless advice on coping, dealing with depression, how to partner with the medical profession, the tremendous value of self-help groups and the vital importance of attitude. Those with disabilities will learn how others have successfully played the hand they were dealt and managed to live successful, fulfilling lives. The disabled and those with serious illnesses can learn from each other. There are no silver bullets buried in these pages, just the sound, useable experience of others. Caregivers, be they family, friends, or health professionals will gain great insight from the in-depth stories of surv