Friendship category: 929 books

Losing a friend can be as painful and as agonizing as a divorce or the end of a love affair, yet it is rarely written about or even discussed. THE FRIEND WHO GOT AWAY is the first book to address this near-universal experience, bringing together the brave, eloquent voices of writers like Francine...

“Her writing is both vividly descriptive and surprisingly insightful.” —Boston Globe “It’s the three-dimensional men, women, and children who populate her fiction that I’ll remember for a very long time.” —Nancy Pearl’s Picks Following the phenomenal success of her...

A literary celebration of one of the most important relationships in a straight girl’s life—her gay best friend This collection of original essays goes beyond the banter to get to the essence of an intimate relationship like no other. With a foreword by Tales of the City author Armistead...

The Friends and the Bear from Aesop's 1st Book of Childhood Adventures is a fable about the meaning of true friendship. It is told from the perspective of a child observing the world and learning from it. In this truly unique series, Aesop is that child. He comes to life as an inquisitive, confident...

The Sisters on the Fly know they're having more fun than anyone! Now you're invited to join them on their cross-country road trips as author Irene Rawlings takes you inside the Sisters' decorated vintage trailers. Each trailer reflects its owner's personality, and the Sisters share their individual...

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A remarkable story about the power of friendship.** Chosen by Essence to be among the forty most influential African Americans, the three doctors grew up in the streets of Newark, facing city life’s temptations, pitfalls, even jail. But one day these three...

“I loved every moment of this book . . . Everyone deserves their own Edward--and everyone deserves to read this book.” —Susannah Cahalan, bestselling author of Brain on Fire When Isabel meets Edward, both are at a crossroads: he wants to follow his late wife to the grave, and she is ready...

When Faisal, an Afghani from the Pashtun tribe, begins attending Michael Farril's English as a Second Language class, Michael has every reason to be terrified. This Faisal has all the external signs of being a Muslim extremist and a potential terrorist. However, as Michael gets to know Faisal, he...

No one knows the story of Kenya better than the children who live it. I had the opportunity to travel to this country and become immersed with the families there. The result is a1500-word nonfiction picture book titled "When This Is Over I Will Go To School And I Will Learn To Read": A Story...

Introduction Over the years, we have seen different new words emerging as technology progresses, which became part of our vocabulary. One of which is the term ‘Friend-zone’. It is a noun that describes “a situation in which a friendship exists between two people, one of whom has an unreciprocated...

The Gracie Allen Award–winning Satellite Sisters deliver a heartfelt celebration of women who stick together, stay strong, and rise above. I owe you for that night at that dive bar on our road trip. I should not line dance under the influence, and I think we both know that now. I owe...

We have often come across the adage—A person is known by the company they keep. Almost every language on planet earth has some kind of equivalent to this proverb.  This is clear indication of how important it is to choose the right friends. In fact, we could extrapolate this statement...

Rooted in the Ozarks, rushed with language that wakens and intrigues, red with passion or perspective, these poems will call you back—to the bedroom, to friendship, to love, to your own geography.

A New York Times Notable Book Winner of the Great Lakes Book Award and the 21st Century Award from the Chicago Public Library Raised in an affluent suburb on the North Shore of Chicago, Rich Cohen had a cluster of interesting friends, but none more interesting than Jamie Drew. Fatherless,...