Lisa Shea: 60 books

For many people, traveling is inherently stressful. There is the worry of not packing everything you need. The physical discomfort of being on the road. The illnesses of other travelers impacting your own health. Depending on where you go, there can be strange foods that your stomach is not quite...

We've seen all the studies. Meditation helps with focus. With relieving stress. With warding off Alzheimer's, reducing colds, and improving nearly every aspect of life. But who has time for it? This quick, simple book lays out exactly what you need to get started with meditation. It...

Tricia Forney was exhausted. She'd put in a long night working at the Boston Law Library. All she wanted to do was get home, trudge up the snowy hill to her front door, feed the tiger barbs, and get some sleep. If she could just drive the few remaining miles ... Her eyes faded closed ... BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR BRRR...

In our rushed, hectic, go-go-go modern world, it can be hard to remember to take care of yourself. But this one body is all each of us has to make it through an entire lifetime. What we do to our bodies - the stress we subject them to, the damage we do to the muscles and ligaments - stays with us...

It's 3am and the pouring rain mirrors Sarah's desolation. It's the five year anniversary of her twin sister's death. Sarah just can't face spending the day in the apartment the two had shared, so she's heading south to Rhode Island to hide out for a few days. To try not to feel so completely and utterly...

Lisa Shea would love to not have written this book on Poison Ivy. She’d love to not know anything at all about poison ivy. Unfortunately, life had other plans for her. So she figured, if she had to endure year after year of poison ivy rashes, at least she could do some good with that knowledge....

Nearly all of us have dreams. We wish to someday have an ideal house. A job we adore. Maybe we dream of a family. Perhaps we dream of taking exciting trips to exotic locations.  Those few who have been so worn down by life that they have lost all sense of dreaming, take heart. A dream lurks...

It was cosmic fate that I was a thought-after grand-niece, for it meant when Tobias passed away from his delirium that his run-down apartment in Providence, Rhode Island became available to me. Fate, too, that the abhorrent discovery of my girlfriend cheating on me with a nautical blonde drove me...

Love is all around us. Whether it is a profound love for a higher being, a dedicated love to a spouse or partner, a tender love for children and family members, or a loyal love for friends, we all share in the splendors of love. We can feel a love for nature on witnessing a spectacular sunrise or...

Achak had always competed with his twin brother, Manchaug, from the moment they had left the womb. The forests and meadows of Sutton, Massachusetts had been their field of combat. But since Achak had fallen in love with Olathe, the tone of the challenges had darkened. No longer was it simply skill...

Sutton, Massachusetts. 1675 Many reverends are preaching from the pulpit that the natives must be driven out. That the fertile lands of the new world are intended by God Himself for the newcomers who swarm in ever-increasing numbers from England. Prudence isn't so sure about that. She...

110 pages. Are you enjoying photography with your new iPhone or smartphone? Have you been exploring the world of watercolors, acrylics, or oil paintings? Maybe you're drawn to the more obscure areas of cyanotypes or monoprints? Whatever it is you enjoy, it's time to consider the next level...

Sweetly Romantic Short Story / 11 pages Hank was late again for dinner, but Ruth didn't mind. His job as a fireman meant life was always a bit chaotic. As long as he came home to her at the end of the day, she was blissfully content. She didn't know that tonight would be a night like...

Human brains are flexible and ever growing. Studies show that the more one uses their brain, the stronger that brain gets. Research with nuns finds that nuns who have Alzheimer's do far better than expected because their daily activities keep their brains sharp and engaged. It can come down to the...