Dream Of Things: 12 books

"Wise Men and Other Stories: Lessons from the Holidays on Santa, God, Heaven, Death and More Fun Stuff from Someone Who Still Has a Lot to Learn" is a collection of holiday-related essays that blend humor and poignancy in the tradition of Robert Fulghum, Dave Barry, Bill Bryson, P.J. O'Rourke...

"Tender perspectives helping readers with their own goodbyes." Midwest Book Review"The stories are about love, really, not sadness. Despite all the sadness and grief that come with saying goodbye, there is love and joy and comedy on the Other Side." Gretchen Little, Squidoo.comSaying...

Be There Now is a collection of true travel stories featuring twenty-two contributors who share adventures and escapades from around the world."Travel pieces that capture the exterior world and offer a vivid sense of personal reflection." Brevity"More of an experience than mere reportage;...

"A moving read of tragedy, trying to prevent it, and coping with life after." - Midwest Book ReviewLeaving the Hall Light On: A Mother's Memoir of Living with Her Son's Bipolar Disorder and Surviving His Suicide charts the near-destruction of one middle-class family whose son committed...

On the surface, her childhood seemed normal—even idyllic. Linda grew up in the iconic immigrant community of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, with her parents and a gifted older brother. But she spent her days at home alone with a mother who suffered major bouts of depression. At such times, young Linda...

A book of essays by award-winning author and journalist David W. Berner is the next best thing to storytelling around a bonfire. In "There’s a Hamster in the Dashboard," Berner shares stories of “a life in pets”—from a collie that herds Berner home when the author goes “streaking” through...

A Hoffer Award Grand Prize Finalist, and recognized by the Hoffer Awards as one of the best new memoirs of the year. In the tradition of Frank McCourt and "Angela's Ashes,: Don Dempsey uses "Betty's Child" to tell the story of life with his cruel and neglectful mother, his mother's...

In the best tradition of the great American memoir, "Any Road Will Take You There" is honest, unflinching, and tender. A middle-age father embarks on a a five-thousand-mile road trip -- the trip he always wished he’d taken as a young man. Recently divorced and uncertain of the future, he rereads...

Winner of Hoffer, Nautilus and Midwest Book Awards as one of the best new books on creative writing. "The essential truths about excellent writing." The Judges of the Hoffer Awards MFA in a Box is a different kind of book on creative writing -- and, more broadly, on the creative...

"Raw and funny." -- Joel Stein, Time Magazine columnist"Like a maelstrom." -- Gary Klinga, ForeWord Review"A life-changing experience. It will inspire you never to give up." -- Madeline Sharples, author of Leaving the Hall Light OnEverything I Never Wanted to Be by Dina Kucera...

In a story that has been called "heartbreaking and heart-healing," Eleanor Vincent shares an inspiring true story of courage, creativity, faith, and sheer tenacity as she seeks to find balance after unthinkable tragedy. A New York Times Best Seller (#9 on Nonfiction e-Book List 8/4/13),...

"If we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left, when it is over, then Jews, instead of being doomed, will be held up as an example." --Anne FrankDaughters of Absence is a collection of twelve essays written by daughters of Holocaust survivors. Each chapter is a contribution...