Mary: 1452 books

"Your mother and father are running away," said a voice piercing the warm air. I froze and turned toward home. To a Hutterite, nothing is more shameful than that word, running away, Weglaufen...In 1969, Ann-Marie Dornn's parents did the unthinkable. They left a Hutterite colony near Portage...

In life we’re taught on many levels as a child, student, worker and adult. But on each level we should have a more precise understanding about life and what to expect from it. The hidden truth of living life starts and ends with love. Although it's easy to spell, "LOVE" is not easy to...

The author’s father came down with polio during the epidemic of 1944. This book describes his story of pain, rehabilitation and return to normality as well as inspirational stories of other polio survivors, some more severely paralyzed than he was. Most of these people adjusted well to life after...

The pain of acute paralytic polio is horrific. It is the worst physical pain there is. As every nerve in the affected area dies it feels as if a dentist is drilling the nerve without novocaine. Nerve after nerve dies. Ghastly pain ensues. The pain can last for weeks. The patient must listen to the...

This cook book is a compact book that is full of flavor. It holds over 30 recipes of vegan, budget friendly foods that will keep your stomach and your wallet full. Vegan diets can be incredibly healthy and yummy. Just because vegans don’t eat meat or anything made from animal products, doesn’t...

In a multicolored display of pomp and pageantry, the Flores Family gathers for their annual Day of the Dead ceremony. But when jealousy arises, and the tradition hundreds of years old threatens to divide the family for good, Trina discovers that she is engaged to a man with secrets she isn’t sure she can live with.

For Sammy Molina, leaving his gang means escaping across the border, but to get away, he has to camouflage his past crimes. When the ties that bind Sammy to his crew seem unbreakable, he puts his trust in the one person he knows has his back, but he soon finds out that blood isn't always thicker than water.

redemption is often elusive! people wrestle their demons or accommodate them. under-cover agents, jesus lopez and mickey pachuco aka scar, battle drug trafficking and gangsters running amok during the 1980s and 1990s in florida and on the west coast. decades before, on a hellish evening in 1967, the...

A one-year journal maintained after my husband's death, "The First Time Without You". I chose to share my journal in the hopes of helping others going through the same grieving process. My emotions were recorded as I was going through the horrific process and I felt the need to share these...

Take a walk with the Fool as he journeys through the streets of Sunnydale. Explore the meanings of each Major Arcana card as depicted in lore, and in the hit television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. An introduction to the tarot for fans, or as a way for tarot enthusiasts to deepen their knowledge of the cards...

When Annie finds the pretty abandoned infant in Silver Ridge, it is love at first sight. And when the local pastor asks for her hand in marriage, all seems to be going smoothly. But when her intended is accused of all ready being married--to a local saloon girl--everything is up in the air! Despite...

To build a successful business, you need to stop doing random acts of marketing and start following a reliable plan for rapid business growth. Traditionally, creating a marketing plan has been a difficult and time-consuming process, which is why it often doesn't get done. In this short and...

If you or someone you love has received the dreaded diagnosis of cancer, you have likely come across cancer cure claims that have not been studied by the scientific community. Discover the fruit that scientific studies on PubMed show has proven ability to destroy cancer cells and stop the cancer...

Just as an ice cream truck offers a variety of flavors, so this short book offers a variety of styles.The first piece, the book's namesake, is The Ice Cream Truck. It's interesting how a simple sound can elicit so many memories, and this piece is about how an ice cream truck rambled...