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Haiku is the ultimate example of precision of expression and economy in form written in four line poems of seventeen syllables. The gems found here are about love, hope, people, the wonder of the natural world and the issues of fate and chance. With great attention to the venerable centuries-old Japanese...

The author was born in Oklahoma in 1934 and moved to England with his parents and sister in 1939. At the outbreak of War he returned to Oklahoma with his mother and sister, though his father remained in England. At the end of the War the family was reunited in England. During the following years the...

The worst difficulties from which we suffer do not come from without. They come from within. They do not come from the cottages of the wage-earners. They come from a peculiar type of brainy people always found in our country, who, if they add something to its culture, take much from its strength. Our...

Newspaper humor columnist, public speaker, and playwright Monica Lewis' laugh-out-loud observations on motherhood, relationships, balancing work and family, and the quirks of everyday life, hit home on every page. On knowing you're too old to have a baby: "You know you're too old when,...

"The great thing about being ostracized is there's no peer pressure." Jean is the ultimate outsider. With a white father and Asian mother, she is too dark to be considered "white" and too white to be considered anything else. She catches grief from whites and minorities...

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR In Retold Tales, author C. J. Barnes keeps the treasured, family memories alive. She shares a collection of stories featuring tales, events, and anecdotes from her growing-up years in Faison, North Carolina. This memoir reminisces about holidays, relatives,...

In this book you will see life through a child's eyes, romping with a pet pig, becoming "hobbled" when you're unable to button your drawer-waist, and riding beside Grandpa in his buggy. You will survive the 1919 flu pandemic, suffer through the Great Depression, know the bitter cold of South...

Poems from Still Waters Running Deep presents a collection of poetry written by author Emma McClain over a period of forty years. Penned at various stages of her life, they echo the thoughts, feelings, and transitions of those moments. She touches on topics ranging from experiencing her freedom from...

This book contains a resiliency of the human spirit. Cecile Katricia has bounced back from much. The poems reflect the good times and the not so good times. Her final message is one of hope.

i>Stars in the Deepest Night is a collection of poetry in which a bereaved parent describes the convoluted nightmare, isolation and transformation of grief after the death of a child. This book will be read and reread by bereaved parents and is a must for the families and friends who love them.

This book has been my whole life in the making. It contains the work of a free spirit, patient in tribulations, yet, ever optimistic touching the promises of God. As the psalmist so eloquently phrased it: This is my story, this is my song. Praising my Saviour all the day long. Please...

Stephannie Huey has awakened the poet within her to share a compilation of lyrical verse that explores a variety of relatable issues that offer a glimpse into her faithful walk through life as she faced challenges, embraced joy, loved with all her heart, and suffered through heartache, with help from...

Mindgarden Volume III is a continuing collection of experiences along the path of lifes ultimate journey. Author Paul A. Galloway openly expresses some of lifes most essential human bonds and emotions: The joy of love, the pain of loss, the desire for love, the connection with a partner, loneliness...

Emeralds of life are contained and held in this book, pearls of artful wisdom spoken through the words of a poet who shares them gladly! Enjoy and share with family and friends. Sometimes only a poem can express the complex emotions of this journey called life." Enlighten yourself read a poem everyday.