Life As We Know It is a coming of age fiction story about a boy, William, and his evolving relationship with Anna. They meet in third grade, and soon they are inseparable.But things aren't that simple. William's world is about choices: life decisions that seem small at first but change everything. Anna is part of his journey, but there's more to it. They grow up. They face pressure from their families. They question themselves.It's not just a teen romance. This is ...

There's Lots to See in Georgia provides a history of the Peach State's state historic sites, including a brief history of each site, the process by which the sites were preserved or restored and became part of the state historic site system, and information to guide visitors as they tour each site.The sixteen sites featured in this book capture more than fifteen hundred years of history of the place we now call Georgia, from the Woodland era through the mid-twentieth centu...

Joshua McClure was borne into this world unsure. He was unsure about the love that he was so certain his family had for him. As he was growing up, he began to question more and more the truth behind the dark secrets looming in his family. When his mom took ill and he had to care for her later in life, the questions arose like never before. Then one day when his family was together and he was in the attic, he found out a shocking secret. This secret climaxed the story with an ending that wo...

Roger is a black boy in South Central Detroit in the heart of the urban community. His studies of the black movement in America are constant, but he is fascinated with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His interest in the black struggle leads him to a black awareness group called The Righteous Movement. Soon afterward, a more radical group called The Revolution comes into the community. Roger is bombarded with many hardships including the death of his father and more recently, the death of his br...

Henry Tinsdale is a criminal who goes to prison. While incarcerated, he finds God and religion and becomes a born-again Christian. Once he's released, he gets a job at a warehouse where he befriends Simon. Simon introduces Henry to Debbie and the two of them fall in love and get married. One night while working at the warehouse, Henry gets a surprise visitor. He tries over and over to get rid of this person after several visits, but to no avail. Once he finds out what this person wants, He...

James Mitchum Oates was born in Chicago, IL. with a clean slate. But what was the beginning seemed like the end as James was diagnosed with severe asthma as a baby. He survives. Shortly after leaving the hospital to be with his family, he is bombarded with many hardships. He and his family move to Kansas City, MO. after a fire destroys their home. There, he faces many challenges, but he and his family have to deal with the death of their beloved Carter Bradley Oates. Soon afterwards, James...

Jake and Elizabeth Rigsby are a very special couple who are truly in love. They buy a dog and name it Penny. Then Elizabeth gets diagnosed with lung cancer and dies. Jake finds peace and love with Penny. Soon Jake gets a job and meets Bob. When thugs break into Jake’s house, Bob gives him a gun. But then Penny gets ill and what happens to her forces Jake to make a huge decision.

Dan is a high school student at the worst school in all of Los Angeles. When his family is put in harms way by a death threat from a Blood member named Michael, Dan is very scared. Soon Dans family gets killed and he has nowhere else to turn to but the Crips. They take him in and he becomes a criminal. Then one night while committing a crime, and officer gets killed and Dan is a suspect. Dan then reveals the real killer and at this revelation learns a shocking revelation of his own. Dan th...

Jenna is a very lonely lady who lives in Dallas. She has no significant other and her family is in another state. Her only friend in the world is her loyal cat, Cesare. Shes about to be laid off from her job and things are looking pretty bad for her. Until she meets Mr. Right at her favorite eating place. They fall for each other and suddenly Jenna has a more positive outlook on life. The romance grows as the plot thickens with a very special ending.

The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir from Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors, n****ow a Major Motion Picture!Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist, a dead-ringer for Santa and a lunatic in the bargain. Suddenly, at age twelve, Augusten Burroughs found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian in perfect squalor. The doc...

The killer picks her up in a Manhattan night club. Another trendy victim of the latest downtown scene. Young. Fresh. Healthy. Perfect. The police find her body in a Bronx park. Pale as a ghost. Peaceful in death. Her life has been drained away. Slowly. Methodically. Brilliantly.In his time with the NYPD, criminal profiler Lee Campbell has seen the gruesome handiwork of the most deranged minds in the city. But this latest killer is something new. Something unbelievably twisted. A bl...

Falling for the drag queen next doorMitch Dalton can't stop fantasizing about his sexy and confident drag queen neighbor. He wants to make a move, but he's had a lot less experience with men and isn't sure Chi-Chi would be interested in a guy who's never gone all the way—let alone a widower and struggling single father. And when Mitch's child care falls through, he needs Chi-Chi's help more than he needs a boyfriend.Chi-Chi Ramirez has his own stru...