Something terrible happened, and Hazel Matthis doesn’t say a word. Instead, she lives her life as the embodiment of sunshine and joy—only, so much more lurks underneath.When she crosses paths with the guarded Zachary Blake, though, they can’t help but be drawn into a web of lies and secrets they’ve always kept buried deep. Together, they begin to peel back the layers to uncover a truth far darker than either could have imagined.But as the past claws its way to the surface, ...

SMALL TOWN BOY is the story of growing up in the small towns of Bayfi eld, WI and Ovid, Michigan in the 1930s and 1940s, told through a series of stories about the towns and their people, as lived by Robert, and told to Anna Mae.

This is the second edition of Them Days Magazine. Published in 1975, this issue covers stories told about Labrador surrounding the Spanish Influenza, jam-making, fishing, holidays, childhood memories, and more.

Leyla Clarkson's world was shattered the night her family was murdered. Years later and running from chilling reminders of her past, an unexpected reunion with her childhood friend, Cameron Curtis, brings a glimmer of hope — and a dangerous darkness she never saw coming.Cameron, once the sweet boy she met in the midst of grief, is charming and irresistibly magnetic, but he seems to be hiding his own dark secrets. As their connection deepens, Leyla is torn between the friend she onc...

In the enchanting realm of the South Seas, where the nights shimmer with mystery and adventure, Robert Louis Stevenson's "Island Nights Entertainments" unfolds. Join a group of travelers gathered on a remote island, as they share tales of love, loss, and the enigmatic allure of the Pacific. From the haunting legend of "The Bottle Imp" to the thrilling exploits of "The Isle of Voices," these stories will transport you to a world of wonder and imagination. Prepare to be captivated by the spe...

Greater ExploitsYou are Born for this – Healing, Deliverance and Restoration – Find out How from the GreatsBrothers and Sisters, Uncles and Aunties, Nephews and Nieces, Cousins, friends and enemies, neighbors and all believers in Christ all over the world, this book is for you delivered on a "diamond platter" if you say yes to any of the following questions:Are you sick and tired of Helplessness, Hopelessness, and Worthlessness without ...

Del Burk farmed, ranched and guided big-game hunters in some of the richest wild-life areas of Canada.  The biography covers a recent patch of history, but a patch already gone.  The farm equipment he knew now belong in museums, and the ranching practices of the fifties and sixties have largely simply disappeared.  Where Del's big-game guiding experiences took him over trails meant only for horses, there are now paved roads or the rutted paths of ATVs.   Del's s...

Having lived a long, eventful life, Charlie Weinheimer’s only regret is that he has no one to carry on after him. After a near-death experience, he resolves to find out whether a secret buried in his past is proof he has a legacy after all.“Margoshes gives us the life of Charlie Weinheimer: quadruple bypass patient, widower whose children all die tragically young, but not a whiner. In his hospital bed at age seventy-seven, he’s seen it all, right? Well, maybe not. Watch as Margoshe...

In this poignant collection of oral histories, four Indian elders recount their life stories in their own quiet but uncompromising words. Growing up and living in Minnesota and the Dakotas, Stella Pretty Sounding Flute and Iola Columbus (Dakota) and Celane Not Help Him and Cecelia Hernandez Montgomery (Lakota) share recollections of early family life interrupted by years at government boarding schools designed to eradicate tribal culture. Recounting their complex lives, the grandmothers re...

A year they'll never forgetTen-year-old Frederika (Fred for short) doesn't have much faith that the new teacher in town will last very long. After all, they never do. Most teachers who come to their one-room schoolhouse in remote, Alaska leave at the first smell of fish, claiming that life there is just too hard.But Miss Agnes is different -- she doesn't get frustrated with her students, and she throws away old textbooks and reads Robin Hood instead! For th...

In his square-sterned canoe, Alaskan author Dan O'Neill set off down the majestic Yukon River, beginning at Dawson, Yukon Territory, site of the Klondike gold rush. The journey he makes to Circle City, Alaska, is more than a voyage into northern wilderness, it is an expedition into the history of the river and a record of the inimitable inhabitants of the region, historic and contemporary. A literary kin of John Muir's Travels in Alaska and John McPhee's Coming into the Countr...

Fruitcake Hill is a cleverly written history and personal memoir of an Irish family from the Chicago suburbs that has continuously occupied a single farmhouse property for over 137 years. The story focuses on the family's struggles to preserve the life they knew before urban sprawl became a reality. A humorous and informative read!