Have you ever wondered what happened to the survivors and evacuees afterward? Truth is, many have become far removed from the pain, despair and horror of that day. For evacuee Jayda Cabbell, it is a day and time in her life she will never forget. She offers readers a first-hand account of her emotional roller coaster through the ‘Storms’ following the hurricane. After being knocked down and thrown off-balance, Jayda Cabbell tackled the storm‘s aftermath head-on with resilience. This is not...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this hilarious instant classic, the creator of The Mindy Project and Never Have I Ever invites readers on a tour of her life and her unscientific observations on romance, friendship, and Hollywood.“[Kaling is] like Tina Fey’s cool little sister. Or perhaps . . . the next Nora Ephron.”—The New York Times**Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afr...

A secret government unit is formed under Adam Harrison, famed paranormal investigator. The six members he's gathered have a psychic talent of their own.Jackson Crow heads the group. Haunted by his experience with an ancestral ghost, and the murders of two teammates, Jackson can't tell if he's been demoted or given an extraordinary opportunity. He's aware that the living commit the most heinous crimes, while spiritualist charlatans fool the unwary. To balance Jackson's skepticism, A...

The New York Times Bestseller“Andy Cohen's new book Most Talkative is laugh-out-loud funny. Anyone who likes pop culture will really like this book. It's a perfect read for this summer.”—Anderson CooperThe man behind the Real Housewives writes about his lifelong love affair with pop culture that brought him from the suburbs of St. Louis to his own television showFrom a youn...

The true story of thirteen women who took a risk on an expensive diamond necklace and, in the process, changed not only themselves but a community.Four years ago*,* in Ventura, California, Jonell McLain saw a diamond necklace in a local jewelry store display window. The necklace aroused desire first, then a provocative question: Why are personal luxuries so plentiful yet accessible to so few? What if we shared what we desired? Several weeks, dozens of phone calls, and a leap of fai...

Laughter is powerful medicine--and it's just plain fun. The Laugh-a-Day Book of Bloopers, Quotes & Good Clean Jokes brings together hundreds of the funniest bits of wit and humor to brighten anyone's day. From blunders like "For sale: Electric hospital bed, hardly used. No one died in it," to truisms like "The only thing worse than hearing the alarm clock in the morning is not hearing it," there's something to tickle everyone's funny bone.Teachers, speakers, pastors, writer...

Not feeling very beautiful? Learn what beauty is from God's perspective.Revolve speaker Jenna Lucado has teamed up with her dad, Max Lucado, to bring girls a fresh perspective on what they need to live a life of peace, joy, and confidence. What does God see when He looks at them? And how does a girl catch that vision?Jenna reveals life accessories that are essential, and which single accessory is a real must-have to give teens a look they love—a look that s...

Stuck for the right words? Relax. This one-of-a-kind book cures writer's block instantly. Packed with hundreds of original examples, poignant quotes and fun sayings, writer Steve Fadie helps you craft thoughtful personal messages, in 30 words or less. Contemporary, sentimental and witty, Words to the Rescue is an inspirational resource you won't want to be without. You'll turn to it time and time again throughout the year, when sending greeting cards, giving flowers or writing personal not...

What this book isn'tThis is not a " horse racing system" or a "horse racing formula".This is a number of common sense choices that will help you succeed at horse racing.You are not going to bet exactas, trifectas, or longshots.You simply want you to win at the horse racing with a minimum amount of work.Who this book is for:This book is for people who pretty much know nothing about horse racing and frankly don't care about being a walking ency...

More than 180 real-life case studies to get more students talking . . . and thinking!Easy answers are not easy to find. With The Youth Worker’s Big Book of Case Studies, your teenagers will be talking, and thinking about stuff that matters most in their lives. Open-ended questions, excruciating dilemmas, familiar scenarios, and going-deeper at Scripture make these cutting-edge case studies power-packed and unforgettable. Why just have mere chats with teens when you can use The Youth Worker...

Inspired by an experiment on Twitter, these 300 moving stories are no bigger than a sentence or two, on themes like love, death, and family.In this one-of-a-kind collection, author Sean Hill has crafted hundreds of engaging stories that conjure an entire novel in just a sentence or two. Sometimes sad, often humorous and always creative, these tales touch on a wide range of life experiences from romance and family to death and sex.Nana rocked in he...

While actor Willie Aames (Eight Is Enough, Charles in Charge) was at the peak of Hollywood success, his future wife, Maylo Upton, was a teenage runaway, eating out of trash bins and living on the streets to escape the sexual crimes of her cult-ruined mother’s barbaric boyfriend. By the time Willie met Maylo, his star was falling because of sex, drugs, rock and roll, and family problems while her acting career was starting to rise. Together, they found God and got their messy lives clean, b...