Some poems are therapeutic, and some have been known to save lives. This anthology will hopefully ignite a Spark of Hope in someoneA Spark of Hope is meant to do just that, give hope where there was none. Their aim is to encourage us to appreciate and value life, it is a precious gift. To change the things we can and accept the ones we cannot change, always with that Spark of Hope in our sights.A Spark of Hope is a collection of 49 hopeful poems, mostly by contemporary or n...

All the stories in this collection have a strong human element, hence the title: Share in the joy and pain of first love with Millie and Craig as they discover the thrills of love at first sight in, A Wonderful Piece of Dark Mahogany. Feel the power of human goodness in, A Mother's Miracle, when help came from the most unexpected sources. Feel the heat of the island in, The Peanut Cart Vendor, and experience her struggles to eke out a living under extreme circumstances, while she found lov...

The love of a mother, whether you've never had it, have it, or miss it, affects us all in a million different ways.Nine authors—USA Today Bestsellers, Award Winning, International Bestsellers, and Fan Favorites—show you their take on The HEART of The Matter: A Mother’s Love.Nine talented authors bring you nine BRAND NEW, fun-filled, suspenseful, romantic, short stories in this awe-inspiring novel, each centered on motherhood. These nine stories are sure to make you smile, l...

This book describes the methodology and applications of solid-state NMR spectroscopy to studies of membrane proteins, membrane-active peptides and model biological membranes. As well as structural studies it contains coverage of membrane interactions and molecular motions. Advances in biological solid-state NMR are very pertinent with high-field developments seeing applications in biological membranes and whole cells. Many of the chapter authors and contributors are world-class experts and...

When the lights go out and you pull the covers up to your neck, do you lie there listening to something that sounds like footsteps in the hall? Do you glimpse a mist out of the corner of your eye, but when you turn your head to look, nothing is there? Are those strange noises you hear, the knocks and bangs, just the house settling, or is it something more sinister?Some might say you're crazy, but many of us believe.Within these pages are true ghost stories. Many of the circ...

This third installment of true ghost stories recounts not only experiences from Willow Cross, but also stories from close personal friends. Ghostly knocks on doors, an apparition who seems to enjoy peeping into windows in the dead of night, and even a specter who insists on taking up residence in a child's closet. As with the other two volumes, all the stories are believed to be 100% true.

Chicken Soup hits the daily inspiration market with bite-sized stories to start every day of the year off right.What woman doesn’t need a dose of inspiration? These one-page entries are not lessons like a typical affirmation book, but complete mini-stories that capture the magic and wonder of Chicken Soup.The book features 365 stories, as well as affirmations, quotes, and inspirational messages, that will stay with you throughout the day and blank lines to fill in your own ...

My name is Sophie.This book is about me.It tellsthe heart-stoppingly riveting storyof my first love.And also of my second.And, okay, my third love, too.It's not that I'm boy crazy.It's just that even thoughI'm almost fifteenI've been having sort of a hard timetrying to figure out the differencebetween love and lust.It's likemy mindand my bodyand my heartju...

A sinister puppet finally makes a new friend.A man learns about his bleak future.A killer has another painful lesson to teach.From the author of LESSONS AND OTHER MORBID DRABBLES comes this terrifying and amusing follow-up. 30 100-word shorts about horrible ghouls, monsters and deranged, bloodthirsty lunatics. In these drabbles, you'll run into kid-hungry goblins, sadistic dolls, zombies and psychopaths who believe that violence can solve just about anything.D...

David is on break from his dead-end job at the Dollar Store. A scruffy old man approaches him claiming to be his uncle who hasn't eaten in two days. David gives the old man his last $2. Something comes back in return later.

Biker Folk Tales, Book I is comprised of three short stories -- folk tales with a biker twist.The Three Big Fat Hogs is a tale of The Three Little Pigs, as they search for what to do with their adult lives. The three major bike rallies are mentioned.In Blondie Meets the Bear Dude Family, the story is a twist from Goldilocks and the Three Bears.Rally Coin Soup is a biker folk tale of Stone Soup, where three hungry bikers on their way home from Rally draw on the curio...

Students and teachers will roar as Kenn Nesbitt pokes fun at silly school topics with dozens of wacky poems.Who knew school lunches and detention could be so funny? Kenn Nesbitt, that's who! Do you attend a school like the one Kenn Nesbitt describes in this hysterically funny collection of poems? There's a frenzied food fight in the cafeteria. For show-and-tell, kids burp the ABCs. Recently, "pet days" have been banned (and for good reason). And the funniest things...