Sunny Verdi Reyes, has always wanted the "good-life." Husband, home, lot's of children. After cheering on her best friend and fellow embryologist Belle, through her successful quest for her dream, she wanted those things even more.Unfortunately, Sunny broke the heart of her fantasy years earlier and it would take more than wishful thinking to get him back.At 17, unable to voice his opinion against an unwanted abortion, Ismet Honorable O'Neal ran from the girl who killed his d...

Tired of picking up an American history book and seeing the accolades given to one ethnicity at a time? Ever wondered what the Chinese, Japanese or any other race contributed to America within a certain time frame?Beads on a String-America's Racially Intertwined Biographical History is the book for you to read.It celebrates such people as Hiawatha who fought for freedom of his people, Lonnie Johnson who invented the 'Super Soaker', Dalip Singh Saund was a member of the United...

In Furiously Happy, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea.But terrible ideas are what Jenny does best.As Jenny says*:*"Some people might think that being 'furiously happy' is just an excuse to be stupid and irresponsible and invite a herd of kangaroos over ...

Get thousands of facts right at your fingertips with this updated resource.The World Almanac® and Book of Facts is America's top-selling reference book of all time, with more than 82 million copies sold. Published annually since 1868, this compendium of information is the authoritative source for all your entertainment, reference, and learning needs. The 2014 edition of The World Almanac reviews the events of 2013 and will be your go-to source for any questions on ...

Look beneath the surface of the world’s most interesting people--past and present--to uncover what makes them tick. Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into Great Lives looks beneath the surface and uncovers fascinating but little-known stories behind the famous, the near-famous, the infamous, and the should-have-been famous. You’ll meet child prodigies, spies, traitors, celebrities (and sidekicks), gossips, hermits, humanitarians, and zealots. There are incredible stories here, and every...

Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World delivers a empowering book for women and girls of all ages, featuring 100 women who made history and made their mark on the world, it's a best-selling book you can be proud to display in your home.The 100 revolutionary women highlighted in this gorgeously illustrated book were bad in the best sense of the word: they challenged the status quo and changed the rules for all who followed. Explored...

Always ready, always deadly. That's the motto of the Atrati—a mercenary organization of black operatives who specialize in doing what no one else can.A former sergeant in the Marine special forces, Kaden Marks dreams of one day having a family. But he's haunted by the deeds of his past and won't let anyone get close. Then a new mission comes his way. A fellow operative has had her cover blown—and it's up to Kaden's team to bring her out safely. What he doe...

“Reading [Davis] is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had.”— PeopleFor years, Kenneth C. Davis has enlightened and enthralled us, opening our minds and tickling our fancies with his wonderfully irreverent, fun, and factual Don't Know Much About® series. He has carried readers on wild and edifying rides through history, mythology, geography, the Bible, the Civil War, even across the universe. Now, following on the heels of his triumphant New York Times bes...

The 150th Anniversary special edition of the best-selling reference book of all time! The ebook format allows curious readers to keep millions of searchable facts at their fingertips.The World Almanac® and Book of Facts is America's top-selling reference book of all time, with more than 82 million copies sold. Since 1868, this compendium of information has been the authoritative source for all your entertainment, reference, and learning needs. The...

The ice will melt between them...in one hot night.When Rachel returns to her hometown for the Christmas holiday, she doesn't expect to be stranded alone in an ice storm with David Harris. David is her brother's best friend, and she's known him all her life. She lost her virginity to him. And he's the one man she can never forgive.Despite all the reasons she has not to trust him, she finds herself falling for him again. It doesn't matter how irresistible she still f...

Some samples: 1) When the United States was fighting the war in Vietnam, a sergeant wrote famed photographer Yousuf Karsh and requested a copy of a portrait that he had taken of Eleanor Roosevelt. Mr. Karsh wondered why a young man would be interested in a portrait of a woman who had been First Lady before he was born, so he wrote the soldier. As it turned out, the soldier was not young, but instead he was a career soldier who had been wounded in the Korean War. Ms. Roosevelt had visited h...

Rania Ghalli is desperate to freeher political prisoner uncle before it's too late. Hoping to make it to NorthAfrica, she stows away on the yacht of Greek millionaire Demetri Christodoulou.But when Egyptian agents board the boat, she can either jump overboard...orclaim she's Demetri's new bride.Tired of being no more than thebastard disgrace to the Christodoulou name, Demetri intends to build a luxuryresort below his grandfather's house so the old man has no choice but toacknowledg...