This book is full of practical lessons that I have learned through my separation and divorce. It is for the believer or nonbeliever. It shows grace working through my humanity.When I was a girl, I wrote my story of the way my life was going to be. I had everything planned down to the description of my prince. My life would be the ultimate fairy tale. I would have the perfect children and would be the perfect mom and wife.And then I grew up. I thought I had found forever, bu...

Jane, a painter, a photographer, and now a makeup artist and secretly an actor, has found love and happiness with two twins, Gillian and Angela. But she begins a relationship with a lovely porn queen, Lisa Love. Lisa, who had built a reputation as a drop-dead gorgeous glamour model in magazines and on the Web, had decided to break into the legitimate movie industry, and Jane discovers that, in contrast to the slut she had expected Lisa to be, the actress has a great deal of class.M...

Celebrated as the most successful geisha of her generation, Mineko Iwasaki was only five years old when she left her parents' home for the world of the geisha. For the next twenty-five years, she would live a life filled with extraordinary professional demands and rich rewards. Through great pride and determination, she would be hailed as one of the most prized geishas in Japan's history, and one of the last great practitioners of this now fading art form.In Geisha, a Life...

A woman has no choice left but to enjoy the adventure of life—and its surprises—in a funny and emotionally moving comedy of errors about the gifts of growing older.Olivia Strauss is turning thirty-nine. No major milestone. She still considers herself young. At least young enough to assume she has decades (emphasis on the plural) to check the unchecked boxes of her life’s to-do list.Ballerina? Too late. But not too late for poet. Or for reigniting the romant...

When D.I. Mahoney is called to the scene of a ritualistic murder in southern Tasmania, he and his team must unlock the mind behind the murder before the killer can claim his next victim.The theatrically staged crime scene confounds the detective as he quickly realizes that he’s faced with apprehending a psychotic, yet methodical killer. Although Mahoney is confident in the forensic and investigative arms of his Homicide Squad, he’s unsure that he has the necessary ...

A surprising, enlightening series of conversations that shed new light on the music and career of “our greatest living composer” (New York Times**)**Steve Reich is a living legend in the world of contemporary classical music. As a leader of the minimalist movement in the 1960s, his works have become central to the musical landscape worldwide, influencing generations of younger musicians, choreographers and visual artists. He has explored n...

10 Resolutions. 2 Friends. 1 Shot At LoveI’ll admit, having nine New Year's resolutions makes me twitchy. After all, I’m Allison Gottlieb; overthinker, overachiever, hot mess extraordinaire. I’ve spent my entire life trying to be the best but for some reason, I’ve always fallen short. When a near meltdown (and maybe too much champagne) lands me in front of an old friend, things finally start looking up.If Mateo Ramirez, personal trainer, self-discipline junkie, and the Inte...

A blow by truthful blow of life experience causing decisions and choices to be made. These decisions and choices were difficult and unnerving, yet an inner core of self and knowing caused the propulsion forward because the staying in place was unacceptable.

No one knows the path his or her life will take, nor did we know that our path would converge with lovely and loving lives in a difficult part of the world—the Middle East. During our years there, we learned how important it was to find a place of shelter during difficult times. When the first edition of this book was released in 1997, the shelters to which we referred were churches where people could find refuge from war and strife.

Come, See This Man is an invitation to encounter Jesus through the first hand experiences of people who have been challenged, redeemed, healed and restored into wholeness in Christ.An irate villager struggles with the invitation of the woman at the well to, "Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did."The woman who anointed Jesus' feet, tells of how her shame gives way to forgiveness and healing.An old man meets Jesus and knows immediately who he is and real...

In this third book of meditations Kay introduces us to 8 people who are radically changed as a result of their personal encounter with Jesus. Each short reflection is again beautifully yet simply illustrated by Anna Tash.