Balls is a call to arms for men to be the best that they can be. Being at their best starts with men being honest with themselves and then with the people in their lives. Balls is about courage, namely for men to courageously and honestly face the four challenges in their lives: words, women, work, and "wine" (addictions). The authors describe how men can develop emotional maturity, which then leads to maturity in all other aspects of life. The authors further suggest that the problems wit...

Written by two clinical psychologists with nearly a century of combined experience, this book explains how people who suffer from depression, anxiety, or undue anger can overcome these difficulties by allowing the normal process of grieving to occur.Sadness is generally characterized as a negative emotion, yet experiencing sadness plays a positive and key role in achieving and maintaining mental health and in avoiding anxiety, depression, and anger. Indeed, sadness...

The fantastic tale by Ron Marz and Lee Moder continues! Aaron Chiang has learned the truth " the blood of dragons flows through his veins, and he is the last of his kind! But now, evil wizards known as the Magi " who would see dragonkind erased from the Earth forever " have sent a merciless Dragon Hunter after Aaron, forcing the boy to leave behind everything he knows and flee into the unknown. Featuring spectacular covers by Jeff Johnson (Amazing Spider-Man, Way of the Rat) and Michael Avon ...

Bringing together 34 flash fiction stories from 14 authors, SPARK offers a host of stories to thrill, move, and challenge fans of short-short fiction. A woman physically at war with her mother's legacy inside her own body, a young girl given a vision of a utopic past at the end of the world, a man psychically bonded to the living weapon for which he is the failsafe, a harem of "female" androids newly capable of questioning their subservient status—these are a few of the characters you'll m...

Planting Daisies is one of those books in which reader and character become friends in the face of their shared struggles. Personal stories that tell the plight of the women of the Daisy Retreat mirror the emotional dilemmas of those who have been victims of emotional and physical abuse. Take time to grow with the women of the Daisy Retreat as they become stronger as a result of the human challenges they face.

It is said that love is the greatest gift of all, but in reality, there are two greatest gifts. One is love, that much we already know to be true. However, the second greatest gift is that of being a child, for it is only as a child that one knows how to truly believe. And it is this simple act of believing that has its own special kind of magic, as you will see in this story. When a child believes, there is an energy that feeds everything and everyone around them. It feeds even those magi...

A dark, winding road beckons. And it leads straight to terror…A businessman discovers he has a ghostly twin whose presence may be far more ominous than he had thought... Mischievous children learn that supernatural forces are nothing to toy with, after a Halloween prank goes wrong. And holiday festivities set the backdrop to a terrified teen’s worst fears, when his grandmother’s corpse comes looking for revenge…Hit the road for a journey into fea...

Imagine a tree that has been alive for three hundred years. The tree has endured all types of weather and storms, standing strong and providing shade for all those who take the time to sit beneath its branches. The History Tree story tells of all the events, people, and history of the years that go by while standing tall in the original place of its planting. The story is encouraging to all ages, and the illustrations are presented by the original paintings of Paul Lawton. The History Tree...

North Florida's proud folk music heritage reaches back more than half a century. The region claims many talented artists and song writers, including Frank Thomas, Bob Patterson and Charlie Robertson, while hundreds of solo, duo and group performers regularly inspire audiences at local venues. The Stephen Foster State Park in White Springs is the home of the Florida Folk Festival, the longest continuous state-sponsored folk festival in the country, held every year on the banks of the Suwann...

The store you know. The story you don't.When Steve Jobs hired Ron Johnson to create the Apple Store in 2000, conventional wisdom said that the internet would put stores out of business. By the time he left Apple in 2011, Johnson and his team had created the most respected and profitable retail stores in the world. And even then, sceptics were still predicting the death of physical retail.In Shop Different: How Retail Revealed Apple's Genius, Johnso...

CARROTS IN MY SOCKS tells a story of a boy named Jackson. He loves adventure and exploring the woods and fields around his neighborhood. One day he is confronted by some carrots that he took from a garden nearby. They convince him to return them. Jackson learns a valuable lesson in stealing and forgiveness. It?s a lesson all children need to hear. The story is illustrated with beautiful colorful pictures that will catch the attention of all young readers. Carrots In my Socks lets the reade...

The store you know. The story you don't.When Steve Jobs hired Ron Johnson to create the Apple Store in 2000, conventional wisdom said that the internet would put stores out of business. By the time he left Apple in 2011, Johnson and his team had created the most respected and profitable retail stores in the world. And even then, sceptics were still predicting the death of physical retail.In Shop Different: How Retail Revealed Apple's Genius, Johnso...