And We All Fall Down

And We All Fall Down
Author: Ben Shapiro
Publisher: Creators Publishing
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2017-12-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1945630779

Over the last few years, culture has swum upstream of politics; social liberalism has deteriorated the American future; and the meaning of the conservative movement has been put up for grabs. Provocative radio host Ben Shapiro is the “principled gladiator” who’s militantly defending conservative ideas amid this chaos. With over 10 million podcast downloads a month and an audience that is 70 percent under the age of 40, Shapiro has been dubbed the voice of conservative millennials. Picking apart liberal arguments and offering sharp, nuanced takes on current events is what he does best. In this column collection, you will be both enlightened and entertained as Shapiro takes you on a journey through the losses conservatives—and America—have endured.

Ariella

Ariella
Author: Barbara Lawson
Publisher: Abbott Press
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2020-04-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1458222667

Ariella is a young woman who has struggled with the challenges of life since the age of six, when an industrial accident kills her father, leaving her blind and her mother broken by grief. The girl goes through life empty and alone, with no one to lean on or to give her comfort. Even when she believes she’s found love, betrayal wounds her before she can reach true happiness. The physical and emotional trials of Ariella’s life leave her downtrodden, despairing, and suffering from anxiety and depression. Unsure of how she can continue to live, she calculates her losses and decides that suicide is her only escape. But when things go awry, Ariella soon finds herself uplifted by an unexpected source of love. Only time will tell whether she can use that love to build a new and happy life for herself. I n this religious novel, a woman who has faced trials and suffering her whole life discovers what God can do to bring healing to a wounded soul.

The Year My Mother Came Back

The Year My Mother Came Back
Author: Alice Eve Cohen
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2015-03-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1616203196

“A riveting journey.” —Julie Metz, author of Perfection “A perfect book. I want to tell everyone, every mother, every daughter, to read it.” —Abigail Thomas, bestselling author of A Three Dog Life For the first time in decades I’m remembering Mom, all of her--the wonderful and terrible things about her that I’ve cast out of my thoughts for so long. I’m still struggling to prevent these memories from erupting from their subterranean depths. Trying to hold back the flood. I can’t, not today. The levees break. Thirty years after her death, Alice Eve Cohen’s mother appears to her, seemingly in the flesh, and continues to do so during the hardest year Alice has had to face: the year her youngest daughter needs a harrowing surgery, her eldest daughter decides to reunite with her birth mother, and Alice herself receives a daunting diagnosis. As it turns out, it’s entirely possible for the people we’ve lost to come back to us when we need them the most. Although letting her mother back into her life is not an easy thing, Alice approaches it with humor, intelligence, and honesty. What she learns is that she must revisit her childhood and allow herself to be a daughter once more in order to take care of her own girls. Understanding and forgiving her mother’s parenting transgressions leads her to accept her own and to realize that she doesn’t have to be perfect to be a good mother. “Alice Eve Cohen’s warm, witty, wise memoir is an elixir of love. It captures the struggles of every woman who ever wanted to be a better mother or daughter. Read it and weep, and laugh, and love.” —Nancy Bachrach, author of The Center of the Universe “Funny, painful, absurd, and heartwarming . . . Alice’s struggle to accept her imperfect self is a loving message tomothers who struggle to live life with grace. A beautiful book.” —Julie Metz, New York Times bestselling author of Perfection “Cohen navigates what was a perfect storm of a year . . . What she made of this year is a book so honest, so moving, and ultimately so wise that it is a privilege to take the journey with her.” —Abigail Thomas, bestselling author of A Three Dog Life “I love, love, love this book. It’s so rich, so real, and so moving . . . An astonishingly wonderful book—I was enthralled.” —Caroline Leavitt, bestselling author of Pictures of You “Compassionate, compelling, and told in luscious prose that practically begs you to sink in and linger, Cohen’s imaginative story and its fascinating characters will stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page.” —Jessie Sholl, author of Dirty Secret

Pleiadian Star Child

Pleiadian Star Child
Author: Ed Russo
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2014-05-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1304917509

Set in a distant past on the planet Natar/Inanna in the Pleiades. Star Child is a story of the descendants of the House of Ohr where it was prophesied that a Star Child who would lead the people into a new age of planetary peace among the Pleiades. This takes place during the dawn of earth man after the Lyrian wars. In the first book of the trilogy, Ed Russo takes you on a mystical journey. An outstanding blend of adventure, mysticism, science and politics that eventually brings them into uniting with the Intergalactic Federation. The teachings of the Pleiadians are incorporated into this story.

The Mapmaker's Daughter

The Mapmaker's Daughter
Author: Laurel Corona
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2014-03-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1402286503

"Vividly detailed and beautifully written, this is a pleasure to read, a thoughtful, deeply engaging story of the power of faith to navigate history's rough terrain."—Booklist How Far Would You Go To Stay True to Yourself? Spain, 1492. On the eve of the Jewish expulsion from Spain, Amalia Riba stands at a crossroads. In a country violently divided by religion, she must either convert to Christianity and stay safe, or remain a Jew and risk everything. It's a choice she's been walking toward her whole life, from the days of her youth when her family lit the Shabbat candles in secret. Back then, she saw the vast possibility of the world, outlined in the beautiful pen and ink maps her father created. But the world has shifted and contracted since then. The Mapmaker's Daughter is a stirring novel about identity, exile, and what it means to be home. "A close look at the great costs and greater rewards of being true to who you really are. A lyrical journey to the time when the Jews of Spain were faced with the wrenching choice of deciding their future as Jews—a pivotal period of history and inspiration today."—Margaret George, New York Times bestselling author of Elizabeth I "The many twists and turns in the life of the mapmaker's daughter, Amalia, mirror the tenuous and harrowing journey of the Jewish community in fifteenth-century Iberia, showing how family and faith overcame even the worst the Inquisition could inflict on them."—Anne Easter Smith, author of Royal Mistress and A Rose for the Crown "A powerful love story ignites these pages, making the reader yearn for more as they come to know Amalia and Jamil, two of the most compelling characters in recent historical fiction. An absolute must-read!"—Michelle Moran, author of The Second Empress and Madam Tussaud

The Throne He Must Take

The Throne He Must Take
Author: Chantelle Shaw
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2017-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 145929324X

A missing prince… Playboy Jarek is no stranger to the darkness within him. Psychotherapist Dr. Holly Maitland is his chance to unlock the secrets from his past. But alone with Holly in the Austrian Alps, all Jarek can think about is peeling away her cool demeanor one tantalizing layer at a time! …a forbidden attraction Holly can see straight through Jarek’s tactics of distraction. But the lure of his caress opens her body to sensual delights she once believed impossible. If what Holly suspects is true and Jarek is the missing prince of Vostov, dare she hope he will claim her as well as his rightful throne?

The Family Secrets Collection: Before I Saw You / How Sweet the Sound / Then Sings My Soul / Lead Me Home

The Family Secrets Collection: Before I Saw You / How Sweet the Sound / Then Sings My Soul / Lead Me Home
Author: Amy K. Sorrells
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 761
Release: 2021-01-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496447395

Four of Amy Sorrells’s novels in one e-book! Before I Saw You In a southern Indiana town ravaged by the heroin epidemic, Jaycee Givens lives with little more than a thread of hope. Jaycee is carrying grief and an unplanned pregnancy she conceals because she trusts no one, including kind, handsome Gabe, who is new to town and to the local diner where she works. Jaycee nurses her broken heart among a collection of unlikely friends, the closest thing to family that she has. Eventually, she can’t hide her pregnancy—not even from the baby’s abusive father, who is furious when he finds out. The choices Jaycee must make for the safety of her unborn child threaten to derail any chance she ever had for hope and redemption. Ultimately, she must decide whether the truest form of love means hanging on or letting go. How Sweet the Sound Anniston Harlan cares little for high society and the rigid rules and expectations of her grandmother, Princella. She finds solace working the orchards alongside her father and grandfather, and relief in the cool waters of Mobile Bay. Anniston’s aunt, Comfort Harlan, has never lived up to the family name, or so her mother Princella’s scowl implies. When she gleefully accepts her boyfriend Solly’s proposal, a flood tide of tragedy ensues, stripping Comfort of her innocence and unleashing generations of family secrets. While Comfort struggles to recover, Anniston discovers an unlikely new friend from the seedy part of town who helps her try to make sense of the chaos. Together, they and the whole town of Bay Spring, Alabama discover how true love is a risk, but one worth taking. Then Sings My Soul When Jakob’s wife dies, he and his daughter, Nel, must face the realities of his worsening dementia and emerging shadows Nel didn’t know lay beneath her father’s beloved, curmudgeonly ways. While Nel navigates the restoration and sale of Jakob’s dilapidated lake house, her high school sweetheart shows up in town, along with unexpected correspondence from Ukraine. And when she discovers a mysterious gemstone in Jakob’s old lapidary room, Jakob’s condition worsens as he begins having flashbacks about his baby sister from nearly a century past. As father and daughter race against time to discover the truth behind Jackob’s fragmented memories, the God they have both been running from shows that he redeems broken years and also the future. Lead Me Home Amid open fields and empty pews, small towns can crush big dreams. Abandoned by his no-good father and forced to grow up too soon, Noble Burden has set his dreams aside to run the family farm. Meanwhile, James Horton, the pastor of the local church, questions his own calling as he prepares to close the doors for good. As a severe storm rolls through, threatening their community and very livelihood, both men fear losing what they care about most . . . and reconsider where they truly belong.

Harlequin Presents September 2017 - Box Set 1 of 2

Harlequin Presents September 2017 - Box Set 1 of 2
Author: Miranda Lee
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 493
Release: 2017-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1460382331

Harlequin® Presents brings you a collection of four new titles! This Presents box set includes: THE TYCOON'S OUTRAGEOUS PROPOSAL Marrying a Tycoon by Miranda Lee Australian tycoon Byron Maddox can't help but want shy Cleo Shelton. Cleo has no intention of giving up her newfound freedom for another man. But when Byron proposes one sizzling night together, her resistance crumbles under his expert seduction! CLAIMING HIS ONE-NIGHT BABY Bound to a Billionaire by Michelle Smart Natasha Pellegrini and Matteo Manaserro's potently charged reunion leads to one night of explosive passion. When Matteo discovers Natasha's pregnancy, he's intent on claiming his baby. Except he hasn't bargained on their insatiable chemistry binding them together so completely! THE THRONE HE MUST TAKE The Saunderson Legacy by Chantelle Shaw Psychologist Holly is meant to be unlocking Jarek's past, but he just wants to strip away her cool demeanor! Jarek's caress opens Holly's body to sensual delights—but when she uncovers his true identity, will he claim her and his throne? THE ITALIAN'S VIRGIN ACQUISITION by Michelle Conder To secure his family dynasty, hedonistic Sebastiano Castiglione must prove he's a changed man. Stunning intern Poppy Connolly sparks an idea—and a burning desire! It won't be long before the molten heat of Bastian's gaze melts all her resistance… Be sure to collect Harlequin® Presents' September2017 Box Set 2 of 2!

Days of Awe

Days of Awe
Author: Achy Obejas
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2007-12-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307414949

On New Year's Day 1959, as Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba, Alejandra San José was born in Havana, entering the world through the heart of revolution. Fearing the conflict and strife that bubbled up in the streets all around the new family, her parents took Ale and fled to the free shores of America. Ale grew up in Chicago amid a close community of refugees who lived with the hope that one day Castro would fall and they could return to their Cuban homes. Though Ale was intrigued by the specter of Havana that colored her life as a child, her fascination eventually faded in her teens until all that remained was her profound respect for the intricacies of the Spanish language and the beautiful work her father did as a linguist and translator. When her own job as an interpreter takes her back to Cuba, Ale is initially unmoved at the import of her return-- until she stumbles upon a surprising truth: the San Josés, ostensibly Catholics, are actually Jews. They are conversos who converted to Christianity during the Spanish Inquisition. Enlightened by a whole new vision of her past and her culture, Ale makes her way back through San José history, uncovering new fragments of truth about the relatives who struggled with their own identities so long ago. Ale is finally lured back to Cuba to make amends with the ancestral demons still lurking there--to translate her father's troubling youthful experiences into the healing language of her Cuban American heart. In beautiful, knowing prose, Achy Obejas opens up a fascinating world of exotic wordplay, rich history, and vibrant emotions. As Alejandra struggles to confront what it is to be Cuban and American, Catholic and Jewish, Obejas illuminates her journey and the tempestuous history of Cuba with intelligence and affection. Days of Awe is a lyrical and lovely novel from an author destined for literary renown.

The Big Beach Cleanup

The Big Beach Cleanup
Author: Charlotte Offsay
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2021-03-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0807508101

When it comes to the environment, a community must work together. Cora is excited to enter the local sandcastle-building contest—until the contest is canceled due to litter at the beach. Determined to help save their favorite place, Cora and Mama get to work picking up the single-use plastics that have washed onto the shore. It will take more than four hands to clean up the beach, but Cora is just getting started.