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Sarah Barclay Johnson (1837-1885) traveled throughout the Middle East as a missionary in the Campbellite church. Her father, James Turner Barclay, was a minister in the same church and wrote narratives about his missionary attempts in the region. Further solidifying her links to the area, Johnson married the US consul to Syria, Augustus Johnson. Johnson's work, Hadji in Syria, is different from her father's writings because she focuses on the ...

The author, Grace Gallatin Seton Thompson (1872-1959) was a remarkable voyager to distant places. Her first work, A Woman Tenderfoot (1900), offered a detailed, illustrated guide for women to traverse, hunt and explore the Rocky Mountain area. She was an outspoken leader in the women's suffrage movement and other causes advancing women's rights both in the United States and around the world. She played a major part in directing aid to France d...

WARNING: Gertrude can be a bit of a crank!She shoots from the hip, is unburdened by tact, and likes things done her way. Yet, the people who know her adore her. It's a mystery.Speaking of which, Gertrude never set out to be a sleuth. She was just minding her own business among her many, many collections (including her cat collection), when her neighbor went missing. With no one else around to help, Gertrude stepped in to solve the case-and fou...

English translation from 11 short stories written by Song Thao

Through sickness, pain, loss, betrayal, and abuse, she refused to give up. Now, she's made the commitment to teach others what she's learned along the way. She'll inspire, motivate, empower, and help you find purpose in life. In this encouraging series, S. R. Adams presents to you a gift, the gift of hope. This book is a light to help you get through dark times.

Instead of letting bad circumstances define or defeat her, Chaplain CL Connor decided to use some of her hard-won wisdom to help and inspire other women in the midst of pain, suffering, and sickness. Drawn from Connor's experience living through illnesses, divorce, and abusive relationships, Embrace helps women overcome their fears, grab a hold of their destiny, and find sustaining, lasting love deep within. By teaching women how to ask hard q...

This heartwarming tale transports us to the life of a lonely boy living in Glasgow, Scotland. When the neighborhood bread company releases a batch of moldy bread, magical things begin to occur. The lonely boy is befriended by an unusual playfellow and his quiet life becomes a little noisier. As with many things in life, we question, will the magic last?

Tryke Harper's secret world has been discovered, and he's being hunted down by his uncle, a seasoned homicide detective. But while Tryke's life may have grown more confusing, his mission of releasing dirty souls has never been clearer. Accompanied by his girlfriend Lesley, he heads to New Orleans, where the approaching Mardi Gras festival means the city is full of potential specimens. As he attempts to juggle ever-changing circumstances, inclu...

Short Stories from Rwanda, by authors Augustin Ndayizeye and Sylvestre Ntabajyana, helps children, young adults and adults gain insight regarding mutual interdependence, forgiveness, courage and teamwork spirit. Each story offers a moral lesson that is appropriate for ages ranging from 5 to adult. For more information regarding this publication, please visit: fullmediaservices.com.

Orestes Augustus Brownson - religious and philosophical explorer, political theorist, pioneer of personal journalism, Transcendentalist, and champion of American Catholicism - lived a colorful and varied life. His contemporaries likened him to a weathervane, changing direction with every puff of wind. He preferred to think of himself as a seeker after truth, never contented with yesterday's answers. The roots of his varied career were sent dow...

All Aboard!" The latest chapter in Conley Stone McAnally's village archaeology saga takes him on a quest of discovery along the great American rails. Boarding in Portland, Maine, Conley cuts across the northern United States all the way to Portland, Oregon. Along the way he meets an unusual cast of characters and weird situations. All in all, it's what you'd expect from the world's foremost village archaeologist.

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British author Steve Aylett writes in multiple genres, usually simultaneously, combining elements of science fiction and fantasy with comedy and a high literary aesthetic. As a result of his unique method of narrative hybridization, Aylett has garnered throngs of devotees in underground circles. He is simply too clever and grandiloquent for genre readers, and he's too genre for literary readers, infusing his meta-pulp fictions with intricate n...

Kurdistan does not exist as a country, yet it certainly does exist as a nation. A people of great number and antiquity, united by a shared heritage, the Kurds are primarily scattered over five countries-Turley, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Russia. For a great many years they have played the unenviable role of pawns in the Middle East's turbulent power struggles, manipulated by governments using Kurdish troubles as a means of outmaneuvering their oppo...

Clinical psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Nyblade tells you how in her self-help book Stop the Verbal Abuse: How to End the Verbal Abuse That Controls You. Verbal abuse doesn't get as much attention as physical abuse, and many books on the subject only suggest leaving your attacker. Dr. Nyblade's book teaches you how to curb the verbal abuse but remain in the relationship, if you choose. Women need these skills even more than men. You're the best ju...

How people respond to challenges defines how they face difficulties. This book is about how people from different circumstances, backgrounds, situations around the same time period succeeded when they came face to face with adversity. Each of these 18 iconic personalities have seen India transit through major historical, economic, intellectual, technological and social change. Some so rapid, that it would be difficult for one generation to pro...

This is a contemporary look at our local environmental distress issues, and what action an individual child can take to turn things around. For over fifteen years, this hand action song has been requested often by my Head Start pre-schoolers. This experience has encouraged me to transcribe this entertaining and important message.

After studying the book Teach Yourself Haitian Creole, you will want to move up to the next level with Teach Yourself Haitian Creole Conversation. Teach Yourself Haitian Creole Conversation is the perfect tool to master your conversation skills. It is filled with up-to-date conversations from the current generation, using modern words and expressions. We have added a valuable Dictionary section where you will find English definitions for Haiti...

ZOOM: to move upwards quickly! Zoom will help you fight resistance and accomplish your goals! Zoom will help you see a better path. This book could very well be your tipping point towards success. The risk is nothing and the benefits are life changing. It's time to get your Zoom on!

In her first poetry chapbook, Faith Paulsen explores the nature of symmetry and asymmetry, music, relationship and the works that bleed through new coats of paint. Faith's work has appeared in journals and collections including Musehouse Journal, philly.com, Apiary, Blast Furnace, cahoodaloodaling, Front Porch Review, Literary Mama, MOON, Stoneboat, When Women Waken, Wild River Review, and the collections "In Gilded Frame" and "Three Minus One...