Publisher: Advantage Media Group
From her upbringing in her parents’ New Hampshire hotel to becoming Chair and CEO of a NYSE company, Hopgood spent her career being underestimated. Rather than let it defeat her, she turned it into her superpower.
A mid-level drug trafficker and self-proclaimed low-life with a big vocabulary comes to terms with his actions and his mental health. Andrew Brobyn's relationship was in shambles before he took the terrible acid that sent him on an almost decade-long journey seeking redemption. His immediate plans following university were to liquidate his illicit assets, sell his client list, pack up shop, and retire to his parents' home in Toronto, while he figured out what to do with a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a quarter million in cash. As his drug use and bipolar disorder spiral, his situation gets stranger and stranger, taking him from his university campus to strip clubs, psych wards, and the slammer. Equal parts hilarious and terrifying, Babble On is a psycho-philosophical memoir that tracks Brobyn as he navigates the consequences of his eccentric choices and struggles with profound ambivalence toward his own health and well-being.Show book
An acclaimed writer’s frank and tender memoir of parenting his toddler daughter in the wake of his wife’s untimely death The novelist Charles Bock was a reluctant parent, tagging along for the ride of fatherhood, obsessed primarily with his dream of a writing career. But when his daughter Lily was six months old, his wife, Diana, was diagnosed with a complex form of leukemia. Two and a half years later, when all treatments and therapies had been exhausted, Bock found himself a widower—devastated, drowning in medical bills, and saddled with a daunting responsibility. He had to nurture Lily and, somehow, maybe even heal himself. I Will Do Better is his pull-no-punches account of what happened next. Playdates, music classes, temper tantrums, oh-so-cool babysitters, first days at school, family reunions, single-parent dating, and a crippling citywide natural disaster were minefields especially treacherous for Charles and Lily because of their preexisting vulnerability: their grief. Charles sought help from friends, family, and therapists, but this overgrown middle-aged boy-man and this plucky child became, foremost, a duo—they found their way together. By turns comical and heartbreaking, I Will Do Better does not shy from moments of sadness, anger, or awkwardness. It’s the remarkable journey of two defiant and wounded people, and their personal growth in the name of love. "A uniquely forthright and powerful addition to the literature of fatherhood."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Show book
This book is a chronicle of a personal search for spiritual enlightenment. John Mucai starts by finding out what religion means. He then looks at the different religions in the world today and zeros in on four major ones: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. The followers of these four religions account for approximately 80% of the world’s population. He looks at their beliefs, practices, and sacred texts. While the book would be of immense interest to theologians, it is not a book on theology. Instead, it is an attempt by the author to seek spiritual enlightenment by sifting through religious literature. The author’s findings are illuminating. Every reader will find something of value in the book to give their life a better meaning.Show book
Carol had all the blessings of being raised in a loving Christian home, but those blessings came with their own set of spiritual dangers. You will feel the shame of her failures and cry with her sorrows, but you will also delight at the victories, the love stories, and the many answered prayers. You will grieve her husband's dementia, but then you will rejoice at the amazing healing that follows. Carol shares her intimate struggles in a transparent but upbeat fashion, in this compelling narrative of human weakness, and glorious triumphs. The Path He Chose for Me is a miracle-saturated auto-biography of a young girl's passionate request and the exciting journey that follows. "Your audience will be thrilled to read another most interesting and motivating edition of your life, your living and your loving. As I read it, I looked forward to what might happen next". (Wayne Mang) "I did absolutely enjoy your book and was blessed by it! You are not only a very good writer, but your story was so interesting that I read the book in two sittings." (Sandy Remple) "Thoroughly enjoyed your beautiful testimony. I love your writing style. Seeing God’s handprints all throughout your life & how His plan always prevailed was so encouraging." (Kenetha Davis) The Path He Choose for Me is a highly Inspirational, faith building, and practical read for Christians, or for anyone else truly wanting to know if a personal God actually exists.Show book
RETURN TO EDEN IS AN EXPLORATION OF ONE MAN'S AND ONE COUNTRY'S JOURNEY FROM THE DEVASTATION OF WAR THROUGH RECOVERY AND HEALING, THEN TO CREATIVITY. SMALLWOOD'S REFLECTIONS ON HIS MILITARY AND FILM EXPERIENCES HAVE APPEARED IN MAGAZINES, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST RECORDED COLLECTION OF ESSAYS. Tucker Smallwood served in the U.S. Army Infantry, Airborne from 1967-1970. He commanded a Mobile Advisory Team during the Vietnam War and was severely wounded in action. After recovering from his injuries, Smallwood resigned his commission and moved to New York to study acting. He established a career as a performer on Broadway (Mahalia), in film (Contact, The Cotton Club) and on television (The X-Files, Space; Above & Beyond) His film and television work is listed on IMDb.comShow book
Throughout history, the stories of women's lives and work have been overshadowed by those of men. Wives, especially, disappear, unacknowledged as patrons and champions of their husband's work, as collaborators, muses, carers and managers of the family domain. Great Irish Wives shines a spotlight on ten such wives: Matilda Tone, Mary O'Connell, Constance Wilde, Charlotte Shaw, Emily Shackleton, Annette Carson, Sinéad de Valera, Margaret Clarke, George Yeats and Beatrice Behan. The men in this book are household names, from Wolfe Tone and Daniel O'Connell to Oscar Wilde and Brendan Behan, and they all have one thing in common: they married women who enabled them to pursue their dreams, even if that meant courting death or outrage. Nicola Pierce tells the stories of these truly remarkable women.Show book
