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A specially produced paperback edition -- with flaps -- of the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller, that has sold more than six million copies in hardcover

Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in a meaningless life of fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. His days are a dull routine of work, loneliness, and regret.

Then, on his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies in a tragic accident, trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden, but a place where your earthly life is explained to you by five people. These people may have been loved ones or distant strangers. Yet each of them changed your path forever.

One by one, Eddie's five people illuminate the unseen connections of his earthly life. As the story builds to its stunning conclusion, Eddie desperately seeks redemption in the still-unknown last act of his life: Was it a heroic success or a devastating failure The answer, which comes from the most unlikely of sources, is as inspirational as a glimpse of heaven itself.

In The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom gives us an astoundingly original story that will change everything youve ever thought about the afterlife -- and the meaning of our lives here on earth. With a timeless tale, appealing to all, this is a book that readers of fine fiction, and those who loved Tuesdays with Morrie, will treasure.

Part melodrama and part parable, Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven weaves together three stories, all told about the same man: 83-year-old Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement Park. As the novel opens, readers are told that Eddie, unsuspecting, is only minutes away from death as he goes about his typical business at the park. Albom then traces Eddie's world through his tragic final moments, his funeral, and the ensuing days as friends clean out his apartment and adjust to life without him. In alternating sections, Albom flashes back to Eddie's birthdays, telling his life story as a kind of progress report over candles and cake each year. And in the third and last thread of the novel, Albom follows Eddie into heaven where the maintenance man sequentially encounters five pivotal figures from his life (a la A Christmas Carol). Each person has been waiting for him in heaven, and, as Albom reveals, each life (and death) was woven into Eddie's own in ways he never suspected. Each soul has a story to tell, a secret to reveal, and a lesson to share. Through them Eddie understands the meaning of his own life even as his arrival brings closure to theirs.

Albom takes a big risk with the novel; such a story can easily veer into the saccharine and preachy, and this one does in moments. But, for the most part, Albom's telling remains poignant and is occasionally profound. Even with its flaws, The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a small, pure, and simple book that will find good company on a shelf next to It's A Wonderful Life. --Patrick O'Kelley

The wailing of the air raid siren in Portsmouth's Guildhall during a 1940s nostalgia show awakens a mysterious sailor from a time long past.

His presence will come to threaten the life of one of The Three Belles - the singing trio who have inadvertently awakened this spirit of wartime Portsmouth.

Anneka, Sally and Izzie - or "Betty", "Gail" and "Dorothy" have to play detective to track down the mysterious stranger, and in doing so uncover an old wrong they must put right.

A ghost story with a difference - this novella will keep you guessing to the end. Starring the real-life singing trio The Three Belles!

Runs to approx 22,000 words.

The wailing of the air raid siren in Portsmouth's Guildhall during a 1940s nostalgia show awakens a mysterious sailor from a time long past.

His presence will come to threaten the life of one of The Three Belles - the singing trio who have inadvertently awakened this spirit of wartime Portsmouth.

Anneka, Sally and Izzie - or "Betty", "Gail" and "Dorothy" have to play detective to track down the mysterious stranger, and in doing so uncover an old wrong they must put right.

A ghost story with a difference - this novella will keep you guessing to the end. Starring the real-life singing trio The Three Belles!

Runs to approx 22,000 words.

This Newbery Honor book features magic, adventure, friendship, and even a dragon who can't fly!

In the valley of Fruitless Mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer.

Grace Lin, author of the beloved Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat, returns with a wondrous story of adventure, faith, and friendship. A fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a timeless story reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz. Her beautiful illustrations, printed in full-color, accompany the text throughout. Once again, she has created a charming, engaging book for young readers.

Do you find more month at the end of your money? Have you prayed, clipped coupons and saved, only to find yourself sinking under a weight of worry and debt as you write that "big book?" Making Ends Meet: How to Survive as a Starving Artist | 7 Ways Writers Can Find More Money at the End of the Month offers proven tips for improving your income, outflow, and resources.

This book provides a straightforward approach to developing new sources of income for yourself and your family as you pursue your dreams. Read how to "Find Your Financial Feet" with "Simple Budgeting Gems" - How the "Proverbs 31 Woman" is the "Gold Standard" for "Lifelong Learning" and what it means to put "Family First," the importance of planning "Party Time!," and why "Becoming the Boss" could be the best move you ever make. (As a special bonus we've also included a special section called: "More ideas for Increasing your Income," PLUS, links and descriptions to websites that NEED--No, are begging!-- for freelance writers!)

As a single mom who started learning about money after her divorce, Barbara Mang Kois shares lessons learned during her quest to earn money and provide for her family during tough economic times. Barbara will help you stand on your financial feet and find secure footing by making sometimes subtle, other times radical, changes to your budgeting priorities.

Barbara Mang Kois is a freelance writer, editor, author coach and corporate communication consultant. She has written or co-written five books, including Help Wanted for Busy Moms (Harvest House), Life According to Jesus with Jack Graham, and Starved for Affection and The Power of One Thing to Change your Life with Randy Carlson (Tyndale). She has written for Moody magazine, Today’s Christian Woman, Nursing Spectrum and Psychology for Living, as well as writing more than 500 articles published by the Chicago Tribune.

Do you find more month at the end of your money? Have you prayed, clipped coupons and saved, only to find yourself sinking under a weight of worry and debt as you write that "big book?" Making Ends Meet: How to Survive as a Starving Artist | 7 Ways Writers Can Find More Money at the End of the Month offers proven tips for improving your income, outflow, and resources.

This book provides a straightforward approach to developing new sources of income for yourself and your family as you pursue your dreams. Read how to "Find Your Financial Feet" with "Simple Budgeting Gems" - How the "Proverbs 31 Woman" is the "Gold Standard" for "Lifelong Learning" and what it means to put "Family First," the importance of planning "Party Time!," and why "Becoming the Boss" could be the best move you ever make. (As a special bonus we've also included a special section called: "More ideas for Increasing your Income," PLUS, links and descriptions to websites that NEED--No, are begging!-- for freelance writers!)

As a single mom who started learning about money after her divorce, Barbara Mang Kois shares lessons learned during her quest to earn money and provide for her family during tough economic times. Barbara will help you stand on your financial feet and find secure footing by making sometimes subtle, other times radical, changes to your budgeting priorities.

Barbara Mang Kois is a freelance writer, editor, author coach and corporate communication consultant. She has written or co-written five books, including Help Wanted for Busy Moms (Harvest House), Life According to Jesus with Jack Graham, and Starved for Affection and The Power of One Thing to Change your Life with Randy Carlson (Tyndale). She has written for Moody magazine, Today’s Christian Woman, Nursing Spectrum and Psychology for Living, as well as writing more than 500 articles published by the Chicago Tribune.

How to find material for murder mysteries under your very nose. USA Today Bestselling mystery author Jaqueline Girdner offers some ideas on harvesting a bumper crop of potential fictional homicides.

"I've always heard you should write what you know. I just take it a little further; I kill what I know. Every experience I've ever had is possible fodder for murder. And I've had a lot of experience: as a divorce lawyer, as a psychiatric aide in a mental hospital, and as a small-business owner. And of course, as a writer."

How to find material for murder mysteries under your very nose. USA Today Bestselling mystery author Jaqueline Girdner offers some ideas on harvesting a bumper crop of potential fictional homicides.

"I've always heard you should write what you know. I just take it a little further; I kill what I know. Every experience I've ever had is possible fodder for murder. And I've had a lot of experience: as a divorce lawyer, as a psychiatric aide in a mental hospital, and as a small-business owner. And of course, as a writer."

This is about Boy Doggie, a cute little furry Shitz Tzu dog and his adventures. In this first book, book doggie is introduced to his new world.(other adventures will be published in the near future).
This book teaches children important lessons pertaining to love, treating pets with kindness, respect and not to hurt them.
It adds a little twist on things, because Boy Doggie has some special powers that focus only on the "positive" things in life. The children have an opportunity to figure out what special powers Boy Doggie has.

This is about Boy Doggie, a cute little furry Shitz Tzu dog and his adventures. In this first book, book doggie is introduced to his new world.(other adventures will be published in the near future).
This book teaches children important lessons pertaining to love, treating pets with kindness, respect and not to hurt them.
It adds a little twist on things, because Boy Doggie has some special powers that focus only on the "positive" things in life. The children have an opportunity to figure out what special powers Boy Doggie has.

He's big, burly, and way smarter than your average shapeshifting bear. He's also about to get trapped by own his game...Lou Crushek is a reasonable, mellow, easygoing kind of guy. But once someone starts killing the scumbags he works so hard to bust, that really gets under his fur. Especially when that someone is a curvy she-tiger with a skill set that's turning Crush's lone-bear world upside down - and bringing his passion out of hibernation...As a member of an elite feline protection unit, Marcella Malone has no problem body-dropping anyone who hunts her kind. But Crush is proving one major pain in her gorgeous tail. The only reason she's joined forces with him is to track down the wealthy human who's got her entire species in his ruthless sights. It sure isn't because Crush's stubborn and contrary attitude is rubbing Cella in all the right ways...

At a New Year's Eve party, a military wife gets a surprise visitor. Will her visitor convince her to make the most of the new year?

When We Meet Again is a short story of love, loss, hope, and healing.

At a New Year's Eve party, a military wife gets a surprise visitor. Will her visitor convince her to make the most of the new year?

When We Meet Again is a short story of love, loss, hope, and healing.

Cecil is your typical happy-go-lucky guy, content with his life just the way that it is - and why shouldn’t he be? He’s got everything he could possibly want: a good job and his own place in the city, a boisterous group of friends he’s known since kindergarten, and a hot-blooded girlfriend that always keeps him on his toes. As far as he’s concerned, life is perfect, and he wouldn’t change a thing. Angela is your typical planning-for-her-future girl, ready for the life she knows is coming her way - and why shouldn’t she be? She’ll have everything she’s always wished for: a lovely home, a couple of beautiful children, and a loving and supportive husband that shares her dreams and passions. As far as she’s concerned, life will be perfect - if only she can get Cecil to understand that he’s going to have to change a few things about himself in the meantime. Linda isn’t your typical woman (or typical person for that matter), and would probably give you an earful for using the word “typical” and her name in the same sentence. She needs even more freedom in her life than guys like Cecil, and is two steps ahead of women like Angela on a slow day. Men (and women) adore her, and she’s got more than enough love for the whole world combined - so why isn’t she satisfied with her life? Seems like she still has a few more things to figure out - and Cecil just might be one of them. Boy Meets Girl, The End is a modern-day fable that takes on the challenge of the age-old paradox, “What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?” - or in this case, what happens when a woman whose biological clock is ticking falls for a man who’s just looking for a good time?

WARNING: This book contains ADULT CONTENT.

Cecil is your typical happy-go-lucky guy, content with his life just the way that it is - and why shouldn’t he be? He’s got everything he could possibly want: a good job and his own place in the city, a boisterous group of friends he’s known since kindergarten, and a hot-blooded girlfriend that always keeps him on his toes. As far as he’s concerned, life is perfect, and he wouldn’t change a thing.

Angela is your typical planning-for-her-future girl, ready for the life she knows is coming her way - and why shouldn’t she be? She’ll have everything she’s always wished for: a lovely home, a couple of beautiful children, and a loving and supportive husband that shares her dreams and passions. As far as she’s concerned, life will be perfect - if only she can get Cecil to understand that he’s going to have to change a few things about himself in the meantime.

Linda isn’t your typical woman (or typical person for that matter), and would probably give you an earful for using the word “typical” and her name in the same sentence. She needs even more freedom in her life than guys like Cecil, and is two steps ahead of women like Angela on a slow day. Men (and women) adore her, and she’s got more than enough love for the whole world combined - so why isn’t she satisfied with her life? Seems like she still has a few more things to figure out - and Cecil just might be one of them.

Boy Meets Girl, The End is a modern-day fable that takes on the challenge of the age-old paradox, “What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?” - or in this case, what happens when a woman whose biological clock is ticking falls for a man who’s just looking for a good time?

WARNING: This book contains ADULT CONTENT.

Cecil is your typical happy-go-lucky guy, content with his life just the way that it is - and why shouldn’t he be? He’s got everything he could possibly want: a good job and his own place in the city, a boisterous group of friends he’s known since kindergarten, and a hot-blooded girlfriend that always keeps him on his toes. As far as he’s concerned, life is perfect, and he wouldn’t change a thing.

Angela is your typical planning-for-her-future girl, ready for the life she knows is coming her way - and why shouldn’t she be? She’ll have everything she’s always wished for: a lovely home, a couple of beautiful children, and a loving and supportive husband that shares her dreams and passions. As far as she’s concerned, life will be perfect - if only she can get Cecil to understand that he’s going to have to change a few things about himself in the meantime.

Linda isn’t your typical woman (or typical person for that matter), and would probably give you an earful for using the word “typical” and her name in the same sentence. She needs even more freedom in her life than guys like Cecil, and is two steps ahead of women like Angela on a slow day. Men (and women) adore her, and she’s got more than enough love for the whole world combined - so why isn’t she satisfied with her life? Seems like she still has a few more things to figure out - and Cecil just might be one of them.

Boy Meets Girl, The End is a modern-day fable that takes on the challenge of the age-old paradox, “What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?” - or in this case, what happens when a woman whose biological clock is ticking falls for a man who’s just looking for a good time?