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This epic memoir recounts the compelling and extraordinary tale of Sohail’s parents and grandparents, whose lives were engulfed by momentous events of the 20th century. His parents were separated by birthplace, race, faith, language and age, but their common experience of unimaginable loss and upheaval ultimately brought them together in London.

Alice and the Machine Gunner is a blend of fact and conscientious speculation; a multi-generational account of the Geherty family based on verifiable truths acquired during years of painstaking research. Apparitions of the past are restored to life through information gleaned from civil, parish, military and personal records as well as the testimonies of the late Alice Geherty and her husband, Jack.

Helena "Harvard" Schmitt could not leave her life on the mountain soon enough. A life of academic rigor at Harvard was made possible by her extraordinary athletic gift: running. Thor Himmel was the Harvard equivalent of a movie star: attractive, intelligent, and unattainable. As Helena and Thor run from their demons, their paths inevitably and abruptly cross far from where they ever imagined.

In the 1980s, I was a teenager trying to find my place in the world. Poetry was one of my coping mechanisms. In love: I hoped. I dreamed. I imagined. I experienced. In life: I struggled. I hated. I cried for help. I hoped. I overcame. I could be complex. I could be simple. I could be powerful. Misunderstood. Frustrated. In other words: A confused teenager using words to help cope. There was often beauty in that.

Do you know that the Lord our God wants to talk to you more than you to Him? And would you like to know that God is real? That God is a person? It's all true. When all appears hopeless, God will indeed show up. He will . . . again and again. For Jan, this meant getting hit by a semi-truck to turn her life around. And once she stepped out in faith to follow what Jesus had for her, out of the ashes He breathed life. And just when everything began to turn around, more trials came. But what was God's response? I can use that. The truth is, He uses everything for good.

Fourteen-year-old Christian Turner starts his new life in the small town of Almanbury. Unhappy with his father's decision to move there from South Coast, Christian's spirits reach a new low. Just when he feels like his life is going up in smoke, he meets Layla Thomas, a bubbly schoolmate, who turns out to be the love of his life. They sweep each other off their feet. It's the type of love that we all want to find; one that will scare us a little. From that day, they are Christian and Layla, Layla and Christian. Inseparable, together forever...

Life for Autumn Toelle-Jackson started out on a happy and ordinary timeline. When she entered her thirties, however, tragedy made up for lost time. Over the span of a few short years, she endured several miscarriages and the loss of her husband, a dear cousin, and child.