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The series continues with Part 3 of the World We Live In as the 19 characters are experiencing and going through new things in their lives. Some are still struggling to get their lives right and others are making a turn for the best after certain events they have gone through. Christina gets her day in court with her perpetrators, will Kevin finally get off the streets after months of being homeless? What is Steve’s life now after all of the events he’s dealt with and gone through? How does Nathan handle all of the turmoil that comes his way after his announcement? This is another book full of emotion, feelings and a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs with each character. As they contin ...

The World We Live In Part 4 is about all of these characters growing and learning that life is a journey. With each character going through a range of emotions and feelings, they reach out to the most important people in their lives. This book takes a different direction in the way these characters express themselves. Some have taken on paths to bettering relationships with family members or friends that matter to them most. When you’re going through things in your life, who are the closest people in your life that you confide in? An emotional rollercoaster that will make you appreciate life way more after reading this book.

The ending of the series, the question is what’s to come of these character’s lives? Will Christina be able to cope with her tragic event and be able to speak on it to a broader audience? How will Nathan’s impact on sports be now that he’s come out as a gay man? Will Heather become stronger for herself and kick the alcohol addiction and become closer to her children? It’s a journey of the characters and how they’re approaching the future and what’s to come. While many stories have happy endings, life has a way of making you realize that it isn’t always about happily ever after but about going through experiences to make you stronger than you’ll ever be.

Darryl Halbrooks 11th collection of short stories ranging from an artist/ soldier caught up in the Battle of Stalingrad to a couple and golf buddy facing (along with everyone else on earth) an an “anomaly” making its way through our solar system, currently somewhere in the vicinity of Jupiter.

Tennie Ridge feels like a nobody, living in a low-rent motel her parents run in a small Arizona town The only interesting thing about her is that she is named after her Cherokee great-grandmother. Bullied in high school, coping with a dying father, and struggling with her distant, alcoholic mother, Tennie longs to disappear like the vodka in her mother's martini glass. Suddenly, she begins having vivid dreams that transport her to Indian Territory, Oklahoma in 1873, where she learns Cherokee medicine and ancient tribal wisdom. Tennie grows stronger from these dreams as she survives betrayal, finds love, and faces wrenching sacrifices that threaten to tear her world apart.

In Shyne Nelson's first collection of poems, essays and short stories, Nelson make's visible, the pain and magic of growing up a black man in America. Telling the coming-of-age stories of his peers and chanting that black men are present, lovable and anything but invisible. His "aggressively honest" approach to storytelling is one that will make you laugh, cry, think, but most importantly relate. Tackling subjects as taboo as prostitution in the short story "The Client List" to presenting a different prospective of the age old infidelity issue in the poem "He exist, because of you." Nelson's debut is sure to start plenty of conversations. "Things Unsaid" addresses just that: The things ...

You thought life as complicated for Charlee in the past, just wait to see what book two of the Home series brings. Charlee has found a place to call home, at least she hopes. Now she has to find a way to deal with a fresh new year, in a new town, with a new family, and new friends. Will she be able to get her two worlds to collide easily finally? Or will her life continue on its strenuous path? This new life is supposed to be easy. Will it be? I guess you'll have to read to find out what in the world Miss Charlee Baker gets herself into.

This is a story of a spider that is named Phoseidon. She meets some people and becomes friends with others then her house (web) is sadly destroyed by fire ants. The story progresses and she finds a new home and then something happens...read the book to find out.

Quackity thought he knew Karl. That is until one day when visiting his grave he meets a boy who claims to know a lot more. Quackity trusts him, and he opens a world of new things that Quackity never thought possible. Follow the story of a young boy as he deals with grief, unchecked anger, resentment and sadness. What happens when he finds out things aren't the way it seemed?