Life Lessons


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Tony Hart's life has been quiet lately. He has good friends and a rewarding teaching job. Then the murdered body of another teacher falls into the elevator at his feet, and Tony's life gets a little too exciting. Jared MacLean is a homicide detective, a widowed father, and deeply in the closet. But from the moment he meets Tony's blue eyes in that high school hallway, Mac can't help wanting this man in his life. However Mac isn't the only one with his eyes on Tony. As the murderer tries to cover his tracks, Mac has to work fast or lose Tony, permanently.




Notes From the Midnight Driver


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Just when you thought you had it all figured out . . . "Alex Peter Gregory, you are a moron!" Laurie slammed her palms down on my desk and stomped her foot. I get a lot of that.One car crash.One measly little car crash. And suddenly, I'm some kind of convicted felon.My parents are getting divorced, my dad is shacking up with my third-grade teacher, I might be in love with a girl who could kill me with one finger, and now I'm sentenced to babysit some insane old guy.What else could possibly go wrong?This is the story of Alex Gregory, his guitar, his best gal pal Laurie, and the friendship of a lifetime that he never would have expected.




Tuesdays with Morrie


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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A special 25th anniversary edition of the beloved book that has changed millions of lives with the story of an unforgettable friendship, the timeless wisdom of older generations, and healing lessons on loss and grief—featuring a new afterword by the author “A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul.”—Los Angeles Times “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was his college professor Morrie Schwartz. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn’t you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man’s life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final “class”: lessons in how to live. “The truth is, Mitch,” he said, “once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.” Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie’s lasting gift with the world.




Life Lessons & Tales of Little MisFit


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This is the second book in the series of Life Lessons & Tales of Little MisFit. The first book, Life Isn't Always What It Seems, is the winner of the Fall 2020 Pinnacle Achievement Award in the Young Adult genre and the Top Ten Finalist for the 2021 Author Elite Award in Middle Grades/Children's Category. Book 1 also has more than two dozen five-star Amazon reviews (including a UAE book newsletter). One reviewer said that the book is "for the child in each of us." Another: "It's a laugh-out-loud, fun read." Most reviewers indicated that they cannot wait to read book 2 in this series. The life lesson in book 2 is: "Life Isn't Always Fair." This book is written for children, young adults and adults who are young at heart along with those who have found themselves to be a "MisFit" at some point or situation in their lives. In Book 2, Ivy Sue (Little MisFit - LMF) learns that "Life Isn't Always Fair," when she is punished by her teacher for doing something that she did not do. The teacher tells her that she had probably done things before that she didn't get punished for and that it's time she learned the lesson that "Life Isn't Always Fair." LMF decides to use humour to get back at her teacher and from her tales and antics, we see how she learns to handle this important life lesson. Through challenging and unfair situations, LMF shows us that it's possible to move forward in life and learn to make the best of most situations and opportunities that come our way, even when "Life Isn't Always Fair!"




The Five Lessons of Life


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THIS AWARD-WINNING, #1 INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER UNCOVERS ONE OF THE MOST REVEALING & ENLIGHTENING NEAR-DEATH-EXPERIENCES EVER TOLD!




Heartbreak Lessons. Life is a Story - story.one


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"When fate gives you a chance, don't waste it." "Take the first step and make it happen." "When you love someone, tell them." Amelia "Milly" is new to Bantham on the south coast of Devon and decides to take a surfing course. This is where she first meets Jake, a kind trainee surfing instructor, and, as Milly later discovers, her friend's older brother. As their two lives become increasingly intertwined, she develops strong feelings for him. But she ends up with a broken heart. When Milly finally starts to get over her first love, she understands that she didn't fall for Jake because they were meant to be together. She realises that there were a few lessons she needed to learn for life - and heartbreak was the only way to teach her. This book is dedicated to the thousands of people whose hearts are broken every day. Through Milly's story, I wish to teach them what nobody else takes the time to address and hope to protect them from avoidable heartbreak in the future.




Alexandria: World Class Life Story


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Get lost in an enveloping epic tale about an iconic celebrity of the twenty-first century whose autobiography inspires a dynamic patriotic resistance against a full-fledged Judeo-Christophobic America. Alexandria: World Class Life Story is a riveting hypothetical drama that details her amazing life set in a dystopic America paralleled by a resulting dedication to salvaging her beloved nation from doom. But in order to do this, she must first find a suitable biographer to transfer an influential legacy of faith and resolution for a new generation of patriots to make an emboldened stand against the oppressive establishment. Alexandria presents an ambitious provocative exploratory portrayal of what happens to a country that moves farther away from custom and totally abandons its traditional faith heritage. Will this be the end of America? Discover what happens when America alienates the people who guaranteed blessings upon this nation and the resulting destructive path certain to follow. This story illustrates the importance of following through with commitments for the sake of those who'll follow. See how this captivating bio-political drama unfolds. So get ready. And gear up for the spellbinding dramatic "End Game".




Life’s A Stage: Stories and Lessons for an Empowered Life


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One can truly have it all – myth or fact? Yes, by understanding that life comes in stages. Award-winning broadcast and communications veteran Freda Liu shares the stories and insights on her life journey with characteristic vivacity. From growing up in an oil town in Brunei to a career in communications and radio, she shares her passage to self-awareness and the big and small moments that have shaped her along the way. Her story shows how one can shine with the courage to move past failure and unrealistic goals. Hopeful, resonant and inspiring, Life’s A Stage shows how each phase in life is an opportunity to live full and beautiful, while staying true to oneself. Rock it while we’re on that stage!




Jessica's Journeys: Stories About Life's Lessons


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There are eight fabulous stories in this collection of Jessica’s Journeys. These stories are about a girl named Jessica and the lessons she has learned in life. Jessica deals with ostracism, disability, death, disobedience, and loneliness. Jessica keeps a journal in which she logs the lessons that she learns from each experience. This book collection provides reading strategies that will help improve reading, vocabulary skills, lessons, and activities that meet elementary English Standard E4a (English language rules), and character development lessons and themes that meet English Standards E2b (reading response), E2c (narrative account), & E3b (listening, viewing, speaking). This book also has integrated themes, which include science, social studies, writing, and art. Jessica’s Journeys does not contain any illustrations of Jessica because the author wants the children and adults who will read Jessica’s Journeys to create their own image of Jessica. I hope you have as much fun reading them as I had writing them. Now, let the journey begin!




The Emerson Street Story: Race, Class, Quality of Life and Faith


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This book presents a set of reflections and ideas for better educating our children. It is also about Emerson Street -- neighborhood and name of the street of the home of the author’s growing up in Austin, Texas. It is about race, class, quality of life, and faith, ending with suggestions about how to move schools toward a better system of academic success for all children and, thereby, impacting the common good and resulting in higher quality of life for all. Also, included is a summary of the Winners Always Practice Program, which is a set of tips on winning strategies for sports games and for life. The author expresses confidence that things can happen for the better; he has kept the faith – in things hoped for and the evidence of things not yet seen. The essence of the book conveys the point that the time has come for a major shift in how we treat one another as human beings of equal value and importance. We will all enjoy a higher quality of life when we focus more on the common good and less on considerations of race and class and selfish benefits. The appropriate and progressive way to look at diversity is to celebrate and appreciate it. The best and most impactful path to a higher quality of life is through successfully educating all our children -- “all means all!” So far, the plans commonly in place for educating our children fall short in the desired results, and many children miss the opportunity to become educated successfully. www.jcbil.com Twitter: @jbrowneducator facebook.com/johnny.e.brown.7/