How does precise marching with captivating music change the lives of a "down and out" community? Knees Lifted High and Toes Pointed is the story of a small Kansas town being reborn amidst the Great Depression. It all happened through the sounds of a high school band, under the tutelage of Jake Dalke, a young professor of music. The band grew from zero members in 1934 to one hundred talented high school musicians in 1941. What was the secret of Jake's approach that was so compelling for fam...

Get a warm beverage, a comfortable chair, and enjoy the reflective and blessed insights that these short stories offer.(From the Summer story, "Harboring a Fugitive")Several years earlier, as Brad cowered out of sight, I surreptitiously pulled down a slat of the window shade only to see four men in suits intently approaching the church building. I remembered asking Brad what he had done. Today, I continued to look at him, with those memories of yesteryear pound...

Get a warm beverage, a comfortable chair, and enjoy the reflective and blessed insights that these short stories offer.(From the Summer story, "Harboring a Fugitive")Several years earlier, as Brad cowered out of sight, I surreptitiously pulled down a slat of the window shade only to see four men in suits intently approaching the church building. I remembered asking Brad what he had done. Today, I continued to look at him, with those memories of yesteryear pound...

The latest novel from internationally bestselling authors, Hjorth & Rosenfeldt, creators of hit television shows, Wallander, The Bridge and ITV's Marcella.An idyllic white, two-storey, beautiful house in Sweden. Inside, a family has been brutally murdered – mother, father and two young children all shot in broad daylight. And the killer has got away.Sebastian Bergman has been brought in to solve the crime, but with no credible sus...

Discover a more lighthearted side of the funeral industry in this collection of real-life stories from the authors of Mortuary Confidential.Not knowing what to do, I sat on the church steps and waited. As the gravity of my failure began to well up in me, I began to cry . . . I Had Lost The Hearse!Funerals and the all the things that accompany them are traditionally somber, contemplative events in which the bereaved look to their undertaker...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER"A phenomenal, human story. . . . I could not put this book down." —CLARA HUGHESAn instant national bestseller, this raw and affecting memoir is the story of a mother and daughter who beat the odds together.**Decades before Perdita Felicien became a World Champion hurdler running the biggest race of her life at the 2004 Olympics, she carried more than a nation's hopes—she carried her mother Catherine's dreams.In 1974, Catherine is determ...

A “surprising and powerful” (The Millions) book of poetry that’s short enough to read in a single sitting, but full of messages big enough to stay with you—from one of the most quotable and influential poets of our time, the subject of the award-winning film Come See Me in the Good Light.Just to be clear, I don’t want to get out without a broken heart. I intend to leave this life so shattered there better be a thousand separate heavens for all...

Jake Wilde, a pro football star, thinks he has everything, including the woman of his dreams, but a rejected marriage proposal and an unexpected trade leave him questioning his future. Chris Jeger, a legal assistant and part-time cheerleader, steps in to offer him advice and becomes an unlikely friend. As their friendship grows, so does their attraction, but when life takes unexpected turns, they must navigate the complexities of love and heartbreak. Will they find their way to happiness, ...

Singles are coming into their own: Each year more and more people are single either by choice or by circumstance. This book celebrates the joys and challenges of living life single.

Join Lioness Leah Williamson, Arsenal and England women’s football player, as she shows girls that they can be a leader at any age, and that huge things can happen when they believe in themselves!It's home, again! Leah has led the Lionesses to two back-to-back victories in the European Championships – now she wants to show kids that they can achieve anything they put your mind to, both on and off the pitch, no matter what other people say.This positive guid...

**NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • This dazzling memoir from the former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Life on Mars is the story of a young artist struggling to fashion her own understanding of belief, loss, history, and what it means to be black in America."Engrossing in its spare, simple understatement.... Evocative ... luminous." —The Washington Post**In Ordinary Light, Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Tracy K. Smith tells her...

She had her future all planned...until she met him.Struggling to live up to the high expectations of overprotective parents and a hefty family name, Caryn Stevens only wants one summer of fun before she focuses on finishing her college degree. She knows her destiny—to lead her dad’s multi-million dollar business. But that plan changes forever the day she runs into—literally—sexy and single professional hockey player, Andrew Chadwick.Sparks instantly fly bet...