In Happiness Matters, bestselling author Fran Macilvey (Trapped: My Life with Cerebral Palsy) explores how we can make our lives joyful, whatever our circumstances.Despite forty years of walking the wrong way, Fran has always known that life is beautiful, a gift which can be filled with sunshine and laughter. After a decades-long journey from the depths of despair, she longed to find somewhere peaceful and fun, and a path home to self-acceptance. She started writi...

In ‘Making Miracles’, bestselling author Fran Macilvey (‘Trapped: My Life with Cerebral Palsy’) explores what can happen when we listen to our dreams.“...Our dreams will always find a way to resurface in peaceful moments while daydreaming and sleeping. In 'Making Miracles'I share some of what I have discovered from gathering and listening to dreams, and how this process guides me to new and more effective approaches in dealing with life’s challenges. All our dreams are unique, and ...

Living in the Belgian Congo with her husband in the 1960s, Fran’s mother became pregnant with a daughter. However, right after she gave birth in the hospital, she felt strange. Unbeknownst to anyone, another daughter was on the way, but before anybody responded, an hour had passed. Because of the delay, Fran was born with cerebral palsy.Growing up with her siblings in Africa, Fran always felt different. When everyone else was playing and having fun, she would watch and wish she cou...

In Happiness Matters, bestselling author Fran Macilvey (Trapped: My Life with Cerebral Palsy) explores how we can make our lives joyful, whatever our circumstances.Despite forty years of walking the wrong way, Fran has always known that life is beautiful, a gift which can be filled with sunshine and laughter. After a decades-long journey from the depths of despair, she longed to find somewhere peaceful and fun, and a path home to self-acceptance. She started writi...

In ‘Making Miracles’, bestselling author Fran Macilvey (‘Trapped: My Life with Cerebral Palsy’) explores what can happen when we listen to our dreams.“...Our dreams will always find a way to resurface in peaceful moments while daydreaming and sleeping. In 'Making Miracles'I share some of what I have discovered from gathering and listening to dreams, and how this process guides me to new and more effective approaches in dealing with life’s challenges. All our dreams are unique, and ...

In 2009, college sophomore and track star Monika Kørra was grabbed by three men on her way home from a party and brutally raped. Within hours of being released, Monika resolved that she would not be a victim – she was going to be a survivor.Monika had traveled from her home in Norway to Southern Methodist University in Dallas, determined to acclimate to life in the States and excited for the opportunity of a full scholarship to do what she loved. As an athlete and ...

Set against the grand panorama of twentieth-century world events, it captures the remarkable life and spirit of climbing and medical visionary Hans Kraus (1905-1966). Kraus was taught English by James Joyce, escaped Nazi dominated Europe, and was JFK’s secret back specialist. A legendary rock climber known for hair-raising ascents on two continents, Kraus lived a life filled with tragedy and triumph, intense passion, verve, and a whole lot of guts, glory, and wit.One of the great u...

“A courageous and finely crafted portrait of a young woman struggling with her family, her faith, and that awkward space between being a child and growing into adulthood.”—Star Tribune (Minneapolis)“Unimaginable . . . As much an indictment of Christian Science as it is a memoir of her family’s experience of loss.”—O: the Oprah MagazineLucia Ewing had what looked like an all-American childhood, but when it came to accidents...

A lyrical and evocative memoir from Frances Mayes, the Bard of Tuscany, about coming of age in the Deep South and the region’s powerful influence on her life.The author of three beloved books about her life in Italy, including Under the Tuscan Sun and Every Day in Tuscany, Frances Mayes revisits the turning points that defined her early years in Fitzgerald, Georgia. With her signature style and grace, Mayes explores the power of landscape, the ide...

In However Long the Night, Aimee Molloy tells the unlikely and inspiring story of Molly Melching, an American woman whose experience as an exchange student in Senegal led her to found Tostan and dedicate almost four decades of her life to the girls and women of Africa.This moving biography details Melching's beginnings at the University of Dakar and follows her journey of 40 years in Africa, where she became a social entrepreneur and one of humanity's strongest voices for t...

The story of one mother’s fight against the medical establishment to prove the link between infection-triggered PANDAS and her son’s sudden-onset OCD and Tourette syndrome.The summer before entering sixth grade, Sammy, a bright and charming boy who lived on the coast of Maine, suddenly began to exhibit disturbing behavior. He walked and ate with his eyes shut, refused to bathe, burst into fits of rage, slithered against walls, and used his limbs instead of his hand...

An Unforgettable Story of Life After Death"The cold voice of the anesthesiologist recited the typical 'count backward from 10' cadence. Darkness closed around me before he got to 7. That's when I found out what it's like to die--and to come back from the dead."It was a beautiful winter's day, showing no signs of what was to come. Steve Sjogren, pastor of one of America's fastest growing churches, went into the hospital for routine gall bladder surgery and d...