Living by one value a week can quietly but powerfully transform your year, because it turns growth into a lived experience rather than a lofty ideal. When you focus on a single virtue, like Patience, Gratitude, or Courage, and give it your full attention for seven days, you begin to see how it threads through every decision, interaction, and emotion. Over time, 52 weeks become 52 layers of wisdom, shaping not just what you do but who you are. The transformation is not sudden or dramatic; i...

The walls of Castle Fortis in 16th-century France echo with whispers of betrayal and forbidden passion. When Queen Fillicent's infidelity unleashes tragedy, the lives of the Coultier princes are irrevocably changed. Amidst the turmoil, young Prince Tay finds solace in the arms of a local beauty, their innocent love a stark contrast to the dark passions that grip the court. But it is the forbidden desire between the eldest prince and the new queen that threatens to shatter the kingdom. Thei...

"The 80 recipes are important, but really, this is a food-studies book written for those who feel some nostalgia for, or connection to, Appalachia." — Lexington Herald-LeaderMark F. Sohn's classic book, Mountain Country Cooking, was a James Beard Award nominee in 1997. In Appalachian Home Cooking, Sohn expands and improves upon his earlier work by using his extensive knowledge of cooking to uncover the romantic secrets of Appalachian food,...

Chattanooga super preacher Billy Curtis' prophesies always come to pass. He has gained world-wide notoriety because his visions portend death. After years of adoration, Billy is about to get a different type of attention when a new detective joins the local police force: Scrutiny. The atheist officer soon suspects Billy and Richard Myers, who acts as his chauffeur, personal bodyguard, and security expert, are themselves responsible, not for innocently foretelling tragic events, but for com...

NUMBER 12 – The Mantle of Jesus Today is the second book in The Mantle Trilogy, a sweeping spiritual thriller rooted in Christian tradition and Scripture.Dr. John Luke Hopkins never expected to inherit a sacred calling.According to an ancient tradition preserved by his father, only twelve people in history will ever wear the Miraculous Mantle of Jesus—a relic that contains Christ's post-resurrection power. John Luke is the twelfth and final bearer.When he first plac...

How many grandfathers have dreamed of having this kind of loving relationship with their grandsons? And how many grandsons have wished for this same relationship with their grandfathers? Follow the precious interactions between Declan, starting at age six, and his ‘Abue’(grandfather in Spanish) as they traverse through life together, from discussions surrounding a six year old girl’s playground kiss; weekend sleepovers and fairy tales in Spanish in Abue’s ‘RV in the Forest.’ You will also ...

In the quick moving and carefully associated world we live in, true human association is frequently ignored or underestimated. In any case, imagine a scenario where we let you know that supporting relationships is the way in to a more joyful, really satisfying life. In "Nuturing Connections" we dive into the significant effect that certifiable human relationship has on our prosperity, connections, and generally speaking feeling of having a place. Get to explore more on this amazing masterp...

ON THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE D-DAY INVASION OF NORMANDY COMES THIS STORY OF A SMALL TOWN AND ITS DETERMINED "BAND OF BOYS"…On a cold November night in an oddly abandoned high school in a deserted small town in Pennsylvania, an elderly, crippled and heartbroken Veteran of WWII recounts for his two grandchildren and a Pittsburgh reporter a poignant, heartbreaking and horrific story of events in his life and hometown after war breaks out on December 7, 1941. By the eerie light of ker...

In his twelfth historical fiction novel, Author F. Mark Granato returns to his roots for inspiration on the south end streets of Hartford, Connecticut. The Vietnam War is raging, the Draft Board is desperate for fresh recruits, and Joe Bertone has pulled a lottery number that all but ensures he will be forced to join the divisive conflict that is tearing America apart. At the same time, his family disowns him, a fickle girlfriend dumps him, he flunks out of school and no longer has a stude...

100 years after the most infamous shipwreck in history,imagine the world if Titanicdidn't sink.Perhaps no disaster in history has endured the scrutiny reserved for the sinking of the RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage on April 15, 1912. Yet nearly a century after the disaster, there is perhaps one question that remains unanswered about the legendary British steamship: What if Titanic didn't sink and the rich and poor she carried had survived that terrible night?Titanic...

"Inside the Capitol Building, the 100 members of the United States Senate were entertaining final debate on this last business day before the annual August recess of Congress. The air in the Senate Chamber was heavy, but with tension rather than humidity, because this last Friday in July was also the 190th day of the Presidency of Samuel Landon Long — and most members of the Senate were silently praying they could get out of town before the dawn of his next."Author F. Mark Granato'...

"In war there was no bargaining, only fate. Some lived, some died, some were scarred. The pain was unevenly shared, but all, the soldiers who fought and those who loved them waiting anxiously at home, suffered."They've been called the "Greatest Generation" for a reason: they earned it. There is little to challenge the greatness of Americans who survived the economic Depression only to face the horrors of global war. Never before had a generation struggled for so many years with so ...