A riveting tale ofunfathomable successgreat joydeep pain, andredemption that can come only from above.From a working-class background in North Carolina to a job as a cook and club singer in Nashville to his "overnight success" with his smash 1986 album Storms of Life--which launched the neotraditional movement in country music--Randy's first three decades are a true rags-to-riches story. But in 2009, this seemingly charmed...

Randy Travis’s 1986 breakthrough put him at the forefront of Nashville’s new traditionalist sound and, in the words of Garth Brooks, saved country music. The singer’s warm baritone and all-time classic songs like “Forever and Ever, Amen” landed him atop the charts sixteen times. His cross-genre appeal brought a level of multiplatinum success that no country artist before him had ever achieved.Diane Diekman’s biography follows the life and career of one of country music’s most belov...

A riveting tale ofunfathomable successgreat joydeep pain, andredemption that can come only from above.From a working-class background in North Carolina to a job as a cook and club singer in Nashville to his "overnight success" with his smash 1986 album Storms of Life--which launched the neotraditional movement in country music--Randy's first three decades are a true rags-to-riches story. But in 2009, this seemingly charmed...

The Power of a Simple Song"If I had to pick my favorite Overstreet song, it would have to be 'Forever and Ever, Amen' ... Over the years, I've recorded quite a few Paul Overstreet songs. I consider myself very fortunate each time I stand before and audience and sing his songs. More often than any other time, I see the powerful effect his words have on people."— From the Foreword by Randy TravisSeldom has an American Country musician c...

The quirky, hilarious farmyard tale that started it all from New York Times bestselling duo of Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin!"Farmer Brownhas a problem.His cows like to type.All day long he hearsClick, clack, MOO.Click, clack, MOO.Clickety, clack, MOO.But Farmer Brown's problems REALLY begin when his cows start leaving him notes....Come join the fun as a bunch of literate cows turn Farmer Brown's farm upside down."

Sure, they can type, but did you know that Farmer Brown’s animals can sing?Duck and his friends are at it again. But this time they’re pooling their considerable resources to win a local talent show, because first prize is a trampoline!The cows want to sing.The sheep want to sing.The pigs want to...dance. Dance?And Duck? Duck just wants to win that trampoline. But first he’ll have to handle Farmer Brown.

From the New York Times bestselling creators of Click, Clack, Moo, comes an entertaning introduction to politics."My fellow Americans:It is our pleasure, our honor, our duty as citizens to present to you Duck for President. Here is a duck who began in a humble pond. Who worked his way to farmer. To governor. And now, perhaps, to the highest office in the land.Some say, if he walks like a duck and talks like a duck, he is a duck.We say, if he walks like a duck and talks like a duck,...

Farmer Brown is going on vacation. He asks his brother, Bob, to take care of the animals. "But keep an eye on Duck. He's trouble.""Bob follows the instructions in Farmer Brown's notes exactly. He orders pizza with anchovies for the hens, bathes the pigs with bubble bath, and lets the cows choose a movie.Is that giggling he hears?Giggle, giggle,quack, giggle, moo,giggle, oink...The duck, the cows, the hens, and the pigs are back in top form in this hilarious follow-up to the beloved...