Star-crossed lovers, to the extreme.Jenny Ambrosio is the daughter of the man who is the largest employer in their small Tennessee mountain town. Jenny is at the top of the teen scene in the town's only high school.Santo (Saint) D'Orso is on the opposite end of the class scale. An orphan, living on his own in a cheap mobile home, working any part-time job he could find to pay his rent and feed himself until he could graduate from high school.Enter Jenny Ambrosio.

Prescriptive and unique, Emotional First Aid is essential reading for anyone looking to become more resilient, build self-esteem, and let go of the hurts and hang-ups that are holding them back.We all sustain emotional wounds. Failure, guilt, rejection, and loss are as much a part of life as the occasional scraped elbow. But while we typically bandage a cut or ice a sprained ankle, our first aid kit for emotional injuries is not just understocked—it’s none...

"Ti ho amato nel momento in cui il mio sguardo ha incrociato il tuo bellissimo volto. So che è prematuro e folle, ma non scherzo nel dire che è una vita che ti aspetto."Quando il nonno do J.P. viaggiò dall'Italia agli Stati Uniti nel 1910, era intenzionato a crearsi una vita ed un futuro. Suo figlio e suo nipote hanno continuato la tradizione – ognuno a proprio modo.Mentre i suoi antenati prosperarono nel commercio, J.P. trova uno sbocco molto più creativo. Il suo talento n...

Clinical psychologist, TED Speaker, and author of Emotional First Aid offers a guide to combating the many stresses modern work imposes, based on recent research and the stories of clients Winch has helped to thrive in the relentless grind of today’s workplace.Whether we like it or not, work is central to our lives. Most of us define ourselves by our work; it gives us a purpose, it enables us to maintain our lives, our homes, our nourishment, our recreatio...

"She Smiled at Me, Once" follows Enos Boone, who, now in his eighties, reflects on a life filledwith quiet heroism, family loyalty, and enduring love. The story begins with Enos in a Tennesseenursing home, holding onto memories of his beloved wife, Giulia. As he recalls his youth, thenarrative takes us back to 1930s Appalachia, a world marked by poverty, family honor, and thestrong bonds of rural community.Enos grew up in the shadows of Prohibition a...

Growing up, Bobby Jack Stagnari was a great looking kid with jet-black hair, a twinkle in his eye, and the gift of gab. Everybody loved Bobby Jack! Everybody, that is, except Nettie Ruth Goins, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy local businessman. Nettie Ruth had hated Bobby Jack since first grade, and he had no idea why. As far as he knew, he'd never done a thing to her. Or, perhaps she was just crazy. Maybe that was the problem!When things began to heat up in Vietnam, Bobby Jack...

"And as far as Johann not knowing himself, that could be a good thing. That means he doesn't have a thousand things to remember and screw up his thinking."No one knows what happened to the John Doe lying in a hospital bed in Knoxville. All they can say is that he's battered and bruised beyond recognition. And he's got no idea who he is.Given the name of Johann Lossman by a local priest, he finally gets back on his feet and tries to get back to normal. Most people are afraid...

Delulu: The Playbook of Control and Awareness is a provocative nonfiction manifesto that examines how modern systems quietly shape belief, behavior, and compliance. Written by Guy Dugas, this book explores the unseen mechanisms of political, social, psychological, and technological control that influence what people believe, how they speak, and what they fear, often without conscious awareness.Rather than focusing on secret conspiracies, Delulu reveals how control has evolved into ...

A man determined to defend his country . . .Italian-American Jimmy Barbato was born and raised in the small town of LaFollette, Tennessee. When the second world war started, he wanted to defend his country by joining the Army. His military career led him to be a part of the 34th Infantry division in Caserta Province, Italy fighting in the battle of Monte Cassino. The team's mission was to scout and report on groups of partisans. When his patrol fights their way into a death trap, J...

Understanding Collapse explores the collapse of ancient civilisations, such as the Roman Empire, the Maya, and Easter Island. In this lively survey, Guy D. Middleton critically examines our ideas about collapse - how we explain it and how we have constructed potentially misleading myths around collapses - showing how and why collapse of societies was a much more complex phenomenon than is often admitted. Rather than positing a single explanatory model of collapse - economic, social, or env...

Imagine if we treated broken hearts with the same respect and concern we have for broken arms? Psychologist Guy Winch urges us to rethink the way we deal with emotional pain, offering warm, wise, and witty self-help advice for the broken-hearted.Real heartbreak is unmistakable. We think of nothing else. We feel nothing else. We care about nothing else. Yet while we wouldn’t expect someone to return to daily activities immediately after suffering a broken limb, hear...

It is 1923 and the world economy is booming.Myrtle runs a whore house in LaFollette, Tennessee.Eli is a stone killer if killing needs doing.Myrtle has scads of money in the bank and wants to retire early and furthermore, she wants to marry Eli.He doesn't think so. Why mess up a good thing? He has Myrtle when he feels the need. He's happy living alone in his cabin in the backwoods. Hunting, trapping, and killing are his only job skills.When Eli discov...