America's premier corporate event planners reveal the seven secrets of successful planning for every occasion, on any budgetWhether it's the company's annual party, a product launch, or a fund-raising gala, planning a major event is a daunting task. Now the industry leaders who organized major events for the 1996 Olympics and for several Fortune 500 corporations make it easy for you. In seven simple steps, they share the proven secrets behind any successful functio...

Fascinating adventure story of a mother and daugjter's heroic escape from the bondage of the court system, the status quo of ordinary life, and the injustice of having her baby taken away, to the wild adventure of the underground of the Florida Keyes. Introducing her child to the bigger world and the skills to navigate that world was the best choice she could have made.

Adventure story of a mother who goes underground with her young daughter to avoid another custody battle during the new paternity rights given to fathers in the 1970's. An endearing love story between mother and offspring and the .unbreakable bond they share.

A regular at the #1 spot on the New York Times best-seller list, Jodi Picoult crafts stories about family, love, and redemption. Here Picoult tells the tale of Edward Warren, an estranged son who faces a monumental decision when his father is left comatose after a terrible car accident. Edward wants to terminate life support, but his sister Cara wouldn't think of it. As the dilemma tears the family apart, Edward must examine whether his decision is based in mercy, or if he's subconsciously...

Sam should not be alive. Fifteen years ago, a devastating accident left him with catastrophic brain damage--doctors told his family to prepare for the worst, warning that survival would mean a lifetime in a vegetative state. Yet here he stands on the cusp of his 70th birthday, looking and acting like a man in his late 50s, defying all scientific explanation. This impossible miracle is rooted in the profound, lifelong bond Sam shares with his Lord and savior Jesus Christ-- whom he tenderly ...

How hard can it be to round up one delinquent groom?Ellie Lou Williams will do just about anything to save her ranch, even going undercover as a man to round up a fella who is late to his own wedding. The reward will more than cover the money she owes the bank and solve all her problems.Caleb Dawson agrees to one final job as a deputy U.S. Marshal before he starts his new life away from the trail and tracking criminals. What he isn't counting on is a mysterious bounty hunter ...

Enoch Valentine has given up finding peace for his past mistakes. He throws everything he has into being the new part-time deputy in Burrton Springs, Kansas while maintaining the foreman position at a local horse ranch. But when trouble stirs on the ranch, he questions whether he' s the right man for either job.Peace has been elusive for most of Gertrude Miller' s life, especially under the oppressiveness of an overbearing mother. She takes matters into her own hands and sends for a...

In 1875, Kansas bachelor Drew Montgomery's sole desire is to serve God, but his congregation's ultimatum that he marry or leave, forces him to advertise for a wife by proxy.Jules Walker strides into Drew's life wearing breeches and toting a gun and saddle--more cowboy than bride. After years on the trail, she's not exactly wife material, but she longs for home and family, and will do anything to ensure Drew never discovers what she really is.

In 1893, on the eve of the great race for land, Benjamin David prays for God to guide him to his Promised Land. Finding property and preaching to the lost are his only ways of honoring his deceased fiancée. He hasn’t counted on Elmer (Elsie) Smith claiming the same plot and refusing to leave. Not only is she a burr in his side, but she is full of the homesteading know-how he is sadly lacking.Obtaining a claim in the Cherokee Strip Land Run is Elsie Smith’s only hope for survival, a...

Sal is turning 30 and she starts thinking about settling down with some one, even though she has had several sexual partners that have left her wanting. It has been her experience that a huge cock usually means a big ego, but that was not the case with Josh. Her thoughts begin to go back to that one date and night of passionate love making and then out of the blue he calls. They arrange for another date and it goes very well, until a very deep dark secret of his comes to light.

Sal is turning 30 and she starts thinking about settling down with some one, even though she has had several sexual partners that have left her wanting. It has been her experience that a huge cock usually means a big ego, but that was not the case with Josh. Her thoughts begin to go back to that one date and night of passionate love making and then out of the blue he calls. They arrange for another date and it goes very well, until a very deep dark secret of his comes to light.Chec...

Taking Parenting Public makes a compelling case that parenting has become dangerously undervalued in America today. It calls for a new investment-both personal and public-into the work of raising children and argues that we are all "stockholders" in the next generation. With a foreword by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Cornel West, Taking Parenting Public crosses boundaries to bring together thinkers from diverse fields spanning the political spectrum. It features contributions f...