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Shar's Story: A Mother and Daughter Reunited by

Sharon Shaw Elrod.

In 1966 I did the worst possible thing a young woman could do... I became pregnant and was not married. I went into hiding for five months and delivered a beautiful baby girl on June 1, 1966. With my heart and soul shrieking in pain, I surrendered my baby for adoption, whispering to her to come back and find me someday.

Shar's Story is my adoption/reunion journey, beginning with that horrific experience losing her, and culminating in her choice to find me and create an incredibly joyful reunion for both our families. The 'story within the story'describes the path I took from shame and disgrace to forgiveness and love. Coincidences abound in this book!

For over a thousand years the Box of Whispers has guarded the most precious treasure in the Land of Een. But when the Box is suddenly stolen, young Kendra Kandlestar finds herself swept away on a magical adventure where doors speak in riddles, plants cast dangerous spells, and strange monsters seem to lurk in every shadow.

With only a handful of enchanted carrot seeds, will Kendra be able to face these dangers and find the fabled chest? There's only one way to find out: Peer inside the Box of Whispers, and enter a world of magic, monsters, and mystery...

Weathergirl, Jill Walker has been targeted by a serial killer from across the US. Agent Ian Hamlin is on the case and things get complicated once he realizes where he knows this Jill from. She's destined to become the ninth victim in a string of horrendous murders, but not if Ian has anything to say about it. To make things go from bad to worse, Jill has also picked up a stalker and a very mysterious boyfriend who is just too good to be true.

Who will win Jill's heart. The mysterious millionaire who does and says all the right things, or the dark brooding agent sent to protect her.

In this era of “information overload,” Marta Hiatt’s entertaining new book offers a meaningful pause to reflect on a time long forgotten. “Remembrances of Times Past: A Nostalgic Collection of Personal Stories and Photographs Recalling the Way Life Was in the Early Part of the Twentieth Century” takes readers on a wistful journey back in time, to the first half of the last century.

The 20th Century was a whirlwind era with enormous changes in technology, culture, and lifestyle. From horse-and-buggy to landing on the moon, the past hundred years evolved at lightning speed. Hiatt recalls many of the ‘good old day’ moments of Model-T Fords, stay-at-home-moms, atom-bomb shelters, radio days and manual typewriters. Through her diverse collection of hundreds of vignettes and photographs, Hiatt captures the often amusing, sometimes hard to believe, but always interesting lives of ‘real-people’ and their personal history.

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The Brain Gym® program is actually just one slice of an entirely new field of study on the learning process that Dennison and his wife, Gail, have developed: Educational Kinesiology. Educational Kinesiology is a comprehensive science and language of movement as it relates to learning; the Brain Gym® program is a physical exercise program comprised of movements that have been found effective to activate and build new neural pathways for improved cognitive readiness and academic performance. Dennison’s groundbreaking work in movement-based learning has been internationally recognized with numerous honors, including the Reading Excellence through the Arts Award in association with the International Reading Association.

The Story That Must Be Told - edited by Irene Watson and Victor Volman. 19 stories of transformation. Listen to two authors speak about their transformation.

Interview with Tommy Massey and Susanne Blake

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46 Union Street: The Untold Story of Rho Upsilon

Bruce A. Kesselman

Determined to document a compelling history and counteract the stereotypical view of fraternities, Rutgers University graduate Bruce Kesselman stepped out of the rat-race for awhile to archive and document a non-fiction account of his beloved Alpha Epsilon Pi, one of the oldest Jewish fraternities in the country.

In 46 Union Street, Kesselman uses his own experience as a brother of AEP as a launch point to interview thousands of fraternity members, flying all over the country to meet key alumni, reading countless historical documents and issues of Rutgers s daily newspaper and yearbook to providing a vivid account of Greek life at Rutgers from 1956 to today.