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The Least of These: One Man's Remarkable Journey in the Fight Against Child Trafficking

by Dr. Jeff Brodsky

Since he was a child, Jeff Brodsky has wept for the downtrodden and mistreated. When he set out across the world to share God's love with the lowest of the low, Jesus' mandate to serve "the least of these" was imprinted on his heart. But when he learned of little children being sold as sex slaves for the sick pleasure of evil men, he burned with anger. That's when Jeff turned his awareness into action. Jeff's remarkable journey has wound from the slums of Bangladesh to the dumps of Cambodia to ... more

Listen to Your Mother!

by Marianne Spampinato

Don't play with your food. Don't talk to or take rides from strangers. If your friends jumped in a lake, would you? Pick up after yourself and put things back where you found them. Always wear clean underwear - you never know when you'll be in an accident. When God closes a door, He opens a window. Let me kiss it and make it better. Chances are your mom (or dad) has said one or more of these sayings. Take a trip down memory lane with the author's humorous and heartfelt recollections of guidance... more

our road to adoption 'the story of our family and the great family of God'

by Earl D Robinson

The book chronicles our adoption process which spanned many years and the Atlantic as Americans living in the UK. During the whole process I blogged and the book is a combination of the blog, reflection and Biblical perspective of family and adoption. Our path to adoption was a long and winding one. It was full of excitement, amazing news and quick moving decisions. It was also fraught with difficulty, waiting and at times sadness. We were never alone in the quest, our families, churches and... more

Examined Lives

by Roberta Reb Allen

Examined Lives focuses on answering the question: how did a competent, vivacious woman end up having an unnecessary lobotomy at the hands of Walter Freeman, who famously botched the lobotomy on Rosemary Kennedy, and what effect did this have on her young daughter? It is based on extensive family documents as well as health records and other research and gives a no-holds-barred look at mental illness. It is a cautionary but in the end a hopeful tale as even the effects of a lobotomy can be miti... more

The Quiet Blossom,

by Michael A T Clark

In the hills of northern California, a small but significant subculture was born out of the rapid development of the medical marijuana industry. The community formed under the influence of necessary secrecy and resource abundance, yet it grew to become an impactful social movement that left a mark on the greater American society and, in fact, on the world. The Quiet Blossom paints a picture of the nascent culture as it experiences it’s most glorious and promising years—before the decline t... more

A Surgeon's Odyssey

by Dr. Richard Moss

From 1987-1990, Dr. Moss traveled extensively through Asia while working as a cancer surgeon in four different countries including Thailand, Nepal, India and Bangladesh. His work was voluntary however the "payoff" was in the rich, fascinating, and, often, bizarre experiences he had both as a surgeon and wanderer. Based on his three-year voyage, A Surgeon's Odyssey delves into the true-to-life adventures, struggles, and quandaries of a young surgeon in a strange, tragic but beautiful world, stri... more

Title To Come

by Kevin spall

Writing a book is a dream for everybody who has a story to tell. Maybe a memoir, perhaps a non-fiction book about leadership, or maybe that romance novel you’ve been contemplating for years. It is a truly enjoyable experience to write and those who actually commit themselves to this endeavor will find new levels of satisfaction. The truth is, writing the book is the fun part, publishing your book, well that can be a whole different matter altogether. If you are just beginning to develop your man... more

Haloes are for Show-Offs: revised second edition

by Richard Holeman

"He travels fastest who travels alone." In my time on the road, I came to believe so much in that wise old idiom that it became the core of my code. I didn’t pair up with other tramps, except a few times in the earliest days of my travels. "Carry no money belt, no bag, no shoes; and greet no one on the way." That one's from the Bible and it's good advice. I kept to myself as much as I could, on the road and in the fields and forests where I camped, but when I woke one morning to find... more

First Boy on the Moon

by Richard Holeman

This is a story for boys...and for girls, too, of course, but mostly it's a story for grown-ups who can't remember - or can't forget - when a best friend was like a brother, a promise was forever and the neighborhood where you lived was a world all your very own. Tag along with ten-year-old Richie and his gang of neighborhood friends as he experiences the most joyous and heartbreaking months of his young life - a long season of love, loss, friendship and mystery, played out over the last gre... more

From Trafficked to Treasured

by Kelly R Patterson

In the quaint streets of small town USA, where neighbors are close friends and families share meals together, a young girl is snatched while walking home and savagely gang raped. Her life in the Heartland appears as it should with high grades and medals for athletics and music. However, the hidden dark shadows of her existence are only known by those who groom her as a slave for their brutal sexual cravings. These are the events that Kelly lived as a child and young adult. Shame and pain kept he... more

Starting from San Francisco: Thomas Rain Crowe in Conversation with Third Mind Books

by Joe Provenzano

"The seismic cultural impact of Kerouac, Ginsberg and Burroughs was followed by a series of aftershocks. Starting from San Francisco measures a vital instance of this natural process, the circle of aspiring poets around poet and publisher Thomas Rain Crowe and the resurrected Beatitude magazine in the 1970s who used a small-press explosion to sustain and move beyond what their predecessors had inspired. The format here is interview and, with the comm... more

Leadership Lessons Learned: Leading and Learning with Character

by Earl Morrison

Earl Morrison has held leadership positions in both his private life and professional life. Throughout his life he has encountered many different types of people and leaders. Earl has striven to be the best leader that he can be no matter the place or the title he holds. Earl rose to the top of his profession as a chief of police in 2014. Leadership Lessons Learned is a collection of the lessons he learned throughout his career and most recently as the head of an organization. These lessons hone... more

Stay True

by Jeff Logan Oconnor

This is my first twenty five years of my life story. I have been dealing with mental & emotional health issues, & some learning ones too. To find my place in this world I've been a nomad most of my life. Confronting abuse, intolerance, & lack of open-mindedness. Come join me on my roller-coaster Journey

Eagles in the flesh: A wild hang gliding adventure.

by Erik B Kaye

An outrageous adventure story of snot slinging disaster and tear fetch laughter. Based on a true story about a crew of misfits; who become birds at will, launching into the wild blue yonder, soaring eye to eye with golden eagles, circling around white mountain peaks and over dark green jungles. After landing and losing their minds, they take you to places your mom told you not to go. The books recipe including a full bottle of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and a squeeze of "Top Gun". Meet men... more

The Bible II

by Kevin Reichelt

This book is a modern day faith based on understanding that we are consciousness and we are part of the great consciousness. There are two points to be made: This consciousness is a cloud. Jesus prophecies that he 'returns with the clouds'. As a consciousness we understand that without us, God is without, and if enough of 'the parts' of a body become without, the body as a whole no longer exists. So God is us, therefore we are God. Point two is this: it is our life purpose to become a pure enoug... more

Hymns I Want at my Funeral—in case I go before telling you

by William Armitage

I’ve enjoyed amazing grace all my life. I’m just not sure I want it played at my funeral. The hymn that is. I guess if someone insists on it behind my back on the day there won’t be much I can do about it. But it is a bit of cliché now, don’t you think? Don’t get me wrong. Amazing Grace is lovely. It has brought tears to my eyes at many a funeral. And I seem to be going to them with increasing frequency these days. My friends keep dying. Everyone I know now seems to be someone I knew. T... more

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