Have A Little Faith: A True Story Clear some space on your bookshelf for Mitch Albom's, Have a Little Faith, the story of a faith journey that could become a classic. Those who were born into faith, have lost faith, or are still searching will all be engaged and challenged by this powerful story of "finding faith" in relationships with others and with something greater than ourselves. |
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Olive Kitteridge Thirteen linked tales from Strout (Abide with Me, etc.) present a heart-wrenching, penetrating portrait of ordinary coastal Mainers living lives of quiet grief intermingled with flashes of human connection. |
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The Help What perfect timing for this optimistic, uplifting debut novel (and maiden publication of Amy Einhorn's new imprint) set during the nascent civil rights movement in Jackson, Miss., where black women were trusted to raise white children but not to polish the household silver. |
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Sarah's Key A story of hearts broken, first by the past, then by family secrets, and the truth that begins to repair the pieces. A beautiful novel. |
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Say You're One of Them Akpan's prose is beautiful and his stories are insightful and revealing, made even more harrowing because all the horror—and there is much—is seen through the eyes of children. |
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Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, In Afghanistan and Pakistan In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where Three Cups of Tea left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005. |
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To Kill a Mockingbird This story is intriguing on many levels from the history of the area to the stereotyping of people. Most of all every turn was a surprise as told in the first person from the view of Scout Finch. |
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Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs: The Making of a Surgeon Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs turns back the clock, taking readers from his days as a construction worker to his entry into medical school, expertly infusing his journey to become a doctor with humanity, compassion and humor. |
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A Call To Nursing: Stories About Challenge And Commitment Edited and introduced by two experts in the field, who speak from two sides of the same coin. One is still in practice, and the other has left the field. A Call to Nursing is a resource for nurses, those considering the field, and anyone who wants to understand what makes a nurse tick. |
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Nurse: The True Story of Mary Benjamin, R.N. A shocking, inspirational bestseller, Nurse is the story of eight weeks in the life of a nurse in a large urban hospital. It is all here: the joy and pain, the death and drama, the mistakes, successes, and secrets. Nurse reads like a novel, but sticks in the memory like real experience-because it is. |
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The Making of a Nurse The Making of a Nurse should find a variety of readers: readers of memoir, nurses, those seeking a good story all will find much to savor here. One hopes, though, it will find readers among people seeking a way to find meaning in their lives, a way to put their caring and patience to good use. |
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The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at the A behind-the-scenes look at the real lives of surgical residents, from the author of The Medical Science of House, M.D. |
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