The Gift is in the Giving: True Christmas stories that will thrill and inspire you

The book that you are about to read chronicles five journeys that travel from tragedy to triumph, illustrating the power of the human spirit.  We have all read Dicken’s Christmas Carol, and O. Henry’s Gift of the Magi as works of fiction, but this book shows actual stories, true to life stories of people in dire situations, who were relieved by small acts of kindness.  Each story documents a person or family in need of emotional or material help, and sometimes both; encountered in my line of duty as a fire fighter for the past 32 years.  The Gift is in the Giving shows how by offering a minimum of compassion to others, the happiness you bring returns to you tenfold. "I hope you enjoy reading The Gift is in the Giving as much as I enjoyed living it.” - Bill Arienti

The Gift Is In The Giving: True Christmas stories that will thrill and inspire you

Self-Help

Arienti, Bill

Motivational

Kharis Publishing

After reaching a breaking point in her marriage, American journalist, Kimly Denim, leaves her ordinary life behind in order to accomplish something of greater significance. She travels to Thailand with hopes of writing an investigative story on Human Trafficking. It isn't long before Kimly is befriended by Dak, a resourceful widower, with striking gray eyes, who seems intent on inserting himself into her cause. Noi is a nine-year-old Burmese village girl who has been sold into slavery and is struggling for survival. Listen to Noi's heart as she recounts the darkness her young eyes have seen. Can she overcome evil around her, and find her way home? Journey with Kimly and Dak as their pursuits lead them to historical sites on this Southeast Asian peninsula, including the Golden Triangle, where they uncover a far-reaching prostitution ring. Will their search take them to the place where they are able to find the freedom they don't know they lack?

Where the Water Rages: A Novel

Religion & Spirituality

Sill, Jacquelyn

Christian Books & Bibles

Victorious: A Mother and Daughter's Journey Through the Valley of the Shadow

Victorious records the true story of a little girl's battle with an aggressive brain tumor through the personal lens of her mother's journal. Told primarily through direct journal entries, readers are ushered into the heart of a mother whose world is shattered overnight when her previously healthy ten-week-old daughter is diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. This diagnosis begins a twenty-one month battle for life. Yet in spite of the continual threat of darkness, the story is permeated with light, with love and even with joy. Readers are welcomed into a story of victory that ends in a paradoxical triumph.

Piazza, Katie

22 Hours of Grace: A Journey of Letting Go

After many ups and downs, Meghan finally felt like life was in a good place. She and her husband had reconciled their marriage, their twoboys were happy and healthy, and they were now pregnant with what they hoped would be their first daughter. Then, an ultrasound revealedthat, although it was, indeed, the girl of their dreams, she had a terminal birth defect known as anencephaly. After resisting pressure to have anabortion, Meghan went on to give birth to Evelynn Grace and learned that everything she was searching for is on the other side of letting go.

Politics & Social Sciences

Wood, Jessica

Santel, Meghan

Women's Studies

Called to Truth: A Practical, Biblical Guide to Spiritual and Physical Wholeness

WHITE, DENISE

"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience." - Pierre Teilhard de ChardinLet's go on a journey together and discover how we shed the ego, slink out of the abyss and ascend towards the light retaining a passion and love for oneself and others that defies our imagination. Our past doesn't define us, nor does our future. We are defined by the value and love we store within our hearts, and it is this loving action that imprints itself in indelible ink upon the world as we move swiftly through the labyrinth. Join me on this journey as we awaken ourselves to new possibilities while we release the toxicity and embrace the joy.

Art of Being Whole: A personal account of grit, love, and fearless living

Copploe, Gregory

"Laurel E. Hughes, Psy.D. integrates her disaster mental health expertise and practical life experiences as she sheds light on circumstances in today's world that have most of us perplexed. Her approach to laying a foundation of understanding stress and disaster recovery outlines potential paths for moving forward: behavioral, emotional, interpersonal, and communitywide. She skillfully weaves her scientific background with compassionate insights into common and not-so-common human conditions. Her writing style captures the reader's attention, holds it, and communicates content succinctly with a sprinkling of humor. She makes the reader think, and encourages us in our individual journeys of discovery. Balance, proficiency, kindness, uplifting energy--all attributes of Laurel Hughes that are evident in The Cogjam Effect...and the Path to Healing Divisive Community and Fractured Science." --Rebecca LaFollette Taylor Oregon State Regent 2018-2020, Daughters of the American Revolution. EDITOR'S NOTE: Mental health disaster is growing roots, having sprouted from today's socio-political meltdown. We typically blame it on politics. But our angst is actually fueled by fear response processes gone awry-within ourselves and others, both physically and mentally. Drawing from current understanding of disaster, brain science, cognitive development, trauma, and resilience, The Cogjam Effect explains how to find healing through mindfulness, compassion, and reenlisting reasoning skills we've honed since birth.ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Laurel E. Hughes, Psy.D. participated in over 50 disaster operations, ranging from major catastrophes such as the events of September 11th to minor local flooding. Between deployments, she wrote books, and developed numerous program and training materials for agencies and organizations that provide mental health services following disaster. Now semiretired, she is still watching and listening-- and stepping back into the ring for this opportunity to out "the cogjam effect." Dr. Hughes may be reached by email or through her website. laurel@keeperconnections.com; www.thecogjameffect.com.WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT COGJAM EFFECT: "Do the times feel crazy to you? Leave it to Laurel Hughes to come up with fresh high-level understanding of what is happening in America now--an unfortunate malady she calls "cogjam." Laurel's substantial experience with the psychological aftermath of disasters such as the Twin Towers, Katrina and many others gives her unique perspective. She intelligently and coherently diagnoses the widespread symptoms of the American populace's disrupted lives, which strike her as eerily similar to those experienced by people mending from the fallout of major disaster...Beyond identifying the nature of the situation, Laurel provides a clear and useful guide to why this is happening. She delivers a brief but powerful masterclass in cognitive jamming, blending latest brain science and social research with lessons learned during her during her experience helping disaster survivors." - Jeannie Coyle Penny, Former SVP HR of American Express, speaker and executive coach to and C-Suite executives, and author of Make Talent Your Business.

Cogjam Effect: - and the Path to Healing Divisive Community and Fractured Science

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Hughes, Laurel E.

Mental Health

Joey's Journey is a children's book series based on the true story of a foundling. The aim of this series is to motivate parents and young children to believe, to encourage adoption, inspire young people in the foster care system, or facilitate conversations about role of the family and our ability to transform lives.Saving Joey (Book 1) is the story of a young, black, teenage girl who abandons her newborn. She wraps her baby in a blanket and places him in a basket. Leaving him on the streets of Chicago in below-freezing temperature, she waits for her baby to be found. Why? Fortunately, a man rescues the newborn, Joey, from the snow and ice-covered stairs one late evening as he was going to work. With neighbors and police involved, Joey is sure to have a future, after all. Find out what happened to young Joey.Adopting Joey (Book 2): Joey finally finds a home. The story of a couple who decides to adopt a child. After years of marriage and no child, they go to adopt a girl from the orphanage. But when they see him, they want the boy named Joey. Find out why in Book 2 of Joey's Journey. Coming out soon. ABOUT THE AUTHORJoseph K. Wood, a foundling. Abandoned as a newborn on the streets of Chicago, he would later be adopted from St. Vincent's Orphanage. Joseph became a teen leader in the tough neighborhood of Jeffery Manor. Since then he has grown and has held key leadership positions as a bank examiner with Illinois Commissioner of Banks, assistant director with the University of Chicago Booth School, head of recruitment at Walmart International and Deputy Secretary of State for the Arkansas Secretary of State Office. Joseph Wood is an elected official and currently serves in Arkansas as the Washington County Judge.Wood is the author of two children's books, Saving Joey and Adopting Joey (Joey's Journey Series). He has written the forewords of two nonfiction books and he is currently writing his autobiography. He is also a 2017 Angels in Adoption honoree, recognized by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption (CCAI). The CCAI raises awareness about orphans and foster children in need of loving families.Joseph lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with his wife June, daughters, and mother-in-law.Go to the website, www.joeysjourneyseries.org, and sign up to be notified for upcoming releases and/or to book Joseph for a reading or lecture or to speak to your group, church, or business. Book reading and painting workshops are available for youths and adults with Joseph and Theresa Cates. ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATORTheresa Cates is native Arkansan. She started painting as a youth and found it was a necessary expression she could share with others. Theresa Cates may be reached at www.majesticmotions.com.

Saving Joey: A True-life Story

Children's Books

Wood, Joseph K

Biographies

Not So by Myself: A safe space where God doesn't fix the loneliness, but sits with you instead

GARLAND, PEYTON

Too often, books on health and wellness are too long and cumbersome to motivate the reader. Thick books weighed down with technical jargon can be overwhelming for the average person. This book remedies that by focusing on four pillars of health: eating cleaner, sleeping better, moving more, and calming your mind. With brief sections, a conversational style, and anecdotal stories, the authors have drafted a book that can not only inform the average reader, but inspire us all to take the first steps toward living our best life.

Eat. Sleep. Move. Breathe: The Beginner's Guide to Living A Healthy Lifestyle

Thestrup, Lars

Pfleghaar, Jennifer

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