When twelve-year-old Franny's estranged uncle comes home to help out after Nana's accident, some long-guarded family secrets come to light, forcing Franny to confront the discoveries she makes about her troubled absent mother, and herself.

Overachiver Chase struggles to confront the details surrounding the mysterious death of her best friend turned girlfriend, Lia.

"From "weird, scary, ingenious" (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, a brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfort of rigid belief systems-from Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People, to Suzuki violin training, to Richard Simmons, to 12-step programs. Maria Bamford is a comedian's comedian (an outsider among outsiders) and has forever fought to find a place to...

"Hace unos años me rompí por completo. Tanto como para que tuvieran que atarme a la cama de un hospital psiquiátrico para evitar que pudiera hacerme daño. No tengo ni idea de cuándo empezó a formarse mi locura. A lo mejor nací genéticamente predispuesto. A lo mejor fui macerando una depresión al callarme ciertas cosas por no preocupar a los demás. O a lo mejor simplemente hay cerebros que de la noche a la mañana hacen crec y se acabó....

La obra Destilar está conformada por trece piezas en las que reluce la poesía. El tema del libro es muy particular, por un lado, habla de casos médicos relativos a la mente y sus extrañas formas de operar, y, por otro, trabaja con mucha atención el manejo de plantas curativas y otras formas de sanación alternativas a la medicina tradicional, y resalta el conocimiento que sobre todo esto aún se conserva.

A young girl notices, and celebrates, her way of looking at and experiencing the world. "I think. I think a lot. I think I think a lot. More than most other kids." A young girl notices and wonders about the ways she and her classmates approach doing good work, caring about people's feelings, and showing they're grateful. She comes to accept herself just as she is and celebrates the differences between herself and her classmates. "I care a lot. Not...

Sam has seasonal affective disorder or SAD. He will tell you all about it from a child's view. Sam feels the winters are long and dark. The weather saps your energy. What causes it? Lack of sunlight. What season is the worst for people with SAD? What happens when you are SAD? You become lonely. Who do you talk to when you are SAD? No one. Are there things to do when SAD takes over? You bet! Come and learn what you can do during the SAD season. After...

There is no doubt that humans and animals share a special relationship. It has been proven that this bond can play a role in supporting people's physical and emotional well-being. Readers will explore how some horses have been trained to assist patients struggling to overcome a wide variety of health problems. Readers will learn about the different kinds of work they do and how they improve the lives of countless people.

Based on true events that happened in Jessica's life, this story details how she survived being molested, abused, raped, hated, neglected, and held hostage and her fight to protect her children from a cycle of abuse that began during her childhood. After years of sexual abuse from her stepfather, allowed by her mother, Jessica eventually escaped by marrying an older man at just fifteen. When they moved to Costa Rica, that relationship spiraled...

"Beekeeper Beckett Walsh is living her dream, working alongside her father in their apiary, until his untimely death sends her world into a tailspin. She suddenly finds she must deal with a new part owner of the family business--one who is looking to sell the property. Beck cannot fathom why her father would put her into the position to lose everything they built together. When Callie Peterson is named in the trust of a man she's never heard of, she's...