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Book Description: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Children experience Christmas through magic, anticipation, and learning about the baby Jesus. As we mature, we experience Christmas through the gifts we give, the love we share, and the magic we create for others. A Chicken Soup for the Soul Christmas brings back the memories of childhood through the eyes of children on Christmas day and inspires good deeds by reminding us how the smallest gesture can truly change a life.

Go back in time through genuine stories of hope and kindness and see how people find the true meaning of the season through unexpected miracles and those they meet along the way. Peek into the life of one family as they visit a relative at a nursing home on Christmas and how a cup of ice cream and a few moments of time brighten up the day for those who live there. Read about one woman's journey through surviving the loss of her husband and how the love and warmth of her family at Christmas strengthens her. Enjoy a sweet tale of how an old doll dressed in new clothes becomes the most precious gift and cherished memory a child ever receives. And, of course, it wouldn't be Christmas without a few stories celebrating the wonderment and joy children experience throughout this very special season.

Book Description: Anna and William Benton felt secure with 3 beautiful children, a home in the desert of New Mexico, and a wonderful marriage. Then tragedy struck. Their eldest daughter Beth was admitted to a hospital with respiratory problems. Just days later, she suddenly passed away in the middle of the night plunging Anna into the depths of depression with inexplicable pain in parts of her body that she had never experienced before. To make matters worse, her military husband received orders to report for duty with his family to a small American community in the mountains of Northern Italy, resulting in the loss of their home and stability. Join the Benton family as they learn to adapt to the rigors of life in the small village of Montecchia di Crosara, Italy while Anna tries desparately to find a way to to cope with her pain. In this incredible and life altering experience filled with miracles you may question whether truth really is stranger than fiction.

Book Description: Recollections of an Old Mind West is a compilation of western poetry. It did not take me long to begin a love affair with the west and all of its abundant beauty. The desert and southwest culture in all forms became my muse twenty five years ago, and I am in love with this high desert place to this day.

Book Description: Original poetry by Janet K. Brennan which deals with many aspects of life, some tragic, but most joyful. This book of poetry emphasizes that all of life is a special gift to be cherished and enjoyed to the last.

Book Description: Adrift In the Holy~ Poems of Love, Life and Loss~ Journey through the heart of love with Lou Davies-James as she entwines your own with a tender awarness of all that love can be, in joy and sorrow. 148 pgs.

Book Description: Capturing more than 70 voices from the current poetry evolution in New Mexico, this anthology gathers together the power and presence of both traditional page poetry and performance poetry, including poems from several young writers under the age of twenty in their first anthology publications! Activists. Performers. Witnesses to the tragic and the beautiful. With guest poets Jimmy Santiago Baca, Sandra Cisneros and Ana Castillo, this book throws the borders open; bringing an entire poetry community together in a powerful, unified voice. Listen up, the new Movement is here!

Book Description: Per-city Poems is a collection of pieces evoking the emotional and physical migration of people within a metropolitan city. Which city is left for the reader to envision, but the atmosphere and imagery are there to act as an ultra-violet light, illuminating the imagination with echoes of reality. These poems expand the idea of persona poetry to a much more extensive scope, and may be read from the perspective of one individual, or groups of people within the borders of the city. Even the city herself is given a voice. Imagine walking down a residential street after dark, envisioning the past and present dramas of life unfolding within. Allow yourself to imagine time as a non-linear repository of memories, and that is where these poems are born.

Book Description: In the small town of Principle, everyone has a role, knows their place, and is content for things to remain as they are-idyllic. And it may have, had not two teenagers, "Hog" Worthington and Bethany Ivory, on individual quests to be released from their perceived set of shackles, discovered each other and set out to challenge the seemingly predetermined course of their lives. The ensuing events unravel the threadbare stitchings of perfection's facade, revealing the reality of the character within themselves, and in all who encounter them. Courage is tested, and thinking is challenged; friendships are broken, and lives are shattered beyond repair; ideologies are assaulted, and faith is shaken to the core. Yet, out of the turmoil, a ray of hope flickers - one the town could not have anticipated, and one it will have a more difficult time accepting, which it must, or tear itself into pieces.