Hurtful and painful words of Tara Shephard's past have come back to haunt her through her son Ayden. She sees her son developing the same issues she had to deal with in her own past. She sees the problems of low self esteem, self doubt and negative thoughts of himself. Tara tries deeply to help her son before he goes through a lifelong crisis of self hatred like herself. Desperately trying to search for help for her son, Tara looks back at her own past to find understanding, meaning and acceptance. She knows she must put closure on that part of life in order to have a better future. No matter what she endures in her lifetime, Tara has dealt with so much and now sees what her son faces. She also has to balance the impact with loving herself and trying to teach her son the same diffcult lessons she has learned. Tara realize that she has to show her son that no matter what is happening or what is being said or done, he too most build a defensive shield and move forward in order to live a successful life.

Our computers and mobile devices do wonderful things for us. But they also impose a burden, making it harder for us to focus, do our best work, build strong relationships, and find the depth and fulfillment we crave. How to solve this problem? Hamlet’s BlackBerry argues that we just need a new way of thinking, an everyday philosophy for life with screens. William Powers sets out to solve what he calls the conundrum of connectedness. Reaching into the past—using his own life as laboratory and object lesson—he draws on some of history’s most brilliant thinkers, from Plato to Shakespeare to Thoreau, to demonstrate that digital connectedness serves us best when it’s balanced by its opposite, disconnectedness. Lively, original, and entertaining, Hamlet’s BlackBerry will challenge you to rethink your digital life.

The creative force behind Blackberry Farm, Tennessee’s award-winning farm-to-table resort, reveals how she found herself only after losing everything in this powerful memoir of resilience. “I couldn’t put down this wise, honest, beautifully written story.”—Shauna Niequist, New York Times bestselling author of Present Over Perfect and Bread & Wine Born with the gift of hospitality, Kreis Beall helped create one of the nation’s most renowned resort destinations, Blackberry Farm, in Tennessee’s Smoky Mountain foothills. For decades, she was a fixture in the travel and entertaining world and frequently appeared in the pages of popular home and design magazines. But at the pinnacle of her success, Kreis faced a series of challenges that reframed her life, including a brain injury that permanently impaired her hearing and the conclusion of her thirty-six-year marriage to her best friend and business partner, Sandy Beall. Alone and uncertain as her world shifts and marriage ends, Kreis begins a new journey to find her faith and find God. After spending years on her beautiful exterior life and work, she begins the hardest undertaking of all: reclaiming and redesigning her interior life and soul. Kreis retreats to Blackberry Farm, moving into an unassuming, 300-square-foot shed with peeling paint on the exterior walls, “where I met myself for the first time.” She examines what it takes to redefine life after deep loss and acknowledges, for the first time, often unbearable truths that existed beneath the beauty she had created. By turns fiercely honest, heartbreaking, and warm, Kreis Beall’s story will resonate with anyone who can benefit from her discovery that “All it takes is all you’ve got. And it is worth it.”

Just a few days after she gives birth alone in the Northwoods, a recently widowed young Chippewa woman stumbles into a nearby lumber camp in search of refuge and sustenance. Come summer, the camp owner sends Skypilot, his most trusted friend, to accompany Moon Song and her baby on the long and treacherous journey back to her people. But when tragedy strikes off the shore of Michigan's Upper Peninsula wilderness, Moon Song and Skypilot must depend on each other for survival. With every step they take into the forbidding woods, they are drawn closer together, until the tough questions must be asked. Will she leave her culture to enter his? Will he leave his world to enter hers? Or will they walk away from a love that seems too complicated to last? With evocative descriptions of a breathtaking landscape, Under a Blackberry Moon will sweep readers into a wild realm where beauty masks danger and only the truly courageous survive, even as the sweet love story along the way tightly grips their hearts.

"Blackberry Chronicles"-A Digital Masterpiece is my reflection on the world, outlook on life and ambition for the future. From my passions to my imperfections, I have poured out my soul and prayers electronically, forwarded my passion through e-mail. I want you to take this journey through e-mail, and cherish each page like it is your heart beat, because it is mine. To truly understand someone you must comprehend where they have been and what they have seen. I want to thank my mother; I know it taking me longer than I estimated to achieve success I promise to make you proud of me. To my lost love you were my best friend, my smile in the morning and my salvation after a long day. I don't think you truly saw the best in me. To my former landlord you were definitely a learning experience, financially and mentally. To public transportation you brought out the best in me. I treated each ride like my silhouette to create these words. On my journey each day it gave me time to clear my mind and reflect on my thoughts and look at the world from a new perspective. I've seen the poor side of life and broken bread with the rich. It's a long journey to the top and even harder fall from grace. My experiences have molded me into a conscious man through my thoughts, actions and steps each day. I want you to embrace my "Digital Masterpiece". Treat these words like digital tears from my finger tips to your heart.

Dory wanted to love again, but didnt see it happening any time soon. Besides (she thought), who would want a middle-aged divorcee with deep-rooted trust issues? Then one night, a silent prayer at a local gospel concert turned her world upside down. Can she, by faith, overcome her fears, insecurity, jealousy, anger, temptation, and the haunting secrets of her past in order to allow herself to experience the purity of a sweet encounter with an unlikely suitor? And then theres Markyoung, gentle, passionate; full of life, love and the Holy Spirit. Emotionally numbed from being hurt by a previous love-gone-wrong relationship, commitment is a foreign word in his vocabulary. Yet, theres a gnawing void in his heart that's longing to be filled. Can a head-strong, independent woman and a spontaneous, free-spirited man find love in each other and together start a brand new life? Will their spiritual convictions and Christian values be the strength of their relationship, or will their personal hang-ups be its derailment? Blackberry's Wine is an edgy inspirational romance novel filled with relationship issues, prayer, encouragement, honesty, hope, faith and transformation.

True To The End is a unique offering that invites readers into the world of end-of-life decisions and the execution of a last will and testament. Germaine Dechant is called to British Columbia to say goodbye to her dear friend, Marilyn, for the last time. Upon Marilyn’s passing, Germaine begins fulfilling her promise to serve as the Executor of Marilyn’s estate. She writes with keen insight sharing her insecurities and concerns with diligent honesty as she leads her readers through the intensity of her Executor journey. She describes the challenges the Executor faces while coping with profound grief and the demands of life’s unexpected turns. Germaine’s humanity, vulnerability and transparency shine through this compelling and substantive journey which highlights the enduring power of friendship, family, perseverance and hope, the things that save us in the most difficult of times. Woven through this heart-warming, engaging and timely narrative is a fascinating window into the world of Executorship offered in a way that is accessible to a broad audience. True to the End serves as a powerful reminder that stories have the power to heal, to inform and to change our lives – a must read for your next book club discussion.