'Tell It by Heart' is a collection of stories about contemporary women of various ages and ethnic backgrounds who have one thing in common: each embraces a pertinent myth as her guide through a difficult passage. Narrated by therapist Erica Helm Meade, these fictionalized case studies carry us along with all the intrigue of good short stories while at the same time instructing us in the use of healing lore.

About a little Jewish girl from Long Island, Leslie JoyWunderman, who made it against the odds, sold over 75 millionrecords, worked with Michael Jackson, Elton John, and WhitneyHouston, and is now on her 30th-Anniversary Tour. It's a parable offemale self-empowerment which captures Taylor's life growing upin a blue-collar home, singing in dive bars to becoming a charttoppingdiva, touring the globe, rediscovering faith and traditions,and being a single-mother of twins by choice.

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator tries to prove his sanity after murdering an elderly man because of his "vulture eye". His growing guilt leads him to hear the old man's heart beating under the floorboards, which drives him to confess the crime to the police.

Slone describes her life at rural Caney Creek in Knott County, Kentucky, including her childhood experiences, her determination to refute common stereotypes, and her association with educator Alice Lloyd.

Coronary heart disease has long been the number one killer in this country, and for decades, we have been told about five basic risk factors: elevated cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and smoking. But the truth is that heart disease is much more complex-- with close to 400 risk factors! In this innovative guide, Dr. Mark Houston helps readers discover the causes of heart disease, how to prevent and treat its debilitating effects via nutrition, nutritional supplements, exercise, weight management, and lays to rest to various myths (cholesterol is not the primary cause) based on scientific studies and medical publications. Readers will also learn how to indentify the risk factors most likely to endager them and construct an arsenal of non-pharmacological preventitive strategies that can counteract this most deadly disease.

In this message of hope, the author of Intercessory Prayer provides biblically based answers to the question, Why do bad things happen to good people?

This book is a collection of photos and interviews from my blog, "Hearts of Strangers," which is a photojournalism project about connecting with strangers and encouraging them to share their experiences publicly. I believe this helps them to reduce their shame and also find support and compassion within their communities. The message I am giving is that someone cares, that your life matters, and that just by sharing your story and being who you are you can help someone else--someone you have never met and may never meet. I believe this concept helps us as a society to break down stereotypes and be less judgmental and more compassionate to each other and ourselves. It is my hope that this becomes a tool to help each of us remember that we are not alone, that there is support and there is hope. Changing the world starts with having courage to be vulnerable, with having compassion for ourselves and others, and with establishing meaningful connections with each other. We are all in this together. We can each be someone's hero by sharing our story.