Diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a child, Kyle Pease had grown up supporting his athlete brothers Brent and Evan from the sidelines. While his condition limited his ability to play sports, it didn’t dampen Kyle’s passion for them, nor did it stop the Pease family from including Kyle in various excursions. From rolling his wheelchair up Bridal Veil Falls in...

When a boy’s childhood is destroyed by a vicious sexual predator, everything changes. With no one to turn to in his dysfunctional family, he lived only in fear with a single hope for salvation: music. Born with a synesthete’s ability to hear music in every sound around him, a guitar became the key for him to escape his existence in a halfway world. A true...

NEVER NEVER GIVE UP! This is not just a true personal story of brain injury. This is a story that brings new meaning to the adage never give up. In her debut book, Lucia Hur chronicles how she made a miracle happen by actively engaging and participating in the aftermath of a car accident that changed her son Bobby s life and her family forever. When Bobby...

Girl meets boy.
Boy falls for girl.
Girl discovers boy is a runaway K-pop idol in hiding.

Merilee Hart has been doing her best to keep things together since her mother left, her art a welcome escape from her depressing new reality. But things seem to go even more awry the moment her next door neighbor's enigmatic and mysterious nephew arrives from South...

You've developed a specialized skillset as a technology professional. Your personal finance reference should match.

Whether you want to build your wealth, manage your finances, or learn best practices for handling the unique financial issues you face as a technology professional, wealth manager Bruce Barton lays out the information you need on:

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First-grader Dave Clark lost the use of his legs to polio as a baby, so when his teacher announces a walking field trip to the local firehouse, Dave is worried. What if he can’t keep up? Luckily, his fellow classmate Ernie Pound concocts a plan so Dave can join in the fun.

Set in the 1950s in Corning, New York, A Pound of Kindness is a true story from...

Have you ever wished that every company you interacted with could just know what you wanted and go get it for you? That when you picked up the phone or opened a chat window that the company would use what it knew about you to anticipate your needs ?

We are on the verge of a future just like that.

The age of intent is a world where the smartest of...

Matt Brown was flying across the ice, just as his coach wanted. He gained speed as he chased the puck toward his defensive zone. The entire bench had their eyes trained on him, knowing something big was about to happen. And something big did happen--this play was life-changing, in the most unexpected, catastrophic way possible.

Just as the puck settled...

TODAY'S CONSUMERS WANT EVERYTHING. YOU SHOULD GIVE IT TO THEM.

Marketers face a paradox. Consumers expect your brand to know everything about them--who they are, what they want, and why--and to deliver it at the exact moment they need it. But ad saturation and inbox clutter make them resent everything marketers do. In this environment, traditional...

The middle class makes up most of the population. Defined as a household that earns a yearly income that hits above the poverty line but falls shy of the upper class, people in the middle class come from all walks of life, hold various types of jobs, and lead vastly different lives. One aspect does tie them together: they work hard to live well, and without...

While on assignment to investigate a uranium smuggling incident in Slovenia, Carson Griffin--an investigator with the International Nuclear Weapons Agency dedicated to promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy--uncovers a monstrous terrorist plot involving a massive nuclear detonation near the Black Sea that could spread nuclear contamination across...

Clark is Tanner's happy-go-lucky pup who loves a good belly scratch, but doesn't like going to the dog park. There are too many dogs, too much commotion, and Clark is scared to make new friends. But when a beautiful dog surprises Clark at the water bowl, he'll have to learn to face his fears if he wants to play fetch. Can Tanner help Clark find the...

This big idea is smaller than you'd think.

Meet the Gap: the little space between what you know and don't know. It's the thing sitting between you and what you want; it's a small thing that amounts to everything.

Are you stuck in your career, relationship, education, or business? Maybe you're frozen by the same old habits and opinions or trapped in the...

After becoming a world-class neurosurgeon, Dr. Joseph Maroon felt he'd achieved success. At the age of 41, however, a rapid series of losses and setbacks led him into a baffling new reality and straight into the darkness of depression. Maroon's unexpected savior was a slim, leather-bound book titled I Dare You, which taught him how to address four key areas...

it's a book 

MASTERING MONEY CAN SEEM IMPOSSIBLE IN A SOCIETY FOCUSED ON SHORT-TERM IMPULSES: LIVE FOR TODAY. FORGET ABOUT TOMORROW. OWNING THE DASH TURNS THAT MINDSET UPSIDE DOWN.

The phrase “Owning the Dash” was adopted by fitness guru, model, motivational speaker, and Anthony Delauney’s late cousin, Greg Plitt. A force of nature in and out of the gym, Greg pushed his...

A boy washes up on a beach after a devastating ship wreck. Among the people of the island, the boy grapples with the challenges--good and bad--of navigating a new place. Accompanied by Brett's own scenic photographs,The Boy, the Boat, and the Beach conveys core values Brett learned serving on a rescue team. 

Congratulations! We bet you haven’t heard that before. Everyone’s probably been congratulating you for a while now. After all, you’re getting to meet a person you helped make. That’s exciting, but it’s also sh*t-your-pants terrifying. Before, you were only responsible for finding the best deal on beer at the grocery store, but dads have real...

JFK: The Last Speech explores the dramatic relationship between two seminal Americans—President John F. Kennedy and the poet Robert Frost—which reached its tragic climax in a surprising encounter with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the height of the Cold War.

Born out of these events is Kennedy’s remarkable speech about poetry and power, which alters...

Food and travel writer Kirk Richardson is searching for the best craft beer breweries in North America. From the shores of Southern California to the ports of New England and everywhere in between, Kirk brings together exceptional craft beers and stories from the unique characters who make them. Pull up a chair, pour yourself a pint, and relax: you're in...

The outcry surrounding CTE is missing something critical: the science to justify it.

When post-concussion syndrome forced star NFL running back Merril Hoge into early retirement in 1994, research on football-related head injuries wasn't a priority. At the time, football was heavily influenced by a tough guy culture, and little was known about concussions...

From award-winning photojournalist and medical device sales representative Shary Connella comes a shattering exposé of the broken state of our healthcare industry, informed by her experiences both as a patient and as a professional navigating the front lines of American healthcare.

Some of the most complex, difficult moments of Shary Connella's life have...