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In Shakkai, the eighth book in her bestselling Medicine Woman series, Lynn Andrews goes on an otherworldly journey unlike any she’s experienced before. Finding herself in Japan, Lynn meets the teacher of her future reincarnation, Shakkai, who helps Lynn discover the secret to healing herself and ultimately our endangered planet. Building on the wisdom she has gained through her many journeys into self-discovery, Lynn V. Andrews now moves into an altogether new and remarkable dimension. The place is Japan in the future, but her journey there is truly timeless.

It’s not simply that Dot Wilkinson was one of the most decorated women’s softball players, bowlers, and athletes of all time and one of the original players from the three-time-world-champion PBSW Phoenix Ramblers softball team (1933–1965). Nor was it the length of her time here on Earth—over a century—although any of these things by itself would be impressive. The magic of Dot’s story is in the details. Out at the Plate is the story of a forgotten era in women’s history and sports, and one extraordinary woman’s place at the center of it all.

Get ready for a rollercoaster of emotions as Jodi takes you on a wild, witty, and heartfelt journey through love, deception, and self-discovery. In this refreshingly candid account, Jodi shares the story of how she fell for the charm of not one, but two narcissists, and the swift of drama that followed. With a mix of bombshells and raw honesty, she unveils the reality of living under the spell of manipulation and emotional highs and lows.

What's it worth to you to live another year? Writer, poet, foodie, and storyteller Lynn Hoffman considers that question in Radiation Days, a memoir of his experience fighting throat cancer. How many arrows will you put up with? How often are you willing to puke? What's a good day, no, what's a good enough day? Is there anything in your life that you care about so much that you'll let the archer shoot every day rather than take Death's hand? So far, there is something for me.

Thanks to the classic Dolly Parton film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and ZZ Top's ode "La Grange," many people think they know the story of the infamous Chicken Ranch. The reality is more complex, lying somewhere between heartbreaking and absurd. For more than a century, dirt farmers and big-cigar politicians alike rubbed shoulders at the Chicken Ranch, operated openly under the sheriff's watchful eye. Madam Edna Milton and her girls ran a tight, discreet ship. That is, until a secret conspiracy enlisted an opportunistic reporter to bring it all crashing down on primetime television.

Share the innermost feelings of emergency services workers as they encounter trauma, tragedy, redemption, and even a little humor. This audiobook details a progression from innocence to enlightened caregiver to burnout, glimpsing into each stage personally and professionally.

Before she even turned 40, Florence Nightingale was the darling of the British public, the heroine of the Crimea. She could have sailed home to England and comfortably lived out her days. Instead she conducted a postmortem on every moment of her wartime service. She sought to broadcast her mistakes so everyone would understand what happens in unsanitary medical facilities. One hundred and fifty years ago, the respect we now have for nurses and the intense training that nurses must undergo was nothing but a seed in Florence Nightingale's imagination.

In life, everyone starts from somewhere. Some may start at the starting line while others begin in the parking lot. Her journey began on the south side of the tracks and took her up on Rodeo Drive in the winter and 5th Ave in the spring. Attending a different school every forces you to be independent. It turns all the attention—good or bad—on you. You learn to read the room, feeling for temperatures both cold and hot. You accept there will be fights, bullying, and a small chance of seeing them again. It’s both liberating while simultaneously scary. So you adapt.

Your Sunday morning ritual just got better. Welcome to the third volume of Lynn Ferguson's beloved newsletter-turned-book series, where the everyday magic of Los Angeles living meets razor-sharp wit and profound humanity. Part love letter to LA, part meditation on what it means to be human, these essays illuminate the beautiful absurdity of life with warmth, wisdom, and unmistakable Scottish charm. Ferguson has a rare gift: she can transform a small domestic detail into a life lesson, find comedy in the cosmic, and remind us that our shared flaws and quirks are what make us gloriously human.

Lynn Young’s Red Hot Living is part joyride, part memoir, part zesty recipe, part anthem, and part love letter to life. Discovering wild joy in the most unlikely places, Young connects us to our own desires and yes, to finding unimaginable joy no matter what life dishes up. Laugh-out-loud funny, Red Hot Living is a rollicking, unabashed, irresistible listen that leads us straight home to our joyful selves.

Embark on a journey through the messy and magnificent tapestry of real life with Scottish writer and performer Lynn Ferguson. In her debut collection of essays, "Notes from the Valley," Lynn invites you into her world in the San Fernando Valley, where she resides with her husband Mark, two sons, Arthur the dog, 10 chickens, and a buzzing community of 40,000 bees. No matter where she was in the world, Lynn used to call her mother in Cumbernauld, Scotland every Sunday.

What does it take to achieve your personal and professional goals? When is the right time to take calculated risks, and how do you prepare for the moment when opportunity presents itself? If anyone can show you how to do this, it’s Nicole Lynn. As the first Black female agent to represent a...

“And So, She Did: Life Lessons, Reflections and Stories” is a powerful non-linear autobiography unveiling the author’s remarkable life—a symbol of resilience and continuous self-improvement. Key moments depict her evolution from fear to forgiveness, offering profound lessons as metaphors for life’s challenges.

With clients ranging from rappers, singers, music producers, authors, and athletes, Lynn Hobson has written a comical yet heart-wrenching account of her career as “the go-to publicist” in the hip-hop community. She keeps it real as she fights to keep her spiritual principlse intact while making it happen in the streets. It is a battle, but she makes it through to see another day, another show, another hit, and another client who has that sparkle in their eyes. This is Diary of a Hip-Hop Publicist.

Women Caught in the Crossfire documents the experiences of one woman among many who were thrust into the hardships of civil war in South Sudan during the violent struggle for independence from 1983 to 2011. It explores the question: What becomes of a peace-loving person when placed in the worst circumstances imaginable? As refugees in Ethiopia, Abuk Makuac and her young son are plunged without warning into hunger and homelessness.

In Windhorse Woman, the sixth book in her bestselling Medicine Woman series, an odyssey of the spirit will take Lynn V. Andrews to the completion of the circle of learning as an apprentice shaman and the start of another quest for the truth only reached through struggle on the human path. Outside of Kathmandu where the majestic Himalayas thrust their jagged peaks against Nepal’s azure sky, Lynn V. Andrews begins her most momentous journey yet. Her destination is a remote valley high in the mountains where she is searching for a secret hidden for three millennia.

With wit and candor, Lynn Petronella, former world class runner and 1980 Olympic contender traces the roots of her history and her interest in running and gives us a true picture of the behind the scenes look at what it was really like to be a part of the historical quest for the first woman's Olympic Gold medal in the first ever woman's Olympic Marathon in Los Angeles in 1984.

This book is a tribute to all the strong women in my life. I wanted to also make the rest of the world aware of this mouth-watering cuisine that hails from the land of Piacenza in Northern Italy. This lineage of inspiration began with my great-grandmother, Maria. Her unending determination despite great odds enabled her to open a restaurant. The recipes that were born through that establishment were enhanced through the generations that followed, and continue to satisfy the many palates of various family members and friends.

Discover the "important and inspiring" and never-before-told complete story of the remarkable relationship between country music icons Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn (Miranda Lambert). Loretta Lynn and the late Patsy Cline are legends—country icons and sisters of the heart. For the first time...

New York Times bestselling author and Nashville legend Loretta Lynn tells the story of her rise from deep poverty in Butcher Holler, Kentucky, to the top of the male-dominated country music industry. ​ Reissued for the 40th Anniversary of the Oscar-winning, Sissy Spacek-starring film of the...