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A Simple Christmas: Twelve Stories that Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit
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Include books by the same authorThe 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle
Joanne Huist Smith · 204 pages
"For readers of Richard Paul Evans and Greg Kincaid comes The 13th Gift, a heartwarming Christmas story about how a random act of kindness transformed one of the bleakest moments in a family's history into a time of strength and love. After the unexpected death of her husband, Joanne Huist Smith had no idea how she would keep herself together and be strong for her three children--especially with t
A Treasury of Christmas Miracles: True Stories of God's Presence Today
Karen Kingsbury · 143 pages
A Child's Christmas in Wales
Dylan Thomas · 48 pages
The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas recalls the celebration of Christmas with his family and the feelings it evoked in him as a child.
A Gift From Bob
James Bowen · 172 pages
From the day James rescued a street cat abandoned in the hallway of his sheltered accommodation, they began a friendship which has transformed both their lives and, through the bestselling books A STREET CAT NAMED BOB and THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BOB, touched millions around the world. In this new story from their journey together, James looks back at the last Christmas they spent scraping a living
The Cat Who Came for Christmas
Cleveland Amory · 240 pages
The story of a bedraggled white feline who came for Christmas and took over the heart of Cleveland Amory.
Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Anne Lamott · 240 pages
Anne Lamott gives her perspective on the art and work of writing. The title comes from a family story when her brother had to complete a report on birds. He put it off until the last minute and was overwhelmed. Her father counseled him saying they would take it, "Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird."
There's Probably No God: the Atheists' Guide to Christmas
Ariane Sherine · 352 pages
An Idiot Girl's Christmas: True Tales from the Top of the Naughty List
Laurie Notaro · 142 pages
IT'S LAURIE NOTARO'S HOLIDAY HANDBOOK. PREPARE TO LAUGH YOUR TINSEL OFF.It's the most wonderful--and most dreadful--season of the year, when boxes of truffles attack your thighs, drunken holiday revelers stay long past their welcome, and your grandmother has conniptions at the department store over the price of hand lotion. Welcome to Laurie Notaro's Christmastime. In ten brand-new stories and thr
Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed
Glennon Doyle Melton · 269 pages
A New York Times essayist shares her journey from a self-destructive college student to a devoted family woman and teacher while illuminating the importance of trusting in a higher power and being truthful about life's challenges. "For years Glennon Doyle Melton built a wall between herself and others, hiding inside a bunker of secrets and shame. But one day everything changed: Glennon woke up to
You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas
Augusten Burroughs · 206 pages
**7 Stories:** *You better not cry — And two eyes made out of coal — Claus and effect — Ask again later — Why do you reward me thus — The best and only everything — Silent night.* **Publisher Summary:** You've eaten too much candy at Christmas ... but have you ever eaten the face off a six-footstuffed Santa? You've seen gingerbread houses ... but have you ever made your own gingerbread tene
Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Thomas Merton, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Meister Eckhart, John Donne, T.S. Eliot, J.B. Phillips, Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt, Sylvia Plath, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster, Henri Nouwen, Bernard of Clairvaux, Kathleen Norris, Karl Rahner, Isaac Penington, Madeleine L'Engle, Alfred Del · 345 pages
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Elizabeth Gilbert · 288 pages
Elizabeth Gilbert digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity, offering insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration. She asks us to embrace our curiosity and let go of needless suffering. She shows us how to tackle what we most love, and how to face down what we most fear. She discusses the attitudes, approaches, and habits we need i
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah · 297 pages
Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often ab
Letter to My Daughter
Maya Angelou · 192 pages
For a world of devoted readers, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers.Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning. Told in her own inimitable style, this book transcends genres and categories: guidebook, memoir, po
The Antelope in the Living Room: The Real Story of Two People Sharing One Life
Melanie Shankle · 262 pages
Same Kind of Different as Me
Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Lynn Vincent · 240 pages
Spending the Holidays with People I Want to Punch in the Throat
Jen Mann · 196 pages
"For fans of Laurie Notaro and Jenny Lawson comes an uproarious and oddly endearing essay collection for anyone trying to survive the holidays in one piece. When it comes to time-honored holiday traditions, Jen Mann pulls no punches In this hilariously irreverent collection of essays, Jen Mann, nationally bestselling author of People I Want to Punch in the Throat, turns her mordant wit on the holi
The Santaland Diaries and Season's Greetings
David Sedaris · 54 pages
'Santaland Diaries' contains six of David Sedaris' most profound Christmas stories, from Dinah, the Christmas Whore to Season's Greetings to our Friends and Family.
The Old Man and His God: Discovering the Spirit of India
Sudha Murty · 131 pages
Plain Wisdom: An Invitation into an Amish Home and the Hearts of Two Women
Cindy Woodsmall, Miriam Flaud
I'm Listening With a Broken Ear
Vicky Kaseorg · 426 pages
"The true story about a dog no one thought could be saved. Through laughter and tears, she taught the lesson that no creature created by God is irredeemable."--P. [4] of cover.
Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus
Francis Pharcellus Church, Virginia O'Hanlon
The text of the well-known editorial explaining that Santa Claus exists despite rumors to the contrary.