Have you been searching for a story that combines elements of the supernatural with a family mystery? If you have, then Gossamer Ties is the book for you. Set in the summer of 1967, the tale opens with fourteen-year-old Marie visiting her cousins' farm in central Missouri. On the first day there she sees an apparition. From this experience she embarks on a journey to fulfill the ghost's puzzling request. The more she searches for answers the deeper into her family's history she falls. Her efforts finally reveal a secret held for three generations.

Gossamer Ties blends Scottish folklore, folk medicine, and music into this story of two girls bound together across time. An elderly Osage neighbor provides a subplot exploring generational friendship and racial prejudice. Whether you seek historical fiction, family drama, or supernatural adventure, Gossamer Ties has them all wrapped beside valuable lessons for teen girls and young women.

"Life of A Teenager" This book is to enlighten our youth, parents, family and friends of how having a good relationship of listening with our children, our youth will enhance family respect and values. To all of my little seeds that are maturing into the pebbles of life. I extend my wisdom, thoughts and prayers for teens and parents around the world to unite as family in growth and peace Above all my.....LOVE

A sequel to last year's success "Life's Lessons From A Candy Machine," this book is a light-hearted look at simpler times. Growing up in the 1960s wasn't always fun, but it was a great adventure. Join the author as he goes back to a better time, before the fast paced technology of our modern world came along and ruined everything.

"I loved David Gilmour's sleek, potent little memoir, The Film Club. It's so, so wise in the ways of fathers and sons, of movies and movie-goers, of love and loss."
--- Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Empire Falls
"If all sons had dads like David Gilmour, then Oedipus would be a forgotten legend and Father's Day would be a worldwide film festival."
--Sean Wilsey, author of Oh the Glory of It All
"David Gilmour is a very unlikely moral guidance counselor: he's broke, more or less unemployed and has two children by two different women. Yet when it looks as though his teenage son is about to go off the rails, he reaches out to him through the only subject he knows anything about: the movies. The result is an object lesson in how fathers should talk to their sons." --Toby Young, author of How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

At the start of this brilliantly unconventional family memoir, David Gilmour is an unemployed movie critic trying to convince his fifteen-year-old son Jesse to do his homework. When he realizes Jesse is beginning to view learning as a loathsome chore, he offers his son an unconventional deal: Jesse could drop out of school, not work, not pay rent - but he must watch three movies a week of his father's choosing.
Week by week, side by side, father and son watched everything from "True Romance" to "Rosemary's Baby" to "Showgirls," and films by Akira Kurosawa, Martin Scorsese, Brian DePalma, Billy Wilder, among others. The movies got them talking about Jesse's life and his own romantic dramas, with mercurial girlfriends, heart-wrenching breakups, and the kind of obsessive yearning usually seen only in movies.
Through their film club, father and son discussed girls, music, work, drugs, money, love, and friendship - and their own lives changed in surprising ways.

Raising Girls: Teaching Your Daughters to Become Responsible Young Women is an introductory book on the physical, emotional, social and mental factors important in giving your girl the best start possible in life. It covers the importance of . . . Unconditional love Fathers and support Mothers and nurture Understanding social pressures and issues of life derailment And so much more Author Cathy Wilson unleashes dynamite information along with practical solutions for the issues and challenges your daughters face that often seem insurmountable in real time. A peace of mind is everything in raising your daughter and Wilson delivers that and so much more, making you the best parent possible, which is exactly what your daughter wants and needs. You only lose if you don't read what Wilson has to offer

Memories from the Heart: Family, Love, and Survival presents an inspiring collection of memories recalling author Francie Rossi's life from birth to age seventeen. She describes her medical challenges in "Helen Keller and I," considering her role as the eleventh of twelve children in her large, loving family. "Sent Away to Las Vegas" shares unique personal stories in which faith, family, and love always prevail. "My Last Clothing Embarrassment" and "Fifteen/40" explores financial struggles, yet inspire humor and tenacity. "Dinner at My Friend's House" and "Family Night" compare the calamity of a smaller family living in a larger house to Francie's situation--a large family's love and laughter contained in a small house. Rossi alludes to an athletic adolescent with an eating disorder, and provides personal tips in a trio of stories, while "A Whole New World" expresses the strong connection between her and her mother. Finally, "My Diagnosis" reverberates like a sentence after a guilty verdict.Rossi's memories in this collection are vibrant; sprinkled with a dash of humor as she displays persistence and continues to live a life most people can only imagine in a large, boisterous family.

Psychological thriller. Suspense. Comedy. Whodunit--all words that come to mind when we think of books or movies. In this case, they describe the joy and terror of raising tweens and teens in the age of Facebook, Tumblr, cutting, sexting, and other scary stuff. This Field Guide will help the reader recognize and navigate the Adolescent Jungle that awaits tweens and swallows teens. "Questions to Ponder" enable readers to better understand their own path to adulthood. Armed with this self-awareness, parents, grandparents, teachers, counselors, and other adults can better address their own needs and more effectively communicate with teens. Includes Dr. J's Top Twenty Teen Books, Top Twenty Teen Movies, Top Twenty Teen Videos.