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It's a poetic and artistic book of 26 kids-named from A-Z. Each kid is unique. Each has strengths and dreams. Each has fears and insecurities. Fortunately, all the kids offer a positive path, despite various starting points and various hurdles.

This is a book about second chances. Margot Roberts is a middle-aged widow with a dear daughter an ocean away in London. As the story begins, she has been a successful banker for decades...but feels that it's the same old thing, day after day. Somehow, she decides to take the plunge by taking classes and eventually buying the greenhouse nursery that she loves. Once there, she decides to inspire other late-blooming customers. Eventually, she be...

My Long and Winding Road is the story of one man's life-complete with a humble Midwest upbringing-leading to a life of fame in New York advertising, show biz experiences, acting, and magic. It also details his marriage, five kids, and a painful divorce. It follows his mid-life career in fine art-with shows all over the world-and the publication of thirty books and ends with a diagnosis of terminal cancer, and final thoughts. It has high points...

Who says we have to live in someone else's shadow? Tired of being the magicians' squished sidekick, the Amazing Rabbitini decides to strike out on her own and make her own magic in this world. Along the way, she discovers a young girl, Amy, who learns that each of us has our own unique talents and our own secret ambitions.

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Who says we have to live in someone else's shadow? Tired of being the magicians' squished sidekick, the Amazing Rabbitini decides to strike out on her own and make her own magic in this world. Along the way, she discovers a young girl, Amy, who learns that each of us has our own unique talents and our own secret ambitions.

It's a love story between two unlikely individuals. Pat is the beautiful brainiac daughter of a wealthy family in Westchester County, New York. By contrast, Marc is the son of a very middle-class family and seems to have only one true interest-magic. The two have an early friendship in grade school, which blossoms as they become older. Of course, there are detours along the way, but finally the two do learn that life is better when you have an...

Last year, for the 89th time. a large Christmas tree was erected overlooking the skating rink at Rockefeller Center. As a longtime resident of NYC, I would often see the "lighting of the tree."This year was different. Before the lights were switched on, a helpless small owl was discovered in the upper branches by a worker called Gus. He rescued the creature and within days, the owl (renamed Rocky) was on every front page and TV network.Gus, th...

Curiosity compels Jackson Witt. After overhearing a tantalizing cell phone conversation, he impulsively follows the trail, only to witness the brutal slaying of his mistress's husband, a right wing, "hang-em-high" judge with a secret life. Given Jackson's history with the wife and subway surveillance videos that place him at the scene of the crime, he quickly becomes the only "person of interest" in this citywide manhunt. Fortunately, he ha...

An elegant blind man finds self-esteem in a glass of obscure red wine. A cross dresser discovers the perfect non-judgmental friend. A movie star look-alike must constantly live the role. An erotic baker faces her ultimate challenge. These are examples of the hundred very short stories in Three-Minute Shorts. Each is a revealing and riveting snapshot of human nature. Each is 600 words or fewer, and can be read in about three minutes. Some ar...

A magnetic personality emerges from the pages of this absorbing story about a news reporter and television anchor." -Julia Ann Charpentier, ForeWord Clarion Review"An enjoyable book that delivers an engaging story and a vivid look at modern American culture." -Kirkus ReviewsChapters of a Life is a series of short stories that span decades of one man's life - from the late 1920s through 2015. It chronicles the Great Depression. World War II, as...

Tony Macucci is god in the music industry. Admittedly, he is a rather unscrupulous god, but none of his exploits can prepare him for his ultimate challenge. To keep his cushy job, he must revive the faded career of Dave McGuinn and catapult that dusty hit "American Sky" into America's Number 1 Song. Macucci decides that the only way to ensure success is to perfectly time a hit on the aging singer. Trouble is, the music maestro begins to admire...

Last year, for the 89th time. a large Christmas tree was erected overlooking the skating rink at Rockefeller Center. As a longtime resident of NYC, I would often see the "lighting of the tree."This year was different. Before the lights were switched on, a helpless small owl was discovered in the upper branches by a worker called Gus. He rescued the creature and within days, the owl (renamed Rocky) was on every front page and TV network.Gus, th...

Graham Kruse is an extraordinary politician with one major flaw: he's a touchy/feely elected official who likes to kiss women, and likes to be seduced by women. When not so tempted, he is quite an amazing mayor of New York City, and later, as a our ambassador to the United Nations. He's also a caring father to two young children after his inevitable divorce. However, his shortcomings may break him, unless he can ever actually and one true, end...

Tony Macucci is god in the music industry. Admittedly, he is a rather unscrupulous god, but none of his exploits can prepare him for his ultimate challenge. To keep his cushy job, he must revive the faded career of Dave McGuinn and catapult that dusty hit "American Sky" into America's Number 1 Song. Macucci decides that the only way to ensure success is to perfectly time a hit on the aging singer. Trouble is, the music maestro begins to admire...

I have written many books which feature original art and original short stories-but after a pancreatic cancer scare (fortunately misdiagnosed), my son Stott suggested this as a topic for a book. My dear sister, Mary Ellen, advised me she didn't want to hear "death" in the title, hence the clever tease. It's apt. Actually some of the stories are hopeful, even funny.Some do deal with final days. Others address renewal. But what I discovered in t...

In the aftermath of a new business pitch, a new advertising agency is borne. It is not the smartest agency on Madison Avenue, but it is certainly the most outrageous. Most of the campaigns they create are sexy, silly, spontaneous, and surprisingly successful. In fact, the shop was named the best small agency of the year by the trade press. Its enough to attract even more clients, and make their key players more valuable and vulnerable to tempt...

According to the popular myth, winning a multi-million dollar lottery is supposed to be your ticket to perpetual happiness. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work out that way. Occasionally, in fact, the exact opposite is true. That was the case for Danny, Meghan and Casey Banks, who did their best to keep a low profile of their winnings-only to discover that the big jackpot can lead to a life of unlucky and nightmarish surprises.

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In the past twenty years, the American fabric has dramatically changed. The transformation has affected family life, self-esteem, politics, business, pleasures and dreams. This book examines fifty-one of those missing values-appropriately painted on original milk cartons and accompanied with corresponding essays.