Back in 1968 Diana Page was going to graduate from the University of Michigan without much hope for marriage or a career. She didn't have a boyfriend, so a prospective husband was unlikely to materialize before the semester ended, and a bachelor's in political science wasn't going to make her easily employable. The solution? Join the Peace Corps where she could help change the world . . . and possibly meet a guy who shared her values. Thus began Diana's adventures. Her travels as a journalist and diplomat took her down the dangerous roads of Latin American history from the 1960s into the twenty-first century. With excerpts from diaries, letters, and news articles, she weaves together a narrative of war and peace, presidents and peasants, but mostly of ordinary people who teach her about life. She also runs into a few extraordinary people along the way: Fidel Castro, Isabel Peron, Pele, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Clinton among others. Looking for Love in Strange Places: A Memoir for My Stepdaughters is a hopeful, humorous account of what happens when you seize the day -- without too many expectations for the future.

When Beth Kephart met and fell in love with the artist who would become her husband, she had little knowledge of the coffee farm he came from. Kephart's "lush. . . poetic evocation of Salvadorian life, its magic and tragedies" ("Los Angeles Times") offers her testament to the ties that bind.

In this book, Misery to Victory, I wrote about the many challenges and hardships I faced. I wrote about how I ultimately found a path to lasting peace through perseverance and determination. Despite feeling overwhelmed by misery and suffering, I refused to give up and continued to search for ways to improve my life and situation. I moved from being the most despised child of my mother into an abusive relationship with my ex-wife. I lost all my money, started all over again, and I still found love with a new family in Israel. Through hard work and persistence, I eventually turned misery into victory, finding happiness and contentment in my life. The journey from misery to victory was not easy, and it required a great deal of effort and resilience. However, staying true to myself and never losing sight of my goals made it possible to overcome even the most difficult of circumstances and find lasting peace. Whether through personal growth, overcoming adversity, or simply learning to accept and appreciate the present moment, the pathway to finding lasting peace is open to all of us if we are willing to put in the work and determination needed to succeed. After you read this book, I hope you find the courage to work hard and stay disciplined to start afresh and chase and regain everything you may have lost due to life’s circumstances. Believe me, you can start from scratch; it is just another way of starting from experience. Go find friends. I am rooting for you. Find your peace and live it That is the dream.

Leatherback is a hundred and something years old, and finds Queenie the cat and Loro the parrot too rowdy! But she likes Sara, who once was the girl with no confidence. How Sara turned her weakness into strength is a story to tell. One day, Sara’s mother vanishes into thin air! The animals decide to solve the mystery that has left the Seed household frozen. Leatherback and her team decide to investigate the suspects’ houses to look for Lolita. The secret and the stories that they discover in the houses leave them shocked and startled. But where was Lolita? Who had taken her? All Leatherback had wanted was a quiet summer, but she had no idea that she was about to enter a whirlwind of mysterious secrets and adventures.

Jane, a lady endowed with great wealth and beauty. The only child of her billionaire father, she was the sole heir to his wealth and his position in his vast business empire.In love with a criminal as deadly as the Devil, she was deceived by his love for him until she found out his secret and left the relationship immediately. Heartbroken, she got herself occupied with her job as a model to take her mind away from the painful situation and to heal the wound the disappointment left in her tender heart. Then, after leaving the United States of America for a brief modelling job in Africa, she ran into problems that brought her face to face with death on arrival. And within the struggle to survive and to regain her freedom from her abductors, strangely, she found love like she never did before. And the new love became the vital force of courage that set her free from her pains, trials and worries, giving her a home and the fulfilment of her dreams.Immersed in the new love, her life was never the same again. (less)

Jane, a lady endowed with great wealth and beauty. The only child of her billionaire father, she was the sole heir to his wealth and his position in his vast business empire.In love with a criminal as deadly as the Devil, she was deceived by his love for him until she found out his secret and left the relationship immediately. Heartbroken, she got herself occupied with her job as a model to take her mind away from the awful situation and to heal the wound the disappointment left in her tender heart. Then, after leaving the United States of America for a brief modelling job in Africa, she ran into problems that brought her face to face with death on arrival. And within the struggle to survive from the clutches of a deadly sickness, and to regain her freedom from her abductors, strangely, she found love like never before. And the new love became the vital force of courage that saw her through her healing, and also set her free from her pains and trials, giving her a home and a fulfilment of her dreams. And immersed in the new love, her life was never the same again.