My Special Place Today is a continuation of “My Special Place.” From a small girl growing up in a family where there is no unity between parents, and children or between sisters and brothers. This young girl learns many of life’s lessons that take her from the innocence of a child into her adult years where she struggles to make her life in to something that matters. Does she deem herself unfit to be a loving daughter, mother, and wife. Yet throughout her life she struggles to understand the spirituality of her faith. Through her faith in God she reaches out to people of all kinds, the sick, the healthy, the intelligent, and also the happy and the sad. We come to know Deanne as a woman who has been exposed to mental illness and through all her trials we read her story of how she learns to open up herself to those who can learn from her experiences. Her journeys are heart wrenching and truthful with the subtlety of human emotion.

“My Special Place” is a story of a young girl living in a world of naivety in a deeply dysfunctional family from Massachusetts. As she grows she does not understand the realities of life and soon she finds these realities shattering her unawareness of what life has to offer. The story takes you through her younger years to her developmental years as a teenager and into adulthood searching her life for the meaning of family love. This young girl is a story told about my life as I remember it to be. I share myself with the reader in hopes that they may see a piece of themselves at a time in their own life when these unseen factors made them the person they are today.

Stacey doesn’t want to merely fit in. She is seeking a special place under the sun. Eighteen-year old Stacey is deeply shaken when her father passes away. Struggling to come to terms with this loss and her mother’s remarriage, she writes heart touching letters to her dear daddy, recounting everyday happenings and wishing he was by her side through all the good and the bad times. Stacey’s candid and emotional reflections bring to light the insecurities of adolescents, the expectations of society, the adventures with her friends, the close bond she shares with her little sister and elder stepbrother, and her awkward relationship with her stepdad. Written in an epistolary format, Finding My Special Place is a poignant revelation of the mind of a teenager who stands her ground in an opinionated world.

Everyone has a favorite place. The world's top outdoor adventurers are no differentexcept that theirs are often anywhere between 2,000 feet above the ground to three miles out to sea. Featuring stunning images by respected photographer Corey Rich, this soulful book transports readers to 14 favorite playgrounds of world champions, elite guides, and pioneers of sport. Cross-country skiier and Olympic medalist Bill Koch describes why the Vermont wilderness is his stomping ground. Ed Viesturs celebrates the glacier-covered volcano in the Pacific Northwest where he honed the skills to conquer Mount Everest. Sara Ballantyne revels in her mountain bike treks across the desert near Moab. With passionate profiles of first-class athletes in picturesque settingsYosemite Valley, the coast of Maine, Florida's beaches, the Appalachian wilderness, and moreMy Favorite Place is an inspiration to anyone whose favorite place is anywhere in the outdoors.

See the world through the eyes of some of the most celebrated and admired people of our time in this engaging new travel book. Award-winning author and National Geographic Traveler writer Jerry Camarillo Dunn takes you on a remarkable journey with such amazing and diverse figures as Sandra Day O’Connor and the Dalai Lama, actors Robin Williams and Morgan Freeman, astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Sally Ride, explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau, real estate mogul Donald Trump, entertainer Jerry Seinfeld, food guru Alice Waters, and author Tony Hillerman. His simple question to these people: What is your favorite travel discovery? The answers are both surprising and engaging—ranging from Bali Indonesia to a well-used bench at San Francisco’s Crissy Field, from the Hopi Mesas in Arizona to the Old City of Jerusalem. In page after page, celebrated contributors describe the special appeal of each place—be it the amazing beauty, or the character of the people, or simply the hushed joy of solitude. To enhance the stories further, Dunn scoured the files of National Geographic to create sidebars full of intriguing information about each place—and even steers you to websites that tell how you can visit them yourself. But the real allure is the entertaining narrative, inviting readers to experience the excitement of traveling with these celebrated personalities to their favorite places on Earth. For a complete list of contributing authors and more information, visit the author's website at www.myfavoriteplacenatgeo.com.

About The Book Hope, is a continuation of; My Special Place, and My Special Place, Today. It is the memoirs of a small girl growing up in a highly dysfunctional family where unity between parents and children doesnt exist. This young girl succumbs to traumas and tragedies that lead her down a path where she is deluged with mental illness. Does she deem herself unfit to be a loving daughter, mother, and wife? Yet throughout her life she struggles to understand the spirituality of her faith. Through her faith in God she reaches out to people of all kinds, the sick, the healthy, the intelligent, and also the happy and the sad. Deannes life continues to take her through those times that break her heart with bouts of major depression and anxiety. But with each episode Deanne finds the strength to overcome her illness through the many mental health workers, her friends and her family and through Our Lord Jesus Christ. Her journeys are heart wrenching and truthful with the subtlety of human emotion.

Best-selling author Adele Fiderer presents a series of mini-lessons to help students move from writing single paragraphs to crafting mutli-paragraph pieces. Each mini-lesson introduces an important element of good paragraph writing, such as crafting topic and body sentences that pack a punch, writing smooth transitions, and paragraphing dialogue. Includes super student models gathered from the author's long career as a classroom teacher.