"This book perfectly captures the love that grandparents have for their grandchildren!" Devoted grandparents Papa and Gigi awake one morning to some news: they have a rare day off from babysitting their grandchildren. Though there’s nothing they love more than being with their grandkids, they decide to take advantage of the free time and spend the day together doing all the things they seldom have time for otherwise, such as cooking a big yummy breakfast, getting their hair styled, and enjoying a picnic and a long drive. “What a good idea,” says Papa. “This will be fun,” Gigi says. However, the day’s events turn out to be anything but! After their breakfast catches fire, they leave the hair salon looking unrecognizable, some critters run off with their picnic, their car breaks down, and so much more. Papa and Gigi realize that only one thing can redeem their disastrously eventful day: spending the rest of their day off with their favorite grandchildren, of course!

Gigi's adventures continue as his fortunes change from being part of a traveling gypsy merry-go-round to life in an amusement park and a reunion with his beloved friend Lili.

'Gigi and the Little Ones' is a fantasy series about a young Irish girl who can see fairies. The story begins with Gigi thinking her Grandfathers stories are make believe and ends with Gigi having the knowledge that fairies are real. The story goes through all the adventures, fun and danger that Gigi and her friends experience, while Gigi learns about the magical and powerful creatures she thought were make believe. The first book in the series, 'The Early Year's', sets the stage. This book explains why Gigi sees the creatures when no one else acknowledges them, even when they are right in front of their face. The first book is also where Gigi begins to develop and become a strong independent person because of the obstacles she overcomes from both people around her and the different fairies she encounters. The end of the first book shows how Gigi has begun to change and is where the true adventures to come begin. This all leads into the second book in the series 'The Rite of Passage' which will print soon.

Paris, 1878. Ballet dancer Marie van Goethem is chosen by the unknown artist Edgar Degas to model for his new sculpture: Little Dancer, aged fourteen years. But Marie is much more than she seems. By day she’s a 'little rat' of the opera, contorting her starving body to entertain the bourgeoisie. By night she’s plotting to overthrow the government and reinstate the Paris Commune, to keep a promise she made to her father, a leading Communard who died in the street massacres of 1871. As Marie watches the troubling sculpture of herself come to life in Degas’ hands, she falls further into the intoxicating world of bohemian, Impressionist Paris, a world at odds with the socialist principles she has vowed to uphold. With the fifth Impressionist Exhibition looming, a devastating family secret is uncovered which changes everything for both Marie and Degas. As Degas struggles to finish his sculpture and the police close in on Marie, she must decide where her loyalties lie and act to save herself, her family and the Little Dancer.

Case seen on 20/20 "Everybody Loved John. . ." Mary Jean Pearle and John Battaglia's marriage seemed picture perfect from the outside. With their two young daughters, Faith and Liberty, they made their home in a wealthy Dallas suburb. John was handsome, charming, and successful--but behind his mask of normality lay a vicious, violent abuser who'd brutally beaten his first wife--and who made Mary Jean the new target of his irrational rages. After nine hellish years, she divorced Battaglia. "I Never Thought He'd Hurt The Children. . ." On Christmas Day, 1999, during a court-ordered family visit, he attacked her in front of their daughters. For the next two years, he threatened, harassed and stalked her. Mary Jean feared for her life, but not for the lives of the children, with whom Battaglia was never anything less than caring, loving, and gentle. "No, Daddy, Don't!" But in spring, 2001, when Faith and Liberty were visiting their father, Mary Jean received a message to call her daughters. Helpless, horrified, she heard her older daughter's pleading cries. Then came the sound of gunshots--followed by silence. What evil impulses had driven a seemingly devoted father the ultimate act of violence and betrayal. . .and how would justice be served? Includes Sixteen Pages Of Shocking Photos

This is the story of a wonderful life lived by a wonderful man, a legend, a friend, a man that was as true to his music as he was to his family. There will never be another in the same capacity as the one and only Willie Kent. When you open this book to start your journey, hold on to your hat. It might get a little bumpy, but you just might learn something as you take this blues cruise with WILLIE KENT.