Act 1, Scene 1. Ashland, Oregon. Enter WREN LANDRY. Wren has happily fled San Francisco and her nationally-known work as secretive food critic Eno Threlkeld for a few weeks' vacation to visit her twin brother, Raven. Enter RAVEN, thrilled to be playing Beatrice in this season's Much Ado About Nothing. Enter SOPHIE WARD, former investment banker, now goat farmer and cheese monger, followed by a ruthless celebrity chef with a grudge against Eno, a zealous cupcake competitor, a baker who makes aebleskivers everybody covets, a family of Danish immigrants with a fishy back story, and a dubious seer whose predictions might just hold the key to averting disaster. In this mixed-up story of mistaken identities, mysterious loves, miscues, merriment and mayhem, love runs amok on the streets of a Shakespearean festival, and not even the goats on the Tallulah Rose Farm know how it all ends. Join Golden Crown Literary Award winner Robbi McCoy for an unforgettable romp through the comedy of love on the road to happiness and beautiful cheese. No pentameters, iambic or otherwise, were harmed in the writing of this romantic novel.

Sometimes the best show isn't onstage but in the parking lot. This comedy is told from the point of view of the unsung heroes who call the shows, man the spotlights, sew the costumes, count the tickets, and suffer through every flubbed line, forgotten prop, and missed cue.

In Clean Up On Aisle 2, Dennis Henderson shares nearly 50 years of pastoral experience, describing his own life from his "dysfunctional" childhood, his first visit to a church (he stole the holy water font at a Catholic church), to his later conversion, call to ministry and service in the church. In the pages of this book you will find yourself laughing out loud, and at the same time learning profound truths that will make a difference in your life and ministry. To be read by any Christian, this book is especially helpful to those called to leadership in the church. Read it, and avoid your own "clean up on aisle 2."

The latter third of the twentieth century was a time of fundamental political transition across the South as increasing numbers of voters began to choose Republican candidates over Democrats. Yet in the 1980s and '90s, reform-focused policymaking—from better schools to improved highways and health care—flourished in Tennessee. This was the work of moderate leaders from both parties who had a capacity to work together "across the aisle." The Tennessee story, as the Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham observes in his foreword to this book, offers striking examples of bipartisan cooperation on many policy fronts—and a mode of governing that provides lessons for America in this frustrating era of partisan stalemate. For more on Crossing the Aisle and author Keel Hunt, visit KeelHunt.com.

Examines wedding customs from different cultures and eras, and using ideas from figures as diverse as John Milton and Lyle Lovett, describes how and why couples wed today.

The magic of Xanth was useless in Mundania—until Dor tried honesty! Dor was having troubles growing up to be the next Magician-King of the magic Land of Xanth. He wanted no part of running the Kingdom. But now the Good King Trent was leaving on a trade mission to non-magical Mundania, home of such weird beasts as horses and bears, so Dor had to take over as King for a week. A week passes. No Trent. Then three weeks. King Trent still hasn't returned. Surely, something terrible had happened; he was apparently held captive in some foul dungeon, unable to escape. Dor was left with the burden of ruling—and with Irene, who was entirely too willing to be his Queen! His only hope was to enter Mundania and free King Trent. But how could it be done without the powers of magic? Nevertheless, he started forth bravely—together with Irene, a golem, a centaur, and a young ogre—heading for the far south of Xanth. The entrance to Mundania, of course, lay to the north.