Suretta enjoyed experiencing the unique perspectives her children shared about the world around them, and often shared her stories with others. She was encouraged to record them for friends and family. Almost 10 years later, countless others have delighted in hearing similar stories, so she has decided to re-release the original version. This is a book that will make you smile. It will also show how the world is seen in the eyes of child(ren) of any age. You may contact Suretta at www.lulu.com/slwriter1120 or [email protected].

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Over the past seven years I've lived in more places than I can remember. I lived and worked in Shanghai, New York, Berlin, Bangkok, Munich and a few more places, not including the dozens of places I've stayed at for just a few days or weeks.While writing these lines I'm in a small town in Malaysia.I've basically lived out of a backpack for the past seven years. And the longer I'm doing this, the less stuff I need. Right now I carry less than 10 items around with me in a carry on backpack that weighs less than 10kg. I go wherever I want to go. I currently spend less than $800 a month. Including everything. My most precious possession is a $300 Acer laptop.I've started a clothing company in China, for the Chinese market, which failed miserably. I've launched more than 10 websites, some of them made some money, some of them didn't. I shut down all of them. I've written seven books (this is my eighth). None of them was a bestseller. I write a blog where I published more than 500 articles so far. I've more than 100,000 monthly readers spread across multiple platforms.I'm by no means successful. Or rich. But I have more than enough, by all means. I have access to everything I need. And I can buy and afford everything I need.I'm not a minimalist. Or a digital nomad. Or an entrepreneur. Or a blogger. Or an author.I'm mostly trying to just be myself. I'm trying to be myself in a world where it gets harder and harder every single day to just be yourself.It's not always been easy. As a matter of fact it's probably been hard more often than it's been easy. But every day of struggle and doubt has been worth it. Being yourself and creating your own life instead of just living a life is always worth the struggle.This right here is my story. This is what I've learned about life, myself and the world around me.I'm everywhere and nowhere. And I own nothing and everything...

In this inspirational and unflinchingly honest memoir, acclaimed author Reyna Grande describes her childhood torn between the United States and Mexico, and shines a light on the experiences, fears, and hopes of those who choose to make the harrowing journey across the border. Reyna Grande vividly brings to life her tumultuous early years in this “compelling...unvarnished, resonant” (BookPage) story of a childhood spent torn between two parents and two countries. As her parents make the dangerous trek across the Mexican border to “El Otro Lado” (The Other Side) in pursuit of the American dream, Reyna and her siblings are forced into the already overburdened household of their stern grandmother. When their mother at last returns, Reyna prepares for her own journey to “El Otro Lado” to live with the man who has haunted her imagination for years, her long-absent father. Funny, heartbreaking, and lyrical, The Distance Between Us poignantly captures the confusion and contradictions of childhood, reminding us that the joys and sorrows we experience are imprinted on the heart forever, calling out to us of those places we first called home. Also available in Spanish as La distancia entre nosotros.

From the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, a timely and passionate case for the role of the well-designed object in the digital age. Curator and scholar Glenn Adamson opens Fewer, Better Things by contrasting his beloved childhood teddy bear to the smartphones and digital tablets children have today. He laments that many children and adults are losing touch with the material objects that have nurtured human development for thousands of years. The objects are still here, but we seem to care less and know less about them. In his presentations to groups, he often asks an audience member what he or she knows about the chair the person is sitting in. Few people know much more than whether it's made of wood, plastic, or metal. If we know little about how things are made, it's hard to remain connected to the world around us. Fewer, Better Things explores the history of craft in its many forms, explaining how raw materials, tools, design, and technique come together to produce beauty and utility in handmade or manufactured items. Whether describing the implements used in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, the use of woodworking tools, or the use of new fabrication technologies, Adamson writes expertly and lovingly about the aesthetics of objects, and the care and attention that goes into producing them. Reading this wise and elegant book is a truly transformative experience.

Resistence is more important than ever. Living in a country with a president we did not elect, who is waging a war without popular support, vast numbers of Americans are feeling disempowered, alienated from our government leaders, and frightened. What can we do? The British activists from the 1990s documented in Not For Rent have some ideas to share with us. In 1995 the British Parliament passed a draconian new law which curtailed civil liberties to a shocking extent. The Criminal Justice Act essentially turned squatting, underground parties and raves, a nomadic lifestyle, and protesting into criminal acts. Travelling through England and Scotland the summer after this law went into effect, Stacy and Grrrt discovered that not only were squatting, protesting and parties still happening, the law had politicized an entire generation. More and more young people felt compelled to resist -- both to show their disregard for a government which did not represent them, and to create exciting, creative alternatives to the mainstream culture. The activist underground was thriving. The way Bush's government has used the events of September 11th to pick away at our civil liberties is reminiscent of this time. The numbers of frustrated people who have taken to the streets to protest his war show how widespread the disillusionment with his government is. But Not for Rent is not a book about unjust laws. It is a vibrant celebration of creative resistence, political alternatives, and social engagment. It is about what is possible when smart, socially conscious people get together and create communties on their own terms. Use it for inspiration!

. . . and the legacy. Running away from the boys home in LA turned out to be much easier than sixteen-year-old Ethan Casey had ever imagined. The FBI gave him a ride. But how was he supposed to know that overnight he would go from an unhappy orphan to a key player in a past filled with darkness, deceit, and murder? Juggling a gun happy rogue agent and a long lost, suspected killer fathernot to mention a 13th Century castle deliberately designed to trap the unwaryhad never been on Ethans do-today list. Its all certainly enough to discourage a lonely boy only trying to be his own man. Without some clever thinking and stubborn determination, on a good day, any one of the three could get him killed . . .