My wife is my everything. April’s strong, beautiful, and now she’s giving me the greatest gift of all—a baby. Though we thought it wouldn’t happen, our dreams of starting a family are finally coming true. It was supposed to be the happiest time of our lives, but that’s when all hell breaks loose. The constant stress at work is causing strain on our marriage and we’re fighting more now than we did in twelve years of dating. Neither of us are happy—something has to give. One thing’s for sure: I love my wife and would do anything for her. It’s why I agree to something she wants, even though the timing couldn’t be worse. I can’t lose her, but if this doesn’t bring us closer together, I’m not sure anything can. This series was designed to be read in order. Breaking Kate - Book One Catching Kate - Book 1.5 Releasing Kate - Book Two Loving Kate - Book Three Christmas with the Houstons - Book Four (Jake and April's story) *Mature Content Warning - This book contains situations not intended for persons under the age of 18. Including, but not limited to - sexual situations, alcohol use, cursing, and possible triggers.*

This unforgettable tale, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Barbara Cooney, has become a seasonal classic-a touching and joyful story about courage and the power of family.

Revealing the secret history of punctuation, this tour of two thousand years of the written word, from ancient Greece to the Internet, explores the parallel histories of language and typography throughout the world and across time.

Since Whitney Houston's tragic and untimely death, the public has gotten to know heretofore private family members such as Pat Houston, who is married to Whitney's brother and served as a trusted manager of the singer's career. She will express her sense of loss, her love and memories of Whitney Houston in the closing pages of this book. Clive Davis, the legendary music industry mogul who guided her career will open the book with his reflections on the star. While in between, the photographic work and words of famed photographer Randee St. Nicholas will show what it was like for Randee and the other photographers featured in this book to work with one of the greatest singers in the world who was also one of the great beauties of the world.

The author of "Cowboys Are My Weakness" and "Waltzing the Cat" turns to nonfiction with essays that celebrate real-life adventures spanning five years and five continents. Through her stories, readers meet some good dogs, a few good men, and the occasional grizzly as Houston proves that fiction has nothing on real life.

American Christmas is a new book by photographer Danelle Manthey that examines Christmas displays, and the people behind them, through the lens of American folk art. Through portraits and interviews, the book features the stories of over 40 families and individuals across 12 states. It includes text by Marlene Friis, a foreword from Rebecca Alban Hoffberger, Founder and Director of the American Visionary Art Museum and an introduction by Mark Sloan, Curator and Chief Director of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art.Over the course of a decade, Manthey photographed, interviewed and spent time with the creators of these displays, quickly coming to recognize them as folk artists. Entirely self-taught, the creators often do not view themselves as artists, yet create visceral, site-specific installations that should be recognized for their transcendent, highly skilled craft. Many of the selected displays feature region-specific motifs as well as handmade decorations. This tendency, coupled with the traditional imagery and decorative nature of the displays, situates the work as a form of contemporary American folk art. Many of the featured individuals and families seem driven to create utopian spaces through their displays, which is a common theme among folk artists. "The truly amazing thing about these American grassroots artists, all of whom became bitten by the pine-scented Christmas bug, lies in the diversity of their motivations," explains Rebecca Alban Hoffberger, Founder and Director of the American Visionary Art Museum. Through the act of photographing the displays, Manthey enshrines them as a distinct art form. Where many would diminish the works as decorative cheer, Manthey looks beyond to reveal the innovation and commitment that grounds all great art. Along with making these themes accessible to a non-art audience, she succeeds in sharing the community and joy these works are founded on-something that is much needed in our current world.

Twelve-year-old Littlejim, a bookish boy living in a rural North Carolina community in the early years of the twentieth century, hopes to win a newspaper essay contest and thus gain the respect of his stern father.