"A late-in-life coming-of-age escapade told with humor and heart, Don't Think Twice is a moving and irreverent account of grief, growing up, and the healing power of adventure. Within six months, Barbara Schoichet lost everything: her job, her girlfriendof six years, and her mother to pancreatic cancer. Her life stripped bare, and armed with nothing but a death wish and a ton of attitude, Barbara pursues an unlikely method of coping. At the age of...

The stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul of America honor and celebrate the men, women and children who stepped forward and gave of themselves during a time of great need after September 11, 2001.

A Navy SEAL recounts his struggle to return to civilian life after combat, chronicling the troubles he encountered in his marriage and his faith-fueled relationship with Debbie, an accountant emerging from her own trial by fire.

Pasear por el bosque, disfrutar del susurro de las hojas y del verdor de los árboles, dejar de pensar y sumergirse en la calma y la paz de la naturaleza... en una época que nos exige estar siempre localizables. Annette Bernjus nos invita a probar una terapia que en Japón forma parte de la medicina preventiva desde hace ya bastante tiempo: el shinrin yoku, o 'bañarse en el aire del bosque'.En diez sencillos pasos describe el camino para reencontrarse...

A long ago "accident." An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn't know how. And a ghostly dybbuk that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief that everyone blames on her. That is the setting for this suspenseful novel of a girl who seems to have lost everything, including her best friend Kayla, and a mother who was once vibrant and popular, but who now can't always get out of bed in the morning. As tensions...

"Deborah Rodriquez's memoir of her journey of self-discovery and renewal after she was forced to flee Afghanistan in 2007"--