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  • Bedtime Stories for Women Who Can't Sleep at Night

    Tales and Reminiscences for the Awakened Woman
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    Is there anything better than sleeping deeply, and waking up to a rising dawn with a smile? Studies show that 57 percent of North American women experience insomnia at least a few times a week, making their way through restless nights as best...


  • A Bedouin Dies in the City

    And Other Works
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    A Bedouin Dies in the City is a deep, introspective collection of short stories and poems that will challenge readers’ thoughts and feelings regarding a variety of topics, from faith to identity to love, revenge, and death. Above all, it calls...


  • A Pocketful of Starlight

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    A Pocketful of Starlight is a collection of twenty-three vignettes of the human condition, beautifully supported by the magical water-colours of Denise Williams. Some are wrapped in the genre of fairy tale, and the trappings of times past; some...


  • Painting Trains

    Three Adventures Into the Unknown
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    Painting Trains is a collection of three short stories which each capture both the romanticism of the steel rail and the carefree nostalgia of childhood. “Gus” follows a young narrator and his older cousin as a venture from their campsite finds...


  • Nowhere to Hide & Other Stories

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    Nowhere to Hide & other stories presents a unique set of characters dealing with an all too common set of out of control circumstances. The stories are set amidst a backdrop of love, hate, humor & survival. Each story will leave you breathless...


  • Beneath the Surface

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    The stories in this collection follow characters as they navigate family life, guilt, grief, love, and the consequences of their good intentions. They, and the reader, see the surfaces of characters and situations, and then discover the surprises...


  • Exciting World Adventures

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    Exciting World Adventures is a collection of short stories that take place around the world, in settings ranging from Africa all the way to the Arctic. Some tales are fictional depictions of people from vastly different places and walks of life,...


  • Finding Joy after Sorrow

    The Collected Works of Beth Carol Solomon
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    In her collected works, Finding Joy After Sorrow, author Beth Carol Solomon explores the impact people have on one another and the courage it takes to overcome adversity. This rerelease of the author’s Collected Works—originally published in...


  • Shoe on the Road

    A book of Short Stories
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    Shoe on the Road is a collection of short stories examining the origins of deserted footwear. Inspired by real events, the stories deal with real-life issues—everything from drug abuse to poverty to physical and sexual abuse—that eventually lead...


  • Monkey Tales and Other Short Stories

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    Monkey Tales and other Short Stories is a collection of 14 short stories based on the author’s life growing up in East Africa, his global travels, experiences working in Canada and abroad, and more. Hirji deftly blurs the boundaries between...