Lucy Tucker has been on the streets of Chicago for 50 years. Why wont she come home?

Fifteen-year-old Cindy worked long days beside her migrant worker family in Michigans sugar beet fields in the early 1940s-the "war years"-until she met a dashing young man from a traveling carnival, bringing some joy and fun into her hard-scrabble life. But a tragic twist of fate-and a dead field boss-sent the two young people on the run, leaving behind family and everything shed ever known.

Lucy Tucker, the crotchety old bag lady from the popular Yada Yada House of Hope series, is a veteran of the Chicago...

A columnist's take on senior affairs: generational relationships, "senior moments," high tech, baseball, life/death, books, big bands and remembering the old days including: trains, movies, telephones, radios, haircuts, teachers, knickers and more.

A teacher's trips including several days each: on a Mississippi tow boat, a traveling circus, a squid fishing boat, an Amish cabin, a farm, a hike across England, a homeless shelter, an ocean freighter and more.

FEAR NOT: Devotionals for Times Like These-over 200 stories of God's faithfulness to men and women who weathered the worst. Many were martyrs, all faced challenges and risks that equal any modern threat. But somehow they found courage and peace from which we can learn. Reading their stories, hearing their words, and meditating on the Scriptures that sustained them gives strength for today. In addition, the book includes six essays on the major eras of church expansion and the accompanying persecution. The stories are arranged chronologically, grouped by the eras that-even in the table of...

PENNY WISE (Book 3 in the Windy City Neighbors series) introduces us to yet another family in "the neighborhood"-the Jaspers, busy with demanding jobs, busy with church, busy volunteering, parents of three active teenagers, juggling sometimes crazy schedules. All good things. Until all those "good things" feed into a series of crises that affects the whole family. Something's gotta change PENNY WISE is a contemporary peek at an urban family wrestling with the spiritual and practical challenges of real life. The series employs the innovating storytelling technique of "parallel novels," each...

GROUNDED Grace Meredith is a beloved contemporary Christian recording artist whose career-and personal life-hits unexpected -turbulence. She feels grounded-in more ways than one. Grace's -fiance, bothered by her outspoken stance on purity and her near-constant travel, has broken off their relationship. Exhausted and unable to continue her current concert schedule, Grace returns home to Chicago, where she is soon stranded in a major snowstorm. Facing new questions about her future and her faith, Grace finds herself connected for the first time with the residents of her neighborhood. What she...

DERAILED Forced to give up his hard-earned retirement, Harry Bentley goes back to work as a K-9 detective, receiving a bizarre undercover assignment that sends him across the country by train. Things suddenly go awry when it appears one of his new neighbors may be part of a smuggling ring, and suspicions rise about his own son's involvement in a major drug cartel. The second in the Windy City Neighbors series, Derailed is a contemporary, and often humorous, tale in an urban setting, featuring ordinary people wrestling with the spiritual and practical challenges of real life. Intersecting with...

POUND FOOLISH Greg Singer coordinates consumer sports shows for powerboats, four wheelers, snowmobiles, and jet skis-macho toys for outdoor men like himself. But the job puts tremendous stress on his marriage with Nicole, who for the first time notices the handsome lawyer at the end of the block. "Greener pastures?" When the recession hits Greg's industry, he thinks the crisis is merely an opportunity for God to bless him with unmatched prosperity, a promise he hears preached each Sunday, and he steps out in bold faith . . . But is he being "pound foolish"? The fourth in the Windy City...

As one of the most well-respected basketball players in the world, LeBron James has become almost synonymous with basketball. His career has been easily one of the most impressive of all-time, and the landmarks and achievements he has been able to get throughout that career is just outstanding. Simple, interesting, fun and easy to read for kids, this book contains all you need to know and to learn from LeBron James- The Greatest. After reading this book, you will know exactly why there are such quotes about him: "I believe LeBron James would start on any NBA team today." -NBA and college...

Kevin Durant is one of the most highly touted and talented young basketball players currently active in the National Basketball Association, where he plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder as a small forward. His high-profile career, whilst still in its infancy, began as a college player, in which he only need to play one season before being called up to the big leagues. Still only 26, Kevin Durant has quite the career in front of him, and his rise to prominence should be an inspiration to any young aspiring basketball players Simple, interesting and easy to read for kids, this book contains all...