Books published by Archway Publishing

Trash Kitty is dirty and has a ripped ear and a missing tooth. She lives in the city, but she doesn't have a home or anyone to love her. That doesn't make her mean, though! When she comes upon a kitten in crisis, Trash Kitty comes to the rescue.Little Buttons is lost, so Trash Kitty volunteers to not only find Buttons some food in the garbage can but also help find his owner. Once her mission is complete, Trash Kitty finds a strange place to sleep and dreams of finding an owner of her own. Her faith keeps her moving on a quest to find a devoted family.If you love animals, this is a must read! Take your child on a journey through Trash Kitty's trials and tribulations. Through it all, Trash Kitty never gives up hope.

Words have been used to start wars, end them.Used carelessly, words can break hearts, shed tears, and destroy families, friendships, lives.Words are powerful!But words can initiate change and birth new feelings of hope and positivity, happiness.Poetry is an art that allows the mind to wander, the heart to jump, and the soul to dance. In a collection of original poems and accompanying photographs, Dr. Rob Rafeek Henry offers lyrical insight into his time spent in the suburbs of Chicago as he experienced a variety of deep, intangible feelings that were constantly expressed and witnessed by not just himself, but also those who surrounded him. Shared with the intent of allowing others to feel connected in a divided world and provide a space for self-reflection, Henry's poems gently remind us that love, pain, and joy is witnessed by every living being and that we are never alone.Birthmarks and Bruises is a volume of poems and photographs that invites others to reflect on their own hearts, minds, and souls while navigating through the challenges of life.

Loren has always had it pretty easy. She grew up with a nice family, a strong education, and great friends. As an adult, even her career is awesome; what more could she ask for? It turns out Loren is missing a romantic relationship. She's ready to settle down with the right man.Dave seems like the perfect guy. They hit it off and eventually get married. However, Dave has dark secrets, most of which seem to revolve around his family and his past. When things begin to go wrong between them, Loren wonders how well she really knows her husband.As her life becomes more and more twisted, Loren must ask an even more important question: how well does she know herself? In order to uncover all Dave is hiding, she takes matters into her own hands, seeking out his dirty little secrets, but Loren finds more than she bargained for-and the darkness she finds does not only belong to Dave.

It was March 1938 when Hitler first threatened to invade Austria. Two days before a planned vote on a merger with Germany, Hitler again threatened action, subsequently sending a large contingent of SS troops marching into Austria the following day-changing the course of history forever.In a family narrative that relies extensively on the work of historians as well as unpublished papers and letters, Jean Axelrad Cahan seeks to reconstruct the events and processes her parents experienced during the time leading up to the Second World War, during the Holocaust, and after. Cahan leads the reader through her father's Viennese family's experiences as their fate became entwined with that of her mother's family in Hungarian-speaking Transylvania. They endured the collapse of Austrian democracy, extreme anti-Semitism, and complex international politics. She relates her father's journey through the Hungarian labor service system and forced marches as the Soviets advanced and the Germans retreated. Her mother and most of the other family members were deported to Auschwitz; only her mother survived that camp. Cahan also recounts her parents' lives during the post-war Soviet occupation of Hungary. Cahan shares an inspiring glimpse into how two individuals, among many others, managed to survive unthinkable tragedies and challenges with resilience and dignity.Szatmr Story is a fascinating account of the extraordinary experiences of two Central European families on the eve of, during, and after the Holocaust.

A young girl from Ohio grew up loving horses and took any job she could in the horse industry. One afternoon while working at the Ohio State Fair, she meets a handsome singer who sweeps her off her feet. He takes her on a romantic date and gives her a silver heart necklace. Sue falls in love but then she gets the job of a lifetime and moves from Ohio to work for the American Quarter Horse Association in Texas. Will Mike move with her, or will this create a divide between them? She lives in a ranch guest house and pays for her room and board by doing marketing for the owners. While working there she meets a cowboy who does everything he can to get her attention. What part will he play in this love story? Looking back on her life, Sue realizes how much she was loved and takes you on her journey, eventually becoming the largest breeder of Quarter Horses in the United States. Her life is filled with adventure, love and sadness.

Farrago is a medley of poems. This collection speaks to the reader that the human condition includes occurrences of injustice, rudeness, cruelty, tragic events and perhaps worse of all - loneliness.This collection serves as a reminder that some situations in life can lead to hopelessness and even a dark death. The search for heroes, the yearning for justice and the reliability of our enormous steadfast universe can help ease the fear of the eventual physical death we all will face.With the cosmic truth of faith, hope and love being eternal, one should sojourn circumspectly, with cautious boldness, through all the days of our lives on this earthly plane having a fervent expectation of a joyous life without end. By doing so we will find ourselves rich in kindness towards others and enjoying the resulting peace that transcends our understanding.

What would you do if you hit a jackpot? Would you retire, buy a new car, build a penthouse, travel, and buy fancy clothes? See what Douglas Din's father does after winning a jackpot. He wanted his family to be wealthier. Was it a right decision or wrong? Sudden success draws him to high life, which steers him away from the goal.Reckless life of luxury ruins his health, and gets into a deep hole. Bad time takes away dad from the family. A dream is broken. A young family of a mom and two kids, Douglas and a baby sister go broke. They have to sell their business and a house to move away. They focus in to education. Mom believes she is not poor or hapless; she proudly says, 'My children are my wealth.' Mom teaches them self discipline and teaches them how to succeed. Children don't know how many zeros are there in a billion, but dad has already planted in their mind the idea of wealth. After growing up children still wanted to fulfill dad's dream. They did not understand a thing of business. However, Douglas Din decides secretly to take the challenge step by step with his resolute mind after graduating. He did get quick success but falls in the trap of his rivals and becomes victimized by false legal accusation. Douglas goes to jail. The court case gets complicated. Judge believes you always have to pay price for your good deed. Douglas does not know a thing of law, but one solid thing he has is Truth. Douglas is declared innocent. He is also awarded a large financial reward. See if he continues his dream? Will he rebuild or ruin?

A black, single, grandmother living on Chicago's South Side, Louise "e;Bibi"e; Washington struggles to raise three grandsons and keep them safe and away from the gang life. But a seemingly insignificant cell phone issue drastically changes the trajectory of her life as she faces the persistent drag of poverty.For Want of Some Minutes, a play written by author Steve Bannow, calls attention to the challenges of poverty, racism, and the staggering weight of ineffective governmental bureaucracy for many of America's citizens.

After Lola and her son, Kareem, decide to skip Estes National Park while on an adventure together, they make their way into Kansas. Lola, who plans to continue on to Topeka, hopes that this time, nothing will happen that prompts her to quickly change course once again. Buoyed by her feeling that something great is about to occur and her faith in God, Lola presses on with Kareem in tow.Lola celebrates all the moments in her life, big and small. Even though she is doing her best to protect Kareem from witnessing her challenges, Lola's car breaks down at a rest stop. Now saddled with a hefty repair bill, Lola must find strength in knowing she is a courageous woman who is doing her best to live life without fear or regret. As her journey eventually leads her to new beginnings, Kareem helps his mother chase her dreams and realize a happy existence. While imparting snippets of wisdom and inspiration throughout her story, Lola transforms into a shining example of how perseverance determines success in life.Brave concludes the true story of a young mother's journey to overcome her obstacles and find happiness.

Brian: the Son, is the third book to Morgan: The family. Brian is the voice of forgotten memories. He is the middle child who is ignored, blending into the background of the family. No one could fathom the abuse he suffered as the only male child of Morgan. As he grows older, he finds himself pulled into drugs and alcohol, knowing full well the dangers of these habits, having seen first-hand his own father's destruction. Brian struggles with the reality of his own dark secrets dwelling within. Is he as bad as the lurking demons whispering lies in his ears? Has he become like the man he has hated most of his life? As he looks in the mirror, he questions who he is, why was he born, and how long he can carry the burdens of the unspoken truths?

The book takes place in a small town in Italy, where a young daughter of a pasta chef rescues a kitten and feeds her the food they seem to have readily available, pasta. The kitten grows into a robust, chubby cat who loves pasta and begins to get noticed by neighborhood children for her weight. She doesn't understand why they would mock her and loves herself as she is, because she remembers what it's like to be starving and is grateful for the spaghetti on her plate.

Our children won't remember all things we buy for them, but they will remember the time we spend with them. Spending time with your family is one of the greatest joys in life. I absolutely love it when my family is all together and having a good time. These are the moments I just want to freeze time. Your time is the most precious gift you can give to your children and baking is a way for us to spend quality time together.

Mysterious forces are destroying entire cities and their populations. Hal and Alissa are a middle-aged couple and the last survivors in their hometown. By sheer luck, they live through an air raid that totals everything around them. To survive, they become people they are not-or at least, people they never realized they could be.Step one is to dig out of the building they are trapped beneath. Step two is to find food and shelter. Step three is to seek someplace safe, even though they don't know where safe is or if it still exists. This is now a survival game, played by two unprepared people who are strangers to each other, even after twenty years of marriage.Hal, the breadwinner, finds himself hapless and weak. His wife, usually meek and agreeable, begins a transformation that is impressive, but also disorienting. Alissa hunts and plans, while Hal stumbles and broods. Left alone in a ghost town, stripped of the safety of civilized society and its distractions, this couple begins to act more honestly than they ever have. Flashbacks of their life together weave a story of love, grief, deception, and acceptance.

For years, Dr. Anne Wadsworth has led travelers to Africa's far-reaching plains. Not only does she love the terrain, but she also considers Africa her second home. When she is invited to be the keynote speaker at Zanzibar's Human Rights Conference, she has no idea that her ideal destination is about to be embroiled in an international nightmare.Anne is kidnapped by unknown assailants and held captive as they travel from Zanzibar to Somalia. After the horrific experience of crossing from Zanzibar to Mombasa, her life is pitted in the balance of life or death. With little chance to fight back, she finds solace in nightly stargazing with her Sudanese guardian.When she discovers the chilling truth, Anne realizes that it is no longer about saving herself but also, it's about saving a country.

One sunny day in the cow pasture, a young calf spots a big and beautiful grownup cow named Molly. The calf and Molly become friends, running around the pasture on sunny days together, so Molly names the calf Sunny. Their friendship grows, despite their age and size differences, proving friendships can be built anytime, anywhere, and with anyone. Help kids learn to be accepting and welcoming with the charming story of Sunny and his best friend Molly.

As if fifteen-year-old Ruby Wilson's life in West Wood wasn't hard enough! Now, her dad is about to marry her arch nemesis's mom, and Ruby's head is spinning in a million different directions. She doesn't know which way to turn. Alexia is the queen-bee mean girl at school, Ruby's sworn enemy since first grade, and will soon be her stepsister. Anna, Ruby's best friend, is crushing hard on the new boy at school, Oliver, but Ruby has had a grudge against "e;Cute Boy"e; ever since he beat her in an art contest four years prior. Life is a mess. Crushes, compelling friendships, love triangles, first kisses, and a stray dog complete the mayhem. Join Ruby and her friends as she navigates all of the intricacies of being in the middle of things while learning rich life lessons along the way. How do you put your life back together when everything is falling apart? Sometimes all it takes is a little love.

Leadership: 700 Definitions and Ways to Lead presents hundreds of definitions of leadership and ways to lead offered by authors, publishers, and editors of 381 publications, beginning with the first English-language dictionary definition published in 1846.If you are a student writing a term paper, a master's thesis, a doctoral dissertation, or any other research-based academic assignment related to management, political science, or some other discipline that involves the study of leadership, this book can be invaluable as a starting point or reference source. It can also serve as a wellspring of information for instructors, scholars, writers, and leadership practitioners.Joseph L. Curtin, a management and leadership development consultant, answers questions such as: What have scholars stated about the connections between leadership and effectiveness? Can leadership exist if someone only has one follower? Does turnover in an organization indicate leadership is ineffective? What are the connections between leadership and ethics?Whether you're as scholar, employee, business owner, or individual seeking to improve the way you interact with a child, friend, or lover, this book provides the wisdom you need to build authentic connections and grow as a leader.

A seductive symphony of intellect and barbarism. Young, beautiful women are meeting their demise in the cruelest and most diabolical way. Meet Serpentine, the country's most terrifying serial killer with an unorthodox propensity for violence. Enter Marlow and Chase, two ruthless homicide detectives with an avant-garde approach to working the streets. Serpentine perpetually outwits everyone, including Marlow and Chase, who are hell-bent on bringing this grisly killer to justice, dead or alive. The hunt is on, and the horror continues in this provocative race-against-time suspense thriller.

On the planet Mulizan, a world over eight-hundred-quintillion light years from Earth, dire peril threatens. Berasculata's leader and "e;father figure"e; has died, causing a spiral into confusion. The orphaned kingdom now comes to blows in an effort to redefine its identity.Individuals with different motivations jockey for the dead king's all-important position of power. Until a new king and heir is found amongst the kingdom's nobility, Berasculata has been stripped of its seat at the table of stable world powers. Who will lead this floundering country back into greatness?Ridges for the Wise deals with the economic, social, geopolitical, militaristic, intellectual, and religious aspects of today's society in a science fiction format. Peace comes at a heavy price as one world comes to blows with both the internal and external issues before it.

Since the beginning of auto lending there have repossessions. While there have been documentaries about the industry, these are often only small fragments of the truth and the reality is much larger, real and dangerous than even many in this secretive world may know. "e;Repo Blood"e; blows the doors off of common perceptions and goes all of the way back to the industries origins, evolution, it's leaders and of course, the many lives lost performing this necessary function of the American economy. This is a history never before assembled and presented to either the public or the repossession industry. Through interviews with the industries leaders and early agency owners, we have been able to reassemble a lost past. With these leads and countless hours spent scouring over a one-hundred years of newspapers helping piece together it's early pioneers and it's dark past. Its current status reveals a troubling future for both the repossession industry as well as the American economy. Regardless of your level of industry knowledge, this book illuminates a misunderstood, forgotten and previously unknown past.

This is a book about my experiences as a special ed teacher for twenty years. my ten years as a president of Streetfilms, an arts program for at-risk Chicago youth, and my 12 years as a college adjunct professor. MISS Teacher Interrupted describes those years that were energizing, creative and inspiring and what happened that made me opt out of the high school.

Three people have disappeared in Central Park over the past two weeks, leaving no evidence behind. The three victims seem to have nothing in common, so investigators have trouble finding a motive or pinpointing a suspect. Twenty-nine-year-old policeman Tomo Mihajlovi is especially frustrated until it appears he gets a break in the form of an invisible woman.After he is bumped by something he cannot see, Tomo uses his camera with infrared and, shockingly, spots an unseen female in a dress. Of course, Tomo follows her into Central Park. Tomo saves her from two bandits, and his heroics transport him to a world of magic and creatures beyond belief.He is in a universe parallel to ours on a Alternative Earth called Agulsa. The woman he saved is Erena Geneza, the youngest daughter of a famous sorceress. Always the investigator, Tomo explores this new, unfamiliar place, but there are still questions. For instance, why are people going missing in New York, and who plots to capture Erena?

John Locke is a homeless veteran. A former Navy SEAL, John has many problems, but they're about to get a lot worse. When a lady in an SUV offers him a job, he has no idea of the world she is opening up for him. Such a truly large world.

Keep looking at me, and maybe over time,I'll turn into what you see.What are we looking for when we want to be seen? What images appear through the haze? What are we doing here and who are we really? Sometimes after the dust has settled at coffee shops, in laundromats, and other places we often visit, our views of life and those around us can become distorted and confusing.In a collection of varied writings, Hal Perry shares short stories, poems, and prose with the intent of fulfilling the connection we all yearn for while on this crazy voyage called life, and to make sense of a journey that came without proper instructions. His writings explore diverse topics like the vastness of the sky, dreaming while awake, a bourbon-drinking cat, rain's beautiful symphony, a lonely beaver, and a woman with an extraordinary smile.Seamen in Sweat Socks is a volume of short tales, poems, and prose that lyrically travel through the voids of life to find a togetherness in a lonely world.

Min-Hwa Cheng Kennard has experienced a vibrant life while living and working in several countries. In a unique memoir, she shares insight into her journey that intersected with an extraordinary period of modern human history.Within twenty personal essays, she discloses how she and her family survived the upheavals of twentieth century China to later emigrate to Taiwan and the United States. Her reflections include a brief history of her family, her experiences losing a parent at a tender age, her professional triumphs in foreign lands, the unexpected losses of a child and two husbands, and much more. As Min-Hwa leads others through her poignant story about love and loss and resilience and hope, she offers intriguing insights into her cultural heritage and how she learned to navigate through conflicts between different values.From Sea to Sea is a collection of personal essays that reveal one woman's account of the upheavals of twentieth century China, her emigration to Taiwan and the United States, and her life as she embraced new experiences.

comes as a horrific shock when young Native American policeman Timothy Bear Child becomes a suspect in three Chicago murders. Not only does he face dangerous offenders on the job, but he now also faces hefty criminal charges.Bear Child retains the help of Native American ex-cop and private investigator Noel Two Horses. Along with friends, Two Horses plans to prove Bear Child's innocent, all the while suspecting the young officer has been accused due to race-based discrimination, wrong place, wrong time.While dealing with a Sinaloa drug cartel shooter and a histrionic client, Two Horses flies under the radar of the police agencies that have wrongfully labeled Bear Child a serial murderer. Legal avenues might not be enough, however, as all involved creep ever closer to an OK Corral-type conclusion.Rick Church has written a wise and witty thriller, full of breathless encounters and dark, dry humor. It's a fine read.Thomas Cobb, author of Crazy Heart

In a different time and place, humanity is shifting. The Uppers are creatures who inhabit the sky, the Scrbassions are part-animal, part human and live on the outskirts, and the Elderlins are vicious giants who dominate the planet. As humans dwindle in numbers and power, an organization is founded with a mission of restoring mankind.Meanwhile, Nildan is a boy on the run from a powerful police squad. But what no one knows is that Nildan possesses a secret ability with the potential to change everything. As all he has ever known hangs precariously in the balance, Nildan must embark on a dangerous journey to the truth where he is immersed in one battle and challenge after the other. Will he find a way to tap his abilities and succeed in this new abyss of a world or will he die trying?In this exciting young adult fantasy, a boy with a special power must outwit a powerful police squad amid an ever-changing, apocalyptic world.

A lumpy bumpy pumpkin feels alone, overlooked, and like no one cares about him. While growing on a vine in a garden, he sadly believes his special qualities have made him undesirable.In an effort to be seen and chosen before he becomes too old, the lumpy bumpy pumpkin places himself in different spots so someone might give him a home. He sits on a porch swing and hides among the flowers. Nothing works until a teacher sees him sitting alone on the sidewalk and shows him just how special he is.In this charming tale for little ones, a pumpkin who feels alone and unloved learns that everyone is unique and has their own special something to share with the world.

Triumphs and Trials is an honest discussion of the day to day experiences of a classroom teacher in America. It is depiction of the joys and sorrows all educators will encounter throughout their careers. Triumphs and Trials explores the unique talents of all teachers and exhibits how a career in education is more than a job; it is a calling and a mission.

As matriarch Naomi Jean's legacy continues to evolve, Morgan chooses to make free-spirited decisions that are about to dishonor the people closest to her. While Morgan's family is religious, God-fearing, and easy to approach, Morgan is anything but. Most of her teenage years are spent looking for new ways to dismantle her "e;holy-ghost filled bloodline."e;With no regard to how she was raised, she decides to become her own woman, a decision that comes at a huge price. She grows into a person who seems to have it all but actually has nothing to count on but her addiction to alcohol and craving for sex.Morgan's niece Amelia could be headed down the same disastrous path. In order to stop Amelia's life from collapsing, Morgan must wisely turn from her old ways and find redemption in a fresh start-but the decision is Morgan's alone, and an unspoken mystery in her family's bloodline could shake her to the core.