Books published by MindStir Media

Originally published in 2009, Sands of Sanibel is a poignant tale about Catarina and Lars and their fascinating journey from adolescence on Sanibel Island to adulthood. What starts as a platonic friendship slowly transforms into something more, but Lars' top secret navy missions and Catarina's dream of becoming a marine biologist threaten to keep them apart.

After years of believing Chuck's affair is behind them, Bobbi's marriage is tested again when Tracy Ravenna resurfaces. Tracy's not alone, though. Jackson Charles Ravenna is the newest student in Bobbi's first grade class and the spitting image of her husband. When Chuck decides to pursue joint custody, they discover Jack isn't the only secret Tracy's been hiding. As Tracy's past begins to threaten their future with Jack, Bobbi is forced to face the unsettling truth about God's grace. But this time, what will it cost to forgive the unforgivable?

Where was God? Bobbi Molinsky's comfortable life is shattered when a forwarded email from her husband's account lands in her inbox. The email teases, "My whole evening is free again." After an angry confrontation with Chuck, she is left with the broken remains of an eighteen year marriage. Where is God? Bobbi agrees forgiving Chuck is the right thing, the God-honoring thing to do, but it leaves her empty and isolated. Teaching her second-graders is a burden. Taking care of her boys saps all her energy. It seems God Himself has walked away, leaving her to struggle alone. Is God faithful? Bobbi can't deny the transformation in Chuck, but genuine forgiveness requires trust, and trust is a risk she's not willing to take. Can she let go of her deepest, most primal fears and save her marriage?

The book titled above is a story of a women who learned that money can't buy you happiness. You know some times you find love in the strangest places. I met a man by the name of peter who was brutally murdered and his inheritance was inherited to the person involving in his death. The person name Sharon in the book was a housekeep at a very popular hotel and a man name peter was the man of her dreams. However, when you read this book you will experience many real life events such as the way my children get on my very last nerve and how my eldest son's thing that they can out think their mother. Anyhow, let me tell you about the book in more detail. Imagine dating the man of your dream, who wanted you to have everything that he could offer, but all you wanted was his love. One day I was at my sister's home and noticed a news broadcast of a large sum of money that floated out of a bank where I reside, and a short time later, I found over five million dollars in my bath tub. Another incident was someone left me a five thousand dollar tip at my job and believe me money will make one happy, but for how long.

It's 1948, civil war in Greece was about to turn the world of one family upside down! This is the story about that family and the life-changing events that take place in their life. Civil war in Greece caused the parents of the four children to make a major decision, which brings them to a sudden and a fast separation between themselves and their children. They made the decision to send their children to America alone...without their parents, due to the current American immigration laws that were in effect at this time in Greece. Their life evolves from Greece to America and the love they develop for both countries, as they struggle to deal with the occurrences that were about to take place in their life. The four children have to deal with many challenges while moving toward adjusting and learning how to survive without their parents in their new beloved country, America. Now they had come to the wonderful country that their parents had so often described to them with much love during their young years growing up in Greece.

This romance story follows the life of character Pete Hudson through his own perspective. The novel includes friendship, betrayal, mystery, violence, sadness, happiness, sex, love, and change. Throughout Pete's life his relationships with the characters of the story change, such as his relationship with his parents, his friends, and his female counterparts. The characters themselves change. Some things don't change. Pete discovers the obsession that love can bring and takes on the challenge of his changing environment.

In London, a crowd gathered to get a glimpse of Princess Elisabeth the Beautiful, Duchess of Kenton, as she rode in her gilded carriage along the parade route. As they threw flowers in her path, they had no idea that their Princess had a very strong will of her own. They loved their regal Queen Candis, but rumors were in the air that before long, they would claim the princess as their beautiful queen. During this same time, across the Atlantic, a part of America was celebrating Cotton as their King. However, things were changing fast, and Elisabeth the Beautiful and America the Beautiful would be wrestling with the changes. The Royal Rose of Alabama delves into the minds and decisions that had to be made for both.

Karra Ann's mother sends her to live with her paternal grandmother in Austin, Texas. Her grandmother embraces her and is instrumental in her spiritual growth as Karra Ann struggles with her new surroundings and missing her mother. After being told by her mother all her life that there is no God, she is now told that, "Yes, Karra Ann, there is a God." This young girl is embraced by many and soon learns to trust in those around her. She slowly begins to accept the teachings of her grandmother and cautiously begins conquering her personal struggle with praying and believing in a God she cannot see. She begins to receive and believe in the power of prayer and witnesses just how good God is. A grandmother's "faith unwavering," a mother's "faith restored," and Karra Ann's "beginning new faith" is witnessed in this story that is heartwarming and inspiring.

When Doug Bolling sues for custody of his grandchildren, he sincerely believes he's rescuing them from a life of religious fanaticism, but it is also the latest battle in his long war with God. Mark Bolling finally found the acclaim and respect he so desperately craved as a missionary in Kenya, but it meant abandoning a promise he had made to his dying mother years earlier. Now, this father and son, locked in the legal battle of lifetime, are forced to face their own fears and failures. As each man is stripped of what he holds most dear, Doug and Mark discover victory will require nothing less than complete surrender.

Five feisty women, victims of childhood abuse, meet by chance and discover the healing power of friendship. They laugh and cry together, helping one another overcome the crippling effects of their trauma. But they must also deal with the threats of a deranged husband, a homicidal stalker, and an amoral therapist. It is not a given that any one of them, let alone all of them will survive.

America was changing. Things were happening so fast that you didn't have time to adjust to yesterday's 'new thing.' President JFK was flying to Dallas. The devil continued to do his thing. He was attacking my wife and I with everything that was in his arsenal. Not a lot of heavy stuff. Nothing big and mind-blowing...just small and seemingly insignificant. BUT, I STILL INSIST, IF I WAS FOCUSED AND ON TRACK WITH GOD, 90% OF THE ARGUMENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED OR LESS HARMFUL. Show me a man who is not praying, like the bible admonished, 'Man should always pray', and I'll show you a man flirting with danger and failure. Sooner or later, the evil one will trick you into falling in a nasty, quiet comfort zone. You're argue-less because you're communicating less! THIS IS NOT GOOD! Men...we have to remember, our moods and words and behavior sets the tone - sets the tone for peace or sets the tone for fear and confusion...

Ladies and Gents, Hobo's and tramps, cross-eyed mosquitoes and bull-legged ants: I come before you, to stand behind you, to tell you that through hell and high water you are the intellectual and spiritual center of the universe.

GRANDMOTHER GOOSE: RHYMES FOR A SECOND CHILDHOOD is a collection of humorous, seniors-related poems which explore a range of subjects - including coping with the computer age, discrimination against older drivers, and changing fashions ("As hemlines rise and necklines dip, it really is a riddle - if this trend continues, will they meet in the middle?") We all will grow old - if we're lucky. If we're luckier still, we'll be able to laugh about it. GRANDMOTHER GOOSE helps us do just that.

We all have something that reminds us of someone we loved and lost. Our lives are so busy today and we are running around and always in a hurry. Sometimes we stop quickly...we never know when we will see it...and then we spot it, we stop in our tracks. It may be a vase that we have in our home and walk by it every day, a picture on the wall, an old wine bottle, a medal, a piece of jewelry, an old tea pot, a chair, or a chandelier hanging from the ceiling, something that reminds us or brings us back to a memory of a friend, a parent, a brother or sister, or husband or wife. That special someone who you thought would be around forever to share in your life, and then they were gone...We have little treasures at home - "keepsakes" that we hold, smell, look at, or even hug sometimes. The feelings we get of presence and love, we cannot describe, only feel. For these keepsakes help keep memories of our lost ones alive in our hearts, and knowing that they are very close to us in our everyday lives. Read these stories from these amazing people that share their most intimate feelings and memories of people that have died, and then pull out some of your keepsakes and know that your loved one is there very close to you. Shed a tear or bear a smile...and think and feel the memories of your "Keepsake"...

Were you "Daddy's Little Girl"? Did you share that special relationship with your Dad? Did your Dad serve in the military and not talk much about it, or perhaps not at all? You need to read these personal stories from women who grew up sometimes never hearing or knowing about their dad's service in the military/war. Never hearing names of their buddies or even knowing where they fought til after they have died. Perhaps they saw their buddy die by their side or fought in bloody battles that they wanted to forget. These are all very special stories of ordinary Dads that served and were extraordinary Dads and Soldiers. Share these women's photographs, read their own words, their own versions, no structure, just words from their own hearts and memories.

There are so many people hurting in this world, in the church and outside of the church. We have all been through pain and hurt in our lives. One thing is certain we don't have to live in that and stay in that pain. Many of us live defeated lives and a life of very little joy or peace. We are searching everywhere in life for peace, except at the feet of the Prince of Peace. God did not intend for us to live in misery. He wants to restore us and heal us. I share with you because I suffered too long in not knowing the truth and in depression in the church and outside of the church. God has so much more planned for you in your life. He wants to help you with that inner battle that continues to consume you, all the while pretending to be okay on the outside but hurting so much on the inside. The Lord cares for you and about your problems personally and individually. You are very valuable, and loved by the Lord. He wants to be so real in your life. He wants you to have a good relationship with him, others and yourself. He wants to give you life here with peace and joy as well as eternal life. I pray that you come to the feet of the Prince of Peace and receive all that he has for you. He wants to restore that which was lost and heal your broken heart, your emotions, and your spirit man. Come, to the Prince of Peace and search no more. He is all that you have been searching for and so much more. Come!

As I looked around at the condition of the world in which we live I was struck by the enormity of all the divisions that separate us and have kept us from reaching any kind of a meaningful relationship. We are all uniquely unique in many ways but there is so much more that we all have in common and all of this can be used to bring us together. As I watched all the talking heads on television or heard the pundits on talk radio or walked down the aisle of any bookstore it became quite apparent to me that we had become a nation and indeed a world more divided than ever. One side is hammering home their point of view as the other side is doing the same thing. All this is doing is riling up their constituents that believe as they do and is doing nothing good for society as a whole. We have created an US vs. THEM world. As long as our public discourse is done this way there is no hope for this divisive rift to get any better much less healed. It is my hope that every reader of this book will see what we have in common as the barriers of divisiveness are shattered and the fog is lifted so Christianity can be seen in the light that it so much deserves. I believe that this book is practically unique in the marketplace, unfortunately, as it attempts to build a bridge instead of the chasm that currently separates us. Therefore, this book is for every seeking individual out there looking for meaning and purpose in their life and to give them a pure look at Christianity as an option for them as opposed to what they may have seen and experienced. It is also for every professed Christian out there as a wake-up call to authenticity which is so sorely needed. WORLD FORGIVE ME is written in a down-to-earth conversational style laced with humor throughout to engage the reader.

Modern medicine is all about treating illness and disease. But how about promoting wellness instead? Have you ever wondered if there are some simple and natural everyday lifestyle choices that can dramatically improve your health and well-being? Things your doctor should be telling you all the time, but doesn't. Recommendations based on solid medical science. In High Percentage Wellness Steps, you will be shown some of these easy everyday steps and compelling scientific evidence for incorporating them into your routine. Study results that have higher percentage improvements than many new medications and treatments. From what you are eating to how you are thinking, steps that will leave you feeling healthier, happier and empowered.

THE GOLDEN CLIMATE IN DISTANCE LEARNING addresses an essential dimension for Distance Learning teachers and trainers: How to BE with your students and trainees so as to increase their connectivity, engagement, enjoyment, performance, and autonomy. This book revises the teacher's role and pedagogical approach to include an awareness of how the teacher can relate to her students and trainees on the intellectual and emotional level in order to optimize outcomes. Unlike any previous books on Distance Learning, "The Golden Climate in Distance Learning" promises not only improve your results, but also to increase your enjoyment and fulfillment as a teacher as you watch your students bloom.

Thomas Jefferson. Few in world history could claim such an astonishing array of talents and achievements. A true American legend, he played a pivotal role in the founding of a new nation. But one mysterious facet of his life has remained secret up till now, only recently uncovered from the archives thanks to a trusted friend. Timeless life and well-being lessons to treasure. An amazing story that intertwines the best of ancient Eastern philosophy with the spirit of the American Revolution....

Jamie, Charlie, and Star join their Uncle Max on a visit to the Umatilla Indian Reservation. They travel to Oregon to surprise Jamie's parents on their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary and to attend the famous Pendleton Roundup... During their visit, they find themselves involved in poaching, murder, and rustling, as well as a three-hundred-year-old-lost treasure on the Oregon Coast. With the accidental uncovering of a drug ring just off the reservation, Jamie, and her entire family, find themselves targets of the perpetrators... Jamie's mom and Uncle Max have a curious ability to understand and respect the 'unexplained' events in our world. One of these 'unexplainable' entities aids the FBI and the Umatilla tribal police in solving cases they find themselves working on together. Spirits and Heroes --or both? Who's to know for sure?

19: I never had a birthday in Vietnam was written to show how the guys out in the field lived from day to day and not knowing if it was going to be their last day. There's some laughter, sorrow, feeling so down that taking a bullet to end it didn't seem so bad. Guys are guys and the nineteen to twenty four year olds that were in Vietnam were a little more intense than most. Living with death day to day is something only another combat soldier would understand. This was written to get the reader to understand that.

Although you are never prepared to deal with the stress, trauma, upheaval and changes caused by the end of a marriage, particularly a long-term one, you can, and will, survive your midlife divorce! This guide will help you start the transition from being married to single and from being bitter to better. Whether you are facing the first few days of the divorce or you're already picking up the pieces and moving on, this will become your source to rebuild your life, handle the many challenges that come with change, and rise above the situation. Gain a better understanding of midlife divorce and learn how to let go of the anger, hurt, and blame, and start looking at your divorce not as an end, but as a new beginning for you. Change your negative thinking, improve your self-esteem, increase your confidence, and start rewriting your happily ever after today!

Rose Johnson was born to a fairly large family in the 1930's. This young Afro-American girl witnesses a brutal murder of her older sister Ozzie Johnson. Fearful this could happen again, Rose decides it's best if she finds a way out of the little town in which she lives. With the help of a young man, Rose leaves town at the age of nine and searches for a better life elsewhere...