I´ve been asked by many about the picture on the front cover of Family Whispers - From The Front Porch and looking back, I don´t know why I didn´t explain that it´s my family! On the left in the back, is my Daddy´s mother, Grandma Deed and on the right, his father, Grandpa Irv. On the left in the front, is Daddy´s sister, Hallie, in the middle is my Mother, Mae and the little girl, whispering to her Grandpa is me! Stories about all of them are in the book, so you´ll get to know them. So glad you asked!

Marc, from the United States, meets and falls for Amala from India. Each is powerfully attracted to the other, but can their differences be merged into strengths through commitment to each other and to shared Christian values? Can parents change their feelings and views of the world to support them? Is it possible that a happy family can be created by two individuals from such diversity? The story takes Marc and Amala through an emotional roller coaster as they consider their choices and the consequences of what friends and family see as a forbidden romance which can only end in pain.

Whisperings can tell of the past, sometimes good or sometimes sad, if one will only listen. Tricia lives in a charming, historical Victorian home when strange things begin to occur. While cleaning, she swears she feels someone watching her. The walls seem to vibrate, and mist fills the room. With Tricia frozen in terror, the whispers begin. Tricia begins to think she is going crazy due to the voices she hears in her old home. As she gives in to curiosity and starts to listen, though, she connects with voices of the past. She learns ancient things that demand to be told—but who would believe something so otherworldly and strange? Night Whispers of a Painted Lady is a heartwarming novel weaving together the stories of multiple families who inhabit the same Victorian home over several generations. A beautiful woman is ready to reveal her secrets, but she must first find an attentive ear. One must be still and listen in order to realize the amazing mysteries of this painted lady.

Whispers from above change a small town in Texas... In a West Texas town called Littleland, on a Monday morning during his daily devotional time, Pastor Jim Mitchell hears a "whisper" from God. Along with his wife Cindy and his friend Darren, he suddenly finds himself on a spiritual journey of faith, a journey that involves a young girl named Alicia and a lonely and desperate boy named Rusty Jenkins. Rusty has an unusual crush on Alicia, and will stop at nothing to be with her. And Rusty Jenkins has a gun. "Read the first chapter and you won't want to put Whispers down. It's a compelling story about friendships and the unseen forces that seek to destroy them. It's a mixture of good and evil and the wonderfully mysterious." - Bill Perkins - (Author of When Good Men Get Angry and 6 Rules Every Man Must Break) "... a religious Field of Dreams" - Steve Alten (New York Times Best-selling Author) "Well, it's official! At exactly 3:41 am Pacific Standard Time I finished it ... I just had to stay up ... it was one of those books that I couldn't stop until I was done! Love it. Loved it. LOVE, LOVE, LOVED IT!!! - Carol (ShoutLife.com) "I was hooked on the first page. The way it starts out it grabs you and the last word lets you go. You feel the presence of God within every word you read." - Janet (ShoutLife.com) David Story lives with his wife and daughter in Pasadena, TX.

Emma Braden had lost everything she had ever loved. In one year she had lost her husband, Mike and then her baby. Just as she was about to give up on life, she meets Clara and her kids in the park one day and they became fast friends. Clara in an attempt to save her marriage offers Emma a job as their nanny at their home in Florida and Emma gratefully accepted the offer. There was nothing left for her in Austin anymore. This was her one chance to start her life over, to be part of a real family. But when she steps off the plane two weeks later in Florida, she had no idea the cruel fate that was about to be bestowed on her as she comes face to face with Michael, her lost love. Now all she has left to hold unto is her whispers above.

In the richly woven tapestry of "Whispers of the Forgotten: Tales from the Shadows," readers are invited on a journey through the veils of time and memory, exploring the spaces between light and shadow, remembered and erased. This anthology unfolds in a series of tales that traverse otherworldly dimensions, forgotten histories, and the profound depths of the human psyche, revealing the cyclical dance of forgetting and remembering that defines our existence. From Leo's odyssey into realms beyond comprehension, where ancient truths of existence are unveiled, to Miriam's struggle against a conspiracy that seeks to silence the voices of history, each narrative thread is a testament to the resilience of the forgotten and the power of truth to emerge from the shadows. Through their journeys, the characters challenge the constructs of time and identity, embarking on quests not only for recognition but for a reclamation of legacy. "Whispers of the Forgotten" is an invitation to reflect on the nature of memory, the fabric of history, and the enduring spirit of those voices lost to time. It poses poignant questions about what it means to be remembered and the lengths to which one must go to ensure that no story, no matter how faintly whispered, is left in the darkness. As the stories of the forgotten ones unfold, readers are offered a glimpse into the potential for new understandings of the past and the role each of us plays in the narrative of history. This anthology is not merely a collection of tales but a beacon, illuminating the shadows of forgotten histories and inspiring a cycle of remembering that transcends the pages of the book. "Whispers of the Forgotten: Tales from the Shadows" beckons you to embark on a journey of discovery, to explore the echoes of the past that linger in the present, and to embrace the light found within the depths of the shadows.

Unusual, fresh and challenging these essential Daily Bible Insights rarely whisper, but shout! At last, the Christian world has a relevant and up-to-date honest daily book of Bible insights that speaks to this generation! 'Night-Whispers' have long since been a global endeavour to communicate the God of the whole Bible in very raw terms to very real people. They are presented in such a way as to be read each day and are produced on a regular basis, the 366 daily readings for each year being presented with a unique volume number. That 'Volume' year is then divided into four Quarters. You can start any volume-quarter book of Night Whispers at any time you choose, because whilst these Everyday Bible Insights are fresh and relevant to each day, they are not interconnected in a way which means you have to read one volume before another. They are Biblical, fresh, provocative, relevant, and always challenging and always powerful. Night-Whispers: get yours today!

The Public Intellectual and the Culture of Hope brings together a number of winners of the Polanyi Prize in Literature – a group whose research constitutes a diversity of methodological approaches to the study of culture – to examine the rich but often troubled association between the concepts of the public, the intellectual (both the person and the condition), culture, and hope. The contributors probe the influence of intellectual life on the public sphere by reflecting on, analyzing, and re-imagining social and cultural identity. The Public Intellectual and the Culture of Hope reflects on the challenging and often vexed work of intellectualism within the public sphere by exploring how cultural materials – from foundational Enlightenment writings to contemporary, populist media spectacles – frame intellectual debates within the clear and ever-present gaze of the public writ large. These serve to illuminate how past cultures can shed light on present and future issues, as well as how current debates can reframe our approaches to older subjects.

Vantha´s Whisper is Saoran Pol La Tour’s extraordinary memoir of surviving the Killing Fields of Cambodia. Saoran and Vantha were the loving parents of five children in 1975, until the Khmer Rouge ravaged their country. Before the holocaust was over an estimated two million people died in forced labor camps and mass executions. Vantha´s Whisper weaves together Buddhist Wisdom and the undying love of Vantha’s spirit, which aided Saoran through her great escape. Despite disaster, Saoran found the courage to face her past, and with the assistance of Author Vivian Kirkbride, her story is told in this gripping page-turner.