DescriptionJessie's Cafe is a staging place for a group of amusing, entertaining, sometimes raucous but always very real people. Each character is wildly unique yet their human yearnings and shortcomings unite them in a common, and uncommonly strong, bond. This unlikely family includes Jessie, the gorgeous, 79 year-old who owns the waterfront dive in which "one might expect to find Steinbeck." Louise is the cook and the dymanic center of this small universe. Willie is Jessie's gay grandson. And Joe Jones is the deeply devoted and continually unfaithful lover whom Louise tries hard to live without. Lamott weaves a complex tale that moves along breezily with great heart and humor, but skim the surface and you will find human frailty, remorse, and loss. Back in print after fifteen years, Joe Jones is a testament to the ways in which humor heals and binds.
DescriptionIn this, the second Unlikely Exploit, Fergal McNally's brain, last seen in a pickling jar in the basement of the Sacred Heart Hospital, is stolen, and the remaining McNally children are mysteriously drawn to Fishbone Forest and the forgotten crumbling mansion which lies at its heart. Here they meet the terrifying teddy-bear-clutching Mr. Maggs who is planning to make sweeping changes to the world, which is all rather unlikely, isn't it?
DescriptionAll of us find ourselves, at one time or another, facing the unexpected and asking "How did I get here?" Whether because of disappointments in love, crises in health, family, or finances, professional dissatisfaction, or events beyond your control, life d…
DescriptionThe book of Joshua derives its name from Moses' successor, whose deeds it principally recounts. It tells of the conquest, division, and occupation of Canaan by Israelites under his leadership and shows how Joshua completely trusted Jehovah and performed all the duties entrusted to him. He did not seek leadership, but when confronted by the Holy God, he could not refuse it. The complete King James Version of the Old Testament is available from Audible at 25% savings.
DescriptionInexplicably outlawed by the Empress Lionstone XIV, Owen Deathstalker and his reluctant rescuer Hazel D'ark seek aid and refuge on the rebel planet Mistworld. Having shirked the warrior legacy of his late father's Deathstalker clan for a pampered and reclusive life as a historian, Owen is ill-prepared for the harsh realities of Mistworld, a dangerous place populated by the outcasts of Lionstone's regime: the clones, the espers, the genetic inferiors of the empire. If he can survive the process, he is in for an unpleasant education that will open his eyes to the nightmare the Empire has become. But before he can entertain any plans for rebellion, he must enlist the services of a most unlikely band of heroes, some of whom aren't even human...
