Alex Tresniowski

"She was a successful ad sales rep in Manhattan. He was a homeless, eleven-year-old panhandler on the street. He asked for spare change; she kept walking. But then something stopped her in her tracks, and she went back. And she continued to go back, again and again. They met up nearly every week for years and built an unexpected, life-changing friendship that has today spanned almost three decades." --publisher's website

Eleven-year-old Maurice must beg for change in order to eat, but when Laura stops to help, they begin a years-long friendship that gives each a new perspective and hope. Includes a list of suggested acts of kindness.

"A man desperate to know his true identity struggles to solve the infamous kidnapping that nearly destroyed his family—and find his twin sister, who has been missing for more than fifty years. When he was ten years old, Paul Fronczak was snooping around for Christmas presents in a crawl space in his family’s Chicago home. There, he found hundreds of old newspaper clippings about the kidnapping of a one-day-old infant in a hospital in 1964. He...

"On Valentine’s Day 2019, someone stole Steven Carino’s dog, Oliver, from his car. Having lost his mother at thirteen and grown up with an alcoholic father, he could always count on his dogs for comfort and company. But now, with his beloved Oliver missing, Steven felt utterly alone. Then, the miracle. In a series of near-impossible coincidences, people from different walks of life crossed paths with Oliver and with Steven. Hardworking immigrants,...

Oliver for Young Readers shares the heartwarming true story of a man searching for a beloved lost dog and finding more than he'd ever hoped for. When Steven Carino discovered his dog, Oliver, had been stolen from his car, he knew he would do anything to get Oliver back. The friendly Yorkie-Shih Tzu mix-with his bundle of black and brown hair, long floppy ears, and big round eyes-had been Steven's companion during even the loneliest days. But it took...

Antoinette Tuff arbeitet an einer Schule. Eines Morgens sieht sie sich dort dem Lauf eines Sturmgewehrs gegenüber. Vor ihr ein ganz in Schwarz gekleideter Angreifer. Hinter ihr 800 Grundschüler und deren Lehrer. Mutig und im festen Vertrauen auf Gottes Beistand stellt sie sich dem Mann entgegen und geht voller Mitgefühl auf ihn ein. Tatsächlich gelingt es ihr, ihn von seinem Vorhaben abzubringen. Dieses Buch ist vor allem aber auch der persönliche...

The author of the New York Times bestseller, Waking Up in Heaven, tells her extraordinary story and personal transformation after visiting heaven and shares how listeners can experience heaven themselves-and live a more meaningful life. On December 10, 2009, Crystal McVea was being treated in a hospital for pancreatitis. Her heart stopped pumping for nine minutes before doctors managed to revive her. In those nine minutes, she went to heaven, stood...