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Randy's sister wants a WHAT?!? And his Mom isn't flat-out saying no?! My Sister Wants an Elephant is the true story of two siblings who team up together to convince their mother to let them own a couple of wild animals as pets, and a mother who just might be persuaded. Full of humor and fun, this book is a good lesson in not giving up on your dreams, no matter how truly wild they may be!

-Montaigne Medal - Finalist-Reader's Views: Reader's Choice Award: Humor Classics - Gold Award-Winner of the 2023 PenCraft Seasonal Book Awards - Fiction/Humor category-Included in Shelf Unbound's Top 100 Notable Books of 2023 list-Shortlisted for CIBA's Mark Twain category Edwin Nedellaf, a perfect nonentity, wakes up one morning and decides to reinvent himself because his life has become too stagnant, or he has finally been awoken to his calling. After creating new gods, he quickly becomes the next big cult leader. His actions also birth a new religion with multiple sub-sects, and like all great (maniacal) cult leaders he envisions a new world order and insane end goal for humanity. He encounters, or helps create, many peculiar characters who are stuck in their roles and unable to stop their actions or alter course let alone his master plan. In the end, his trip from (away) God might be a trip from (provided by) the Almighty, or perhaps there's a far more sinister higher power helping him steer the world to its inevitable next phase.

In this slim collection of ten letters, written to an aspiring poet in the early 1900s, Rilke speaks with his unique insistence about living your true, authentic life. Countless readers have found inspiration, wisdom, and guidance in these deeply personal letters now famous the world over.

In The Dyer Island Boys, two young surgical residents in post-WWII New York City, one a recent veteran, purchase a small, undeveloped island off the coast of Maine for summer adventure, but end up creating a community camp run for and by adolescent boys, providing positive structure for generations of teens in the process.When Walter Wickson is robbed at knifepoint by young Harry Thompson, he isn't looking to get the boy in trouble. Instead, he persuades the judge to allow Harry to join him and his colleague, Meredith Jones, on Dyer Island. The two men-along with Wick's girlfriend, a medical intern named Anne Dobson whose ambitions are temporarily thwarted when she is diagnosed with tuberculosis-create a novel therapeutic and rehabilitation plan for Harry involving hard work and solitude for personal growth.Fifty years later, Harry returns to Dyer Island-now a fully-fledged summer camp community run by adolescent boys. This time, he's here not as a camper, but as a member of the team. 15-year-old Johnny Miller has been rebelling against the camp community, and Wick has summoned Harry back to the island to help show Johnny the value of their work. On a walking tour of the island camp, the two men take Johnny on a journey through the story of their friendship and how it led to the creation of the camp.As they tell Johnny in their story, the three doctors' lives intertwine with Harry's over time as their plans for summer fun ultimately evolve into the creation of a community that offers directionless teen boys a way to gain valuable skills and experience, leading to gainful employment and involved citizenship. The Dyer Island Boys is an uplifting story of struggle, accomplishment, and redemption.