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Sarah Miller's accomplished debut presents a fictionalized account of Anne Sullivan's life and her time as Helen Keller's teacher. Arriving at Ivy Green in 1887, Anne was a partially blind orphan who had been tasked with teaching the difficult blind, deaf, and mute girl to communicate. Anne quickly learned, along with Helen, that "words are a miracle".

In this novel authorized by the Little House estate, Sarah Miller vividly recreates the beauty, hardship, and joys of the frontier in a dazzling work of historical fiction, a captivating story that illuminates one courageous, resilient, and loving pioneer woman as never before—Caroline Ingalls...

From the critically acclaimed author of The Borden Murders comes the thrilling story of Mary Surratt, the first woman to be executed by the US government, for her alleged involvement in the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. A dubious distinction belongs to Mary Surratt: on July 7, 1865, she...

In this riveting YA non-fiction set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, trace Lorena Hickok--or Hick's-- rise from devastating childhood to renowned journalist, and watch as she forms the most significant friendship and romantic relationship of her life with first lady, Eleanor...

From the author of Caroline, a revealing retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved Little Women, from the perspective of Margaret “Marmee” March, about the larger real-world challenges behind the cozy domestic concerns cherished by generations of readers. In 1861, war is raging in the South...

In this riveting, beyond-belief true story from the author of The Borden Murders, meet the five children who captivated the entire world. When the Dionne Quintuplets were born on May 28, 1934, weighing a grand total of just over 13 pounds, no one expected them to live so much as an hour...

In a time when technology penetrates our lives in so many ways and materialism exerts such a powerful influence over us, Robert Cardinal Sarah presents a bold book about the strength of silence. The modern world generates so much noise, he says, that seeking moments of silence has become both harder and more necessary than ever before. Silence is the indispensable doorway to the divine, explains the cardinal in this profound conversation with Nicolas Diat, and he seeks to restore to silence its place of honor and importance.

With murder, court battles, and sensational newspaper headlines, the story of Lizzie Borden is compulsively listenable and perfect for the Common Core. Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one. In a compelling, linear...

When team leaders meet a challenge, they often spend more time dealing with their people than dealing with the challenge. They can’t get their team to row in the same direction—or row at all. In Good Team, Bad Team, a ground-breaking primer for leaders, Sarah Thurber and Blair Miller share their decades of experience building, facilitating, and leading thriving teams alongside pioneering research from the fields of cognitive diversity and creative problem-solving. Effective team leadership isn’t mind-reading—it’s good science.

Your home is full. Your mind is cluttered. And you keep buying more. You don't need another organizing book that tells you to "just declutter." You need a system that stops the problem at the source. The Rule of One changes everything. In every category of your life—food containers, coffee mugs, cleaning products, even your wardrobe—you choose ONE trusted option and close the door on the rest. No more decision fatigue. No more "I might need this someday." No more cabinets that avalanche every time you open them. This is not about deprivation. This is about liberation. In this practical,...

Stop feeling guilty about throwing away the past. Start building a sanctuary for your future. Body Copy: You have organized the pantry. You have labeled the toy bins. But there is one closet you keep closed. There is one plastic bin under the bed you refuse to open. It’s the sentimental stuff. The old letters, the baby clothes, the inherited china, and the mountain of children’s artwork. You want to clear the clutter, but the thought of tossing these items feels like a betrayal. It feels like you are erasing your history. So, you keep it all—and your home pays the price. In The Gentle...

You aren’t just moving boxes. You are curating the next chapter of your life. Does the thought of emptying your family home feel like climbing Mount Everest? You are not alone. For thirty years, your home has been the "Family Headquarters"—holding every memory, every milestone, and every "just in case" item. Now, you are ready for a simpler life, but you are paralyzed by the sheer volume of stuff. How do you decide what to keep when everything feels important? How do you get rid of the dining table where you hosted twenty Thanksgivings? How do you deal with the guilt of letting go? Stop...

What if the struggles that feel like they’re breaking you are the very key to building your greatest strength and success? Overcoming You: Stories of Strength, Struggle & Success is an inspiring collection of true transformation stories from Gary Barnes and twelve other extraordinary leaders who turned life’s hardest blows into fuel for resilience, reinvention, and healing. These raw, honest accounts prove that ordinary people can create extraordinary lives—not by avoiding adversity, but by embracing it as the catalyst for growth. Together, they challenge the limiting belief of “I ...

From the author of The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets and The Borden Murders comes the absorbing and compulsively readable story of Violet and Daisy Hilton, conjoined twins who were the sensation of the US sideshow circuits in the 1920s and 1930s. On February 5, 1908, Kate Skinner...

Hiding in Plain Sight: Eluding the Nazis in Occupied France is an unusual memoir about the childhood and young adulthood of Sarah Lew Miller. Born in a large Orthodox Jewish family in Dereczyn, Poland, Sarah's family moved to Paris in 1937 to escape poverty.

The German Occupation of France just three years later threatened her family's existence with repressive anti-Jewish laws and massive deportations of Jews to death camps.

Minimalism that actually works for real life—without erasing the things you love. If you’ve ever tried to declutter and ended up stuck in the same cycle—purge, organize, relapse—this book was written for you. Because the problem isn’t that you “lack discipline.” The problem is that most advice focuses on managing stuff instead of designing the systems that stop clutter at the source. In Minimalism for Real Life: How to Declutter Without Losing the Things You Love, you’ll learn a practical, psychology-backed approach to creating a home that feels calm, functional, and easy to...

Don’t just move in. Move forward. Stop the "unpacking panic" and design a home that stays organized forever. Moving into a new home is one of life’s biggest opportunities. It is a blank slate. But if you unpack without a plan, you will unpack your old habits right along with your dishes. Most people rush to empty boxes, shoving items into drawers just to get them off the floor. The result? A "new" house that feels cluttered, chaotic, and stressful within the first week. It doesn’t have to be this way. In The New Home Playbook, organizing expert Sarah Joy Miller gives you a strategic ...

Stop trying to declutter your entire life in a weekend. It’s a recipe for burnout. Instead, try the method that builds a sanctuary—one week at a time. Does your home feel like a second job? Do you spend your weekends frantically cleaning, only to watch the mess return by Tuesday? You don’t need more discipline. You need a better playbook. In The One-Room-A-Week Method, bestselling author Sarah Joy Miller introduces the antidote to "marathon cleaning." Forget the exhaustion of trying to overhaul your entire house in 48 hours. This book offers a sustainable, 12-week roadmap that fits ...

We are not powerless. We are not here by accident. And the time to remember who we are is now. It's Time is more than a book - it's a call to action for every soul feeling the pull of something deeper during these pivotal times. Born from the groundbreaking documentary of the same name, this handbook brings together the unfiltered truths, healing insights, and radical wisdom of ten trailblazing experts in energy medicine, neuroscience, holistic healing, ancient traditions, and conscious living. This book offers clarity, courage, and a new way forward in a world that is unraveling at the ...

Stop drowning in clutter. Reclaim your home in just 48 hours. Does your home feel like a to-do list that never ends? Do you spend your weekends shuffling piles from the counter to the table, only to watch the mess return by Tuesday? You aren’t lazy, and you don’t need more willpower. You just need a better system. Welcome to The Weekend Edit. Written by Sarah Joy Miller, author of The Decluttering Playbook, this guide is the antidote to the "all-or-nothing" cleaning marathons that leave you exhausted and overwhelmed. Designed for busy parents, professionals, and neurodivergent brains, ...