Angels and animal spirit guides serve each and every one of us every day. We share this true story, hoping to bring people to the light of the knowledge that magic exists everywhere in the world and that the end of this life is not the end of life at all.
This is the third book in the Jack McAfghan Series. As you join Jack on his journey to Rainbow Bridge and back, he will give you a glimpse of the world to come while sharing his deep wisdom of unconditional love and the power of healing. Our story is your story too. It is the story of life, love and renewal. What you get out of his story is limited only by your beliefs. Sometimes what seems to be the ending of something is just the beginning of everything.
A comforting and playful exploration of a beloved dog's journey after a happy life on Earth. In Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant's classic bestseller, the author comforts readers young and old who have lost a dog. Recommended highly by pet lovers around the world, Dog Heaven not only comforts but also brings a tear to anyone who is devoted to a pet. From expansive fields where dogs can run and run to delicious biscuits no dog can resist, Rylant paints a warm and affectionate picture of the ideal place God would, of course, create for man's best friend. The first picture book illustrated by the author, Dog Heaven is enhanced by Rylant's bright, bold paintings that perfectly capture an afterlife sure to bring solace to anyone who is grieving.
Hutch’s Rainbow Bridge, the author’s sixth book, contains short stories and drawings of dogs, cats, and horses that have enriched the life of the of the ninety-three-year-old WWII veteran and educator. He salutes Lawrence county’s 2018 bicentennial. He has lived almost half of it and writes of his pets from tot to great-grandfather in the same down-home manner used in his fifth book, On Leatherwood Creek, a “childhood in the Great Depression” project that followed four WWII Eighth Army Air Corps books. (See free videos at Hutch’s greatest generation WWII stories.) He has preserved 250 short stories of World War ll veterans and speaks and writes to report history from an old man who was there as a teenager and is proud to have received many honors after retirement. The author holds three Indiana University degrees and is retired from a thirty-seven-year career as elementary teacher, principal, and assistant to the superintendent. He is a fifty-year mason, Rotary Paul Harris fellow, Presbyterian elder, and recent recipient of Indiana’s highest honor, Sagamore of the Wabash.
Over the years since the release of the first book in the Jack McAfghan Pet Loss Series, countless "Dear Jack" letters have been received from grieving readers seeking relief and guidance. With the help of his editor and best friend Kate, who receives his channeled messages loud and clear, canine Jack comes to us from the edge of Rainbow Bridge with answers to open your mind and to heal your heart.You will connect more deeply with your own pet by reading the stories from others who are processing their losses and grief too. The most popular themes, relatable issues, and emotions are shared in this deeply touching book which proves that life never ends and that love never dies.
Winner of the 1974 National Book Award "The most profound and accomplished American novel since the end of World War II." - The New Republic “A screaming comes across the sky. . .” A few months after the Germans’ secret V-2 rocket bombs begin falling on London, British Intelligence discovers that a map of the city pinpointing the sexual conquests of one Lieutenant Tyrone Slothrop, U.S. Army, corresponds identically to a map showing the V-2 impact sites. The implications of this discovery will launch Slothrop on an amazing journey across war-torn Europe, fleeing an international cabal of military-industrial superpowers, in search of the mysterious Rocket 00000.
Moving to America turns H&à's life inside out. For all the 10 years of her life, H&à has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. H&à and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, H&à discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape, and the strength of her very own family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next.