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Imaginative play, especially in an age where video games and television do not inspire creativity, is all important for children to understand and function in the world around them. Rick Keeling is here to show kids the power of that imagination!

As a child, Nadia Sahari was abused by her immigrant family. Then she married an abuser. But Nadia had big dreams no one could kill. Nadia has been a successful entrepreneur and belly dancer and today she is an actress, author, and student of film.

When three years old, Nancy Henderson followed her missionary parents to Angola. She adopted the people as her own and learned their language; when forced to return to the U.S. at age sixteen, Nancy felt exiled from her African home.

On an isolated Greek island, Philip Carr fights to preserve the scientific and technological advances of the local university against forces that would use science for questionable purposes, including altering the very evolution of the human race.

Years ago, Lilah Kimball lost contact with her daughter, Elizabeth, because Lilah’s husband refused to accept Elizabeth’s marriage. Now a widow, Lilah learns that Elizabeth has died and left her with a granddaughter she does not want.

An American businessman experiences unemployment in Japan during the country’s worst economic recession since World War II. Through it, author Aponte learns not only to survive, but how to reinvent himself and thrive in his newly adopted country.

Amanda grew up in a picture perfect family—at least it looked that way. But her family had secrets. After years of being sexually abused, Amanda found courage to put her past behind her and build a successful new life and relationship.

Keoni has a big question about why people can’t see God. As a child, he looks to adults for an explanation. Author Patti Ogden answers Keoni’s question by sending him on a fishing trip he will never forget.

Life at 666 Cypress Avenue is a virtual hell for thirteen tenants who bitterly hate each other and the deteriorating building they share. The new tenant, Raven Thorn, uses her charisma to reverse the situation, but one tenant refuses to be charmed.

The third annual Reader Views Literary Awards have been announced for the best books published in 2008 in their category. The awards were established to honor self-published or independently published authors with a North American reading audience.