College Life

A family in crisis puts love in jeopardy and forces an impossible decision. Can this married couple survive what they're facing, or will their happy and successful marriage be ruined by external circumstances? When Connor and Laura's children find themselves in trouble - each with their own life-altering consequence, drastic decisions need to be made to turn things around and keep this family together. Connor thinks a return to Ireland might be the best answer, but Laura wants to stay in Oregon to maintain her lucrative career as a renowned attorney. To further complicate a resolution, each...

Seven hours. That's how long I knew her in college. But that hasn't stopped me from thinking about her every day since. That's why I recognized her the second she walked into my bar. She glances over, but it's obvious she doesn't recognize me. And why would she? I think she only looked at my face once that night. Most of the time, she had her head buried in my chest, wailing about her idiot boyfriend. You'd think those few short hours would fade from my memory by the time I woke up the next morning, but no such luck.

For young adults or college students, life is full of mounting pressures, challenging relationships, and big decisions. In Life Wisdom from a Smooth Jesus and a Clumsy College Pastor, Skyler Daniel offers a friend for that journey and time-tested biblical wisdom. This devotional, readable in under five minutes a day, can be that voice and guide to you during this season of life. Written for Christians and skeptics alike, Life Wisdom offers fifteen devotionals a month, one for every other day, with an index for topics and Scriptures. Skyler Daniel pastors Manly Memorial Baptist Church in ...

Sky Fielder is a typical college student, except that she is a product of the foster-care system, lives in a halfway house, and meets with her caseworker on a weekly basis. While failing to balance her grades and erratic social life, she receives a call from a hospital, asking her to make medical decisions for her brother Ben—who died more than a decade before. The call must be a scam, and besides, Sky has a new life now. None of her classmates know about her desperate and feral childhood in West Texas.

How does an undrafted free agent and two-sport college walk-on end up in a Chicago White Sox uniform? With a college football career derailed by mononucleosis and a college baseball career shattered by rotator cuff surgery, Brian Kent's narrative will motivate any athlete. Follow the journey from high school to college(s); from the dojo to the independent leagues; and from personal training to a White Sox contract.

Leah Anderson has one dating rule…absolutely no men in the medical field! She learned a long time ago from her biological father that men in the medical field care about one thing–themselves. Leah reluctantly agrees to spend one evening dirty dancing with her best friend’s brother, Jared, despite the fact that he is a medical student and real jerk to boot. Anything to help out her best friend! Jared Billette has secretly crushed on Leah for years and acts like a real jerk to her to keep his attraction in check. Some things in life are simply taboo, and dating your sibling’s best ...

In a Massachusetts college town stands a dilapidated colonial: Delta Zeta Chi. Here, we meet Newton, the beloved chapter president; Oprah, the sensitive reader; Petey, the treasurer, loyal to a fault; Claire, the couch-surfing dropout who hopes to sell them drugs; and a girl known, for unexpected reasons, as God. Though the living room reeks of sweat and spilled beer, the brothers know that to be inside is everything.

Most of the parenting books currently in circulation were written decades ago. Therefore, they do not address—nor could they address—all the issues parents face today in the era of technology and excess. Parents need insights, techniques, and strategies to tackle the pressing issues of twenty-first-century parenting. That’s what the Understanding and Loving Your Child series of books does. Understanding and Loving Your College Student will encourage parents who have launched their children into the next phase of life.

A lot can happen on the open road… Wade I’ve earned more than my fair share of regrets on the road. You'd figure I'd be ready to dodge out of the way when trouble comes barreling down the highway marked clear as kerosene and just as dangerous. … You don’t have to take me far … I'd never seen Olivia de Los Santos before she ran in to me, literally, in a diner at three am. I didn't need trouble. Or more regrets. I've never been very good at avoiding either. Liv Trouble seems to follow me around, no matter how hard I try to outrun it. And I've been trying damn hard for the past week....

What began as an effort for a college professor to get to know her students turned into an invitation to be initiated into a National Panhellenic Conference sorority and serve as its faculty advisor. For the next seven years, Mathews attended sorority and fraternity chapter meetings, Greek Week competitions, leadership retreats, and mixers and formals. Combining her personal observations with ethnographic field analysis and research, this book examines how white Greek letter organizations help reshape the conceptual boundaries of society's most foundational relationship categories.

One hundred years ago, a burlesque dancer fell in love with the piano player as they worked together in the circus. One heart was already taken by a tormented magician and the other would only beat for her. They had no idea that their affair would not only cost the lives around them, but also those in the future. Odette Dupont has lived a pretty average college life in a sorority to dating the hottest quarterback on campus. One warning from a fortune teller at her sorority’s carnival has her life being turned upside down. Past visions, spirits, vampires, witches, and a cat that she truly ...

Every student asks questions about life beyond the classroom: What does it mean to be in community? How can I discern my vocation? How should I understand marriage and sex? How should I relate to money and power? What happens if I doubt my faith? How should I approach interfaith dialogue? To help students navigate these questions about some of life's most pressing and difficult issues, Gary M. Burge and David Lauber have gathered insights from Christian faculty who draw on their own experiences in conversation with students during office hours and over coffee.

Packed with actionable advice, real-world examples, and expert insights, "Connect & Conquer" empowers listeners to build and sustain powerful networks that can lead to lasting success and fulfillment, no matter where they are on life's journey.

It's not always the earth-shattering events that are most significant in our hectic lives. More often, it's the small things, many long forgotten, that touch and shape us most deeply. Our memories of these events might bring smiles, or anger, or even a desire to forget. But every one of them helps to make us who we are today and in some ways, who we will become tomorrow.

In this poignant, funny, and romantic novel, four nights of epic partying will see two teens through their highest highs and lowest lows over the course of one unforgettable year.

Karen Anders, high school English teacher and adoptive mother of Tiffany, comes to terms with being a single parent and a clumsy drunk in Houston, TX, as she forges an unlikely friendship with Leona Supak, a WWII, Hungarian refugee who inspires her to change her views on motherhood, drinking, and men.

Fourteen outspoken women describe college life in the tumultuous 1970’s. Experiencing their newfound freedom from the constraints of parents and home to a rebellious environment filled with alcohol, drugs and sex. It seems education doesn’t end in the lecture and study halls as these women come of age during the counterculture movement. Jack Olsen provides the readers with an insightful and personal perspective of campus life through the eyes of each of these young women.

There is a fine line between love and hate. When bartender Mick Ross first sees Holly Buchanan walk into Donny's Bar, his heart comes to a halt. That is, until she serves him her fake ID and reveals her true nature when she's declined her drink. Holly thinks Mick is an ass, and she has no clue why he can't stand her. Though, she does enjoy looking at his ass. So, when Donny hires Holly to waitress at his bar, she must either deal with Mick's hatred toward her or give him a taste of his own medicine. Tensions are high. Comments are made. Hearts are hurt. But if there really is a fine line ...

Congratulations, you’re on your way to college! But that doesn’t mean you can rest easy for the next four years. You need to start planning for your future in the job market right now, and the best way to succeed in the job market is to succeed in college. Fortunately, Succeeding in College and Life has all the answers you will seek.

When her best friend lucks up and marries an NFL superstar, college senior Racquel Spencer sets out on a mission to find and wed a Mr. Money Bags of her own. Racquel is not above breaking rules, or hearts, to get what she desires. But she will learn that even the best laid plans have a tendency to backfire, and they will inadvertently explode in her M.A.C. powdered face. 18-year old Harmony Eubanks feels that college is a waste of time and just wants to become Houston's next R&B singing sensation. But when an opportunity at a life of stardom presents itself she will find that it also ...