Books with author D D Christie

Lil' Sass helps children explore, understand and learn to express their emotions in a healthy way.“These books are life changing…all about emotions, how to deal with emotions, talk about them…which is so important because so many of us don’t know how to do that. [This series] shows how to talk to our kids about emotions. It’s a fun way to talk to our kids about them, and it even gives you guidelines on how to do that,” shared Malin Åkerman“The Adventures of Lil’ Sass…It is exactly what the world needs, exactly what every family needs. It is an amazing tool to nurture communication between your child and yourself,” Michelle Monaghan expressed.This emotional wellness children's book series and accessories (plus FREE resources online) are on a mission for kids and adults to have a healthier, more responsible and resilient relationship with their emotions..Lil' Sass and the Adventure of Sadness, part of The Adventures of Lil' Sass children's emotional wellness book series and accessories, allows readers to join Lil' Sass as she discovers that it's OK to express sadness. In this book, Lil' Sass, a spunky and independent 10-year-old, is sad when her dad moves away. She struggles with understanding how to express what she's feeling. Mrs. Moo, a family friend, gives her advice on how to deal with her sadness, and Sass feels much better.A Note to Parents and Caretakers:I’m super excited for you and your kid(s) to meet Lil’ Sass and accompany her on her adventures as she learns about her emotions. This topic of both having and being with our emotions isn’t always an easy one. I learned this through my own journey, which is why I wanted to create Lil’ Sass: to help adults and children talk about and experience emotions in a healthy, supportive way.I hope these stories support you as much as they support your child(ren). I share this with you with deep gratitude and respect for your dedication to your role as a parent and caretaker.Cape On!I'm here to help! Visit for bit.ly/LilSassResources for FREE resources to help you cultivate emotionally resilient young people.

A finely atmospheric debut...Christie s novel is a worthy tribute to the technological revolution it reimagines, as well as a haunting elegy to the culture of print...One thinks of Donna Tartt s obsessive accounts of furniture decoration in The Goldfinch or even Philip Roth s lovingly twisted empathy with glovemaker Swede Levov in American Pastoral. Such novels of craft and specialization take a writerly delight in the most intricate details of a particular trade while spinning rich prose out of its mysterious threads. Washington PostAn enthralling literary novel that evokes one of the most momentous events in history, the birth of printing in medieval Germany a story of invention, intrigue, and betrayal, rich in atmosphere and historical detail, told through the lives of the three men who made it possible.Youthful, ambitious Peter Schoeffer is on the verge of professional success as a scribe in Paris when his foster father, wealthy merchant and bookseller Johann Fust, summons him home to corrupt, feud-plagued Mainz to meet a most amazing man. Johann Gutenberg, a driven and caustic inventor, has devised a revolutionary and to some, blasphemous method of bookmaking: a machine he calls a printing press. Fust is financing Gutenberg s workshop and he orders Peter, his adopted son, to become Gutenberg s apprentice. Resentful at having to abandon a prestigious career as a scribe, Peter begins his education in the darkest art. As his skill grows, so, too, does his admiration for Gutenberg and his dedication to their daring venture: copies of the Holy Bible. But mechanical difficulties and the crushing power of the Catholic Church threaten their work. As outside forces align against them, Peter finds himself torn between two father figures: the generous Fust, who saved him from poverty after his mother died; and the brilliant, mercurial Gutenberg, who inspires Peter to achieve his own mastery.Caught between the genius and the merchant, the old ways and the new, Peter and the men he admires must work together to prevail against overwhelming obstacles a battle that will change history . . . and irrevocably transform them.

Stolen by Vikings from her small Scottish village, Sarah thinks all hope is lost. However Angel Aurelia knows differently. Sent from heaven to care for Sarah, Aurelia knows Sarah's choices have more impact on the spiritual realm than she could ever imagine. Arvid is a Viking who is completely struck by Sarah's beauty and gentle spirit. Despite his intimidating appearance, he is kind at heart and offers to marry Sarah for her protection. Sarah feels drawn to this huge Viking with the piercing blue eyes, but her fear and longing for home make her marriage difficult to accept. Just when Sarah is starting to settle, Angel Aurelia gives Sarah a seemingly impossible task and Sarah's childhood sweetheart Hamish arrives to rescue her.'Sarah's choice' is an intriguing mix of christian, historical, romance fiction with strong supernatural themes- as we see the situation from an angel's point of view and the spiritual warfare behind the scenes.

Hercule Poirot is enjoying a well-deserved break on Smugglers' Island and, through habit, paying close attention to his fellow holidaymakers. When glamorous actress Arlena Stuart is found strangled on the beach of a small out-of-the-way cove Poirot becomes embroiled in a murder investigation. With his clever and methodical questioning he discovers that nearly all the guests have a connection to Arlena. But which of these suspects, including her family, felt strongly enough about Arlena Stuart to kill her?

What do you do when you’re too young to be on your own but have no one to turn to? Sixteen-year-old Wreath Willis makes a list: Find a place to live. Buy cheap food. Finish high school. Get a job. Go to college. Now she’s finishing high school by day and squatting in a junkyard by night, flying below the authorities’ radar while she makes a few awkward friends and searches for an illusory “good life.” But when a teacher grows too suspicious, Wreath is afraid she’ll have to move on before she graduates. Could it be this was a good life?

Agatha Christie's world-famous mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N.Owen. Over dinner, a record begins to play, and the voice of an unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret. That evening, former reckless driver Tony Marston is found murdered by a deadly dose of cyanide. The tension escalates as the survivors realise the killer is not only among them but is preparing to strike again! and again!