Books with author Paul Richards

Beneath the ground of Steven’s house lurked a hole, wider than a city. It had been there for thousands of years. A hole carved through the world by a diamond meteor. But on the streets above there was no sign of the danger below. Somehow, since the last ice age, ancient stone builders had covered the hole and buried its secrets. Steven was about to fall through the world and trigger the reopening of the Earth’s greatest wonder which should never have been seen again…"A children’s classic, layered with humour, greed, immortal spirits and an unforgettable story ending that will stay with you forever!"

An orphan boy thinks his life is perfect. He and his animal friends live near an abandoned orphanage in the snow filled north. His favorite time of year is Christmas. While talking with his animal friends, he concludes that no one ever talks about bringing Santa a gift. After deciding to create a gift to give to Santa, he is exploring the orphanage and finds an ancient tome that speaks of magical creatures and battles from long ago. Helgen adventures through mystical lands and encounters amazing creatures on his quest to find Santa. But what of the friends he must leave behind? Is he up to the task of traveling the dangerous lands between his world and Santa's? Find out in Helgen's Tale-Tiny Reindeer.

She was my first kiss. My first love. She was a little match girl who could see the future in the flame of a candle. She was a runaway who taught me more about life than anyone has before or since. And when she was gone my innocence left with her. As I begin to write, a part of me feels as if I am awakening something best left dead and buried, or at least buried. We can bury the past, but it never really dies. The experience of that winter has grown on my soul like ivy climbing the outside of a home, growing until it begins to tear and tug at the brick and mortar. I pray I can still get the story right. My memory, like my eyesight, has waned with age. Still, there are things that become clearer to me as I grow older. This much I know: too many things were kept secret in those days. Things that never should have been hidden. And things that should have.

In 1994, an unknown writer named Richard Paul Evans self-published a short book entitled The Christmas Box. That book went on to become an international bestseller, selling over seven million copies and touching the lives of many more people along the way. The Christmas Box Miracle is the story behind the book that has become a Christmas classic; how a man writes and publishes a book which helps grieving people to heal and lost souls to find their way home. It is Evans's story; his own spritual journey and stories of people he encountered along the way -- miraculous stories of healing and divinity that oftern defy explanation. In sharing the story behind The Christmas Box, Richard Paul Evans has given us a story of miracles, hope and healing for all seasons.

Northern Manitoba, awesomely majestic in its October landscape, sets the stage for Sergeant Bob Cole of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's investigation. Sergeant Cole's mission: a horrific one car accident on the Trans Canada Highway just outside Winnipeg, leaves a U.S. Congressman and his family dead; disturbingly, two victims without heads. Because the congressman is currently under surveillance, FBI agent Hooks from Grand Forks quickly joins the investigation. A local Inuit native, Naam, shares his story of the Toshomee legend to any who will listen. When two similar accidents occur within hours of each other, and a huge yellowish tooth is suddenly discovered, buried deep in the mangled Ford Bronco’s front grille, the hunt is on. Will they find that the legend of Toshomee is true? Will they live to tell the legend again?Foreword: “… you are about to be tossed into an enjoyable atmosphere of intrigue and suspense as you read Toshomee!” – S.D. (Steve) Saunders, Sergeant, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.“Suspense, excitement, fear, all rolled up in a roller coaster read of a lifetime. You out did yourself Mr. Tanos! Bravo! Superb!” – Shirley Johnson, MidWest Book Senior Reviewer.“Finally, suspense at its best – A perfect novel for a movie.” - Larry HoltSenior Reviewer, Space Coast Reviews “I was hooked from the start!” - Nancy G. HearnDirector, Aloette Cosmetics Kansas City Inc.

Sometimes when you go through the wrong door, you end up someplace entirely harmless. Other times, you find yourself trapped in a parallel universe. Life is funny that way. "At precisely the same moment, Alex and Jen knew they had gone in the wrong door, into the wrong apartment building. And they somehow knew that there was more to it than a simple case of mistaken entry. Because when they looked back toward the doorway they had just entered, there was nothing there." So begins an adventure unlike anything that either Alex or Jen could have imagined in their otherwise ordinary lives. It will take everything they think they know and everything they didn’t know they had in them to save not just the world they have fallen into... but also themselves. This young adult fantasy (Book 1 in The Wrong Trilogy) is a fast-moving, gripping tale of discovery and adventure. Yet it is also a story about the power of words and ideas to change lives... and to save a world.

Alan Christoffersen, a once-successful advertising executive, wakes one morning to find himself injured, alone, and confined to a hospital bed in Spokane, Washington. Sixteen days earlier, reeling from the sudden loss of his wife, his home, and his business, Alan left everything he knew behind and set off on an extraordinary cross-country journey. Carrying only a backpack, he planned to walk to Key West, the farthest destination on his map. But a vicious roadside stabbing has interrupted Alan’s trek and robbed him of his one source of solace: the ability to walk.Homeless and facing months of difficult recovery, Alan has nowhere to turn—until a mysterious woman enters his life and invites him into her home. Generous and kind, Angel seems almost too good to be true, but all is not as it appears. Alan soon realizes that before he can return to his own journey, he must first help Angel with hers.From one of America’s most beloved and bestselling storytellers comes an astonishing tale of life and death, love and second chances, and why sometimes the best way to heal your own suffering is by helping to heal someone else’s. Inspiring, moving, and full of wisdom, Miles to Go picks up where the bestseller The Walk left off, continuing the unforgettable series about one man’s unrelenting search for hope.