Books published by publisher AmErica House

The snapshot clipped to the record which Amanda Adams sat studying showed a blond twelve-year-old boy slightly above average size for his age. Aside from a rather out-of-touch look on his face, Josh Fields' picture gave little support to the clinical description, which she found herself reviewing with interest and concern.The record, several inches thick, included reports from schools, pediatricians, and mental health practitioners from several mid-western states. Each report was filled with data confirming a child in serious trouble.Fill Me Up To Empty is the true story of a severely disturbed child's struggle to understand his chaotic life and to make a place for himself in a world which for him was both frightening and undecipherable.The story of Joshua's successful struggle to define himself as a real person, capable of loving and of being loved, is told here as testimony to one young man's heroic efforts to rid himself of madness.

Eight-year old Penelope and her best friend, Mandy -- a stuffed elephant, search for their roots, but find much more in Cantaloupe Trees. Guided by a fledgling fairy named Impy, they tour the magical Parade of Trees questing for the places where they were grown. Their adventure takes Penelope and Mandy to a myriad of fantastical trees hosted by amazing fairies. They experience marvels such as flying and tasting enchanted food, but are also faced with the darkness of deceit and the challenges of friendship. Along this flying road trip, Mandy finds things much more troubling to an elephant than mice, and Penelope makes a decision which will alter both her and Mandy’s fate forever.

Why did we start measuring time? Why do we have seven days in a week? Who invented the spring powered watch? How do we measure time with millionth of a second accuracy? Timeline Story of Clock and Calendar gives you the answers to these and many other questions by taking you through the milestones of technological development from the sundial era to the present atomic clock era. Written in a non-technical language, this comprehensive technology history of time measurement systems and instruments is an easily accessible book for readers of all levels. The author explains the systems of ancient calendars and the historical developments that brought us to the present day Gregorian calendar. Also covered in this book is the technological advancement from sundial to atomic clocks through the way of mechanical and electrical clocks. In addition, topics such as the concept of time and the determination of time zones are also explained in the Timeline Story of Clock and Calendar. With many photos to explain clearly the topics discussed in each section, and a detailed glossary and index, this book is a must have for home libraries and public libraries alike.

A Night to Remember is a 1955 non-fiction book by Walter Lord about the sinking of the RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912. The book was hugely successful, and is still considered a definitive resource about the Titanic. Lord interviewed many survivors of the disaster as well as drawing on books Lord traveled on the RMS Olympic, Titanic 's sister ship, when he was a boy and the experience gave him a lifelong fascination with the lost liner.[1] As he later put it, he spent his time on the Olympic "prowling around" and trying to imagine "such a huge thing" sinking. He started reading about and drawing Titanic at the age of ten and spent many years collecting Titanic memorabilia, causing people to "take note of this oddity.", memoirs and articles that they had written