So begins Diane Keaton’s unforgettable memoir about her mother and herself. In it you will meet the woman known to tens of millions as Annie Hall, but you will also meet, and fall in love with, her mother, the loving, complicated, always-thinking Dorothy Hall. To write about herself, Diane realized she had to write about her mother, too, and how their bond came to define both their lives. In a remarkable act of creation, Diane not only reveals herself to us, she also lets us meet in intimate detail her mother. Over the course of her life, Dorothy kept eighty-five journals—literally thousands of pages—in which she wrote about her marriage, her children, and, most probingly, herself. Dorothy also recorded memorable stories about Diane’s grandparents. Diane has sorted through these pages to paint an unflinching portrait of her mother—a woman restless with intellectual and creative energy, struggling to find an outlet for her talents—as well as her entire family, recounting a story that spans four generations and nearly a hundred years.

More than the autobiography of a legendary actress, Then Again is a book about a very American family with very American dreams. Diane will remind you of yourself, and her bonds with her family will remind you of your own relationships with those you love the most.

About the Author: Diane Keaton has starred in some of the most memorable movies of the past forty years, including the Godfather trilogy, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Reds, Baby Boom, The First Wives Club, and Something’s Gotta Give Her many awards include the Golden Globe and the Academy Award. Keaton lives with her daughter and son in Los Angeles.

By the Same Author: Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty (2014).

Compiler’s Note: Diane Keaton is an adoptive single mother.

There Are Babies to Adopt is a practical and proven-effective guidebook for would-be adoptive parents that answers questions like: How long a wait can you expect? How do you improve your chances of getting the baby you want? What does it really cost? From finding the right adoption agency to the pros and cons of international adoption to the subtleties of the Home Study, this is the indispensible adoption handbook, complete with state-by-state breakdowns of adoption laws, lawyers and agencies.

Researched and written by an adoptive parent, There Are Babies to Adopt is all you need to form a workable game plan for adoptive parenthood-and give yourself the best chance to have the baby you have longed for.

About the Author: Christine A. Adamec is the author of sixteen books, including many on adoption, such as Is Adoption For You?, The Adoption Option Complete Handbook, and The Encyclopedia of Adoption. She concentrates of self-help and medical trade and reference books.

When Haregewoin Teferra’s husband and twenty-three year-old daughter died within a few years of each other, her middle class life in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was shattered. Bereft and with little to live for, Haregwoin became a recluse. Her self-imposed exile was interrupted when a priest delivered first one, then another, orphaned child into her care. To everyone’s surprise, the children thrived, and so did Haregewoin.

As word spread, children of all ages began to appear at the door of her modest, tin-walled compound: an infant handed over by his dying mother, an orphaned brother and sister whose grandfather was too poor to feed them, a baby left on the doorstep. Haregewoin’s home became known as the rare place where AIDS-stricken parents and grieving families could safely leave their children. Soon Haregewoin was caring for sixty children, running an unofficial orphanage and day school, and learning firsthand about her country’s and her continent’s greatest challenge: the AIDS pandemic that is leaving millions of children without parents to care for them.

There Is No Me Without You is the story of Haregewoin and her children: a story of struggle, but also of the triumph of saved lives and the renewed happiness of children welcomed by adoptive parents in Ethiopia, America, and around the world. It is the story of what one human being can do in a time of crisis. And at heart, it is a book about children and parents, wherever they may be, how ever they may find each other.

About the Author: Melissa Fay Greene, is the author of Praying for Sheetrock, The Temple Bombing, and Last Man Out. Two of her books have been finalists for the National Book Award, and New York University’s journalism department named Praying for Sheetrock one of the top 100 works of journalism in the twentieth century. She has written for The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, Good Housekeeping, Newsweek, Life, Readers Digest, Redbook, Salon.com, and others. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, Don Samuel, and their seven children, two of whom were adopted from Ethiopia.

By the Same Author: No Biking in the House Without a Helmet (2011, Farrar, Straus & Giroux), among others.

About the Author: Missionary-Evangelist Philip Cameron is a preacher, singer, author and founder of a far-reaching international ministry that has impacted nations such as his native Scotland, Romania, Moldova and beyond. In 1976, Philip married his hometown sweetheart, Chrissie, in Peterhead, Scotland and they now live in Montgomery, Alabama. They have four children: Philip, Melody, Andrew and Lauren.

But Marjorie wanted a second child, a sister for Lee Heh; four years later Holly (half American, half Vietnamese) came to Marjorie from a Saigon orphanage. Her fierce, inexplicable tantrums brought Marjorie to the edge of despair. To find the clues to the dark secrets of her children’s lives, her collaborator on this book, Ruth Gruber, flew to South Vietnam and South Korea to track down the truth of the children’s pasts and round out this moving story of the human spirit in triumph.

About the Author: Since completing the book, Marjorie Margolies has married Congressman Edward Mezvinsky of Iowa, and she and the children have moved to Washington, where she now lives and works.

Her collaborator, Ruth Gruber, a distinguished investigative reporter, specialist in the problems of refugees, and author of ten books, lives in New York with her husband and two children. She was for twenty years foreign correspondent of the New York Herald Tribune, and her articles have appeared in magazines and newspapers throughout the world.

About the Author: Rebecca Kahn is a freelance writer and journalist who lives in Johannesburg. She’s currently working on her M.A. in Journalism at Wits University.

It was a small note buried in the file of a deeply troubled eleven-year-old boy—a plea for a normal life the Miniters couldn’t ignore:

The Things I Want Most

A family

A fishing pole

A family

Rich and Sue Miniter knew becoming Mike’s new foster parents wouldn’t be easy. In his short life Mike had been a victim of severe abuse and neglect. Judged mildly retarded, continually medicated, he had lived in a dozen foster homes and institutions. Sullen and charming, obsequious and hostile, Mike hardly seemed the ideal candidate for placement. Having raised six children of their own to the brink of adulthood, the Miniters thought they knew everything about parenting. But were they ready to take on a child virtually everyone had given up on? Despite some reservations, the Miniters believed they’d heard in that simple note the true voice of a frightened child who wanted what all children want and need: someone to love who would love them in return.

And so they brought Mike home to the cozy country inn they’d restored and managed in rural upstate New York. There, over the next year, they would try to make Mike’s wish come true. But first they would have to work through the fear, anger, and distrust with which he’d learned to defend himself. We share the Miniters’ struggle to make Mike a part of their family: from the difficult adjustment with their older children to the red tape and bureaucracy of educational programs and child welfare agencies. Yet the biggest obstacle of all would be Mike himself, who would give them every reason to give up but one—the power of love.

Filled with moments of surprising humor and explosive violence, of deep despair and profound elation, The Things I Want Most is a personally candid and emotionally gripping memoir that defines the very meaning of family.

About the Author: Richard F. Miniter lives and works with his wife, Susan, a financial planner, in a country inn in upstate New York.

If So, Then You Need To Read This Before Finalizing Your Decision!

Hear True Stories About What Experts And People Who Have Adopted Have To Say About:

• How Much Time You Need To Set Aside For Adoption

• How It Works For Both You And The Child

• How To Make The Decision Much Less Confusing

• Various Perspectives About Adoption

• How To Physically & Emotionally Handle The Challenging Process Of Adoption

• How To Adapt To Being An Adoptive Parent

• And Much, Much More

About the Author: (pronounced “marine”) is half Puerto Rican, half Irish, and all American. Raised in the Midwest, he went to prep school on the East coast, college in Colorado, and law school in California, where he has spent that last twenty years. A media company executive by profession and an adventurer by nature, he has traveled to eleven countries and visited thirty-six of our fifty states. He has skydived in Arizona, water skied on the Caribbean, and rescued olive ridley sea turtles in Cost Rica.

In the spirit of giving back, they adopted and reunited five siblings separated in foster care. And for their new children they fought for resources in mental health and child welfare with the same tenacity they had fought for Becca in the medical world. Other’s said their journey was impossible, but they proved them wrong.

About the Author: Ann Yurcek, the mother of eleven children, takes you on a rare and wonderful journey of wholeness in parenting a critically ill child and adopting a family with extraordinary needs. AN enjoyable read you will not soon forget.

Covering a dramatic period in American History, this boyhood memoir is the story about Richard in his earliest experiences, from childhood to adulthood. This story concerns the experiences and influences, both positive and negative, that shaped his life and the lives of others during a turbulent period in the Twentieth Century. To Be A Hero is about an American family, reflecting what so many families had to endure while serving this great nation in wartime and in peacetime. It tells of the sufferings all endured as a consequence of circumstances and mistaken, if not prideful, decisions made by the American government. This story should surely ring true to many Americans whose lives were affected by man-made disasters and tragic accidents.

The Richard Taus Story Part One is the prequel to The Richard Taus Story Part Two, An American Hero: Stolen Honor, which tells the true story of corruption and CIA/FBI intrigue. Has whistle-blower Richard Taus been railroaded? Has this decorated army officer and FBI agent been a casualty of FBI and CIA intrigue? Many believe this to be the case for Taus who questioned unlawful Intelligence agencies’ operations. Investigate the life of this man who is serving what amounts to a life sentence and decide for yourself.

About the Author: Deanna Jones was born and raised in Rockford, IL, and is currently a bandleader and singer for the New York-based band The Deanna Jones Orchestra. She considers her greatest assets to be her six children—two by birth, and four by miraculous adoption.

But behind Alan’s blue eyes were scars that only love could heal. And Ron soon found himself wanting to be the one to give that love.

In the months that followed, helping a frightened little boy seemed easy compared to facing the questioning looks of friends and family—and fighting the open hostility and suspicion of County Welfare authorities. Ron was also losing his girlfriend, who felt she had lost Ron to Alan.

Everyone seemed to question how a young, single man could possibly be a parent to a troubled little boy. But when Ron heard the words, “Me want you papa,” he had no doubts at all that he had become a father.

Finally a book that examines the full range of alternatives for those who cannot become biological parents, or who want to expand their families. Here are answers to your questions about agency and international adoption as well as less familiar choices, such as foster parenting, child and family mentoring, and identified and special-needs adoption. To Love a Child also provides information on applications, resources, and costs--everything you need to begin a life rish with Children.

About the Author: Marianne Takas, an attorney at the American Bar Association's Center on Children and the Law, is the author of Child Support and Child Custody.

Edward Warner, her husband, is a senior editor at Capital Publications.

They live in Washington, D.C.

With only a few months left to live, Flavin made this candid, passionate and irreverent memoir. The true story of a man’s search for a way out of the depths of loneliness to reconciliation with his family —a search that took him to the edge of despair and brought him triumphantly back again.