Daily Excerpt: Overcoming the Odds (Carl Leaver, editor) - Introduction

 


Excerpt from Overcoming the Odds, edited by Carl Leaver.

Introduction 

If you have picked up this book, you are likely somewhere waiting. Perhaps you are in a waiting room (aptly named). Perhaps you are in a hospital room somewhere. Perhaps you are at a library or even happily ensconced on a plane, train, bus—or in your living room, having picked up this book at a library sale or some other charitable event. 

We are sorry that you are “stuck” somewhere. We hope that the stories in this little book will help you pass your time enjoyable. (And, if you are in a waiting room, please leave it where you found it so that others may be entertained after you.) 

 If you would like to read more stories from the books from which these excerpts have been taken, they are easily obtained. You can order them from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or any other online bookstore. Your local bookstore may also have it, but if not, the manager can certainly order it for you. Or, send us a note of inquiry at orders@msipress.com, tell us where you picked up the book, and we will give you a 25% discount (and, if you order 5 or more of the 13 books excerpted here, we will throw in free shipping). 

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