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101-Year-old Woman Gets Her House Back Thanks to Author Mitch Albom

Last fall, Texana Hollis, 101, was evicted from her Detroit home after almost 60 years. A Good Samaritan from church took her in, while others tried to find funding to get her foreclosed home back. Unfortunately the building was in bad condition and condemned as not fit to live in, especially for the wheelchair bound great-grandmother. But, now her house is being given back to her – in better shape than ever – thanks to Detroit resident Mitch Albom, the best selling author of Tuesdays with Morrie and his charity for the homeless, S.A.Y. Detroit.

Bob the Cat Rescued Me from Drugs: How a Sick Stray Inspired an Addict to Sell a Million Books

In 2007 James Bowen had been a homeless heroin addict for more than a decade when he found a stray, injured cat called Bob, who would not leave his doorstep. Sensing a bond with another lost soul, he nursed the tabby back to health and began traveling with him on the city bus. Now Bob is the subject of an international bestseller, A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets.

Couple Plans Unusual Honeymoon Taking Strangers to Breakfast Across America

This July, after an Oregon couple walk down the aisle, they will hit the open road on a unique journey from Portland, Ore., to Portland, Maine, taking a leap of faith with dozens of people they've never met. The leap? The new bride and groom will sit down to breakfast with strangers across America and select 50 of those breakfasts to highlight in a book, Breakfast with Strangers: 50 Meals across America.

James Patterson Giving Cash to Bookstores

Independent bookstores, with their paper-thin profit margins and competition from Amazon, have found a sugar daddy in the person of famous author, James Patterson. The best-selling author has started a program to give away $1 million of his personal fortune to dozens of bookstores.

101-Year-old Woman Gets Her House Back Thanks to Author Mitch Albom

Texana Hollis, 101, was evicted from her Detroit home of 60 years. Good Samaritans took her in and hoped to get the foreclosed property back. Unfortunately the building was in bad condition and condemned as not fit to live in, especially for a wheelchair-bound great-grandmother. But, now her house is being given back to her – in better shape than ever – thanks to Detroit resident Mitch Albom, the best selling author of Tuesdays with Morrie.