JoBeth McDaniel

The Gift of Travel: The Best of Travelers Tales
The Gift of Travel features stories about the transformative power of travel. Two dozen of the most dazzling and moving stories from the award-winning Travelers' Tales series show that traveling can help people reawaken to the joys, mysteries, and miracles of everyday life.

A Special Kind of Hero
Chris Burke became one of America's favorite personalities when he starred as "Corky" on the hit ABC television series Life Goes On. Not since Helen Keller has one person so thoroughly changed how the world views people with disabilities.

This is Chris' story, and the story of his family's love and determination. Here he tells what it's really like to grow up with Down syndrome ... how he pursued his seemingly impossible show business goals ... and how he has dedicated his life to helping people with special needs.

Journalist JoBeth McDaniel first wrote about Chris in a Life magazine cover story. For this book, she spent many months with Chris and his family, and interviewed dozens of his coworkers and friends.

Profoundly inspirational, A Special Kind of Hero is a triumphant story of courage and hope that proves Chris' motto: "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Voyages: The Romance of Cruising
One hundred leading writers -- all authorities on exotic and extraordinary travel experiences -- give the inside scoop on the world's most exciting ports of call, illustrated with more than two hundred images by renowned photographer Harvey Lloyd.