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John Smith wrote five books in the Hugs series. In addition to Hugs for Mom, he authored Hugs for Dad, Hugs to Encourage and Inspire, Hugs for the Hurting, and Hugs for the Holidays. He has been a preacher and teacher for more than forty years and taught public school at the junior and senior high level; he also taught at the college and university level. He is an in-demand speaker for graduations, as well as for athletic, education, fund-raising events. He and his wife, Kila, live in Huntsville, Oklahoma, and his three adult children are scattered about the country.

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Hugs to Encourage and Inspire will be released on May 04, 2013 in Trade Paperback
May 04, 2013
Hugs to Encourage and Inspire is now available in Trade Paperback
May 04, 2013
Hugs for the Hurting is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 06, 2013
Hugs for the Hurting will be released on April 06, 2013 in Trade Paperback
Apr 06, 2013
Hugs for Dad is now available in Trade Paperback
Feb 16, 2013
Hugs for Dad will be released on February 16, 2013 in Trade Paperback
Feb 16, 2013
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Chapter 1 from Hugs for Dad
Jan 05, 2013
Hugs for Mom will be released on April 03, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Apr 03, 2012
Hugs for Mom is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 03, 2012
Hugs for the Holidays will be released on November 01, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Nov 01, 2011
Hugs for the Holidays is now available in Trade Paperback
Nov 01, 2011
Oct 18, 2011
Tharg’s Terror Tales Presents Necronauts and Love Like Blood will be released on October 18, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Sep 14, 2011
Hugs to Comfort will be released on June 11, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Jun 11, 2011
Hugs to Comfort is now available in Trade Paperback
Jun 11, 2011

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Reading Eagle, May 11, 2013
...Revisiting the Reading Fightin Phils' ostriches: It was noted here a month ago that the ostrich is a biblical bird, and that Job 39 mentions three characteristics of it that can be applied to baseball teams: forgetfulness, cruelty and ignorance. ...
The Scotsman, May 10, 2013
...change him, or will he influence them? Clanchy seems to subscribe to the view expressed by the late John Smith, when leader of the Labour Party, that the Scots are a more moral people than the English. Struan certainly believes in duty and knows what it...
Hartford Courant, May 10, 2013
...America First Met China." Highly Recommended books in the Young Reader category are "The Amazing Adventures of John Smith, Jr. AKA Houdini" by Peter Johnson, "Bitterblue" by Kristin Cashore, "Dreamsleeves" by Coleen Murtagh Paratore, "One for the...
Virginia Gazette, May 3, 2013
...of cannibalism by the English, there were likely more. Topics Cannibalism Colonial Williamsburg X Historic Jamestowne John Tyler John Smith Smithsonian Institution Such tales are part of "Starving Times: A Brief and True Relation of Jamestown, Murder and...
Guardian.co.uk, May 3, 2013
...he lay in bed preparing mentally for the task of "reading the parish & hamlet": "the wood man John Smith born on Good Friday 54 years ago and buried today, Good Friday"; a poor woman who worked in a paper mill and about whom Jones had written in his...
Huddersfield Daily Examiner, April 30, 2013
...BAY Athletic have a treble firmly in their sights. Chasing West Riding County Amateur League title glory and already through to the West Riding FA Challenge Cup final ? they face Rimington at Elland Road on Friday (7.30) ? Bay sealed their place in the...
BDlive, April 30, 2013
...the Miami Herald, and the hard-nosed news-hound behind his journalist everyman, who goes, appropriately, by the name of John Smith. Smith is an Ivy League-educated dictaphone pusher who uses his preppy, nondescriptness to disguise his dogged trudging...
Spenborough Guardian, May 11, 2013
...overnight stops in Hull, Scarborough and Harrogate, the cyclists enjoyed a tumultuous reception with a ride-in to the John Smith’s Stadium before Town’s last game of the season against Barnsley. Among the local riders were Richard Bedford, Richard...
NewsRT.co.uk, May 11, 2013
...overnight stops in Hull, Scarborough and Harrogate, the cyclists enjoyed a tumultuous reception with a ride-in to the John Smith’s Stadium before Town’s last game of the season against Barnsley. Among the local riders were Richard Bedford, Richard...
NewsRT.co.uk, May 11, 2013
...overnight stops in Hull, Scarborough and Harrogate, the cyclists enjoyed a tumultuous reception with a ride-in to the John Smith’s Stadium before Town’s last game of the season against Barnsley. Among the local riders were Richard Bedford, Richard...
BBC, May 11, 2013
...introduces live coverage of the Challenge Cup fifth round tie between Huddersfield Giants and Leeds Rhinos at the John Smith's Stadium. You can also follow Super League XVIII each week on the BBC with the Super League Show. Available to UK users only...
BBC, May 11, 2013
...introduces live coverage of the Challenge Cup fifth round tie between Huddersfield Giants and Leeds Rhinos at the John Smith's Stadium. You can also follow Super League XVIII each week on the BBC with the Super League Show. Available to UK users only...
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, May 11, 2013
...Anna Erickson, Wilkes Barre; Eleanor Smith and Edward Sherrill Sr., both of Plymouth; and the late Michael Erickson, John Smith Sr. and Antoinette Sherrill. Breanna has a sister, Annalyse, 10, and a brother, Collin, 3...
Inside Nova, May 11, 2013
...18 at the Occoquan Regional Park and the town of Occoquan. Free events at the park include a John Smith discovery barge, stream science with George Mason University, a history paddle of the river with Occoquan Mayor Earnie Porta, Volksmarch event,...