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He gently helped her back up onto her feet and then picked up what he thought was her grocery bags. After giving her a quick look over and insuring she had no injuries he insisted on giving her a ride home.After asking her numerous times for her address...

Best-selling author Rebecca Galli has experienced some of life's most difficult challenges: sibling loss, special needs children, paralysis. In this book of daily readings, she offers reflective questions and inspiration for readers to "fuel up" on...

Outrageous, hysterical, and at times terrifying, Chef Rossi's second memoir takes readers back to her teenage years, where she comes out, comes of age, and throws off the oppressive misogyny of the Chasidic Jewish tradition.

¿Cansada de que te rompan el corazón? ¿Siempre es la misma historia en el juego de las citas? ¿Comienzan por aparentar ser el mejor hombre pero termina siendo un patán peor que el anterior? Entonces sigue leyendo..."Un hombre tóxico provoca emociones...

A fight for equal opportunity took place in the 70's at the intersection of the country’s largest corporation (AT&T), women’s rights activists (NOW), and Government’s major efforts to enforce equal opportunity. The outcome...

A searing examination of the immigrant experience, The Fortune Teller's Prophecy is Lally Pia's tale of resilience in the face of a bungled Green Card-a four-continent quest to fulfill her dream of becoming a doctor.

The brief "Report of Investigation" contained inside the thin, manila envelope that landed in Patti Eddington's mailbox after almost six decades locked in a courthouse vault looked unassuming-but the adoption document unleashed a heartbreaking, emotional...

Sue Camaione is a rebellious young woman in pursuit of physical pleasure and sexual equality during the second wave of feminism-the 1970s-80s, a time when gender double standards rule. Throughout her adventures she doggedly resists the virgin-whore...

Journeys with Jimmy Carter and Other Adventures in Media reveals deep knowledge of elections, traditional and new media, and the importance of seeking new journeys throughout one’s life.Assistant to Jimmy Carter, Emmy-winning producer for CBS...

This is my coming out story.What's yours?Amidst all of our beautiful differences, we're united in the common desire to be the authors of our own story. We all crave the freedom to tell the world who we are, and the confidence to protect what we want...

There's Blood on the Streets of Mayberry...Growing UP Mayberry “Just the Facts” Volume 1 LEVERAGE gives a glimpse into the other side of America’s Hometown of Mount Airy (also known as Mayberry), North Carolina that most never...

ଅମୃତା ପ୍ରୀତମ୍ ଖାଲି ଭାରତ କାହିଁକି, ପୃଥିବୀର ଅନ୍ୟ ଅନେକ ଦେଶର ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଜଗତରେ ଏକ ଜଣାଶୁଣା ନାମ । ତାଙ୍କର ବହୁ ଗଳ୍ପ, କବିତା, ଉପନ୍ୟାସ ବିଭିନ୍ନ ଭାଷାରେ ଅନୂଦିତ ହୋଇ ପାଠକ ପାଠିକା ମାନଙ୍କ ନିକଟରେ ବିଶେଷ ଆଦର ଓ ସମ୍ମାନ ଲାଭ କରିଛି । ଜ୍ଞାନପୀଠ ଠାରୁ ଭାରତୀୟ ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡ଼େମୀ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ବହୁ...

Fighting to Live Again is about Cecil McLendon, a World War II veteran who fought in Europe in the US Army's 110th Infantry, 28th Division. The day he received his draft notice was the happiest day of his life. He spoke very little of the gory...

Over the course of life, our confidence can take a beating. We know the goals and dreams we have for our lives, but sometimes we lack the confidence to get there. In Confidence Now!: The Go-Getter Woman's Guide to Achieving Anything in Life,...

COVID 19 has shaped, altered, and impacted nearly every facet of the world as we knew it prior to the start of the pandemic. From what was once a new and novel virus, to the development of testing, policies, and vaccines, and through the altered social...

Brand New Story of Creation is the journey of an independent scholar, trained as a Jesuit and seasoned by top-tier executive business challenges. He takes on the avocation of answering the question: What am I doing on a ball spinning in space?The author...

Have you ever asked yourself, why me? I asked myself that same question millions of times. I stopped asking that question because we will never get the answers. I decided to survive rape, physical abuse, verbal abuse, abandonment, rejection,...

If you love the Aeon 14 cover art, but don't have room for dozens of books, then this is the volume for you.See the both the covers and early concept art of the thirteen Rika books. Includes the covers of the Rika's Marauders and Genevian Queen books.

At the age of six, living in New York, she was the third of six children born to a woman who had allowed drugs and alcohol to rule her life. The child was placed for adoption by the Department of Children and Families.She was brought to Florida at the...

In the constant debate about education, the voices of parents and community members are often forgotten and overlooked. In A Parent's POWER, Sylvia P. Simms shares the importance of parent involvement in the schooling of children and the essential role...

Lord, Please Don't Let Her See Me Cry is a true story of child abuse so atrocious I have suffered from it for over fifty years, having not only the endure the memory but also being forced to see the scars every time I change my clothes. I only...

In 2020, America was hit by three waves of catastrophe: the Covid-19 pandemic, widespread racial violence, and a stolen presidential election, leading to economic devastation, explosions of black crime and white flight in diverse cities, and a government...

Tempest is a young biracial island girl struggling with self-identity. Her troubled childhood past and certain devastating events threaten to stand in her way of true love.However, a renewed faith in God places her on a journey of forgiveness. Her...

Yearning for the Sea picks up the story of Homer's Odyssey at the point of Ulysses' return to his wife Penelope, twenty years after the destruction of Troy. He has faced a long struggle to overcome the obstacles interposed by the gods...

Real life stories of one family told to educate, inspire, and bring laughter to all those who choose to turn the pages.Be transported back to a long-gone era reliving stories of love and hardship inspired by one family who lived during the...

Twelve-Step Recovery! Beyond the journey, there is a change going on. You have been chosen to come forth to be processed. I make no excuses for the process I traveled to get to today. Realizing that I was chosen for purpose and no matter where this...

Over the past decade, the world has experienced a major economic collapse, the increasing racial inequity and high-profile police killings of unarmed Black and Brown people, the persistence of global terrorism, a large-scale refugee crisis, and the...

도처에 있는 기독교 교단들과 교회들이 성소수자(LBGTQ)를 포용하는 문제와 씨름하고 있다. 과학적 증거들이 쌓이면서, 더 광범위한 사회적 영역에서는 커다란 발전이 있었지만, 많은 종교들과 그들의 공동체들은 그 흐름을 따라가지 않았다. 한결같이, 아직도 많은 사람들은 복음주의 및 다른 교회들에게 심한 비난의 소리를 듣고 있고, 그 곳에서 쫓겨나거나 다같이 함께 떠나가고 있다. 데이비드 거쉬(David Gushee) 박사는 기독교인들이 더 포용적인...

Close your eyes if you will and picture pieces of your life not fitting together. You struggle to find that one piece to make sense of a fragile, confused, distorted mind. Over and over you try to engage your memory only to find yourself, once again, at...

After a recent CUFA conference, many social studies teacher educators came to realize that pre-service teachers are skeptical of calls to integrate sensitive topics in the curriculum because they do not see it in their field experiences. The purpose of...

A través de los siglos, la historia nos ha documentado sobre la imperiosa necesidad del ser humano por migrar a territorios contrarios al de su origen.¿Qué motivos o fundamentos existen en el mundo que impulsan a pobladores de distintas naciones y razas...

Expectations and demands in the changing contemporary workplace are driven by emergent technologies. Ubiquitous in nature, they are designed to enhance human and organization potential. These technologies provide access to information and connection at...

Carried is a true crime story of a divorced mother’s fight to save herself and her three children from a knife-wielding fifteen-year-old intruder in her home, and her battle in the courtroom to keep their attacker from terrorizing her family again...

This book is a culmination of life, in prose, in America as a professional black woman. Unabridged in its recounts of racism, culture, and bigotry in education, society and opportunity. It is a timely reminder of what happens when race relations go...

This book deals with the field of urban planning and development. It also talks about the architectural advances in relation to the same. Urban planning refers to the process related with optimum utilization of land and other resources available on earth...

Gerald Massey's work has become essential for readers seeking a balanced understanding of human origins, religious thought and belief, and the role of Africa in world history. A native of England, Gerald Massey (1828-1907) was a poet, Shakespearian...

Compelling reading for anyone seeking the courage to make more conscious choices and live fully awake, The Necktie and The Jaguar is a memoir with thought-provoking questions that encourage self-exploration. Author Carl Greer-businessman, philanthropist,...

Where Dreams Come Alive documents the initiatory patterns embedded in the journey of a Zulu woman’s heroic confrontation with her calling to be a healer. The rich symbolic world of the African healer can be considered an image of a creative...

Quest for the Mead of Poetry is a translation and interpretation of seven Icelandic tales. In search for the meaning of a dream in which she was given a silver necklace by a poet, the author happened upon the key to hidden layers of her ancestral...

Acting on InstinctThis is Serena's tribute to a comedic Actress, a woman with a sad childhood who parlayed her sorrow into making the world laugh. A beautiful woman, The Actress was much misunderstood and couldn't escape her Sex Symbol label...

Acting on InstinctThis is Serena's tribute to a comedic Actress, a woman with a sad childhood who parlayed her sorrow into making the world laugh. A beautiful woman, The Actress was much misunderstood and couldn't escape her Sex Symbol label...

This book is a full-color study of over 500 pre-Clovis stone artifacts of Virginia. With the 22K-year date of the Cinmar bipoint in Virginia, there is ample evidence of artifact classes that are older than Clovis. Over 50 tool types are illustrated and...

Like the man himself, the columns in this book are often big-hearted, whimsical and self-deprecating. They’re keenly-observed slices of everyday life—to my mind the very best gift a general columnist can give his or her readers.Many, like the...

A Tale, Inspired by a True Story, of a Woman Who Would Not Become Bitter“It’s okay. Filip is only showing off in front of his friends. It’s what boys do. It’s best to pay no mind and to keep quiet. Smile at him, then turn away...

All Oppression Shall Cease is an educational and rigorously researched era-by-era history of the Church's teaching and actions on slaveholding. Written for a general audience, All Oppression Shall Cease meets the urgent need in Catholic institutions for...

An answer to our most difficult social problems is underway, and it begins locally. In How to Remake the World Neighborhood by Neighborhood, Mack McCarter, founder of Community Renewal International (CRI), tells how CRI built a movement to heal racial...

A systematic theology of migration that seeks to reframe the operative political, social and cultural narratives through a Eucharistic narrative. The heart of it revolves around the outer journey of migrants, the inner journey of faith, and the divine...