The United States is the world's leader in fatherless families. Marginalized by society into a distant and unemotional role as the family's bread winner, we are only now beginning to understand the devestating effect of emotionally distant fathers on their daughters' health and well-being-- and for some, even on their spirituality. Millions of women have suffered physical and emotional scars due to absent fathers, and have experienced the painful void not having this vital connection has created. Both authors write from personal experience overcoming emotionally distant fathers, offering practical solutions and hope for healing this emotional and spiritual rift. From how to forgive an abusive father, coping with loneliness, to nuturing healthy relationships, and much more-- this book is a tremendously empowering and enriching journey for women out of sadness and pain, breaking a legacy of loneliness and regret, to a renewed hope for their lives. Included are chapter questions, pages for journaling, and a list of counseling resources.
Crying, Rocky slid down onto the floor and John walked around to ease down beside her. Pulling her against him, they sat and listened to each other's heartbeats. "He's gone, baby." Sometimes an event happens in life that affects you so strongly it makes you wonder how the people involved in the event feel, how they handled their emotions. This book is about a woman who lost her son and is struggling to hold her marriage together without him. You must decide if The Fog is real. . . or if it's only in her mind. . .
“For those interested in De Soto and his expedition, these volumes are an absolute necessity.” —The Hispanic American Historical Review 1993 Choice Outstanding Academic Book, sponsored by Choice Magazine The De Soto expedition was the first major encounter of Europeans with indigenous North Americans in the eastern half of the United States. De Soto and his army of over 600 men, including 200 cavalry, spent four years traveling through what is now Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. The De Soto Chronicles Volume 1 and Volume 2 present for the first time all four primary accounts of the De Soto expedition together in English translation. The four primary accounts are generally referred to as Elvas, Rangel, Biedma (in Volume 1), and Garcilaso, or the Inca (in Volume 2). In this landmark 1993 publication, Clayton’s team presents the four accounts with literary and historical introductions. They further add brief essays about De Soto and the expedition, translations of De Soto documents from the Spanish Archivo General de Indias, two short biographies of De Soto, and bibliographical studies. For anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, The De Soto Chronicles are valued for the unique ethnological information they contain. They form the only detailed eyewitness records of the most advanced native civilization in North America—the Mississippian culture—a culture largely lost in the wake of European contact.
This historical study examines the black experience in Metropolitan France from the 1600s to 1960. Shelby T. McCloy explores the literary and cultural contributions of people of color to French society—from Alexandre Dumas to Rene Maran—and charts their political ascension.
A mesmerizing novel of faith, passion, and murder by the author of The Civil War: A Narrative. Drawing on themes as old as the Bible, Foote's novel compels us to inhabit lives obsessed with sin and starving for redemption. A work reminiscent of both Faulkner and O'Connor, yet utterly original.
A remarkable book that addresses the ways in children respond to literature across a variety of everyday classroom situations. The result is a balanced resource for teachers who want to deepen their understanding of literature and literary engagement.
From the time she was seven, Jolene Temple has been a pawn between her feuding parents, each of whom has become practiced in kidnapping her from the other. She has been left emotionally suspended between two philosophies of life: that of her stolid, conventional father, "always saving for a rainy day," and of her recklessly adventurous mother, "always saying she enjoyed a little shower." Having adopted a different disguise each time her mother stole her away, at 19 Jolene is still unsure of her real identity; she is at ease only in acting a role. When she meets bland L. W. Dawson, she thinks he holds the answers to her quest to be "normal." Meanwhile, however, she has been posing for, and has become the mistress of, middle-aged, twice-divorced artist Henry Wozencrantz, who has much to teach her about facing life without running away. Set in present-day Texas of oil-bust hard times ("the whole state is claiming Chapter Eleven"), the novel delivers wickedly funny, incisive social commentary as well as vivid, quirky characters as outsized as the Lone Star State.
In the first half of the twentieth century, the canyons and mesas of the Southwest beckoned and the burgeoning field of archaeology thrived. Among those who heeded the call, Marjorie Ferguson Lambert became one of only a handful of women who left their imprint on the study of southwestern archaeology and anthropology. In this delightful biography, we gain insight into a time when there were few women establishing full-time careers in anthropology, archaeology, or museums. Shelby Tisdale successfully combines Lambert’s voice from extensive interviews with her own to take us on a thought-provoking journey into how Lambert created a successful and satisfying professional career and personal life in a place she loved (the American Southwest) while doing what she loved. Through Lambert’s life story we gain new insight into the intricacies and politics involved in the development of archaeology and museums in New Mexico and the greater Southwest. We also learn about the obstacles that young women had to maneuver around in the early years of the development of southwestern archaeology as a profession. Tisdale brings into focus one of the long-neglected voices of women in the intellectual history of anthropology and archaeology and highlights how gender roles played out in the past in determining the career paths of young women. She also highlights what has changed and what has not in the twenty-first century. Women’s voices have long been absent throughout history, and Marjorie Lambert’s story adds to the growing literature on feminist archaeology.
Human Trafficking: A Comprehensive Exploration into Modern Day Slavery examines the legal, socio-cultural, historical, and political aspects of human trafficking and modern-day slavery. While most texts only cover sex trafficking and labor trafficking, this text takes a more inclusive approach, provide coverage of what is currently known about organ trafficking, child marriage, and child soldiers as well. These topics are explored within the borders of the United States as well as across the world. The reality is that this problem is not limited to one country or, even, one continent. Technology and globalization have made this an international crisis that requires a collaborative and cooperative international response. The goal of this text is to provide an accurate understanding of all forms of human trafficking and current responses to this crime.
Eleven-year-old Rory, daughter of a famous actress and a famous movie director, finds herself becoming a celebrity in her own right as she helps create a new fairy tale as a participant in the after-school program, Ever After School.
Adrian Gibson has accomplished all the things her parents could have dreamed, a college degree, a career, and no kids; however, she has no one to share her success with. After finally moving on from a broken long distance relationship, a one time date turns into something more. But a shocking revelation about his past leaves her confused and forced to turn to an old childhood male friend, who recently returned to town and is very grown up, single, successful, and attractive. Valencia Hunter believes in living life to the fullest. Her motto is simply to indulge in whatever feels good at the time. Although she makes no apologies for her self indulgent lifestyle; she's forced to reevaluate her choices when her past resurfaces, impacting not only her life but the lives of her love ones. While trying to recover from the devastating revelations of the past she finds herself caught up in an unexpectedly love triangle. Tamara Glover is young and spoiled. When she decides to drop out of college to move in with her boyfriend her parents were more then let down. After several years of shacking up she is ready for marriage. Unfortunately, LJ is not the kind of guy to give in easily. Growing restless with her seemingly dead end relationship she decides to take matters into her own hands. When things go further then she ever imagined she finds herself faced with life without the man she loves. As if the journey through love is not enough, the ladies find themselves faced with serious issues within their circle. Find out what happens when life, friendship and love is on the line all in the game of dating.
An Inspirational Romance with an intense love story that exhibits how LOVE can withstand anything and take us anywhere if we're willing to stay on the ride. Elena is young, on the run, and alone. She left her troubled family to start a new life for herself. But she's kidnapped one night waiting on the bus and soon learns she's been sold to be a wife on the human trafficking market. Her new husband takes her home and she waits for the abuse to start. But it doesn't. Alex is different than any other man she's ever met, and though he stole her from her non-existent life, Elena learns that maybe there's more to the story. Maybe there was a purpose. She never believed her Grandmother's talk of God, and miracles, but wanted to. Now, God may be the only one who can them. Can she help save the other women who are stuck in hell with her? Most importantly, can she allow herself to love the man who kidnapped her?
An incisive and sympathetic examination of the case for ending the practice of imprisonment Despite its omnipresence and long history, imprisonment is a deeply troubling practice. In the United States and elsewhere, prison conditions are inhumane, prisoners are treated without dignity, and sentences are extremely harsh. Mass incarceration and its devastating impact on black communities have been widely condemned as neoslavery or “the new Jim Crow.” Can the practice of imprisonment be reformed, or does justice require it to be ended altogether? In The Idea of Prison Abolition, Tommie Shelby examines the abolitionist case against prisons and its formidable challenge to would-be prison reformers. Philosophers have long theorized punishment and its justifications, but they haven’t paid enough attention to incarceration or its related problems in societies structured by racial and economic injustice. Taking up this urgent topic, Shelby argues that prisons, once reformed and under the right circumstances, can be legitimate and effective tools of crime control. Yet he draws on insights from black radicals and leading prison abolitionists, especially Angela Davis, to argue that we should dramatically decrease imprisonment and think beyond bars when responding to the problem of crime. While a world without prisons might be utopian, The Idea of Prison Abolition makes the case that we can make meaningful progress toward this ideal by abolishing the structural injustices that too often lead to crime and its harmful consequences.
“An important new interpretation of how religious change shaped American cultural identity in the early republic.” —Journal of American History Northern New England, a rugged landscape dotted with transient settlements, posed challenges to the traditional town church in the wake of the American Revolution. Using the methods of spatial geography, Shelby M. Balik examines how migrants adapted their understanding of religious community and spiritual space to survive in the harsh physical surroundings of the region. The notions of boundaries, place, and identity they developed became the basis for spreading New England’s deeply rooted spiritual culture, even as it opened the way to a new evangelical age. “I strongly recommend Balik’s book for those studying colonial religious landscapes and heritages not only in New England, but in the nineteenth-century religious diasporas that swept the continent with varying mixes of European colonials and also African and Asian heritages.” —Stanley D. Brunn, University of Kentucky “In this beautifully written and richly researched work, Shelby Balik shows how the travels of early nineteenth century Methodists, Universalists and freewill Baptist itinerant missionaries and congregations recreated the geography of New England Protestantism, setting in motion (literally) a tension between religious rootedness and religious uprootedness, center and periphery, that endures to today. Early American religious history in Balik’s retelling of it is one of bodies in constant movement in and out and around the city on the hill. The delight Balik takes in maps and journeys is infectious. This is a wonderful addition to American religious historiography.” —Robert Orsi, Northwestern University
A collection of eighty photographs highlights the real Appalachia, distinguishing it from the popular mythology surrounding this impoverished region. By the author of Appalachian Portraits and Appalachian Legacy. (Social Science)
The life of children from Maidsville, West Virginia, during the late 1950s and early 1960s. These are the stories about children and their families growing up in a small coal–mining town. Even as a small child, Shelby understood the hardships of her time. She not only was responsible for caring for her younger brothers and sisters, she also helped with the chores that were needed around the house. The experiences of the poor coal–mining kids were hard work and not much fun; these kids would find ways to enjoy life in unconventional ways. As these kids grow, their journey is told through the eyes of the author.
The Nocturn Mason sleeps yet he wakes in the body of another. He dreams but his dreams are of lives heÕs never led. What is this power? How can he use it? He battles his better angels to know if it is his right to take what he wants or his duty to do no harm. Simulacrum Creatures that live in 2 bodies, one is plant the other a stolen human shell. Their fight is an ancient a battle that has kept humanity from extinction. Reynolds brood combats a rival brood over the lost of a member. While Kenneth discovers the monsters amongst humanity and goes on a crusade to destroy them all.
The residents of Toadstall Village are always busy and always happy. Meet Willow Rabbit and her husband Billy and three children Rosie, little Bertie and baby Bella. Join the family and their friends Suzie Squirrel, Bodger the Badger, Milly Mouse and Dr Ollie Otter as they enjoy a picnic in primrose woods. Be a guest at Willows birthday party and the opening of her new dress shop and feel the excitement as the children wait for Santa. Together with many stories to read together, Willow’s World is full of instructions for making many craft items, including Willow herself, her clothes and accessories, party food and beauty treatments.
This story is less than a "who done it" and more of "why did he do it" and "where did he get it." Why would an 83-year-old Catholic bookkeeper leave a fortune to a Jewish Synagogue? Where did he get the millions he left? Where is his family? This book shows that the drama of a civil lawsuit is every bit as dramatic as any criminal trial, and that people will fight for money every bit as hard as they will fight for freedom or for their lives.
Teenagers Ryan and Meagan have just left Texas to follow their father to Maryland where he has landed a job with a pharmaceutical lab. Less than thrilled about their new home, Ryan and Meagan soon discover that life is full of more unexpected surprises when they learn the pharmaceutical company is engaged in questionable practices and the lab is sitting on an old government compound used for radioactive testing. Meanwhile in Tibet, teens Choden and Dorje are captives of a cruel lab experiment where they are being injected with an unknown substance. After they finally manage to escape, they, along with Meagan and Ryan, begin to realize they have special abilities. While an evil force watches and waits, their two worlds intertwine, brought together by their common bond. When the four teens finally unite in a Tibetan palace, they summon help from monks to help them battle the evil force and hopefully put it to rest. Now only time will tell if they will be able to stop what was started hundreds of years ago, before it is too late for all of them. In this thought-provoking adventure, four Indigo teens brought together by fate must summon help from Tibetan monks to combat an evil force.
Four of today's most exciting writers join forces for this rollicking collection of stories with a common link. Henry Chambers, deceased founder of Georgia's only black PI firm leaves each of his four daughters a case to solve. Shirley Hailstock, Margie Walker, Bridget Anderson and Shelby Lewis take up a pen each for the four cases, combining humour, emotion and a dash of romance as Henry's daughters rush to wrap up their cases. And as the mysteries wind towards their conclusions, each one learns more than they ever imagined about their father - and themselves.
Reverend Shelby and Shawn Holmes have been married for over thirteen years and the proud parents of their baby girl Nina Johanna Holmes. Reverend Holmes is the Founder of M.T.O.I Ministry and Senior Pastor of Refuge Missionary Baptist Church in Texas, where their motto is A Place Where God's People are His Prized Possession. Reverend Shelby and Shawn Holmes are natives of the windy city, Chicago Illinois. Reverend Homes is a noted Speaker, Teacher, Author and Powerful Preacher of God. RMBC uses a powerful and progressive approach to educating God's people and the restoration of family values. Their dynamic style of teaching, biblically based principles for every day use have influenced many marriages and families to find Christ. This book is yet another accomplishment of this growing Church and Ministry for God.
The seething, thrashing jungles of Alaska are the lair of many secret species. To see them is to disappear. There are life forms here so horrible the sight of them would make a Kodiak bear jump off a cliff, or send a one-ton moose up a tree, or drive a pack of wolves into a rabbit hole. Every summer unknowing tourists anchor a boat off the wrong island and become dinner. Or they drive down some unmarked dirt road and are slaughtered. Every year they trustingly stop over at some strangely-empty campground or wander down an unmarked trail and meet a horrible end. [Author bio]Eugene Shelby has lived in Alaska for twenty-two years, including Anchorage, Barrow, Prudhoe Bay, Shemya and Valdez. He has a BA in journalism from USC.
Every future hangs on a choice. Beautiful Stacy Addison is in a coma, caught between this world and the next. Here an ominous Power, seeing her exceptional healing abilities as the key to expanding its own strength, forces her toward a decision that will alter her own future, as well as influence the future of the entire world. An eccentric neighbor, an ancient Greek god, and an unlikely mentor disguised as a cat help Stacy navigate life in the mysterious realm of BETWEEN. But despite all she learns there, Stacy still has to face the most profound choice she will ever makereturn to the husband and daughter she loves, or embrace the dark Powers tempting offer to transform into reality her passionate dream of healing the worldunaware of the hidden price that she and the rest of humanity will have to pay. No matter which way she chooses . . . Earths future will be decided BETWEEN.
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