For much of the twentieth century, research on Black families was dominated by narratives of deficits and dysfunction. This groundbreaking book tells a different story—one of strength, resilience, and adaptive processes within Black marriages and families. Drawing on decades of scholarship and original research, it highlights how Black couples and families navigate stress, racism, and adversity through faith, social support, fictive kin networks, and community ties. Through compelling inte...

WAR OF THE SEVEN SEALS - BOOK I: THE AWAKENER'S PATH"In the cradle of humanity, a secret has been kept for millennia. Now, the first seal is trembling."Daniel Winkcler is an ordinary teenager living an ordinary life-until the night the shadows begin to move. In a world where the line between reality and myth is paper-thin, Daniel is about to discover that his family's history is not just a collection of stories, but a blueprint for a cosmic...

Auto/biographical literature has been theorized with metaphors that reflect its inherent instability as a form of truth‑telling. The best auto/biographies exhibit a metanarrational awareness of this instability and favor the art of writing over the alleged “truth” of a life. The autobiographical nature of Philip K. Dick’s novels and stories has spawned a sizable body of biographical texts, many of which are creative performances that give primacy to the artistic impulse. Most critical biog...

Tamsin Greer has always been different.A street-smart private investigator with psychic gifts she's spent years trying to ignore, Tamsin is barely holding her life together when a stranger walks into her Brooklyn office and changes everything. She has family she never knew, and a sprawling, psychedelic Victorian manor on the coast of Washington State to prove it.Brightstar Manor is nothing like she imagined. The house hums with old magic, the woods press in...

From the bestselling author of House of Cards and Power Failure comes the turbulent tale of Apollo, a powerful and controversial financial empireApollo Global Management, one of the world’s most formidable investment firms, has thrived in private equity and private credit, delivering staggering returns through aggressive takeovers and bold, contrarian bets. Blending gripping narrative with meticulous reporting, Money to Burn offers a spec...

A thoughtfully revised and expanded edition of Jane Nelsen's revolutionary guide on how to raise capable, confident children without rewards or punishment—now updated with research-backed information on how to approach parenting in the era of social mediaFor forty-five years, Positive Discipline has been the gold standard reference for adults working with children. Now Jane Nelsen, distinguished psychologist, educator, mother, grandmother, and gre...

For Civil War enthusiasts, the collected writings of a long-neglected figure who was crucial to the pivotal Civil War years in New Mexico.From Jerry Thompson, the preeminent historian of the Civil War in the American Southwest, “When All Our Troubles Will be Forgotten” presents the collected writings of an important and long-neglected Civil War–era figure in New Mexico.As the unofficial historian of the California Column, George Henry Pettis was a ...

Dive into the enchanting world of "The Mysteries of Summerland," where Claire's discovery of a dusty old book in an oddities shop turns her life upside down. As she reads its cryptic words, Claire is pulled into the mesmerizing stories of Summerland, a realm filled with dark forests, abandoned ruins, and unexplained mysteries. Each cursed relic she encounters is intricately tied to her ancestry. Driven by a yearning to uncover her family's secrets, Claire ventures into haunted locations, f...

Addy Aker was not born. She was made—engineered on a dead world as a weapon. Now, for the first time in her life, she could be something else. But she'll have to destroy what she was, and the order she left behind isn't finished with her. Old allegiances fracture as Jötun's reach extends further than darkest imaginations could fathom. On Atmos, some debts are paid in blood.

How do you keep your soul intact when you spend your life behind steel doors?Working in corrections requires a thick skin, but it shouldn't require losing your voice. In an environment defined by high-stakes pressure, volatile residents, and demanding leadership, the greatest challenge isn't just maintaining security-it's maintaining you.In LEADING UP: Finding Peace in the Chaos of Corrections, veteran corrections professional and ...

A compelling call to musicians, worship leaders, pastors, and believers who long for worship that is rooted in holiness, reverence, and God's presence.In For Glory and For Beauty: The Mantle of the Levitical Musician, Terry D. Lipford calls readers beyond performance-driven worship and back to the biblical heart of ministry through music. Speaking to instrumentalists, singers, choir directors, worship leaders, and pastors, he shows that worship is more than sound-it is a s...

'Kill Story is a great character study on flawed women and the churn and burn systems that grind them up and spit them out.' - Eliza Jabore, author of BackstabbersPeople will do anything to fit in.Twenty-three-year-old American ex-pat Skye Sullivan is influence manager for Amsterdam’s hottest startup. CoHab is earmarked as the Next Big Thing. Everyone wants to work there.Skye longs to impress her formidable mentor, Yelena, and the compa...