An intimate, inspiring memoir by educator and labor union leader Karen Lewis, a formidable fighter, a staunch defender of teachers and students, and a beloved Chicagoan.In 2012, Karen Lewis led the Chicago Teachers Union to a historic strike, challenging the city’s powerful mayor and paving the way for an unprecedented wave of teacher strikes in the decade that followed.But Lewis’s life took her in rich and surprising directions long before she landed in th...

Bitter the Chastening Rod follows in the footsteps of the first collection of African American biblical interpretation, Stony the Road We Trod (1991). Nineteen Africana biblical scholars contribute cutting-edge essays reading Jesus, criminalization, the enslaved, and whitened interpretations of the enslaved. They present pedagogical strategies for teaching, hermeneutics, and bible translation that center Black Lives Matter and black culture. Biblical narratives, news medi...

Historically, many churches and theologians defended and supported race-based slavery and subsequent forms of racial hierarchy and violence. The essays in Reparations and the Theological Disciplines argue that it is urgent that the theological disciplines engage the issue of reparations by revisiting Scripture and our theological traditions. The time is now for remembrance, reckoning, and repair.

He's spent his life denying what he is. Then he meets the woman who won't let him...Jake Stone is a carpenter by trade. He rarely surrenders to his artistic urges because his creations never live up to the picture in his mind. Only his work for a children's cancer clinic gives him the peace he is unable to find anywhere else.Rachel Bennett has one task left to fulfill: a thank you to the artist who created the beautiful sculpture that was the only bright sp...

As an aspiring or seasoned writer, do you feel like you aren't making headway, stumbling on what to write next, or wondering if you're even on the right path? Are you unable to find the motivation to charge up your computer and put your fingers on the keyboard after that last rejection?Between the pages of What I Wish I'd Known: For Writers, 100 highly accomplished authors share their time, energy, and knowledge to pay it forward and inspire other writers, experienced or a...

Sixteen Short Romance Stories selected from Season One of Dirty Little Podcast. From contemporary, historical, and paranormal, to some tales that are out of this world, audiences are bound to find something to fall in love with.

High school is tough enough—throw in a portal to hell, and things really heat up.Uncle Chip Proctor thought he had it all under control. After years of protecting Sadie and Addy, two royal half-Fae teens, he’s starting to believe they might just make it to Sadie’s coronation after graduation. But when a fiery portal erupts on the soccer field, his quiet role as their stay-at-home human guardian is about to be put to the ultimate test.Rose Eldersdottir has never let her gu...

A Lost Princess and the Swashbuckling Game of a LifetimeCari Dix didn't know her whole life was a lie, she only knew she didn't belong here. Growing up with the most ordinary parents ever, all Cari wanted was a life of adventure and a little bit of fun.When she discovers an old, restored computer from her father's past, Cari stumbles into a fantasy game world she'd always thought a part of her childhood imagination. Taking her combat fencing skills with her...

Only Merlin's Descendent Can Answer Excalibur's Call.An evil far greater than man has returned, and only she can heal the world and repair its failing magic.Can Winnie unite the nation’s charm runners and sable bosses?The world's survival depends on Winnie’s decision.Stolen Destiny is the fourth book in the action-packed Broken Throne series. Enter a magical world with gangster mages, crooked cops, and an ancient evil threatening ...

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He thought witch nannies and magical mayhem were the big baddies… until he runs into the paranormal PTA.Uncle Chip Proctor believes he has the hang of this raising-kids thing. Settling into his role as the human stay-at-home dad for two enchanted wards, the former financial exec is still learning to navigate a newly discovered world. But when the little future queen enters first grade, he’s alarmed when his partner-in-parenthood spots a dangerous Fae hunter on the ...

Lost in the Swashbuckling Game Trilogy of a LifetimeGet the Trilogy Boxed Set and save over 40% versus the individual books!Cari Dix didn't know her whole life was a lie.She only knew she didn't belong here.Growing up with the most ordinary parents ever, all Cari wanted was a life of adventure and a little bit of fun.Then she discovers an old, restored computer from her father's past and Cari stumbles into a fantasy ...