WHO IS BEVERLY WRIGHT? Let's Love, No, I mean Really LOVE Our Children: Beverly Wright, from the awesome state of New Jersey, is an average parent who loves children and believes optimistically in general child rearing and focused upbringings. Having seven of her own she fondly refers to them all as her "LUCKY SEVEN". She goes the distance in telling this whimsically rich, unfolding story. Many readers will come to see that parenting to her means that emphatic sacrifices will have to be ma...

Uncovers the ways the United States government responds to natural and human-induced disasters in relation to race over the past eight decadesWhen the images of desperate, hungry, thirsty, sick, mostly black people circulated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it became apparent to the whole country that race did indeed matter when it came to government assistance. In The Wrong Complexion for Protection, Robert D. Bullard and Beverly Wright place the g...

In Environmental Justice, leading thinkers of the environmental justice movement take a direct look at the failure of "top down" public policy to effectively deal with issues of environmental equity.The book provides a startling look at pressing social and environmental problems and charts a course for future action. Among the topics considered are: the history of the social justice movement the role of the professional in working with community groups methods of dealing w...

This book brings together key essays that seek to make visible and expand our understanding of the role of government (policies, programs, and investments) in shaping cities and metropolitan regions; the costs and consequences of uneven urban and regional growth patterns; suburban sprawl and public health, transportation, and economic development; and the enduring connection of place, space, and race in the era of increased globalization. Whether intended or unintended, many government pol...

David is on break from his dead-end job at the Dollar Store. A scruffy old man approaches him claiming to be his uncle who hasn't eaten in two days. David gives the old man his last $2. Something comes back in return later.

A wedding guest from her past…After a rocky year, Casey Caravetta pulls herself together and puts on a smile for her best friend's Christmas Eve wedding. However, she hadn't expected to see Turner Kennedy, the first man to break her heart.Special Forces commando Turner is now hard, dark and dangerous, tortured by his experiences of war. Coming face-to-face again with beautiful Casey is a painful reminder of the path he might have taken.Back then they were living on ...

How She Bleeds is a body of work filled with emotion, trauma, heartache and abandonment, while one’s own strength is realized in the aftermath. This book speaks about the horrors of sexual abuse, the pain of unrequited love, and having the strength to endure hardships. Her words are both haunting and healing, taking the reader on a journey through the most heartbreaking and life changing moments of the writer's life. This work of raw honesty and vulnerability will undoubtedly leave the rea...

Virgin of Love is an insightful on the pain that love causes. A young girl who lives by her own strict rules emotionally falls for the wrong man. Trapped by his lies this book shows a story followed by a clean analysis of each situation in hopes others will learn from. It is a book for the world to see how love is abused for personal gain of others. It is a book of pain, hope, intuition and bravery to a new world unexplored by many. This book shows how crucial patience is when it comes to ...

Tar Sands critically examines the frenzied development in the Canadian tar sands and the far-reaching implications for all of North America. Bitumen, the sticky stuff that ancients used to glue the Tower of Babel together, is the world’s most expensive hydrocarbon. This difficult-to-find resource has made Canada the number-one supplier of oil to the United States, and every major oil company now owns a lease in the Alberta tar sands. The region has become a global...

Mothers and daughters share more than just life, death and love; they exchange wisdom, advice and intimate secrets unlike that of any other relationship. The three stories in Mother/Daughter Stories You'll Love explore the strength and depth of women's unbreakable earliest bond. These stories rejoice in the complexity and kindness—as well as the struggles and triumphs that make the mother-daughter relationship so significant—and will enlighten your spirit and enrich your life.

The National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller that became a guide and balm for a country struggling to understand the election of Donald Trump"A generous but disconcerting look at the Tea Party. . . . This is a smart, respectful and compelling book."—Jason DeParle, The New York Times Book ReviewWhen Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, a bewildered nation turned to S...

Passionate and cogent, this could be the most important book of the year for CanadiansWe are complacent. We bask in the idea that Canada holds 20% of the world’s fresh water — water crises face other countries, but not ours. We could not be more wrong. In Boiling Point, bestselling author and activist Maude Barlow lays bare the issues facing Canada’s water reserves, including long-outdated water laws, unmapped and unprotected groundwater reserves, agricult...