Given the current educational climate of high stakes testing, standardized curriculum, and 'approved' reading lists, incorporating unauthorized, popular literature into the classroom becomes a political choice. The authors examine why teachers choose to read Harry Potter , how they use the books, and the resulting teacher-student interactions.

America's political landscape is experiencing dangerous polarization and fragmentation, with the extremes pulling the country apart. Voices on the left and right clash over different worldviews, definitions of America, and what it means to be an American citizen. The levels of incivility and hostility lead some to invoke the language of a cold civil war or even a looming civil war: one that could split the country in two. Is there any way to step back from this dangerous p...

A secret order of truckers and nomads must stop a sadistic clown cult in this "insidiously creepy" urban fantasy series ( Wall Street Journal).The Brotherhood of the Wheel has long defended America's roads and rails from unnatural threats. Now they face a deadly menace unlike anything they have encountered before. A string of roadside murders and mutilations stretches back decades—and leads to a cult of killer clowns who are far more than urban legends. Gre...

'I realised I had been camouflaging my whole life - I'd been trying to mask my autistic traits and fit in with all the non-autistic people around me.'Growing up autistic can often feel as though you have to become a chameleon in social situations, camouflaging yourself to fit in with a seemingly neurotypical world. Combining lived experience with scientific research and practical advice, this book is the essential guide to understanding why you mask and how to feel...

NEVADA, 1872. Out of the merciless 40-Mile Desert, a stranger appears in the town of Golgotha, home to the blessed and the damned. He carries with him an innocent victim of a horrible massacre and a dire warning for Sheriff Jon Highfather. The conflict between the Indian nations and Mormon settlers has been brewing for years, and now the spirits of the fallen Indian dead have begun to rise to join in the fight.Deputy Mutt's old nemesis, Snake-Man, returns to begin a final bloody war...

The official novelization of the fourth Men in Black movie, F. Gary Gray’s new movie set within the universe of the previous Men in Black filmsWith a screenplay by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, and produced by Steven Spielberg, Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, the film stars Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth, Liam Neeson, Kumail Nanjiani, Emma Thompson, and more.

" A blood-soaked contemporary urban fantasy featuring a gray-hat protagonist cut from the mold of John Constantine and Sandman Slim." — Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewR.S. Belcher, the acclaimed author of The Six-Gun Tarot and The Shotgun Arcana launches a gritty new urban fantasy series set in a contemporary occult underworld in Nightwise.In the more shadowy corners of the world, frequented by angels and demons and everything in-between, Laytham Ball...

**“A**bsolutely not to be missed.” —VogueA queer teen rebel escapes small-town Appalachia and becomes Los Angeles’s Renowned Lesbian Dominatrix in this searing and darkly funny memoir that upends our ideas about desire, class, and power.The dominatrix is the id of American femininity. She says the words that we all wish we could say when we find ourselves frozen in the presence of men. No is principal among them.

The official novelization of the fourth Men in Black movie, F. Gary Gray's new movie set within the universe of the previous Men in Black films.The official novelization of Men in Black International, F. Gary Gray's new movie is set within the universe of the previous Men in Black films. With a screenplay by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, and produced by Steven Spielberg, Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, the film stars Tessa T...

"George Whitefield: A Biography" by Joseph Belcher offers an insightful exploration of the life and ministry of one of the most influential preachers of the 18th century. Whitefield, known for his powerful oratory and passionate sermons, played a pivotal role in the Great Awakening, a religious revival that swept through America and England. Belcher meticulously details Whitefield's travels, his interactions with prominent figures of the time, and his unwavering commitment to spreading the...

Christianity Today Book Award winnerGolden Canon Leadership Book Award winnerFeeling caught between the traditional church and the emerging church? Discover a third way: deep church.C. S. Lewis used the phrase "deep church" to describe the body of believers committed to mere Christianity. Unfortunately church in our postmodern era has been marked by a certain shallowness. Emerging authors, fed up with contemporary ...

In Watchmen's PERSPECTIVE, David Belcher exhorts readers to take an honest look at the current condition of our lives, the condition of the church, and the assignment of those called as God's watchmen. The book addresses a variety of topics with emphasis on the current state of the church and the errors that are being taught and preached by some; the spiritual battles that Christians fight and how to be victorious through them; the righteous position wherein believers stand after salvation...