Depression is real, but so is hope, and freedom can be yours today. Depression is a battle that can drain your strength and make you believe you are fighting alone. In this book, you'll discover powerful, practical, and deeply spiritual strategies to rise above the shadows and step into lasting freedom. Each chapter not only offers truth but also equips you with exercises, journaling prompts, and prayers designed to strengthen your heart and mind. Whether you've battled depression for year...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds transports us back to the early 2000s in Soundtrack, an audiobook original about New York City teens whose talent and love of music lift them to unexpected heights.An Odyssey Award Honor Audiobook!Stuy wanted to play the drums just like his mom, a founding member of the punk band The Bed-Stuy Magic Dusters. With his mother as his teacher, Stuy starts busking in the subway...

The 'Codex Hammurabi' stands as one of the earliest and most significant legal documents in human history, dating back to around 1754 BCE. Written in cuneiform script on a basalt stele, this collection of laws encompasses a wide range of social, economic, and family matters, reflecting the intricate fabric of Babylonian society. Its literary style is characterized by a concise yet rhythmic form, embodying both prescriptive legal codes and ethical principles. Contextually, the Codex emerges...

KandyIt was love at first sight when I met Mr. Cane.He was handsome, broody, tattooed, and rich. For years, he’s been mine. He just didn’t know it.I wasn’t expecting to fall in love with him, or for him to want me in the ways that he did.None of it was ever supposed to happen, but after all we’ve done together, it’s too late to turn back now. A onceharmless crush had blossomed into so much more.CaneWhen we first met, she was just a kid—my be...

The gripping, steamy follow up to the bestselling forbidden romance, Wanting Mr. Cane...KANDYI was left broken, my heart beating a little bit harder in order to survive. I'd tried picking up the pieces, but when it came to Cane, it was hard to let go.The way we touched was special and we promised to never forget one another. I had him right in the palm of my hand--thought everything was perfect--but in the blink of an eye, he was gone, leaving me with no choice but to...

The tales of one family and their larger-than-many-lives sister, Antoine, weaves together the vibrant, epic story of Guadaloupe and its diaspora.A young woman born in the suburbs of Paris—whose skin color and memories of occasional childhood visits alone connect her to her father’s native Guadeloupe—yearns to understand her lineage and her métis identity. Upon her request, her old aunt Antoine, the eccentric and indomitable family matriarch, unveils the history of ...

Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence | Named a Best Book of 2023 by Library Journal and DebutifulAn eerie, irresistible debut story collection about the bonds and bounds of community and what it means to call a place home, “perfect for readers of Margaret Atwood and Carmen Maria Machado” (Booklist).“A writer to watch if there ever was one.” **—**Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author...

A rollicking novel with a dark undertow, set around three unforgettable individuals and a doomed movie set—from the award-winning, best-selling author of Any Human HeartA producer. A novelist. An actress. It's summer 1968—a time of war and assassinations, protests and riots. While the world is reeling, our trio is involved in making a disaster-plagued, Swingin' Sixties British movie in sunny Brighton. All are leading secret lives. As the movie shoot zigs a...

This is a story rich with valuable moral lessons and vivid storytelling. Conceived while residing in a rural Thai Buddhist temple, this charming tale of hope and compassion, portrays best friends, Clarence, a mindful little sun bear, and Karuna, a compassionate water buffalo, as they embark on a mission to rescue a one-legged rooster from a crabby woodcutter. The two friends experience empathy and compassion in their loving quest to restore the rooster's health and happiness. Throughout th...

When he is hired as the personal piano tuner for a brilliant pianist, Brodie Moncur suddenly finds himself swept up into a life of luxury that he could never have imagined. But while accompanying his new employer on tours from Paris to St. Petersburg, Brodie falls madly in love with the Russian soprano Lika Blum: beautiful, worldly, seductive—and forbidden. Though seemingly doomed from the start, Brodie’s passion for Lika only grows as their lives become increasingly more intertwined, more...

In his poignant booklet, The Rising Hope, Dr. Charles Swindoll speaks directly to the hearts of all people who need an everlasting hope. The only hope. Jesus Christ. As a teacher and pastor, he takes them confidently to the eternal spring of hope in the promise of the Gospel with teaching and a message that will change the present and eternity of those who read it.

More than 190,000 copies of Elizabeth George’s Growth andStudy Guides have been sold! Her newest one, based on her encouraging book Loving God with All Your Mind (more than200,000 copies sold), provides insights and thoughtful questions to help women—focus on God and His principles for lifeturn daily struggles over to Godapply God’s truths to everyday liferecognize and live God’s purpose for their livesfind peace in all circums...