"An authentic cry of American innocence . . . The author seizes the reader with a Southern gift for storytelling and never lets go."— Time MagazineIt is the mid-1950s in Quarrytown, Georgia. In the slum known as the Ape Yard, hope's last refuge is a boardinghouse where a handful of residents dream of a better life. Earl Whitaker, who is white, and Tio Grant, who is black, are both teenagers, both orphans, and best friends. In the same house live two of the...

Sober from Sin is a poignant memoir detailing the journey of a former law enforcement veteran from the depths of alcoholism to the embrace of sobriety, entwined with a search for spiritual and personal redemption. Reflecting on a two-decade career and the struggles with addiction, the storyteller delves into the complexities of navigating addiction while working in law enforcement.Through raw honesty and introspection, he confronts the darkest aspects of human behavior, including i...

A bizarre murder in an idyllic Southern town propels a boy and his father into a world of evil in this World Fantasy Award–winning horror novel.New York Times –Bestselling and Bram Stoker Award–Winning AuthorSmall town boys see weird sights, and Zephyr has provided Cory Jay Mackenson with his fair share of oddities. He knows the bootleggers who lurk in the dark places outside of town. On moonless nights, he's heard...

This is a Hands-On guidebook which teaches the highly successful techniques that Dr. Robert Puff uses to help his clients. You will learn to rid yourself of anger, stress-induced illness, depression, addictive behaviors, and other emotional baggage, which inhibit your happiness and make loving relationships difficult.Anger Work techniques explained in the book range from scream release to expressive artwork, from hitting a punching bag to creative visualization, with many more sugg...

Featuring all of American author Flannery O’Connor’s short stories, this collection reveals the author’s contemplations on religion, morality, and fate, set against the backdrop of the American South. The collection contains O’Connor’s most famous works of short fiction, including “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” and “Everything That Rises Must Converge,” and reveals her many significant contributions to the Southern Gothic genre.Though she met with only mild popularity during her shor...

A "wonderful novel" steeped in the folklore of the South from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Women of Brewster Place ( The Washington Post Book World).On an island off the coast of Georgia, there's a place where superstition is more potent than any trappings of the modern world. In Willow Springs, the formidable Mama Day uses her powers to heal. But her great niece, Cocoa, can't wait to get away.In New York City, Coco...

"You're too sensitive.""You'll never amount to anything.""You're crazy."If this is what you hear--from your spouse, your parent, your boss--then you've been the victim of verbal abuse. This insidious behavior permeates our culture--from the privacy of our own homes to the public glare of our schools, workplaces, and other institutions.But you don't have to live with it. In this groundbreaking companion to her bestselling The Verbally Abusive Relat...

This modern classic is "a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood" in 1930s Harlem—with a foreword by James Baldwin ( Publishers Weekly).Depression-era Harlem is home for twelve-year-old Francie Coffin and her family, and it's both a place of refuge and the source of untold dangers for her and her poor, working class family. The beloved "daddy" of the title indeed becomes a number runner when he is unable to find legal work...

New, updated edition 2023! Lyn Kelley, Ph.D., CPC, drawing from 25+ years of experience, gives you ALL the little-known secret tactics that controllers and manipulators use but DON'T want you to know! She tells you what to say to the controller to get him off his position and onto yours. How to know the severity of his case, how to know if he can change, how to get "unhooked" and get him to surrender. Here's what you'll learn:What is Control and When Is It Destructive?The Dif...

NLP is a not just something that you learn, it is an experience, a life changing experience that will help you create the life that you want. While there is help for many of the issues that NLP helps to treat through psychology, NLP works much faster and instead of you having to go through years of therapy you can use NLP which will completely change your life.This book is going to teach you everything that you need to know in order to start implementing NLP into your life today. T...

Pretty is as pretty does, and while its true that money makes the world go round, nice is what makes it habitable. The Victims Guide to Surviving the Narcissist/Sociopath is a quick guide book describing what a typical narcissist/sociopath is and what his/her typical victim is. While the common wisdom dictates that the sociopath/sociopath type predator goes after only those who are of little or no worth, the stupid, the uneducated and perhaps the hopelessly poor/ignorant the reality is oft...

**One of The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2017“A pinball machine zinging with sharp dialogue, breathtaking plot twists and naughty humor... McBride at his brave and joyous best.” —New York Times Book ReviewFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Deacon King Kong, and Kill 'Em and Leave, a James Brown biography.**The stories in