Herman Pettiford is a 76 year old man with 9 children, with 5 children being older than his wife being 46 years old. They have been together 22 years and married for 20 years. This is an exciting and wonderful story about a boy from the East Baltimore ghetto when ghettos were not dangerous or violent. They were just poor and lacking ways and avenues to get out. But the Ghetto children did find peace, love, faith and a reason to believe in oneself mainly through religion that was taught to t...

Book synopsis:In the Book, LESSONS LEARNED And SHARED: A Collections of Poems. I have sporadically revisited, and recalled some of my life's meaningful and significant instances. And then offered my interpretations as to their philosophical conveyances to me in my time on Earth. This is to speak to some of the profound "instances of teachings" that I have experienced by this time in my life.Its first purpose is only to share the visuals th...

During the fifteen years of Herman L. Donovan's presidency (1941-56), the University of Kentucky entered a new era of maturity as an educational institution.The period was characterized by many administrative crises, such as those arising from the flood of veteran students following World War II, the rapidly rising costs of maintenance and expansion, and the apathy or active opposition of many Kentuckians to the concept of a free and developing university. Nevertheless, during this...

What is mentoring? What makes a teacher a mentor?From Teaching to Mentoring is an argument for the power, practicality and the basic good of a simple educational idea. The authors advocate a sound, comprehensive and lifelong education, shifting the emphasis of the learning process to the needs of the student. Whilst heeding traditional criteria of educational excellence, they ask for profound educational and political transformations:* Teachers become collaborative i...

Like spiritual dynamite, praise has an explosive quality. Released in a life, it revolutionizes everything it comes in contact with. In Power in Praise Merlin Carothers provides a simple, clear examination of how and why the principles introduced in Prison to Praise work in every-day life.

The debut collection from 22-year-old poet Reyna Biddy, I Love My Love tells the story of Reyna's childhood, her parents' toxic relationship, and how, against all odds, she learned to love herself.

The trials of Job are legendary. One righteous man suffering so many calamities, so much heartache. But despite the fact that many have heard about Job and his trials, not many people truly understand what those trials were all about and what God was trying to accomplish through them. Job himself was confused about it all. What did I do to deserve such suffering? he cried out.Eventually, though, through tough questions and unexpected answers from God, Job gained new insigh...

Although born with it, it seems as though it takes a lifetime to discover beauty within one's self. How does one even begin to define it? The simple appreciation of beauty is another feat in itself. It’s always been there waiting to be unearthed. Flower In My Hair is like being born again…into beauty. Be Introduced or reacquainted with self love.BLESSEDselling Author E. N. Joy gifts her readers with her most personal and private thoughts. In the past, she’s used her gift of written...

The Black History of the White House presents the untold history, racial politics, and shifting significance of the White House as experienced by African Americans, from the generations of enslaved people who helped to build it or were forced to work there to its first black First Family, the Obamas.Clarence Lusane juxtaposes significant events in White House history with the ongoing struggle for democratic, civil, and human rights by black Americans and d...

Combining the apostle John's glorious description of Heaven from Revelation with heart-touching reflections on her own father's charming mountain home, Anne Graham Lotz weaves a tapestry of truth through this presentation that will take away your fear of death and fill you with hope for the future.Jesus promised us, "In My Father's house are many rooms...I am going there to prepare a place for you." Amid the turbulence of today's terror-besieged world, we cling to the hope of a hea...

Candid Lyrical Volume Shows the Way to Hope and Self-Discovery Writing with complete transparency, Rubie has courageously walked through healing and by turns offers readers to do the same by reflecting through his poetry On his dedication page, poet Gary Rubie writes, “to every alcoholic and addict that suffered, recovered and still suffers, I hope for serenity, courage and wisdom.” The same serenity, courage and wisdom can be found in the interstices of Out On A Cliff, an intricately-weav...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY • An “important, deeply affecting—and regrettably relevant” (New York Times Book Review) chronicle of a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans’ freedom to oppress others and their fight against the government that got in their wayAmerican freedom is typically associated with the fight of the oppressed for a better world. But for centuries, whenever the federal government intervened on behalf of nonwhite people, ma...