Winner of FIVE AWARDS in 20241Silver Award, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), 2025, Military/Wartime Fiction2Honorable Mention, Forward Indies 2024, War and Military Fiction3Finalist, American Fiction Awards, American Book Fest, 2024, Military Fiction4Finalist, Author of the Year 2025, International Impact Book Awards5Winner, International Impact Awards, June 2024,Contemporary FictionIn 1970, Second Lieutenant...

In honor of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and in tribute to the journeys of those displaced by the storm, TCU Press is proud to publish this timely novel outside the usual industry schedule—marking the moment with remembrance and reflection.Heading out in a stolen church van, a ragtag crew of Katrina survivors flees a devastated New Orleans—chasing refuge, redemption, and a second chance in the Texas desert.In Life in the Time of Hurricanes, R...

The Reverend Corina Youngblood, minister of the African Spiritual Church of Mercy, is a woman powered by Jesus and the santos. Her corner store, which caters to the eclectic religious and spiritual needs of New Orleans, is threatened by her Cuban ex-lover and mentor Elroy Delgago's plans to open a Walmart-like Superbotanica nearby. Gus Houston, a displaced former army officer now ersatz chaplain at an exclusive girls' school, discovers her mesmerizing powers and strikes up a profi...

Every homeowner knows what a mortgage is but do you? Many people have heard that term on movies, television shows, and commercials but don’t really know what it really means. To put it simply, it’s a loan where you are using your house as collateral. The difference between this and a normal loan is that your house becomes your backup just in case something happens and you are unable to continue payments.

Voudou (an older spelling of voodoo)a pantheistic belief system developed in West Africa and transported to the Americas during the diaspora of the slave tradeis the generic term for a number of similar African religions which mutated in the Americas, including santeria, candomble, macumbe, obeah, Shango Baptist, etc. Since its violent introduction in the Caribbean islands, it has been the least understood and most feared religion of the New Worldsuppressed, out-lawed or ridiculed from Hai...

Winner of the PEN America/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel * Finalist for the 2023 Aspen Words Literary Prize * Finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize/Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction“A profound reflection on the intergenerational nature of cultural trauma… Hokeah’s characters exist at the intersection of Kiowa, Cherokee and Mexican identity, which provides a vital exploration of indigeneity in contemporary American letters.” —The New York Times Bo...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2015 BY THE WASHINGTON POST, TIME, MEN’S JOURNAL, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, KANSAS CITY STAR, BROOKLYN MAGAZINE, NPR, HUFFINGTON POST, THE DAILY BEAST, AND BUZZFEEDWINNER OF THE 2015 ERNEST J. GAINES AWARD FOR LITERARY EXCELLENCELONGLISTED FOR THE 2016 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN...

The sixth episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi's new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man's War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear in e-book form every Tuesday.The Conclave is a confederation of four hundred alien races—many of whom would like to see the Colonial Union, and the humans inside of it, blasted to extinction. To avoid a conflict that neither side can afford, Conclave ...

A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking work of Vietnam War fiction and a meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling.In this landmark collection of stories, The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the...

Is dying for the truth really better than living with a lie? Find out in this gripping psychological thriller from New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker and Erin Healy.Let me tell you all I know for sure. My name: Shauna.I woke up in a hospital bed missing six months of my memory. In the room was my loving boyfriend—how could I have forgotten him?—my uncle and my abusive stepmother. Everyone blames me for the tragic...

A guide to the practices, tools, and rituals of New Orleans Voodoo as well as the many cultural influences at its origins• Includes recipes for magical oils, instructions for candle workings, and directions to create gris-gris bags and Voodoo dolls to attract love, money, justice, and healing and for retribution• Explores the major figures of New Orleans Voodoo, including Marie Laveau and Dr. John• Exposes the diverse ethnic influences at the core of Voodoo, from th...

“One of the best writers today.” (Johnny Olsen) / “A master storyteller.” (Betty Richard) FROM AWARD-WINNING USA TODAY & MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY WILL A DESPERATE PRESIDENT RISK WAR TO SAVE HIS ONLY CHILD?J. Robert Kennedy, author of the USA Today Bestseller The Templar’s Relic (#1 overall on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo), delivers another irresistible pulse-pounding, action-packed th...