Have you ever wished that you had a successful professional businesswoman to give you advice? Are you in search of new ways to gain the wisdom needed to move you closer to your goals? If you desire to witness your ambitions come to fruition, this motivational anthology will become your roadmap to success.In The Higher Level Method: Success Stories on How to Master Your Business and Life Goals, Darlene Williams, along with 16 seasoned women in business, provides insight nee...

This is the story of the community of Riverside and the resilience of its close-knit residents, a collection of stalwart and engaging characters. In the late 1800s, the town's Granny Woman, Annie Barrett, is in a position to see her neighbors during times of great joy and also at their most vulnerable. Choices lead the people of Riverside to lives of fulfillment or to sorrow, even as they do today.

Much like The Evolution of Nora, Darlene takes a young girl through her trials in life. She is seduced by a teacher as a teenager and that haunts her until she seeks psychiatric help. The help she receives is a good story. Darlene becomes a lawyer in New York City and has many interesting stories of her law cases. She has some interesting friends who help develop the story. The story deals with social problems and alternative life styles. It also has a few love stories which are intertwine...

Who are you, really?That's the question Jada never expected to answer-until she found the journal under Nana's quilt.At 13, Jada is just trying to stay invisible, survive middle school, and make sense of life without the grandmother who understood her best. But when she discovers Nana's journal-and a mysterious map tucked inside-it leads her on a journey she didn't see coming.From hallway whispers to classroom spotlights, from secret fears to unexpe...

This devotional/journal highlights the interaction of the author with the Lord. The author hopes that you can find areas of your life that resonate and cause an awakening within you. As you go through the book, meditate on what you read and then use the space provided to journal your thoughts, feelings, and goals for moving forward in your relationship with God.

Feeling discouraged and need some encouragement?Read 31 Devotions for Writers, written by published authors who want to help encourage you in your writing through God’s written Word.Writing can often be discouraging. Some writers have spouses or children who don’t understand why they spend so much time on the computer. You may face a multitude of rejection from agents or publishers. Or you may not get encouragement in the form of reviews or be nominated for an award. So why...

Inspired by the University of Illinois's celebration of the Brown v. Board of Education decision's fiftieth anniversary, this collection addresses the significance of Brown in the contributors' lives or work in education and civil rights. Several authors describe their personal roles in the Brown case or similar cases, while others examine and illustrate events, performances, and exhibitions that were part of the anniversary commemoration. The book not only explo...

Featured in the film Twenty Feet From Stardom, the woman whose voice the New York Times said "is as embedded in the history of rock 'n' roll as Eric Clapton's guitar and Bob Dylan's lyrics" tells her storyRight out of high school, Darlene Love began singing lead vocals for legendary producer Phil Spector, cutting such classic hits as the number one "He's a Rebel," "Da Doo Ron Ron," and "He's Sure the Boy I Love." As part of the girl group the Blossoms, she held a ...

I chose the title Poems, Progress, and Prosperity as the title of my book to display the personal growth that I have developed over the years.The poems represent the personal thoughts and struggles I've faced throughout life.Progress outlines the progression of my personal and professional development.Prosperity details the ultimate goals I look to achieve by the publishing of this book.

The growing shift in Catholic moral theology from reflecting on rules alone to focusing on the identity and formation of persons as moral agents prompts a further question: What impact do recent changes in the identity and formation of Catholic moral theologians themselves have on how that discipline is practiced? Young Catholic moral theologians experience a sharply different professional formation and a changed location of ongoing professional life than prior generations of moral theolog...

This book is a collective reflection on the relationship between theory and methods, as practiced by American archaeologists of the Byzantine period in Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, and Egypt between the 1990s and 2020s. The eleven authors represent a generational voice that employed theory to redirect the established narratives of the golden age of Byzantine archaeology (1960s–1980s) that privileged art and religion.Beyond Icons: Theories and Methods in Byzantine Archaeology in Nor...

The first comprehensive cultural history of Brazil to be written in English, Brazil Imagined: 1500 to the Present captures the role of the artistic imaginary in shaping Brazil's national identity. Analyzing representations of Brazil throughout the world, this ambitious survey demonstrates the ways in which life in one of the world's largest nations has been conceived and revised in visual arts, literature, film, and a variety of other media.Beginning with the first explora...