While in no way supporting the systemic injustices and disparities of mass incarceration, Gifts from the Dark: Learning from the Incarceration Experience argues that we have much to learn from those who have been and are in prison. Schwartz and Chaney profile the contributions of literary giants, social activists, entrepreneurs, and other talented individuals who, despite the disorienting dilemma of incarceration, are models of adult transformative learning that positively impact the world...

This timely, readable text offers an authoritative and balanced analysis of how racially driven policies in America impact post release education as a leading pathway to social reintegration. Compelling research findings from an assemblage of college faculty, seasoned administrators, and criminal justice professionals are interwoven with first-person narratives from formerly incarcerated individuals. This book takes full advantage of its interdisciplinary mixture of voices and positionalit...

Behind the Counter is a tender, true-to-life memoir that captures the heart of small-town America through the eyes of a country pharmacist. With warmth, humor, and deep compassion, John Chaney invites readers into a life spent serving others—one prescription, one handshake, and one story at a time. From his earliest days learning the ropes in a dusty drugstore to the long nights balancing family life with patient care, Chaney shares the quiet triumphs and hidden heartbreaks of a profession...

Sanctuary. The perfect refuge from the enemy, the most closely held secret of the resistance, the planet has never been found, never been attacked.Until now.Charlie Travers has been preparing to strike at the Anguilar with the help of the US military, intent on going on the offense, but no battle plan survives contact with the enemy...particularly not when that enemy is General Zan-Tar.The General is the worst sort of enemy, the kind that doesn't hate,...

Charlie has accepted a commission in the US Army and the duty to build Earth's defenses before the Anguilar return for a larger attack to conquer his homeworld once and for all.But Giblet has other ideas.Obsessed with revenge against the Anguilar General Zan-Tar for the death of the woman he loved, Gib steals a starfighter and sets off on a suicide mission for the heart of the Anguilar Empire.Charlie is forced to make a decision: do his duty to...

Charlie Travers has been away from home for a long time, fighting to free the galaxy from the tyranny of the Anguilar Empire.But now the Anguilar know where that home is...and it's only a matter of time before they set their sights on Earth, intent on conquest and enslavement.Charlie doesn't have enough troops or supplies to stop them. And there's only one place he can get them.The one place the Anguilar are intent on conquering. Charl...

You can’t fight a war without guns.Charlie and his friends need to arm their ship, but they have a small problem—black market particle cannons cost a lot of money. And they don’t have any.Which leaves them only one option. They have to steal the guns from the Anguilar Empire.It’s a daring plan, but it backfires when Laranna is captured by the enemy and taken back to her homeworld of Strada, which has been conquered and garrisoned by the Empire....

Charlie Travers didn’t ask to be the leader of a rebellion…but no one else wanted the job.Now that he’s gathered an army and armed them with the deadliest starfighter ever made, the legendary Vanguards, he just needs one more thing: someone who knows how to fly the things.Unfortunately, no one has been behind the stick of a Vanguard in hundreds of years, since the end of the war that threw the galaxy into chaos. Their only hope lays in the legends of a crashe...

Abducted by aliens. Frozen for decades.Charlie Travers figures his life can’t get much worse. He lives over a pizza restaurant, he’s lost his girlfriend, and has no prospects for a career.Then, he’s abducted by an alien robot and taken across the galaxy. When he wakes up, he finds himself stranded thousands of light-years away and about to be killed by space pirates.Charlie’s only hope of getting through this is learning to work with his fellow abdu...

Two neurodiverse parents share easy-to-follow advice on how to adapt your parenting style to meet the needs of an autistic child.Parenting an autistic child as a neurotypical adult can be challenging but it doesn't need to feel impossible! This essential guide will help you reshape your approaches to parenting.Packed with lived-experience insight and easy-to-follow advice this transformative guide will change how you view the behaviour of your autistic chil...

Little Mountain Girl is the heartwarming tale of June Bug, a spirited young MULE from the hills of Eastern Kentucky whose courage is as wide as the sky above her mountain home. When legendary woodsman Jack Longworth sets out on a daring journey to the Grand Canyon in search of his long-lost childhood friend, June Bug insists on traveling beside him—not as a passenger, but as a partner in the adventure.Together, they cross forests, rivers, and open plains, guided by Mabel the Mule’s...

Accidental revolutionaries.Charlie and the others hadn’t set out to free the galaxy, but fate had other plans...and so did the ancient AI robot, Lenny, who brought them together. And brought them to Sanctuary.Now, a whole planet of Copperell refugees looks to Charlie for leadership, and his first task as their commander is to find weapons to arm the AI-guided zoo ships that are their only military fleet. And only the Anguilar have the weapons they need....