'Jo Stanley has fearlessly explored the depths of maritime history, discovering treasures along the way. Read this book and find out why.' – Marcus Rediker, author of The Slave Ship: A Human HistoryTraditionally, a woman's place was never on stormy seas. But actually thousands of dancers, purserettes, doctors, stewardesses, captains and conductresses have taken to the waves on everything from floating palaces to battered windjammers.

The Fantastic Red-Bills Got My Back is a middle‑grade adventure that celebrates friendship, nature, and themes of self‑esteem. Through the sturdy bond between a Cape buffalo named Billiam and his Red‑billed companions, this story deepens the importance of mutual support and valuing oneself. With humor, heart, and true grit this imaginative tale encourages young readers to see strength in connection and confidence in who they are.

Combining practical insights, real-world examples, and a renowned, student-friendly approach, Rector’s Community and Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Public's Health, 11th Edition, equips tomorrow’s nurses with the knowledge, skills, and perspective needed to address complex health challenges and to promote the well-being of diverse populations in an ever-changing healthcare landscape. This extensively revised edition reflects an enhanced emphasis on clinical judgment and a renewed foc...

This book exposes the attempt to teach atheistic evolution to students, often ridiculing their faith in God. The classrooms in our schools have become the battlegrounds for the minds of our children. Since the introduction of evolution by Charles Darwin there has been a growing list of atheist professors who vigorously fight any religion. The classrooms of America should not be the battlegrounds of any religion, but evolution is a religion. It has no place in the classroom since it does no...

Paper Secrets is the first book of a family saga involving the Black and Coleman families having mixed feeling for each other. Vivian Black and Louise Coleman were best friends during their childhood years in the 1930's until circumstances led to a ten-year separation. When they meet again in college, Louise is extremely rich and Vivian is attending college on an academic scholarship. They both fall in love with the same handsome, wealthy upperclassmen John Williams from Richmond, VA and t...

Louise Pierce Perkins has been unsuccessful in undermining Vivian Black's marriage to John Williams, the man of Louise's dreams. Louise, married hurriedly to an attorney only to prevent being disinherited by her rich aunt, still desires the wealthy heir to a ship-building business whose family is listed on the Social Register. She has discovered that her deceased mother had some safety deposit boxes and wants to know what is in them. In this part of the saga, she decides to hire a private ...

"Family Secrets" is the third part of the family saga involving the Coleman and Black Families. Louise Pierce Perkins is determined to destroy Emily Black's family, especially Vivian Black who married the man of Louise's dreams. Just when you think that you have Louise figured out, in "Family Secrets" you will learn the extent that some people will go to hurt others. Louise uses members of her mother's family who will use extreme measures, including murder, for revenge. Manipulation and mo...

When gays had to be closeted, ships were the only places where homosexual men could not only be out but also camp. And on some liners to the sun and the New World, queens and butches had a ball. They sashayed and minced their way across the world's oceans.Never before has the story been told of the masses. These are the thousands of queer seafarers, mainly stewards, who sometimes even outnumbered the straight men in the catering departments of ships that were household names and th...

Akira's plans are simple: write wedding invitations, bake Christmas cookies, and eat red meat. (The last surprises her, too.) But when Rose, the ghost who haunts her house, asks for a favor, Akira can't say no. Although she's faced danger before, even death, a toddler who doesn't like peanut-butter-and-jelly might be her worst nightmare.

Welcome to 1926 Seattle, where the blues are hot and the gin is served up coldLENAIt’s taken time but I’m slowly crawling my way up the entertainment industry ladder. I could get a lot farther, faster, if I were willing to play the old slap and tickle. Yeah…that’s never gonna happen. But my newest move is a step in the right direction and it’s my voice that earned me this gig. I feel on top of the world—right up until I discover who owns th...

Delicious divorcée Darcy Pringle is determined to make a splash at her California town's Spring Ball that'll be attended by her ex and his trophy wife. But she doesn't have a hot date. When a friend dares her to rent one: hunky womanizer Forrest Forbes, gone from riches to rags and desperate for cash, Darcy turns her life (and her bed!) topsy-turvy in this sweep-you-off-your-feet romantic romp.

A woman uncovers shocking revelations about her family in Barbara Taylor Sissel's unnerving thriller Evidence of Life.A mother's love. A wife's obsession. And the invisible fractures that can shatter a family.As her husband Nick and daughter Lindsey embark on a weekend camping trip to the Texas Hill Country, Abby looks forward to having some time to herself. She kisses them goodbye, and thinks to herself that she has it all—a perfect marriage, a perf...