This profound work revisits sacred texts and the ancient covenant they describe, proposing a revised interpretation that connects modern ethnic groups with these old narratives. It exposes the misrepresentation of historical identities and a truth deliberately hidden, urging a return to original teachings. The author envisions a recovery of a stolen legacy for those promised heirs, advocating for reflection and devotion to divine laws. This call for remembrance offers comfort and direction...

'Exquisite' Veronica Henry*****Before A Christmas Carol there was… Miss Marley.Orphans Clara and Jacob Marley live by their wits, scavenging for scraps in the poorest alleyways of London, in the shadow of the workhouse. Every night, Jake promises his little sister ‘tomorrow will be better’ and when the chance to escape poverty comes their way, he seizes it despite the terrible price.And so Jacob Marley is set on a path that leads to his inf...

Meet Alicia Cortez: survivor, healer...murderer?1993, Key West, Florida. When a Ku Klux Klan official is shot in broad daylight, all eyes turn to the person holding the gun: a 96-year-old Cuban woman who will say nothing except to admit her guilt.Mixed-race Alicia Cortez arrives in Key West exiled in disgrace from her family in Havana. At the same time, damaged war hero John Morales returns home on the last US troop ship from Europe. As l...

Lyrical, inspiring, and affecting text paired with bright, appealing illustrations make Ready to Fly perfect for aspiring ballerinas everywhere who are ready to leap and to spread their wings!Ready to Fly is the true story of Sylvia Townsend, an African American girl who falls in love with ballet after seeing Swan Lake on TV. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share at home or in the classroom.Although there aren’t many ballet schools that will accept a ...

Tensions simmer as a small town, already divided by race, is torn apart by the deadliest of hurricanes . . . THE HELP meets TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD in this powerfully emotional and gripping debut novel.In the small town of Heron Key, where the relationships are as tangled as the mangrove roots in the swamp, everyone is preparing for the 4th of July barbecue, unaware that their world is about to change for ever. Missy, maid to the Kincaid family, feels she has wasted ...

Author Teneshia LaFaye guides you through her journey from being considered a rich kid to being a broke award-winning sports writer to being a financially secure insurance professional.Writer By exposing her financial struggles and triumphs, Teneshia and her oldest son Darian teach teens and preteens how to start out on the right financial track.What My Mom Taught Me About Money is for teens, preteens, parents of teens and teachers of teens. Topics discussed are How to pick...

The contents of The R Software are presented so as to be both comprehensive and easy for the reader to use. Besides its application as a self-learning text, this book can support lectures on R at any level from beginner to advanced. This book can serve as a textbook on R for beginners as well as more advanced users, working on Windows, MacOs or Linux OSes. The first part of the book deals with the heart of the R language and its fundamental concepts, including data organization, i...

Stella Reid is fighting to save the home she loves. After her father is killed and her mother succumbs to yellow fever, it's up to Stella to run Oak Grove, her family's plantation. Unlike most Southerners, Stella sees herself as equal to the African Americans she works side-by-side with in the cotton fields. The white Southerners reject her, and the freed men can't trust her after generations of enduring the horrors of slavery. So Stella stands alone as she fights to follow through on her ...

This profound work revisits sacred texts and the ancient covenant they describe, proposing a revised interpretation that connects modern ethnic groups with these old narratives. It exposes the misrepresentation of historical identities and a truth deliberately hidden, urging a return to original teachings. The author envisions a recovery of a stolen legacy for those promised heirs, advocating for reflection and devotion to divine laws. This call for remembrance offers comfort and direction...

With Pretty Omens, A. LaFaye has crafted a mesmerizing novel-in-verse inspired by the epic tradiiton fo the myth of Cassandra that will transport you to a small Virginia mountain community where an orginary girl becomes a hero.

Life for a family on a Nebraska homestead is difficult, with illness and weather causing worries about crops and finances, and conflicts between ranchers and farmers. For 11-year-old Nate’s family, the days grow even darker when he gets his leg crushed in a farm accident. To help out, Nate’s father brings home John Worth, just off the Orphan Train and dealing with the loss of his own family in a New York City tenement fire. With Nate’s honest telling of the story comes a fascinating narrat...

Florida, 1935, and the residents of Heron Key are preparing for the 4th July barbecue, little realising how much their world is about to change.Domestic helps Missy and Selma are dismembering the alligator that tried to snatch the baby Missy was watching, before they can get ready for the party. Henry, a returned soldier from WW1, is hoping that his comrades in his construction team will not disgrace themselves in front of an already fiercely judgemental community. Hilda Kincaid, i...