Funny, suspenseful, tender, and wise—the story of a man who took to the woods, and the woman who found him thereSoon after his fortieth birthday, Macon "Toots" Henslee left his home, his job, and his marriage to live in a tree house. Lots of people—his wife especially—thought that he had lost his mind, but from his perch atop a Tennessee riverbank, Toots could see plainly the insanity of his old life. He had become a man who said and did the opposite of what he want...

The stunning debut of a writer hailed by Robert Penn Warren as "that very rare thing, the born novelist"He had lost the thread of his life, and he couldn't pretend any longer that he hadn't.As soon as Thomas Rapidan thinks it, he knows it is true. The question is, what to do about it? John Yount's slim, potent first novel is the story of a troubled young man deciding whether to live or die.Tom's wife, Maggie, knows that he does not love her. S...

A powerhouse novel about an idealistic young man's return to a rural Southern town simmering with prejudice and angerSeparation papers in hand, Beau Jim Early sets out one hot, dry August morning in 1960 from Fort Jackson, South Carolina, for his brother's farm in Cocke County, Georgia. After six years in the army, civilian life is not as easy as it looks. In short order, Beau Jim gets conned by a shoe-shine boy, buys a Studebaker with bad brakes, and spends nearly ...

The tender, engaging story of a family in pain and a boy whose quest for courage leads him deep into the wilds of AppalachiaIn 1948 Madeline Tally leaves her philandering husband and returns home to North Carolina, where she and her thirteen-year-old son, James, move into an ugly purple trailer in the cow pasture behind her father's farmhouse. Smart and sensitive, James worries that he is somehow responsible for his parents' separation and feels out of place in the...

"From now on, there are bound to be two classics of the Great Depression— The Grapes of Wrath and Hardcastle." — Los Angeles TimesIn 1931 William Music is making his way back home to Virginia when he hops off a freight train in Switch County, Kentucky, to find something to eat. For eleven cents—all the money in his pocket—he buys a soda bottle's worth of moonshine. Farther down the road, he takes two turnips and a handful of string beans f...

God first gave specific instructions for being a parent in Deuteronomy 6. He instructs parents to talk to their children every day about God and His ways. Everyday Talk offers practical, creative ways to do that. Learn how to use ordinary conversations to show your kids the goodness and wisdom of God. With clear biblical teaching, John Younts illustrates how to lead your children into a greater awareness of the presence and glory of God.

IF YOU CAN READ A GPS DEVICE, YOU CAN NAVIGATE--AND SUSTAIN--YOUR COMPANY’S PATH TOWARD DRAMATIC GROWTH AND PROFITSIMPLE IS BETTER! Businesses today are overwhelmed by complex, expensive, and time-consuming initiatives. These ideas sound great in the boardroom but fail when deployed in the real world. You need a business tool that takes your organization where it needs to go and is so simple and repeatable that anyone can use it. Just like a GPS helps get us wher...

Le sexe & le mariage s'adresse aux parents d'adolescents ou de futurs adolescents. Les chapitres, courts et simples, se basent sur des discussions réelles entre un père et son fils. Les auteurs présentent six exemples de conversations pour aider et encourager les parents à aborder les sujets difficiles entourant le sexe et le mariage. Les conseils qu’ils offrent sont à la fois sages et pratiques.

Color Me is the story of Johnathan Black, a painter who suffers from schizophrenia. Throughout the drama, his psychoses are represented by percussion and dance. The play follows Johnathan’s growth over the course of eighteen years, from the onset of his mental illness through his triumph over insanity as he accepts a position teaching art at a nearby community college.The play begins when Johnathan is only twelve years of age and the Black family is just finishing their evening mea...