This volume follows one man’s revolutionary journey from deficient early education to his incarceration on North Carolina’s death row, where he was given the opportunity to pursue higher education.By pairing Lyle May‘s engaging first-person account with current scholarly literature, this book examines the complex relationship between the United States’ educational and penal systems. It also documents the role of education in May’s contributions to society through writing, teaching,...

2022 Christy Award Winner for General Fiction and Book of the Year!**"Cox is a writer to turn to for emotionally rich and redemptive fiction."--**Booklist starred reviewPresent Day. Sarah Ashby returns to her childhood home, determined to finally follow her dream of running the family business alongside her mother and grandmother. So when her mother, Rosemary, announces to her that Old Depot Grocer...

A mysterious package. A name she thought she'd erased. And the one person she never expected to see again.Tess Holcomb has built a new life in Alabama, repairing timepieces and avoiding her troubled past as she restores her customers' family heirlooms--treasures she never had. When a mysterious package arrives addressed to Teresa Baker, the name she abandoned, Tess finds herself drawn into a puzzle that threatens her delicate peace.Then Elliot Sullivan appe...

2021 Christy Award Winner for First Novel and Book of the Year!"A beautiful story about broken people coming together to find healing."--Heidi Chiavaroli, Carol Award-winning author of Freedom's Ring and The Tea ChestWhen Ivy Rose returns to her hometown to oversee her late grandmother's estate sale, she soon discovers that the woman left behind more than trinkets and phot...

**2025 Christy Award WinnerEvery family has its secrets**Josephina "Joey" Harris wouldn't mind if her family still had a few of their own after a lawsuit tarnishes their name. When an opportunity opens to become a temporary keeper of a decommissioned lighthouse on a North Carolina island, she takes the opportunity to escape the scrutiny of her small town to oversee its restoration.Soon Joey discovers strange notes tucked deep in the crevices of the lighthouse's old s...

A forbidden romance, a fractured family, and one woman's journey to piece it all togetherHometown hero Ana Leigh Watkins ventures to Bitter End, Tennessee, to help her great-aunt prepare for retirement. A town called Bitter End seems an ironic place for Ana to refresh her weary spirit, but she's desperate for respite from the attention and unwarranted admiration of her community. While on a hike in Roan Mountain, a ragtag group of amateur bird-watchers takes her un...

**"Cox's hopeful, heartwarming novel touches on complicated relationships, the value of friendship, and the impact of trauma with great heart and kindness."--**BookPageBeekeeper Beckett Walsh was living her dream, until her father's death sent her world into a tailspin. She suddenly finds she must deal with a new part owner of the family apiary--one who is looking to sell the property--and she cannot fathom why her father would put her in the position to l...

QUESTO COFANETTO CONTIENE 8 ROMANZILUCY MONROE - Scandalosa ereditieraPersino un uomo spregiudicato come Viktor è destinato a restare spiazzato da certe rivelazioni...ABBY GREEN - Un'anima gemella per il grecoAbituato a brevi e disimpegnati incontri con donne alla moda, Alexio viene subito catturato dalla fresca innocenza di Sidonie e decide di trascorrere una notte tra le sue braccia. Quando però viene a conoscenza delle disastrose condizioni economiche della...

This book provides practical guidance for a wide range of professionals working with parents and families, answering common questions such as 'How can parents facilitate their child's transition to secondary school?' and 'How can families best communicate about alcohol?'.Drawing on the findings from years of applied research projects carried out by the Trust for the Study of Adolescence, each chapter focuses on a particular area of parenting young people - from monitoring and super...

"Alles ist lebendig und in Bewegung, mit Stimmen und Gelächter – aber niemand weiß, was sie tun. Das ist ihr verbotenes Geheimnis. Der Rock verdeckt ihre Mitte und sie bewegt sich ganz, ganz sanft, sodass man extra stehenbleiben und genau hinsehen müsste, um zu verstehen, was das vor sich geht. Und das macht keiner, alle Menschen sind mit sich selbst beschäftigt." Eddie und Alice sind unterwegs zum Park, werden aber immer wieder durch ihr gegenseitiges Gefinger aufgehalten. Es ist schwer, ...

"Der schmale String des Tangas schnürte in ihre feuchte Scheide und schickte Wellen aus Wohlbehagen durch den Körper. Die nackten Pobacken streckte sie in die Luft und als sie sah, was er aus dem Sack zog, reckte sie sich noch mehr..." Als Susannas Sohn beschließt, das Weihnachtsfest dieses Jahr mit der Familie seiner Lebensgefährtin zu verbringen, wird Susanna bewusst, dass ihr einsame Feiertage bevorstehen. Doch das ändert sich schlagartig, als sie von einem ungewöhnlichen Weihnachtsbrin...

"Alles ist lebendig und in Bewegung, mit Stimmen und Gelächter – aber niemand weiß, was sie tun. Das ist ihr verbotenes Geheimnis. Der Rock verdeckt ihre Mitte und sie bewegt sich ganz, ganz sanft, sodass man extra stehenbleiben und genau hinsehen müsste, um zu verstehen, was das vor sich geht. Und das macht keiner, alle Menschen sind mit sich selbst beschäftigt." Eddie und Alice sind unterwegs zum Park, werden aber immer wieder durch ihr gegenseitiges Gefinger aufgehalten. Es ist schwer, ...