This erotic novelette about a weirdly untraditional love triangle tells the story of a man who, with help, discovers the true powers of the mind. Frederick Byrd is incarcerated after the act of defending his girlfriend ends in the death of her ex-boyfriend. The girlfriend's sister helps Fred unlock his mind in ways he didn't know were possible. Nightly, he escapes the confines of prison and experiences the blissfulness of sex with the woman he protected. The triangle connects when the sist...

Liberation and Education brings together a collection of essays about Black educators’ and organizations’ quests to cultivate and employ educational strategies for the liberation of Black people. The contributions examine the enduring nature of Black people’s thinking about education prior to and through enslavement to the present. It documents a variety of critical accounts of how Black people have developed ways to free themselves mentally from the legacies of slavery, the view ...

100 Wisdom Lessons for Life and Living is a year-long journey of spiritual formation, practical faith, and intentional growth. Organized into three progressive “semesters,” this book guides readers from building strong inner foundations, to applying wisdom in everyday life, and finally to living with legacy and purpose. Each lesson is built around a clear, memorable maxim and includes reflection, Scripture, prayer, and a practical step—making it ideal for personal devotion, small groups, m...

REVIVE is not about starting over — it’s about waking up what’s already inside you. If you’ve ever felt disconnected from your purpose, stuck in survival mode, or running on empty while knowing there’s more for your life, this book is your wake-up call. In REVIVE, Derrick Johnson Jr. guides you through a powerful process of renewal — helping you rediscover who you are beneath the noise, reimagine what your life can become, and reignite the purpose that may have gone dormant but was never l...

A global energy war is underway. It is man versus nature, fossil fuel versus clean energy, the haves versus the have-nots, and, fundamentally, an extractive economy versus a regenerative economy. The near-unanimous consensus among climate scientists is that the massive burning of gas, oil, and coal is having a cataclysmic impact on our atmosphere and climate, and depleting earth’s natural resources, including its land, food, fresh water and biodiversity.These climate and environmen...

Womanism Rising concludes Layli Maparyan’s three-book exploration of womanist studies. The collection showcases new work by emerging womanist authors who expand the womanist idea while extending womanism to new sites, new problems, and new audiences.Maparyan organizes the contributions around five key ideas. The first section looks at womanist self-care as a life-saving strategy. The second examines healing the Earth as a prerequisite to healing ourselves. In Part Three, t...

In this book, the goal is to share my life’s journey and to inform you that life is way too brief to ponder on things you have no control over. God wants us to do life with Hhim and not allow life to do us. This is my story about doing life! !!

Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds presents a plethora of approaches to developing human potential in areas not conventionally addressed. Organized in two parts, this international collection of essays provides viable educational alternatives to those currently holding sway in an era of high-stakes accountability. Taken together, the chapters in Part I of Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds provide a sampling of what the cultivation of curious and creative minds entails. The contrib...

This book is written from a mans point of view. It has funny, serious, sexual, and interesting poems. I didnt include any pictures in this book because I didnt want to paint an image of my poems. I want you to clear your mind, open your heart, and really feel what Im trying to say. My book is full of facts and fiction. I wrote poems for my friends who were trying to get a little romantic with their girlfriends or wives. I got a lot of positive feedback and more poem requested, so I thought...

Though colleges and universities are arguably paying more attention to diversity and inclusion than ever before, to what extent do their efforts result in more socially just campuses? Intersectionality and Higher Education examines how race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, and other identities connect to produce intersected campus experiences. Contributors look at both the individual and institutional perspectives on issues li...

“And Leaves Shall Fall, And Orchids Will Wither … But Is That All?” Written during his teenage years (1988-1999), Where Do We Go From Here? expands upon the emotional depths explored in Derrick J. Johnson’s 2001 debut, The Awakening of the Dreamer, while breaking new creative ground as well. This book features four distinctly themed collections of poems. Carnival is a light-hearted journey through the circus of life, which features poems such as “Holy Water” and “Harlequin.” The second col...

This is my second book; I wrote it the same way Ive written in the past. Im a simple writer. I write what I feel and what is on my mind. I dont want to change that because then I wont be comfortable with what Im writing. I write about things that Ive heard about, seen, or experienced personally. I was always taught that poetry was about expression, imagination, and feelings. Ive tried very hard to capture that in my books. When I see or hear about an incident, I often wonder what brought t...