A powerful clarion call for women leaders to harness their faith to transform the world of business—and cultivate a more diverse, supportive system for allWomen around the globe are being divinely called to change the world of business with a new kind of leadership. It’s time for us to wake up and prepare for the challenge.Why are we still seeing gender pay gaps and a lack of diversity in our workforces? We all know these systemic inequalities persist, so w...

Women around the globe are being divinely called to change the world of business with a new kind of leadership - it's time for us to wake up and prepare for the challenge. Why are we still seeing gender pay gaps and a lack of diversity in our workforces? We all know these systemic inequalities persist, so why haven't we fixed them yet? Dion Johnson has excelled in her field as a black woman in a white man's world; facially disfigured in a beauty-obsessed world; a devoted C...

What do you do when, no matter how much you pray, the storms won't go away? How do you trust God when it feels like He has left you all alone?LIFE MOVES FAST, AND SO DO THE CHALLENGES MANY OF US ENCOUNTER. IT IS VERY TEMPTING TO LOOK AT OUR CIRCUMSTANCES AND QUESTION THE PRESENCE AND "GOODNESS" OF GOD. HOWEVER, I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME IN A CONVERSATION IN THE ENCLOSED PAGES TO:•PRIORITIZE GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY AND HIS ULTIMATE RULE AS THE PRIMARY VANTAGE POINT FROM WHICH ALL OF...

"Everyone has two sides, and you only know the person as they are in your presence. Outside your presence, it's only to your imagination."Janus is a thrilling ride of the unknown and a lot of missing pieces to a mysterious puzzle about Tebow and his return to the City of Hollowbrook. Tebow returns back to his hometown years after his parents' brutal murder to seek justice for the cold case. To his surprise, their police department isn't as willing to assist as he may have thought t...

A fearless young woman from a small African village starts a revolution against an American oil company in this sweeping, inspiring novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Behold the Dreamers.**ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, People • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, The Christia...

Celebrating Fifty Years of Picador BooksWinner of the National Book Award 1990The Apocalypse would definitely put a crimp in my career plans.Rutherford Calhoun, a puckish rogue and newly freed slave, spends his days loitering around the docks of New Orleans, dodging debt collectors, gangsters, and Isadora Bailey, a prim and frugal woman who seeks to marry him and curb his mischievous instincts. When the heat from these resp...

“With a deft hand, Johnson shows us there's no such thing as "too young" when it comes to questioning big ideas like manhood, or even family.” –Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Look Both Ways and StampedLiterary powerhouse and Coretta Scott King Honor- and Boston Globe / Horn Book Honor-winning author of The Parker Inheritance Varian Johnson explores themes of toxic masculinity and family legacy in this heartfelt, hopeful story of one bo...

Pages magazine says this collection represents "the absolute best in short literary fiction." This installment exhibits a fresh batch of immensely talented writers, all of whom exemplify the level of accomplishment that has kept this acclaimed series running strong since 1985. Comprising 20 stories, this rich and varied collection features everything from a fresh take on the classic Southern gothic to a velvet-smooth work of erotic suspense.

The story of one man's efforts to authenticate a photograph of the influential King of the Delta Blues amid pushback from others.After Zeke Schein purchased the lost photograph of Robert Johnson online, he knew he held something important in his hands. But would anyone else see what he saw? One of only three or four known photos of the legendary blues guitarist, the photograph was certainly an exceptional artifact of music history. Despite official recognition of it...

A follow-up to the original groundbreaking collection, Again, Dangerous Visions features forty-six short stories from giants of the science fiction genre.Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America and winner of countless awards—including the Hugo, Nebula, Edgar Allan Poe, and Bram Stoker—Harlan Ellison proved once more that he was both unpredictable and irrepressible in this second collection of innovative science fiction. Again, Dangerous ...

The 19th addition of this annual anthology exhibits a collection of short fiction from award-winning Southern authors and rising stars including Edward P. Jones and Silas House. Each story's derivation is explained in an illuminating note from the author following the rich and entertaining tales. "Both the familiar and the strange are eloquently evoked and celebrated here: a model anthology."-Kirkus Reviews

From the acclaimed New York Times science writer George Johnson, an irresistible book on the ten most fascinating experiments in the history of science—moments when a curious soul posed a particularly eloquent question to nature and received a crisp, unambiguous reply.Johnson takes us to those times when the world seemed filled with mysterious forces, when scientists were dazzled by light, by electricity, and by the beating of the hearts they laid bare on the dissecting ta...