A difficult story about a difficult character, who I imagine to be on one spectrum or another. He starts out intolerant, but saving a friend in need may help him learn something about empathy. Caution: he verbally bullies a passerby who may or may not be gay. Written in 1989.

A cowboy-inflected teacher attempts to impose his own brand of order on a classroom full of impishly rebellious students. Note: includes mild spanking.

While soliciting charity donations, a young man and woman unexpectedly meet again.All proceeds from this work will be donated: until 5/2020 to benefit Covid-19 pandemic victims, until 11/2020 to the American Heart Association, and until 3/2022 to help the children of a close relative of this cover model after she was killed. Her estranged husband is in custody.https://www.gofundme.com/f/theomomofunds

A light-ish escapist post-apocalyptic adventure romance.35 years after a devastating plague, people have gathered into settlements for mutual protection. Two young settlers, Ben and Tasha, fall in love, build a home, celebrate their pairing in a hot spring cavern, and help keep their people safe as their settlement grows.

“The sea action is exciting and thoroughly convincing.” —Kirkus ReviewsTodd Ingram is back in the fight.After narrowly escaping the Japanese-held Philippines, he is promoted to the destroyer USS Howell.His new assignment puts him in the middle of two epic naval engagements: the Battle of Cape Esperance and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. But his fight against the Imperial Japanese Navy is just the beginning.To...

A Father, A Fire, A Question That Refuses to DieIn the burning remains of a small Texas home, three children were lost and a father was condemned. But what if the truth was never truly found in the ashes?Ashes of Truth: The Biography of Cameron Todd Willingham tells the haunting, deeply controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, a man executed by the state of Texas for the alleged arson deaths of his daughters in Corsicana. As forensic science evolves and certainty beg...

Shifting faculty roles in a changing landscapeErnest L. Boyer's landmark book Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate challenged the publish-or-perish status quo that dominated the academic landscape for generations. His powerful and enduring argument for a new approach to faculty roles and rewards continues to play a significant part of the national conversation on scholarship in the academy.Though steeped in tradition, the role ...

Essays by Thomas Frank, Clay Shirky, David Simon, and others: "Anyone concerned about the state of journalism should read this book." — Library JournalThe sudden meltdown of the news media has sparked one of the liveliest debates in recent memory, with an outpouring of opinion and analysis crackling across journals, the blogosphere, and academic publications. Yet, until now, we have lacked a comprehensive and accessible introduction to this new and shiftin...

Psychology has exploded across the academic and popular landscape in the last hundred years. Dozens of schools of thought have arisen and thousands of books have been written on the nature of our personalities, our development, our relationships and our inner well-being.All of this has been of interest (and sometimes of concern) to Christians because of the importance we place on a correct understanding of human nature. Psychology often seems disconnected from, if not antithetical to, Chri...

Inspired by the debut album from legendary rock star Meat Loaf, Bat Out of Hell is a stellar collection of mysteries from some of the best writers in the genre.The fourth installment in the Music and Murder Mystery series, edited by Don Bruns, Bat Out of Hell is a nonstop thrill ride of engrossing mysteries from some of the best authors in the business. An anthology unlike any other, this collection includes a brand-new Jack Reacher story from And...

Some two million Americans are in jail or in prison. Except for the occasional exposZ, what happens to them is hidden from the rest of us. Is it possible to develop and instill a professional ethic for prison personnel that, in partnership with formal regulatory constraints, will mediate relations among officers, staff, and inmates, or are the failures of imprisonment as an ethically-constrained institution so deeply etched into its structure that no professional ethic is possible? The con...

A gripping installment in John J. Gobbell's acclaimed Ingram family saga, blending authentic military detail with pulse-pounding international intrigue. For readers who lived through Todd Ingram's battles, Across the Black Water is the story of the trials his grandson faces when the next war comes calling.A new Cold War ignites in the Pacific—and the Ingram family is caught in the crosshairs once again.