In a world inundated with distractions, it is difficult enough to be conscious of our surroundings, let alone conscious of serving others. However, throughout scripture, that is exactly what God has called us to do: to serve others with intention.Through inspiring stories, reflective questions, and scripture-based teaching, this thirty-day devotional will challenge the reader to break down internal and societal barriers and begin to see the world around them through the lens of a c...

It is said that love is blind but I think a lady's love is not only blind but also one of a dumb type. It can hardly see the substance of reality nor hear the voice of reason even when it comes knocking hard on the doors of our heart.We ladies are often ingenious in observing the conventional rules of letters and symbols that traces out the path to academic excellence but oftentimes we remain unschooled in the 'a-b-c of love'. We just do not know how to stay smart and healthy in a r...

Bestselling author Melissa Ferguson invites you to curl up by the fire with two delightfully cozy holiday novellas that will fill your heart with festive joy.Dashing Through the SnowLeft heartbroken on the eve of a romantic getaway, Willow embarks solo on The Christmas Express--a two-week train ride full of sparkling lights, whimsical surprises, and unexpected connections. With the help of a charmingly grumpy conductor, a mischievous elf, and a glo...

Bestselling author Melissa Ferguson invites you to curl up by the fire with two delightfully cozy holiday novellas that will fill your heart with festive joy.Dashing Through the SnowLeft heartbroken on the eve of a romantic getaway, Willow embarks solo on The Christmas Express--a two-week train ride full of sparkling lights, whimsical surprises, and unexpected connections. With the help of a charmingly grumpy conductor, a mischievous elf, and a glo...

From USA TODAY bestselling authors Denise Hunter, Melissa Ferguson, and Kathleen Fuller comes a sparkling collection of light and sweet romance stories will sweep you off your feet.In ***A Summer Detou***r by Denise Hunter (author of more than forty romance novels, including Bookshop by the Sea), you'll meet free-spirited Allie Adams, who undertakes a road trip to deliver her grandparents' newly restored '57 Chevy in time for their fiftieth annive...

Whether on the big screen or small, films featuring the American Civil War are among the most classic and controversial in motion picture history. From D. W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation (1915) to Free State of Jones (2016), the war has provided the setting, ideologies, and character archetypes for cinematic narratives of morality, race, gender, and nation, as well as serving as historical education for a century of Americans.In The American Civil War on Film and TV: Blue and Gray ...

Four men try to win back the women they lost in this anthology of four erotic novellas.His kisses are unforgettable. His touch . . . irresistible. He'll leave you begging for more . . .Brenda Jackson's "Strictly Business"Houston freelance writer Gina Grant Farrell just got a job offer too good to refuse—a week on a Texas ranch to interview the ruthless, ambitious, and very handsome millionaire Mitch Farrell, who happens to be ...

Four passionate romance novellas from four fabulous African-American authors."The Hunter" by New York Times–bestselling author Brenda Jackson: Mallory Standish and Hunter Sloan share a steamy one-night stand. But, the next morning, Mallory learns that the P. in P.I. doesn't stand for "private." In Hunter's case, it stands for "playa.""Just Wanna Love Ya" by *Essence–*bestselling author Joylynn Jossel: Jai is out for a night on the town. She certain...

Maclay School's Journal of Creative WritingOn our title: We take the title of this journal from a novella of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The novella is an existential piece, written before Dostoyevsky's greatest works and before Existentialism had really taken root in literature. The unnamed narrator is frequently named an anti-hero and is described by the note on the back of the Dover edition as a "profoundly alienated individual in whose brooding self-an...