The characters have traveled with me for a long time.Dennis Barton knows what he's doing is wrong; it's just that the sex is so good.A writer watches a personal hero age and become a cranky shadow of his former self.Three drunk college students stumble upon a broken parking meter and decide to take it home, until the cops show up.Two climbers have no control over their lives; the mountain made their decision.And what happens when your local car club ...

"An emotion-filled collection." —Kirkus ReviewsA CCBC 2024 Choices for the Fiction for Young Adult category!Two teens take the stage and find their voice . . .A girl learns about her heritage and begins to find her community . . .A sister is haunted by the ghosts of loved ones lost . . .There is no universal adoption experience, and no two adoptees have the same story. This anthology for teens edited by Shannon Gibney and Nicole Chung contains a wide...

Arrah Wanna (pronounced Arr-uh wa-nna) – (noun) A Baptist Church camp in the mountains where a fourteen-year-old, disillusioned believer is busted for drugs.Muleshoe – (pronounced Mule-shoo) (noun) A town in Texas that one must pass through to get to the crossroads if you’re going to meet up with the devil and have your wildest dreams come true.Kelley Baker and Mark A. Nobles are a couple of misfits who’ve misspent their l...

Normal people do not grow up to be writers. Most who know Mark A. Nobles and Kelley Baler will tell you these two aren't normal and never grew up to boot. In this collection of stories, Mark and Kelley have gathered a collection of stories showcasing their off-kilter memories, imaginations, and character flaws. Be it getting busted for drugs at Baptist Church Camp at fifteen, to standing up a young woman so you'll always be a fond memory and not the loser you know you are. Working in a tro...

""An emotion-filled collection."" —Kirkus ReviewsTwo teens take the stage and find their voice . . .A girl learns about her heritage and begins to find her community . . .A sister is haunted by the ghosts of loved ones lost . . .There is no universal adoption experience, and no two adoptees have the same story. This anthology for teens edited by S...

Now available in paperback, William C. Banfield’s acclaimed collection of interviews delves into the lives and work of forty-one Black composers. Each of the profiled artists offers a candid self-portrait that explores areas from training and compositional techniques to working in a exclusive canon that has existed for a very long time. At the same time, Banfield draws on sociology, Western concepts of art and taste, and vernacular musical forms like blues and jazz to provide a frame for t...

One of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement, Ella Baker (1903–1986) was an activist whose remarkable career spanned fifty years and touched thousands of lives. A gifted grassroots organizer, Baker shunned the spotlight in favor of vital behind-the-scenes work that helped power the Black freedom struggle. Making her way in predominantly male circles while maintaining relationships with a vibr...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if humanity’s earliest stories are not myths, but memories of contact with visitors from beyond Earth?In Origins Beyond Earth: Seeds From the Stars, NASA retiree John Kelley explores the striking similarities found in ancient creation accounts, Indigenous sky‑visitor traditions, prediluvian legends, and early biblical narratives. Cultures separated by oceans and millennia describe the same kinds of beings — descending from the sky, tea...

The 1930s were a decade of enormous uncertainty--for the world, for America, and in particular for one lonely, struggling mother and her disabled son. Their story is one of love and enormous sacrifices in the face of circumstances horrendous beyond belief. When her husband leaves her for someone whose time isn't wrapped up in a silent, handicapped kid, Mary and little Luke are out on their own in a world that has no room for the poor and disabled. Especially not at a time when most America...