Love & Profanity features more than forty brief, brilliant, and unforgettable true stories from writers both renowned and on the rise. Discover strange and surprising scenes of people coming of age amidst the everyday intensity of teenage life. Witness transformative moments arising from the mundane. Behold the young adult in full splendor and horror, bursting with love and profanity.

A collection that alternates between celebration and lament, Winnower traces the experiences of an American poet growing up in war-torn Chad, Africa.

Let barbecue superstar Aaron “AB” Brown guide you out of the grilling rut and into a big, colorful, and fantastically flavored world of new possibilities.Is there any kind of cooking that gets more stuck in a repetitive routine than grilling? If you’ve ever wanted to elevate your grilling beyond the endless parade of burgers, hot dogs, and steaks, Smokin’ and Grillin’ with Aaron Brown is the cookbook you need for the journey. And author Aaron “AB” Brown is...

Telling Tales explores the lived experiences of Christian women, parish clerics, and church officials in Italy during the later Middle Ages through one previously unpublished historical source – a register prepared in 1421/1422 for a Dominican inquisitor in the northern Italian city of Ferrara that includes interrogations about the lives, work, and domestic arrangements of otherwise-obscure women.The book provides both a translation of the source from the original Latin an...

During the late twentieth century, many Americans expressed concern about the security surrounding the U.S.-Mexico border due to the lack of progress in achieving meaningful and effective immigration regulation and an inability to control growing drug trafficking. Despite publicly and privately striving for cooperation on these issues, Mexican and American policymakers struggled to arrive at viable and sustainable solutions. In The 1970s and the Making of the Modern US-Mexico Border: F...

“God pummeled me. My most horrific experience. Also my best.”The Oracle is the enlightenment of a profound principle the author learned during a desperate season of his life. The power to transform a life finally awakened him. Embracing its message on one of his darkest days, he wrote The Oracle to revive hope and inspiration for the prosperity God offers each of us.The Oracle assures prosperity to the soul who observes its message, and a curse to the one who rejects it. Pr...

    The 2014 AuthorsFirst writing contests brought submissions from a wide range of profound and wildly entertaining talent. From this group of nearly a thousand entrants, we have chosen seventeen works of short fiction that will dazzle the imagination and thrill the heart. What happens when the most remarkable woman you’ve ever met disappears for weeks at a time leaving only magic and mystery in her wake? What happens when a hostel worker slowly loses his sense o...

Less Than What You Once Were begins in a pivotal moment for the speaker—during the 2008 "Battle of N'Djamena" in Chad's capital. This destabilizing experience—in which the speaker's home is broken into—results in the family embarking on a months-long departure from the place, and the narrative begins to cycle through childhood memories, from the first night when Brown lands at N'Djamena's airport as an eight-year-old boy to the failed attempt at bird hunting with ...

Saint Antoninus of Florence was a Dominican friar and archbishop of Florence from 1446 to 1459. He composed one of the most comprehensive manuals of moral theology, the Summa, which has long been counted among the more copious, influential, and rewarding medieval sources.St Antoninus of Florence on Trade, Merchants, and Workers gives an orientation to the life and teaching of Saint Antoninus, focusing on his writings on economic ethics, and includes a critical edi...

Linnie Mae is a 9 year old girl who lives a comfortable life in the suburbs with her parents. She has not spent much time in the city and definitely does not understand the homeless. Her mind is filled with negative stereotypes and scary images of those who sleep on streets. In one night, her attitude completely changes. During a volunteer excursion with her family, Linnie Mae meets some interesting people and hears some intriguing stories. In the end, she makes a connection with those she...

I never thought I’d see you again. What comes to your mind when you see that phrase? A reunion with a former lover? A shocking encounter with a dark face from your past? A dearly held memory come to life . . . or one you’ve tried desperately to purge from your mind? In this extraordinary collection of original fiction, sixteen great storytellers spin the tales that filled their imaginations when considering that sentence: • New York Times bestselling author Allison ...

Ready to leave the traditional education system behind? Explore the rich tapestry of unschooling with three books by long-time unschooling parent Pam Laricchia.This informative and inspiring box set includes:Free to Learn: Five Ideas for a Joyful Unschooling LifeFree to Live: How to Create a Thriving Unschooling HomeLife through the Lens of Unschooling: A Living Joyfully CompanionStepping outside the classroom can be scary at first, ...