I experienced 3 divorces, rape, and mercury poisoning. My wonderful family and God helped me to survive and become a whole person again.

In Texas in 1937, the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl have caused thousands to lose their jobs, their homes, and their land. Thousands of people are forced to endure hardships, but none more than nine-year-old Sara Jane Evans. Orphaned and homeless after a tragic accident burns down her home, Sara Jane is forced to leave the only home she has ever known and travel to places she has never been with nothing but her rucksack, her beloved dog Buddy, and her faith in God.

The classic, New York Times bestselling book on the psychology of racism that shows us how to talk about race in America—now fully revised and updated.“An unusually sensitive work about the racial barriers that still divide us in so many areas of life.” -Jonathan Kozol, author of Amazing GraceWalk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latin...

The classic, New York Times-bestselling book on the psychology of racism that shows us how to talk about race in America.“An unusually sensitive work about the racial barriers that still divide us in so many areas of life.” ―Jonathan Kozol, author of Amazing GraceWalk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own...

A former college president and bestselling author offers leadership lessons for today’s troubled campuses.**“Peril and Promise is both a practical guide and a moral compass, urging those in leadership roles to lead not from fear but from purpose.” ―**ForbesHigher education is under assault from all sides. Scandals, protests, and dramatic resignations dominate the news cycle, and the pressu...

A former college president and bestselling author offers leadership lessons for today’s troubled campuses.**“Peril and Promise is both a practical guide and a moral compass, urging those in leadership roles to lead not from fear but from purpose.” ―**ForbesHigher education is under assault from all sides. Scandals, protests, and dramatic resignations dominate the news cycle, and the pressu...

**Major new reflections on race and schools—by the best-selling author of “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?”A Simmons College/Beacon Press Race, Education, and Democracy Series Book**Beverly Daniel Tatum emerged on the national scene in 1997 with “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?,” a book that spoke to a wide audience about the psychological dynamics of race relations in America. Tatum’s unique abil...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This perspective also transforms our understanding of self-care. Rather than a series of external actions—diet, exercise, and medical check-ups—self-care becomes a process of inner alignment. It involves cultivating awareness, setting intentions, and creating harmony within our energy field. We can take an active role in our own healing journey.In my earlier work, i explored how quantum ideas could help us navig...

This edited volume draws from a special issue published in the Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership in Education to explore children’s perceptions, experiences, and handling of anti-racism approaches in the contexts of teaching, learning, and parenting.Often marginalized and overlooked in the renewed vigor for racial justice is the lived experience of young Black children, with a critical focus on the unique ways anti-Black racism theorizing can shed l...

After many years of taking culinary, baking and pastry courses, collecting family recipes handed down through many generations, as well as inheriting a small cookbook collection that I've grown to over five hundred and eighty seven volumes, I decided to gather a compilation of my favorite Texas dishes to share with my children and yours.

Since the 1970s, the corrections system has experienced exponential growth. Over the past four decades, the number of inmates held in US prisons and jails has quadrupled. This massive growth is associated with a number of different issues and challenges within prisons and jails, including overcrowding; gang activity and misconduct; a shift away from rehabilitation and programming; expanded use of solitary confinement; inmates’ human rights; criticisms of health care; and massive, publicly ...

Evolution is the title of the latest anthology from the Southern Ohio Writers' Collaborative, a theme that has made many of us think long and hard about what that means to each of us.After all, species evolve, as do people. As women we certainly do: we go from little girl to teen, to young woman to wife and mother, to grandmother. Along the way, we may lose interest in some things, but develop new interests later. We fall in and out of love—sometimes we have that love taken from us...