These stories offer layered, perceptive takes on what home means to us. The people we meet in these stories are often traveling to and from home—thinking about where they have come from, where they are headed, and how that journey will impact their futures. Although the stories approach homecoming and homesickness through varied moods and styles, they all come around to confronting a shared need: a place to call home.

In the limbo bounded by rebellion and resignation, belonging and solitude, Ed Allen's middle Americans seem to be either freely adrift or uncomfortably vested in an exit strategy wholly inadequate for their circumstances. These sixteen darkly humorous stories gauge the tension between what we really feel and what we outwardly express, what we should do and what we manage to get done.In "Celibacy-by-the-Atlantic," Phil negotiates a lingering, low-intensity regret brought on by the a...

Death, that ending of all endings, is the shared concern of these stories, which have been chosen from among the hundreds that have appeared in the prestigious Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction series.More than seventy volumes, which include approximately eight hundred stories, have won the Flannery O’Connor Award. This stunning trove of always engaging, often groundbreaking short fiction is the common source for this anthology on death–and for planned anthologies on such t...

The kingdom of God is the called out people of God (Col. 1:1314) from the world of darkness as the spiritual family of Christ. The kingdom of God is bound up in the age of grace and truth and is the fulfillment of Gods promise to Abraham to bless all nations of people. The kingdom of God in prophecy started during the Roman rule (Dan. 2:44) with the Jews at Pentecost in Jerusalem (ca. 33 AD) and then to the Gentile world to include our present age. Jesus reigns as Lord and Christ over His ...

American Sign Language as a Bridge to English is a unique guide for HEARING teachers of HEARING students to use ASL as a 'bridge' to learn English as a foreign language. This ebook version makes it a convenient way to always have the signs with you on your phone or tablet. The book contains over 250 signs to be used in the classroom, each with a simple illustration and description. By clicking on the word in the Index by alphabet, finding the word signs is simplified. Along with t...

Women and sisters of all nationalities and races have one common thread- things that our "mothers" have taught us. Although they had good intentions, many of these lessons have left us in unhealthy relationships and produced decisions in our lives that have created emotional turmoil, keeping us in bondage. Through Breaking Free, Living beyond the Lies That Our Mothers Taught Us, we have the power to unlearn, heal and choose differently.-Charlotte

What if companies made developing their people's capabilities core to their mission?And what if equipping people with the intellectual, emotional, and social capabilities they need to thrive and contribute in the world was a recognized and incentivized form of social contribution? Leadership development experts Ed Offterdinger and Catherine Allen know from years of professional experience that higher profits, happy, engaged, and productive employees, better relationships away from work, an...

As the 1950s dawned America was a colossus militarily, economically and culturally. It bestrode a globe it was doing so much to shape in its own image. But it had concerns; the threat of communism. And for the Movies and Radio there was another concern: the emerging rise of Television.For Radio, still in its golden age of mass audiences and star filled programmes, they had a handy solution with ‘The Big Show’. Its premise was simple but effective. Take 90 minutes of air-time and fi...

"We can make a better Haiti" is a book that highlights the current events unfolding in Haiti and proposes some solutions and strategies to consider. Haitians seek change due to a combination of political turmoil, violence, humanitarian crises, and a desire for self-determination. Militias and armed groups, often manipulated by politicians, have now decided to take up arms against the politicians and the corrupted system. The path forward involves addressing these challenges while respectin...

The author of Among Friends returns with a witty, heartfelt account of his adventures as a full-time traveling storyteller for God.In third grade, we talked about what we wanted to be when we grew up. I raised my hand and said, "I want to be the pope!"Everyone laughed.But, hey, if you think about it, I'm still in the running.Encountering God is a collection of Father Jim Sichko's tales about what ha...

It's time to tell the story of the Empire from the perspectives of peoples who were colonised**.**Understand the nuances of the British Empire in different periods and places as you examine this complex, controversial history with respect and rigour.> Explore differing experiences around the world. This book has more breadth and depth than any other, helping pupils to consider what the Empire meant for people in Ireland, Am...

The goal of every early educator is to prepare all students for school success—but for young Black children, entrenched biases and racial inequities have created an achievement gap that must be closed. Transform your practices and work for systemic change with this visionary guidebook, a comprehensive roadmap to promoting racial equity in early childhood education.The only handbook of its kind that takes a rigorous, in‐depth look at the historical roots of racial bias, thi...