There I was, buried underneath the hard rocks of life, gasping for air while my choices shoved me deeper into the earth. I was the diamond stuck so deep in the debris of decisions that I needed God's love to loosen the ground that covered me. I needed His patience and power to apply pressure and extract the value I thought I lost. I needed his faithful love to chastise me. I was guilty of abusing myself by allowing others to mistreat me. Isn't it sarcastically funny how we tend to misuse v...

Analyzing the extensive data gathered by the Public Influences of African American Churches project, which surveyed nearly two thousand churches across the country, Long March Ahead assesses the public policy activism of black churches since the civil rights movement. Social scientists and clergy consider the churches’ work on a range of policy matters over the past four decades: affirmative action, welfare reform, health care, women’s rights, education, and anti-apartheid activis...

Fox's fear is relieved when he finds that Bear is helping the birds not hurting them.

Highlights presents Fox Strings the Beans written by Barbara Owen. Fox's way of doing the chores cheers up Bear.

In Search of Safety takes a close look at the sources of gendered violence and conflict in women’s prisons. The authors examine how intersectional inequalities and cumulative disadvantages are at the root of prison conflict and violence and mirror the women’s pathways to prison. Women must negotiate these inequities by developing forms of prison capital—social, human, cultural, emotional, and economic—to ensure their safety while inside. The authors also analyze how conflict and s...

More than a century passed after Johann Sebastian Bach's death in 1750 before his music found an audience in the United States. Volume Five in the Bach Perspectives series tracks the composer's reputation in America from obscure artist to a cultural mainstay whose music has spread to all parts of the country.Barbara Owen surveys Bach's early reception in America. Matthew Dirst focuses on John Sullivan Dwight's role in advocating Bach's work. Michael Broyles considers Bach'...

Calling to mind Basho¯’s late life journeys through the backcountry of Japan, two women poets in a well-worn Honda hit the road for a legendary pilgrimage in a far-flung (pre-pandemic) landscape of American poetry.Although a road trip across North American calls to mind Jack Kerouac’s youthful meanderings of self-discovery, this reading tour was more in the manner of Basho¯’s late life journeys through the backcountry of Japan. . . . The road trip was in a sense a ...

When a Bullfrog named Froggy tries to catch a fly for his dinner, his dinner has other ideas. Though the two are natural enemies, a series of events cause them to come to each other's rescue. This is the story of how enemies can become friends, in spite of their differences.

In der Juli/August-Ausgabe von Spot on Audio begleiten wir zwei ahnungslose Touristen auf einen spannenden Trip nach London und entdecken die Stadt an Bord eines roten Doppeldeckers. Wir rätseln über das Verschwinden der amerikanischen Pilotin Amelia Earhart, liefern Tipps für eine englische Bewerbung und erleben moralische Abgründe in Oscar Wildes Picture of Dorian Gray. Außerdem: Star-Interview mit dem musikalischen Multitalent Gotye; eine britische Spezialität im Spot on Geschmackstest;...

In "Bush Studies," Barbara Janet Ainsleigh Baynton presents a compelling anthology of narratives that delve into the harsh realities of life in the Australian bush. Through a unique amalgamation of realism and naturalism, Baynton's prose captures the raw struggle of her characters against both the unforgiving landscape and the stringent gender roles of the late 19th century. The stories are marked by vivid imagery and poignant emotional depth, addressing themes of isolation, resilience, an...

Highlights presents Fox and His Halloween Tail by Barbara Owen: Fox's costume dilemma is finally solved.

Influenced by Robert and Clara Schumann and Joseph Joachim, Johannes Brahms not only learned to play the organ at the beginning of his career, but also wrote significant compositions for the instrument as a result of his early counterpoint study. He composed for the organ only sporadically or as part of larger choral and instrumental works in his subsequent career. During the final year of his life, however, he returned to pure organ composition with a set of chorale preludes--though many ...