This book deals with the many things we face in life. Each poem deals with what we face day by day. It tells us how to have a better relationship with man and God. I also have a comment section on each page and also have scripture verses that I think is appropriate for the poems. The poems are about love, joy, peace, pain, suffering, the storms of life, facing old age, anger, worry, and many other things. Some have humor, while others are more serious. It appeals to the senior citizens bec...

In this book Paul Willis, a renowned sociologist and ethnographer, aims to renew and develop the ethnographic craft across the disciplines. Drawing from numerous examples of his own past and current work, he shows that ethnographic practice and the ethnographic imagination are vital to understanding the creativity and irreducibility of experience in all aspects of social and cultural practice.Willis argues that ethnography plays a vital role in constituting 'sensuousness' in textua...

I first found Jesus as an adolescent. I have not been victorious my whole life and I am acquainted with the backslidden lifestyle. But I have found that Jesus is real and His word(the Bible) is a constant source of inspiration and power. Now I I am 70 years old and I know Jesus is able to change a life because He has changed mine.

Little by little, Jeff Shields world is transforming from routine to bizarre. Strangers are recognizing him. His house is being invaded. But the perpetrator whoever or whatever it is leaves no signs of entry and clearly isnt a run-of-the-mill robber. Jeff hasnt been harmed, but knows its only a matter of time unless he uncovers the root of the quirky happenings. Meanwhile, Jessica French is seamlessly easing back into regular life after a 14-month disappearance. She claims she had moved to...

A bloody body hung on a cross and they wondered what God was doing. Then, on Sunday morning, they said, Ah! The Prestige!Jesus told simple stories called parables. We hear them and hear them. Suddenly they begin to unravel, light floods in, and we say, Ah! The Prestige!,/p>

The Mormon Prophet, Brigham Young, had a vision. He would rule the kingdom of Deseret stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific. In Deseret, the church founded by Joseph Smith would find freedom from its persecutors. In Deseret, the church could practice the doctrines of Polygamy and Blood Atonement that made Young feel so powerful. Two people Brigham Young wanted to share Deseret with him were Christopher Wolf and his strikingly beautiful wife, Ann. Christopher, he wanted as a Da...

In this thrilling new anthology Willis has assembled some of the most talented erotica writers currently publishing writers who understand the nuance of language as well as the importance of a hard cock. From the watchful eyes (and sticky keyboards) of M. Christian Greg Herren Michael Huxley Felice Picano Ian Philips Simon Sheppard Kyle Stone Greg Wharton and many other voyeurs come these tales that will make the reader think while taking them to heights of sensory imagination never though...

From California coastal redwoods to giant sequoias in the Sierra, from practical jokes of adolescence to unexpected epiphanies marking an academic career, the many poems in Somewhere to Follow range through the life of a poet on the lookout for what comes next. In this his seventh volume of poetry, Paul Willis ascends the switchbacks of ordinary experience to cross paths with song-leading rangers, exhausted mothers, dirt-loving children, terrified immigrants, Arctic climbers, face-masked s...

Thirteen-year-old Erica Pickins does not want to play the piano--and she definitely does not want to go to England. But her father must take family and students for a fall semester abroad, and her mother insists she still practice, every day. In England, their new home becomes Hengrave Hall, a sixteenth-century manor house presided over by a group of nuns. While exploring with her new friend Pedro, Erica walks through a chamber door…into the Year of Our Lord 1578. There she is startled to ...

In the quaint town of Willow Creek, where secrets whisper through the wind, a group of young hearts embark on a perilous journey that will forever alter their lives. The Youths Coronal, a captivating tale penned by Hannah Flagg Gould, unveils the intricate tapestry of love, loss, and the indomitable spirit of youth. As the youths navigate the treacherous waters of adolescence, they face trials that test their limits and forge unbreakable bonds. Prepare to be swept away by this timeless cla...

As zero-tolerance discipline policies have been instituted at high schools across the country, police officers are employed with increasing frequency to enforce behavior codes and maintain order, primarily at poorly performing, racially segregated urban schools. Actions that may once have sent students to the detention hall or resulted in their suspension may now introduce them to the criminal justice system. In Police in the Hallways, Kathleen Nolan explores the impact of policin...

An anthology of short fiction featuring the finalist selections from the 2014 Saints + Sinners Literary Festival.