Jackson Peale is a former lawyer. Ran into some trouble a few years ago. Booze. Drugs. Lost his license. Works as a private detective now. But after waking up in a strange Charleston motel, he'd not been enthusiastic about finding a guy named Khalil. But the client was a mysterious woman who looked like a Kardashian with black hair pulled back in a ponytail, sunglasses, and a tight, tan dress that fit all of her curves. He knew he shouldn't take the assignment from Staci Turner. But he did...

A deadly epidemic and racial segregation at the turn of the last century causes a young woman to flee for a new life with meaning and hope, despite a sense that things will never be the same. Arriving in New York City, she encounters the latest industrial wonders and the shadows of the industrial masses left behind. A burgeoning new art world-including the impressionist work of painter Mary Cassett, a beloved relative and a kind stranger with a camera-figures in her new life.

Danger Close is the childhood story of war correspondent Michael Yon.Spanning Yon’s formative years, from the devastation he felt at the loss of his mother at age seven to becoming a Green Beret at 19, Danger Close opens with a proverbial bang. In Ocean City, Maryland, the author is forced to defend himself in hand-to-hand combat and accidentally kills his assailant.In youth, Michael catches alligators with his bare hands in the state he loves, Florida, wh...

After a fatal epidemic, a young Colette Stonethrower ­flees her village to a life as an orphanage guardian, until another tragedy changes everything. As she leaves again on faith, migrating far from the place of her birth, she meets a talented, idealistic stranger and makes a friend from a foreign land who becomes her trusted confidant. While her new life reveals her purpose—fighting for the working poor and the destitute, exposing corruption and advocating for the arts—Colette...

Sabrina looks like your typical 9 year old girl, but Sabrina has a secret. She has her own wolf; well, as much as a girl can own a large, wild, grey wolf. Sabrina is challenged over and over again with her new, wild friend, and learns about life, and love, along the way.

Discussions about leadership, even those centered on women, often overlook contributions made by Asian and Asian North American women. Now, Su Yon Pak and Jung Ha Kim share stories of Asian and Asian North American women who found their ways, sometimes circuitously, sometimes unexpectedly, into leadership roles.Divided into three sectionsRemembering Wisdom, Unsettling Wisdom, and Inciting Wisdomthe book presents narratives of leadership experiences in the fields of social activism,...

She sat her throne, imprisoned with God at her side The sweetest of slaves given sweetest of freedoms Her beauty tolled in her heart the sweetest of bells Truer to tone, that the humming bird at flower. No one stroked her tresses in desire foul play Lest angeled legions sound trumpets chastising dirge Yet hers was an earthly song sing more musical than A thousand stringed lyre, melody of sweetest song, Dressed she was and fit to meet the mightest king Strength of words to her son changed w...

Come with me not into another world, Just into that world Special only to you. Come with me, You pioneer to self, Enjoy those trails All have walked, Yet not one, even one, Sees these trails As you would have them seen. Come with me, away awhile, Partake of that symphonied Perfect choralled choir Heard only by attuned ears, Tho those ears belong to you, Those ears hold This spinning orb in hand. Come away with me, Behold my Emerald Sea. Do you see a part of me Merge to your soul, merged:

Formation of Periodical Authorship in 1920s Korea argues that Korean authors who entered the literary scene during modern literature’s formative years were the subject mediated by periodicals. However, it has been difficult to substantiate this statement because periodicals, including magazines, were open to different groups of writers; various social, literary, religious, and cultural discourses; and dissimilar genres. The multi-level interactions between terms, knowledge, and wr...

Jack Dempsey was perfectly suited to the time in which he fought, the time when the United States first felt the throb of its own overwhelming power. For eight years and two months after World War I, Dempsey, with his fierce good looks and matchless dedication to the kill, was heavyweight champion of the world. A Flame of Pure Fire is the extraordinary story of a man and a country growing to maturity in a blaze of strength and exuberance that nearly burned them to ash. Hobo, rough...

EVIL CREEPS INTO HOUSEHOLDS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY…Fushigi and Jimmy continue tracking down curses, but they’ve got their work cut out for them. Creepy stories seem to be spreading farther than ever, which means Himitsu’s real urban legends are endangering more and more people. When the curse-hunting duo comes across an odd magazine column about urban legends, their investigation into its source leads to a familiar publisher’s office. There, they find a mysterious person using Himitsu’s cu...

Mutcherson portrays Jett, the beloved main character, as the cool kid with a green conscious. Jett is invited to the White House after being recognized for her exceptional care of her body and community. In this energetic new title, children will enjoy an adventure-packed expedition bursting with clever rhymes and a thrilling sing- and dance-along, including an alphabetical listing of delicious healthy foods so they may also become Green Machines like Jett and her friends. The Day the Whit...