A case study and dramatic retelling of young girls on trial for arson at a reform schoolIn 1931 sixteen poor, white girls—all teenaged inmates at Samarcand Manor, officially named the State Home and Industrial School for Girls, in Samarcand, North Carolina—were accused of burning down two campus buildings in protest against living conditions. Barbara Bennett offers not only a dramatic retelling of this historic case in Smoke Signals from Samarcand, but also reveals...

This practical handbook for homes and church communities helps to enrich the Christian celebration of Advent through the creation and use of an Advent calendar. Written for people of all skill levels, Baumgarten provides instructions for a calendar made of paper or junk mail, a no-sew felt version, and a fabric version for more advanced sewers.Teach Us To Number Our Days, however, is more than a simple crafts' book. Baumgarten provides readers with a brief history of the developmen...

They are women who ventured into business, aviation, and medicine when it wasn't a "woman's place." These women over-came life's hardships and opened doors of opportunity to claim their part of Texas. Their spirit continues to shine in the accomplishments of outstanding Texas women.

Beautifully read by award-winning narrator Erin Bennett, this epic adventure takes listeners on a daring journey.The earth is gasping for breath, its only hope the sacred Codes of Nature. But they’ve been stolen—snatched by a giant raven during a raging storm.FOUR GIRLS. FOUR DIRECTIONS. ONE PURPOSE. SOPHIA ROSE, Guardian of Mother Earth, summons MAIA from the North to lead FALCON, AVA, and YUE on a quest to find the Codes and save the planet.But the odds are against the yo...

Barbara A. Res worked directly with Donald Trump for eighteen years on some of his biggest projects and had nearly unlimited access to him. Trump selected Res to be in charge of construction of Trump Tower, his greatest success as a developer. In this insider’s look at how the ambitious real estate developer became the most divisive president in recent U.S. history, Res takes us into closed-door meetings, boardrooms, limo rides, and helicopter flights to really understand what makes him ti...

Red Hot Romances from Mills & Boon!Rancher's Forgotten RivalMaisey YatesWelcome to Lone Rock. Oregon’s Wild West.Chane’s family is ranching royalty in Lone Rock. He’s arrogant, insufferable and obnoxiously charming. But when Juniper finds him injured and without his memory, she saves his life…then lets him believe he’s her ranch hand. Making the entitled rancher work a little is one thing…but actually liking the man is anothe...

Dusty roads, rugged heroes and country hearts. A collection of spicy cowboy romances for fans of charming small towns and and love as vast as the horizon. Includes 6 books, 18 titles!City Lights, Cowboy NightsShe’s all city sass, he’s all cowboy swaggerIncludes 3 titles!Perfect for fans of: Cowboy City girl☯️ Opposites attract Small-town romance...

The Complete Christmas Collection by Mills & BoonIncluding the titles:Christmas in ParadiseA Regency Christmas BrideSaving ChristmasA Christmas WeddingUnwrappedWith Love at ChristmasChristmas with the BossSecond Chance Under the MistletoeHer Christmas ListChristmas with the BillionaireA Christmas FairytaleA Christmas Wish

Help your children develop moral character with this updated, 30th anniversary edition of the perennial classic The Book of Virtues.Almost 3 million copies of the Book of Virtues have been sold since it was published in 1993. It is one of the most popular moral primers ever written, an inspiring anthology that helps children understand and develop character—and helps parents teach it to them. Thirty years ago, readers thought that the tim...

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into sentences and paragraphs that ease themselves from the shadows and are sudden...

For animal lovers, nature enthusiasts, and the vast readership for gripping true-life stories, this African saga is a must-read adventure. It chronicles the unique Harnas Wildlife Foundation in Namibia, where Marieta van der Merwe and her family, former wealthy cattle farmers, have sold land to buy and care for embattled wildlife. We meet Sam, the "AIDS" lion infected by mistake at a vet clinic. Boerjke, a baboon with epilepsy and Down syndrome. Savanna, the one-eyed lioness. And Marieta v...

2021 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice MagazineHow globalization is undermining sustainable social environments for childrenThis book uses the ecological model of child development together with ethnographic and comparative studies of two small villages, in Italy and the United States, as its framework for examining the well-being of children in the aftermath of the Great Recession. Global forces, far from being distant and abstra...