Growing up in a small Mississippi River town, Fannie Leary works at the local café, trying to hold her own in a world of slow expectations and hard boundaries. Dreaming that her cooking will be her ticket out of Persia, she cleaves to Mattie, the irrepressible black woman who runs the kitchen; to Will, the troubled, quiet boy she falls in love with; and eventually to Sheila Jones, a reclusive young girl who has returned with her mother from California to the town after her father's death. ...

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Exorcising Your Excuses is a holistically based step-by-step approach in eradicating self-limiting excuses and unhealthy thinking patterns that so pervade our stressed out modern society. Learn WHY excuse making comes from an imbalanced body, mind, and soul, and WHAT to do about it! Learn the answers to the following questions: What is the true definition of excuses and how do they limit my limitless potential? Are my excuses subconsciously defining who I believe myself to be? Am I being l...

A sweet and celebratory story of a girl's first time marching with her two moms at PrideOne day in June, Emily takes the train into the city with her two moms to attend the Rainbow Parade. She loves how all the people marching are extra loud, extra proud, and extra colorful. But when her mama suggests they join the parade, Emily isn't so sure she belongs in the throng.This joyful and affirming picture book about a family's first Pride parade, adapt...

The 1893 Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, presented the Latter-day Saints with their first opportunity to exhibit the best of Mormonism for a national and an international audience after the abolishment of polygamy in 1890. The Columbian Exposition also marked the dramatic reengagement of the LDS Church with the non-Mormon world after decades of seclusion in the Great Basin. Between May and October 1893, over seven thousand Latter-day Saints from Utah attended ...

Chief among the personnel at the Foreign Office is the Permanent Under-secretary, the senior civil servant who oversees the department and advises the Foreign Secretary. This book is a study of the twelve men who held this Office from 1854–1946.

Urban Iona is a modern Celtic tale of healing and vision during and after the author’s pilgrimage to Iona and Ireland and Scotland. Upon his return, a dream takes flesh for his church as an urban Celtic monastery, a gathering of pilgrims open to the world and serving those most in need.This is a powerful account of the author’s search for his family’s story, and the meaning and inspiration that story brought to his life and his ministry. Chronicled here is the author’s pil...

Here's a secret: God has deposited a gift inside of you. Acclaimed angel artist Anne Neilson wants to help you find yours as she shares her personal story of passion and purpose and how faith radiates from every canvas of her life. The Brushstrokes of Life will help you see there are no coincidences with God.Anne Neilson believes that each of us begins our life as a blank canvas: clean and fresh and ready to find texture in our experiences. Each trial, each joy, each heart...

Charles Neilson's "An Original, Compiled, and Corrected Account of Burgoyne's Campaign: And the Memorable Battles of Bemis's Heights, Sept. 19, and October 7, 1777" offers a detailed and meticulously researched chronicle of one of the most pivotal moments in the American Revolutionary War. This comprehensive work provides a vivid portrayal of General John Burgoyne's campaign and the critical battles that culminated in the British surrender at Saratoga.Neilson's account is distinguis...

In the autumn of 709 CE, a ruler known as Nezak Tarkhan crossed the Oxus River and declared war on the most powerful empire in the world. He was the last dynastic heir of the Hephthalite tradition that had governed the mountain principalities of Tokharistan — ancient Bactria, the land between the Hindu Kush and the Oxus — for two centuries. His opponent was Qutayba ibn Muslim, the most capable Arab commander of his generation, operating under the mandate of the Umayyad Caliphate to transfo...

Lost and Found, the autobiography of N.Y. Times best-selling author Micky Neilson, a 20 year-veteran of the World of Warcraft franchise, is The Glass Castle meets Of Dice and Men.Lost and Found: An Autobiography of Discovering Family, is the harrowing and inspirational memoir of the successful contributor to World of Warcraft and N.Y. Times best-seller Micky Neilson, who was kidnapped by his schizophrenic father as a toddler, spending his earliest years on the run and his teenage y...

Are you interested in a sports writing career? This could be the most important book you buy this year.Ian Neilson started writing match reports in his bedroom; seven years later, he was a successful freelance journalist that had worked for every national newspaper in the UK.Sports Writing Secrets is packed with the insider tips and tactics that took him to some of the world's most famous stadiums, including Wembley and Old Trafford, while working for Brita...