From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sweetness of Water comes a gripping story about a brother and sister, emancipated from slavery but still searching for true freedom, and their odyssey across the deserts of Mexico to escape a former master still intent on their bondage.New Orleans, 1866. The Civil War might be over, but formerly enslaved Coleman and June have yet to find the freedom they’ve been promised. Two years ago, the sibling...

THE WAYFARER'S ROAD: THE NARROW GATE by Nathan VossYou know the feeling.It's 2 a.m. and you're scrolling through your phone and somewhere underneath the exhaustion and the notifications and the performance of being fine, something is saying: this isn't it. This isn't the life. This is what the life looks like from the outside, and you've been living on the outside of your own life for so long you've forgotten there's an inside.You'...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICKIn the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad**, an award-winning novel about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their lives, and his, forever**In the waning days of the Civil War, b...

An Instant New York Times bestseller / An Oprah’s Book Club PickIn the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad, an award-winning “miraculous debut” (Washington Post) about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their lives, and his, foreverIn the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry—freed by the Emancipa...

Understanding performance requires asking fundamental questions about the nature and purpose of an organization: What is its business? Whom does it serve? What do stakeholders want and expect? What do they get? How does the organization conceive of and measure results? How do stakeholders feel about results the organization is generating? Answers to these questions require a framework for analysis comprised of three essential ingredients: stakeholders, results and improvement strategies.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sweetness of Water comes a gripping story about a brother and sister, emancipated from slavery but still searching for true freedom, and their odyssey across the deserts of Mexico to escape a former master still intent on their bondage.New Orleans, 1866. The Civil War might be over, but formerly enslaved Coleman and June have yet to find the freedom they’ve been promised. Two years ago, the sibling...

We live in a possession and money obsessed culture.The normal American has far more than they need, yet still feel incredibly insecure, needing to grasp it all tightly and continue to gain more. This isn’t just true with our acquisition of things, but also in the way we approach all resources that God has given to us: our time, gifts and talents, our families, and our lives themselves. What is the solution to this problem?Throughout Gospel Generosity you will see h...

The award winning series of classic and contemporary fiction returns with a collection of darkly funny short stories by the likes of Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Aimee Bender, A.M. Homes, Nathan Englander, Kim, Addonizio, and George Saunders. Readers include Anjelica Huston, Neil Gaiman, Michael Imperioli, Harris Yulin, Christina Pickles, Jefferson Mays, and Christine Ebersole.

Reflective Practice in Mental Health is the authoritative, definitive guide to psycho-social theory and practice in mental health.Featuring contributions from eminent experts, the book uses case studies to illustrate and address the complexities and dilemmas faced by practitioners involved in mental health care, and enables the reader to reflect on their understanding. Case studies from a variety of theoretical perspectives are included, covering psychodynamic theory, cognitive beh...

Journey to Christendom is a quest out of the Dark Forest and into a land of freedom and joy on a path called the Dogmatic Creed of Roman Catholicism. Come join the author, a double Ivy League graduate and former international corporate executive, as he takes you on his personal spiritual journey to the Catholic Church with the Virgin Mary, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Joan of Arc, and other saints of the Church where you will dance out of the dark forest of the modern, materialistic culture...

The town is gripped by a big freeze, and blizzard after blizzard has engulfed the feline community, leaving shops and businesses snowbound.Hettie Bagshot and her sidekick, Tilly Jenkins, have found sanctuary by their fireside but soon they are bucketed into a terrifying nightmare, called to investigate the disappearance of the town’s kittens as – one by one – they are taken in the snow.Who are the strange cats living in Wither-Fork Woods?Will the an...

JOHN SCHMIDT is a loser.He's an overweight mall cop plagued with nightmares. His only joy in life comes from singing karaoke at the local dive bar.Feeling adventurous, John goes out to a trendy Goth club to see an old friend perform - an old friend that died five years ago.A few days later John wakes up to find the naked dead body of a missing co-worker on his kitchen floor.Then things gets really weird...John soon discovers that he comes from a long...