From the award-winning entrepreneur, culture leader, and creator of the BLACK GIRLS ROCK! movement comes an inspiring and beautifully designed book that pays tribute to the achievements and contributions of black women around the world.Fueled by the insights of women of diverse backgrounds, including Michelle Obama, Angela Davis, Shonda Rhimes, Misty Copeland Yara Shahidi, and Mary J. Blige, this book is a celebration of black women’s voices and experiences that wi...

The second volume of Tennessee Women: Their Lives and Times contains sixteen essays on Tennessee women in the forefront of the political, economic, and cultural history of the state and assesses the national and sometimes international scope of their influence. The essays examine women’s lives in the broad sweep of nineteenth- and twentiethcentury history in Tennessee and reenvision the state’s past by placing them at the center of the historical stage and examining their experien...

Once celebrated as the Main Street of Negro America," Beale Street has a long and vibrant history. In the early 20th century, the 15-block neighborhood supported a collection of hotels, pool halls, saloons, banks, barber shops, pharmacies, dry goods stores, theaters, gambling dens, jewelers, fraternal clubs, churches, entertainment agencies, beauty salons, pawn shops, blues halls, and juke joints. Above the street-level storefronts were offices of African American business and professional...

This inspirational little parenting book was written across many days and nights as were the two previous books by Dr. Cox. Unlike the other two books, however, this book began during the parenting years of her and her husbands four children and represents the congealment of wisdom across the years based on Dr. Coxs day-to-day experiences as a mother of four, clinical psychologist; seminary trained ordained minister, trained spiritual director and chaplain. This book is the how-to book tha...

Many of us are born into families where we become increasingly more bondaged as we grow. There are those forbidden things that we are prohibited from doing. There are our natural curiosities that are stifled. There are boundaries placed on activities and spaces. Our worlds become smaller and smaller for our best interests. Our worlds become fraught by the cannots rather than the can-dos. And before we know it, the adult fears of our parents and teachers become internalized by us so that we...

No Straight Path tells the stories of ten successful female historians who came of age in an era when it was unusual for women to pursue careers in academia, especially in the field of history. These first-person accounts illuminate the experiences women of the post–World War II generation encountered when they chose to enter this male-dominated professional world.None of the contributors took a straight path into the profession; most first opted instead for the more conve...

In the rugged Australian outback, where the unforgiving sun beats down and the land stretches endlessly, a group of men gather at a remote pub. They are haunted by a shared past, a tragedy that has left an unhealed wound in their souls. As they drink and talk, the memories come flooding back, threatening to consume them once more. The Men Who Live It Down is a powerful and moving story of guilt, redemption, and the indomitable spirit of those who have faced the darkness and emerged from it...

On May 1, 1866, a minor exchange between white Memphis city police and a group of black Union soldiers quickly escalated into murder and mayhem. Changes wrought by the Civil War and African American emancipation sent long-standing racial, economic, cultural, class, and gender tensions rocketing to new heights. For three days, a mob of white men roamed through South Memphis, leaving a trail of blood, rubble, and terror in their wake. By May 3, at least forty-six African American men, women,...

Discover how setting biblical boundaries can improve your parenting and your relationship with your children.Join Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend, authors of the New York Times bestseller Boundaries, as they share the research and guidance you need to raise your kids to take responsibility for their actions and emotions and enable them to lead balanced, productive, and fulfilling adult lives.The tools and guidance provided in Bounda...

How confident would you say you are right now?• Are you shy?• Are you easily intimidated?• Are you a wallflower who feels socially awkward?• Can you comfortably look anyone you meet in the eye and immediately feel comfortable around them?If you struggle with self-confidence, you may try to tell yourself it doesn't matter if you're confident or not, but the truth is, the world is tough on those who lack confidence. In fact, confidence improves our lives ...

An elegantly cheeky guide to keeping the woman in your life happy—while secretly doing whatever you want. Published in tandem with the woman’s guide How to Keep Him on a Short Leash, How to Stay Out of the Doghouse is perfect for Father’s Day.... or as a gift for a new groom.This isn’t a rulebook. It’s a survival guide.Marriage Advice for Men: A collection of 50 unbreakable (and unforgiving) rules, from why you should never criticize her cooking to wh...

A 'sonnet' is a structure of poetry that originated in Italy. The term sonnet is actually derives from the Italian word sonetto, which means 'little song' or 'little sound'. A Sicilian poet named Giacomo da Lentini is endorsed by many as its inventor. Sonnets are commonly 14 lines long and carry a distinct model of rhymes that varies from one culture to another.While I have concocted many different forms of poetry over the last twenty plus years I've been writing, for some reason I...