Best friends Anna Washington (Maple) and Clara Brown (Honey) met messy mistress Ivy one afternoon. Instead of judging her, they decided to guide her to the right path. In the meantime, Ivy convinced Maple and Honey to tell their stories, refusing to belived their lives was never in shambles. As Maple and Honey told their bold and honest truth, it brought them healing, and surprisingly, it was Ivy who helped them complete their breathtaking story.

Tyler Cooper and Zack Williams are best friends who grew up too fast, surrounded by violence, hardship, and difficult choices. Determined not to become another statistic, they stayed focus on graduating high school and building a better future. But just when success seems within reach, new challenges threaten to pull them off course. As they navigate family struggles, community turmoil and unexpected setbacks, their friendship becomes their greatest strength. Unbreakable Bond is a powerful...

In the 1870s, maps of Greenland were incomplete, and the interior was a blank space. Was there ice from coast to coast, or was there land somewhere in the middle? Did, or could, anything live there? Neither explorers nor local inhabitants had yet ventured beyond the coast.Then, in 1876, the Danish government began a series of expeditions to answer the question of what lay inland from Greenland's coast, setting off more than a century of Ice Cap investigations to explore this myster...

Before GPS, celestial navigation was an essential part of polar exploration. It was so critical that it was often the cause of the success or failure of expeditions. Beyond the Edge, Vol. III relates firsthand accounts of the critical role played by navigators in arctic exploration.

Describes Johnson's 33 years in the military, including P-47 Thunderbolt missions in WWII, 13 months in a German POW camp, and his eventual command of the 8th Air Force.

Gerald W. Johnson of North Carolina and Baltimore was one of the most prominent American journalists of the twentieth century and one of the outstanding essayists of any age. The author of some three dozen books of history, biography, and commentary on American politics and culture, he was an editorial writer for the Baltimore Sunpapers from 1926 to 1943, a contributing editor of the New Republic from 1954 until his death in 1980, and an advocate of liberal causes for half a centu...

This book is aimed at providing a coherent, essentially self-contained, rigorous and comprehensive abstract theory of Feynman's operational calculus for noncommuting operators. Although it is inspired by Feynman's original heuristic suggestions and time-ordering rules in his seminal 1951 paper An operator calculus having applications in quantum electrodynamics, as will be made abundantly clear in the introduction (Chapter 1) and elsewhere in the text, the theory developed in this book also...

Immerse yourself in a captivating anthology of 192 poems, meticulously curated from the vibrant voices of Claude McKay and other literary luminaries. This unabridged collection transports you to a realm of profound emotions, vivid imagery, and thought-provoking themes. From the poignant musings of McKay to the lyrical brilliance of his contemporaries, each verse paints a vivid tapestry of human experience, inviting you on an unforgettable literary journey.

"We have to build up a completely new society unknown in our history. We have radically to change thousand-year-old customs and habits, ways of thinking, and prejudices. We have to change old relationships in production, abolish the exploiting classes, and establish new relationships without exploitation and oppression."This is the revolutionary mandate of Ho Chi Minh, who helped guide Vietnam through decades of revolution against French colonialism, Japanese fascism, and ...

A fascinating insight into the ways in which different plants cope with life, and the ingenious methods they use to encourage their benefactors and discourage their enemies.

Dragons have inflamed our hearts and imagination for centuries, making them some of our most enduring heroes and villains. Who hasn’t dreamed of finding a dragon’s hoard and matching wits with the fantastical creature with everything on the line? These seventeen stories will delight and entertain you for hours. Included in this anthology are Nisi Shawl, Edith Nesbit, Naomi Kritzer, Rebecca Mcfarland Kyle, Sylvia Spruck Wrigley, Kenneth Grahame, Sarina Dorie, Misty Massey, John Teehan, Gerr...

Portland, Oregon, is often cited as one of the most livable cities in the United States and a model for "smart growth." At the same time, critics deride it as a victim of heavy-handed planning and point to its skyrocketing housing costs as a clear sign of good intentions gone awry. Which side is right? Does Portland deserve the accolades it has received, or has hype overshadowed the real story?In The Portland Edge, leading urban scholars who have lived in and studied the region pre...