As the only daughter of a successful businesswoman, Grace grew up with nothing but the best. Sheltered by her single mother and educated in an exclusive private school in Detroit, Grace was not ready for the harsh realities of an unforgiving world. Grace's naivete coupled with her desire to experience life on her own terms leads her down a path of emotional devastation and physical abuse. Through a chance encounter Grace meets Mike, a successful design artist who introduces...

Isabelle Mackenzie always imagined herself married with kids. Instead, at 30, she’s chronically single and lives alone in a cramped condo on Chicago’s north side. Sure she’s got her beloved bookstore and her two best friends, Cameron and Oliver, but even they can’t make up for the fact that her life hasn’t turned out anything like she expected. The weighing disappointment has her questioning everything she once felt certain of, including her faith in God. So when Olly and Cam secretly...

  "GRACE fights the lump RISING in her throat. For a MOMENT she is LOST in thought, remembering WHAT IT HAS TAKEN to get TO THIS POINT..."Grace Cambridge is a young Black Christian with a new husband, old friends, and a shocking moral dilemma. A proverbial "cat fight" opens the story and draws you into a complex relational web. The book peels through layers of dysfunction between Grace and Trina and follows their individual, sometimes intertwin...

Miles Montego is a guy who has it all-cars, boats, good looks, a mansion, money, women, and a past.Miles is a retired high-level drug trafficker who has gone legitimate. Even though he’s turned over a new leaf, the DEA can’t seem to let him out of their sights. Miles’ extreme loyalty to his circle of friends and former colleagues, lead him to try and sway them to legal forms of business.When Miles meets the girl of his dreams, Vanessa, she isn’t his usual t...

Awakenings is a collection of Ryan Phillips' responses to the truth of God's Word that came during a season of solitude and reflection in the remote and beautiful hills of Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, as he awoke every morning and had time to reflect on the Word and listen to the Holy Spirit. This time of beautiful surroundings, quiet devotion, and writing helped Ryan grow spiritually, and his hope is that you will also be awakened to who God is calling you to be and beco...

G. W. Leibniz’s Discourse on Metaphysics is viewed by many scholars as a milestone of his mature thought—his first attempt to systematize various stances. A lengthier, theological work, Examination of the Christian Religion, written a few months after, receives less press. While Leibniz’s intent for writing the theological piece may be left for speculation, Leibniz on God and Man in 1686 demonstrates that there is clear overlap between these two texts. Leibniz borrows from the metaphysics ...

Conforming neither to the hierarchical and bureaucratic organization of the European nation-state nor the anarchical structure of international organizations, the European Union (EU) and its predecessors provide an exemplary site for developing a decentred approach to the study of governance.The book offers an analysis of the formation and transformation of the EU as an example of governance above the nation-state and is framed by the recognition that the construction of the EU has...

Networking online is here to stay. It’s one of the quickest ways to connect with others who wish to be found. Just as with every form of communication, online social networking has its own rules and etiquette. This book informs readers on the ways to use networking sites properly and to their advantage, and how to avoid making common mistakes.

Where does Spring Lane get its name from? What is the first steel frame skyscraper in all of Boston and why is it gently curved? Who was Mary Chilton? Who is 'Dusty' the cat? These and more questions are answered in 'Boston Vignettes – Spring Lane', a photographic exposition of one of Boston's oldest streets.

Is Belle Isle an actual island? What unique distinction does it have? These and more questions are answered in this photographic introduction to Boston's last remaining salt marsh.

Which famous American painter spent his childhood on Long Wharf? What is the wharf's oldest surviving structure and what is its connection to John Hancock? These questions and more are answered in this photographic exposition of Boston’s historic Long Wharf

This book explains what the gold standard is and how it assured long-term price stability. Readers will learn why the standard broke down during World War I and why America stopped using it—and how it has affected our economy ever since. Detailed but uncomplicated language, in both the narrative and sidebars, explain financial concepts in an engaging way.