How can I simultaneously support students' critical engagement with course content and develop their intercultural awareness?Most faculty have multiple diversities present in any given classroom or academic program— whether from an influx of international students or an increase of students from low-income, first generation, and/or racial/ethnic minority populations— and are concerned about how to maintain a rigorous curriculum and ensure that all their students succeed, given disparate ba...

"From Death Do I Part" is written for all addicts and their loved ones, but especially for those who have not been helped by Alcoholics Anonymous or drug and alcohol rehab. Amy shares with us in such a way that not only is the reader engaged in her often gripping, always revealing stories, but they are also warmly invited into her healing process so that they may learn to heal themselves as well.

Five generations of one pioneer family embarked on an epic saga across America and through time. One of sixteen families in their party, they traveled the pioneer trail from April to September 1853 on a journey fraught with peril that would change their lives forever.Follow the Woodworth family over the span of ninety years as they bear witness to heartbreaking personal struggles and triumphs while at the same time witnessing some of American history's most momentous events.

More Bright and Shiny Things is AmyLee's second poetry collection. She continues her written journey as she learns about life and the world around her and delves deeper into the poetic process, musical influences, spirituality, and travel adventure. Her poetry reflects a yearning for peace, love, and self-knowledge; while exploring the full range of human emotion. This book contains adult themes a...

In the stories of Exile in Guyville, probable futures and alternate realities take aim at unruly women, and show how they refuse to be ruled.With a speculative and surreal style, Amy Lee Lillard’s prize-winning collection explores a living museum of women from across time; a life app that forces women to comply with beauty standards; a future internment camp with a literal race for survival; and a band of middle-aged Riot Grrrls, taking vengeance with a ne...

At the age of forty-three, Amy Lee Lillard learned she was autistic. She learned she was part of a community of unseen women who fell through the gaps due to medical bias and social stereotypes.A Grotesque Animal explores the making, unmaking, and making again of a woman with an undiagnosed disorder. How did a working-class background and a deep-rooted Midwest culture of silence lead to hiding in plain sight for decades? How did sexuality and anger hide the roots of trauma...

People have a lot to say about grief when your spouse dies. Some of it helps. Some of it doesn't. And some of it makes you wonder if the person talking has ever actually been anywhere near grief.Just a Little Bit Longer is my take on what it's like when your spouse dies and you're the one left living with everything that comes with that.I wrote this book after the sudden death of my husband. It's one widowed person talking to another about the shock, the practical ...

The Gospel Coalition 2024 Book Awards, First-time Author, Award of DistinctionThat sudden yearning you feel when you see a sunset. That pang of longing you sense deep in your bones when you attend a funeral or even gaze at a poignant piece of art. Those experiences that sting you to attention in moments of beauty, peace, or sorrow—the ones you can sense are offering you a twinkling, piercing hint of heaven:Are these meant to do more than point you to et...

Lets be honest, we make life hard on ourselves by the choices we make. But does it really have to be that way? I submit to you that if we seek the kingdom of God first, a hard life would be a thing of the past. Yes, there will be many challenges but with God the ride will be so much smoother. Read on to see if you can learn from my mistakes and make the choice to live a glorious life intended and promised by a loving God.

Married Life as a First Lady. Wow, who would have ever thought I would have to step into that role? Throw in the fact that my Honey Pastor is twenty-six years my senior and now we really have a situation?! A situation that only God could and had to be allowed to carry me through. This is part of my story of while I was trying to figure it out, God was working it out. To God be the Glory!

Love Endures: Hard love. A fatal obsession with a beautiful ghost.This seminal work of supernatural fiction, penned by the brilliant writer and intellectual Vernon Lee (Violet Paget, 1856-1935), is a cornerstone of the Edwardian ghost story tradition, blending historical scholarship with psychological and spectral terror.The story is presented as the diary entries of Spiridion Trepka, a young, ardent Polish scholar. Spiridion travels to the fictional Italia...

First published in 1884, this book contains a biography of Princess Louise Maximilienne Caroline Emmanuele of Stolberg-Gedern (1752–1824) written by Vernon Lee. Often referred to as the Countess of Albany, she was the wife of the Jacobite claimant to the English and Scottish thrones Charles Edward Stuart. A fascinating biographical sketch not to be missed by those with an interest in British History. Violet Paget (1856–1935), also known under the pseudonym Vernon Lee, was a French-born Bri...