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"The Jesus Alphabet" is a picture book that is a rendition of what we have come to know as the essentials letters of the English language. In this book, "The Jesus Alphabet" is a Christian take on every letter of the Alphabet showcasing the many Characteristics and truths about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. As each reader goes from letter to letter exploring the illustrations shown, my deepest desire is to inspire everyone to see Jesus in everything they do and choose to see Him everywhere they go. No matter the Alphabet and all the letters in-between, the greatest thing about all of this is for every reader to know that Jesus is all that you will ever need, from A all the through to the letter Z.Revelations 21:6 ERV Translation The one on the throne said to me, "It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give free water from the spring of the water of life to anyone who is thirsty.

T¿puna Rock is a tale of two teenage siblings raised in Canada by their M¿ori mother and Canadian father. While on vacation in Aotearoa New Zealand, their borrowed sloop is disabled in a storm with only the two teens aboard. Having lost their navigation gear, after six days adrift with no sense of direction, they beach their damaged boat on a desolate 'rock'. With no idea where they are and their boat damaged beyond repair, the teens recognize that they cannot save themselves unless they listen to the spirits of their Polynesian ancestors. Recalling knowledge shared by their M¿ori grandparents and basic science and mathematics, the protagonists reinvent enough traditional non-instrument navigation to determine where they are, design and build a boat and plot a course to sail one thousand kilometres back to Aotearoa after more than three months on their 'rock'.T¿puna Rock is written to appeal to a broad range of ages, including secondary-school students among whom engagement in science and mathematics is often declining, particularly among indigenous students. The reader becomes invested in the protagonists and their situation on a purely human level in the novel's first two chapters. In subsequent chapters the protagonists come to understand and value ancestral knowledge in the context of modern science and mathematics. In the process, the teens teach each other, and the reader.

Walking in Favor: A Journey of Faith, Perseverance, and Love is a heartfelt, humorous memoir of Bernice Maxine Pitts, a woman who has lived her life with grace, determination, and a resolute belief in God. Narrated in her own words, Bernice shares poignant moments that shaped her life journey. From a childhood filled with the love of her parents in Oklahoma, her search for a husband at age 16, and her move to Los Angeles during World War II, Bernice invites readers to witness history through her eyes.At the heart of her narrative lies a love story that transcends time-a marriage that blossomed into a partnership of understanding and love. Through the highs and lows, Bernice and Carroll Pitts stood as pillars of strength for each other, proving that an unwavering faith in God is an enduring force.As Bernice reflects on her life adventures, readers will witness the resilience that carried her through racial prejudice, personal setbacks, and the adversities of the times. Her positive attitude, fueled by an unyielding faith in God, becomes a guiding light for those navigating their own challenges.

When fate sends Dr. Francesca Johnson-DeWitt to Ohio Falls, her college nemesis, the smug Dr. Sebastian Bing, rekindles an old rivalry that turns the small town's Christmas upside down.

"The Earth Surface People, the final work in this trilogy, provides teachings about Navajo life from cradleboard to grave. Central to all is achieving "Long Life, Happiness" as one moves through various stages of existence. The second half of this book examines thoughts concerning the organization of the human body, sickness, western medicine, and death, all of which are part of the Pollen Path. How one walks this trail to his or her final destination is measured by one's ability to live through its teachings. The four sacred directions with their associated powers are essential to earth life as outlined through ceremonies and daily practices. Here, one moves on a journey from teachings of the past to issues of the present. This volume is extremely helpful for youth to understand life values and the importance of identity, as well as acting as a reminder for adults of the enabling power of traditional culture." -Clayton Long, a participant/creator of the Navajo Rosetta Stone; Bilingual Education Director (retired), San Juan School District, Utah; and curriculum developer for the Navajo Nation.

In the vein of The Pisces and The Vegetarian, Chlorine is a debut novel that blurs the line between a literary coming-of-age narrative and a dark unsettling horror tale, told from an adult perspective on the trials and tribulations of growing up in a society that puts pressure on young women and their bodies... a powerful, relevant novel of immigration, sapphic longing, and fierce, defiant becoming.Ren Yu is a swimmer. Her daily life starts and ends with the pool. Her teammates are her only friends. Her coach is her guiding light. If she swims well enough, she will be scouted, get a scholarship, go to a good school. Her parents will love her. Her coach will be kind to her. She will have a good life.But these are human concerns. These are the concerns of those confined to land, those with legs. Ren grew up on stories of creatures of the deep, of the oceans and the rivers. Creatures that called sailors to their doom. That dragged them down and drowned them. That feasted on their flesh. The creature that she's always longed to become: the mermaid.Ren aches to be in the water. She dreams of the scent of chlorine, the feel of it on her skin. And she will do anything she can to make a life for herself where she can be free. No matter the pain. No matter what anyone else thinks. No matter how much blood she has to spill.

Crazy Rich Asians meets The Help! From Reese's Book Club veteran Balli Kaur Jaswal comes a wildly entertaining and sharply observed story of three women who work in the homes of Singapore's elite, and band together to solve a murder mystery involving one of their own.?Tender and heartfelt, Now You See us also manages to be laugh-out-loud funny. An uplifting story of courage and hope that will keep you enthralled until the very last page.??Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee"A truly irresistible read. Intricately plotted, propulsive, and provocative, NOW YOU SEE US showcases an author at the peak of her talents."--Kirstin Chen, New York Times bestselling author of CounterfeitCorazon, Donita, and Angel are Filipina domestic workers?part of the wave of women sent to Singapore to be cleaners, maids, and caregivers.Corazon: A veteran domestic worker, Cora had retired back to the Philippines for good, but she has returned to Singapore under mysterious circumstances. Now she's keeping a secret from her wealthy employer, who is planning an extravagant wedding for her socialite daughter.Donita: Barely out of her teens, this is Donita's first time in Singapore, and she's had the bad luck to be hired by the notoriously fussy Mrs. Fann. Brazen and exuberant, Donita's thrown herself into a love affair with an Indian migrant worker.Angel: Working as an in-home caregiver for an elderly employer, Angel is feeling blue after a recent breakup with the woman she loves. She's alarmed when her employer's son suddenly brings in a new nurse who may be a valuable ally...or meant to replace her.Then an explosive news story shatters Singapore's famous tranquility?and sends a chill down the spine of every domestic worker. Flordeliza Martinez, a Filipina maid, has been arrested for murdering her female employer. The three women don't know the accused well, but she could be any of them; every worker knows stories of women who were scapegoated or even executed for crimes they didn't commit.Shocked into action, Donita, Corazon, and Angel will use their considerable moxie and insight to piece together the mystery of what really happened on the day Flordeliza's employer was murdered. After all, no one knows the secrets of Singapore's families like the women who work in their homes...

A powerful portrait of a Black family tree shaped by enslavement and freedom, rendered in searing poems by acclaimed author Carole Boston Weatherford and stunning art by her son Jeffery Boston Weatherford.

From the bestselling author duo Donna Grant and Virginia DeBerry comes Far from the Tree, a poignant story of two very different sisters who grapple with sisterhood, family secrets, and the ties that bind them.Celeste English and Ronnie Frazier are sisters, but they couldn't be more different. Celeste is a doctor's wife, living a perfect and elegant life. But secretly, she is terrified: her marriage is falling apart and her need to control the people around her threatens to alienate her entire family. And Celeste allows no one to see how vulnerable she really is. Ronnie is an actress, living in New York. Her life, however, is a lie: she has no money, has no home, and her life is held together by "chewing gum, paper clips, and spit," though she wants everyone to think that her life is one of high glamour and budding fame. When their father dies, the sisters inherit a house in Prosper, North Carolina. Their mother, Della, is adamant that they forget about going there and dredging up the past. Because Della has secrets she'd rather not see come to light-secrets and heartbreak she's kept from everyone for years. Neither Ronnie, Celeste, nor Della realize just what their trip to Prosper will uncover and they must discover for themselves who they really are, who they really love, and what the future holds for them. Far From The Tree is a novel that asks the questions: can the past ever truly remain hidden? Can mothers and daughters put aside their usual roles long enough to get to really know each other? Long enough to see they each have felt the love, loss, heartache, and joy that they share as women? And can two strangers realize that they are, and always will be, sisters?

Blake Karrington once again takes you on a Southern literary ride with his latest criminal romance.In Deeper Than Love, find out what happens when Ciara and Sabrina fail to realize that the answers they seek to close the biggest case of their careers are closer than it appears.Agent Ciara Valentine has been transferred to the Atlanta Bureau of the FBI. She never imagined the turn of events she would encounter in her personal and professional life as she launches her new career path. Ciara finds that her "mystery" partner is none other than her FBI Academy classmate Sabrina. Together they begin an investigation into the ongoing robberies that have yielded millions of dollars from banks all over Atlanta.With nothing but dead ends and weeks of unanswered questions in their case, Ciara and Sabrina decide to relieve some stress by having a night out on the town. Sabrina runs into her old flame, Tremaine, and sparks start to fly, reigniting flames between them. However, the same can't be said for Ciara and Dominique, the most sought-after bachelor in Atlanta. Sabrina and Tremaine try to make a love connection between their two friends but quickly nix the idea after seeing that neither one wants to connect.When Ciara and Dominique meet again under less than ordinary circumstances, they promptly discover that they have a lot more in common than they thought and begin exploring the connection they once denied.

"After being thought dead, Animal resurfaces on the streets of New York to keep true to his promise, and make it rain blood over Harlem. All those who had wronged him would feel his wrath, including Shai Clark, boss of the New York underworld. However, touching a man like Shai Clark proves to be easier said than done. Using Animal's soul mate Gucci as bait, Shai sets a trap for the young killer"--Page 4 of cover.

Foreword by DeAndre HopkinsIn this extraordinary memoir?a story of hardship, loss, redemption, faith, and ultimately reclaiming your power?Sabrina Greenlee, the mother of NFL star DeAndre Hopkins, shares her experience growing up Black and poor in South Carolina, how she survived domestic violence and coped with the loss of her sight, and how she continued to remain strong even in the face of despair.Sabrina Greenlee has known darkness. Born in South Carolina to Black teenaged parents, Sabrina grew up in a family that lacked the means?financial and emotional?to offer her and her two brothers the safety, comfort, and love every child deserves. Growing up Black and poor in the South, she endured years of sexual and domestic violence and suffered tragedy after tragedy, including the death of her younger brother during a drunk driving accident, and surviving another car accident that claimed the life of her one true love. Coupled with the pain of her childhood, she faced crushing heartbreak, including an abusive relationship that endured for years and later, the loss of her sight in a brutal public attack.But the trauma that Sabrina experienced and eventually overcame is what makes her life truly remarkable. After years of tremendous setbacks, Sabrina was able to built herself back up again and achieved the kind of life she always dreamed. She became the loving and dependable mother she wished she'd had, raising four children?including star athletes?who attended college and are successful in their chosen fields. She also found the courage to break the silence that enshrouded her life, ending the generational trauma that had damaged her family for generations.Grant Me Vision is her riveting story?a memoir of faith and resilience in the face of life's most difficult challenges. At its heart, it is a story of claiming your power by making peace with your past and finding the faith to have strength even when the future seems hopeless.

Brenda Harris is a former Atlanta corporate executive whose unexpected encounter with a stranger inspires her to reinvent her life.

Welcome to an Amish Home. It's rare for outsiders to see inside the homes of Old Order Amish people, who live their Christian faith in community, simplicity, and humility. An Amish family in the Midwest gives us a glimpse into the intimate spaces where their family life unfolds. Patterns of work, play, fellowship, and worship become visible, and the warmth and light of the rooms bear witness to their love for God and for each other. Come in!

In the companion to her acclaimed So Done, Paula Chase follows best friends Simp and Rollie as their friendship is threatened by the pressures of basketball, upcoming auditions, middle school, and their growing involvement in the local drug ring.Dough Boys is a memorably vivid story about the complex friendship between two African American boys whose lives are heading down very different paths. For fans of Jason Reynolds's Ghost and Rebecca Stead's Goodbye Stranger.Deontae ?Simp? Wright has big plans for his future. Plans that involve basketball, his best friend, Rollie, and making enough money to get his mom and four younger brothers out of the Cove, their low-income housing project.Long term, this means the NBA. Short term, it means being a dough boy?getting paid to play lookout and eventually moving up the rungs of the neighborhood drug operation with Rollie as his partner.Roland ?Rollie? Matthews used to love playing basketball. He loved the rhythm of the game, how he came up with his best drumbeats after running up and down the court. But playing with the elite team comes with extra, illegal responsibilities, and Rollie isn't sure he's down for that life. The new talented-and-gifted program, where Rollie has a chance to audition for a real-life go-go band, seems like the perfect excuse to stop being a dough boy. But how can he abandon his best friend?Paula Chase explores universal themes of friendship and budding romance, while also exploring complex issues that affect many young teens. Full of basketball, friendship, and daily life in a housing project, this universal story is perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds's Track series, Jewell Parker Rhodes's Ghost Boys, and Chris Crutcher.

Who gets to be a part of Latinidad? While Valery fights to prove Ximena isn't Cuban, Alia has given up fighting that she is Latine. As the women in this play discover the truth about themselves and each other, they also have to face the internal bias that allowed a white woman to be Cuban but didn't allow a Belizean to call herself Latine.

The idea for Dark Matter Man began outside a store at a gasoline pump. I got into a conversation with a man about superheroes. Once he found out that I was an author he commented, "You know Tom, all the superheroes from other planets are white, and being a black man, that has never sat well with me. Why can't black people be from other planets as well?"I replied, "Let's see if I can do something about that, and make a change. I never thought about it but after listening to guess that you are correct."We shook hands and departed own separate ways. This is where the idea of Dark Matter Man was birthed. Also, it begins in another parallel universe other than our own, but ends up on planet Earth.To develop Dark Matter Man, I looked towards Africa because in ancient times, the African people had mathematics, geometry, astronomy, science, architecture, advanced stone African, people they even had advanced irrigation systems, and their societies rivaled the ones in Europe However, slavery destroyed most of the knowledge, where the youth have little knowledge about them This helped me develop the world of Centurion. It took a similar demise just as Africa.In the story, I brought up how Dark Matter Man's contempt for the Primordus, while being dominated, subjected to their harsh treatment. He was ordered about without regard of for his own life. One can identify with the status quo that still exists in our own society today, and his contempt. Writing Dark Matter Man, I made sure that he faced the same challenges that an African American, in our society would face today. This helped me bring this story to reality by him identifying with his distaste for authority on both worlds.Next, developing the villain in the story, the Primordus, their concept came from Africanized Honey Bees because they were accidentally released and still wreak havoc. They were created as a deadly mistake by a well-intended scientist. The exact very same problem happened when the Primordus were created. They were created to better utilize the brightest sun on their own planet but the experiment went awfully wrong, and they decimated the Derum.In the story the Primordus enslaved the Derum, stole their technology, and viead them as insignificant, and utilized them the same way we utilize cows, and chickens in our own society InFother words, they took over and destroyed his people for their own benefit. Also, developing the Primordus, I believe that humans are not the baddest thing out in the universe, so we better watch out.He finds an ancient computer that creates him into a superhero, where he battles with the Primordus, eventually destroys them. In the process his execution ship goes into a black hole, fluke it travels into a series worm holes, and finally ends up on Earth. On Earth some people help him, and others want to destroy him, but overall, he rids planet Earth of the Primordus, including another deadly enemy that they released in order to get an last word I hope that you enjoy The Chronicles of Dark Matter Man.

Only For the Brave at Heart is a collection of essays about discrimination and race.

The Harlem Globetrotters weren't from Harlem, and they didn't start out as globetrotters. Globetrotter is the fascinating biography of Abe Saperstein, a Jewish immigrant who took an obscure group of Black basketball players from Chicago's South Side, created the Harlem Globetrotters, and turned them into a worldwide sensation.

You should never judge a person without walking a mile in their shoes, and this book invites you to try on a 400-year-old fed-up pair of black ones. This book unapologetically counteracts the "angry black man" stereotype through historical truths, witty rhymes, and personal experiences from the author's life and travels as a black man searching for a way to the promised land.

The travel memoir of a Nigerian woman in China exploring the intersections and divides between the two cultures and the lives of African economic migrants in the bustling People's RepublicA FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR: TRAVEL China today is a land of opportunity for African people blocked from commerce with most of Europe and Northern America. It is also an intersection of racism and prejudice. Noo Saro-Wiwa goes in search of China's 'Black Ghosts', African economic migrants in the People's Republic. Living in clustered communities, they are key to the trade between the continents. Her fascinating encounters include a cardiac surgeon, a drug dealer, a visa overstayer and men married to Chinese women who speak English with Nigerian accents. This is a story of intersecting cultures told with candour and compassion, focusing on the shared humanity between the sojourner and their hosts.

#1 New York Times bestseller Mike Lupica makes his return to the basketball court! There's a reason teammates call him "True." Because for basketball phenom Drew Robinson, there is nothing more true than his talent on the court. It's the kind that comes along once in a generation and is loaded with perks--and with problems. Before long, True buys in to his own hype, much to the chagrin of his mother, who wants to keep her boy's head grounded--and suddenly trouble has a way of finding him. That is, until a washed-up former playground legend steps back onto the court and takes True under his wing.

Katherine has been a widow for several years now but she has been nothing but a rock of support in the Amish community. Her children are young adults now and she begins entertaining ideas of starting a business with an Englisch friend but she feels the pull to help in the local bakery when the baker's wife passes away...The two begin working alongside each other and an attraction builds. Their affection and respect for each other slowly builds into love. But can they put aside the feelings that that they are betraying their dead spouses...and open themselves to the prospect of once again experiencing the loss of someone they hold so dear?