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Hypatia Washington is 22 years old, an unemployed widow, living on welfare, and estranged from her four-year old daughter, she is profoundly alienated from life-when she enrolls in a community college course in Philosophy . thus beginning a profound journey of the mind and heart. She debates skeptics as well as Christian apologists about Evolution, Islam, Womanism, and God, while lecturing about ethics, science, consciousness, and the meaning ...

Psychology means "the study of the soul", it is the social science concerned with investigating who we are, why we have certain feelings, and why we do the things we do. Are we no more than a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules? Is biology (our genetic inheritance) "destiny, " or does social upbringing play a crucial role? What are the roles played by "Nature" and by "Nurture"? Are we purely physical beings, or is there...

Who is this man? Josué is locked up in Shalem State Prison, a maximum-security institution. He had never attracted much attention to himself before, and was content to just 'do his own time." But then something happened to him, and now, he's on a mission to share it. 'Man, I ain't never heard nothin' like this guy!" exclaims Jamal, one of the twelve prisoners that Josué has appointed to be his 'Reps, " and to share the Word about his message w...

It's three years later, and the grandkids are growing... but so are the life challenges they face! Some of them are dealing with the additional issues created by attending junior high and high school. They're playing football and basketball, participating in cheerleading competitions, building castles and dioramas for school projects, attending birthday parties and swim parties, making and revising their Christmas Lists, and generally keeping ...

(Readers of the author's earlier novel Tattered Pilgrims will be pleased to see the reappearance of several of its characters in this book.)

Who says it's easy to raise kids these days? Certainly not Nana and Papa, the proud grandparents―and definitely not the parents, other grandparents and great-grandparents, and aunts and uncles of 7-year old Deion and his younger cousins Joshua and Donovan. But "Life is for learning, " and that's just what takes place: whether it's while going to the park, playing on the computer, talking a walk, making music, playing football, eating fast food...

Who says it's easy to raise kids these days? Certainly not Nana and Papa, the proud grandparents―and definitely not the parents, other grandparents and great-grandparents, and aunts and uncles of 7-year old Deion and his younger cousins Joshua and Donovan. But "Life is for learning, " and that's just what takes place: whether it's while going to the park, playing on the computer, talking a walk, making music, playing football, eating fast food...

The year is 1970: The Supreme Court has legalized abortion, "Equal Pay for Equal Work" is now the law, and Affirmative Action programs attempt to redress past injustices and inequities. Women are coming together nationwide in "consciousness-raising" groups, sharing their knowledge and experiences with each other. A group of six women in Stentoria, California bond through such a group, and support each other as women in this new "Movement" ...

The year is 1970: The Supreme Court has legalized abortion, "Equal Pay for Equal Work" is now the law, and Affirmative Action programs attempt to redress past injustices and inequities. Women are coming together nationwide in "consciousness-raising" groups, sharing their knowledge and experiences with each other. A group of six women in Stentoria, California bond through such a group, and support each other as women in this new "Movement" ...

Matthew, Mark, and Luke O'Sullivan are triplets-whose pious Catholic mother passed away during childbirth, but whose family sees to it that they are firmly raised in the faith. Upon graduating from high school, all three of them have a vocation to the priesthood. It's an exciting time-The Vatican Council has concluded, the Mass is now said in English, and Catholic priests are going to jail for protesting the Vietnam War . but the Papal encycli...

It's 1976, and Janet Tanhurst is a teenager who feels stifled by life with her strict mother, and the authoritarian church she must attend. Once out of high school, however, Janet is initiated into a fascinating new world of Astrology, Tarot cards, and Spirit Mediums. Next, she encounters the mysterious world of UFOs¿a bewildering and sometimes frightening realm encompassing ancient astronauts, alien abductions, and shadowy government conspira...

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Have you ever wondered what happens to us when we die? What if you really HAD to know? When tragedy strikes the family of young Jobran Winter, he is forced to confront these questions directly. Undertaking a feverish Quest, he explores various branches of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, as well as the religions of China and Japan. His search encompasses the New Age, Reincarnation, Spiritism and Psychical Research. At...

Does God exist? Is there life after death? Do we have free wills? What is consciousness? Are animals and computers

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Does God exist? Is there life after death? Do we have free wills? What is consciousness? Are animals and computers