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In her sixth full-length collection, Martha Deborah Hall explores the shifting lights and shadows that fall on a woman in her so-called golden years, offering us a voice that sweeps the full register from sassy to gritty to tender. In elegant free verse and stunning twists on traditional forms, she gives us a darkly shining world, deftly measuring out "the weight of light"-and life. - Kate Gleason, Author of Measuring the Dark and Reading Da...

In the spring of 58 BCE the Celtic tribe of Helvetii, then settled in present-day west -central Switzerland and pressured by Germanic tribes from across the Rhine River, voted to migrate to lands in Gaul near the Atlantic Ocean. Gaius Julius Caesar opposed their passage through a Roman province, subsequently defeating an army several times larger than his available legions. In eight campaign seasons, Caesar made Gaul part of Rome's growing emp...

Written for anyone who feels "stuck" and needs help to reframe their views, readjust their attitudes, and reapply their talents.

Prayers of a Heretic explores the "crime" of heresy and the condition of existential displacement through the language of prayer and prayerful voice/s. In the first section, "Visits and Visitations, " the poet imagines a variety of protoganists in situations of supplication. The second section, "In the Gleaning, " examines the life, trangressions, and prayers of the title character and the primacy of books, libraries, and reading for refuge an...

Yermiyahu Ahron Taub's new collection of poems is rich with intimacy and longing, culled from the dual influences of both contemporary gay culture and timeless Jewish tradition. The speakers in Taub's poems find themselves squarely displaced between these two extremes, between the obligation to duty and the surrender to pleasure, the lightness of daily foibles and the darkness of long-held secrets and shame. The poems-bold, unfettered-are drap...

This collection of poems is inspired by the book The Corporate Kid, a story about the unlikely intertwining of two worlds...that of a wealthy middle-aged Caucasian CEO and that of a low-income African-American adolescent from the "hood." It's a story of how easy it is to end up down a wrong path, and yet how simple it can be to turn in the right the direction, regardless of economic status. It explores the ripple effect a person's actions in t...

Suspense at remote missionary hospital in Nepal, as the Civil War shreds the intertwined lives of an international team. Will they survive? A TALE OF MISSIONARIES AND MORE As a college student on a trek during summer break in 1996, Matt was wounded in the crossfire of a mountain ambush during the civil war in Nepal. Matt returns to Nepal ten years later to repay his debt to the surgeons who saved his life and to find Kali, the young Ne...

Las Epístolas y el libro de la Revelación. Este volumen es el tercero de tres en el Nuevo Testamento. Un volumen inusualmente grande, cubre la mayor parte del Libro de los Hechos, las Epístolas del Nuevo Testamento y el Libro de la Revelación. Leemos acerca de la conversión de Saulo y después lo seguimos como el Apóstol Pablo como él hace sus cinco desplazamientos más importantes por toda la zona mediterránea. El Libro de los Hechos proporcion...

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With the sprawling celebration of Walt Whitman and the meditative concentration of Mary Oliver, Accidental Joy is more than a poetic monologue-it is a personal epic. It is private prayer and public performance in one. Sitting down to read it feels like you're taking in a good bottle of wine: the flavors, highlights, and notes are diverse and complex, but they nonetheless create a unified flavor, a cohesive and balanced whole. -Allyson Whipple,...

Unique stories about shoes and their memories as diverse as the women who write them. - Jane Weitzman from Stuart Weitzman Shoes If there's a woman who's not fixated on shoes, chances are she has no feet or lives on a hot desert island where footwear is superfluous. As we go through life, the fixation may mutate from the annual delight with a new pair of dress-up Mary Janes, to height-and-leg enhancing heels and boots to anything that feels go...

A cycle of poems spoken in the voice of a commiunity of swimmers and environmentalists who gather at one of the most beautiful natural springs in the US. "Breathing Under Water" is an anthology of poetry at once personal, local and planetary. Weaving the voices, dreams and real time work of a community of dedicated swimmers and environmentalists who gather around an emerald, spring fed, fresh water swimming hole five minutes from the capita...

The Week of Atoning Sacrifice: "For This Purpose Came I Into the World" is a stirring summary of the most important week in the history of our Father's universe. This is the week when Jesus Christ performed His act of mercy and grace that allows all of us to overcome all things and return to our Heavenly Father. The story is told in a chronological narrative that adds context and meaning to the individual events of that final week. Jesus enter...

El Libro de Alma. Este volumen es el segundo de tres sobre el Libro de Mormón. Cubre los últimos capítulos de Mosíah y todo el libro de Alma. Se inicia con la historia de la conversión de Alma el Joven. Aprendemos sobre los comienzos del gobierno de los jueces. Luego seguimos los esfuerzos misioneros de Alma y Amulek en la tierra de Zarahemla, seguidos de las misiones de los hijos de Mosíah a los Lamanitas en la tierra de Nefi. Seguimos el des...

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One woman in twelve will be stalked in her lifetime. - 2000 Department of Justice study Making Sense Instead of shelling out hard-earned money for a lawyer to deal with this mail-tampering, "Dime Store Talc" stalker, I could've paid my grandchild's future college tuition, or put a sizable down payment on a second condo. I could've purchased a new Saab, five "Evenings in Paris, " some shares of Exxon stock, or a motorboat which my childre...

The mythical figure of Plateye has floated through the folklore of the deep south of the United States as a kind of demon who searches out human weakness and terrifies his victims. Plateye is a metaphor for the effects of slavery on both white and black people of that era. The novel Plateye is based on the author's family background in Georgia during the years 1797 to 1830. Drewry Allen, a veteran of the Continental Army, drifts to North Carol...

My grandmother's samovar has been an abiding presence in my life. Carried to the United States as she and my great-grandparents escaped the Russian pogroms, it is a reminder of their determination to resist the forces that seek to destroy the human spirit, their courage in leaving behind all they had known. In losing their home, they made it possible for my parents and me to find ours. I have written these poems to tell my children what the sa...

Pearl of Great Price Study Guide: A companion to your study of the Pearl of Great Price, this Study Guide from the Making Precious Things Plain Series is a rich resource for teachers, students, and gospel scholars alike. In this volume full of supplemental material, Dr. Randal Chase, a veteran Institute and Gospel Doctrine teacher, shares years of insights into the scriptures by exploring scriptural symbolism, background, culture, and chronolo...

What does it mean to be a human being in a culture of war and violence? In this collection the secret life of everyday objects and the "Everyday Shames" of ordinary life reveal how a person can take possession of oneself. --- In his third full-length collection, Everyday Objects, Edward A. Dougherty places wonderful food for thought on our plates. He spoons out wonderful imagery, knives into the truths of topics such as war, serves up won...