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As a pastor's wife and mother of four, Gloria Furman encourages women to refocus and reorient their vision of motherhood in this thoughtful resource for frazzled moms. Showing them how to pursue a vibrant and ever-growing relationship with Christ—even when discouragement sets in and the dirty laundry is still waiting to be washed—this book recasts the monotony of everyday life, showing how moms can treasure Christ more deeply no matter how busy they are.

Comprised of historical texts spanning two centuries, The Women's Suffrage Movement is a comprehensive and singular volume that covers the major issues and figures involved in the movement, with a distinctive focus on diversity, incorporating race, class, and gender, and illuminating minority voices. In time for the 2020 centennial of women's right to vote, The Women's Suffrage Movement includes a foreword by Gloria Steinem.

If you have a family member who suffers from mental illness, but refuses to seek treatment, you may feel like you're caught in a trap. If you try making life easier for your loved one, you wind up perpetuating dependency and entitlement. If you push for treatment, you are met with resistance or outright animosity. And when you reach out to professionals for help, you are told that nothing can be done unless your family member is ready to change. So, how can you escape the "family trap?"

*A "Next Big Idea Club" Must-Read Book for January* *AS HEARD ON ARMCHAIR EXPERT WITH DAX SHEPARD* Rediscover your ability to pay attention with this groundbreaking new approach from "the definitive expert on distraction and multitasking" (Cal Newport). We spend an average of just 47 seconds on...

The Daily Joy devotional inspires women to engage with God’s word every day, allowing the truth of the gospel to transform their lives throughout the year. Featuring content from the ESV Women’s Devotional Bible, Scripture meditations and articles are written by more than 50 Christian writers and pastors including Joni Eareckson Tada, Lydia Brownback, Dane C. Ortlund, Jen Wilkin, Sam Storms, and Nancy Guthrie.

A touching and intimate correspondence between Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, offering timeless wisdom and a revealing glimpse into their lives Though Anderson Cooper has always considered himself close to his mother, his intensely busy career as a journalist for CNN and CBS...

The National Book Award-winning novel—and contemporary classic—that launched the brilliant career of Gloria Naylor, now with a foreword by Tayari Jones “[A] shrewd and lyrical portrayal of many of the realities of black life . . . Naylor bravely risks sentimentality and melodrama to write...

How do you build a lasting, romantic relationship? Through personal stories and clinical expertise, The Connected Couple reveals how understanding attachment needs creates unbreakable bonds between partners. Dr. Gloria Lee draws from research, experience, and her psychological practice to share essential principles for achieving lifelong love.

In the newly revised Third Edition of The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children, distinguished professor Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings delivers an encouraging exploration of the future of education for African American students. She describes eight exemplary teachers, all of whom differ in their personal style and methods, who share an approach to teaching that affirms and strengthens cultural identity.

Gloria Copeland shares the Bible's and her own secrets to living a long, strong, fully satisfying life. In Live Long, Finish Strong, Gloria Copeland presents a scripturally sound program to help readers claim the Bible promise of a long and blessed life ... and a glorious death by "divine...

Most of the top jobs for the future require students to have a strong foundational understanding of mathematics. Our failure to mathematically educate most students in general, and students of color in particular, is bad not only for these students individually but also for our society. In Choosing to See, Pamela Seda and Kyndall Brown offer a substantive, rigorous, and necessary set of interventions to move mathematics education toward greater equity, particularly in serving the needs of Black and Brown students, who are underrepresented and underserved as math scholars. 

Written during the last decade of her life, Light in the Dark represents the culmination of Gloria E. Anzaldúa's mature thought and the most comprehensive presentation of her philosophy. Throughout, Anzaldúa weaves personal narratives into deeply engaging theoretical readings to comment on numerous contemporary issues—including the September 11 attacks, neocolonial practices in the art world, and coalitional politics.

Writer, lecturer, and feminist activist Gloria Steinem and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker sit down with Wilma Mankiller to discuss gender and politics in today's world. The three consider the path each took to became icons of the feminist movement, the ways religion plays into gender and power relations, and the future of feminism.

This book has all three of Amy's stories together! Amy Gets Naked Amy’s just a normal high school graduate enjoying the summer before starting college with her parents in their home that used to be a nudist camp, and therein lays the story. The large pool’s old filtration system was never designed with swim suits in mind. Thus, her dad insists boys swim naked, and her mom insists girls can to. Amy has no problems with that. However, the day the son of one of her dad’s old war buddies comes to town, she really gets some fun out of it. He likes to swim. She offers to swim with him, then...

Wendy has a problem. The bar she’s worked at since graduating high school is going broke. Too many of their regular customers are not coming in. Two of the bars across town now have Permanude barmaids. Her employer, George Bar and Grill, has no PNs. Indeed, the customers would likely pay for several of his barmaids to stay dressed. If Geroge is to have PN barmaids, it has to be Wendy and her two younger friends. Of course, working naked among a bunch of textiles presents all kinds of possibilities. Not the least of which is her high school crush back from two tours downrange with Uncle ...

Eve is off to college! Her dad's against it, but her stepmother has gotten her one year at the University of New Mexico. After that, if she hasn't learned anything to help improve the ranch, there won't be a second year. Eve is very intent on learning. Her mom drops her off and takes off for the ranch. She's hardly turned the corner before Eve gets her first lesson in college life. Her helpful Residential Advisor is one of the many naked students at the UNM! The ranch is out in the middle of nowhere. The cows may be naked, but the cowpokes sure aren't. All the people running around campus ...

A swoony rivals-to-lovers romance . . . Family secrets that can't stay buried . . . A globe-spanning treasure hunt with puzzles to solve . . . This latest YA novel by acclaimed writer Gloria Chao takes readers on a soaring adventure through love, loss, and the lively streets of Taiwan. For...

In Open to Love, two therapists share their personal and professional stories of love and romance in the later years. Inspirational, and most of all, relatable, Gloria Horsley and Frank Powers show listeners how to face their fears about dating, identify what they want in a partner, and learn how to find love in the golden years.

The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club is back with a twist in this smart, hilarious mystery by USA TODAY bestselling author Gloria Chao. Kathryn Hu is not getting into the business of solving murders. Yes, she and her friends Olivia and Elle figured out who killed their cheating ex-boyfriend. But now...

The truth is, a lot of the body’s functions are dependent on this gland and if one wrong thing happens, it could wreak havoc in the entire body system. That means that understanding this essential body part is important to ensure you protect yourself and your loved ones from a potentially severe, irreversible health dangers, or to heal existing ones naturally - to improve or save your life or that of those around you.