Spears: 104 books

They're coming for you. In 1968, a young and ambitious film maker created an iconic cinematic masterpiece and changed the industry forever. 50 years later, a group of hardy writers converged in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to celebrate the 50th anniversary of George Romero's classic, Night of the...

More bling for the buck! The #1 guide to American slang is now bigger, more up-to-date, and easier to use This new edition of McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions offers complete definitions of more than 12,000 slang and informal expressions from various sources,...

Aurora and her adopted sister Pia have grown up at Mission San Carolos de Borromeo. When Aurora is unexpectedly pressured into giving up her teaching position there to become governess at Rancho de Montaraz, the ranch her parents abruptly departed years before, she goes with trepidation.   At...

In my mental meanderings I came across a thought, “Where does God fit into the scheme of things?” Upon realizing God is the scheme of things, I settled on the thought that God is the scheme I should follow. In these musings I was given the idea, we’re all schemers. I was given the revelation...

A mystery story: of a consignment of diamonds that go missing, along with the diamond agent; and a lovely lady who appears, out of nowhere, as it seems, among the shantyboaters of the Mississippi. But also a romance: about the mighty Mississippi—the "old Mississip'," as called by it's...

Representing an international gathering of scholars, Fields Watered with Blood—now available in paperback—constituted the first critical assessment of the full scope of Margaret Walker’s literary career. As they discuss Walker’s work, including the landmark poetry collection For My People...

This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across, is to think of them as profound insights and moments of clarity often disguised as wit, captured in one single...

A Blue-Ribbon Hayley Atwell Biography. This book is your ultimate resource for Hayley Atwell. Here you will find the most up-to-date 69 Success Facts, Information, and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Hayley Atwell's...

Enslavement, forced migration, war and colonization have led to the global dispersal of Black communities and to the fragmentation of common experiences. The majority of Black language researchers explore the social and linguistic phenomena of individual Black communities, without looking at Black...

Passionate love, deep admiration, painful goodbyes and hopeful tomorrows create this collection of poems accounting for over 70 years of one man's life.

The third edition of Child, Adolescent and Family Development provides a comprehensive, readable study of human development from conception to adulthood. It explores the foundations of modern developmental thought, incorporating the latest in international research set within a cultural and historical...

“Maizee Hurd was an easy target for hard times,” according to Burdy Luttrell, the town healer. Burdy is a Melungeon woman with striking features and mysterious ways who owns the land the Hurds leased following their marriage on June 3, 1940. Maizee moved upriver at the age of ten after tragedy struck,...

This book examines the leadership family model as a key coaching and mentoring tool for the multiplication of healthy, strong families in the twenty-first century. This book introduces the leadership family model as a four-step process: individual male and female leadership, leadership couples, leadership...

My book of poetry contains inspirational poems of love for a Mother and a Mothers love, blessings in life, love of family, love to share, Gods gifts and blessings, honoring the military, life experiences, seasons of change, memories of the past, present and future, remembrance of a loved one, reminiscing and cherishing precious time, and love of a child and spouse.