Maurine: 15 books

Jonas has lived all of his thirteen years on a farm in Missouri, and even though he hears whispers about freedom, he thinks he'll never try to escape. He knows what happens to slaves who attempt to run away. Besides, Master William has promised to make Jonas his personal manservant, and Jonas thinks...

Philadelphia was once a city that embraced the spirit of love, but as crime and poverty infiltrated the populace, it steadily became a city that is today filled with desolation and hate. Under a mandate from heaven to rebuild Philadelphia's fatherless, underprivileged society, author Maurine McFarlane...

With this new Latino literary collection Erika M. Martínez has brought together twenty-four engaging narratives written by Dominican women and women of Dominican descent living in the United States. The first volume of its kind, Daring to Write’s insightful works offer readers a wide array of content...

The advent of the Wall Heidi's thirteenth birthday is coming up, but she's disappointed -- her mother is pregnant and refuses to make the annual summer visit to Heidi's grandmother. What's more, it's 1961 and the government is cracking down on border crossers, people who work in the West but...

Finally—an approach to meditation especially for women! The benefits of meditations are manifold—but so few practices are tailored to the special needs and interests of women. Now, with Meditation Secrets for Women, you can discover how to love your body and find a time and place to tune...

First published in 1936, this remarkable guidebook explores the seamier side of Shanghai, China, in the mid-1930s. Written by two pretty, dissolute foreigners living life to the fullest and working, at least partially, in a Whangpoo whiskey haze, this candid handbook focuses on the colorful nightlife—particularly...

This publication will teach you the basics of how to start a Mine Detectors (electronic) Business. With step by step guides and instructions, you will not only have a better understanding, but gain valuable knowledge of how to start a Mine Detectors (electronic) Business

This book presents the story of Ruby A. Black, a feminist who broke new ground for women in Washington journalism in the 1920s and 1930s as a correspondent for a Puerto Rican newspaper and the first biographer of Eleanor Roosevelt. It offers access to the secret correspondence that shows how Black...

Dialogues Across Diasporas focuses on the shared historical legacies of members of the Africana and Latina diasporas, and the cultural impact of the African diaspora in the Americas. This book seeks to emphasize connections rather than divisions among different migratory ethnic communities via a reconfiguration...

Kissing Midnight A Crazy Ink romance anthology Happy endings. New beginnings. Resolutions for each. Love creeps up in the most unexpected of ways at the most peculiar of hours. Celebrate the New Year with love stories with one thing in common: The Midnight...

Truth Windows centers around the construction of a straw bale house by students of Lakemont Academy, a private school in the fictional town of Lakemont, Utah. Senior Cynthia Morgan, editor of the Academy newspaper, is the main character. Juniors Matt Willits and Logan Stillwell are friends who share...

Selling your home is one of the largest financial transactions you will make in your lifetime. It is very important to be prepared and have all the information before you make any decisions

Is your research time wasted looking up words like “beamster,” “grimgribber,” “anascara,” and “wainbote” in regular dictionaries? Ever heard of a “gossip's wheel” or a “shank's mare”? These and other unusual terms are defined in Ancestry's Concise Genealogical Dictionary. You will...

Love IS love. Join bestselling and award winning authors as they explore the mysterious, tantalizing, colorful and sometimes zany phenomena that is love. From the kind of love worth fighting for, to love kissed with Cupid's arrow, this collection offers something for everyone. Just...