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The United Methodist Church has been in conflict over lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender inclusion issues since 1972. That year, in response to the gay liberation and gay rights movements, working was added to the UMC Book of Discipline (the compilation of denominational policies and doctrines) charac... More

In 1998, Mandy L. Updegraff moved to Hollywood to be a missionary with the Presbyterian Church through an organization called The Hollywood Urban Project (HUP). Her memoir documents the inward struggle to see herself as God sees her in a town full of extraordinarily beautiful people. During the five... More

Now in its 20th printing, this little book contains a fascinating, firsthand account of the "Trail of Tears" by a U.S. soldier who was there. With classic legends like "How the Earth was Made" and "Why the Possum's Tail is Bare."... More

Sex, intrigue and adultery in the world of high politics and huge wealth in late eighteenth-century England. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, was one of the most flamboyant and influential women of the eighteenth century. The great-great-great-great aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, she was various... More