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"The Calabash Boys" is a story of tragedy and triumph that explores questions of right and wrong, good and evil, forgiveness, and the contrast between family love and intimate love. It takes the reader on an emotional roller-coaster ride that accelerates beginning with the very first page, and does ... More

The volumes in this continuing series provide a compilation of current techniques and ideas in inorganic synthetic chemistry. Includes inorganic polymer syntheses and preparation of important inorganic solids, syntheses used in the development of pharmacologically active inorganic compounds, small-m... More

Raised in the Splendid Court of Mantua, wealthy even by the standards of Renaissance cardinals, the patron of artists and scholars, the father of numerous children, an active participant in Italian and European politics as regent of the Duchy of Mantua, Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga (1505-1563) was in man... More

In 1930, a group of southern intellectuals led by John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, Donald Davidson, and Robert Penn Warren published "I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition," A stark attack on industrial capitalism and a defiant celebration of southern culture, the book has raised th... More

The national bestseller is now in paperback, and this trailblazing Bishop's spiritual lessons can empower any woman to conquer adversity, at every stage of her life.In the tradition of empowering spiritual writers such as Ilanya Vanzant, Bishop Vashti McKenzie offers women a Christian path to person... More

This is a groundbreaking book written by one of the nation's leading African American clergywomen, Reverend Vashti McKenzie, who provides a cogent historical, theological, and biblical overview of female leadership in the church. McKenzie provides a model based on the "Women Surviving in Ministry" p... More

Using vignettes and leadersip profiles, McKenzie gives groups and individuals the means to develop their own leadership style, showing them how to tap the leader within and learn how to communicate better in leadership.Strength in the Struggle is written for women seeking new direction for their per... More

McKenzie jumps into the deep waters of love and marriage, using ancient biblical personalities to explore subjects such as intimacy, stages of love, communication, adult sibling rivalry, jealousy, envy, love at first sight, and marriage and sexuality.Into the deep waters of love and marriage, the au... More

Recoded considers digital media from day to day experiences to wider political frameworks in their legal, military and economic aspects. The exhibition and series of events explored digital data, the relationship of embodied experience and digital media, and the scope and significance of surveillanc... More

Designing a successful retail business depends on relationships with four groups of people: customers, shareholders, employees, and suppliers. This book takes you inside those strategic relationships and shows you how to redesign your business to get them right. Highlights include a new theory of br... More