Edwina Kitchens, the beloved mother of her church for nearly 50 years, dies. In her early years she was affectionately known by friends and family as "Eddie." After the funeral her teenage granddaughter finds an old trunk in her attic, and tells her mother about it. Her mother is the old lady's oldest daughter, who doesn't believe her eyes when she goes through all the photos, letters, and photography equipment in the trunk, especially all the torrid love letters from China. She wonders how the beautiful young woman in the photos could have been her quiet, meek, religious mother. Digging...
Edwina Kitchens, the beloved mother of her church for nearly 50 years, dies. In her early years she was affectionately known by friends and family as ...
RUNNING WITH MR. BELL is a novel about trains and the people who ran the trains. For nearly a century the American passenger train bedazzled the world with its glitz and splendor. In the late 1800s railroad magnate George M. Pullman took passenger trains to new heights, and in the process made so many enemies that he left burial instructions that upon his death his grave be encased in steel so his enemies couldn't defile his body. The enemies he worried about were his disgruntled employees. This is a story about two extraordinary black men who served Mr. Pullman nobly for over forty years as...
RUNNING WITH MR. BELL is a novel about trains and the people who ran the trains. For nearly a century the American passenger train bedazzled the world...
In my novel THE MAN WITH THE SILVER TONGUE, when only seven years old, Luther Carruthers braved the alligator-infested waters with his parents so they could join the Seminole Indians in the Florida swamps, where as runaway slaves they would be safe. And Luther and his family ended up living as Indians. It was 1794. The Seminoles hated slavery and helped runaway Negroes whenever they could. The Seminoles called Luther "the boy with the silver tongue" because of all the languages he could speak, including most of the Indian languages. When sixteen Luther went to work as an interpreter for a...
In my novel THE MAN WITH THE SILVER TONGUE, when only seven years old, Luther Carruthers braved the alligator-infested waters with his parents so they...
Have you ever watched a fly that's caught in a spider's web? How it tangles itself up all the more when it tries to fight its way out? The more it struggles and kicks, the more a prisoner it becomes. The few flies that do escape do so by just quietly flying away. I was in a web and it seemed the more I kicked, the more I became entangled. So I decided just to quietly fly away. Just leave town. Torn between Texas and California, I flipped a coin and California won. My name is Kolton Phelps. I was co-owner of Sunburst Products, Inc., a company that manufactured skin-care products, which I...
Have you ever watched a fly that's caught in a spider's web? How it tangles itself up all the more when it tries to fight its way out? The more it str...
Are you concerned about the future and what lies ahead for ourselves and the next generations? Do you worry about the rapid environmental degradation that is occurring globally? With the world at a crossroads, the decisions being made by adults today will have a profound effect on our children's tomorrow. Paradigm Time, Two Tales of the Future, depicts very different views of the years ahead for us. In the first tale, Resource Wars, ecological and economic disasters have brought great changes to people's lives. Severe weather conditions and collapsed food production have placed extreme...
Are you concerned about the future and what lies ahead for ourselves and the next generations? Do you worry about the rapid environmental degradation ...
The City of High Bluffs was called the "Lilac City of the World" because of all the beautiful lilac bushes for which the city was famous. It was the second largest city in the state, and was the county seat. Hicks County, with its smooth rolling hills and its vast spread of green corn fields, was a typical county in a typical Midwestern state. One might think that a town like High Bluffs would be extremely provincial, made hidebound by the rich conservative farmers who still controlled the state. Indeed not. High Bluffs considered itself quite cosmopolitan, and had a symphony orchestra that...
The City of High Bluffs was called the "Lilac City of the World" because of all the beautiful lilac bushes for which the city was famous. It was the s...
A magic lamp. Three wishes. Any desire made real, untwisted by petty minds. Would you trust a stranger with that power? Would you trust yourself? Djinn are discovered in the modern world bound to everyday trinkets. Strangers are united by the magic of the lamps to have their deepest wishes granted.
A magic lamp. Three wishes. Any desire made real, untwisted by petty minds. Would you trust a stranger with that power? Would you trust yourself? Djin...
Bringing together key perspectives in interactional sociology, this text contributes to the empirical and theoretical understanding of contemporary institutions. Covering healthcare, education, markets, and arts and culture, the text explores how institutions are shaped in everyday social interaction.
Bringing together key perspectives in interactional sociology, this text contributes to the empirical and theoretical understanding of contemporary in...
