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From the author of Oprah's Book Club pick and New York Times bestseller Nightcrawling, here is an astonishing new novel about the joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teenage mothers in a small town on the Florida panhandle. Adela Woods is sixteen years old and pregnant. Her parents...

The average reader instantly recognizes 30,000 to 70,000 words—with no need to sound them out. How does that happen? Through a process called orthographic mapping. This audiobook explains the process by which readers embed words into their long-term memories, and the instruction necessary to help K-5 students do just that.

This book tells the story of an ordinary woman with extraordinary faith in her Creator and his ability to bring forth a vision. Take a walk through a few moments in the life of the author as she reflects back on life's struggles. Within every tumultuous circumstance, there is a lesson that leads to victory. We frequently undergo tests on this journey. At some point on the road, we get tired and cry out in a desperate moan, giving ourselves away so that the light in us can shine abundantly. A testimony that God is...

In this unique collection, Literary Witches co-creator Katy Horan unearths the true and fictional stories behind twenty traditional murder ballads, exploring the beauty and horror of the art form through stories, lyrics, and original interpretations. The audiobook includes covers of various...

Jabari Hall has spent his entire life chasing victory on ice—but one devastating hit leaves him benched, not just from hockey, but from the future he thought he had. Now, as he struggles with deteriorating eyesight, his well-meaning teammates set him up on a date, hoping it will cheer him up—only the date they choose is none other than Val Elliott, his ex's sister.

When her husband dies, Charlotte can’t face the things she’s done that could tear her family apart. Especially when her mama leaves her to grieve alone. So she drops a goodbye letter in the cookie jar and flees south to escape everything—her life, her three daughters, the mistakes she’s made, and the secrets eating her alive.

Honor, duty, selflessness, and God are just a few of the important pillars that fortify the structure of Daniel Beachum's life as a firefighter. He believes his ultimate mission is to create understanding to unite people, execute his duty as a selfless servant to those in need, and instill the love and faith of God into humanity every day of his life. Yet how easy is it to maintain such values when spiritual challenges consistently test and question your faith and commitment?

Brought to you by Penguin. From the author of the Booker nominated, international bestseller Nightcrawling: a novel about the joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teenage mothers in a Florida beach town. When Adela Woods tells her parents she’s pregnant, they immediately send her a...

This fascinating addition to the best-selling Who Was...? series does not settle questions of theology. Instead, it presents young readers with a biography that covers what is known historically about Jesus and places in his life in the context of his world when Jerusalem was part of the Roman...

When Adanne accepts a last-minute job as a makeup artist for a movie filming in her small Alabama hometown, all she wants is a steady paycheck to keep her family’s legacy alive. But the money hardly seems worth having to face the actor who got her fired from her last job in Hollywood.

Readers will want to grab a telescope and explore the night skies after finishing this overview of our solar system. Our solar system consists of eight planets, as well as numerous moons, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids. For thousands of years, humans believed that Earth was at the center of...

Bigger than Me sums up seventeen years of being homosexual, then finally saying yes to God and no to homosexuality. I've always known God because I grew up in church, but when my life did not line up with what "church people" accepted, I decided to part ways with Christ and do life without Him. Fortunately for me, God's grace was constantly chasing me down. Seventeen years later, I realized that He wasn't concerned about my sexuality more than He was about me just spending time with him and being in a relationship with Him.

In a world where tradition rules and secrets are buried deep, one boy’s disappearance will unravel it. Kamboda, a boy with physical impairments, lives in an African village where such children are believed to be evil spirits. When Kamboda mysteriously vanishes, his cousin Maladho sets out to uncover the truth, challenging deep-seated beliefs and uncovering government complicity.