Just like many of us, Bev Hislop often wondered why she was not like others she saw through the cracks of her life, often feeling just less-than-ordinary. It was not until she reached the middle of her life that Bev discovered the lies she believed about herself and realized the amazing impact of embracing the truths of being one of God’s dearly loved. In a candid memoir, Hislop shares insight into her personal experiences as she slowly overcame her obstacles and began peeking through the cracks to embrace the powerful realization that she could rely on God’s Holy Spirit to take her on an extraordinary journey to not only grow herself, but also influence others to do the same. Beginning with a childhood where she was an introvert who rarely stepped forward to speak and believed she was not enough, Hislop takes others on an inspiring walk through her life journey as she slowly emerged from an impoverished existence to ultimately learn to love herself, realize forgiveness and grace, and attain personal and professional fulfillment. I Took You is the inspirational life story of a servant of God as she relied on His love and grace to carry her on an incredible journey from less-than-ordinary to an extraordinary purpose.

She Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power – 1619 to 1969 proves that The Black Woman liberated herself. Readers go on a journey from the invasion of Africa into the Colonial period and the Civil Rights Movement. The Black Woman reveals power, from Queen Nzingha to Shirley Chisholm. In She Took Justice, we see centuries of courage in the face of racial prejudice and gender oppression. We gain insight into American history through The Black Woman's fight against race laws, especially criminal injustice. She became an organizer, leader, activist, lawyer, and judge – a fighter in her own advancement. These engaging true stories show that, for most of American history, the law was an enemy to The Black Woman. Using perseverance, tenacity, intelligence, and faith, she turned the law into a weapon to combat discrimination, a prestigious occupation, and a platform from which she could lift others as she rose. This is a book for every reader.

Ciara never gave up. And victory is what she found. The love within her made her special. She kept pushing her way through all of her struggels. Sometime we can`t see the value in a person until its to late. We walk by people everyday and we may never know their stories. Broken hearts on the inside and still keeping a smile on the out side for the world to see. Ciara saw the value in everyone. We must look at others and see the value within them. Values given to them by our creator. Ciara believe that love must always conqure hate. An abundance of love is what the universe needs. And because of that love, there will be peace within the universe. Ciara was so full of love. Its ashame her husband did not her value. With his eyes wide open, he did not see that his wife was a blessing from God. And even when he did wrong to her, she still forgave him. Love made Ciara special. And she was loved by many.

This is an English translation of Tra le braccia del Padre. The author, Fr. Andrea Mardegan, draws upon the rich spiritual writings of St. Josemaria Escriva to illustrate how divine filiation, which is the center of the spiritual life and the source of Christian joy, consists of an intimate relationship between each member of the faithful and God the Father through Jesus Christ. In these mediations, the reader is drawn in the contemplation that God is always with him or her, watching over his children with infinite love and mercy. Through prayer, this awareness of divine filiation grows inside, transforming the reader into a child of God in the very image of Christ. St. Josemaria Escriva was born in Spain in 1902 and was ordained a priest in 1926. In 1928, he received the divine inspiration to found Opus Dei, a Catholic organization of lay people and priests who try to grow close to God through their ordinary lives. St. Josemaria died in 1975 and was canonized by Pope St. John Paul II in 2002.

Often out of sight and certainly out of mind, the characters in Took You So Long inhabit the landscape of the Saugeen watershed south of Owen Sound, in the lee of Lake Huron A morel-seeking gastronome falls into a gopher hole and reflects on the multiple facets of restraint. A donation-bin picker is on the hunt for her next great find—and husband number four—despite cohabitating with three of her exes. A lonely widower discovers that his robotic full-service companion makes him lonelier than ever. A son’s hunting trip with his father forces him to confront the terrible certainty of physical decline. Compassionate, honest and propelled by forceful emotion, Matthews’s stories ask us to question who we are, where we belong, and how we move on in the face of adversity.

Louise Troh--fiancéof Thomas Eric Duncan, the first man ever to die of Ebola in America--breaks her silence about her experience in this deeply moving memoir, chronicling the decade-long love story that starts in Liberia and ends in an isolation ward in Dallas, Texas.

A boy and the moon share a walk through his neighborhood.