Let Me Shine: Poetic Motivations is Janine’s third book of inspirational poetry preceded by “Voice of Transition: A Book of Inspirational Poetry” and “The Color of Beauty: Inspirational Poems and Reflections.” Let Me Shine poetically speaks to the challenges of being a light in a world laced with darkness. Janine’s writes to inspire beacons. This book ministers to the soul. It is sure to make you smile, cry, shake your head and say, “Amen” as you easily relate to her powerful messages. Janine’s poetry inspires, enlightens, motivates and encourages.

Coretta Scott King Award winner Ashley Bryan celebrates three favorite spirituals in this colorful and joyous picture book. This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. Come, sing, and celebrate the power of the beloved songs “This Little Light of Mine,” “Oh, When the Saints Go Marching In,” and “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” through kaleidoscopic illustrations of color and cut paper.

A historical novel set between the wars in which a woman makes amends to a family beset by tragedy is “another hit” for this bestselling English novelist (The Daily Telegraph). Ada Williams once believed money and power would bring her happiness. But now she is all alone except for her greedy son Peter, who waits only for the day he will inherit her fortune. Ada, however, has a different plan altogether. A few miles away in Blackburn, the Bolton family may be poor—but the love they share means they can overcome almost any adversity. But no one could foresee the shocking culmination of events on Christmas night, 1932, events begun many years ago which split the family asunder, leaving Larry injured and the twins, Ellie and Betsy, in a foster home. Ada Williams was young and foolish then, but her plan will see a reversal of fates for the Bolton family in the present . . . A compelling family saga perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Rosie Goodwin and Cathy Sharp. Praise for the writing of Josephine Cox: “Hailed quite rightly as a gifted writer in the tradition of Catherine Cookson.” —Manchester Evening News

The Shine On Series: Shine On Rise & Shine Come Rain or Shine Let It Shine Emmie is once again a quintessential good girl. Brave, Southern, and Kind. An ex-moonshiner. And finally married to Silas McDowell. Silas and Emmie McDowell have worked hard to carve out a new life together in Louisville. Emmie spends her days helping with Dr. Stone’s children’s clinic, thanks to Walter and Bo’s moonshine money. Silas spends his days defending the good people of Kentucky at his law firm. They are the picture perfect couple. When rum unexpectedly appears in Silas’s speakeasy, he is thrown back into the dark world of nightlife, liquor, and secrets. Unsure who is friend or foe, Emmie finds herself left alone in a new place. All around her, people are dropping hints about the man her husband has become in this big city. Emmie begins to wonder if her life as a newlywed has been as picture perfect as she once believed or if Silas has staged the photo to reflect what she wanted to see. Emmie attempts to be a good wife, a good friend, a good worker, but is drawn to trouble like a moth to a flame. Silas always said that she was a light in his dark world. Deep down, he wonders if he can ever offer the same light to her. Shadows always creep in when they are least expected, but at the end of the day Emmie refuses to ever let herself or those that she loves get lost in the darkness. Good or bad. Right or wrong. Emmie will always find a way to Let It Shine.

The definitive history of solar power and technology Even as concern over climate change and energy security fuel a boom in solar technology, many still think of solar as a twentieth-century wonder. Few realize that the first photovoltaic array appeared on a New York City rooftop in 1884, or that brilliant engineers in France were using solar power in the 1860s to run steam engines, or that in 1901 an ostrich farmer in Southern California used a single solar engine to irrigate three hundred acres of citrus trees. Fewer still know that Leonardo da Vinci planned to make his fortune by building half-mile-long mirrors to heat water, or that the Bronze Age Chinese used hand-size solar-concentrating mirrors to light fires the way we use matches and lighters today. With thirteen new chapters, Let It Shine is a fully revised and expanded edition of A Golden Thread, Perlin’s classic history of solar technology, detailing the past forty years of technological developments driving today’s solar renaissance. This unique and compelling compendium of humankind’s solar ideas tells the fascinating story of how our predecessors throughout time, again and again, have applied the sun to better their lives — and how we can too.