Story of Magdalena Grace, from her time at the racially exclusive atmosphere of fictional Eden University to the black neighborhoods of a midwestern city to her ancestral Mississippi.

Read award-winning journalist Frank Bruni's New York Times bestseller: an inspiring manifesto about everything wrong with today's frenzied college admissions process and how to make the most of your college years. Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process, preceded by test prep, tutors, all sorts of stratagems, all kinds of rankings, and a conviction among too many young people that their futures will be determined and their worth established by which schools say yes and which say no. In Where You Go is Not Who You'll Be, Frank Bruni explains why this mindset is wrong, giving students and their parents a new perspective on this brutal, deeply flawed competition and a path out of the anxiety that it provokes. Bruni, a bestselling author and a columnist for the New York Times, shows that the Ivy League has no monopoly on corner offices, governors' mansions, or the most prestigious academic and scientific grants. Through statistics, surveys, and the stories of hugely successful people, he demonstrates that many kinds of colleges serve as ideal springboards. And he illuminates how to make the most of them. What matters in the end are students' efforts in and out of the classroom, not the name on their diploma. Where you go isn't who you'll be. Americans need to hear that--and this indispensable manifesto says it with eloquence and respect for the real promise of higher education.

Baby elephant is inquisitive, adventurous and devoted. Mommy elephant is wise, loving and dependable - and they are always together, wherever, however. This heart-warming story of unconditional love is the perfect book for story time.

Don't fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don't act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like. (James 1:22-24 The Message) This book was written on author's life experiences. It focused on family hurts, pain, lies, deceit, and forgiveness. It brings the reader into the reality of family secrets: "What's done in this house stays in this house." This book shares a light at the end of the tunnel. It brings to the people-whether woman, man, boy, or girl--the hope that there's a way out and that past circumstances don't have to become our future. We can hold on to the thought that we can make it through any situation with the help of the Lord. Where Do I Go from Here? is also a book of mixed emotions. --Yolanda Griffin In this book are life-changing testimonies and many helpful insights on how to live past your hurts and pains. This is a book that gives insight on how to be free through forgiving yourself and others that have causes you pain. It also gives insight on how to mature in Jesus Christ. --Renee Smith Where Do I Go From Here? is an open invitation to anyone who wants to understand that God covers and keeps us throughout it all, from birth to entrance into His kingdom. His love never dies! God gives us liberty even when we don't know how to grab it ourselves. Once we are set free, we are free indeed. I am a living witness that there is life after a divorce and that we are truly free to go after whatever God has for us. Hallelujah! --Angela Lambert I am not a book reader, but once I picked up this book, it was hard to put it down. Thank you, Teresa, for allowing God to use you to help others to open their eyes and see their true potential. May God continue blessing you and your family. --Patrick A. Smith

Sometimes you find hope in the last place you look. Gabrielle Fairbanks has nearly lost touch with the carefree, spirited young woman she was shen she married her husband sixteen years ago. But when the couple moves to Chicago to accommodate Philip's ambition, Gabby longs for the chance to find real purpose in her own life. A chance encounter with a homeless woman suddenly opens a dooor she never expected. The women of Manna House Women's Shelter need a Program Director--and she has the right credentials. Gabby's in her element, feeling God's call on her life at last, even though Philip doesn't like the changes he sees in her. But she never anticipated his ultimatum: quit your job at the shelter or risk divorce and losing custody of our sons. In this moment, Gabby's entire foundation shifts. She must find refuge, as in the song they sing at Sunday worship: "Where do I go when there's no one else to turn to . . . I go to the Rock I know that's able, I go to the Rock." For everyone who loves the best-selling Yada Yada Prayer Group novels comes a brand new series sprinkled with familiar faces and places from the Yada Yada world. It's the perfect novel to start with--or to meet friends from past Yada stories.

“Mom, what should I do with the rest of my life?” “Dad, how did you learn how to save your money?” “I feel like I'm going through the motions lately. I have no motivation to do anything.” “I feel like I did everything right. I worked hard, graduated from school, and now I don't know what to do. Where Do I Go From Here? Does any of that sound familiar? If so, let me ask you a simple question: If someone came to you and simply said, “follow these directions and you will double the amount of money in your bank account” would you do it? Well, I am that someone, and I AM NOT saying I will double the amount of money in your bank account. However, what I am saying I can do for you is to teach you life skills that we all wished we learned in the classroom - Skills such as: 1. Creating a weekly plan, and how to execute them with five easy steps. 2. How to properly save money, and set yourself up for the long haul. 3. How to balance being a student-athlete or working a fifty-hour work week while still making time for yourself. These are all questions that have never been answered for us - so why is that we have to go through these tough times for ourselves in order to learn these valuable lessons? The answer is, we don't! Throughout this book I will be teaching you how to create your own system - a system where you control the outcome and more importantly, a system that allows you to put yourself in the right direction in order to accomplish the goals you have always dreamed of. Join me on this journey, and let’s change your life!