This oral history collection brings together extended interviews with fifteen women, illuminating the part that gender roles play in ensnaring women in cycles of domestic abuse and homelessness and highlighting the physical stresses. It also challenges liberal myths about homeless people, and homeless women in particular.

What would you say or do if you ever wanted to reach your Greatness? This shocking and provocative question is at the core of the remarkable and inspiring book, Destined for Greatness. This book emerged from the speaking series designed to help people discover their Greatness and then speak it out loud, as taught by Pastor Alex. In this book, Pastor Alex goes beyond the event and dives into what it means to discover your truth and pursue your destiny of Greatness. He answers the question "Why people should go after their Greatness? "and then explains precisely how to reach Greatness. If you feel living more authentically could allow you to have a more significant impact on others, or you can't find the way to reach your destination as bad as you want to, this is the book for you. The path Pastor Alex lays out is simple but not easy because your greatest gift lies next to your deepest wounds, but make no mistake, You are destined for Greatness.

Fear is the rejection of faith. Fear brings worry. Worry robs the body of rest. Worry has no place in the life of a Christian. Fear and worry are doubt manifested in our lives, doubt that does not exist where there is faith. In Theres No Room for Doubt: The Just Shall Live by Faith, author and ordained minister Hilda Marie Barton shows us the path to conquering fear and worrythe path to faith in Jesus Christ. Through His Word in the Bible, Jesus Christ gives us the roadmap to finding our way out of our problems, away from grief and misery and toward feeling whole and renewed. Each chapter of Theres No Room for Doubt focuses on a pivotal theme in the Bible and discusses relating passages to help readers understand these themes. Bartons insights are accessible and wise, and she does not hesitate to be truthful, even if that truth is painful. There are as many problems in the world as there are people to have them, but there is one solution for every problem: stand in faith. When we walk with God and feel His strength and love, there is truly no room for doubt. He has it all under control and will sustain usand that is something to believe.

If you want to discover who you are, who you are meant to be, and who God has called you to be, you cannot quit. In life, you will face opposition, but in the face of opposition, quitting is not an option. Do not quit! God has a plan for your life. You are valuable to Him and to those He has placed around you. He loves you and He wants you to succeed and win in life. If you quit, you will never see the end of a matter. When you quit, you stop developing; you stop going forward; you stagnate. You stay the same year after year. If you quit, you will not reach your full potential. You will not reach your destination if you quit. You will not see what you could have or should have been. In quitting, you not only forfeit your God given potential, you forfeit your opportunity to impact the lives of others. If you want to have an impact, you cannot give up. If you want to go where no one has ever been and do what others have not done, you cannot quit.

The renowned novelist and author of This Year You Write a Novel shares a “compact but insight-rich” guide to fiction writing (Publishers Weekly). In his essential writing guide, This Year You Write Your Novel, Walter Mosley supplied aspiring writers with the basic tools to write a novel in one year. In this complementary follow up, Mosley guides the writer through the elements of not just any fiction writing, but the kind of writing that transcends convention and truly stands out. For writers who want to approach the genius of Melville, Dickens, or Twain, The Elements of Fiction is a must-read. Mosley demonstrates how to master fiction’s most essential elements: character and char-acter development, plot and story, voice and narrative, context and description, and more. The result is a vivid depiction of the writing process, from the blank page to the first draft to rewriting, and rewriting again. Throughout, The Elements of Fiction is enriched by brilliant demonstrative examples that Mosley himself has written here for the first time.

While defining problems that undermine an organization is usually easy, a far greater challenge is convincing leaders and managers to stop making those problems even worse. Hence the title, "Quit Feeding the Monsters." The resolutions and applications outlined in this book may seem radical. In fact, Cobb's strategies are based on common sense, established human behavior and what were once considered tried and true principles, too long forgotten. In one personal anecdote after another, gained from hundreds of experiences in the workplace, Cobb amply demonstrates that what is considered conservative and safe is in fact often a sure road to ruin and defeat. In engaging and straightforward language, "Quit Feeding the Monsters" contains the wisdom and tools that really work. With this book, you can learn how to stop nourishing the monsters plaguing your company once and for all.