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Born in the mid-twentieth century and raised in the heart of conservative North Carolina, Maupin reflects on the profound impact those closest to him have had on his life, sharing his candid search

Kasheef Williams has a friend's blood on his hands and a witness to the murder. With video evidence revealed, the police seek out the witness, but Kasheef is determined to find her first.

Aster lives in the low-deck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South.

This is an up-close look at the lives and work of men, women, and dogs who serve and protect citizens in America and around the world.

At seventy-two, Johnny Ribkins shouldn't have such problems: he's got one week to come up with the money he stole from his mobster boss or it's curtains.

Told in fifty-four short, episodic, moving, and iridescent chapters, this novel follows Taja Brown on her journey from middle school to high school while living in Houston, Texas.

As part of an elite team of Marines, Craig Grossi was sent on his most dangerous assignment to the Sangin District of Afghanistan.

Getting to know your father after sixteen years of estrangement doesn't happen on one road trip.

In 1917 a ship laden with the most explosives ever packed on a vessel sailed out of Brooklyn's harbor for the battlegrounds of World War I; when it stopped in Halifax, Nova Scotia, an extraordinary

In the years following the Civil War, Mariah Reddick, former slave to Carrie McGavock has quietly built a new life for herself as a midwife to the women of Franklin, Tennessee.

Gene Simmons, Kiss front man, shares his philosophy on power--how to attain it, how to keep it, and how to harness it as a driving force in business and in life.

The Texas rancher and Navy SEAL who fathered Bristol Lockett's son died a hero's death--or so she was told.

In South Africa, the future looks promising.

Carrie Kerpen shares her own career lessons as well as those from a board of fifty powerful women in a wide range of industries to help women everywhere make their aspirations a reality.

Based on freshly uncovered primary sources and new firsthand interviews, this book takes readers along for the gonzo ride of a lifetime.