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  • Gifts from the Dark

    Learning from the Incarceration Experience

    by Joni Schwartz, John R. Chaney ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Race, Crime, and Justice
    While in no way supporting the systemic injustices and disparities of mass incarceration, Gifts from the Dark: Learning from the Incarceration Experience argues that we have much to learn from those who have been and are in prison. Schwartz and Chaney profile the contributions of literary giants, social activists, entrepreneurs, and other talented individuals who, despite the disorienting dilemma ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • Race, Education, and Reintegrating Formerly Incarcerated Citizens

    Counterstories and Counterspaces

    by John R. Chaney, Joni Schwartz, Tiheba Bain, Michael Baston, Michael Carey, Terrance Coffie, Norman Conti, Cory Feldman0, Elaine Frantz1, Tony Gaskew2, Joshua Halberstam3, Davon T. Harris4, Jane MacKillop5, Brian Miller6, Paul J. Schwartz7, Dwayne Simpson8, Timothy Stater9, Carlyle Van Thompson0, Colleen P. Eren1, Joserichsen Mondesir2, Michael Holzman3 ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Race, Crime, and Justice
    This timely, readable text offers an authoritative and balanced analysis of how racially driven policies in America impact post release education as a leading pathway to social reintegration. Compelling research findings from an assemblage of college faculty, seasoned administrators, and criminal justice professionals are interwoven with first-person narratives from formerly incarcerated ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • Behind the Counter

    by John Chaney R.Ph. ...
    Behind the Counter is a tender, true-to-life memoir that captures the heart of small-town America through the eyes of a country pharmacist. With warmth, humor, and deep compassion, John Chaney invites readers into a life spent serving others—one prescription, one handshake, and one story at a time. From his earliest days learning the ropes in a dusty drugstore to the long nights balancing family ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Little Mountain Girl

    by John Chaney ...
    Little Mountain Girl is the heartwarming tale of June Bug, a spirited young MULE from the hills of Eastern Kentucky whose courage is as wide as the sky above her mountain home. When legendary woodsman Jack Longworth sets out on a daring journey to the Grand Canyon in search of his long-lost childhood friend, June Bug insists on traveling beside him—not as a passenger, but as a partner in the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Big Mabel

    by John Chaney ...
    BIG MABEL isn’t just a mule—she’s a legend born in the depths of Kentucky coal country, where the air is thick with coal dust and stories echo through the mountains like ghost songs. In this sweeping Appalachian tale, Mabel leads a crew of unlikely heroes—Clarence the high-strung canary, Poncho the theatrical pony, and Shep the loyal shepherd dog—through the perilous underworld of mine shafts, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    101 Inspirational Stories about Counting Your Blessings and Having a Positive Attitude

    by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark ...
    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive will inspire and uplift readers with its stories of optimism, faith, and strength. In bad times, and good, readers will be heartened to keep a positive attitude. A great start to the New Year.Every cloud has a silver lining. And the stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive will encourage readers to stay positive, because there is always a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old

    A Highly Judgmental, Unapologetically Honest Accounting of All the Things Our Elders Are Doing Wrong

    by Steven Petrow ...
    For fans of David Sedaris and Nora Ephron, here is a humorous, irreverent, and poignant look at the gifts, stereotypes, and inevitable challenges of aging, based on the wildly popular New York Times essay from award-winning journalist Steven Petrow.Soon after his 50th birthday, Steven Petrow began assembling a list of “things I won’t do when I get old”—mostly a catalog of all the things he thought ... Read more

    $16.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Undertakers Lift the Lid

    by Kenneth McKenzie, Todd Harra ...
    Discover a more lighthearted side of the funeral industry in this collection of real-life stories from the authors of Mortuary Confidential.Not knowing what to do, I sat on the church steps and waited. As the gravity of my failure began to well up in me, I began to cry . . . I Had Lost The Hearse!Funerals and the all the things that accompany them are traditionally somber, contemplative events in ... Read more

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  • Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Positive

    101 Inspirational Stories about Changing Your Life through Positive Thinking

    by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark ...
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    by Seventeen ...
    Series series Seventeen's True Teen Stories
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  • Lessons from Tara

    Life Advice from the World’s Most Brilliant Dog

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  • Chicken Soup for the Soul: Touched by an Angel

    101 Miraculous Stories of Faith, Divine Intervention, and Answered Prayers

    by Amy Newmark ...
    Seen or unseen, angels are all around us. In this collection of 101 miraculous stories of faith, divine intervention, and answered prayers, real people share their incredible experiences with angels and the many ways they touch our lives.You only have to look to find the angels in your life. These divine guides, guardian angels, and heavenly messengers help and guide us when we need it most. You ... Read more

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