Saving the nation is women's work.
Jessica McCloud finally understands what her Heavenly Father put her on this earth to do. Unfortunately, getting started is another matter entirely. And before she can convince God to make the necessary life changes, she needs to learn a little something about her own divine nature.
But when shyster incarnate Jimmy Dean gives her the end-all-be-all of unwanted birthday surprises, she'll have to pick up the pace. A lawsuit, a cross-country road trip, and a few bloody deaths later, she's wondering if she's the right woman for the job after all. Meanwhile, the clock is ticking...
Can Jessica complete her mission before Jimmy thwarts her for good?
The End is Her is the finale of the outrageous Jessica Christ series. If you like laugh-out-loud characters, irreverent satire, and blunt truths, then you'll love H. Claire Taylor's conclusion to this hilarious comedy. Views: 591
Eight years ago, Lisan the fisherman, who has always believed he was descended from royalty, left his wife and the Water Village. Now he's back, and he says he can prove it. Six hundred years ago, a forbidden relationship between the royal children of Brunei set into motion a chain of events that will end with the death of a king...or the death of a god. As the story of Lisan's true intentions – and what he was really doing in those years away – unravels, the story of those doomed royal children also spins to its inevitable conclusion. Views: 591
What J. D. Vance did for Appalachia with Hillbilly Elegy, CNN analyst and one of the youngest state representatives in South Carolina history Bakari Sellers does for the rural South, in this important book that illuminates the lives of America's forgotten black working-class men and women.Part memoir, part historical and cultural analysis, My Vanishing Country is an eye-opening journey through the South's past, present, and future.Anchored in in Bakari Seller's hometown of Denmark, South Carolina, Country illuminates the pride and pain that continues to fertilize the soil of one of the poorest states in the nation. He traces his father's rise to become, friend of Stokely Carmichael and Martin Luther King, a civil rights hero, and member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) , to explore the plight of the South's dwindling rural, black working class—many of whom can trace their ancestry back for seven generations.In... Views: 591
The #1 bestselling Magic Tree House series is ready to whisk you away through time with Jack and Annie—this time to South America!When the magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to a mountainside, they are surprised to find farmers nearby. Then they learn that the farmer's baby llama has been stolen, and Jack and Annie vow to bring the little animal back to its owners. But the journey is treacherous—they must climb to the peak of Machu Picchu and climb back down in order to complete this mission. Jack and Annie have been on many dangerous travels, but can they survive this one? Track the facts with Jack and Annie in the nonfiction companion to this book: Llamas and the Andes.Did you know that there's a Magic Tree House book for every kid?Magic Tree House: Perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter booksMerlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced readerFact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your... Views: 591
'One of Africa's greatest living writers' Giles FodenRestless, ambitious Ilyas was stolen from his parents by the Schutzruppe askari, the German colonial troops; after years away, he returns to his village to find his parents gone, and his sister Afiya given away. Hamza was not stolen, but was sold; he has come of age in the schutztruppe, at the right hand of an officer whose control has ensured his protection but marked him for life. The century is young. The Germans and the British and the French and the Belgians and whoever else have drawn their maps and signed their treaties and divided up Africa. As they seek complete dominion they are forced to extinguish revolt after revolt by the colonised. The conflict in Europe opens another arena in east Africa where a brutal war devastates the landscape. Hamza does not have words for how the war ended for him. Returning to the town of his childhood, all he wants is work, however humble,... Views: 591
