Ann Allen: 37 books

A magnificent collection of stories that bravely and honestly explore issues of race, class, sex, love, and being lesbian in America Ann Allen Shockley’s work has been widely praised for its honest portrayals of lesbian life, and now the author takes an even closer look at the singular world...

We all have those moments where we encounter pain, grief, and struggles and wonder why God would allow this. We have heard those semitheological platitudes about our struggles and questions. Author Julie Ann Allen experienced those when her husband of fourteen years was buried alive on a work site....

In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but...

When sixteen-year-old Jesse Turner lies about his age and joins Colonel Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders to fight the Spanish in Cuba in 1898, he expects to prove himself in battle.  What he doesn’t expect is a fellow volunteer who is determined to kill him for something his outlaw father did...

A groundbreaking novel of two very different women, one black and one white, and a remarkable love threatened by prejudice, rage, and violence A struggling African American musician, Renay married Jerome Lee when she discovered she was pregnant with his child. Yet even before their daughter,...

Kissed by a ghost--Sixteen-year-old Jenny Tyler doesn't believe in ghosts, but her recent concussion gives her strange visions. Her aunt's seances to reach the dead produce even more odd sensations. After a seance, Jenny sees a ghost soldier who says he needs help and, with a kiss, takes her to 1914...

The child of a small town in Midwest America tells of growing up in Rockbridge in the 1930s. Anecdotes recount childhood exploration, adventures, mishaps, and rebellion with friends, neighbors, and family. My piano teacher lives across the alley while down the alley Betty Jean had a partially opened...

This book explores the concept of school belonging in adolescents from a socio-ecological perspective, acknowledging that young people are uniquely connected to a broad network of groups and systems within a school system. Using a socio-ecological framework, it positions belonging as an essential...

The revised Tomorrow's Doctors makes it clear that doctors need to be aware of their responsibilities as scholars and scientists and it is therefore vital that students develop excellent research skills. Whilst there are many 'research skills' books, medical students frequently struggle with understanding...

Three sisters in 1914 fight for success in Chicago's early movie industry, but face betrayal, loss, misplaced passions, and even murder.

The physical and emotional attraction a charismatic black female evangelist feels for a beautiful but damaged blues singer grows into a powerful, sensual love in a southern city rocked by racism, intolerance, and sexual violence The traveling minister Reverend Myrtle Black is a proud, strong...

When we first become parents, we don’t imagine ever being single parents. Regardless, this is where we are. Instead of evaluating God’s love based on your circumstances, evaluate your circumstances through the lens of God’s love. This is what it is to co-parent your children with God. The Battle...

The kindergarten--as institution, as educational philosophy, and as social reform movement--is one of Germany's most important contributions to the world. Swiss pedagogue Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi and his German student Friedrich Fröbel, who founded the kindergarten movement around 1840, envisioned...

First person accounts by pioneers in the field, classic essays, and new scholarship document the collaborative and creative practices of early social media. Focusing on early social media in the arts and humanities and on the core role of creative computer scientists, artists, and scholars...