Charleston: 14 books

Cortney Lamar Charleston’s debut collection looks unflinchingly at the state of race in twenty-first-century America. Today, as much as ever before, the black body is the battleground on which war is being waged in our inner cities, and Charleston bares witness with fear, anger, and glimpses of...

Women are supposed to be tender and loving not cold-hearted killers, knife-wielding vampires or gun-toting hijackers. Yet throughout history, theres been no shortage of less than law-abiding ladies. Let journalist Libby-Jane Charleston take you on a chilling journey through a true crime gallery of women...

Seafood Favorites of the Lowcountry is a collection of recipes taken from Taste of the Lowcountry cooking classes held at the Charleston Cooks! Maverick kitchen store in Charleston, South Carolina. The recipes feature the secrets behind this popular regional culinary draw and are perfect for anyone who enjoys regional southern cooking and delicious seafood to eat at home.

A Choctaw Indian Christian bishop explores the teachings of the Bible through the lens of Native American tradition. Steven Charleston—an Episcopal bishop and Choctaw native—takes a unique and provocative look into the “vision quests” of Jesus, and considers Christian biblical interpretation...

The perennial classic Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is reviewed in terms of what life lessons we can take from the book by reading it. Charlotte Bronte skillfully built themes into her story that continue being major issues in the modern age. Let's see what is relevant today and how those...

Myles and Patrice are lovers, friends, and co-workers. Like an action movie has stunt doubles, romance movies have sex doubles, which in this case are Myles and Patrice. On their honeymoon in Paris, they learn about building their own studio and return home to teach other couples how to have the same career in films.

An eight year old girl sits at her grandmother’s house and peers from across the room at the casket where her father lies. She wonders why her dad chose to put a gun to his head, leaving her alone and unloved. Four years later she lies sleeping in her bed. She awakens, alarmed, to see her step-dad...

I met Talle Gilmore 5 years ago on a moonlit night in Southern California. We were instantly attracted to each other. Our initial eye contact from across the room quickly pulled us together like gravity. While we were physically separated not too long after our first encounter, our love has made us...

It's in our nature to relate and connect with others. But in a world dominated by electronic communications, online identities and constant busyness, we are losing touch, and our relationships are lacking real meaning. Many of the problems we face today are directly related to our inability...

The Mommy Mafia is the Urban Dictionary of Mothers – think of it as Mommy profiling. The politics of motherhood is complicated, yet also highly amusing. If motherhood is akin to the Mafia, which “family” do you belong to? Are you the Olympic Mom (“Your kid isn’t walking yet? Wow, he’s...

Boomshakalaka Punch is a collection of short stories that are sure to entertain. The thirteen stories are all true accounts of events that help shape the authors life. The thought provoking tales will make you laugh and cry, cover some of lifes challenges in a way that will leave the reader wanting...

The Little Book of Tractors is full of black and white and colour photographs tracing the history of mechanised farming. The story of the tractor begins with the development of steam power and early stationery or portable engines. It then moves on to large cumbersome and expensive traction engines,...

Long before the days of Christian Grey and Ana Steele, the Victorian era was a time of dangerous passions and insatiable desires. Fifty Shades of Victorian Desire reveals the secret world of Victorian erotica, in a tantalizing anthology of lust, pleasure and pain. This sensual collection leaves no fantasy...

And Er, Judahs firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him. And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brothers wife, and marry her, and rise up seed to thy brother. Gen.38:7-8. {The Lord didnt judge the Canaanite woman but Tamar for the wicked of Judah firstborn son Er. In...