S Jones: 133 books

The place of women's rights in African American public culture has been an enduring question, one that has long engaged activists, commentators, and scholars. All Bound Up Together explores the roles black women played in their communities' social movements and the consequences of elevating women...

Before the Civil War, colonization schemes and black laws threatened to deport former slaves born in the United States. Birthright Citizens recovers the story of how African American activists remade national belonging through battles in legislatures, conventions, and courthouses. They faced formidable...

Still the leading cause of death worldwide, heart disease challenges researchers, clinicians, and patients alike. Each day, thousands of patients and their doctors make decisions about coronary angioplasty and bypass surgery. In Broken Hearts David S. Jones sheds light on the nature and quality of...

Breaking and Entering is a debut collection of eleven short stories about relatively ordinary people who experience intense beauty and tragedy in their lives when they least expect it. Each story in the collection explores a facet of what happens when the barriers or bonds between people break down....

Our Energy Future is an introductory textbook for the study of energy production, alternative and renewable fuels, and ways to build a sustainable energy future. Jones and Mayfield explore the creation and history of fossil fuels, their impact on the environment, and how they have become critical...

Dreams, Rainbows and Butterflies is a true story about the selflessness, compassion and unconditional love of a very beautiful girl called Carole. In the middle of a fairy tale life illness seized upon challenge to make manifest the opportunity for love to radiate above and beyond conventional wisdom....

Yes, I Would Marry Him Again is a compilation of moving tributes to strong black men who love their wives and take care of their families. Countering the many negative assumptions about black men as absentee husbands and fathers, these salutes highlight the constructive and essential roles Black men...

A short story set in the MYTHOCIDE universe. Discover the magical past of one of SHOCK AND AWE's most enigmatic characters.

Over the long nineteenth century, African-descended peoples used the uncertainties and possibilities of emancipation to stake claims to freedom, equality, and citizenship. In the process, people of color transformed the contours of communities, nations, and the Atlantic World. Although emancipation...

Sex is Sacred is an ATTITUDE--an ennobling, spiritual attitude--and a wholesome, moral POSITION. Sex is Sacred is also a voice for virtue as a spiritual rationale for the exercise of moral virtue. ​​​*Sex is Sacred *fuels moral sobriety by promoting spiritual sensibility. *Sex...

Found innocent of Kari Sutherland's murder, Gennie immerses herself in running the employment agency she and Kari had established. Her best friend's death, Tim's betrayal, and the ensuing accusations had almost destroyed her. Gennie still carries a torch for Kari's fiance, Tim,...

Leilas Leyson's dream is to become a master crafter in the School of Sky. But she is not destined to realize that goal. Prophecies within Preterlandis have fated her to become the one chosen to find the pieces to the staff of power and to help restore the balance between the light and dark forces...

Sometimes when you believe it’s the end, it’s only the beginning. September Ends is contemporary fiction with romance, erotic, and supernatural elements, bound together by poetry. It reveals the intricate web of passion and desire which entangles Liz Snow, Pete Hendrix and Jack O. Savage....

Vanya is a healer, the daughter of a healer who lives in the Drakmoth Mountains. She has been given the task by the Creator to find the Words of Power. When Rengailai tore open the land, evil was introduced into the magic and that evil has slowly been destroying the balance between the light and dark...