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Michele Lee describes herself as the ‘fence-sitting’ middle child in a large Hmong-Australian family. Banana Girl is the explosive and poignant memoir of her rites of passage. Sexy, irreverent and nuanced, Lee isn’t afraid to lay herself and her relationships bare. Intimacy in an on-line world, sexual adventures and Gen Y yearnings, turning thirty as an Asian-Australian woman in inner city Melbourne, and the travails of becoming an artist, all capture Lee’s riveting gaze. The result is a book that is erotic, witty and revealing, a gutsy true story of self-acceptance that takes hold and won’t let go.
"Working The Roots: Over 400 Years of Traditional African American Healing" is an engaging study of the traditional healing arts that have sustained African Americans across the Atlantic ocean for four centuries down through today. Complete with photographs and illustrations, a medicines, remedies, and hoodoo section, interviews and stories.
A 112-page hardcover artbook with a padded cover (Similar to Gaia: Body and Soul). Features the stunning artwork of Michele-lee Phelan with some of her poetic writings and reflections on the seen and unseen worlds within the universe. It also features an extensive interview with the artist and an intriguing step-by-step walkthrough of the creation of one of her paintings from start to finish.
The mythic figures of ancient Greece offer wisdom and guidance for the future in this illustrated collection of forty-five oracle cards and an in-depth guidebook. As exciting as they are insightful, the Greek gods, Titans, heroes, and magical beings of the Mythic Oracle deck reflect the many aspects of human nature, and it is through their stories that we can better understand ourselves. The bold fantasy styling of the Mythic Oracle goes beyond traditional serious tarot cards to offer fascinating entertainment and real guidance in matters of love, creativity, family, and fulfillment through the ancient, eternal wisdom of Greek mythology. Now, you can gain deeper understanding into what is happening in your life, what is needed, and what comes next. Author Carisa Mellado leads you on a discovery of the myths and their interpretations and instructs you on how to give accurate and powerful readings for yourself and others. With forty-five beautifully illustrated cards and a straightforward guidebook, you can begin moving through life’s challenges with clarity and confidence. Face the future. Find your courage. And let the Mythic Oracle guide you on your own epic journey.
Regarding gender relations, the evangelical world is divided between complementarians and egalitarians. While both perspectives have much to contribute, the discussion has reached a stalemate. Michelle Lee-Barnewall critiques both sides of the debate, challenging the standard premises and arguments and offering new insight into a perennially divisive issue in the church. She brings fresh biblical exegesis to bear on our cultural situation, presenting an alternative way to move the discussion forward based on a corporate perspective and on kingdom values. The book includes a foreword by CraigL. Blomberg and an afterword by LynnH. Cohick.
A debut middle-grade novel about a town that can receive messages from the dead, and the young boy and girl who form an unlikely friendship to contact their lost loved ones and face their grief—perfect for fans of the New York Times–bestselling Wish by Barbara O'Connor. Alice Jones’s mother died in a boating accident. Well, that’s what everyone says. Alice doesn’t believe them—her mother’s body was never recovered off the coast of Aviles Island, and Alice has always thought she might still be out there somewhere. Then Alice discovers that the residents of Aviles know how to communicate with loved ones who have died. If Alice can go there and try to contact her mother, she might...
Lived In Crazy is a collection of stories from the life of Stephen Mosher, in which he tells how he went from unknown Dallas photographer to portraitist to the stars, sharing his experiences working with people like Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Christopher Meloni, Maggie Smith and more to create The Sweater Book (2003 St Martin's Press). Mosher also writes about his personal life, his colorful family, his triumph over addiction, his unique 30 year marriage, the making of the documentary film Married... And Counting and his work in health and fitness, helping others to live better lives. Told out of chronological order, the book is a candy box that the reader can open, select a story and see what they get: smiles, tears, laughter or lessons.
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Warm like tea? Sweeter than red dates? A mother shares her love for her child as the two prepare a delicious meal together--perfect for fans of Guess How Much I Love You, Wherever You Are My Love Will Find You, and Mama, Do You Love Me? What is love? a child wonders. What does it feel like, smell like, taste like? How does it move? How long does it last? And as she prepares a traditional Chinese meal for her family, the child's mother replies: her love for him is rosy as wolfberries, warm like tea, sweeter than the red dates she puts in his soup. It shines through the water like its own brilliant sun. It goes round and round with no beginning and no end. Because a mother's love for a child i...