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Brought to you by Penguin. This powerful YA memoir-manifesto follows journalist and LGBTQ+ activist George M. Johnson as they explore their childhood, adolescence, and college years, growing up under the duality of being black and queer. From memories of getting their teeth kicked out by bullies...

From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys. Both a primer for teens eager to be allies as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer men of color, All Boys Aren't Blue covers topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood, family, structural marginalization, consent, and Black joy. 

Marking a milestone for women in state government, Marlene M. Johnson became Minnesota’s first woman lieutenant governor under Rudy Perpich’s gubernatorial administration in January 1983. That same year, she met her husband, Peter, and their deeply loving relationship profoundly sustained her for twenty-seven years. Rise to the Challenge weaves these personal and professional stories together in a courageous portrait of dedication and leadership.

You will acquire the skills and information necessary to take charge of your own mental health and develop a self-care strategy that works for you after listening to these books. Whether you're trying to develop your practice or are just beginning your self-care journey, this box set is the ideal resource.

How strongly do you desire someone just to lay out exactly what you need to do to improve your life so you can do it? This book lays out the culmination of years of personal experience, research, training, and caring for patients and provides a proven blueprint to Escape the Chaos and achieve Mental Wellness once and for all.

Deep in the dark forest, in a cottage that spins on birds’ legs behind a fence topped with human skulls, lives the baba yaga. A guardian of the water of life, she lives with her sisters and takes to the skies in a giant mortar and pestle, creating tempests as she goes. Those who come across the baba yaga may find help, or hinderance, or horror. She is wild, she is woman, she is witch—and these are her tales.

Luckily for humanity, scientist Marie Curie applied her brilliant mind and indomitable spirit to expanding the frontiers of science, but what if she had instead drifted toward the darkness? At the cusp of between child- and adulthood, at the crossroads between science and superstition, a teen Marie Curie faces the factual and the fantastic in this fabulous collection of stories that inspire, delight, and ask the question: What if she had used her talents for diabolical purposes?

Following the example of Jeremiah, our people often have a burning fire shut up in their bones because the church asks them to serve in areas outside of their ministry passions. The gifts and talents of the church ache to be released and set free to minister within the local church. Release the Burning Fire provides a template for changing the culture of the local congregation to allow people to serve with joy. They are liberated to use the gifts given to them to accomplish the work of the church.

This audiobook is a one-on-one meeting with a very successful manager and corporate vice president. Take his advice, and you can become a very successful manager too.

A holistic and powerful framework for accepting and liberating our bodies, and ourselves. Have you ever felt uncomfortable or not “at home” in your body? In this book, the founders of Body Trust, licensed therapist Hilary Kinavey and registered dietician Dana Sturtevant, invite readers to...

Pregnancy changes a woman's life. It changes our physical appearance, our priorities in life, and it changes how we perceive things around us. Bringing a new life into this world is one of our many superpowers. And every day, we have to remind ourselves that our journey into motherhood is very beautiful. Positive affirmations are words of encouragement that help us fight our battles every day.

When superhero hairdresser Timothie Hill dons his spangled cape, all hell breaks loose. His former friend and current nemesis, Reginald Smith, has sinister intentions of enslaving all mankind. With the end of the world at stake, Timothie must stop the leaders of the free world and the repulsive demon, Bael, from stealing the souls of six billion people on Earth. Armageddon has begun on Earth, and only Timothie can save the day. But can he prevail against enemies both human and inhuman?

Far from being just a feel-good audiobook, Levi M. Johnson shows us how a wealth of spirit, soul, mind, and body are easily accessible to anyone with the will to act. Prepare to have your life changed forever as the dreams you've always thought were out of reach suddenly become possible and dead hopes are revived. Get Abundance now, and take your first steps out of poverty to a life of possibilities, a life of your dreams, a life where lack is a thing of the past.

Science fiction is a portal that opens doors onto futures too rich and strange to imagine. Fantasy takes us through doorways of magic and wonder. For more than a decade award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan has sifted through tens of thousands of stories to select the best, the most interesting, the most engaging science fiction and fantasy to thrill and delight readers. 

Lacy Johnson bangs on the glass doors of a sleepy local police station in the middle of the night. Her feet are bare; her body is bruised and bloody; U-bolts dangle from her wrists. She has escaped but not unscathed. The Other Side is the haunting account of a first passionate and then abusive relationship; the events leading to Johnson's kidnapping, rape, and imprisonment; her dramatic escape; and her hard-fought struggle to recover.

How many nights have you suffered alone in bed wondering why you can't find one good man? Dating over 40 can be so challenging. You may feel like there is a shortage of decent men and all the good ones are taken. Maybe you're too embarrassed to look for love. Or you can't find a man who is good enough - all the men you meet are dull or losers.

Having worked with thousands of women over the last 10 years, Ronnie realized that thoughts can actually be toxic and keep you from the love you long for. These negative thoughts can be about men, love, or even yourself.

Lisa Montgomery presented her husband, Kevin, with their newborn baby girl, while a state way, police were investigating the brutal murder of 23-year-old Bobbie Jo Stinnett. She'd been found lying in a pool of blood, and investigators soon realized that someone had strangled Bobbie Jo to death, then cut the fetus from her womb. When they found Bobbie Jo's baby in Lisa's arms, they knew who was responsible for this grisly murder.

George M. Johnson, activist and bestselling author ofAll Boys Aren't Blue, returns with a striking memoir that celebrates Black boyhood and brotherhood in all its glory. This is the vibrant story of George, Garrett, Rall, and Rasul -- four children raised by Nanny, their fiercely devoted...

“Johnson’s lively delivery keeps listeners interested…Each chapter is delightfully introduced with music from the period that highlights the timeframe…Both teens and adults will enjoy listening to Johnson's masterful performance in this vivid production.” — AudioFile This program is...

They may be the author of the #1 most banned book in America, but George M. Johnson isn't finished telling their story yet. Written with unflinching emotion and unapologetic boldness, And If I Die Before I Wake is nothing short of a testimony -- one the world desperately needs to hear. George M...