Reverend Howard Haywood and his wife, Katy Haywood, grew up in West Newton in a predominantly black neighborhood. They met at the Myrtle Baptist Church, where Reverend Haywood later became pastor. Both of their families came to Newton in the second half of the 19th century and got involved in the church, which was a stabilizing presence within the community. The Haywoods reminisce about childhood in West Newton and how they were able to have a positive...

Bestselling author Mary Ellis (A Widow's Hope) presents The Lady and the Officer, Book 2 of her new Civil War historical romance series, which tells the stories of brave women and the men who love them. Serving for a brief time as a nurse after the devastating battle of Gettysburg, Madeline Howard saves the life of Elliot Haywood, a colonel in the Confederate Home Guard. But even though Maddy makes her home in the South, her heart and political sympathies...

A hundred years ago, any soapbox orator who called for women's suffrage, laws protecting the environment, an end to lynching, or a federal minimum wage was considered a utopian dreamer or a dangerous socialist. Now we take these ideas for granted because the radical ideas of one generation are often the common sense of the next. We all stand on the shoulders of earlier generations of radicals and reformers who challenged the status quo of their day....

When you think of your favorite bookstore, what comes to mind? Is it the physical space? Books stacked in rows and piled high, labeled with staff recommendations? Do you think of the owner who knows each of her customers by name and can always press into your hands the perfect book that you are sure to love? Or is it the intangible thing that draws you there: the anticipation of a new discovery, or the feeling of community or of being at home? The...

One hundred sermons that display the victorious, although sometimes painful, historical and spiritual pilgrimage of black people in America. --from publisher description

The authors use vivid stories and activities to uncover hidden biases.--

This book illustrates examples of successful community development on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and in the Bronx, using seven different methods of finance, only one of which is still available today. The buildings were developed between 1975 and 1997. Part one of the book is the "West Bronx Story," which tells about the eighteen buildings that comprise New Settlement Apartments in the Bronx. The "Story" illustrates the dramatic transformation...

A clinical psychologist's exploration of the modern dilemmas women face in the wake of new motherhood. - provided by publisher