Showing results by author "L. A. Fields" in All Categories

The story of the Combahee River Raid, one of Harriet Tubman's most extraordinary accomplishments, based on original documents and written by a descendant of one of the participants: Edda L. Fields-Black shows how Tubman commanded a ring of spies, scouts, and pilots and participated in military expeditions behind Confederate lines. On June 2, 1863, Tubman and her crew piloted two regiments of Black US Army soldiers, the Second South Carolina Volunteers, and their white commanders up coastal South Carolina's Combahee River in three gunboats.

The last generation of Americans with a living memory of Jim Crow will soon disappear. They leave behind a collective memory of segregation shaped increasingly by its horrors and heroic defeat, but not a nuanced understanding of everyday life in Jim Crow America. In The South, Adolph L. Reed Jr.—New Orleanian, political scientist, and according to Cornel West, "the greatest democratic theorist of his generation"—takes up the urgent task of recounting the granular realities of life in the last decades of the Jim Crow South.

The House of Windsor: Death Toll Edition is a gripping and unflinching exploration of the dark side of the British royal family—a follow-up to the controversial The House of Windsor: Tabloid Edition. Building on the foundation of scandal, intrigue, and hidden secrets, this new edition goes deeper, focusing on the mysterious and often tragic deaths linked to the royals and the chilling conspiracy theories that continue to surround them. In this shocking follow-up, the author uncovers a web of suspicious deaths, including those of royal staff, close protection officers, and even family ...

From terraformed outposts to magical realms, journey to worlds where deadly plants, rampant biodiversity, or failed colonies have created irresistible opportunities for those brave enough to seize them. New worlds, found family, mystical secrets, and deadly science weave together in this lesbian-centric anthology focusing on a very different kind of first time - a first encounter with a world, or being, entirely unlike our own.

The ultimate guide to help Black families navigate the college admissions process. Finding the right college is a challenge for all students. But Black families face additional challenges and questions while navigating the admissions process. In The Black Family's Guide to College Admissions, veteran admissions experts Timothy L. Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown share provocative insights and demystify this complex process to answer important questions from where to apply to how to get in.

Finding the right college is a challenge for all students, but Black families face additional challenges and questions when navigating the admissions process. Veteran admissions experts Timothy L. Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown demystify this complexity by advising families on when to begin the process, where to apply, and how to be a competitive applicant. Fields and Herndon-Brown address specific concerns that are not often addressed by school counselors or other resources.

One of the most famous partnerships in literature yields, over time, to a peculiar romantic triangle. Sherlock Holmes. Dr. John Watson. And the good doctor's second wife, whom Doyle never named. In L.A. Fields's novel, Mrs. Watson is a clever woman who realizes, through examining all the prior cases her husband shared with the world's greatest consulting detective, that the two men shared more than adventures: they were lovers, as well.

Pirates and kraken, boats and submarines, deadly sirens, mermaids, and the women who face them all. These are our heroes. High seas adventure, fantasy, and magic weave together in this sapphic anthology focusing on the joy of the unbounded oceans.

Trapped in a place where reality distorts, and death whispers from every shadow, Henry must face a family cursed by secrets too horrifying to uncover. Henry awakens in a world that feels suffocatingly familiar yet deeply wrong. The halls stretch into an abyss, their silence shattered by voices—some alive, some long dead. His family, once feared, now surrounds him like predators, their smiles twisted with cruelty, their glares filled with accusation. In this place, nothing is what it seems, and Henry can’t decide whether he’s losing his grip on sanity or being drawn into something far ...

This compact yet insightful reflection journal filled with twenty-two wisdom keys was born out of the need to share with current and up and coming educators who see their current role as Substitute Teachers; a divine assignment from God. The purpose of this reflection journal is to encourage Substitute Teachers who may have previously missed the mark and need another opportunity to refocus. May Substitute Teachers across the globe receive the strength they need to move forward and execute in a spirit of excellence the Father’s plan for their lives as they service the needs of students, ...

America’s Change, a Poetic View talks about the wind of God and how it has been blowing and moving in a direction much different than many people have been accustomed to. The key focus of this book is to help sound the alarm for America as a country to unite, pray and move in sync with God so that we as a nation can experience the change that has already begun to take place in the lives of men and women all across our country. This collection of poetry will help to instruct, comfort, edify and also provoke each reader to embrace God's change for their lives. God has a special place in His...

This is an audiobook of men and monsters who find themselves captivated by one another in the night. With the taste of skin and sweat and, yes, blood, on their lips, kisses that are pained and painful, and bodies left to cool on the sheets like spent seed. Twelve stories that feature vampires and their victims indulging in libidos and mortidos. In New Orleans, an old flame becomes a vampire's new meal. A new student at a boarding school discovers that the local urban legend is hovering outside his window and eager to come inside.

In this season, there is a renewed and recharged sisterhood that is quickly arising in the earth. Women from all walks of life are coming together and putting aside their differences to complete the divine assignments that God has anointed and purposed for their hands to do. As these covenant sisters come together to offer each other true encouragement, they will begin to open up their treasures and share of their material and spiritual resources. True intercession will flow forth freely as women stand in consistent prayer agreement to lift up the personal vision of their fellow sisters in ...

Are you a Church or ministry leader who has struggled with sexual sin in the past? Or maybe you are a Church or ministry leader seeking help for someone on your ministry team who desires freedom from adultery, fornication or pornography. After the Affair: Emotional Healing God’s Way for Church and Ministry Leaders is the final installment in the After the Affair book series. In it leaders will find practical wisdom to help guide them as they walk fellow team members through the deliverance, healing and restoration process. No matter your purpose for choosing this book, among these pages ...

A powerful and engaging read 22 Wisdom Keys: Reflections of a Modern Day Proverbs 31 Wife Anthology is written by modern day wives from various walks of life who have been married fourteen or more years. The contributing authors in this anthology each share a personal refection and words of wisdom based on the twenty-two passages of scripture from Proverbs 31:10-31. This book and combined journal will encourage and also challenge women to openly embrace this divine biblical blueprint and make it their own. Contributing authors in this anthology include: Dr. Malissa Barbosa, Carla Y. Nix, ...

HEALING INSIGHTS FOR GRIEVING COUNSELORS Are you a counselor or mental health professional with a passion for helping others, yet you have recently experienced a season of grief and loss? In “Counselors Grieve, Too – 22 Wisdom Keys for Your Replenishment Journey,” I will share 22 wisdom keys from my personal replenishment journey. These insights are designed to help you heal as you surrender and find replenishment in the presence of the Lord.

Is your life feeling rocky? Uncomfortable? Are you feeling unsure of what’s next for you? Be encouraged! Sometimes the pathway between your ordained spiritual assignment and where you are currently can often be the source of great discomfort. However, by keeping your focus on God you will understand that He has already charted the course and has made a way for you to arrive at your next destination safely. In Spiritual Turbulence, readers will learn about the turbulent winds often associated with each season of spiritual transition (shifting). Readers will experience encouragement and ...

2 Timothy 1:6-7 (NKJV) "Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." Are you a ministry leader dealing with spiritual burnout and in need of emotional support and healing? Receive the recharge you need S.T.I.R. - Spiritual Trauma Intensive Recovery is a new ministry program created to offer emotional and spiritual support for leaders desiring personal revival. This six-week, facilitator-led, intensive course will guide wounded ministry leaders ...

A never-ending journey awaits you along a Mobius strip that runs the circulatory system from flushed head to rapid heart, along asphalt lanes stinking of gasoline fumes and vulcanized rubber. Join Fields's feral boys, captivating Peter Pans in flight from detestable home life, school life, everyday life. Along the way, you'll pick up passengers, hitchhikers runaways plotting wicked larks, stay-at-homes longing for a nudge, grownups ready to be bent to a boy's whims.

Noah's text says, I've found some candidates for murder. Ray chuckles and knows that Noah sent the message to cheer him. Both boys realize they stand apart from others their age. One lacks social graces, the other has perfected being charming. Both are too willing to embark on a true challenge of their superiority but neither realizes what such a crime will do because no matter how they see themselves, how they need one another, they still possess the same emotions of H. sapiens.