BESTSELLERS

Many urban centres are shaken to their core with mistrust between communities and law enforcement. Erosion was exacerbated in the Obama-era, intensified during the 2016 campaign, and is violently manifested in Trump’s presidency. The promise of uniting communities articulated by leaders lays broken. The text suggests that promise of prosperous and engaged urban citizenry will remain broken until we can honestly address the following unanswered questions: What factors contribute to the creation of divided communities? What happened to erode trust between community and law enforcement? What concerns and challenges do law enforcement officials have relating to policing within urban centres? What are the experiences of residents and police? And, finally, whose lives really matter, and how do we move forward?Contributors are: Lawrence Baines, Amber C. Bryant, Erica L. Bumpers, Issac Carter, Justin A. Cole, Erin Dreeszen, Jaquial Durham, Antonio Ellis, Idara Essien, Jeffrey M. Frank, Beatriz Gonzalez, Aaron J. Griffen, Jennie L. Hanna, Diane M. Harnek Hall, Cleveland Hayes, Deanna Hayes-Wilson, Stacey Hill, Jim L. Hollar, Taharee A. Jackson, Melinda Jackson-Jefferson, Sharon D. Jones-Eversley, Stephen M. Lentz, Patricia Maloney, Isiah Marshall, Jr., Derrick McKisick, Rebecca Neal, Ariel Quinio, Jacqueline M. Rhoden-Trader, Derrick Robinson, Ebony B. Rose, Randa Suleiman, Clarice Thomas, Kerri J. Tobin, Eddie Vanderhorst, Rolanda L. Ward, Deondra Warner, John Williams, Deleon M. Wilson, Geoffrey L. Wood, Jemimah L. Young, and Jie Yu.

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"Sir, your sons have been in a car accident. How quickly can you get here?"Join Pastor Jeremy Freeman as he shares how the harrowing phone call that no parent wants to receive would lead to a miraculous outcome that only God could deliver.When Jeremy and Emily Freeman's teenage son Caleb was in a devastating car accident, doctors gave him a 10 percent chance of survival. Fear of losing a child was all too fresh for the Freemans--their seven-year-old son, Trey, had died just four years earlier from a genetic immunodeficiency. But God had other plans.In #butGod, Jeremy shares the incredible story of Caleb's recovery, the darkness that nearly overtook their family in the waiting, and the #butGod movement that captured the prayers of Christians around the world. #butGod includes heartfelt excerpts from Emily's prayer journal and encouragement from Jeremy that goes beyond platitudes to a hard-won trust in God's goodness.The Freeman family's incredible story offers:Greater understanding of the beauty God can bring through sufferingAn honest glimpse of how one family grew closer together despite grief, tension, and doubtA powerful example of how God works through the prayers of His peopleHope that only God can provideWhatever sorrow you're walking through, #butGod leads you to the sweetness found in trusting God with suffering--and the deeper faith that comes from seeing His purpose in the pain.Praise for #butGod:"Pastor Jeremy Freeman and his family have endured crushing disappointment and heartbreak, but they've also experienced the redemptive and healing power of God. If you are facing significant challenges, Pastor Jeremy's book #butGod will build your faith and equip you with the strength to overcome."--Craig Groeschel, founder and senior pastor of Life.Church and New York Times bestselling author"There are some books that when you start reading you cannot put them down. #butGod is one of those books. This is an amazing story that will captivate you. You will laugh and cry. You will weep for sorrow and weep for joy. And in it all, you will see the amazing grace of God and His sustaining power and love for His children."--Dr. Daniel L. Akin, President, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina

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#BYOP leads artists on a journey of introspection and creative analysis through the lens of Broadway actress and Award-winning indie film producer, Ashley Kate Adams.A new idea, opportunity, collaboration, or creative expression could be the key that unlocks an artist’s future. Ashley Kate believes that the thing an artist is currently afraid of might become their happy place and become pretty important to their future, so it should be explored. Throughout #BYOP, artists will explore these new lanes with Ashley Kate. They’ll explore the twists and turns of creating their own content, creating and collaborating with others, and most importantly how to Be Your Own Producer. Within #BYOP, artists learn how to be their own producer of:content,creative freedom, happiness, and future, again and again.

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Written by Broadway actress and award-winning indie film and music producer Ashley Kate Adams, #BYOP: Grief and Productivity for the Artist guides artists through loss, creative transformation, and healing.In her second book, Adams shares that through grief, artists might find themselves more awake and creating more authentically than ever before. In this memoir-fueled, how-to guide filled with personal stories of loss and transformation, both in the entertainment industry and in her own life, she seeks to assist creatives through the most challenging times of their lives by focusing on the duality of creativity.Through interviews, poems, and lyrics, she also celebrates the productivity of artistry when people dare to create through their sorrow and pain. Adams believes that grief allows the opportunity for true realignment and gives artists the understanding to live more boldly than ever before.

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If confession is good for the soul-as the proverb goes-then Carl Schroeder's soul must be doing quite well after his year-long series of weekly confessions on his personal Facebook page, using the hashtag #CarlConfessions. From swindling his first-grade teacher to getting caught by police while drawing Greek god-themed graffiti on a school wall, from prodding a United States Senator into making him a peanut butter sandwich to earning the wrath of a collective of angry website developers, Carl shares 58 incriminating and embarrassing short stories that are 100 percent true-to the best of his memory. Will he ever regret making them public? Probably. Carl Schroeder is a writer and composer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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A book written in a social media style for fast paced and to the point reading about the Wells family and their loving and crazy relationship with their two absolutely insane cats. #catpeopleproblems will have you rolling with laughter and crying with enjoyment.

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