A "taut collection" (USA TODAY) of seven stories featuring Easy Rawlins from New York Times bestselling and award-winning mystery writer Walter Mosley. In the "delectably hard-boiled" (Entertainment Weekly) Six Easy Pieces, beloved Ezekiel Rawlins now has a steady job as senior head custodian of Sojourner Truth High School, a nice house with a garden, a loving woman, and children. He counts the blessings of leading a law-abiding life but is nowhere near happy. Easy mourns the loss of his best friend, Mouse. Though he tries to leave the street life behind, he still finds himself trading favors and investigating cases of arson, murder, and missing people. People who can't depend on the law to solve their problems, seek out Easy. A bomb is set in the high school where Easy works. A man's daughter runs off with his employee. A beautiful woman turns up dead and the man who loved her is wrongly accused. Easy is the man people turn to in search of justice and retribution. He even becomes party to a killing that the police might call murder.

Including 8 pages of photos, this is the story of an Amish man rebelling against his community's traditional ways and finally committing an act of madness -- murdering and mutilating his wife in front of their two children.

"... containing the names and the disposition made of more than 20,000 pictures, from ... May 15th, 1915, up to the end of the year 1917. This list will be supplemented by further lists presented at the end of each half yearly period."--Pennsylvania. State Board of Censors of Moving Pictures. Report, 1918, p. 7.

The Complete Book of Hymns brings to life the stories behind more than 600 hymns and worship songs. With background on the composer, the inspiration behind the lyrics, scriptural references for devotional consideration, and a sampling of the song lyrics, this book brings forth the message of these great songs of the faith like never before!

Michael Payton, who has brought us three top-selling motivational books, “Just for Thought-Articles of Motivation,” “Time to Think-Meditation and Reflection,” and “Hope: The Strongest Motivation,” now takes us into the world of Christian gospel music and the motivational impact it has had on Christianity throughout the years. Gospel music, whether it be Southern Baptist, country or rock, all have inspired and motivated people around the world to seek Christianity as the rule and guide of their lives. With “Gospel Music: Motivation Through Song,” Michael Payton presents 50 Christian songs, combining both traditional and modern-day, giving his interpretation of how each song inspires and motivates the individual to accept Jesus Christ as personal Lord and Savior. At the end of each chapter the reader will have the opportunity to record his/her own personal thoughts on what the song means to them. “Gospel Music: Motivation Through Song,” showcases the great motivational tool Christian music has been and still is in leading all of us to Christ.

Discusses portrayals of domestic violence in six major works of mid-nineteenth-century literature.