Now is the time to be resolute in your personal journey with God. It will not occur by happenstance or default. It’s not about checking off another “rule” or item on your “to do”list; rather, it’s all about your choice to take your relationship with God to a higher level, whether you are an unbeliever, a new believer, or a seasoned sister!

Change Unveiled: Hope for Positive Choices (Hope Unveiled)

Self-Help

Gentry M.A., Shirene H.

Self-Esteem

Library Partners Press

Wake Forest University student essays on THE WIRE.

Critical Media Studies: Student Essays on THE WIRE

Humor & Entertainment

Dalton, Mary M.

Television

Poems. To be black and happy in America is a fundamental paradox and a constant struggle. I am charged with loving this country unconditionally, even when I feel it doesn’t love me. Originally, these poems were titled Quite Happy: Poems on Black Life. Although accurate, that title did not capture what I hope is the universality of the sentiments contained in the chapbook. For example, I think many women, regardless of color/race/identity, struggle with a perceived perpetual availability. Likewise, I think many Southerners understand that sweet tea is not a vice, but a summertime staple. So, while these poems reflect my thoughts on my black life – which is distinctly, although not “tragically” black – I hope they connect with all readers. Marshall McLuhan is quoted as saying “publication is a self–invasion of privacy.” He also said that “the future of the book is the blurb.” Quite Happy is both. The poems contained here are abbreviated versions of secret and difficult conversations. Truth is often painful. Yet, I choose to keep grasping for it…to make sense of the utter senseless. And, frankly, when I am justifiably angry – at the historical maltreatment and the current disregard of blackness – I harbor those thoughts long enough to taste and spit them out. Regardless of the situation, my natural tendency is toward happiness…to find, as Black Star rapped, “beauty in the hideous.”

Quite Happy: Poems

Literature & Fiction

Williams, LC

Poetry

Poems.  This collection of fifty-three poems explores eternal themes of redemption, creation, relationship, wisdom, and the conundrums of faith. From desert places to night-draped sky, from macro to micro-cosmos, from incarnation to cross to throne and the edge of wonder; you’ll journey with the early Judeo-Christian patriarchs to victims of the last century’s genocide; some verses may awaken your own unspoken yearnings as you read of longing for God and his unmerited love for humans. Most of all the contemplative reader will find here fresh reflections to stir up awe and curiosity. You are invited now to enter the Land Called God, to be still and to know that He is God.

Nomad In The Land Called God: poems

Pesek, Chris

The virgin forests of the Smokies, the pasturelands of Pennsylvania, the abandoned stagecoach roads of Connecticut, and the exposed craggy peaks of New Hampshire's White Mountains are only some of the vistas that await the backpacker -- whether of the real or armchair variety -- hiking along the 2000 mile footpath known as the Appalachian Trail. Robert A. Browne, the hiker in this book, describes not only the flora and fauna he finds along the way, but delves into local history and ecology, and shares his experiences with the many characters he meets along the way. In some respects, this journey is a personal experience set in a certain time and place, but in others, it is a timeless journey that can be shared by all.

The Appalachian Trail: History, Humanity, and Ecology

Travel

Browne, Robert A.

Food, Lodging & Transportation

Except for the removal of Wake Forest College to Winston-Salem, there has never been a more exciting or impactful time in the history of the institution than during the 22 years of the Hearn administration (1983-2005). In this era, Wake Forest went from a strong regional, Baptist-affiliated university to a top 30 national, independent, institution of higher education. It hosted two presidential debates, won four NCAA team and one individual athletic championships, produced nine Rhodes Scholars, raised over a billion dollars, started a divinity school, invested millions in the renovation of old and the construction of new buildings, increased the number and academic excellence of its faculty, brought in higher quality students, lowered its student/faculty ratio, had groups and individuals within it excel academically, athletically, and altruistically, and became more united. It grew slightly in size physically but more significantly it magnified its influence in the world and produced a bevy of leaders on all levels dedicated to making a positive and humanistic difference. This book traces the events that led to the explosive growth and influence of Wake Forest. At the helm, guiding the university, was Thomas K. Hearn, Jr. He was a visionary and decisive leader whose strong will and high energy propelled the institution. With him, and even sometimes ahead of him, was a supporting cast of faculty, students, administrators and staff who were creative, innovative, but above all concerned with how to live and implement the university’s motto: Pro Humanitate. Within these pages you will read how the transformation of Wake Forest occurred. It involved thousands of individuals and is one of the most amazing stories of institutional change ever. Each year in the process is documented with highlights on the people, decisions, and actions, that made the overall conversion possible.

The History of Wake Forest University: Volume 6

Education & Teaching

Gladding, Samuel Templeman

Schools & Teaching

This volume contains essays by Wake Forest University students enrolled in the Communication Department seminar Critical Media Studies: Deadwood and the Western. Over the course of one semester, students worked in three research teams (led by a graduate student and structured around the seasons of the series) and shared their work with the entire class through oral presentations. They engaged in peer editing of their writing before submission, learned about copyright law and fair use, collected terms for the index, and had spirited class discussions about scholarly essays on Deadwood and the Western genre. The students came away from the course with a deeper appreciation of what many critics and viewers consider one of the greatest television series ever made. This is Volume 2 in the Critical Media Studies Series. Volume 1, Student Essays on The Wire, was published in 2015.

Critical Media Studies: Student Essays on DEADWOOD

Except for the removal of Wake Forest College to Winston-Salem, there has never been a more exciting or impactful time in the history of the institution than during the 22 years of the Hearn administration (1983-2005). In this era, Wake Forest went from a strong regional, Baptist-affiliated university to a top 30 national, independent, institution of higher education. It hosted two presidential debates, won four NCAA team and one individual athletic championships, produced nine Rhodes Scholars, raised over a billion dollars, started a divinity school, invested millions in the renovation of old and the construction of new buildings, increased the number and academic excellence of its faculty, brought in higher quality students, lowered its student/faculty ratio, had groups and individuals within it excel academically, athletically, and altruistically, and became more united. It grew slightly in size physically but more significantly it magnified its influence in the world and produced a bevy of leaders on all levels dedicated to making a positive and humanistic difference. This book traces the events that led to the explosive growth and influence of Wake Forest. At the helm, guiding the university, was Thomas K. Hearn, Jr. He was a visionary and decisive leader whose strong will and high energy propelled the institution. With him, and even sometimes ahead of him, was a supporting cast of faculty, students, administrators and staff who were creative, innovative, but above all concerned with how to live and implement the university's motto: Pro Humanitate. Within these pages you will read how the transformation of Wake Forest occurred. It involved thousands of individuals and is one of the most amazing stories of institutional change ever. Each year in the process is documented with highlights on the people, decisions, and actions, that made the overall conversion possible.

Higher & Continuing Education

The inspiration for Writers Camp @ ZSR came after a group of ZSR librarians heard Jane McGonigal present “Find the Future: The Game” during the American Library Association’s 2014 Annual Conference. The ZSR Library wanted to provide an opportunity to engage students interested in writing outside of the classroom and to offer these students the opportunity to become published authors. During the Summer of 2015, The Writers Camp @ ZSR committee was formed and the Writing Center and other University partners were brought in to help plan, market, and lead the event on Friday, January 29th 2016. Students were invited to apply to participate in Writers Camp during the Fall of 2015, and forty-one student authors were selected for the overnight Writers Camp. The works they created that night are published in this volume. The Z. Smith Reynolds Library provided the staff and venue for the event, the WFU Writing Center tutors offered assistance to the student authors throughout the event, and costs associated with the event and book were paid for by a grant from the WFU Provost’s Fund for Academic Innovation. You can learn more about this program at: http://zsr.wfu.edu/outreach/zsr-writers-camp/

Wake the Artifacts: Student Writing from Wake Forest University's Special Collections

Wake Forest University

Short Stories & Anthologies

Peahead!: The Life and Times of a Southern-Fried Coach

There's never been a coach quite like Peahead Walker. While leading three different college football teams and one Canadian pro team from 1927-1958, Walker cut a wide and woolly path through one of the most interesting times in American football. He was part coach and part comedian; a brilliant sideline manager who lifted underdog Wake Forest to national prominence; and a gifted banquet speaker who left audiences rolling in the aisles across the Southeast. Author Tucker Mitchell interviewed more than sixty of Walker's former players and close associates, and plumbed countless print resources to produce an intimate portrait of Walker's life and times.

Mitchell, Tucker

Biographies & Memoirs

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Change Unveiled: Hope for Positive Choices (Hope Unveiled)

Critical Media Studies: Student Essays on THE WIRE

Quite Happy: Poems

Nomad In The Land Called God: poems

The Appalachian Trail: History, Humanity, and Ecology

The History of Wake Forest University: Volume 6

Critical Media Studies: Student Essays on DEADWOOD

The History of Wake Forest University: Volume 6

Wake the Artifacts: Student Writing from Wake Forest University's Special Collections

Peahead!: The Life and Times of a Southern-Fried Coach