Valerie Lee

In 1985 Leonard Lake and Charles Chi-tat Ng were suspected of killing over a dozen people. All this only came to light after both of them were caught for shoplifting in South San Francisco and Lake, rather than face being imprisoned, committed suicide. Charles Ng fled to Canada to avoid getting arre...

Nikki’s life so far is full of comical one night stands and short term relationships. She believes that love is for fools. And that fairy-tales are meant for children’s stories and not real life.Until she meets Leah…The woman who in one moment, turned her life upside down and made her rethink everyt...

The ultimate Detox Weight Loss program, gives the reader a no nonsense approach to Detox the body in such a way as to lose weight and leave you feeling great. More so though it sets you on the path to a much heathier lifestyle all round. The book is crafted around a 7-day fast fix program that is de...

Encompassing Pulitzer Prize winners Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Rita Dove, national icons Maya Angelou and Nikki African Giovanni, and prominent cult figures Zora Neale Hurston and Octavia Butler, African American women's literature is the one of the fastest growing areas o...

Ellie finds that she wants to continue to focus her time on her art career. Her parents died from complications with a virus before she could finish school. She is introduced to Lin who becomes her husband. Like Ellie he has his law career that he spends time with. Lin uses his parents knowledge of ...

Allison Randall considered herself successful in real estate. She was once married to Edgar. He worked as a consultant inside of his office. Their differences in life had become more than their relationship could withstand. They decided to separate, and eventually divorce. Edgar decides to work for ...

Do students who attend restructured high schools learn more? Is learning in these schools equal for students of different social groups? This distinctive volume is the first to explore these questions using data from a large (over 800 private and public schools) national survey. Demonstrating empiri...

The authors examine a broad range of Catholic high schools to determine whether or not students are better educated in these schools than they are in public schools. They find that the Catholic schools do have an independent effect on achievement, especially in reducing disparities between disadvant...