Books with author Jo Bloom

“Follow your heart” is a creed embraced by billions. It’s a statement of faith in one of the great pop-cultural myths of our day — a gospel proclaimed in many of our stories, movies, and songs.Until you consider that your heart has sociopathic tendencies. Our hearts were never designed to be followed, but to be led. Our hearts were never meant to be gods in whom we believe, but to believe in God.This book contains 31 meditations for recalibrating your heart. It is a collection of helps for common heart problems. Because your biggest problems in life are heart problems.Jon Bloom will help you follow Jesus by resisting yourheart’s errant predilections and directing it to do all God’s will.

Notice: The California Department of Corrections has designated this book dangerous contraband. All CA prisoners are prohibited from purchasing or reading this book. Winner of the American Book AwardThis timely special edition, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, features a new preface by the authors that places the Party in a contemporary political landscape, especially as it relates to Black Lives Matter and other struggles to fight police brutality against black communities. In Oakland, California, in 1966, community college students Bobby Seale and Huey Newton armed themselves, began patrolling the police, and promised to prevent police brutality. Unlike the Civil Rights Movement that called for full citizenship rights for blacks within the United States, the Black Panther Party rejected the legitimacy of the U.S. government and positioned itself as part of a global struggle against American imperialism. In the face of intense repression, the Party flourished, becoming the center of a revolutionary movement with offices in sixty-eight U.S. cities and powerful allies around the world.Black against Empire is the first comprehensive overview and analysis of the history and politics of the Black Panther Party. The authors analyze key political questions, such as why so many young black people across the country risked their lives for the revolution, why the Party grew most rapidly during the height of repression, and why allies abandoned the Party at its peak of influence. Bold, engrossing, and richly detailed, this book cuts through the mythology and obfuscation, revealing the political dynamics that drove the explosive growth of this revolutionary movement and its disastrous unraveling. Informed by twelve years of meticulous archival research, as well as familiarity with most of the former Party leadership and many rank-and-file members, this book is the definitive history of one of the greatest challenges ever posed to American state power.

On Christmas Eve, in the small fishing village of Osprey Cove on the Northern California coast, an event happens that changes the lives of two children, Matti and Julie, their families, and friends. An ocean voyager arrives on the town’s beach and what occurs next will become a gift to everyone involved. Come join Matti and Julie in this very exciting and special adventure. (Chapter Book, ages 9 and up)

Rose Witty had a plan, a roadmap to her life and things were working out just fine. She kept her inner hurts to herself and her writings and she opened her heart to help others. She was everyones shoulder to cry on and she knew she had a gift to draw out the inner demons in others, while protecting her own. In walks Lucas Wells her senior year of high school. The blue eyed brooding poet who would shake her core. His demons were plenty but his heart for her was something she was not prepared for. He drew her scars to the surface while revealing his own and she held on for dear life. They both grew but could the hidden pain that Lucas endured stay hidden? Could he survive a past that haunted him without falling back to his addiction to drugs that already almost killed him once? Would Rose be enough and could she survive the journey, could they both? Was this beautiful boy going to rock her world or destroy it? Is love really enough?