Laura Turner was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Blessed with a voice that invokes awe and wonder, Laura Turner has inspired thousands with her music. Laura had previously released "Soul Deep" a critically acclaimed album on Curb Records, and has recently been in the recording studio, recording 4 new songs for a Christmas EP with Grammy award winning song writer and producer Keith Thomas. Laura's 4 song Christmas CD, simply entitled "Laura Turner-Christmas," features "Voice of Heaven," "Come As You Are," "Mary, Sweet Mary" and "The Lord's Prayer." The CD will be accompany the book. Laura's new songs, "Voice of Heaven" and "Arms of Love" are currently enjoying major success and can both be viewed on You Tube. Laura's heart warming book, " A Christmas To Remember" is based on a true story from her childhood Christmases and Laura was inspired to write this book because she found it disturbing that her children were constantly being bombarded with the distracting message of Santa, gifts and the material consumption that the Christmas season encouraged. "A Christmas to Remember" creates the moment to draw away with family from the superficial message and prefers to focus on the importance of family togetherness and the truth of God's mercy, protection, and love - the true meaning of Christmas. Laura resides in Jackson Hole, Wyoming with her family and loves to ride horses and hike during the summer, and cross country ski in the winter, when the snow is gently falling.

Laura Turner was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Blessed with a voice that invokes awe and wonder, Laura Turner has inspired thousands with her music. Laura had previously released "Soul Deep" a critically acclaimed album on Curb Records, and has recently been in the recording studio, recording 4 new songs for a Christmas EP with Grammy award winning song writer and producer Keith Thomas. Laura's 4 song Christmas CD, simply entitled "Laura Turner-Christmas," features "Voice of Heaven," "Come As You Are," "Mary, Sweet Mary" and "The Lord's Prayer." The CD will be accompany the book. Laura's new songs, "Voice of Heaven" and "Arms of Love" are currently enjoying major success and can both be viewed on You Tube. Laura's heart warming book, " A Christmas To Remember" is based on a true story from her childhood Christmases and Laura was inspired to write this book because she found it disturbing that her children were constantly being bombarded with the distracting message of Santa, gifts and the material consumption that the Christmas season encouraged. "A Christmas to Remember" creates the moment to draw away with family from the superficial message and prefers to focus on the importance of family togetherness and the truth of God's mercy, protection, and love - the true meaning of Christmas. Laura resides in Jackson Hole, Wyoming with her family and loves to ride horses and hike during the summer, and cross country ski in the winter, when the snow is gently falling.

An unconventional history of Philadelphia that operates at the threshold of cultural and environmental studies, A Greene Country Towne expands the meaning of community beyond people to encompass nonhuman beings, things, and forces. By examining a diverse range of cultural acts and material objects created in Philadelphia—from Native American artifacts, early stoves, and literary works to public parks, photographs, and paintings—through the lens of new materialism, the essays in A Greene Country Towne ask us to consider an urban environmental history in which humans are not the only protagonists. This collection reimagines the city as a system of constantly evolving constituents and agencies that have interacted over time, a system powerfully captured by Philadelphia artists, writers, architects, and planners since the seventeenth century. In addition to the editors, contributors to this volume are Maria Farland, Nate Gabriel, Andrea L. M. Hansen, Scott Hicks, Michael Dean Mackintosh, Amy E. Menzer, Stephen Nepa, John Ott, Sue Ann Prince, and Mary I. Unger.