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James Morris Webb (1874-1940) was a Christian minister associated with The African Methodist Episcopal Church who was involved with Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association. In 1919, he published the book The Black Man, The Father of Civilization, Proven by Biblical History. The work deals with the ancient history of Israel, Egypt, and the Kingdom of Cush south of Egypt.

The Rev. Calvin Dill Wilson (1857-1946) was a Presbyterian minister and author. His book Black Masters, first published in 1904, explores the history of wealthy free African Americans who became slave-owners. According to Wilson’s research, there were around 6,200 Black slave-holders in the years before the Civil War who owned some 18,000 slaves. By owning their families, free colored men and women could protect them against oppressive local laws.

Dr. William Lucius Hunter, MD (1850-1915) was a physician and a clergyman of the African Methodist-Episcopal Church. For his 1901 book Jesus Christ Had Negro Blood in His Veins, he researched Scripture in order to combat racial discrimination and abuse. He identifies the biblical Canaanites as having been Black and argues that several important Jewish figures and ancestors of Jesus had children by this group of people. Showing that David and Solomon married Black women, he contends that Jesus had Black ancestry dating back to Ham, the son of Noah.

Joseph Julius Jackson was an African-American preacher who published The History of the Black Man (1921). The book discusses the influence of African civilization upon ancient history, and covers the black kingdoms of Ghana, Sudan, Melle, Hausa, Songhay, as well as the Moorish dynasty of Spain in some detail.

The Radical Declaration offers a timely series of thought-provoking essays that challenges the nation to look beyond contemporary political orthodoxies in order to recapture the ideals of the nation’s founding creed. Rev. Williams is one of the leading public theologians in the nation. He is a columnist, author, and the former pastor of the Resurrection Community Church in Berkeley, CA. His weekly column appears in the popular Huffington Post along with selected publications in North Carolina and California.

Eat like a Local - Portland Jamaica by Monique Oates offers the inside scoop on food, what to eat and the plethora of places to eat when travelling around Portland, Jamaica. This compilation features a brief history of various Jamaican foods, cooking methods, and recipes for you to, as we say in Jamaica, “try your hand” at preparing them.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Portsmouth. Greater Than a Tourist- Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA by Kerry L Fay offers the inside scoop on all the wonderful things Portsmouth has to offer. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

A very close brush with death as a student pilot in his early 30s greatly changed Reinhard's outlook on life. This experience, where letting go literally saved his life, began a process of weeding out those things that had been holding him back and trusting God in any circumstance he would encounter. This book will challenge you to reflect upon and let go of whatever is holding you back. It is the author's hope that it will help you begin the process of excavating your heart and mind. You may be surprised at what you have been carrying around.

Do you want to get more form life? Do you want to get ahead? Do not let anyone take advantage of you. Be the predator. If you are not the hunter, you will fall prey to others and be the victim of circumstance: the hunted. Understand how and why people act as they do. Take the power that is rightfully yours for the taking. Grip your destiny in your hands. Know the secrets of collecting intel on your enemies. Know when to be vague and not give your enemies too much information.

John Baldoni’s new book on the power of grace is a must-listen for all of us, particularly for anyone seeking to serve in a leadership role. In a world where good manners and courtesy sometimes seem to have gone out of style, this audiobook is a practical guide for bettering relationships in all types of human connections. In a spiritual sense, grace is unearned, and as such, it is yours to use for the betterment of self and others. Grace as a gift is a catalyst for positive change to enable the greater good.

In the first few weeks of the new year, you count your calories religiously or go to the gym every day, without fail. But by February, you are cheating on your diet or skipping more workouts than you are doing. You try to get back on track, but you can’t seem to. By March, you’ve given up on your resolution completely. You feel guilty and like a failure. What seemed like an attainable goal was completely beyond your ability to achieve it. You blame yourself, your genetics, or some other factors.

This book is structured in a way that provides in-depth analysis and a complete breakdown of the definition of macronutrients, the composition of micronutrients, the idea behind meal planning and arrangement of foods with their formation processes. This is done to encourage the practicality of the knowledge and also to serve as a diet plan to those who may be finding it difficult to pick the kinds of food to consume.

With a powerful step-by-step guide, this audiobook walks you through the process of making money from blogging, even if you have no experience and you’ve never even started a blog before. With a wealth of information on everything from the technical details of domains and web hosting to the different ways you can generate income, blogging has never been easier!

The panic that sets in when you try to talk to someone new is terrifying. Without good social skills, you may suffer from low self-esteem that may prevent you from going out, making friends, going on dates, getting your dream job, and just having the quality lifestyle you dreamed of. Surprisingly, there are social hacks that anyone can discover.

I’ve since created my own formula for helping others to overcome their self-doubt, anxiety, and worry. And I take it two steps further as we tackle bad habits and create long-lasting happiness. These two steps are a vital part of the process, as all three parts of the formula work together to create a new, changed person - a new you.

Let's face it, having a lack of social skills can make your life more challenging. You feel like an awkward failure every time an important social event or outing presents itself. Evidently, there are social hacks that anyone can discover. Imagine being able to turn any lifeless and boring conversation into a colorful and enriching experience. You could make more friends easily, connect with more people, and feel more confident in everyday social situations.

The Old Testament and the Gospels have three levels of interpretation: historical, Christological, and prophetic. Because Christ is fully revealed in the New Testament, the epistles have only two levels, the historical and the prophetic. Much is lost when Christians only see and study the Scriptures from the historical vantage point. Rightly Dividing the Word reveals these hidden prophetic treasures to the discerning student.

Mary is a gas-station attendant with an epileptic son who can barely make ends meet, when she makes them meet at all. She has dreams of a forbidden love but can’t focus on those dreams when she can’t even buy her son’s medicine. She has a real knack for staying calm under pressure and steadfastly does what she needs to, in order to keep food on their table and a roof over their heads.

In this easy-to-listen audiobook, the author takes you through some of the most painful experiences in life having lived through physical trauma, sex trafficking, addiction, gangs, and prizefighting to show you how to get through them and begin living a supernatural life every single day. Learn how to go past your trauma and begin living a new life every day, from now on.

To understand self-hypnosis, you first need to learn about hypnosis. What is hypnosis? Also referred to as hypnotherapy, hypnosis uses intense focus and concentration through guided relaxation methods to reach a "trance" or a heightened state of awareness. Self-hypnosis is, therefore, using the "power'"of hypnosis on yourself to make positive changes in your life. By using self-hypnosis, you are suggesting certain desirable things for yourself.