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The years of the COVID-19 pandemic have brought to light the exploitation of workers. Unbroken Chains demands that listeners examine the hidden sector of American trafficked labor and understand its prevalence across our economy. Drawing from nearly two decades of research on US and international human trafficking, Melissa Hope Ditmore sets forth the harrowing stories of human trafficking survivors and grounds their accounts in the long history of US indentured servitude, looking to its iterations in chattel slavery, Chinese contract labor, and prison labor.

Christy Engel Wilson began her educational journey working in youth camps and has since taught every grade from kindergarten to eighth. Her 25 years of work in professional development, student management, and instruction with English Language Learners has helped establish her as a primary advocate for high-risk students and school leaders promoting equity and restorative justice.

France was a five-year-old boy who loved to dress and behave as if he was from France. One day, France was at an art festival with his parents in his hometown of Franklin, Tennessee, when he accidentally ended up soaring through the sky alone. Thus, the headlines ran about Private France and his adventure of flying for the first time. His wonder grew as he saw his hometown from high above, and he gained attention from everyone around him.

Detective Sofie Allen believes anarchy is only a scandal away. With crime lurking around every gangway of the elite-ruled space station, closing cases requires a delicate balance of politics and justice. But she sees the local power equilibrium shifting dangerously when the head of a ruling family is brutally murdered. Facing pressure to pin the homicide on a lowlife, Detective Allen desperately tries to contain the stress that could reveal her hidden genetic medical disorder. But as she pushes the investigation forward, she fears the lethal consequences will rain down on an innocent.

2020 has been a year like no other. Thankfully, there was a No Quarter November to match. When he writes, Douglas Wilson usually offers qualifications for the statements that tend to ruffle feathers, and anticipates objections with nuance and balance. In this collection of NQN 2020 essays, Douglas Wilson addresses the election mayhem, women's ministries, the enneagram, the "gift of singleness", and much more.

In 1917, East Side Grade School in Eureka, Kansas, burned to the ground. In 1918, a carpenter died in a fall during construction of Mulberry School. It was said he haunted the school ever since. Teachers, students, and staff encountered apparitions after the school's dedication. One teacher knew the victim and welcomed any sign of his existence. Others, however, did not. She coped with the loss of her friend and managed to go on with unusual help from the universe.

This book is targeted at individuals who are ready to do whatever it takes to heal themselves and choose happiness. Sometimes being happy takes work, but where do you start? Full of practical advice from an average person who's been in the dark and understands how confusing it can be to figure out how to change the inner conversation.

The world we are living in has been undergoing modernization for more than three centuries. Especially ever since the industrial revolution began, the world has experienced a series of technological innovations. Progressive as it may sound, it has led the Earth to have a myriad of never-ending issues. In his book, Dr. Jalil Ahmad has discussed these issues quite in detail. Apart from shedding light on these massive problems, Dr. Ahmad has proposed a remarkable solution that will prove to be a breakthrough in the history of the world.

When 16-year-old Alex's parents ask him to deliver a mysterious package to their animal research camp in the Nepali jungle, he and his 12-year-old brother James do not know the trouble they are about to face. An unsuccessful ransom payment leads to an arduous journey through the crisp forests of the Wild West of Nepal in pursuit of the thugs who have kidnapped their parents. Even with the help of their friend Atti, how can three children rescue the parents from armed kidnappers?

In 1947, during the early years of the Cold War, a field in Roswell, New Mexico was disturbed by a strange crash and smattering of debris. Some say the bodies of extraterrestrial beings were strewn across the ground, that a UFO had crashed there, and that the government was covering up the evidence in a massive conspiracy.

John Wilson (acclaimed arts and culture reporter and journalist, and presenter of Front Row, Newsnight Review and Pick of the Week) meets up with a variety of public figures from such diverse fields as food, mathematics, politics, writing and music, and takes them back to the influential schools, teachers and early workplaces they may have forgotten, but which have not forgotten them.

In the book Mango-Licious Life, Jamaican-born author Tanya Wilson provides a delightful serving of wit, humor, and inspiration from real-life stories that will move you from desperate despair to daring determination. As a cancer survivor, preemie mother, and resilient overcomer, Tanya Wilson has weathered many storms and knows with vivid intimacy the fragility of life and the bittersweet reality of each season. Despite life's obstacles, she has discovered through each encounter and often agonizing setbacks that there is still a sweet life beyond the scourge of adversity.

Sent away from her poverty-stricken parents in Portsmouth to live with her wealthy aunt and uncle, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram, nine-year-old Fanny Price is abruptly transplanted to a new, luxurious home: Mansfield Park. Overwhelmed by the grandeur of her surroundings, she feels out of place—and as she grows up, her spoiled cousins, Tom, Maria and Julia, never let her forget her humble beginnings. Only her cousin Edmund treats her with kindness, and the two become close companions.

Nach uns eine bessere Welt? Eine Hitzefront liegt über Europa. Waldbrände geraten außer Kontrolle. Menschen fliehen in Notunterkünfte. Durch die Städte ziehen Demonstrierende. Doch in all dem Chaos geht auch das normale Leben von Didrik, Melissa, André und Vilja weiter – vier Menschen, die um ihre Zukunft kämpfen. Gegenwärtig wie nie erzählt Jens Liljestrand eine packende Geschichte zur drängenden Frage unserer Zeit.

When the Conley family lost both a husband and son to suicide, Carey and her daughter, Laurel, were blasted out of a comfortable reality. They struggled to cope with profound grief and the burden of the losses. Questions that could never be answered haunted them, and the tragedies forced a major shift in their lives.

Many Evangelical leaders will say the truth, but surround it with bubble wrap and a thousand qualifications. But every year in November, Douglas Wilson eschews his usual nuance, qualifications, and disclaimers to tell the truth about the craziness of our world. The problem with qualifications is not that they are untrue, but that we do not recognize how bad our condition actually is. Evangelicalism has been drifting steadily leftward and policing the sins to the right. The problem is not the policing: the problem is the hypocrisy and one-sidedness.

Come along with Jane as she pursues her passion for gymnastics and gives her best despite a difficult challenge!

Anders vill skiljas. Han har inte varit lycklig på länge och nu har han träffat någon annan. Visst var det så han sa? Även när den värsta chocken lagt sig står Amy kvar med tusen frågor. Vad ska de säga till barnen? Och hur kunde hon tro att de var lyckliga tillsammans? Med skilsmässan i backspegeln gör Amy sitt bästa för att hitta rätt i tillvaron som ensamstående. När barnen är borta varannan vecka har hon plötsligt alldeles för mycket tid att slösa bort.

Ian's Ions and Eons is the name of a time-travel agency in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx. This anthology contains the three "Ian" novelettes published thus far: Ian's Ions and Eons (2011); Ian, Isaac, and John (2011); and Ian, George, and George (2013). The time travel stories involve presidential elections, rock music, television, and movies. Real historical personages who appear include Al Gore, George W. Bush, William Rehnquist, David Bowie, John Lennon, Dick Cavett, and Orson Welles.

Nach uns eine bessere Welt? Eine Hitzefront liegt über Europa. Waldbrände geraten außer Kontrolle. Menschen fliehen in Notunterkünfte. Durch die Städte ziehen Demonstrierende. Doch in all dem Chaos geht auch das normale Leben von Didrik, Melissa, André und Vilja weiter – vier Menschen, die um ihre Zukunft kämpfen. Gegenwärtig wie nie erzählt Jens Liljestrand eine packende Geschichte zur drängenden Frage unserer Zeit: Wie können wir die Welt bewahren und zusammen weiterleben?