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Author Lee Johnson describes Mixing Memory and Desire: How History Shaped the Foods of the Caribbean as ‘a food book with a large side dish of history.’ It is not a cookbook – there are no recipes – or a forbidding history text filled with events and dates, but a primer for all listeners of how the Caribbean’s turbulent history led to its distinctive cuisine. It is told in an entertaining and listenable style, infused with appropriate poetic and song lyric extracts, and garnished with exquisite line drawings executed by the author.

Someone leaves the barn door open and there's chaos. Find out how Blue the dog comes to the rescue.

How does everyone else see me? How do I see myself? How does God see me? These women in the Bible asked the same three questions we still ask today. In this 12-session audio study, you'll see how the stories of Rahab, Hagar, and Naomi reflect our own lives and what we can learn about...

An unforgettable cast of characters is unleashed into a realm known for its cruelty—the American high school—in this captivating debut novel. The wealthy enclaves north of San Francisco are not the paradise they appear to be, and nobody knows this better than the students of a local high...

For years I’ve lived alone in the deep woods, hiding my powers from the world. But when I meet a wounded wolf on a forest path, I can't bear his suffering. I call on my magic to heal him. Then he follows me home and I find he’s no ordinary wolf. He’s a Berserker warrior, cursed long ago to become a ravening monster. His only hope: find the woman who can tame his beast. Siebold thinks that woman is me.

Discover the secrets that successful people use to maximize their results. If you are unhappy with your current state of life, if you feel you deserve a lot more than you have right now, and if you feel life is being unfair to you, you're in the right place! If you truly want to be the real boss of your life, accomplish every goal you set, and achieve success in any category of your life, this audiobook is for you.

Johnnie Wise had always managed to escape the evil plans of her enemies. She had gotten away with so much. Now it was personal. No mercy. She was going to die this time. With unlimited finances, her new rival was more than willing to scour the earth to deliver the brand of justice that fury demanded. Johnnie was planning a daring escape to avoid whatever trumped-up charges an overeager prosecutor might bring against her.

Join Wicked City show Creators & Writers Kristin Iris Johnson and Serena M. Lee as they go on a deep dive into each episode of Wicked City. Get insights into the characters, the story, and the world of Wicked City, including what never made it to screen and what changed when we got into production. Hear their hilarious behind-the-scenes adventures from set, as they share the joys and mishaps making the show. It’s all laughs, love, and magick with these two as you learn more than you ever imagined about the world of Wicked City!

An outspoken pro-life African American female is nominated to the Supreme Court by a maverick new president. The Republicans own the House and the Senate. Washington elitists are enraged.

Congratulations on beginning your life changing journey! This is not a fad diet plan or a plan with empty promises. Your choice to follow this plan is at your own risk. This is my story–it worked for me, and it may also work for you! Results may vary.

Although Chicago has pretty much become a city of smaller crews and blocks, many of the current street youth family members descend from one of the three major gangs: Vice Lords, Black Peace Stones or Gangster Disciples. While putting together the album, FTF asked Benny Lee and George Daniels to provide us with some knowledge that could be passed on to the youth. What was initially assumed to be small audio clips in between songs, turned into an entire audiobook.

CEO Nelson Kennard is about to pay his fiancée an impromptu visit when he sees her kissing a former rival in the doorway of her Victorian townhouse. Fuming and filled with inconsolable vengeance, he grabs his gun from the glove compartment of his vehicle, and enters her home with his personal set of keys. As he climbs the stairs, he hears Parris Stalls and her lover in the throes of passionate bliss. With his gun cocked, he enters the dark room and sees it all.

Seventeen-year-old Luther Pleasant is high school football's most wanted. Prestigious universities want him on their roster. NFL scouts want him as a potential first-round draft choice. Two women at school want him. And therein lies the problem.

Grit stories from influencers who have overcome. Grit For The Day is an engaging, intimate series of conversations with leaders who have achieved and accomplished despite adverse circumstances. In this era of shared calamity and turmoil we need collective wisdom and inspiration to overcome!

Parenting the Tough Stuff is the podcast for parents like you who are raising teens and young adults who are struggling. It's your guide to feeling better about being a parent and holding things together when everything feels like it's falling apart. Your host, Wendy Lee Johnson, is a certified life coach for parents and mother of 9. In her weekly episodes, she will dive deep into the topics that keep you up at night. Parenting teens in crisis isn't exactly intuitive. What worked in the past may not be the best moving forward. It's time to find the joy in parenting again and get back to ...

Essence best-selling author Keith Lee Johnson’s fifth installment in his ongoing "Little Black Girl Lost" series picks up where the fourth book left off by continuing the diary of Josephine Baptiste. As more details about Josephine’s past come to light, the African heritage of modern-day Johnnie Wise is further explained.

Essence best-selling author Keith Lee Johnson's popular series continues with this fourth book, which reaches back to unearth the roots of JohnnieWise's family tree. On the eve of her arranged marriage in an African village, a 16-year-old girl elopes with her fiancé's younger brother. But the lovers are captured and sold into American slavery - and the girl wonders if she'll ever see her man again.

Unafraid to use her assets, young Johnnie has wiled her way into the lives of several dangerous men. She also happens to be connected to three murders. Now that her enemies are closing in from all sides, it seems her luck may run out.

National best-selling author Keith Lee Johnson enjoyed breakout success for his novel Little Black Girl Lost. Now Johnson introduces Nelson Kennard, a former number-one NBA draft pick who blew his chance at the big time - and is about to lose the best thing that's ever happened to him, sexy school teacher Parris Stalls. Soon-to-be-dissed Nelson may have been a playa back in the day, but there's always another baller waiting in the wings.

Teenage beauty Johnnie Wise has seen her share of hardship. Sold into prostitution at an early age, she is an accessory to a murder that sparks terrible race riots. Her boyfriend, Lucas, wants to give her a better life, but Johnnie has a powerful effect on men, and gangster Napoleon Bentley will stop at nothing to have her.