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"Bloodlines Vol.1" is a captivating compilation that brings together the first five novellas of fan-favorite characters from the novel "Stanley Swanson - Breed of a Werewolf." The anthology delves into the intricate and diverse backgrounds of these characters, providing listeners with a deeper understanding of their lives and experiences.

King Arthur wanted to search for the holy grail because it gave immortality. We will never know if King Arthur existed, but, in a way, he did achieve immortality. We are still talking about him after all these years. Arthur is a historic sacred figure to many British, embodying all their aspirations of nobility, honor, and goodness. The stories of the past are connected to each other. Everything that has ever happened since the beginning of time - the stars, the constellations - have been witnessing everything.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz proposed that the universe is composed of simple monads, each individually reflecting the entirety of time and space through the unsurpassable wisdom of God. This book, meanwhile, is composed of quatrains which reflect the brevity and fragility of mere human existence and reflect the all-too ineluctable skepticism of the author.

Michael Maw collects action figures, not dolls. He doesn’t have a single doll in his collection, that is until his 15th birthday. One of Michael’s friends gives him a doll as a joke, but Michael is not going to accept a doll for his birthday. How do you get rid of a doll no one wants, with hideous skin, ugly, sharp teeth and that also seems to always follow you, no matter where you go?

Kyle has been with his aunt for days, and not a single person has been at the park. The park seems empty, but the truth is tons of people go there - during the night, when most people are sleeping. But Kyle will soon learn the truth of why everyone doesn't go to the park. Because, no one can see them!

Sound interesting? The author thinks so, too! Listen to Mermaid Melody and experience the world of underwater fantasy. This is a great story for kids.

African Americans have had every reason to doubt America’s democratic experiment. Yet African American activists, intellectuals, and artists who have sought to transform the United States into a racially just society have put forward some of the most original and powerful ideas about how to make America live up to its democratic ideals. In The Darkened Light of Faith, Melvin Rogers provides a bold new account of African American political thought through the works and lives of individuals who built this vital tradition, which is urgently needed today.

Former Ethiopian refugee Yonas Hagos shares his amazing story about his plight in Ethiopia, his emigration to the US, and the business journey he took to become the owner of dozens of restaurant franchises. From Scrappy to Self-Made describes how Hagos beat all the odds to become the owner of more than four dozen restaurant franchises that have earned him $10 million, and counting.

Celebrating the vast breadth and scope of Black excellence, Make Your Own History spotlights the principles of success exemplified by the lives of 120 Black role models who have blazed trails throughout American history. Make Your Own History gathers together motivational quotes, historical contexts, and enlightening precepts from Black trailblazers spanning the eighteenth century to the present. These insights encompass twelve central themes: courage, self-discipline, compassion, perseverance, teamwork, integrity, industriousness, self-reliance, optimism, purposefulness, civility, and faith.

Restless and disillusioned with his life, Aiden McCarstle is ready for a night out at The Moonlight Cafe with his best friend Penelope: one night to not think about how much he hates grad school, to watch queer people make fools of themselves singing karaoke. But when it's not Penelope who walks through the door, but the high school nemesis Aiden hasn't seen in years—things get complicated.

A heinous murder sends Florida tabloid reporter Rayne Dawson sniffing for details. But when he discovers that a supernatural force may be responsible for both this death and a string of others, he enlists the help of the beautiful owner of the local history center. Together, they learn of an explosive element to the case that, like the tragic race riot that happened in the town a century before, the local citizenry wishes to bury and forget.

In The Johnson Place, visit the story of a tract of land, the site of a tragic hunting accident, the sexual enslavement of a 17-year-old girl, the murder of a farmer's wife, the trial and hanging of the guilty party, an opportunistic purchase of the land, a family conflict over inheritance, the loss of the final vestiges of a great land holding, and the shattered dreams of many men trying to create a ski resort on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge.

Jimi Hendrix, Francis Bacon, the boxer Jack Johnson, Miles Davis, and a space-age Muhammad Ali find themselves in the otherworldly hands of Jeffery Renard Allen, reimagined and transformed to bring us news of America in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The two strands in this brilliant story collection—speculative history and tender, painful depictions of Black life in urban America—are joined by African notions of circular time in which past, present, and future exist all at once.

This book is about the life of the author. It focuses on her faith, her hope, and her endurance during the years of her illness. In this true story, you will learn the how and why about the effects that changed her family’s life—the author’s Crohn’s disease, the 14 blood clots, toxic gut syndrome, colitis, tumors, ulcers, vertigo, weight gain and loss, pregnancies, the many surgeries, and how her body would not wake up after some of her surgeries.

In this updated edition, The Making of Black Lives Matter presents a condensed and accessible intellectual history of the #BlackLivesMatter movement and expands on the movement's relevancy. This edition includes a new introduction that explores how the movement's core ideas have been challenged, re-affirmed, and re-imagined during the white nationalism of the Trump years, as well as a new chapter that examines the ideas and importance of Angela Davis and Amiri Baraka as significant participants in the Black Power Movement and Black Arts Movement, respectively.

Amur grew up among the Nosi, a matriarchal society where decisions are enforced through violence, until he was chosen by Dorone and taken to live among the elderim, beings of immense power. Stripped of family, increasingly at odds with his own drug-altered body and mind, Amur now lives by the sea, where he hones his fighting skills and contemplates revenge against his former lover. 

What does it mean to be an American? The story of the African American past demonstrates the difficulty of answering this seemingly simple question. This book illuminates the US's core paradoxes, inviting profound questions about what it means to be an American, a citizen, and a human being. This book considers how, for centuries, African Americans have fought for what the black feminist intellectual Anna Julia Cooper called "the cause of freedom." It begins in Jamestown in 1619, when the first shipment of enslaved Africans arrived in that settlement.

The United States is dogged by racism and racial disparities in income, wealth, health, education, and criminal justice. Philosophers disagree on what kind of politics is needed to address this problem. Do we pursue race-specific remedies to undo racism or do we assume the permanence of racism and opt for non-race-specific remedies in pursuit of a more egalitarian society? Paradoxically, the way to make racial progress in racist America is to downplay race.

In Data-Driven DEI: The Tools and Metrics You Need to Measure, Analyze, and Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Dr. Randal Pinkett, a renowned diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) thought leader, delivers a practical and evidence-based blueprint to achieving lasting impact with your DEI initiatives. Dr. Pinkett has created a simple, step-by-step process to assess the current state of your DEI, analyze that data to create a personal and organizational action plan, and implement data-driven, science-based, and technology-enabled interventions for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion.

In The Opportunity Index, BlackRock managing director and cofounder of the #Talkaboutblack movement Gavin Lewis skillfully plots the origins of the racial wealth gap and its impact on the inequalities faced by the Black community today. Weaving a personal and at times moving narrative through some of the most disruptive events of our time, he offers a blueprint for businesses and individuals to understand the risks and opportunities presented by inequality and issues an urgent call to action.