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“Where are you from?” was the question hounding Hazel Carby as a girl in post-war London. One of the so-called brown babies of the Windrush generation, born to a Jamaican father and Welsh mother, Carby’s place in her home, her neighbourhood, and her country of birth was always in doubt.

In the face of a president who lobs accusations without facts, evidence, or logic, truth tellers are under attack. Meanwhile, the world order is teetering on the brink. North Korea is on the verge of having a nuclear weapon that could reach all of the United States, Russians have mastered a new form of information warfare that undercuts democracy, and the role of China in the global community remains unclear.

From living in a van on the streets of San Diego, to growing chocolate with indigenous tribes in Central America, to teaching in the Middle East and volunteering in Africa, best-selling author Gregory V. Diehl has followed a worldly and unconventional path through life. Leaving his California home as a teenager, he fully immersed himself, living and working, in 45 countries across the globe - all by age 28.

It is only by healing from injustices and dissolving our personal barriers to connection that we develop the ability to view others with compassion and to live in community with people of vastly different backgrounds and viewpoints. Incorporating mindfulness exercises, research, and Magee's hard-won insights, The Inner Work of Racial Justice offers a road map to a more peaceful world.

Nola has been single for years as she has put her success over love, but this Las Posadas she hopes to find something more with the gorgeous mortician who has just moved into town to take over the local funeral home after the owners die in a house fire. For weeks the tension has been building between Nola and Henry during their weekly meetings at Puzzle Club. At the start of Las Posadas, and her turn to host Puzzle Club, Nola has an unexpected guest in her new home.

Basics of Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary Audio is a convenient and useful audio companion for students wanting to learn and reinforce Biblical Hebrew vocabulary. This audio product includes every term that occurs 50 times or more in the Hebrew Bible. Vocabulary is read in order of frequency, and students may select from classical Hebrew pronunciation (by Miles V. Van Pelt) or modern Hebrew pronunciation (by Nancy L. Erickson).

On May 19, 1836, Fort Parker in Texas was overwhelmed by a band of Comanche Indians. Some residents were brutally murdered, others taken prisoner. Among those captured was 11-year-old Cynthia Parker, who would remain with the Comanche for 24 years and give birth to famed Chief Quanah.

The purpose of this audiobook is to examine the relationship between the protein you eat and your ability to build muscle.

The great trap of the modern world is our dependence and overreliance on short smartphone binge-watching Netflix, claims sources. That's putting it lightly. People are "hooked" is the better word to describe it. I'm sure you're thinking, "Well, what's wrong with that? Everyone is!" As a rule the more reliant you are on short-term sources of pleasure, the worse your life is. It takes your focus, drive.

Jerry and Diane show us how to look at every relationship as if there were only two emotions: love and fear. Fear, whose motto is "seek, but never find," is a product of our ego - our negative mind that views life as a constant battle in which we must defend ourselves, pass judgments and condemn. Love, the absence of fear and its accompanying guilt, is a beautiful light symbolizing our connection to a Higher Power.

When three modern women find themselves in medieval Scotland, they must use their wits and strengths to fight ancient foes. With the English, witch hunters, and the church after them, these futuristic ladies navigate the murky waters of falling in love with a broody highlanders while adjusting to their new lives and protecting that they now hold so dear.

Imagine waking up one morning and moving around your home - only to discover that your physical body is still resting in bed. Imagine traveling to far away places and seeing fantastical things that defy explanation. This audiobook details a journey of discovery - one that starts quite unexpectedly - towards the mystery of the unknown. Explore, first hand, the mystery of the out of body experience (OBE) that science has all but turned its back on.

Explore the essence of the global best-seller, Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel, through this comprehensive summary created to aid listeners in their understanding and experience, with insightful additions and page references to the original. This little book highlights the best of this combustive novel in brevity!

In Hope Is not a Method, Sullivan and co-author Colonel Michael Harper tell us how they kept the army well-trained and equipped for traditional functions while preparing it for a wide range of new and complicated missions, all in the midst of a dramatic reduction in both human and financial resources. Their approach is based on continuity and change: maintaining their focus on the army's historic vision and values while introducing new problem-solving techniques and training methods.

For the longest while, society has framed integrative approaches to medicine like Reiki and acupuncture. Recent medical breakthroughs have revealed that there’s much more to ancient traditional medicine than made-up “folk remedies".

At the heart of the Haute Vienne region of France, there is a village some 10 km from Limoges. The name of this village is Oradour sur Glane. On the 10th of June, 1944, this quaint village was the scene of a barbaric massacre, at the hands of the evil Nazis. Over 150 heavily armed SS soldiers entered this peaceful village and rounded up 642 men, women, and children. After hearing false reports that they were part of the resistance movement, upon orders, these vile men systematically murdered these innocent civilians.

Nashi sootechestvenniki v nachale XX veka organizujut jekspediciju na Mars i nahodjat tam civilizaciju, kotoruju obrazovali vyhodcy s pogibshej Atlantidy. Ajelita, doch' glavy Marsa, vljubljaetsja v zemljanina - inzhenera Losja.

Caroline Summers, a registered nurse and former army lieutenant, is drawn to Texas to become a front line worker. But as it turns out, the pandemic is threatening more than lives, and it isn't long before she discovers the virus isn't the only thing killing her patients.

Here are 24 of Yeats' finest poems, read by Siobhan McKenna, V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, Cyril Cusack, and Michael MacLiammoir.

Selena Kitt's Power Play where those uber-hot alpha authority figures take full advantage of their status to strike up all sorts of sexy naughtiness with their subordinates!