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Meet Lenny Bird. He's in his mid-twenties, big and burly, with a ravenous appetite. He's a larger-than-life, eccentric, impetuous, exuberant photographer who has recently relocated from Oklahoma to Los Angeles. Travel with him through various jobs, relationships and experiences as he confronts life head-on. In his job as a photojournalist, Lenny is obsessed with getting perfect, unique photographs. He is an unconventional employee who dislikes bureaucrats...
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Looking at the history of America, this author questions what makes certain white Americans display many acts of evil and demonstrate so much hate toward black Americans? How can America call itself a Christian nation while demonstrating very little spirit of cooperation toward black Ameri-cans, beginning with the Emancipation? To move forward, history tells us America must not repeat the evil and hate of the past. Former President Obamas' actions...
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Sequel toS hell Shocked… Kiko and Dom are still getting used to settling in with each other, a task made difficult by their conflicting schedules and habits. With Mount Angus' Knee High 4th of July Festival approaching, they anticipate spending some quality time together again, if only for a weekend. But the arrival of Kiko's ex, a well-known chef who seems to be taking interest in him again after a decade, throws up unnecessary tensions. And when...
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True experiences of a Georgia country boy who grew up to fly in Vietnam's non-war. Stories to make you not only smile and laugh, but ponder life's mysteries and blessings. Stories the author believes could be told and re-told to generations. Autobiographical in the sense that the author lived and loved in the times and events chronicled. Written just as a storyteller might weave tales of adventure, love, heroism, family, friends, and deaths of comrades....
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344 pages. Winner of Best LGBTQ Book at the San Francisco Book Festival and finalist in LGBTQIA fiction at the National Indie Excellence awards. Casey and Roger White live in trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with Abby, their mutual five-year-old, and Demmy, Roger's seventeen-year-old daughter from his first marriage. Roger teaches film at NYU; Casey runs her own business. Demmy refuses to exploit her privilege to be a legacy to Yale while five-year-old...
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ADRIAN POWELL has a secret, a secret he's guarded for 17 years. But it's come at a cost-few friends, fewer lovers and a lifetime of loneliness. If he's a bit grumpy and a tad pessimistic, who can blame him? So, exactly how he's ended up with a bunch of nosy friends, a beautiful lakeside cottage and a successful business, is beyond him.
It's a life he never imagined, and one that includes a problematic new neighbour, NIALL CARMICHAEL-an irritating,...
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Caught up in a troubled world with nowhere else to go. Chase Walker is, known for his abilities throughout the streets. But in fear of his life and what's to come he is made to move. While learning of the past and its secrets, with help from others. Chase is now battling with his past to create a change in hopes of a new beginning.
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"I did not know Indians were allowed to write like this," remarked an Indian admirer of "Impressing the Whites" in 2004. He had also read "The Revised Kama Sutra" while a student at the IIT (Kharagpur), and found "Impressing the Whites" and me after a difficult search. The book includes "The Fourteen Commandments of Impressing the Whites," and "The New Spiritual Colonialism," and a letter to Salman Rushdie. The games that whites, blacks, and other...
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By beginning a conversation that encourages self-examination and compassion, Combined Destinies invites readers to look at how white Americans have been hurt by the very ideology that their ancestors created. Editors Ann Todd Jealous and Caroline T. Haskell, both experienced psychotherapists skilled at facilitating dialogue about racial issues, are cognizant of the challenges that even the thought of such conversations often presents. Their book is...
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Great Courses volume 5
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In the first episode on the Noble grape varieties (used in those wines you see most often), focus on the most captivating varieties of white wine: Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, and Chardonnay. As you explore each wine's unique characteristics, you'll strengthen your ability to compare it with other wines and grape varieties.
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 New York in 1999 can't offer the gift of loneliness and privacy, the way it did in the book. It's hard to feel private in the surging daily crowds at the Metropolitan Museum of Art or lonely on a side street packed with gridlocked traffic.
#2 The loss of the sense of separation and connection that New Yorkers once felt with their resident celebrities is a major loss....
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From the author of Make Your Home Among Strangers, essays on being an "accidental" American - an incisive look at the edges of identity for a woman of color in a society centered on whiteness In this sharp and candid collection of essays, critically acclaimed writer and first-generation American Jennine Capo Crucet explores the condition of finding herself a stranger in the country where she was born. Raised in Miami and the daughter of Cuban refugees,...
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On a mountain somewhere above treeline, in some of the coldest and worst winter conditions imaginable, two men lie unconscious in the snow as explosive winds batter the nearby summits.
In The Last Traverse: Tragedy and Resilience in the Winter Whites, Ty Gagne masterfully lays out the events that led up to an epic and legendary rescue attempt in severe and dangerous winter conditions in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. More than a cautionary...
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Cake Decorating With Fresh Flowers volume 4
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You can never go wrong with a classic white cake! And Jenny's recipe stands out with white buttercream underneath white ranunculus, dahlias and more. Learn to create eye-catching moments even with a limited color palette.
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The election of Barack Obama gave political currency to the (white) idea that Americans now live in a post-racial society. But the persistence of racial profiling, economic inequality between blacks and whites, disproportionate numbers of black prisoners, and disparities in health and access to healthcare suggest there is more to the story. David H. Ikard addresses these issues in an effort to give voice to the challenges faced by most African Americans...
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The definitive guide for anyone who has contact with people of another race in companies, schools, neighborhoods, or other social situations this book asserts that race is not the unfathomable mystery it is usually made out to be. In a revealing, accessible, and stimulating discussion based on little-known facts and innovative research, this book explains why many whites are uneasy about blacks and how blacks react to this, why numerous blacks suspect...
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