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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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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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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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The two lesser-known novels of Duma introduce a reader into the advantageous Napoleonic world, full of courtesy and noble heroes, tragic love stories, duels, political intrigues, and people ready to defend their ideas at the cost of their lives. "The Companions of Jehu" sends us to the early days of the Napoleonic era, as Napoleon himself only started his stellar political career as a First Consul. The story tells about the opposition between the...
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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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"Winner of the 2011 Charles Tilly Best Book Award, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association" William G. Roy is professor and chair of the sociology department at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Socializing Capital (Princeton) and Making Societies.
Music, and folk music in particular, is often embraced as a form of political expression, a vehicle for bridging or reinforcing...
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"Winner of the 2011 Gold Medal in History, Independent Publisher Book Awards" "Winner of the 2010 Bronze Medal Book of the Year Award in HistoryForeWord Reviews" "A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice for 2010" "One of U.S. News & World Report's (online version) Top Debate Worthy Books of the Year for 2010" "A Boston Authors Club Annual Awards Highly Recommended Book for 2011" "Honorable Mention for the 2010 PROSE Award in U.S. History, Association...
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It is the author's firm belief that the ingredients of the food we eat today play a significant role in the increase in the diseases of civilization (cancer, heart disease, diabetes, depression, dementia, ADD and more). It is both the ingredients of our food and what is missing from these ingredients that is having a profound effect upon our health. The Seven Deadly Whites (sugar, milk, flour, fats/oils, salt, rice and lies) is a book that concerns...
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On March 18, 2008, after the Jeremiah Wright incident, Senator Barack Obama went on national television and delivered what many called one of the most inspiring and thought provoking speeches ever delivered on the issue of race. After the speech, several news organizations reported that it was time for America to engage in discussions on race. Over the years, we have had several discussions on the subject, most of which focused on the relationship...
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Born into the flaming trenches of a true spiritual hell, Lacey Hart spends her impoverished childhood lost in the strange shadow world between heaven and the demonic underworld in her senses. She uses religion to mold herself into The Perfect Daughter so that she might evade her disturbed mother's malevolence. Lacey is a demure child whose primrose sweetness and white-laced stoicism hearken back to the puritanical era- times when bewitchment infiltrated...
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This best seller is a guide and a fast reference on several essential oils recipes for different occurrences and circumstances!
This book was carefully and intentionally written to help make living a lot easier and great. Each page is a compelling read that is loaded with different essential oils recipes for you, your home and your loved ones.
Very easy to read, concise and with a writing approach that makes it easy for anyone with no prior essential...
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Presents the story of whale sharks-- the largest fish on the planet. Facing threats from commercial fishing as well as climate change, they were categorized as endangered in 2016. Despite the marine sanctuaries set aside to protect whale sharks, their population is still decreasing. These gentle giants may be accidentally caught in fishing nets, fished by poachers, or hit by a ship's propeller. But new conservation methods, which include enlisting...
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