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Black fathers play a pivotal role in the lives of our Black children. According to the 2011 US Census, nearly two in three (64 percent) African American children live in father-absent homes. However, we know all fathers are not absent. Society would have us to believe that black fathers are either in jail or on drugs and are no good to the community. The Black Father Perspective is a collaboration of men who have come together to give voice to a population that is often overlooked and underappreciated.

Left alone with their estranged stepfather - Caleb and his sister must fight to survive.... Miles of Tennessee land are filled with farms, but inside the house of the Williams family, there is a tragedy waiting to happen. Teenage Caleb Williams, who aspires to become an accountant, and his sister, Sarah, who plays in a soccer team, must live with their stepfather, Garrett Turner, who has a dark secret. When their mother, Vivian, is on a business trip, the family bonds of a once-broken family are about to be tested.

Tired of losing weight and then putting it back on? Want to make healthier food choices? Sick of fad diets and exercise routines? The truth is...fad diets do not work! They are short-term solutions to a long-term problem. Sure, you might lose weight for a few weeks (or months), but if you don't change your underlying habits, then you'll eventually put the weight back on.

Everything in life has always come easily to me. Except Virginia, the art student studying abroad in Sicily where I’m helping at my cousin's restaurant. Now that I’ve met her, I can’t get her out of my head. She’s too good for me and we both know it. And even though it feels like it could be the worst thing for both of us, I can't help but want every part of her. Now if only we both knew how bad we were for each other.

Then you need to understand how to manage your emotions in a positive way. Unfortunately, most people get carried away by their own emotions. They are just unable to handle emotions like anger, sadness, resentment, anxiety. They are literally sucked in by negativity and this affects their private life and their work. However, learning to manage your emotions is possible and thanks to this ultimate guide you will learn how to do it. You will understand how to correctly manage emotions, even when everything seems to play against you.

Analyzing people is an unprecedented pleasure in life and a way to gain insight into how other people live. When you learn to analyze the people you meet, you understand the direction they come from, so you can associate with them more easily. Keep reading. In this audiobook you will learn techniques to decipher common body languages, and the eyes will give us non-verbal communication. Give a perspective. Learn how to give. This audiobook also explores ways to understand the importance of self and context.

When we live our lives via empathy, we see life and are living life from a foundation of kindness and compassion which helps us in becoming more than we already are and gives the same to all those that we come into contact with. If you are interested by deepening your emotional focus and in growing your emotional intelligence in methods that enhance aware, co-innovative living, then this audiobook is for you.

With Dark Psychology and Manipulation Techniques, you'll learn the way to inform if the people in your life harbor sick intentions against you. Or if new love interests who appear charming at the beginning are seemingly to turn into stingy and manipulative people once you have let them into your life.

Do you need a self-confidence boost?Would you like to learn simple and easy ways to improve your life?Self-Esteem is the ultimate guide to improving all aspects of your life with simple and effective tips and tricks that will make huge changes in your life.This book is chock-full of ideas to help boost your confidence, take control of your life, improve your outlook on life, recognize and appreciate the good things around you, help you learn to meditate effectively, how to use positive affirmations to make every day great, and more!

Afton Morrison, 26, is a small-town children’s librarian by day, on a murderous mission to make the world a better place by night. From the hunt for a violent sexual predator to the last stand against her tormentor, The Afton Morrison Series delves into a world of moral ambiguity and is told in four thrilling parts. Packed with suspense, grit, and action, this collection delivers an unlikely heroine in the form of a disturbed vigilante murderess....

In the mid-1950s, the House Un-American Activities Committee began investigating the communist influence in the entertainment industry. This searing docudrama from actual transcripts of the hearings reveals how decent people were persuaded to "name names", and the steep price paid by those who refused.

Strength to Forgive follows 19 year-old Aeron and his autistic twin brother as they start over in Cadbury, Oklahoma. Aeron meets Luke, a diner owner, and their romance unfolds. It is told in dual POV between Aeron and Luke.

Nelson Algren reading from The Man With the Golden Arm, James Jones reading from The Thin Red Line, John Updike reading “Lifeguard” from Pigeon Feathers and Other, Bernard Malamud reading from “The Mourners” from The Magic Barrre.

James Jones brings powerful emotion and expression to his reading of the famous passage from his celebrated World War II novel in which Private Prewitt plays a version of Taps that expresses "the requiem of the common soldier".

Nathan Rhodes has put hockey first for most of his life, but as graduation looms, he has a different goal in mind. He needs to come out and reclaim his first love. If only Caleb will believe him....Theater geek Caleb Stockwell gave up on love when his boyfriend chose the closet over being with an openly bisexual guy. Now, he hides his heartbreak behind a string of casual hookups. He loves the drama on stage, but he’s done with the drama of Nathan Rhodes. For good.

All six episodes of the gloriously gritty comedy crime drama. Taggart meets A Touch of Cloth in this parody police procedural featuring DI Bob Boxer and his sidekick DC Shona Doberman. They're an unlikely couple of cops - he's grizzled, old-school and wears a cardigan; she's young, instinctive and wields a Blackberry. But together they tackle cases so tough, they'd make Frost flinch and Rebus run away....