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Despite the best efforts of researchers and campaigners, there remains today a steadfast tendency to reduce the history of African and Caribbean people in Britain to a simple story: it is one that begins in 1948 with the arrival of a single ship, the Empire Windrush, and continues mostly apart from a distinct British history, overlapping only on occasion amid grotesque injustice or pioneering protest. Yet from the very beginning, from the moment humans first stood on this rainy isle, there have been African and Caribbean men and women set at Britain's heart.

Laura and her family, the most skilled blacksmiths in Flatlash, have had a better life than some of the other commoners in the Keep, seeing few winters where food and heat were scarce. But she dreams of more, thinking to reach beyond her station. Daring to change her stars and write her own destiny, she petitions the Crown to grant her, a mere serf, lands in which to start a mine that would raise her to the rank of nobility, and start a revolution in mining in all the lands of Sparo, taking her place in this new age of heroes.

As if it wasn't bad enough to be deemed the "most single person" at her magazine's office, budding reporter Penny has now been tapped to write a series of features called "The Dating Itinerary." From speed dating to Tinder, old-fashioned matchmakers to up-and-coming "dark dating," Penny has to go on a lot of dates. Silver lining: meeting new people should be fun, right? But running into her old rival, George, at her first dating event is decidedly not. Not only does the arrogant know-it-all have zero trouble attracting women, wherever Penny goes, somehow he just. Keeps. Showing. Up.

En palabras de Antonio Muñoz Molina, “cada cuento de Consuelo Martínez Reyes contiene un mundo. Cada uno de los mundos está conectado con todos los demás. A cada cuento y a cada mundo le corresponde una voz. Cada voz es distinta, con la diferencia y la singularidad de las voces verdaderas, no las de la escritura, sino las voces de la vida que escuchamos y que nos revelan un carácter y un alma. Las voces singulares de los cuentos están conectadas entre sí.

Kasis is an uninhabitable planet, yet there they were—inhabiting. It’s no wonder that prolonged colonization produced side effects. Or gifts. But with a militarized government that persecutes people for being different, using such a gift could mean certain death. Auburn Alendra is one of the gifted. Her power allows her to hear into the deepest corners of the polluted city, gathering secrets and using them to her advantage. When one of those secrets threatens her very existence—along with thousands of others throughout the city—Auburn must do everything it takes to fight back.

This touching story reveals how the good Princess Jenny, ruler of her peaceful country called Placida, meets a crisis when the wicked queen who rules the country next to hers stirs up trouble by sending a spy to steal Jenny's beloved puppy. Children will love how this story unfolds, with adventure, animals, intrigue, and a love story besides! Princess Jenny and the Stolen Puppy aspires to be the most charming and gentle way ever to introduce children to the harsh realities of international conflict.

It was supposed to be like any other night out for Deandra Sings and her 14-year-old daughter, Lola. They bought the concert tickets months in advance, planned their outfits early, and set aside all other obligations to make for a fun-filled Friday in downtown Toronto. They didn’t expect to be threatened. They didn’t expect to be killed. Now Deandra is back—and she won’t rest until her daughter is avenged. She has five targets. She knows their names; she knows their faces. She’s broken the barrier of death itself. The only thing that she lacks is mercy.

There's only one problem with this whole "author career" of mine, and it's that I'm not actually making all that much money from it. I like to say I have a burgeoning career; I am making a living, but it's a pretty dismal living. But that's all about to change. I've got a new game plan, a pen that's mightier than a sword—but not literally because I'm terrified of violence—and a bunch of words to put down on paper.

Azlana's best friend set out to save her, only to become a captive of the Fairy Queen. Now it is up to her to travel to the Twilight Realm to save Luka, but there was one thing she didn't account for: The Darkness doesn't want to go back. When Anhedonia forces Azlana to leave the Realm prematurely, she's met with another task: reclaiming two of the imprisoned Amasai from the human king. Wielding that much power may very well kill her, but it is also her only chance at freedom. Can Azlana rise to the challenge, or will her desire to own her own destiny lead her to her own undoing?

Katya is in love with Azovka, the Mistress of Copper Mountain. Katya's fiancée Danilo dares carve Azovka an impossible flower of stone. They witness the ruthlessness of the Romanovs and clutches of corrupt bailiffs in the Ural Mountains, where Azovka's Copper Men have ruled since they were first mined out of Mount Azov. But when Azovka begins to turns to stone, Katya fears the worst - and that Danilo will follow Azovka to a Hell of malachite shadow. With Baba Yaga's guidance, and the magick in her veins, Katya must save them all!

You’re on LinkedIn, but you’re not sure you’re getting the most out of it. You’re open to learning, but you need some guidance on how to be more effective at your time and efforts on LinkedIn. And, you believe you can have fun while learning. I mean, obviously. Otherwise, what the heck are you doing considering buying an audiobook called, Social Media Pie? That’s crazy talk, right? Or, is it brilliant? Probably a bit of both.

I first became aware of my leather fetish when I was a young teen. My parents owned a bar, and I would sneak around and spy through bullet holes to see what the hot biker guys were doing. I want nothing more than take a tall, hot biker type guy with a leather jacket under my control. This is a fantasy story about just that: I bust a leather hottie for doing something naughty and have him take me back to his place and some fun ensues.

Cindy Mayfield is a OSI (Office of Special Investigations) Special Agent. She joined the OSI to learn more about the government lie called MK-Ultra, a lie she learned about as a Correctional Officer at California Medical Facility. This leads her on the trail of virus and vaccine recipes, and ultimately, to China. Her OSI controller stumbles onto 2020 Presidential Ballots, printed in Guangdong, China. Agent Mayfield discovers a far bigger government lie than MK-Ultra - the COVID virus is tied to a coup d’état of the Presidential Election.

Racial and ethnic hostility is one of the most pervasive problems the church faces. It hinders our effectiveness as one body of believers. It damages our witness. Why won't this problem just go away? Because it is a spiritual battle. In response, we must employ spiritual weapons - prayer, repentance, forgiveness. In this book Brenda Salter McNeil and Rick Richardson provide a model of racial reconciliation, social justice, and spiritual healing that creates both individual and communal transformation.

This audiobook is a collection of personal stories of people I have come in contact with over my life but mostly over the last 23 years of my career as a Speech-Language Pathologist who specializes in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). For those that don’t know that vocabulary, I usually explain my job by saying “think Stephen Hawking”. He is the most famous person I can think of that used AAC to communicate, and he is also the best example of a person who is highly intelligent but struggles to communicate verbally.

Lem’s a mace-wielding teen space-ninja in a universe of sentient insectoids, purple jungles, and insane electromagnetic fields. She solves most problems by hitting harder, and never plays by her enemy's rules - until Jared Diebol captures her. Diebol is the rising leader of an army uniting the galaxy by force. He believes that the violent energy being Njande has “contaminated” Lem and her friends from another dimension to conquer the matter-based universe. Diebol’s army usually kills contaminated people - but he vows to cure Lem.

When Emile Reed went back to Vesta Corp to save her loved ones, she'd been deprogrammed. Thirteen had regained control, forcing her to become a prisoner inside of her own body. She has been left to live alongside Thirteen, able to hear everything that occurs around her, but unable to react…until she sees him.

La vida es sorprendentemente maravillosa y caótica a la vez. Ser humano implica lidiar con situaciones que desafían nuestra existencia, donde la realidad parece ser una ruta inalterable y el sufrimiento, el chofer designado. Ahora, tu forma de percibir tal realidad se puede transformar. Lo primero será cambiar la manera en que te ves y encontrar una forma efectiva de avanzar.

Baya is not sure whether she wants the life her mother has planned for her. She has been prepared her entire life for three trials. That’s all…only three ancient tests in three days. A lifetime worth of work over in a matter of days. Easy right? Then, she will officially be a woman and in line to become the ruler of the world, or she’ll be dead. But, what if she doesn’t want either of those options? If she can survive the trials, that’s when the real challenges will begin.

Coworkers Nathan Crenshaw and Janice Livingston once had a passionate relationship that went up in flames and created a strained environment at their place of employment. Since then Janice has tried to move on. Unfortunately, they have to work together, and unfortunately, she’s still very attracted to Nathan.