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"Many know about Mrs. Rosa Parks's courageous act in 1955 that catalyzed the modern Civil Rights movement and forever changed the landscape of American race relations. But few have read these thoughtful and inspiring words from one of the nation's most beloved heroes. Reflections by Rosa Parks celebrates the principles and conviction that guided her through a life marked by resilient strength and character. Now, decades later, read her own words about...
242) Annie John
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Episodes from the young life of Annie John, aged 10 to 17, as she grows up on the Caribbean Island of Antigua. This is a magical coming-of-age tale, ripe with the special ambience of its tropical setting and sustained by Annie's far from naive awareness of the world around her. Death, illness, and poverty intrude on the narrator's perceptive sensibility from time to time, but even these experiences instruct her and expand her understanding of life...
244) The crow rider
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Thia yearns to trust her crow, Res, his unstable magic, and herself enough to lead the rebellion against the Illucian empire and become the crow rider she was meant to be.--
245) Unburnable
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Haunted by scandal and secrets, Lillian Baptiste fled Dominica when she was fourteen after discovering she was the daughter of Iris, the half-crazy woman whose life was told of in chanté mas songs sung during Carnival-songs about a village on a mountaintop littered with secrets, masquerades that supposedly fly and wreak havoc, and a man who suddenly and mysteriously dropped dead.
After twenty years away, Lillian returns to her native island to...
246) The ancestors
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In this collection of flesh-crawling tales, each author contributes one deliciously twisted selection. A writer unearths dangerous truths in backwoods Mississippi and a man's sanity--and life--are threatened by disturbing visions. Then, in the third and final tale, two children are forced to face off against terrifying ancestors.
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"What is feminism? In this short, accessible primer, bell hooks explores the nature of feminism and its positive promise to eliminate sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. With her characteristic clarity and directness, hooks encourages readers to see how feminism can touch and change their lives--to see that feminism is for everybody"--
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"Heal your past, discover your true purpose, and become a powerful source of inspiration and leadership with The Four Sacred Gifts, a collection of Aztec and global indigenous wisdom for modern life. Given the ongoing changes in our economic, social, political, and physical environment, we are often left gulping for air as we ride the powerful waves of change. Modern life overloads us with information yet lacks the true wisdom we seek. In this book,...
249) Cara the sea turtle
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Cara the sea turtle takes us on the adventure of her life.
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On January 21, 2017, the day after Donald J. Trump's inauguration, more than three million marchers of all ages and walks of life took to the streets as part of the largest protest in American history. Compiled by Women's March organizers, in partnership with Condé Nast and Glamour Editor-in-Chief Cindi Leive, this book chronicles this remarkable uprising and provides an unprecedented look at the beginning of a resistance movement to reclaim our...
252) Lucy
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Lucy has left the West Indies for a job in New York, but she discovers that her employers' perfect lives are not what they seem.
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Lychford novels volume 3
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"It's a period of turmoil in Britain, with the country's politicians electing to remove the UK from the European Union, despite ever-increasing evidence that the public no longer supports it. The small town of Lychford is suffering, but what can three rural witches do to guard against the unknown? And why are unwary hikers being led over the magical borders by their smartphones' mapping software? Is the European question really important enough to...
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The only book with exclusive analysis by the Pulitzer Prize-winning staff of The Washington Post, and the most complete and authoritative available. Read the findings of the Special Counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, complete with accompanying analysis by the Post reporters who've covered the story from the beginning. This edition from The Washington Post/Scribner contains: --The long-awaited report -- An introduction...
255) A small place
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As she bears witness to the sweeping corruption, dilapidated buildings and shameful legacy of Antigua's colonial past, Kincaid compels us to think about the people behind the beautiful landscape of this tiny island.
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Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions has sold over half a million copies since its original publication in 1983, acclaimed for its witty, warm, and life-changing view of the world, "as if women mattered." Steinem's truly personal writing is here, from the now-famous exposé, "I Was a Playboy Bunny," to the moving tribute to her mother "Ruth's Song (Because She Could Not Sing It)". Her prescient essays on female genital mutilation and the difference...
257) The Anna anointing
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Boldly change your life and those you influence by developing an ear to not only hear, but to also listen to God's heart.
God released grace upon Anna to fast and pray unto the revelation of Jesus to the earth the first time. God is releasing a similar grace upon a whole generation of women who will operate in a similar anointing as Anna's unto the revelation of Jesus to the earth in His second coming.
This book will be the catalyst for a prayer...
258) Blessings: a novel
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A novel on motherhood whose protagonists are four women working in a Los Angeles hair salon. The white woman neglects her children, one black has problems with them, a second is planning single motherhood, and a third, infertile, has difficulty finding a child to adopt.
259) Unraveling
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"Dr. Miranda Ecouvo, forensic therapist of the City, just helped put a serial killer behind bars. But she soon discovers that her investigation into seven unusual murders is not yet complete. A near-death experience throws her out of time and into a realm of labyrinths and spirits. There, she encounters brothers Chance and the Trickster, who have an otherworldly interest in the seemingly mundane crimes from her files. It appears the true mastermind...