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How to Be Less Stupid About Race is your essential guide to breaking through the half truths and ridiculous misconceptions that have thoroughly corrupted the way race is represented in the classroom, pop culture, media, and politics. Centuries after our nation was founded on genocide, settler colonialism, and slavery, many Americans are kinda-sorta-maybe waking up to the reality that our racial politics are (still) garbage. But in the midst of this reckoning, widespread denial and misunderstandings about race persist.

Social worker, activist, and cultural commentator Feminista Jones explores how Black women are changing culture, society, and the landscape of feminism by building digital communities and using social media as powerful platforms. As Jones reveals, some of the best-loved devices of our shared social media language are a result of Black women’s innovations, from well-known, movement-building hashtags (#BlackLivesMatter, #SayHerName, and #BlackGirlMagic) to the now ubiquitous use of threaded tweets as a marketing and storytelling tool.

This audiobook is the first to describe the history, folklore, assessment methods, and remedies of Southern and Appalachian folk medicine - the only system of folk medicine, other than Native American, that developed in the US. One of the system's last active practitioners, Phyllis D. Light has studied and worked with herbs, foods, and other healing techniques for more than 30 years. In everyday language, she explains how Southern and Appalachian folk medicine was passed down orally through the generations by herbalists and healers.

In Deep Calling to Deep, Dr. William Lero sets the stage for you to partner with the Holy Spirit on an inner healing journey to the depths of your heart and soul. The only way to go deep, to get totally real with God and with yourself, is to be brave. With gentleness, Lero leads the way by guiding you into the “caves” in your heart where you’ve been hiding … caves of shame, fear, offense at God, doubt, and unforgiveness, among others. Living in these caves has kept you from trusting God fully, loving him freely, and just weighed you down in life.

An insightful look at how cross-racial friendships work and fail within American society.

I have one job... Keep Kerry safe. She's in the hospital, so I guess that makes me a crappy guardian angel. It is supposed to be simple. Kerry is my charge. My task is to silently watch over her and keep her out of harm's way. I've never before had a problem just keeping my humans alive. But Kerry is different. Everything about her draws me in. My wings are literally burning with desire for her. I'm tempted to reveal myself to her, even though I know I shouldn't. She makes me vulnerable. My vulnerability puts her at risk, and I can't allow that.

Reneé felt like all was lost after her car accident. Helped through her challenges by prayer and guidance from Jesus, Reneé eventually decided to transform her tragedy into triumph and create an inspirational guidebook. It was intended to lift others out of the darkness and into the light that comes with healthy eating and exercise. Reneé shares a multitude of low- impact exercises accompanied by inspiring quotes and scripture that invite participants of all levels of fitness to begin moving to reduce stress and achieve a healthier lifestyle.

Sport: A Stage for Life aims not just to inspire you, but to guide you in applying the lessons of sport so that you may evolve in your own journey of self-development and transformation. You will learn how a father and his daughter applied these lessons in building successful corporate careers and enriching their personal lives.

Have you ever felt like something was holding you back? Do you feel like you cannot let go of a certain moment in your life? Do you feel like if you could just let go of that particular hour, day, month, year, or decade, your current life would be completely different? Your love life, marriage, passion, peace, friendships, career, relationships in your family, and most importantly, the way you feel about yourself and the world would be different!

First a runaway. Now running for her life. Won't Jill Shepherd's family be surprised when she returns to Grand Island, Michigan, to end their lies and scheme to have her declared legally dead? But when Jill exposes the mastermind behind her intended death, her family's deception may kill any chance she has of remaining alive. Clay Merrick may seem to be little more than a handy-man restoring homes, but when the former Special Forces operative tracks a brutal killer to Jill's house, he has most of the evidence he needs to bring the killer to justice...until Jill gets in the way.

Christmas has always been a happy affair for the Friessens, but this year, as the family returns home, they are faced with more than a few challenges - from the crazy whirlwind of an on-again, off-again romance to a fairytale marriage now on the rocks, with more secrets than the family knows what to do with. Can the Friessens pull together this holiday season, and will the gift of love be all they need?

This audiobook is about a 51-year-old active, independent, healthy, Christian woman who was doing what she loved running a art business and working for a travel company. On October 8, 2008 she suffered a massive stroke that would change her life forever. She tells of her miraculous recovery and her faith and trust in God knowing he would bring her through the many challenges she would face to obtain what she had worked many years for.

My Wingmen is a true account of my journey with angels. They entered my world during a period of inner reflection as I researched personal growth during a challenging life transition. The books I was drawn to came alive as I read about alternate realities and spiritual concepts. I witnessed these realities as my home became a stomping ground for angels and spirit guides, where I enjoyed their appearances and intervention.

This audiobook is designed to help improve the life of a long-forgotten yet vital segment of our society - the truck drivers. Truck driving is one of the most dangerous occupations in the country, and drivers suffer a greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, sleep apnea, stroke, and other illnesses, mostly related to obesity and inactivity. But it doesn’t have to be this way. In this audiobook, you will learn how to reverse disease, lose weight, exercise on the road, and eat right.

Why am I here? What is my purpose? What events have led me to here and now? In The Résumé of Life, author Terry J. Walker helps you address these questions and more. This life-changing audiobook is packed with questions and insight to help you find your own answers and your own truth to better understand why you are here, what you have done in your life, and where you wish to go.

When Melissa begins work on restoring the painting of an intriguing aristocratic lady, little does she know that her story, and that of her subject, are about to become entwined. Transported back to the time of Dukes and stately balls, grand houses, and gracious ladies, Melissa finds herself playing the part of her alter-ego Charlotte. As she navigates her way through the social airs and graces of her new-found life, she soon discovers that being a woman in the time of the Regency is very different to the life she had lived in New York City.

Learning to Dance in the Rain II, by Shelby Wagner, is a compelling and inspirational story of loss and grief which encourages healing and activity as the means to progress beyond the grief and return to a life of balance and well-being. The author’s 78 years of life experiences are carefully woven into informative discussions about multiple topics of interest including quality decision-making, self-awareness, and lifestyle comparisons so that listeners can determine what they want to be “when they grow up".

In "Along Came Hell, or So I Thought," witness a profound journey of spiritual transformation as one woman grapples with the shocking revelation of her husband's betrayal after forty-four years of marriage. This heart-wrenching narrative delves deep into the core of family trauma, shedding light on the dark corners of sexual abuse within a seemingly normal household. It's a poignant growth book that doesn't just tell a story; it escorts listeners through the tumultuous pathways of emotional healing, guided by a steadfast Christian perspective on trauma.

The expression, "Don't judge a book by its cover" applies to this book. You will be captivated the author's command of the English language, the fluency and fluidity of his style of writing, and the beauty and complexity of his rhyming scheme. Each poem will make you think, hence the title of the book.

You already know how to lose weight: eat less and move more. Why isn’t it working? If only you could make yourself not eat when your mind is screaming for your favorite foods. In Meditate Yourself Fit, author Annamarie Jackson offers a way to prepare yourself physically, strategically, and spiritually to set yourself up for a lifelong, successful relationship with food.