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Born Bright, C. Nicole Mason's powerful memoir, is a story of reconciliation, constrained choices, and life on the other side of the tracks. Born in the 1970s in Los Angeles, California, Mason was raised by a beautiful but volatile 16-year-old single mother. Early on, she learned to navigate between an unpredictable home life and school, where she excelled. By high school, Mason was seamlessly straddling two worlds.

It's 1876 and Dr. Viveca Lancaster is frustrated by the limits placed upon female physicians of color. When she is offered the chance to set up a practice in the small all-black community of Grayson Grove, Michigan, she leaves her California home and heads east. The very determined Viveca knows all about fighting for her rights. But she may need more than determination to face down the distractingly handsome Nate Grayson, the Grove's bull-headed mayor.

As a child, Hester Wyatt escaped slavery, but now the dark-skinned beauty is a member of Michigan's Underground Railroad, offering other runaways a chance at the freedom she has learned to love. When one of her fellow conductors brings her an injured man to hide, Hester doesn't hesitate...even after she is told about the price on his head. The man in question is known as the "Black Daniel," a vital member of the North's Underground Railroad network.

When acclaimed mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers first began compiling anthologies of the best crime stories in the 1920s and ’30s, the genre was in the flush of its first golden age. While it is hard to imagine today - after every possible mystery plot has been told, retold, subverted, and played straight again by hundreds of writers over nearly a century - in Sayers’s day there were still twists that had never been seen, and machinations of crime that would shock even jaded Jazz Age fans.

He's successful, kind, and sensitive - the type of man every woman wants. And truck driver Calvin Ramsey just loves women - especially the lonely, unappreciated ones he meets online, like Lola Poole. His deceitful ex-wife taught him that women really appreciate someone who cares about their deepest feelings and problems.

From the author of the “engrossing” (People) and “poignant” (Booklist) international best seller The Room on Rue Amélie comes a remarkable and moving story of love, danger, and betrayal: two women in France in the darkest days of World War II and another in present-day America on a quest to uncover the secret that connects them.

Este pack incluye: 1- El Deathbringer Carmesí 2- El Viper Dorado 3- La Flota Oscura Cuando la Tierra se ve envuelta en medio de una guerra intergaláctica, la única esperanza de supervivencia de la humanidad, recae en un heterogéneo grupo de héroes inverosímiles, en los que se incluye un piloto de combate, una especialista de rodaje, un súper-asesino y un extraterrestre bromista. Jim, un piloto de combate con sentido del humor que sufre TOC, está a punto de proponerle matrimonio a su novia, cuando los sorprende su amigo Kurt al presentarse en su casa, herido y cubierto de sangre. ...

Despite their differences, Noah and Gracie are searching for answers to the same questions, and, together, they set out to uncover the truth about the Austin Police Department's dark and messy past. But the scandal that emerges is bigger than they bargained for, and goes far higher up than they ever imagined.

Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in 20th-century literature. In this charged collection of 15 essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class and propounds social difference as a vehicle for action and change. Her prose is incisive, unflinching, and lyrical, reflecting struggle but ultimately offering messages of hope.

El investigador y escritor Robin de Ruiter, lleva muchos años dedicado al estudio de las sectas destructivas. Después de haber estado infiltrado en la organización de los Testigos de Jehová por más de dos años, nos ofrece un extraordinario estudio sobre los poderes secretos que están detrás de esta peligrosa organización. Este libro contiene una mina de datos que sólo se encuentran después de una laboriosa investigación.

Every Moment Holy, Volume III: The Work of the People is a book of over 100 new liturgies for daily life, drawing on a range of writers, artists, poets, songwriters, pastors, and illustrators (with Douglas Kaine McKelvey both writing and editing). With prayers by Malcolm Guite, Ellie Holcomb, Philip Yancey, Ruth Chou Simons, Sho Baraka, Andrew Peterson and more, this collection represents a community of believers engaged in the work of reminding all of us that our lives are shot through with sacred purpose and eternal hopes even in the midst of the everyday moments that make up our lives.

Savannah Graham thought she had the perfect marriage...until grief drove her husband into the arms of his best friend’s wife. Now, she believes revenge is the only way her heart can heal from the betrayal. For 52 years, Ollie Moss lived side by side with the love of his life, his wife Elizabeth. But now that she’s gone, so is his desire to live, despite the love from his children, and his beloved grandson Samuel. Can anything save Ollie’s life?

Sobrevivirá la galaxia? Kanoor ha caído. Los Xortaags están de regreso para vengarse. No son del tipo; perdonar y olvidar. Han conquistado el mundo natal de los Akakies y ahora, ponen su mirada sobre la Tierra. Tras aplicar ingeniería inversa a la tecnología avanzada que robaron en Kanoor, tienen las claves para gobernar el universo para siempre. Le corresponde a Jim y a sus amigos el salvar no solo a la humanidad, sino a todas las especies inteligentes de la galaxia. Para empeorar las cosas, una amenaza aún más siniestra se cierne en la oscuridad. Sin el conocimiento de nuestros ...

Cuando la Tierra se ve envuelta en medio de una guerra intergaláctica, la única esperanza de supervivencia de la humanidad, recae en un heterogéneo grupo de héroes inverosímiles, en los que se incluye un piloto de combate, una especialista de rodaje, un súper-asesino y un extraterrestre bromista. Jim, un piloto de combate con sentido del humor que sufre TOC, está a punto de proponerle matrimonio a su novia, cuando los sorprende su amigo Kurt al presentarse en su casa, herido y cubierto de sangre. Este es solo el comienzo de los problemas de Jim, porque poco después, su vida se ve ...

Este libro te ofrece una nueva filosofía y una fórmula de cambio profundo para disfrutar de una vida realmente plena, con una gran fortaleza personal, autenticidad, un trabajo de lo más gratificante y un estilo de vida armonioso. Por fin sentirás que la verdadera fortuna te sonríe.

Princess Charlotte’s entire life had been planned. Right up until the moment her fiancé is kidnapped on her wedding day, sending the entire kingdom hurtling toward disaster. Charlie has never left the protective grounds of the castle, but to save her intended, she’ll trade her crown for a sword and forge into dangerous rebel lands alongside her fiancé’s arrogant older brother, Logan. He thinks she’s a spoiled princess. She’s about to prove him wrong. But each step deeper into the enemy’s world confirms nothing is what it seems.

Galina has been looking for a way out. So when she has the chance to break free of her kingdom and the man who wants to own her, she has no choice but to see it through. Even if it means collecting on a life debt from the worst decision she’s ever made. Davin’s mistakes are catching up to him. A lifetime of being the biggest scandal in the Lochlannian royal family has finally landed his people in danger. So when Galina shows up at his door in need of a betrothal, it might just solve all of his problems.

When it comes to adult friendships, we’re woefully inept: We barely manage to show up for our own commitments, let alone maintain our relationships. What’s more, we’re living in an uncharted social landscape with new conventions on how to relate - one where actual phone calls are reserved for Mom (if anyone), “dropping in” is unheard-of, and “flaking out” is routine.

A través de sus páginas, conocemos la extraordinaria historia de Julian Mantle, un abogado de éxito que, tras sufrir un ataque al corazón, debe afrontar el gran vacío de su existencia. Inmerso en esta crisis existencial, Julian toma la radical decisión de vender todas sus pertenencias y viajar a la India. Es en un monasterio del Himalaya donde aprende las sabias y profundas lecciones de los monjes sobre la felicidad, el coraje, el equilibrio y la paz interior.

Encuentra tu genio creativo es una invitación a realizar un cambio de mentalidad utilizando tu creatividad e imaginación para sentirte mejor y lograr el bienestar en tu vida. Si estás en un camino de desarrollo personal o si recién inicias tu viaje de autoconocimiento, tu genio creativo será un gran al que podrás recurrir cada vez que quiera. Te cuento por qué creo que soñar, despierta Quiero animarte a descubrir si ¿tu vida es todo lo que soñabas? Veremos de qué se trata tomar decisiones con ingenio Comprobarás que la imaginación es la fuente de todo lo que existe Te ...