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A medio camino entre la fantasía mítica y la cruda realidad de los guetos negros en los años sesenta, La canción de Salomón narra la historia familiar de un próspero hombre de negocios que ha tratado de ocultar sus orígenes para integrarse en la sociedad blanca.

Pese a sus esfuerzos, su hijo decide tomar el camino opuesto. Lejos de rehuir a sus iguales como hizo su padre, entrará en un círculo de gente dispuesta a reaccionar contra la violencia de los blancos y emprenderá un viaje en busca de un tesoro que habrá de conducirle a los orígenes de su raza.

Fragmentos de diarios, dietarios, epifanías, aforismos y poemas que dan fe de los extraordinarios logros del "Dylan negro". Al tiempo que componen una conmovedora estampa de sus tempranas vivencias y de su peripecia vital; salpicada con los recuerdos de los momentos compartidos con otros compañeros de armas Bob Marley, Michael Jackson y también por la aparición de sus mentores en la industria musical Clive Davis, Stevie Wonder y en las procelosas aguas del mundo del libro.

Chronic pain sucks. It can hijack your life and leave you feeling scared, depressed, and lonely. Pain that rarely goes away impacts your relationships, your work, and your mental health. Yet doctors frequently neglect to mention these critical aspects of pain, leaving you to navigate them alone.

To discover the true role of Black women in the creation of American, and especially Southern, cuisine, Toni Tipton-Martin has spent years amassing one of the world’s largest private collections of cookbooks published by African-American authors, looking for evidence of their impact on American food, families, and communities and for ways we might use that knowledge to inspire community wellness of every kind. The Jemima Code presents more than 150 Black cookbooks that range from a rare 1827 house servant’s manual to modern classics.

Energy Dynamics~Energy Mastery, appears to be a book, however, in actuality it is an energetic experience. An experience that is delicately woven together with gossamer threads of ancient mystery school wisdom-teachings, personal experiences, and modern-day quantum science language and context. Linked together, these threads reveal the mystical dominion, authority and quantum power that lives in you. Many years ago, in a moment of deep meditation, during the awe and wonder of the Silence, the words I AMflashed across my heart. I AM, like a lightning bolt flashing during a rainstorm, began ...

In a world teeming with immortals and witches, Finn's life crumbles after a heart-wrenching loss. Tasked with hunting down a powerful witch, Bree, he faces a daunting truth – she belongs to the very bloodline he once decimated. Now, Finn stands at a crossroads, torn between vengeance and an audacious plan: can he harness the witch's power to resurrect the love he thought was lost forever? Dive into a realm of dark secrets, magic, and unbreakable bonds in this electrifying supernatural thriller.

Cuando Violet y Joe Trace, un matrimonio entrado en años, llegan a Nueva York huyendo de la intolerancia de su Virginia natal, creen que podrán vivir en libertad sin importar el color de su piel. Pero el Harlem de los años '20, foco de un vibrante renacimiento cultural, les depara apuros inesperados. Joe acabará cometiendo un horrendo crimen pasional, mientras que Violet se verá obligada a convivir con sus celos y las repercusiones del acto de su marido.



Compelling Conversations has been chosen by English teachers, conversation clubs, private tutors, and conversation courses in over 50 countries! 
This innovative, flexible English as a Second Language (ESL) textbook helps advanced English Language Learners develop conversation skills and improve fluency by sharing experiences, reflecting on their lives, and discussing proverbs and quotations. The ESL book includes 45 thematic chapters, over 1,350 questions, 500 vocabulary words, 250 proverbs and American idioms, and 500 quotations. Designed for both adult education and intensive ...

"Le 124 était habité de malveillance. Imprégné de la malédiction d'un bébé..."' À Bluestone Road, près de Cincinnati, vers 1870, les meubles volent, la lumière allume au sol des flaques de sang, des gâteaux sortent du four marqués de l'empreinte d'une petite main de bébé. Dix-huit ans après son acte de violence et d'amour maternel, Sethe l'ancienne esclave et les siens sont encore hantés par la petite fille de deux ans qu'elle a égorgée.

Briana and John come from vastly different backgrounds, each with their own set of challenges to overcome. Briana is a driven bartender working towards her forensic degree, while John is a simple man just trying to survive and lead his pack. Their paths cross on a fateful night, and the chemistry between them is explosive. However, their connection is threatened by the very real dangers that surround them.

O especialista em linguagem corporal apresenta um olhar inovador sobre as características das pessoas excepcionais—aquelas capazes de exercer influência positiva, liderar com eficiência e inspirar os outros.

 Nights of the Creaking Bed is full of colorful characters involved in affecting dramas.

Vera Woods is at her wit’s end. Her husband has run off with the nanny, leaving Vera with a broken heart, three very angry sons, and even less time to juggle the demands of family and her career. After her boys scare away a sixth replacement nanny, Vera is out of time off from work and desperately out of options. Still nursing an aching heart, she turns to an unlikely source for help - a manny.

Four young women are brutally attacked in a convent near an all-black town in America in the mid-1970s. The inevitability of this attack, and the attempts to avert it, lie at the heart of Paradise. Spanning the birth of the Civil Rights movement, Vietnam, the counter-culture and politics of the late 1970s, deftly manipulating past, present and future, this novel reveals the interior lives of the citizens of the town with astonishing clarity.

Have you ever been curious about what is being referred to as micro-dosing? Have you tried all kinds of therapy to help heal trauma that has constantly effected your life decisions and your happiness? Have you heard that psychedelic therapy can help allow you to improve your mental health? If you answered yes to any of these questions, than this book will help you get started on a journey.

El miedo y la pasión son sentimientos que nos hacen caminar al límite de nuestras fuerzas y nos empujan hacia delante, recorriendo caminos arriesgados. Florens, una joven de dieciséis años con manos de esclava y pies de princesa, recorre un largo trecho para buscar al hombre libre que llegó un día a la granja donde ella trabaja y fue capaz de curar la enfermedad del Dolor, una esclava, pero que al irse se llevó el amor de Florens.

Taylor, a physical trainer, has just inherited her grandfather’s B&B on Maui, but there’s a catch. She can’t have the deed until the day after her one-year wedding anniversary. She’d rather stick a fork in her eye than get hitched, but the B&B is a dream come true. So all she has to do is find a woman who will agree to fake a marriage. How hard can it be?

Así empieza Paraíso, con esta horrible escena de violencia. El pueblo de Ruby, Oklahoma, se fundó en los años cuarenta por descendientes de esclavos liberados y supervivientes de un éxodo hostil. Esta comunidad patriarcal está erigida sobre los cimientos de la justicia, el respeto mutuo y el amor al prójimo. Pero en los setenta esos valores han sido sustituidos por el miedo. El paraíso terrenal que se habían construido se estaba desmoronando.

Welcome Trusted Adults & Brownstone Buddies to What's Poppin' Penny? : A Whimsical Podcast for Preschoolers and Families! Join us as we embark on enchanting journeys with Penny Wright, a curious preschooler with brown skin and curly hair who lives in a cozy multi-generational household filled with love, laughter, and learning. Penny's life takes a magical turn when she finds a teddy bear in a box of her grandfather's belongings during a game of hide-and-seek with her grandmother, Spicy.Thanks to a familial poem her grandfather taught her, Penny learns that when your past is just your ...

A True Tale Of Rags To Riches of African American Transgender I Rise, the controversial coming of age novel by Toni Newman will bring tears of joy and perseverance I Rise, is the true story of Toni Newman’s transformation from an effeminate, conflicted male to a proud, educated transsexual. You will follow Toni on her rise from a “sissy boy,” a scholarship student, a business professional, an escort, a drag queen, a NYC prostitute, an LA dominatrix, and finally, a transsexual attending law school in order to help her transsexual sisters in need. Along Toni’s journey you will see the...