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A chorus of extraordinary voices comes together to tell one of history’s great epics: the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present—edited by Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist, and Keisha N. Blain, author of Set the World on Fire. The story...

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Hugh van Cuylenburg was a primary school teacher volunteering in northern India when he had a life-changing realisation: despite the underprivileged community the children were from, they were remarkably positive. By contrast, back in Australia Hugh knew that all too many children struggled with depression, social anxieties and mental illness. His own little sister had been ravaged by anorexia nervosa. How was it that young people he knew at home, who had food, shelter, friends and a loving family, struggled with their mental health, while these kids seemed so contented and resilient?

Two friends, a renovation project, and complex layers of history that are destined to repeat. Claire and Roxie team up to purchase an old house in the country in an attempt to leave the trials of their lives behind them. The women are both nursing fresh wounds from recent traumas and an unhurried fix-and-flip project represents an appealing change of direction. Eager to get the renovations underway, they start to peel away decades of wallpaper with the intention of bringing the house back to life. The project has barely begun when Roxie announces that she has invited her new boyfriend to ...

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One of The Economist’s Best Books of 2023 The secrets to successfully planning and delivering ambitious, complex projects on any scale—from home renovation to space exploration—by the world's leading expert on megaprojects. Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a...

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post NPR Marie Claire In...

What's it like to live in government subsidized housing? Speaking from experience - it sucks! No one wants to live in the projects. As a child, my broken family was forced to move into the HUD projects of California. I lost my house, my dog and my dad. Mom kept us safe from harm and helped us to enjoy our time, but there were still parts of life in the projects that were terrible. The stories in this book are mostly true. They capture the essence of living poor in the United States in the 1980s. You can get away from the projects, but could you ever get out of them?

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BUILD THE HOUSE God’s Great Construction Project God desires to have a family on earth that corresponds to him, with whom he can maintain a relationship of love and intimacy. He invites us to build with him the house where we can live together for eternity. In this book, you will find fourteen dimensions of the building plan for the house that God desires: It Is a Command from God It Must Be Our Passion It Is a Revival Movement Build a Great House The Provision for Building the House No One Can Build Alone Two Opposing Houses We Are His House A House Is an Established Family Begin with ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Wonderfully tender and hilariously funny, Eligible tackles gender, class, courtship, and family as Curtis Sittenfeld reaffirms herself as one of the most dazzling authors writing today. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND THE TIMES (UK) This version...

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