“Herein lies the tragedy of the age: not that men are poor, — all men know something of poverty; not that men are wicked, — who is good? not that men are ignorant, — what is Truth? Nay, but that men know so little of men.”The Souls of Black Folk was published in 1903 as a collection of essays from W.E.B. Du Bois, an African-American sociologist who wrote frequently about his experiences as a Black man for magazines and other publications.This book is comprised of 14 essays,...

Witness powerful stories about the effects and realities of living in a prejudiced society in this audio bundle of classic Black narratives. These selections are both fictional and nonfictional stories of living in a society that devalues and dehumanizes the lives of Black people. Though all four of these books were written over a hundred years ago, the realities within are still important for modern readers to read and understand.12 Years a Slave — This i...

He loved her first…Ellie Norman stays away from relationships, thank you very much. It’s been almost three decades since Wayne Maxwell crushed her heart and fled Oro Beach to become an international blues star, and she’s never forgotten it—or him. But at least he’s long-gone, and she can enjoy her peaceful seaside hometown, her bookstore, and her solitude.Which makes it especially infuriating when Wayne waltzes into her store one day and ruins all ...

“If American conscience were only half alive, if the American church and clergy were only half christianized, if American moral sensibility were not hardened by a persistent infliction of outrage and crime against colored people, a scream of horror, shame and indignation would rise to Heaven wherever your pamphlet shall be read.” —Frederick Douglass, to Ida B. Wells-BarnettIn 1892, investigative journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett published a pamphlet with unflinching and honest descri...

The author utilizes Bible scriptures to depict the essence of marriage. This faith-based manual breaks down solutions to a successful and healthy marriage."Marriage is like any investment, the more you put into your marriage the more you will get out of it. It is important to always appreciate the similarities and work on the differences."

Mme de Causans, la nouvelle dame de compagnie d’Élisabeth, doit participer à une grande cérémonie devant le roi et la reine. Ce jour-là, aucun faux pas ne sera permis ! La princesse et ses amis travaillent d’arrache-pied pour aider la jeune femme, mais les mésaventures se succèdent. Qui donc jalouse la dame au point de vouloir saboter la cérémonie ?

Break Your Personal Chains.After enduring years of tortuous beatings as a child and teenager that would make anyone's skin crawl, Lacy Weston vowed to not break. He realized that his future hopes and dreams would never come if he settled. Instead, he combined the powerful elements found in Transform Your Reality to save and transform his life, eventually leading to his title as a world champion and natural bodybuilder. Lacy decided at the age of 13 that he would help others reach t...

In 1934, in the middle of the Great Depression, millionaire Charles Bedaux spent $250,000 in an attempt to cross northern British Columbia in five motorized vehicles. The Bedaux Expedition ranks as one of the most audacious and unusual events in the province's history. Bannock and Beans tells the story of this extravagant failure from the perspective of one of the cowboys who worked on Bedaux's team. Bob White's reminiscences, recounted in the tradition of the cowboy storyteller, describe ...

Gerry Andrews (1903–2005) had many adventures in his 102 years. He was a rural school teacher, a forester, a soldier and a surveyor. His developments in aerial photography dramatically changed forestry in BC in the late 1930s and assisted the Allies in the D-Day landings. As BC's surveyor-general from 1951 to 1968, he supervised the mapping of the province's large construction projects, often using aerial photography. He referred to the process of mapping the landscape in an airplane as "p...

A beautiful young princess is in danger of being forced by her father the king to marry a prince she doesn't love. The king gets his way but by unknowingly taking advantage of an earlier indiscretion of her father the princess is able to manipulate him so that she gets his blessing to marry the handsome young courtier with whom she is in love and with whom she is having a heated affair.

In 1913, the BC government hired G.B. Milligan and E.B. Hart to each lead a small expedition that spent 18 months exploring the northeastern part of British Columbia. These expeditions helped provide the first detailed information of this region. Unfortunately, World War I began just as these men completed their work, and the information they gathered got filed away and forgotten in the shadow of the Great War. Now, on the centennial of these expeditions, historian Jay Sherwood's new book ...

These fifteen original stories, donated by authors to help keep local theater alive, are fun, quirky, imaginative, and bold - the perfect way to tide over audiences until local stage curtains can once again rise! Each tale turns the spotlight on some unusual snapshot of life or imagination. Sales from this book, along with generous donations from others in the community, will help local theaters survive and eventually thrive despite this most unfortunate "intermission." With new shows - an...