This study seeks to critically examine the field and function of social stratification, with emphasis on Africana phenomena. Phrased another way, this edited volume attempts to study and focus on who gets what and why, with regard to resources and structural application of support. The John Henrik Clarke query is who made this arrangement of leadership in America. Moreover, serving as a reference, this study will assist researchers in contextualizing and thematically examining the structur...

The most powerful agent God has released in the earth to manifest and establish His Kingdom is the Church. Jesus reveals his plan to establish the Church in Matthew 16 when he proclaims to his disciples, “on this rock I will build my church”. In that very same conversation, Jesus tells his disciples he is giving them the keys to the Kingdom! The church is the Father’s primary expression of the Kingdom of God on earth. But through the centuries, the connection between the Church and God’s K...

A lot of people claim they can provide audio production, Drew delivers! - Micheal MaxwellIf you're an author you know how hard it is to write, edit, format, and publish your book. There are so many people in the world that would love or even need your book. Unfortunately, with today's busy lifestyle more and more people are too busy to sit down and read a book. Not to mention those with disabilities that simply cannot read your book. This is why you need an audiobook version of you...

12 stories from the heart of South Minneapolis: Lake Street.Lake Street cuts across Minneapolis from west to east, from the urbane to the urban to the blue-collar. North and south, it is the dividing line between inner-city neighborhoods and tidy bedroom communities. Lake Street is a polyglot of people from all corners of the world mixing with lifelong Minneapolitans.These stories connect people's hope for a new beginning with the history of what was.

This book explores many of the theological and religious themes present in the Game of Thrones HBO television series and George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels. Written for academics yet accessible for the layperson, the chapters explore themes of power, religion, and sacred institutions in Westeros; Christian ecclesiology in the Night’s Watch and the religion of the Iron Islands; Augustinian notions of evil in the Night King and anthropology in the Seven; Ori...

While paediatric healthcare professionals view play as the treatment tool of choice for children under school age, the theory and practice underpinning play-based therapeutic approaches often remain less clear to individual practitioners. Paediatric intervention approaches are increasingly being questioned, and individual practitioners constantly asked to provide evidence-based practice. In response, a more coherent understanding and fresh discussion on children's play and utilisation of p...

This book on black churches and urban politics uses case studies from various cities to examine the strategies and tactics of activist clergy and congregations. These case studies illustrate how black activist clergy and congregations negotiate the political terrains of their respective cities. The cases show that the political culture of a city-whether that culture is shaped by machine politics, a legacy of political protest, racial and ethnic factionalism, or a city whose power resides i...

The award-winning actress reveals love all around us: "Barrymore's photographs are upbeat, sincere, and—need we say it?—heartfelt." ― Detroit News and Free PressDrew Barrymore has always loved hearts—the simple symbol that conveys love. In Find It in Everything, Barrymore shares the photographs she has taken of heart-shaped objects and patterns she has come across over ten years. Some are obvious and others barel...

In 2003, Methodists celebrated the 300th anniversary of the birth of their founder, John Wesley. Today, there are more than 300 Methodist denominations in 140 nations. Covering the activities of this group that plays an important role in the ecumenical movement through its many social and charitable activities in world affairs, this book offers more than 400 entries that describe important events, doctrines, and the church founders, leaders, and other prominent figures who have made notabl...

The bestselling CatStronauts series continues in the eighth hiss-terical book about a special cat that gets stranded in space!It’s business as mew-sual for the CatStronauts. Their space station has been in orbit for over twenty-five years, and the new Jimmy Wub Wub telescope has been deployed without a scratch. But when the president is convinced to cut all funding to the CATSUP space program, Blanket is left in orbit!It’s up to Major Meowser, Waffles, Pom ...

This will be the very last book you ever read. Because after you have read this book, you, Good Sir, will know how to be a pro athlete. And pro athletes don't need books. Or strong family bonds. Or any of that stupid crap. Not when they have ready access to millions of dollars and scores of smoking hot chicks with questionable judgment.This book will be all you require to cast aside your boring life as some jackass who cruises around bookstores hoping to score grad-school trim.

The bestselling CatStronauts series continues in the fourth book with a purr-plexing problem as the CatStronauts stage an off-the-books robot rescue to save Cat-Stro-Bot!Cat-Stro-Bot has been with the CatStronauts through it all. But now he's stranded on Jupiter's coldest moon after a mission gone wrong—and his best friend/creator Blanket isn't about to leave him behind. When CATSUP refuses Blanket's rescue mission request, he creates robo-stand-ins for the team so...