Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

I thought having my diploma as a Magical Engineer would be the answer to all my problems, but I couldn't have been more wrong.In an attempt to take down the resistance, I became their target. Now I have no MET, no home, and the entire world thinks I'm dead. Hidden, I need to find a way to flush out the mole who has wormed his way into AMIA. That's the only way I'll have my life and freedom back.If only things were so easy.To make things even more co...

The plan was supposed to be simple, though it was a little more than I bargained for.Graduate as a Magical Engineer? Check.Get people to finally acknowledge my amazing tech skills? Check.Find that special someone who wants me for me? Check...times a lot.Avoid the Arcane Heirs at all costs? Erh....Find out who was behind the resistance and stop them from killing even more people? It's a work in ...

Being a Magical Engineer is easy. You know what's not easy? Trying to help stop a coup against one of the Arcane families. Or fighting against a bloodthirsty rebellion.As if that wasn't bad enough, I'm kind of juggling five men who are too good looking for their own good, and who hate each other. The only thing they have in common: They want me.Bast might be okay with the harem life, But what about the rest of them? Can I make this work, Or am I going to ju...

This audiobook experience contains music and sound effects, and is narrated by Melody Muzljakovic and performed by a full cast.Perfect for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas and The Cruel Prince by Holly Black.WHEN DESTINY FAILS YOU, WHO WILL YOU BECOME?A forgotten princess. A cruel realm. A Mage who might be her salvation.Sanja is a princess on the run...

Battle mage or magical engineer? Easy choice, right? Engineer, obviously.I'm Charisma Carter, tech genius and nerd extraordinaire. I actually used to be Charisma Silverstorm, member of one of the six elite Arcane Families, until my family shunned me when I turned 18 because my magic wasn't strong enough. However, where I lack in magic I more than make up for with the tech I develop, if I do say so myself. Apparently I'm not the only one.From the minute I re...

From the hosts of Bravo's Backyard Envy comes a beautifully photographed guide to converting your outdoor space into an enviable oasis, whether you have a backyard, brownstone patio, or three-season porch.Dubbed the "plantfluencers" by the New York Times, Mel Brasier, Garrett Magee, and James DeSantis, owners of the Manscapers landscaping company, do more than plant, mulch, and manicure a garden; they look at the space just as interior designers d...

The new novel in the sweeping Mageworlds series.On the planet Entibor, Arekhon sus-Khalgath sus Peledaen has found shelter and domestic tranquility with his old love, Elaeli Inadi, at the price of what he had left behind: a dispersed and shattered Mage-Circle, an estranged brother who had tried to kill him, and a homeworld on the cusp of massive cultural upheaval.Arekhon finds himself impelled homeward by strange dreams and prophetic visions. The Great Workin...

An intrepid space pilot is drawn back into her family's orbit—to track down her mother's assassin—in this classic space opera series debut.Freebooter at heart, spacer by trade, Beka Rosselin-Metadi doesn't want to hear about her father whose rugged generalship held back the Mageworlds—or her highborn mother whose leadership has held the galaxy together ever since. As a pilot, Beka prefers to fly her spacecraft as far from her famous family as possible.Then Be...

Life as a Magical Engineer has never been quite as I expected it would be, but the truth is, I wouldn't change it for the world.Sure, there have been a lot of obstacles. My apartment was blown up, I was kidnapped, my psycho cousin even tried to have me killed. And now, my parents are forcing me to marry someone they picked.However, I also met some pretty amazing people, helped AMIA dismantle the resistance, and even stopped a coup from happening.But...

Paradox for Life Review explains how older adults' levels of self-esteem become the lens through which they review their reminiscences. It shows how three bases for self-esteem—the epigenetic self, the family scripted self, and the metaphysical self—affect the accuracy of this lens.It then describes how life review groups have used paradoxes drawn from poetry, drama, word play, intergenerational family dynamics, Eastern and Western mystical traditions, and personal life experiences ...

The Fifth Book of Mageworlds:Welcome to Khesat, glittering jewel of the Central Worlds. Khesat, where decadence is an art form and intrigue is a way of life--and where, more than twenty years after the end of the Second Magewar, power struggles within the ruling family threaten both the Mageworlds and the Republic.The Khesatan crisis has broken the spaceways apart, reviving old alliances and buried rivalries. Warring factions, criminal guilds, and supranormal forces all have ...