Audiobook of the Year, Nominee — 2023 Audie AwardsSelected as a best book of 2021 by NPR, The Washington Post, Forbes, and Ms. Magazine, Wake is an imaginative tour-de-force that tells the powerful story of women-led slave revolts, and chronicles scholar Rebecca Hall's efforts to uncover the truth about these women warriors who, until now, have been left out of the historical record. Originally published as part graphic n...

A collection of 67 original recordings of speeches significant in United States and world history. Hear presidents, politicians, activists, sports figures and more in their own words as they talk about some of the most important events in the 20th century.

The esteemed Jungian psychologist counsels on how to cope with feelings of failure or regret in the latter half of life and how to open to a more meaningful existence, even if outer circumstances cannot be changed.In Living Your Unlived Life, the renowned therapist Robert A. Johnson, writing with longtime collaborator and fellow Jungian psychologist Jerry M. Ruhl, offers a simple but transformative premise: Our abandoned, unrealized, or underdeveloped tale...

From the founders of the international health-care behemoth Johnson & Johnson in the late 1800s to the contemporary Johnsons of today, such as billionaire New York Jets owner Robert Wood "Woody" Johnson IV, all is revealed in this scrupulously researched, unauthorized biography by New York Times bestselling author Jerry Oppenheimer.Often compared to the Kennedy clan because of the tragedies and scandals that had befallen both wealthy and powerful families, ...

It began with the breaking of the bread and became a movement.During a global Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Australian entrepreneur Philip Ryall and his wife Jennie invited more than sixty church leaders from various Christian backgrounds and denominations into their home.Like yeast leavening a loaf of bread, out of that meal grew a deepening inspiration for the book Dear Unity: Overdue Love Letters to Heal a Divided Church, a collection of t...

A collection of over 1,000 craft projects, games, activities, recipes, skills, and more that transport you back to the simple life of the countryside.In Old-Time Country Wisdom & Lore, you'll learn how to read the clouds to predict the weather, make a long-lasting campfire, can fruits and vegetables, braid a rug, use a divining rod to find water, make a hammock, brew strawberry tea, tap trees to make maple syrup, find the best fishing spots, make homemade c...

Dr. Joe Green, a software engineer, is leading a team developing a defense against cruise missile attacks. He is given unexpected assistance from a Russian physicist, who is falling for Joe. The Iranians have purchased an old Russian submarine, now retrofitted to fire cruise missiles - and they have developed a couple of nuclear bombs for the missiles. Can Joe get his blasters in place before the Iranians can reach America's shoreline, and attack? Will the blasters do the job, when if even...

How to Become a Commercial Truck Driver in Less Than a Week, Even If You Haven´t Studied in YearsYou're heading to the office for another day that is inexplicably both mind-numbing and stressful. But the repetitive administrative work, unreasonable deadlines, and aggressive office politics easily explain this dreadful dynamic. Sigh…Perhaps not so surprisingly, your long drive into work is now a highlight of your day. You pass through some spectacular nature...

In this compelling block-buster guide discover hard-hitting facts about American History, The 22nd Amendment, The Bill of Rights, The Boston Tea Party, The Civil War, The Cold War, The Declaration of Independence and more.

The 1983 University of Texas Longhorn Baseball Team had one of the best collegiate pitching staffs of all time returning from the previous year's team - but only 2 position players returning. Coach Cliff Gustafson had to put together a team from a disparate group of veterans, junior college transfers, and freshmen that could hopefully compete with the other good teams in the Southwest Conference, and then try and beat the best from the rest of the country.After struggling early in ...

Avery Johnson is a coach, a teacher, and sometimes even a preacher, but most of all, he is a motivator, driving his team with the same fiery passion that allowed him to earn his championship credentials as an NBA player. Growing up in New Orleans's Lafitte Housing Project, he was never the biggest, fastest, or strongest, but by the strength of his will and character, he persevered. Now he offers the lessons he learned on his journey from the bottom of the bayou to the heights of success in...