No study of Black people in America can be complete without considering how openly discriminatory tax laws helped establish a racial caste system in the United States, how they were designed to exclude blacks from lucrative markets and the voting franchise, and how tax laws extracted and redistributed vast sums of black wealth. Not only was slavery nearly a 100% tax on black labor, so too was Jim Crow apartheid and tax laws specified the peculiar institution as “negro slavery.” The first i...

Dive into the riveting world of ancient warfare with "Fierce Ruthless Warriors Who Shaped Ancient History Vol. II," where author Andre T. Smith brings to life three more legendary leaders whose military genius left an indelible mark on history.Witness Hannibal's remarkable 16-year campaign against Rome, fueled by a lifelong oath and highlighted by his extraordinary Alpine crossing with an army of men, horses, and elephants. His strategic brilliance and daring exploits remain unmatc...

"Fierce Ruthless Warriors Who Shaped Ancient History Vol. I & Vol II: Alexander The Great, Charlemagne, Genghis Khan, Hannibal, Julius Caesar, And Attila The Hun" by Andre T. Smith is a monumental two-in-one volume that brings to life six of the most formidable and influential warrior kings in ancient history. This comprehensive work meticulously chronicles the lives, battles, and staggering accomplishments of these legendary figures, whose actions reshaped the world....

Embark on a thrilling journey through ancient history with "Fierce Ruthless Warriors Who Shaped Ancient History: Vol I," where the lives and legacies of three legendary warrior kings - Alexander the Great, Charlemagne, and Genghis Khan - are vividly brought to life.Discover Alexander the Great, not just a conqueror but a visionary whose influence bridged diverse cultures and religions, leaving an indelible mark from Egypt to Britain. His legendary exploits, blending history and myt...

Giving Blood represents a new agenda for blood donation research. It explores the diverse historical and contemporary undercurrents that influence how blood donation takes place, and the social meanings that people attribute to the act of giving blood. Drawing from empirical studies conducted in the United States, Canada, France, Australia, China, India, Latin America and Africa, the book’s chapters turn our attention to the evolution of blood donation worldwide, examining:

Dementia is a devastating disorder which may dramatically interfere with decision-making abilities. Effort has focused on trying to determine when a person is no longer capable of making particular decisions or is globally incompetent. However, much less focus has been placed on understanding how the capacity to make decisions influences one's view of oneself, one's world and one's treatment by others. This book aims to broaden discussion around this issue by moving beyond a focus on notio...

In the cold vacuum of the Up-and-Out, the only thing faster than death is a cat's instinct.Step inside the 'Fighting Room' of a planoforming ship, where telepaths known as Pinlighters serve as the thin line between survival and absolute madness. Humanity has reached the stars, but the stars have teeth. Out in the interstellar void lurk the 'Dragons'—malevolent, light-hating entities that devour the human mind in a fraction of a second. To fight them, mankind has tu...

Zelza Zero is a sweet, helpful and humble little zero with a heart of gold. She lives in Numeric City and is a student at Digits Elementary School. She is always sad because she does not have many friends. The other digits will not play with Zelza Zero and she struggles with being the only zero in the entire school. Her classmates are extremely mean; they play practical jokes on her and whisper terrible things about her to each other. One day, one of Zelza Zero’s classmates calls her “wort...

Picking up where the first volume ended, Dancing with Imperialism covers the period following the Red Army Faction's - West Germany's notorious urban guerrillas - near total decimation in 1977. This work includes the details of the guerrillas' operations and the group's texts from 1978 up until the 1982 May Paper. This was a period of reorientation for the RAF, who fought against the fascist state. Will be required reading for those interested in the history of protest movements and all wh...

The first in a two-volume series, this is by far the most in-depth history of the Red Army Faction ever made available in English. Volume 1 presents the manifestos and communiques issued by the RAF between 1970 and 1977. The three main manifestos - The Urban Guerilla Concept, Serve the People and Black September - are all included as are important interviews with Der Spiegel and Le Monde Diplpomatique.

1977 was to be a year of reckoning. Through daring attacks and devastating errors, the West German guerilla brought their society to the brink, mounting one of the most desperate and incredible campaigns of asymmetrical warfare ever waged in postwar Europe. That they failed is no excuse to not learn their story, to see who they were and what they fought for - and, most tragically, to bear witness to the lengths the state would go to silence them. This pamphlet is the very modest introducti...

“A thriller in a class by itself**—**brilliant and scary!” **—**Terry McMillanRead the page-turning, provocative thriller that will forever change the way you think about slavery and its legacy in today’s America.Martin Grey, a smart, talented black lawyer working out of a storefront in Queens, becomes friendly with a group of some of the most powerful, wealthy, and esteemed black men in America. He’s dazzl...