With Speech Is My Hammer, Max Hunter draws on memoir and his own biography to call his readers to reimagine the meaning and power in literacy. Defining literacy as a "spectrum of skills, abilities, attainments, and performances," Hunter focuses on dispelling "literacy myths" and discussing how Black male artists, entertainers, professors, and writers have described their own "literacy narratives" in self-conscious, ambivalent terms. Beginning with Frederick Douglass's My Bondage My Freedom...

'A unique and fascinating thriller which pulled me straight in and took me on an exciting adventure' Ruby SpeechleySix old friends … and a secret they’d all kill to protect.When Pete and his friends set sail on a private yacht in the Balearics to celebrate Fergus’ upcoming wedding, they’re all looking forward to sun, sea and copious quantities of alcohol.But there’s a reason they are still entwined in each other’s lives a decade after lea...

Unlock the secrets to a longer, healthier life with "Biohacking Your Body." This book explores the latest in cutting-edge health strategies designed to optimize your physical and mental performance. From nutrition and exercise to sleep optimization and mental clarity, "Biohacking Your Body" presents actionable techniques rooted in science to help you take control of your well-being. Whether you’re looking to enhance energy, slow aging, or boost cognitive function, this guide offers practic...

Former pilot Jax Rainer once lived for speed—adrenaline, instinct, and split-second decisions. But after a mission ended in scandal, he walked away from the sky and the man he used to be. Now, living quiet and directionless, he is drawn into the world of Velocity, an elite strike team known not for brute force, but for surgical precision.Silent SpeedUnder the calm, disciplined leadership of Mara, Velocity operates by a sing...

Do you believe in ghosts? A lot of us have already been asked this question - some of us must have answered yes, many could have answered no, and others would say: “I will, when I see one”.Well, if you had to experience even one of the things that we discuss in this book, perhaps, you will change your mind on actually seeing ghosts.It may be hard to accept that the place we are living in is occupied by entities we cannot see. Many claim that if a place becomes abandoned for...

The world is a curious place and the things that humans know are scarcer than the unknown and unexplained. The existence of ghosts is probably one of the things that science cannot either prove or disprove; in all its aspects, at least.Though their presence on Earth is not widely accepted, the air of mystery that hangs about ghost stories keep them alive. It is the furtive truth in them that keeps people wanting to know more about them; and with this curiosity, some hauntings have ...

Over the years, there have been many strange or unexplained phenomena that people have experienced or witnessed in their lives. These experiences have been passed on from generation to generation. However, as time passed most of these may have been forgotten or simply remained unsolved.There are hundreds of paranormal stories and personal experiences that have happened over the last century but there are some that truly stand out and have become incidents that people will never for...

The Parkland school shooting was the most avoidable mass murder in American history. And the policies that made it inevitable have spread to your school."After my sister Meadow was murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the media obsessed for months about the type of rifle the killer used. It was all clickbait and politics, not answers or justice. That wasn't good enough for us. My dad is a real tough guy, but Meadow had him wrapped around her little fin...

Haunted Stories: Cue the Nightmares: True Scary Stories for Midnight Reading - BOX SETDespite the advent of science and technology that helps us understand the ‘how’s’ and the ‘whys’ of things, the universe still offers a colossal variety of mysteries that humans are still yet to explore and understand.Having said that, the standard mysteries, those which have perplexed humanity from the very beginning, continue to do so. Strange creatures and things fall, at times slowly, ...

Nowadays, horror stories are abound and you can find numerous tales of horror, alien activity, and even ghosts. These stories come at you from all angles and at first they may freak you out. But after you do your research, you can often find out that most of these stories are hoaxes - tales fabricated to scare people and send chills down children’s spines.But as you search through these tales of horror, you may find a story or two that is rooted in indubitable truth. These are the ...

"The exceptional phenomenon of phantom armies is an age-old story. The famous saint St Augustine documents a case in The City of God. During the civil wars in Rome, two rival groups of evil spirits were seen and heard battling it out on a plain in the hilly Campania region, so realistically that the saint reported strange footprints of horses and men afterwards noticed on the ground."The belief in strange phenomenon that transcends our daily existence is as old as humanity itself a...

There are horror stories, and then there are bizarre horror stories. The kind that really makes you scratch your head after reading them, and inspire you to utter the poignantly plaintive refrain, “What the hell was that all about?” These stories of Trolls, Leprechauns, and Robot Aliens serve to remind us that the realm of the unknown is not just scary, it is often downright bizarre...Just consider the tale of the family beset upon by a strange gnome-like entity in Southern Califor...