An African American Breakfast at Tiffany’s–a hip, refreshingly candid tale of identity and self—discovery from the critically acclaimed author of The View from Here and Walking Through Mirrors.Mason Randolph, a black preppie of impeccable Southern pedigree, is bound for Stanford Law School after graduating from college. Before embarking on the path to his golden future, however, he takes a detour through Harlem, where he intends to live "authentically" wi...

A pacifist monk. A threatening darkness. An innocent village hanging in the balance.Hoping to escape his dark past, Amana travels to the great village of Bajok in search of redemption. The day he arrives, a young woman is slain and the locals point their fingers at the new arrival.Amana must overcome the village's trepidation. A demon is on the loose and he fears more will die. The solution is obvious—a swift and brutal counterattack.But his vow of peace is...

Baby D! I’m Kind of a Big Deal OK, you don't know me, but let's become friends today! I have an interesting story, and I'm going to share it with you! Long ago, my family had a dog named Dollars. He was a bichon. After his passing, they immediately went looking for another pet store, searching for a new dog, and guess what, they saw me in the cage playing with a red leather ball! That was a special day for me. I got excited as they signed the paperwork to take me home as their new family m...

A coming to age story about a young man and his friends who together started a dance group, and all the trials, tribulations and drama that life brought them as they group up together.

An in-depth look at the person of Jesus, and how his life still challenges us today.

The "problem of the twentieth century" was one of the most important factors in the development of American modernism. W. E. B. Du Bois, of course, identified that problem as "the color line" a phrase for the broad array of laws and practices that promulgated legal segregation, cultural separation, and racial antagonism in the US from the end of Reconstruction through the Civil Rights era. A more familiar name, borrowed from the popular tradition of blackface minstrelsy, personified this e...

For many western managers the approach taken by successful Japanese organisations and their managers has tended to inspire awe, envy and incomprehension in equal measure. But what is so special about 'Japanese' management? And how 'special' is the response of Japanese managers to global business pressures ?This textbook addresses these questions. It presents case examples generated from interviews with Japanese managers in Japan, Europe and the USA, contextualising their comments b...

First published in 1998, this volume is based upon the files of the Royal Commission on the Electoral System plus extensive interviews with the Commissioners, cabinet ministers, MPs and officials, as well as leaders of the principal pressure groups. It seeks to place this highly important change in context, reviewing both the long-term trends and shorter term considerations which led to the adoption of MMP, as well as the immediate consequences It is an axiom of political science that what...

["Biology does not make family. It only makes blood relations. ""Most people are not really looking for the truth. They are looking for something to confirm what they already believe is the Truth.""Common Sense Aint Common No More" This is the end of the first fifty years of this lifes tour. Had no idea I would be around so long, let alone write about it too. I seem to be one of those people who has lived their whole life on the back up plan. I understand better now ...

This book is designed to challenge your mind set and kick down some of the sacred cows that hinder you from becoming all that God has created you to be. In the Gospel of John, Jesus made a profound statement. Jesus stated all the works he has done his disciplines could do, and even greater works because he was returning to His heavenly father. (John 14:12-14) Was Jesus serious when he said that or was he trying to appease his followers? Some may say that he was speaking figuratively, but I...

Harry wasn't your average hyena; he had bigger plans! Not content with being your average member of the pack and getting left behind, Harry set upon a plan to better himself and stand out from the rest. Even through adversity and jeers, Harry never gave up, and with the support of his family, he had the last laugh!

The Japanese economy has made a remarkable recovery from the so-called ‘Lost Decade’ of the 1990s. This said, demographic trends suggest that Japan will have to show remarkable powers of innovation if it is to continue to prosper in the global economy. For, around the turn of the last century texts published by prominent strategy analysts such as Michael Porter and colleagues were asking whether Japan could continue to compete at all, and in answering this question they not only gained sig...