Designated from the Mature Audience, this Autobiography written in Shakespear literature format talks about the hardships in life. It has flaws, but what good is it if it doesn't teach you something. Thank You for your time, and it only takes a few minutes to read. Enjoy.

Michael McCray has both his CPA and his law degree, and yet, in the mid 1990’s, those became obsolete when he was met with a decision that changed his life forever. That’s when he became a whistle blower. At the time, he was working at the United States Department of Agriculture, overseeing a Federal Empowerment Zone in Mississippi for the Clinton White House. There, McCray says he discovered mismanagement and corruption involving the main bureaucrats working for the zone. When McCray atte...

On the transformative role of greed in global science and technology during the 1980s.In the 1980s, a transformative era emerged where profit-driven motives and an entrepreneurial spirit dominated scientific research and technological innovation. This collection of essays, edited by Michael D. Gordin and W. Patrick McCray, examines how greed reshaped the global scientific community through the relentless pursuit of money, fame, and celebrity.Profiting off s...

No margin-no mission...What does it take to bring financial justice to communities of color?Cliff Rosenthal, shaped by the movements of the 1960s, fought for decades against government indifference and systemic bias-finally seeing change come after the death of George Floyd. Michael McCray, a renowned whistle-blower, led an unprecedented court challenge to the unjust federal termination of his fraternity's Kappa Alpha Psi Federal Credit Union. Here for the first time you'll...

This edited volume qualifies black love on the basis of black identity. Much of what is experienced of blackness as an identity arises out of a juxtaposition to other races and identities, particularly whiteness. The contributors in this volume resist the idea of black love in reference to whiteness by exposing the hidden toxicities that come with a focus on whiteness. They reflect on intricate and intimate relationship dynamics that arise out of a violent and challenging past between Blac...

New Criticism and Pedagogical Directions for Contemporary Black Women Writers is a collection of critical and pedagogical essays that shed new light on the creative depths of Black women writers. On the one hand, some Black women writers have been heavily anthologized, they have more often than not been restricted by critical metanarratives. Some of their works have been lionized while others remain neglected. On the other hand, some Black women writers have been ignored and under...

The greats of comedy, when they were young and struggling with their great early routines.

Lisa has been divorced for a few months, separated from her husband for a year. She can't figure out why she doesn't enjoy sex. She's 26 now and wants to enjoy what's left of her youth, but just can't seem to love sex like her friends do. She makes an appointment with a new gynaecologist when her regular one goes on vacation, and he shows her exactly what she's been missing.3,000 word short story.

A curious 10-year old school boy visits the house of a reclusive neighbor to play his piano. What he discovers is the ultimate reason why this neighbor does not like visitors.

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgent warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global order, and how we might contain them while we have the chance—from a co-founder of the pioneering artificial intelligence company DeepMind and current CEO of Microsoft AI, with a new afterword“A fascinating, well-written, and important book.”—Yuval Noah Harari**“Essential reading.”—Daniel Kahneman“My...

When Randa takes a job at the estate of a notorious millionaire, it sounds too good to be true. He informs her that he will be working in his laboratory in the lower level that was once a dungeon, and he makes it clear that he is not to be disturbed. Randa begins her day by arranging the eccentric man’s disarrayed books and makes a disturbing discovery. Does she dare break the man’s commandment and disturb him, the man referred to by many as a mad scientist?Excerpt:

How can you explain God’s unconditional love to a child? Young readers will learn and appreciate the many ways God shows His love to them in this addition to the Living Lights™ series of Berenstain Bears books. Children will discover that God loves them because he made them, not because they’re successful.***The Berenstain Bears: God Loves You!—***part of the popular Zonderkidz Living Lights™ series of books—is perfect for: