Race remains a potent and divisive force in our society. Whether it is the shooting of minority people by the police, the mass incarceration of people of color, or the recent KKK rallies that have been in the news, it is clear that the scars from the United States’ histories of slavery and racial discrimination run too deep to simply be ignored. But what are the most productive ways to deal with the toxic and torturous legacies of American racism?Slavery’s Descendants brin...

Around the world, hundreds of millions of labor migrants endure exploitation, lack of basic rights, and institutionalized discrimination and marginalization. What dynamics and drivers have created a world in which such a huge--and rapidly growing--group toils as marginalized men and women, existing as a lower caste institutionally and juridically? In what ways did labor migrants shape their living and working conditions in the past, and what opportunities exist for them today?G...

From FOX & Friends Weekend cohost Pete Hegseth comes a collection of inspiring stories from fifteen of America’s greatest heroes—highly decorated Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, marines, Purple Heart recipients, combat pilots, a Medal of Honor recipient, and more—based on FOX Nation’s hit show of the same name.After three Army deployments—earning two Bronze Stars and a Combat Infantryman’s Badge—Pete Hegseth knows what it takes to be a modern warrior. In Mod...

Fantastische Welten voller tödlicher Bedrohungen, gefährlicher Monster und dunkler Magie! Der Klassiker aus den 80er Jahren von den berühmten Spielemachern Steve Jackson und Ian Livingstone neu erzähltBetritt eine sagenumwobene Fantasy-Welt und mach dich selbst auf die Suche nach dem Schatz des großen Hexenmeisters Zagor. Vorbei an den monströsen Bewachern des Schatzes, musst du dich durch das Labyrinth bis ins Innerste des Flammenden Berges vorkämpfen. Einige der ...

This book addresses the fact that, despite the inevitability of aging, the vast majority of us are ill-prepared for eldercare.Eldercare as Art and Ministry broadens and deepens an understanding of eldercare as an art and as a ministry. As art, eldercare requires creativity, imagination, and perseverance. Here, ministry is considered in its fullest meaning, to include guiding, administering, serving, waiting upon, or acting as a loved one's agent. Through s...

Deus tem um plano maravilhoso para seu casamento! No entanto, este relacionamento é o que mais demandas apresenta, dentre todos os demais. Dúvidas, medos, traumas passados e a dificuldade na comunicação são problemas que podem levar um relacionamento inicialmente apaixonado à monotonia ou, pior ainda, à dissolução.Este livro apresenta conselhos e soluções bíblicas para algumas questões envolvidas na união conjugal:Como escolher seu cônjuge;Quais as diferente...

Performed by Nancy Pearl, Jeff Schwager and a multi-cast that includes book contributors Luis Alberto Urrea, Siri Hustvedt, Laurie Frankel, Vendela Vida, and Richard Ford. The Writer’s Library audiobook also features real conversations with Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman, and Laila Lalami.With a Foreword by Susan Orlean, t****wenty-three of today's living literary legends, including Donna Tartt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Andrew Sean Greer, Laila Lalami, a...

The battle against a vengeful goddess reaches a climactic point as Lily Yu must now face the ultimate challenge in a dangerous new realm—without her husband, Rule …When a mission to rescue five children stolen by an Old One falls apart under the assault of a demon prince, Lily wakes up in a strange reality—and is immediately taken captive by the dragon spawn who rule there. Jumping worlds has fractured her party, and Cynna is her only companion.Although the clock is ticking...

Former cop Lily Yu has her sister's wedding to attend, a missing magical staff to find, and now must deal with her grandmother's decision to return to the old country. Lily could turn to the man she's involved with for advice, but for all the passion that flares between them, she doesn't really know Rule Turner--she's just bound to him for life. Rule happens to be a werewolf, and Lily wonders just how far she can trust him.

Touch-sensitive FBI agent Lily Yu is recruited by the Secret Service to help identify elected officials who have accepted demonic pacts – bringing Lily and her werewolf bond-mate, Rule, to DC just before the holidays. But Lily must turn to fellow agent Cynna Weaver for help when Cynna's former teacher, a demon master, emerges as the main suspect behind the pacts. After a demon commits a gruesome murder, sorcerer Cullen Seabourne joins the team racing the clock to find the apprentice of evi...

DEATH MAGIC opens with Special Agent Lily Yu in Washington, D.C. with her fiancE—lupi prince Rule Turner—to testify before a Senate subcommittee about her role in the magical collapse of a mountain last month. She is not there to tell them about the strange legacy she carries from that event—or about the arcane bond between her and Rule--or what her boss in Unit Twelve of the FBI's Magical Crimes Division is really up to. She sure won't tell them that the lupi are at war with an Old One wh...

Christopher who is unable to use his speech using his wonderful imagination along with his Mother and Father's input of reading him books.Grandmother expressing how he is a very special person as our Creator of all things.