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Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to multiple presidents of the United States. Washington came from the last generation of black American leaders born into slavery and became the leading voice of the former slaves and their descendants. Character Building (1902) is a collection of talks on self-development given to students and faculty at the Tuskegee Institute, of which he was leader. The author stresses the importance of developing oneself for life-long success.

Sayon Hughes longs to escape the volatile Bris­tol neighborhood known as Ends, the tight-knit but sometimes lawless world in which he was raised, and forge a better life with Shona, the girl he’s loved since grade school. With few paths out, he is drawn into dealing drugs along­side his cousin, the unpredictable but fiercely loyal Cuba.

Hey, here’s a riddle: Why are you reading these words? I'll give you the answer: Because you have a b*tch of a problem in your life that you still can't fix. So you can continue to fight with the means at hand, you can even rehash your past, hypothesize about your future. Okay, it’s your decision. But if you decide to change, then you will have to master your emotions. Are you emotional? That's a good thing, everyone is. You, me, the next guy, everyone is. But if you don't discipline your emotions, if you don't master your emotions, then they will toy with you.

A world-class scientist goes missing while consulting on a high-stakes project, the construction of an electric storage battery in the deserted pits of the old Kaiser Iron mines. Did this eccentric world-renown hydrologist simply wander off? Or was his fate more ominous? FBI Supervisory Agent Janice Hooper assigns Zack Tolliver, FBI, to the investigation. When someone plants a bomb in his Jeep the day he arrives, Zack realizes there is more at stake than anyone knew. Soon, he finds himself in a desperate duel with an unknown assassin who may very well be more than his match.

Louis de Bernières, the author of the 1994 best seller Captain Corelli's Mandolin, joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios to talk about his latest work, Blue Dog, which is available to download as an audiobook now from Audible. It's a young adult book with appeal for all ages.

Do you feel as though you’re doing everything right to provide for your family but sense a growing distance between you and those you love the most? According to entrepreneur Louis Upkins, you may be doing all the right things, but in the wrong order. Using a simple customer service principle, you can learn how to be just as successful at home as you are at work. Fulfill your calling as a parent and spouse by doing what you do so well at work.

Steve Hartman’s inspirational and motivational memoir is peppered with research-based observations, pointed questions, hilarious anecdotes, delicious - and terrifying - sexual escapades, and genuine concern for his fellow humans, indeed for all creatures great and small. His periodic Socratic approach often challenges acceptable norms and beliefs. Looking at life through the lens of his uniquely personal experiences and thoughts, Hartman shares valuable lessons on how to live a joyful pleasure filled life without lecturing to the listener.

Early in July, Northern Nevada’s senior Internal Revenue Service agent, Ronald Soranden - disliked by every agent in the Reno IRS office - vanished without a trace. In September, he makes a dramatic reappearance, of sorts. His skull - stripped clean and white - is dropped through the slashed top of a Mustang convertible. The vehicle belongs to Lucy Landry, PI Mortimer Angel’s gorgeous young assistant now working with him on a seemingly unrelated embezzlement case. But Mort is a former IRS field agent in Reno.

In Who Killed My Father, Édouard Louis explores key moments in his father’s life and the tenderness and disconnects in their relationship. Told with the fire of a writer determined on social justice and with the compassion of a loving son, the book urgently and brilliantly engages with issues surrounding masculinity, class, homophobia, shame and social poverty. It unflinchingly takes aim at systems that disadvantage those they seek to exclude - those who have their expectations, hopes and passions crushed by a society which gives them little thought.

Benjamin Tucker Tanner (1835 - 1923) was an African American clergyman and editor. He served as a Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church from 1886, and founded The Christian Recorder, an important early African American newspaper. In The Negro in Holy Writ, published in 1900, Tanner shows that the African people are described in the Bible. He argues that the ancient Cushim were the ancient Ethiopians, and that they were Negroes. The book provides evidence for the unity of all mankind.

West Golden - er ist leicht zu hassen, aber es ist unmöglich ihm zu widerstehen. West Golden ist der Star des Footballteams und der unangefochtene König der Cypress Prep School. Niemand stellt seine Entscheidungen infrage oder rührt an seinem Status. Als er im Safe seines Vaters anrüchige Fotos von Blue Riley, der neuen Schülerin in seinem Jahrgang, findet, hat er nur ein Ziel: ihr das Leben zur Hölle machen. Womit er nicht gerechnet hat: Blue ist die Erste, die sich nicht vor ihm wegduckt, sondern ihm die Stirn bietet.

U.S. Marshal Joanna Wyatt has to make her witness protection detail work even though the witness doesn't know he's being protected. Posing as a down-on-her-luck waitress at Ben Callahan's Texas roadhouse, she'll be able to keep a close eye on the man, which is no hardship. Falling into bed with the insanely sexy former navy SEAL with the rodeo swagger and whiskey-colored eyes is not the problem. The problem is he doesn't believe he's a target!

Wer will schon einen Quarterback? Als Reporterin von WMBC Sports News muss Delilah Maddox täglich beweisen, dass sie sich in der männerdominierten Sportwelt behaupten kann. Um ihren professionellen Ruf zu wahren, lautet ihre erste Regel daher: Hände weg von heißen Sportlern! Doch Brody Easton, Superstar und Quarterback der New York Steel, ist auf den ersten Blick hingerissen von Delilah. Er weiß genau: Sie ist die Frau seines Lebens - auch wenn diese das natürlich ganz anders sieht. Aber Brody wäre nicht Brody, wenn er so einfach aufgeben würde.

Der Lotus: Klaus und Veruca stehlen den Mönchen, die die Geschichte Chinas dokumentieren, eine Schriftrolle und entkommen. Po und Wandelnde Klinge kommen ihnen zu Hilfe. Doch Älteste Huang glaubt, Zhen, eine von den Mönchen, sei der Übeltäter. Die Kaiserliche Leibwache ist verständigt, Zhen wird in einem Käfig gefangen gehalten. Da Zhen aber Auskunft über Klaus und Veruca geben kann, beschließt Wandelnde Klinge, sie zu befreien. Po hat ein Problem damit, sind doch die Mönche die einzigen, die ihn noch als Drachenmeister anerkennen.

Years ago, Sheriff Beck Tanner had believed the worst about Faith Matthews. Now she was back in their small Texas town, forcing him to question everything he thought he knew about her. And when the killer who'd murdered her family set his sights on Faith - and her innocent baby girl - Beck’s protective instincts kicked into high gear. As dangerous pranks turned into deadly games, Beck needed Faith to trust him. And with a killer sadistic circling closer, all of Beck’s attention had to be on keeping her baby safe.

Harvey Johnson was a Baptist minister form Baltimore, Maryland. In his book The Hamite, he investigates the ancient people of the Near East.

Business today is up against a myriad of complexities - disruptive competition and technologies, volatile economic forces, and a complex and evolving work force. There is unending pressure to do more with less, deliver short-term goals while driving long-term sustainability, all while finding and retaining the top talent to get it done. Learning how to navigate these pressures is the difference between a thriving business and a dying one.

A selection of short fiction by Dusty McGowan; blending magic realism and dark comedy.

Energy, innovation, and money get a business started. Values keep the business alive and healthy. The Luigi Way: Benedictine Values Proven Effective in Leadership is a case study in the traits necessary to keep a business running, highlighting how the author’s family restaurant thrived even in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Pilgrim walks again between the worlds of magick and of men. In an eerie new adventure for the immortal mediator, Pilgrim donates an impossibly valuable artwork to Timbermoor museum. Paul Hilton stars as William Palmer, the immortal, reluctant and unthanked hero protecting mankind from an enemy they resist believing in. Thrilling, dark and contemporary, this present-day drama is set in a recognisable present day but one haunted by the folktales of the British Isles.