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This book offers a unique perspective on the history of the African American people without being offensive to others and offers this history from the perspective of being an African American living here in the United States of America. The book was written from the perspective of its author who was born in the late '50s, experienced adolescence from the late '60s to the early '70s entered adulthood in the middle '70s, which has given the author of this book, the entire spectrum of life here in America pre-integration (segregation), as well as living in the post-integration era. The struggles of African Americans were truly real, and this book offers a concise and rather limited overview of African American history.Nevertheless, the book offers pertinent and timely information still very much needed today. Being biblically inspired as well, this book contains both scripture and scriptural commentaries. Having the influence of the author's faith intertwined, this is a no-holds-barred reading. In addition, the book contains records of the likes of historical violence-filled voter suppression and the groups who initiated such violence against the African American voter, along with the movers and shakers of political empowerment for African Americans throughout this still-young history of African American in this country.The book contains historical essays on lynching, along with the achievements of African Americans as well, and despite all the roadblocks that have been put in from of them, African American continues to thrive. Finally, the book hopes and serves to motivate African Americans and others in an attempt for those to believe in those "better days" for themselves and others as well, here living in the United States of America.
Amelie was a simple woman of simple means.Humble as an Amish woman was expected to be and thoroughly observant of customs, Amelie kept to herself and put most of her efforts towards not getting in the way of others. She followed the rules and was proficient at keeping her desires in check. Meek, modest, and pious, she sought to go about her life quietly, without any surprises from her or others.But she would soon find out that romance did not behave in such an orderly fashion, even for an Amish woman.
In this mouthwatering cozy mystery series, fraternal twins Keaton and Koby know running a bookstore and soul-food café is tricky, but when it comes to solving mysteries, it's do or dine.Koby and Keaton are fraternal twins who were separated as children, but now they've found each other and opened a bookstore and soul food cafe in the pleasant Pacific Northwest town of Timber Lake. Business is booming. But the course of the bookselling never did run smooth.Mama Zola, Koby's devoted foster mom, has taken up residence in Timber Lake. She and Pete, one of the bookstore's quirky employees, bring a peach cobbler over to a local bible study group, and there they find the body of someone that both of them had recently quarreled with. They find themselves suspects in the murder, but luckily Koby and Keaton are ready to sling out a side of justice.Series Overview: Fraternal twins Kobe and Keaton have twice the chance to catch criminals while making delectable soul food and selling exciting novels at their bookstore and homestyle cafe.
Ride Around Shining is the story of an aimless white guy who lies his way into the world of black basketball players, bathing in their reflected glory until his adoration turns to envy and destruction. Despite a history of accidents, Jess lands a job as a chauffeur for an up-and-coming Trail Blazer named Calyph West and his young wife, Antonia. Calyph is black and Antonia is white and Jess becomes fascinated, innocuously at first, by all they are that he is not. But in striving to make himself indispensable to them, he causes Calyph to have a season-ending knee injury, then brings about the couple's estrangement, before positioning himself at last as their perverse savior.In the tradition of The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Great Gatsby, and Harold Pinter's The Servant?not to mention a certain Shakespeare play about a creepy white dude obsessed with a black dude?Ride Around Shining tries to say the unsayable about white fixation on black culture, particularly black athletic culture, something so common in everyday life it has gone all but unaddressed.
The small kid with big problems returns in the seventh book of this beloved series! It's almost Christmas and school is going great for EllRay. He's "blending in” just the way he likes. So when his father tells him he should be proud to be part of the African-American "community,” EllRay isn't so sure he wants to call attention to his differences. After all, he's only one of two boys in his class with brown skin. And then, totally by accident, he insults the other boy—one of his best friends—and all at once EllRay's back to being the center of attention. And not exactly for good reasons. With Sally Warner's trademark sense of humor and spot-on dialogue, EllRay confronts questions about race and how it impacts both himself and everyone around him. "Kids of all stripes will identify with EllRay and his unwittingly hilarious antics.”—Booklist A Junior Library Guild selectionA Scholastic Book Club selectionA Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner 2012-13
In this ingenious novel that brings reality TV to the printed page, drama levels go through the roof as six outrageous characters fiercely compete to win $100,000.The most controversial characters from Brenda Hampton’s bestselling novels come together for a reality TV show in a house that could unite— or destroy—them all. Roc Dawson from Full Figured, Chase Jenkins from Don’t Even Go There, Sylvia McMillan from SLICK, Jada Mahoney from How Can I Be Down?, Jamal “Prince” Perkins from Street Soldier, and Jaylin Rogers from the Naughty Series attempt to put aside their overwhelming differences and calm their unique personalities. Without supervision, though, anything could happen inside Hell House—especially when there’s $100,000 at stake. And these six cutthroat contestants are determined to have it all. Overflowing with drama, raunchiness, and manipulation, survival by any means necessary is their primary focus, but only those with tough skin will make it to the next round. Who will be the last person standing, and who will walk out, slamming the door behind them and screaming at the top of their lungs?
From Hollywood’s hottest nightclubs to the boardrooms behind the scenes, the trendiest restaurants to the bedrooms of the biggest stars—it’s all here in a steamy murder mystery from the celebrity journalist who knows the entertainment world better than anyone.Valerie, the most popular African American gossip columnist in the United States, and NFL Hall of Famer Rome Nyland are the go-to team for solving Hollywood mysteries. When Andrea Dumas, wife of billionaire Victor Dumas, is found murdered in a sports bar, suspicions arise. Now someone is threating their son, jockey Vance Dumas. Roshonda Rhodes, a former hooker rumored to have a sex tape with Vance, was allegedly seen fleeing the sports bar the night of the murder. Did she kill Andrea? Or did drug-addicted Jermonna Bradley do it? Valerie and Rome are hard on the case, determined to get to the bottom of it before the killer strikes again. The woman who knows the entertainment world inside and out, celebrity journalist Flo Anthony has woven this wild tale with so many twists and turns you won’t be able to put it down.
Title: Manners and customs of several Indian tribes located west of the Mississippi: including some account of the soil, climate, and vegetable productions, and the Indian materia medica: to which is prefixed the history of the author's life during a residence of several years among them.Author: John Dunn HunterPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP04891400CollectionID: CTRG04-B815PublicationDate: 18230101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: British ed. issued under title: Memoirs of a captivity among the Indians of North America.Collation: 402 p.; 23 cm
A trip back to their alma mater's homecoming becomes memorable for five people in a way none of them could have expected.
Independent, stunning, and smart, Kell Jameson has the life she's always dreamed about. A partner at a tony Atlanta law firm that represents famous?if guilty?clients, she's far from her days as a lonely orphan in rural Georgia. But one frantic phone call will bring her back to the place she's spent years trying to escape. The head of her childhood orphanage has been accused of murder, and Kell is her only hope for freedom. From the first moment Kell meets Sheriff Luke Calder, tempers and attraction flare. Ruggedly handsome and a stickler for law and order, Luke finds Kell compelling. Unfortunately, she represents his prime suspect. Forced to work together, they dig deep into the town's scandals . . . but Kell has a secret of her own. She trusts Luke enough to fall in love?but does she trust him enough to reveal the reckless past she's worked so hard to keep hidden?
Dominic is full of poisonous snake venom, but Majesty is the antidote to his deadly bite.A notorious Miami-born Cuban gang member, Dominic's life has been rife with ups and downs, many of those years spent behind steel bars. Yet, he came out the other side dripping in gold and black, like his Latin King colors. Money and survival are all he has on his mind, until a sexy, headstrong woman moves into his neighborhood and causes ample distraction.Majesty Wilson is tired. She's tired of lies. She's tired of the disrespect at her job. She's tired of no-good-men who see cheating as a way of life. Raising her nine-year-old son solo has been the most difficult job she's ever had, but her love for her child drives her to make a better life for the two of them. After moving into her new home, she comes face to face with King Viper. Repulsion and fear surface, yet sparks fly between them. Fangs out, he threatens to sink them deep into Majesty but perhaps, for her only, his bark is louder than his bite. Majesty is tough, but Dominic melts the ice around her heart.Immense obstacles, shocking secrets from the past, and devastating blows lay at the feet of the couple, demanding their attention, and testing their resolve. Their unexpected encounter ignites a storm of passion and danger, forcing them to confront their pasts and choose between love and chaos. Can they defy the odds and find redemption, or will their pain and secrets tear them apart?From USA Today bestselling author Tiana Laveen comes an opposites attract, bad boy/good girl steamy romance packed with grit, suspense, and passion. The Viper and his Majesty is a standalone novel with a HEA (Happily-ever-after). This book includes mature themes and content that may not be suitable for all audiences; reader discretion is advised. Please look inside under the 'Trigger Warnings' for possible topics that may be deemed personally objectionable.
Two shy Amish men, John and Luke, fall in love with a visiting teacher. All of the women in the community are jealous of her beauty and undercut their efforts. But the teacher herself is hiding a dark secret. Can she find redemption in the Amish community?
Widowed at young age, Virginia has no choice but to put her energy into her work. And when her two childhood friends die in a terribly accident, they leave behind an infant daughter. Virginia agrees to become the temporary guardian until extended family comes through in the form of her ex-boyfriend, Garrett...Returning to the small town of his youth was the last thing Garrett wanted to do. This is the place where his worst decisions were made. But when he sees Virginia once again, the feelings reignite. Can he make things right a second go around?
Laura left her Amish community as she wanted to experience the outside world...But six years later, she's forced to return...as a single mother with a young daughter in tow. Still a beautiful woman, Laura is courted upon her arrival by a handsome farmer named Nicholas. Now, years later, she is forced to return-along with her six-year-old daughter. As Laura reluctantly completes her shunning, she catches the eye of Nicholas, a farmer wanting a wife. Laura, however, isn't so sure she wants to stay in the community let alone begin a relationship with an Amish man. What are her real reasons for returning to the community? Is it to pass her daughter off on relatives so she can live her own life? Or is she truly trying to repent?
Amy Yoder is a young Amish woman who gets her first teaching job out of town. Thomas has had a crush on her since forever, offers to drive her to and from the school, and their relationship continues to blossom. But a hitch is thrown into the whole thing when he sees one of her fellow Englischer teachers at the school touching her in a seemingly romantic fashion, causing a misunderstanding that could jeopardize their budding romance.
THIS IS AN ANTHOLOGY OF AMISH SHORT STORIESThe recently widowed Mary returns to the Amish community of her birth in order to pursue a lifelong dream...To own a bakery. Once there, she meets a handsome carpenter, Matthew, who helps build the store from scratch...wary about letting a new man in her life for her daughter's sake, Mary keeps Matthew at arm's length. But will she realize that sometimes Gott leads people into our lives that our meant to be?
Abigail has regretted declining Stephen's marriage proposal over three years ago. He left the Amish town in humiliation but now he has returned to reconnect with family. Seeing him only stirs up the feelings of regret in her. As for Stephen, he has promised himself he would not fall for Abigail's charms again. He has moved on emotionally but remains single. Still, there seems to be a maturity in her that wasn't there before. Is Gott giving them a second chance? Can he return to his hometown and marry the woman he's always loved?
Claire Miller was a simple woman; she wanted to live her life how she saw fit, make her own decisions - and, most importantly, have control over her own life. It wasn't, she thought, an absurd thing to ask.Unfortunately, her father didn't feel the same. He had controlled the family since long before she was born; and since her mother's death three years ago it had only become worse. It was stifling, overwhelming, and sometimes so much Claire felt as if she could barely breathe without unwanted criticism. It wasn't as if she wanted to abandon their way of life; she just wanted a little more autonomy.Which is why she sat in their dimly lit living room with a book on her lap, studiously ignoring her father - and her sister Susannah - as they went on and on about their latest obsession; finding Claire a husband.
Rebecca has always been a strong-willed child who grew ambivalent about her Amish as she grew into adulthood. On the fence as to whether or not she wants to stay in the community, she meets an Englischer turns her onto the outside world. Problem is, his motives are on the shady side as another one a long-time suitor of hers discovers. But can he convince her of the Englischer's bad intentions before it is too late?
Catherine's world has fallen apart in days. Her Amish husband is an oddity, he doesn't want children. So when Catherine announces that she's pregnant, a violent argument ensues. Her husband storms out of the home and doesn't return...he's killed in a tragic accident...but an unexpected romance comes in the form of a handsome fireman who arrives on scene...The fireman has lost his own pregnant wife in a tragedy years earlier and sees some kind of kinship in the young Amish woman. He knows it is wrong...to make a romantic move on a fresh widow...but there is something in her sad but beautiful eyes that touch his soul...and he wonders if he can bring happiness to her life and the growing baby inside her.
Barbara never thought she would start a family, let alone find someone to spend her life with. She travels out west only to deliver a message then return back home. But when David mistakes her for his mail order bride, she can't help but fall for his shy charms...as well as his orphaned niece. Will Barbara realize that God is answering her prayers and that David and his niece are what she's always wanted?
Miriam and Isaac's marriage is in trouble but they are making progress in communicating better with her former boyfriend out of the picture. Miriam is with child, and her pregnancy is helping to bring them together. But when tragedy strikes and she flees her Amish community in grief, it's not her husband who follows her. It's her former boyfriend, the man she's loved since childhood.
Teresa has spent years making her family bakery into a success and because of this, her love life has suffered. She's avoided romance since a bad break-up years earlier but secretly she wants to have a family more than anything else...Luke has known Teresa ever since grade school but there was never any romantic attraction. Returning from the Englisch world where he became a teacher, he arrives in the Amish town eager to rejoin the community...and find his soulmate. He reconnects with Teresa and begins to court her...but soon realizes that there is another man, a farmer named Nicholas, after her heart...Will Teresa listen to her friends who tell her play it safe and marry Nicholas. Or will she follow her heart and take her chances on Luke?
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