Bøger udgivet af Cadmus Publishing

Sexual violence affects people of every age, gender, ethnicity, spiritual belief, and socio-economic class. Ninety percent of victims know their abuser. No one is immune from having a family member or friend fall prey to some form of sexual abuse. In some ways, these offenses are symptomatic of the ongoing fragmentation of families, the disintegration of communities, the decline in social morals and values, and brokenness in this world.The culture of fear rather than truth robs millions of U.S. citizens of their liberty, freedom, and basic human rights. Fear abolishes reason, aborts justice, and imposes extreme injustice. Fear overcomes truth through persistent erosion and the deliberate propagation of half-truths and alternative facts. This book raises the question of whether American justice is based on reason and truth or fear. It examines how the propagation of fear leads to the prosecution of criminal wars and how mass imprisonment costs taxpayers billions of dollars each year. It asks, how do we protect victims and help them heal while moving from a justice of revenge and retribution to a justice of healing, rehabilitation, reconciliation, and restoration? How do we practice biblical mercy and grace?These are tough questions. There are no easy answers. This book presents a vision of hope and compassion, inviting everyone affected by these issues and especially professing Christians and leaders, to engage in a compassionate dialog of healing and grace. It calls on leaders to set aside fear, prejudice, and ignorance to help transform the conflict, end the war, and promote peace. It presents a dream when the impossible becomes possible.

"Kites That Flew" was an accident book that just happened to materialize due to circumstance, happenstance, and my educational journey while living in the subculture of a prison society. I had to survive...mentally and physically. Deprived of my freedom and bombarded by negativity in a hostile environment, I had to assimilate into the cultural norms; despite the culture shock of entering a foreign habitat. I had to learn the vocabulary, lingo, and how to think while subjected to a world of masculinity where egos are constantly tested and fired. Economics and street smarts allowed me to thrive in a cashless society. Through my years of grinding, hustling, and getting paid thru cash apps, I enrolled in many educational programs and eventually went to college. Hustling and going to college...college, and then hustling.....When anyone is in prison, you will eventually receive kites. A kite in prison is a note written from one person to the next. So, one day after attending a Columbia University College course (Cultural Anthropology,) I came back to my cell and forgot to throw away the kites that had accumulated before. As I was about to flush them down the toilet, I caught a flash back from my Cultural Anthropology class. I remembered how we studied how anthropologists and ethnographers would study people in a culture or subculture; so, I decided to compose "Kites That Flew."As an anthropologist, I'm studying the sample(people) and as an ethnographer, I am taking notes , and commenting on the sample. I wrote this so that my readers can view the many occasions that I've encountered with some of the very people that live/work within their neighborhoods, and what they go through while in prison.

Evidence of Innocence attests to the reality that the more serious the charge, the harder it is to prove innocence - even with strong evidence that the accused was nowhere near the scene of the crime when it occurred.Among other disservices, Edward Clark's court appointed an attorney in the small town that did not assist in jury selection, leaving Clark to choose jurors from a local population he knew nothing about and with documented jury tampering. The prosecution introduced false testimony through investigators and witnesses claiming to be forensic experts and withheld evidence obtained through illegally eavesdropping on attorney-client conversations that supported Clark's defense. Altered court documents impeached the key defense witness. The names of those claiming responsibility are revealed. Ed Clark was convicted of two related murders in 1974 and has been in prison since.According to the National Institute of Justice, nearly 250,000 factually innocent Americans are currently behind bars. The reader's lesson? There, but for the grace of God, go I.

Blueface Dreams is a tale of four childhood friends whose dreams are to have a piece of underground's pie. When everyone around you is hood-rich and you're in rags when compared, you begin to contemplate change. Black, the savage of the comrades, plants a seed in the minds of his friends involving a move that will change everything. Dro, the level-headed member, devised a plan that was effective and very efficient, that carried minimum risk and Izzo reluctantly agrees. But when Jroc alters the plan, unnecessary blood is shed and creates a whole mess of new problems. The come-up rubs a powerful man the wrong way, which leads to a kidnapping of family. The fight to stay on top, stay free, and stay alive is always the goal, but now it's the mission. Blueface dreams come at a price that everyone in the hood is willing to take.

James is a young boy. He likes to go outside with his friends and play with his dog. His mother has told him he has to wear a mask now. James doesn't understand why he has to wear one, so his mom explains it to him.

"My Blue Days Sound Like Blue Jays" is about culture, love, and despair; about self-consciousness, sarcasm, political, spiritual, and intellectual growth. It consists of epic and short poems through which the author reveals his life struggles while living in Boston as a son to Haitian immigrants, dealing with Black America trauma in the United States, and being subjected to Mass Incarceration Policies where he'd endured great suffering and loss. In the process, the author was able to transform his failures, mistakes, and misfortunes into some achievements...these words of inspiration.