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2025
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English
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4 stars
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"In the fall of 1959, Freda Gilroy arrives on the campus of Fisk University full of hope, carrying a suitcase and the voice of her father telling her she’s part of a family legacy of greatness. Soon, the ugliness of the Jim Crow South intrudes, and she’s thrust into a movement for social change. Freda is reluctant to get involved, torn between a soon-to-be doctor her parents approve of and an audacious young man willing to risk it all in the name...
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New Society Publishers
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English
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5 stars
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Historically, seed companies were generally small, often family-run businesses. Because they were regionally based, they could focus on varieties well-suited to the local environment. However the absorption of these small, independent seed businesses into large multinationals, combined with the advancement of biotechnology resulting in hybrids and GMO seeds, has led to a serious loss of genetic diversity. The public is now at the mercy of the corporations...
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Pub. Date:
2014
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English
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To those who don't speak it, the language of money can seem impenetrable and its ideas too complex to grasp. How to Speak Money is acclaimed writer John Lanchester's entertaining and informative attempt to bridge the gap between the money people and the rest of us. With characteristic wit and candor ("wickedly funny" --Dwight Garner, New York Times), Lanchester shows how the world of finance and economics really works--from the terms and conditions...
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Bottom-up history at its very best, A People's History of the Civil War "does for the Civil War period what Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States did for the study of American history in general" (Library Journal). Widely praised upon its initial release, it was described as "meticulously researched and persuasively argued" by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Historian David Williams has written the first account of the American Civil...
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English
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"Offers a humorous and insightful look at how children experience meanness and anger in our world...To a child, meanness can have many shapes, sizes, and sounds. The wise young narrator shows that meanness can be a whisper or a shout, a smile or a frown as the list of mean people grows to include parents, siblings, and bullies of several varieties"--
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English
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Foreword by Laszlo Bock, the bestselling author of Work Rules! and former Senior Vice President of People Operations at Google. An inspiring guide from Dolly Chugh, an award-winning social psychologist at the New York University Stern School of Business, on how to confront difficult issues including sexism, racism, inequality, and injustice so that you can make the world (and yourself) better. Many of us believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion....
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Publisher:
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date:
2007
Language:
English
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A powerful debut about a young man whose denial of his past nearly destroys the new life he seeks Shaking off his hellish adolescence in a nowhere Nebraska town (and leaving a beloved younger sister to fend for herself in the same hostile environment), Seth McKenna escapes to make a new reality for himself as a struggling artist in Manhattan. When he falls hard for Jim Glaser, an alluring older man who is astonished to find in Seth the second love...
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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works" (2 Timothy 3:16-17). This book contains not only a look at the meanings of people and places of the Old Testament but also a brief look at who the people were in that they really did live. In most cases showing they had family, and...
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Publisher:
BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
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Though all people experience varied types and degrees of adversity, an ingrained belief across cultures is that life is meant to be meaningful. When hardship strikes, people search for ways to respond, rebuild, prevail. If it is true that life is meaningful, then hardship, adversity, trauma, grief, wounds, and emotional pain are roadblocks to that end goal. Not insurmountable barriers, but obstacles that can be overcome. Thriving-overcoming hardship-is...
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Publisher:
Speedy Publishing LLC
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
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You've probably heard stories about Genghis Khan from other people. We'd bet such stories weren't really nice. Today, we're not going to jump into conclusions and believe all the tales we hear. Instead, we're going to really dive into the life of Genghis Khan. Perhaps by getting to know his true story, we'll better understand his decisions.
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Publisher:
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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This book is not a commentary, an exegetical study, or a work of systematic theology. It is a conversation. Let's sit down together, read Ephesians, strain our minds and our imaginations, and have a good chat. If you want all your difficult textual questions answered, there are many good commentaries on the shelf. This book is here to help you ask some new questions--and not just about this ancient letter, but about God, your life, and the purpose...
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Publisher:
Turner Publishing Company
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
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What Does It Mean to Be "Chosen"? Why Did God Have to Choose? "To be chosen can have a range of meaning from the mundane to the holy, but in all cases it means to be singled out and preferred over others. In a deep sense that permeates much or most of Western culture, having been chosen communicates a sense of something that is extraordinary, is transcendent, and entitles a reward. What is assumed in this sense of the term is that God has done the...
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Publisher:
BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
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Who said that nice people finish last? Music entrepreneur Anthony Casuccio shares stories of how being nice and doing the "right thing" (no matter how hard or embarrassing) in a crazy business, has created opportunities for him both professionally and personally. You will discover that: - Being nice is not a sign of weakness - Living a life with integrity greatly increases your chance of success - People like to be around others that radiate positive...
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Publisher:
Church Publishing Incorporated
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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Beloved preacher and author, Herbert O'Driscoll, offers his life story in his own words. The first section includes memories from his childhood and student years lived mainly in the south of Ireland. The second section tells stories from his years of active ministry in Canada, the United States, and other parts of the world church. The last portion recalls experiences from his retirement years and his facilitation of pilgrimages to the Middle East,...