I thoroughly enjoyed this read. It had all the elements of a great story. I laughed, cried and got mad. (That’s probably why the cover is a little bent.) The finale was a big gasp! I had to leave a review. Click here to read it https://vocal.media/geeks/family-love-and-hate. Go ahead and buy my autographed copy so I can get a new one!

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Arkansas

The desire for freedom and desperate need to get away from her brother drove hairstylist Tameika "Mimi" Johnson to move away from her childhood home in Arkansas to the big city of Houston, Texas. There, she started her life anew and did everything from her work to her relationships on her own Terms.When tragedy strikes and her brother is found murdered, Mimi has to return to the place where she'd ran away from past hurts and now has to face them head on.When her childhood crush comes back into her life, secrets begin to reveal themselves from unexpected sources faster than she can handle them.Mimi is forced to face her inner-demons and figure out if home really is where the heart is

Mimi's Heart

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The Peacemaker 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Science

A Historical Survey

The development of science, according to respected scholars Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus, expands our knowledge and control of the world in ways that affect-but are also affected by-society and culture. In Making Modern Science, a text designed for introductory college courses in the history of science and as a single-volume introduction for the general reader, Bowler and Morus explore both the history of science itself and its influence on modern thought.

Opening with an introduction that explains developments in the history of science over the last three decades and the controversies these initiatives have engendered, the book then proceeds in two parts. The first section considers key episodes in the development of modern science, including the Scientific Revolution and individual accomplishments in geology, physics, and biology. The second section is an analysis of the most important themes stemming from the social relations of science-the discoveries that force society to rethink its religious, moral, or philosophical values. Making Modern Science thus chronicles all major developments in scientific thinking, from the revolutionary ideas of the seventeenth century to the contemporary issues of evolutionism, genetics, nuclear physics, and modern cosmology.

Written by seasoned historians, this book will encourage students to see the history of science not as a series of names and dates but as an interconnected and complex web of relationships between science and modern society. The first survey of its kind, Making Modern Science is a much-needed and accessible introduction to the history of science, engagingly written for undergraduates and curious readers alike.


Making Modern Science

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A Renegade Tale of Forbidden Love

Welcome back to Port-au-Prince Haiti, where the lies, sex, murders, and drama are hotter than the Caribbean's sweltering heat. Simbi, Mari, and Erzili are beautiful, smart, and absolutely deadly! The LaRose sisters are after two things, freedom and revenge! Forbidden love has bloomed, but will it die on the vine? The heat is on, and Simbi wants her sisters out of Haiti, and out from under Enzo's murderous thumb. Saint has promised to aid in Erzili and Mari's escape from his father. Enzo has held them captive for almost a full year. When the crime boss tightens the noose around all their necks and enforces his power, will Saint's plan to get the love of his life and her sister off the island actually work? Inspector General Tajuana Smith says she'll help, but can she be trusted? Enzo, Saint, and Karter are sexy, dangerous, and absolutely in too deep! The LeCoeur men want one thing, the LaRose sisters. Will their one desire cost them their lives? Karter has fallen for Mari, against his better judgment. She seems to feel the same way, but can Karter really trust her? Mari is a sly snake and just may bite when he least expects it. Enzo's growing obsession with Erzili blinds him to fact that his son and Erzili are tangled in an illicit love affair. Is their secret safe, or will it be revealed and cause Enzo to do the unthinkable? With Simbi ready to exact revenge, Saint and Erzili's relationship should be the last thing he worries about. Life and death walks hand in hand, and we all only have borrowed time. When your family rules Haiti's underworld, you dance with the devil on the daily, and at times feast on mayhem as if it is your last meal. Many walk that fine line, while others trample on the ropes of chaos. Death hunts us all, and it is never too far behind. Who will survive the game of love, violence, and vengeance? Find out in Port of Princes 2: A Renegade Tale of Forbidden Love.

Port of Princes 2

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A Novel

Happy housewife Page Clarke finds her life changed forever when her teenaged daughter, Allyson, is in a car accident, and, without her husband Brad there to lean on, Page turns to handsome Trygve, whose own daughter was also injured. Reprint.

Accident

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This is a very simple read with a lot of powerful information inside. I treat it more like a reference book because I have to go back to it sometimes to ground myself in the practice again.#paperback #spirituality 
 

Beginner’s Guide to Meditation 

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As the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the black enclave of Frenchtown in segregated Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis takes the words of Dr. Martin Luther King to heart: He is "as good as anyone." Abandoned by his parents, but kept on the straight and narrow by his grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South of the early 1960s, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy the future. Elwood is sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, whose mission statement says it provides "physical, intellectual and moral training" so the delinquent boys in their charge can become "honorable and honest men." In reality, the Nickel Academy is a grotesque chamber of horrors where the sadistic staff beats and sexually abuses the students, corrupt officials and locals steal food and supplies, and any boy who resists is likely to disappear "out back." Stunned to find himself in such a vicious environment, Elwood tries to hold onto Dr. King's ringing assertion "Throw us in jail and we will still love you." His friend Turner thinks Elwood is worse than naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. The tension between Elwood's ideals and Turner's skepticism leads to a decision whose repercussions will echo down the decades. Formed in the crucible of the evils Jim Crow wrought, the boys' fates will be determined by what they endured at the Nickel Academy.

The Nickel Boys

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The book pictured is my the copy I have on hand, but I’ll order a newer copy to sell.


If you were one of King Henry VIII's six wives, who would you be? Would you be Anne Boleyn, who literally lost her head? Would you be the subject of rumor and scandal like Catherine Howard? Or would you get away and survive like Anna of Cleves? Meet them and Henry's other queens--each bound for divorce or death--in this epic and thrilling novel that reads like fantasy but really happened. Watch spellbound as each of these women attempts to survive their unpredictable king as he grows more and more obsessed with producing a male heir. And discover how the power-hungry court fanned the flames of Henry's passions . . . and his most horrible impulses. Whether you're a huge fan of all things Tudor or new to this jaw-dropping saga, you won't be able to get the unique voices of Henry and his wives--all brought to life by seven award-winning and bestselling authors--out of your head. This is an intimate look at the royals during one of the most treacherous times in history. Who will you root for and who will you love to hate? ONE OF THE NYPL TOP TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR "Ambitious and exciting." --Bustle "A clever, feminist reimagining of one of English history's most fascinating moments." --Refinery29 "These stories of love, lust, power and intrigue never fail to fascinate." --Shelf Awareness, Starred Review Who's Who- M. T. Anderson - Henry VIII Candace Fleming - Katharine of Aragon, wife #1 Stephanie Hemphill - Anne Boleyn, wife #2 Lisa Ann Sandell - Jane Seymour, wife #3 Jennifer Donnelly - Anna of Cleves, wife #4 Linda Sue Park - Catherine Howard, wife #5 Deborah Hopkinson - Kateryn Parr, wife #6

Fatal Throne: the Wives of Henry VIII Tell All

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#paperback #romance #supernatural #fiction 

Ever and Damen have travelled through countless past lives - and fought off the world's darkest enemies - in search of each other. But just when their destiny seems finally within reach, a powerful curse falls upon them. A single touch of their hands, a soft brush of their lips will mean death for Damen - cast into the darkness of the Shadowland. But as she seeks to break the curse, Ever meets Jude - a green-eyed, golden surfer boy who understands magick, and understands Ever better than she realises. And she begins to ask a terrifying question: even if you're immortal, can true love really last forever?

Shadowland

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Dracula

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I took a summer class History of Science and I fell in love with the narratives and philosophies that created modern science. It really helped me understand and appreciate my own scientific curiosity. It’s written in a very interesting way too so I kept it to read beyond the scope of the lectures. #paperback



Conjure

I love books with no clear villains. All the characters are antagonistic in their own way so once all motives are revealed the reader realizes they were indeed read! Who is the real enemy here? 
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Witches Steeped in Gold

This picture is one of many versions of this book that we own. I have read this book and over and shared it with so many people I love.
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Open Your Mind to Prosperity

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Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Survived Slavery and Became Millionaires

Black Fortunes

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A Love Story by Centuries Connected Lovers

The Wanderers' Enduring Love is a love story that spans centuries. Beginning in the 18th century with Lusamba and Marcelo. A young couple full of life and love that get torn apart by the brutal slave trade. In a second attempt at love Lusamba tries again with Elias only to be horrifically denied. Modern day couple Neida and Marcel meet on a dating site and immediately realize that they have too much in common for their meeting to be merely coincidental. They decide to explore any connections they might have through DNA testing and soon discover that they have a shared past. Are they prepared for what they might discover? How are they connected? Will what they find bring them closer or tear them apart? Follow them and travel to Cameroon, Puerto Rico, California, and Georgia. See how they use modern technology to uncover the past and discover their future.

The Wanderer's Enduring Love

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the National Book Award–winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a “groundbreaking” (Time) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society—and in ourselves. “The most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind.”—The New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Time • NPR • The Washington Post • Shelf Awareness • Library Journal • Publishers Weekly • Kirkus Reviews Antiracism is a transformative concept that reorients and reenergizes the conversation about racism—and, even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. At its core, racism is a powerful system that creates false hierarchies of human value; its warped logic extends beyond race, from the way we regard people of different ethnicities or skin colors to the way we treat people of different sexes, gender identities, and body types. Racism intersects with class and culture and geography and even changes the way we see and value ourselves. In How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi takes readers through a widening circle of antiracist ideas—from the most basic concepts to visionary possibilities—that will help readers see all forms of racism clearly, understand their poisonous consequences, and work to oppose them in our systems and in ourselves. Kendi weaves an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science with his own personal story of awakening to antiracism. This is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond the awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a just and equitable society. Praise for How to Be an Antiracist “Ibram X. Kendi’s new book, How to Be an Antiracist, couldn’t come at a better time. . . . Kendi has gifted us with a book that is not only an essential instruction manual but also a memoir of the author’s own path from anti-black racism to anti-white racism and, finally, to antiracism. . . . How to Be an Antiracist gives us a clear and compelling way to approach, as Kendi puts it in his introduction, ‘the basic struggle we’re all in, the struggle to be fully human and to see that others are fully human.’ ”—NPR “Kendi dissects why in a society where so few people consider themselves to be racist the divisions and inequalities of racism remain so prevalent. How to Be an Antiracist punctures the myths of a post-racial America, examining what racism really is—and what we should do about it.”—Time

How to Be an Antiracist

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • From the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me, a boldly conjured debut novel about a magical gift, a devastating loss, and an underground war for freedom. “This potent book about America’s most disgraceful sin establishes [Ta-Nehisi Coates] as a first-rate novelist.”—San Francisco Chronicle IN DEVELOPMENT AS A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • Adapted by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Kamilah Forbes, produced by MGM, Plan B, and Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films NOMINATED FOR THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD • NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time • NPR • The Washington Post • Chicago Tribune • Vanity Fair • Esquire • Good Housekeeping • Paste • Town & Country • The New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews • Library Journal Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her—but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he’s ever known. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia’s proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the Deep South to dangerously idealistic movements in the North. Even as he’s enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, Hiram’s resolve to rescue the family he left behind endures. This is the dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men, and children—the violent and capricious separation of families—and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved. Written by one of today’s most exciting thinkers and writers, The Water Dancer is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen. Praise for The Water Dancer “Ta-Nehisi Coates is the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race with his 2015 memoir, Between the World and Me. So naturally his debut novel comes with slightly unrealistic expectations—and then proceeds to exceed them. The Water Dancer . . . is a work of both staggering imagination and rich historical significance. . . . What’s most powerful is the way Coates enlists his notions of the fantastic, as well as his fluid prose, to probe a wound that never seems to heal. . . . Timeless and instantly canon-worthy.”—Rolling Stone

The Water Dancer

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Rainbow Dreams

Outed by her best friend in front of the whole neighbourhood, Niya is trying to come to terms with being a lesbian. And how will she deal with a hip-hop career as she tries to repair her broken heart and family issues? Signing to Green Note Records may just bring fulfilment and love - but will her feelings for Jamilla block what could actually be her chance to get back the love she always gives?Join the tormented twosome on an undeniable thrill ride as they travel down the rocky road of self-discovery in this emotionally charged and action-packed coming of age tale.

Niya

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A Tale of Love, Loss, and Betrayal

To be privileged in Haiti means you're very fortunate. But when those fortunes are gained by kidnappings, human trafficking, illegal drugs, and weapon sales, nothing good will come of it. When a partner in Haiti's notorious criminal organization is betrayed by one of the most ruthless men on the island, his family falls victim to the very thing that got him rich. One hellish night will change the lives of each member of the LaRose and LeCoeur family, and there will be no turning back.Taken captive, Erzili and Marinette must figure out a way to escape their kidnapper while battling the urge to fall for his sons. Karter and Toussaint are just as deadly as their father Enzo, but they are two killers with two very different hearts.Karter is deviously sexy, and at times, lacks a moral compass. To the world, he's hardened and cold, but the devastating secret he's hiding just may hold the key to his reckless behavior.Toussaint is the total opposite of his twin. Calm, calculating, and sinfully handsome, he's an artist at heart. He wants to leave the family business behind but refuses to leave without the love of his life. Will he be able to balance love and family? Fabiola Joseph and Nika Michelle pens a story filled with murder, vengeance, love, and a Haitian crime boss who lives and kills without limits. It's his way or by way of bloodshed. But when love is at play, the threat of death isn't strong enough to keep these lovers apart. Escaping Enzo is the only way they'll be able to love freely. Will they make it out alive or will their blood stain the streets of Port-au-Prince?

Port of Princes

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25th Anniversary Edition with a Study Guide

Explores a new phase of human evolution that reflects a growing understanding about authentic, spiritual power based on cooperative beliefs and a reverence for life.

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