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Brother Mambo is a memoir of an anthropology graduate student who set out to document African cultural influences in the Guianas of South America. His initial study plan blocked by local immigration officials, he followed a hummingbird and other oracles to an Amazonian river and the Pamakans, Africans who had escaped slave plantations in Suriname to rebuild a society in the rainforest.

In arresting, but harrowing, prose, James Daschuk examines the roles that Old World diseases, climate, and, most disturbingly, Canadian politics—the politics of ethnocide—played in the deaths and subjugation of thousands of Indigenous people in the realization of Sir John A. Macdonald’s “National Dream.” It was a dream that came at great expense: the present disparity in health and economic well-being between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, and the lingering racism and misunderstanding that permeates the national consciousness to this day.

Despite its omnipresence and long history, imprisonment is a deeply troubling practice. In the United States and elsewhere, prison conditions are inhumane, prisoners are treated without dignity, and sentences are extremely harsh. Mass incarceration and its devastating impact on black communities have been widely condemned as neoslavery or “the new Jim Crow.” Can the practice of imprisonment be reformed, or does justice require it to be ended altogether?

Two-time heavyweight champion of the world and record-busting businessman George Foreman has spent his career challenging prevailing conceptions of success and achievement. In this book, he’s stepping into the ring as a coach to teach entrepreneurs the knockout business secrets that lead to...

Health crises, social unrest, and combative politics are seeping into our culture. In reaction to the chaos, anxiety has skyrocketed. How do we find our way through the turmoil? Drawing from the Bible, history, and everyday stories, J.D. King delves into the nuances of crisis leadership. During confusion, we need clarity and renewed focus. Shift: Leading in Transition will help you navigate transitions and revolutionize the world.

Fear, anxiety, and the critical voices in your head can be overwhelming—even if you believe Christ died to free you from those things. When J. D. Peabody found himself in a mental and emotional meltdown, he reached for the armor of God. In the process, he discovered God’s protection and grace were far greater than he had previously imagined. Perfectly Suited explores the armor of God through the lens of personal struggle, showing how the ancient metaphor for God’s care is powerful for his embattled children in every generation.

Diana Wolf likes to think she has it all: a rock-god husband, an empty nest, a wine cellar, and a dream home in the woods. Life is good. It has to be. But when she hires a cartographer, Kerry Perkins, to survey and map her estate in rural Tennessee, she pulls back a frayed corner of the lie that is her fairytale life. On his first night at Wolf Hollow, Kerry stumbles across a young girl's skeleton buried in the woods. But what really scares Diana is a familiar symbol carved into the girl’s skull: two wolves. 

Dis-Solving Conflict from Within presents a new paradigm for looking at conflict. Written by a professional mediator (and an occasional adventure motorcyclist), this book presents a mindfulness-based framework for understanding conflict, and more importantly, responding to conflict with strength, clarity, and ease as opposed to reacting to it with fear, avoidance, or aggression.

In this book, J.D. Gilbert challenges the preconceptions around this ancient religion by showing how Buddhism has been and remains a dynamic and evolving framework for universal truths and personal transformation.

This is the second audiobook in the series. Poems numbered 101 to 200. This is a collection of poems in which I explore my relationship with myself, others, and God at emotional, psychological, and spiritual levels.

This is the third book in the Limericks for Meditation series. Poems numbered 201 to 300. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Limericks for Meditation: 201-300, and learn about meditation.

Are you craving for a Mistress in your life? Are you a woman with a burning desire to dominate your man and transform yourself into a Mistress in charge? Femdom: Serve and Be Served is a two-in-one training guide for men and women. You can see it as an intro to the FLR lifestyle. The two books in this two-in-one book are Submissive Men: Being a Submissive Man in the Modern World and Dominant Women: The Dominant Women's and Submissive Men's Handbook for Amazing Relationships. Are you ready to serve and be served?

Imagine a world devoid of violence - a world where fists can’t hit, guns don’t kill, and bombs can’t destroy. In this tantalizing novel of possibility, this has - suddenly and inexplicably - become our new reality. The US president must find a new way to wage war. The pope ponders whether the Commandment “Thou Shalt Not Kill” is still relevant. 

Alessandro was the first and only man that Claudia had ever loved. Then a fatal heart attack took the shipping magnate away from her. After falling into a state of depression, she started to waste away - until a delivery boy lit a fire in her heart. Little did they know that their love affair would tear families apart and reach the courts as outside forces try to prevent them from marrying.

Meditations of a Hobo was written to help people navigate through this tough world, and become comfortable in every situation they come across. These are thoughts, experiences, and life lessons learned by an individual who has learned to be comfortable with himself, and through self-reflection on what matters most.

Is your brain feeling foggy all the time? Discover how to free your mind of unnecessary clutter and reach the highest level of mental focus and clarity. Do you often feel overwhelmed with numerous ideas and thoughts swirling inside your head? There’s a culprit behind your problems and it’s called brain fog. Your brain needs clarity to function properly. Clarity helps you make smart decisions, raise your productivity, prioritize, and get things done. The good news is, reaching that clarity and boosting your mental focus is possible with the help of a few lifestyle changes.

When Ivy steps over the cattle grid, reality hits. Capricorn Station is vast, desolate, and central to nowhere. But Ivy has come too far to back out now. She’s left her past behind her and is desperate to make this work. Stockman Adam O’Rourke is equally determined she’s going home ASAP. This girl is not the jillaroo he was expecting to help on his station over the summer. She can’t even handle a horse. It isn’t long before Ivy realizes there’s more between her and Adam than the job. But Ivy has only one summer on Capricorn Station. One season that’s passing way too fast.

A transformational guide to getting yourself right in order to accomplish the work you were meant to do, from speaker, former U.S. Air Force officer, and member of the Ottawa tribe D.J. Vanas. When faced with an important job, and people depending on you to do it, most of us will give and give...

It's been nine years since the last Chaos. Nine years since anyone has been properly mated. Now wolves are feral with the need to claim a mate, abducting females, and auctioning them off. Daniella Woods is the daughter of the alpha of the Carvingwood Pack. Having trained all her life to help defend humans and wolves alike from atrocities such as these, she’s shocked when technology used to track abducted females surfaces. And the one with the tech, it none other than Dockhills Alpha, Donovan.

'Hilarious and charming' – Dav Pilkey, bestselling author of Dogman and Captain Underpants All SIX of the Narwhal and Jelly books available as an audio collection!...