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Zavion never knew what love was. His mother abandoned him at two, leaving him in the hands of his father, to deal with situations no child should ever have to face. Forced to grow up sooner than he should've, Zavion's heart became cold and his emotions void. Now, he's an owner of a popular tattoo shop and he's still battling scars from his childhood. Unable to deal with his past trauma or allow himself to open up to anyone, Zavion throws himself headfirst into his work and uses women as objects rather than partners...until he meets Samara.

Educators all over the country are waking to a collective realization: The hope and compassion they have for their students is not enough to counteract the inequitable policies and practices of the school system. Students and communities who have been historically disenfranchised along lines of race and disability continue to face predictable barriers to opportunity and independence. In Build Equity, Join Justice, the authors present a new path forward that leads away from deficit-focused policies and toward strengths-based practices.

I’d never met my father, but on the day he died, he left me a letter. He said he'd leave all of his millions to me if I completed the tasks on his list. The first task at hand? Move into the same household as Stella Lane, my new step-sister. Stella was cold. I was ice, too. Stella was lonely. I craved being alone. Stella didn't speak unless she had something to say. Each month, a new letter arrived with a new task. Each month, the tasks grew darker as more secrets of my past were revealed.

This book chronicles how the illegal gambling game of bolita, from its birth in segregationist Suwannee County in the 1930s to its death in the 1950s, led to Blood on the Suwannee. These three stories take readers down memory lane, portraying a time in history when law enforcement originated in slave patrols formed to return "property" to plantation owners. The book foreshadows how the past continues to reflect in the present and the unfortunate decay of the justice system - especially as it affects African Americans.

President Stephen C. Jefferson is making big moves for the country, but like always, there are major setbacks. White supremacists are at the doors of the White House, and what is a president to do when racism continues to tear down a nation right before his eyes. The first lady is no longer ride-or-die.

Dash diet is a lifestyle designed to ensure that you get the most out of every meal you eat. The idea is that you don’t need to change what you are eating. You merely need to change how often you are eating it and better understand how to prepare healthier meals. By working with your body’s natural rhythms, you can start seeing real gains regarding weight loss and muscle built in as little as one month. You won’t have to worry about calculating the carbs in your meal. They are already there; all of the net carbs, protein, calories, and total fats.

People are stressed, frustrated, and feeling insignificant. The voice inside their head has contributed to these emotions. Where did those thoughts come from and how do we change or get rid of them? How do we simplify our relationships so they are not hard? This book will help you fall in love with the person you see in the mirror every day. This shift in your relationship with "you" will allow your relationships with others to work and to flourish. You will finally get rid of the need to have the approval of others and reduce or eliminate stress and anger....

An Unscrupulous Mind is One Ironwoman Publishing's audiobook preview introduction to the empress of romantic murder suspense, author K.F. Johnson. Prepare yourself to delve into the first four chapters of some of her current releases and get a taste of some of the crazy, dysfunctional, and unscrupulous characters that await you in the audiobook!

A total of 101 mood-swinging rants, raves, and poetic ways to misbehave, in reaction to the culture shift in the Trump era. Bi-Po-Le-Tic combines observations, consternation, and flirtation, etched into time capsule-like interpretations, with some moments of artistic exaggeration.

Shane Notfarg, an experienced Afro-American female detective in the San Diego County sheriff’s office, is assigned the case of missing man Arthur Flynn in late 2008. She dislikes cases involving missing persons because they turn up alive later 90 percent of the time, a loss of investigative resources. Flynn disappeared from a fishing camp at the Russian River in northern California. Shane puzzles initially over whether Flynn took off to avoid paying alimony to his gorgeous ex-wife, now living with a wealthy man.

The information on Islam presented in this book is concise, using simple and straightforward language. The book attempts to explore common values and beliefs contained in the divinely revealed scriptures, the Qur'an and the Bible, to point out the major differences as well. The common misconceptions about the religion of Islam that are prevalent in the West are also addressed.
The chapter "The Qur'an and Science" attempts to show that information of a scientific nature was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) 1,400 years ago.

Greer Patterson always felt like an outsider. Loathed by her step mother and half siblings for being the green eyed, fair skinned product of her black father's affair with a white woman, she's never truly felt loved by anyone except her father and husband Michael. When Greer's life as she knows it comes crashing down after discovering her husband's torrid affair, she decides to take matters into her own bloody hands. Soon, after sending Michael to his untimely death and framing his mistress, she begins feeling something she's never felt before...powerful.

The ketogenic diet is gaining increasing popularity. And with good reason: it is easy to implement, is not complex and is highly effective. It has been well researched and has produced consistent results since the 1920s. The Ketogenic Diet for Athletes explores the remarkable amount of evidence of health and performance benefits derived from the diet then specifically applies that to athletes.

In the timber camps of North Florida in the 1930s, Zora Neale Hurston, a famous African-American anthropologist and author, discovered the unwritten segregationist law allowing a white man to force a white woman to have his children. Dr. Ellis coined the term "paramour rights" and attributed it to Hurston's character in this novel. Twenty years later, she received an assignment from the Pittsburgh Courier to cover the murder trial of Ruby McCollum, a wealthy colored woman accused of slaying a white physician.

Heart disease is the number-one cause of death in the United States - and the world. Every 40 seconds, one American dies from cardiovascular disease, which claims more lives than all forms of cancer combined. Yet most of us are only vaguely familiar with the amazing organ inside our chests that sends 2000 gallons of blood throughout our bodies every single day.

Tripp believes it’s fate when his station house is called to a fire at the daycare Brylee works at. It's hard to manage being a full-time father to a newborn with the hours his job demands, so when he sees an opportunity to hire Brylee as an in-house nanny, he doesn’t hesitate.

Raised with a platinum spoon in his mouth, Remy made sure he was exactly the opposite to what his father believed and how he was raised. He joined the military, suffered loss along with them, and when he took over everything his father built, Remy set about to change it in every possible way. Danger threatened her and the children he grew to love. Remy realized that falling in love with Sinead was something unbreakable, and he would protect them at any cost.

She's his best friend's baby sister, and he's too broken to deserve her. Victor Yang spent six years in the Army as a bomb tech, and when he came back from war, he was half out of his mind and completely dangerous to anyone who got too close to him. His friend saved his life, and now he's repaying that debt in the worst way possible.

Dashing through the church… wait, those aren't the lyrics. But that's how Sinful K is spending his Christmas holiday, dealing with the church with his woman, Mary.

For Cypher Hall, being the mother to twin boys is far from easy. She has to work two jobs just to keep her head above water, and she still often feels like she's drowning. She hasn't been in a relationship since her kids' father eight years ago, and she's started to realize that Prince Charming may never ride up on his white horse and save her. Cypher never imagined that getting a tattoo for her birthday would ultimately change the course of her life forever.