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The Transition shares the real life story of Joshua D. Darden as he moves through prison, trauma, and untreated mental illness. This powerful book shows how anger, confusion, and survival shaped his actions during the hardest years of his life. Joshua lived with Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar symptoms, and PTSD without knowing what was happening inside his mind, and his story reveals the heavy impact of mental health when it is left untreated. After years of violence and chaos, Joshua finally discovered the truth about his condition and began a new path toward healing.

Bobby Joe Jones was supposed to be hunting criminals. Instead, he became one. Growing up in a family of lawmen and influenced by the badge, Bobby Joe is the best undercover cop in the department, until one mission goes sour. A diamond robbery. Fingerprints on the door. Looted jewels in his possession. And then, the distinction between cop and crook blurs. Suspended, badge-less, and pursued by the very institution he once protected, Bobby Joe has only one way to prove his innocence: track down the true ring leader of the robberies before the city chooses him as the scapegoat.

In Resilience Rising: The Courage to Stand, Heal, and Rise Again, Bijiek Jieknyal shares a powerful testament to how unwavering faith and determination can turn pain into purpose. From war-torn South Sudan to American classrooms and boardrooms, his journey highlights the transformative power of resilience and the indomitable human spirit. Blending personal memoir with universal lessons, this book reveals how trauma, when faced with hope and forgiveness, builds inner strength.

A real life online political convention with Thomas Crooks and Hanzal_23 prior to Crook’s attempted assassination plot July 13 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. The details that led to a politically charged debate on social media about the then presidential candidate, Donald J Trump, laid out by Hanzal_23.

There are anti-Black thought patterns, ideas, beliefs, behavior patterns, etc., inside and outside the Black community, that need special names that will make it easier to discuss, debate, and ultimately decimate their impact on our lives. There are also pro-Black ideas, beliefs, thought patterns, etc. that need the same treatment.

This book will gift you the ability to better analyze a situation by assisting you in detaching from your emotions and one-track perception, replacing it with an open mind and overview of mental development.

Alan Seeger was born on 22nd June 1888 in New York. After attending several elite preparatory schools, he enrolled at Harvard in 1906, where he also edited and wrote for the Harvard Monthly. War’s looming dark shadow was to have a transformative effect on the young poet and on 24th August 24th, 1914, he joined the French Foreign Legion so he could fight for the Allies. On American Independence day, 4th July 1917, whilst urging on his fellow soldiers in a successful charge at Belloy-en-Santerrem he was hit several times by machine gun fire and died.

Wallace James Stevens was born on October 2nd, 1879, in Reading, Pennsylvania. His father, a lawyer, sent Wallace to Harvard as a non-degree special student, after which he moved to New York City and worked briefly as a journalist. In 1923 ‘Harmonium’ was published. At last, at age 38, he was an overnight success. His career was not prodigious in quantity but its quality was exceptional and he won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his Collected Poems in 1955.

Are our children getting the best educational experience? Are the educators in an environment that best suits them to become the teachers that our kids deserve? If you believe that our schools can do better for our children, this book is for you!

I awaken most days wondering if I have it in me to make a positive difference in someone’s life. It isn’t something I need to plan for, it is a path I must step upon and be prepared to walk in faith without deviation or separation. It's all about having the spirit willing to share.

Here’s how to do away with negativity and move forward from painful emotions. How do you get rid of your emotional pain, anxiety, and negative self-talk? Is it by suppressing them...or maybe trying not to think about them? If so, denying what you really feel is harmful and will only make your feelings worse deep within. Or maybe you’re using willpower to change your situation? This only results in short-term victories...leaving you back at square one and feeling lonely, stressed, and anxious.

The reality is that God gave prominent roles to some Black people in the Bible, and there are tremendous lessons you and I can learn from what they did and how they lived. For these reasons; I have chosen to feature five of some of the most prominent Black people in the Bible for us to learn from in detail. This book explores the context in which they lived, the challenges they had to overcome, the contributions they made to the eternal plan of God, their success mindset and the lessons we can apply today.

This is a continuing effort by author and poet, Vinny Green to share his blessing from above to share his inspired words and thoughts. He continues to share the inspired words that come to mind in the hope of touching hearts and inspiring minds.

As this and his previous works demonstrate, Vinny’s life has been devoted to family and the demise of corruption, this particular work delves into Vinny’s formative years growing up in the Bayview Housing Projects of Canarsie, Brooklyn, as a member of an African American family living in a predominately white housing development, which offered a well-stocked feeding trough in both hardy and at times, difficult to swallow formative meals in the nurturing and maturing of a corruption fighter.

The heart does not write; it does not sit before paper, with pen in hand, or keyboard with fingers poised over fading letters. The heart speaks, often in a rapid, unexpected torrent. It is moved, and it moves; it brings forth angst, anguish, betrayal, denial, and triumphs. It sings of dances seen over and over again, while still remaining secret. It gushes rather than plods. It’s synchronicity, sometimes out of time to its own rhythm. Minutes from the Heart Stands not as a gift, as much as a challenge. Do with it what you will.

This book speaks on current events which occurred throughout America - police brutality, racism, Black-on-Black crime, mass shootings, COVID-19, and about the author's life.

Perceptions 3 is collection of four short stories/novellas. They, like their predecessors, Perceptions 1 and Perceptions 2, are entertaining and enlightening. They will make you laugh, cry, and think. They are stories that capture the mind and, yes, the imagination. While they may tickle your funny bone, they are very serious stories. It is said that sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying.

This book talks about the injustice African Americans receive in this country. It also talks about racism, black on black crime, police brutality, and this book speaks on change and is very inspirational and powerful.

This set of short essays on the funniest African Americans in the business answers your simple questions for all age groups! Perfect for kids, teens, college students, or just inspiration. Don't let history pass without spreading the word! Just Stand Up: A Tribute to Black Comedians is a look back at the funny black men and women who started it all and their struggles before stardom and fame. A lesson that need to be taught!

Perceptions 2 is a collection of four short stories/novellas. They, like their predecessor in Perceptions 1, are true. You will find them entertaining and enlightening. They will make you think twice before you rush to judgement on the social issues they address. These stories will open your eyes as to what is really going on in this country and certain segments of its society.