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Big Ideas Simply Explained

All the big ideas, simply explained - an innovative and accessible guide to the study of human nature The Psychology Book clearly explains more than 100 groundbreaking ideas in this fascinating field of science.

The Psychology Book

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The Periodic Table in Minutes

James McBride

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A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

From the New York Times bestselling author of Deacon King Kong and The Good Lord Bird, winner of the National Book Award for Fiction: The modern classic that Oprah.com calls one of the best memoirs of a generation and that launched James McBride’s literary career. More than two years on The New York Times bestseller list. Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride, journalist, musician, and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful debut, The Color Of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother. The son of a black minister and a woman who would not admit she was white, James McBride grew up in "orchestrated chaos" with his eleven siblings in the poor, all-black projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn. "Mommy," a fiercely protective woman with "dark eyes full of pep and fire," herded her brood to Manhattan's free cultural events, sent them off on buses to the best (and mainly Jewish) schools, demanded good grades, and commanded respect. As a young man, McBride saw his mother as a source of embarrassment, worry, and confusion—and reached thirty before he began to discover the truth about her early life and long-buried pain. In The Color of Water, McBride retraces his mother's footsteps and, through her searing and spirited voice, recreates her remarkable story. The daughter of a failed itinerant Orthodox rabbi, she was born Rachel Shilsky (actually Ruchel Dwara Zylska) in Poland on April 1, 1921. Fleeing pogroms, her family emigrated to America and ultimately settled in Suffolk, Virginia, a small town where anti-Semitism and racial tensions ran high. With candor and immediacy, Ruth describes her parents' loveless marriage; her fragile, handicapped mother; her cruel, sexually-abusive father; and the rest of the family and life she abandoned. At seventeen, after fleeing Virginia and settling in New York City, Ruth married a black minister and founded the all- black New Brown Memorial Baptist Church in her Red Hook living room. "God is the color of water," Ruth McBride taught her children, firmly convinced that life's blessings and life's values transcend race. Twice widowed, and continually confronting overwhelming adversity and racism, Ruth's determination, drive and discipline saw her dozen children through college—and most through graduate school. At age 65, she herself received a degree in social work from Temple University. Interspersed throughout his mother's compelling narrative, McBride shares candid recollections of his own experiences as a mixed-race child of poverty, his flirtations with drugs and violence, and his eventual self- realization and professional success. The Color of Water touches readers of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son. This book was recently reprinted with a new cover. You may receive one of the two covers shown.

The Color of Water

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A Guided Journal for Manifesting Your Deepest Desires

Create wealth, manifest love, and embody joy with a guided journal for three easy-to-follow manifestation techniques. Everyone manifests—creating what we have in our life through thoughts, beliefs, and actions—but not everyone does so with conscious awareness. Without focused intention, we manifest by default, allowing limiting beliefs and doubts to hold us back. With the Law of Attraction Manifestation Journal, you take back your power to actualize the life you’ve always wanted. Call in your dream reality with: Powerful guidance to shift your mindset, release limiting beliefs, and attune to your greatest desires The 369 manifestation method to harness the power of divine numbers that amplify your ability to manifest The 555 manifestation method to transform your mindset at the subconscious level and cultivate deep commitment The scripting manifestation method to access multiple areas of powerful thoughts and emotions Roomy blank pages with numbered lines that make manifestation journaling a pleasurable, high vibration experience

Law of Attraction Manifestation Journal

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Twelve-year-old Vahan Kenderian, the son of an influential Armenian family in Turkey, struggles to survive alone after witnessing the deaths of many of his family and friends during the Armenian massacres of the early twentieth century. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

Forgotten Fire

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In 2001, audiences first met and fell in love with a twelve-year-old criminal mastermind named Artemis Fowl. Since then, the eight-book series about his adventures has sold over twenty-five million copies throughout the world. To coincide with the major motion picture coming from the Walt Disney Studios in August 2019, here is an all-new graphic novel adaptation of the book with crisp, accessible storytelling and clear, cinematic perspectives. Readers of all ages can now follow the siege at Fowl Manor between Artemis and the fairies in action-packed, full-color panels.

Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl: the Graphic Novel

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A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads Janie on a search for her real identity.

The Face on the Milk Carton

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The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing with Readings

"The Fourth Edition includes 40 readings (22 of which are NEW) that represent a multitude of perspectives organized around 5 conversations. Michelle Alexander on mass incarceration; Sherry Turkle on romance in a digital age; J.D. Vance on the American Dream that is vanishing for so many American--these are just a few examples of the readings that will prompt students to listen, think, and write"--

They Say / I Say

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A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

A thoroughly revised and updated edition of Thomas C. Foster's classic guide—a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes, and contexts—that shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable. While many books can be enjoyed for their basic stories, there are often deeper literary meanings interwoven in these texts. How to Read Literature Like a Professor helps us to discover those hidden truths by looking at literature with the eyes—and the literary codes—of the ultimate professional reader: the college professor. What does it mean when a literary hero travels along a dusty road? When he hands a drink to his companion? When he's drenched in a sudden rain shower? Ranging from major themes to literary models, narrative devices, and form, Thomas C. Foster provides us with a broad overview of literature—a world where a road leads to a quest, a shared meal may signify a communion, and rain, whether cleansing or destructive, is never just a shower—and shows us how to make our reading experience more enriching, satisfying, and fun. This revised edition includes new chapters, a new preface, and a new epilogue, and incorporates updated teaching points that Foster has developed over the past decade.

How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised Edition

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A History of Latinos in America

A sweeping history of the Latino experience in the United States- thoroughly revised and updated. The first new edition in ten years of this important study of Latinos in U.S. history, Harvest of Empire spans five centuries-from the first New World colonies to the first decade of the new millennium. Latinos are now the largest minority group in the United States, and their impact on American popular culture-from food to entertainment to literature-is greater than ever. Featuring family portraits of real- life immigrant Latino pioneers, as well as accounts of the events and conditions that compelled them to leave their homelands, Harvest of Empire is required reading for anyone wishing to understand the history and legacy of this increasingly influential group.

Harvest of Empire

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Recovering from the recent suicide of her ex-boyfriend, senior class president Keisha Montgomery finds herself attracted to a dangerous, older man.

Darkness Before Dawn

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The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.

Tears of a Tiger

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Teenage Gerald, who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, faces the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved.

Forged by Fire

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A Contemporary Portrait

Fully revised and expanded to reflect more than a decade of new developments and data, the second edition of this widely acclaimed book presents an up-to-date, comprehensive portrait of the second largest Latino group in the United States.

Edna Acosta-Belén and Carlos Santiago trace the trajectory of the Puerto Rican experience from the early colonial period, through a series of waves of migration to the US, to current cultural legacies and political and social challenges. Their work is an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to understand the history, contributions, and contemporary realities of the ever-growing Puerto Rican diaspora.

Puerto Ricans in the United States

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Civics

Punished: Policing The Lives of Black and Latino Boys

A Peter D. Chisholm Story

Anthony Blackwell or Poohgie as his mother and siblings call him because of his love for Winnie the Pooh, keeps waking up with his entire body covered with perspiration and his heart racing. He curses God and tells Him he does not need heaven. He does not need His pity or mercy. "How can You have mercy on me now after what You've allowed?"Through harsh trials and tribulation, Cassandra, Poohgie's mother realizes the great love that exist and continues to grow within her family. How can God destroy a family like this?For years he and his family have relived day after day and dream after dream the horrifying murder of his father and older brother by what is defined as justice or the law.When can parents have the right to discipline their children without the interference of those who actually give the children the power to govern their parents.It makes Poohgie furious to know and experience the heart break of loving parents being murdered for loving their children.Will whites and blacks respect the blood that flows in each others veins and form a new harmony?Can a mad man's tactic really work?Poohgie has revealed his secret, what will happen now?Will he be turned in?Will he have to kill?Poohgie shows the "enemy" how he loves the world through his eyes. What it is like to be a black man in America. How it feels to be judged because of how you look and not your defined character. How unjust the judiciary system really is. He discovers he is equally guilty of the hate and prejudice he fights against, and once again prays to a God he has dismissed.Will this end in a win win scenario, or will the walls be painted in red?Will the sleeping God intervene?Will Satan prevail?Will there be peace after all?Do you want to know?Whiteout!.. Peter D Chisholm story.

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