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  A Pathway to American Renewal -...

  Sr Robert L. Woodson

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  This challenging and inspiring collection of essays constructively frames the story of Black America—not as a tragedy involving helpless victims, but as a model for the nation. Scholars and grassroots leaders recount the history—the gritty, painful, but often triumphant account of what blacks accomplished after slavery was ended. Denied access to the institutions of white America, they built their own churches, schools, hotels, and a host of other successful enterprises. Their resilience produced amazing increases in literacy, family formation, and income. 
   
   
   
  Today's unsung grassroots leaders are the living evidence of the power of resilience. They use their stories of overcoming adversity and their own fallibility to help others. The organizations they create heal their communities. 
   
   
   
  This volume presents the insights of scholars who warn of the dangerous forces that threaten to shackle the ability of blacks to succeed today. They warn that, by accepting the notion that black adversity continues to be the product of systemic racism and is therefore unchangeable, no one would need to step up to the realities of a responsible life. This kind of thinking has led to lowering standards in education and even in the judicial system. The scholars outline positive paths to the future.

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  Executive Functioning & ADHD for...

  Sabine Wedemeyer Ph.D.

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  No Fluff. No Nonsense. Just Real Talk. 
  If you’re a Teenager or Young Adult with ADHD, you’re about to discover your superpowers. This book is your no-BS guide to unlocking your full potential and getting things DONE - without changing who you are! 
  We’re talking straight-up strategies, zero fluff—just what you need to level up your life and crush the things you’ve been struggling with. Whether managing time, staying on track, or organizing your life, this book gives you the tools to own it. 
  You don’t need to be perfect, but you do need to take action—precisely what this book helps you do. Each chapter is packed with real examples, quick tips, and direct advice on implementing the strategies so you can start seeing results immediately. No waiting around. No feeling overwhelmed. Just you are taking control. 
  Forget the old stereotypes about ADHD. You are bold, resilient, and capable of more than you realize. 
  ADHD isn’t the boss of you—it’s just one piece of the unique, unstoppable puzzle that is you. 
  With the right tools, mindset, and support system, there’s nothing you can’t handle. This book will help you get organized, stop procrastinating, and achieve your goals, all while staying true to who you are. 
  Keep moving forward, stay curious, and believe in your own magic. You’ve got this—and I’m here cheering you on every step of the way. 
  I added a Bonus Chapter for your Parents and Friends - You are never alone in life - you need support, and so do they. This chapter aims to give you the tools to work together and enjoy who you are! 
  Now go out there and crush it, superstar! 
  Remember: you’ve got everything inside of you to succeed. 
  Keep pushing forward, using the tools you’ve learned here, and stay confident in your ability to tackle whatever comes your way. 
  ADHD doesn’t define you—it’s just a part of your journey. So, embrace it, own it, and keep shining. You’re a force to be reckoned with. Keep believing in yourself.

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  Darius the Great - Biography of...

  Kelly Mass

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  Darius I, more commonly known as Darius the Great, reigned as the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE. Under his rule, the empire reached its zenith, encompassing vast territories across Western Asia, parts of the Balkans (including Thrace, Macedonia, and Paeonia), the Caucasus, the Black Sea's coastal regions, Central Asia, the Indus Valley in the east, and portions of North and Northeast Africa, such as Egypt (Mudrâya), eastern Libya, and coastal Sudan. His reign marked a critical period of expansion and consolidation for the Persian Empire. 
  Darius ascended to power through a complex and controversial process. He orchestrated the assassination of Bardiya, the rightful heir to the throne, whom he claimed to be an impostor named Gaumata. Once in power, Darius turned his attention to strengthening and expanding the empire. One of the defining episodes of his reign was his campaign against Greece. This effort aimed to punish Athens and Eretria for their involvement in the Ionian Revolt. Although his forces suffered a significant defeat at the Battle of Marathon, Darius achieved notable victories elsewhere. He successfully reasserted Persian control over Thrace, annexed Macedon, and subjugated the Cyclades and the island of Naxos. His campaign also saw the destruction of Eretria, a Greek city.

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  The Communal Heart - A Return to...

  Claudia Dommaschk

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  Belonging is remembered, together. 
  We are living in a time of profound fragmentation—within ourselves, between one another, and across the very systems meant to hold us together. In the midst of this unraveling, many of us feel the ache for belonging without knowing how to return to it. 
  Beneath this experience lies a deeper crisis, not simply of politics or technology, but of relationship itself. We have become highly skilled at optimizing, managing, and performing. Yet in narrowing our attention toward efficiency and control, we have sacrificed the very presence that allows trust to grow. 
  The Communal Heart offers a different starting point. Rather than prescribing quick fixes or reinforcing familiar self-improvement narratives, this book invites readers into a relational understanding of reality, one rooted in presence, attunement, and the quiet intelligence that emerges when we learn to meet life as it is rather than as we wish it to be. 
  Drawing on clinical experience, neuroscience, and embodied practice, Claudia Dommaschk shows how the divisions we see in today's culture mirror a subtle split within ourselves. As we begin the work of integration, something steadier becomes possible: relationships can withstand tension, communities become grounded in dignity, and a deeper sense of connection takes hold, even in a world pulling us apart. 
  This is not a call to agree more. It is an invitation to relate differently and, in doing so, to remember that belonging has always been there, waiting to welcome us home.

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  You Are Home - Heal from Family...

  PhD Sherrie Campbell, PhD Nadine...

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  If you are a survivor of family trauma, "home" was never a sanctuary. It was a place of pain, instability, and fear. You may have longed for a home filled with love, nurturing, connection, belonging, and safety―but instead were met with dysfunction and emotional harm. When a home is toxic, it becomes the last place you want to be. This guide will help you reclaim home―not as a physical place, but rather a deep sense of safety and trust in yourself. 
   
  You Are Home is a powerful "DIY manual" for understanding and honoring yourself as you begin this healing self-renovation project. You'll gain a new perspective of your past and discover tools to help you strengthen your foundation, establish boundaries with others, and rebuild your life from the ground up as you create a safer, stronger, more loving home within. 
   
  You'll discover empowering guidance to help you: clear out toxic energy or emotional clutter left by parents or family members who should have cared for you but brought you harm; fortify the structural integrity of your home by addressing core wounds; set boundaries with others in ways that support growth and transformation; learn mindfulness and reparenting techniques to balance your emotions; understand that you are never going backward―you are simply going inward; and envision your highest potential and manifest the life you were always meant to have. 
  If your childhood and much of your adult life have been defined by feelings of emotional homelessness―feeling unloved, unseen, and disconnected―safety and belonging may seem out of reach. But coming home to yourself is possible. This book will help you rebuild your home, and your life, one step at a time.

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  Stolen Child - Kidnapped at 12...

  Marie-Claire Vidja, Olivier Goujon

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  "My name is Marie-Claire. I have had nightmares every night from the time I was 11, when I was kidnapped.”
  From the clutches of a French family who tortured her into the grips of an Algerian family who kidnapped and confined her, Marie-Claire went through hell before making a spectacular escape and reaching France.
  There are lives whose reality is hard to imagine. Marie-Claire's life is one of those. An unwanted child, born in France, beaten, involved in drug trafficking, she was abandoned, temporarily placed in the care of Social Services, before being returned to her parents—and then she was kidnapped by her stepfather and then by her father’s family that included a radicalized Islamic "tutor." She went through hell for ten years before escaping and starting on a path to recovery in which suffering and hardships kept getting worse, but which eventually led her to the hallowed halls of a French university, from where she continues to fight for the hundreds of children kidnapped by a parent—children who, every year, are victims of their parents' crimes and of institutional abandonment. 
  She also uses her personal experience to look at mixed marriages, parental authority, parental responsibility. She points out with intelligence and accuracy the blind spots in the law, the cowardice of institutions, and the indifference of public opinion in the face of crimes whose victims are, first and foremost, thousands of children.
  The life of Marie-Claire is not a novel.

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