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  Africulture - How the Principles...

  Michael Carter Jr.

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  "Africulture is a gift and inspiration."—Michael W. Twitty, author of the James Beard Foundation Award-winning The Cooking Gene 
   
  A bold, timely history illuminating the essential contributions to U.S. agriculture arising from the expertise and innovations of Black men and women. 
   
  In Africulture, fifth-generation family farmer Michael Carter, Jr. has blended an eclectic brew of history, culture, African-centered perspectives, and African American farm realities. Throughout, he includes inspiring stories of innovators as well as sobering facts tracking the severe decline in the number of Black farmers in the United States over the last century. Descriptions of tropical crops that Carter grows, from jute to Nigerian spinach, enliven the text, as do anecdotes from his compelling family history and profiles of contemporary Black farmers and activists. Drawing on the lifecycle of a plant as a metaphor for both individual growth and the larger story of African American farming, Carter evokes the relationship between soil health (metaphorically, society and community) and plant health (i.e., the ability of Black farmers and families to thrive). 
   
  Africulture also includes Carter’s heartfelt reflections on the cycles of progress and backsliding—what he calls “blacklash”—that are an inescapable part of the history of Black people in the United States, in agriculture and beyond. In the present moment, when the civil rights gains and progress toward economic parity for Black Americans of the past fifty years may be slipping away, Carter offers the possibility of a better future through several foundational principles of Africulture. 
   
  Destined to surprise, challenge, and enrich, Africulture lays bare the undeniable revelation that without African expertise and innovation, American agriculture—and America itself—would not exist. 
   
  “The ancestors are undoubtedly shaking their tambourines in celebration of Africulture...[it] provides a blueprint for the blossoming of an agriculture rooted in cultural memory, ecological care, and mutual thriving.”—Leah Penniman, cofounder, Soul Fire Farm; author of Farming While Black

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  The Stowaway in First Class - A...

  Anthony DeSantis

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  A family’s legacy is forever changed in this true story of ransom notes, stowaways, and mobsters. 
  Paris, 1929. Gaetano “Guy” DeSantis is an Italian emigrant with a good life: a stable construction job, a comfortable place to live, and a blossoming relationship with a young waitress, Marie. But Guy dreams of making a future in America, alongside his cousin Frank who immigrated a few years earlier. 
  So when a mysterious stranger shows up at Guy’s door saying that Frank has paid for a boat ride across the Atlantic, how could Guy refuse? But there’s a catch—he must leave immediately, with no bags and no goodbyes.  
  With a heart of gold—and the suspense of a classic crime novel—this true story memorializes one man’s split-second decision to chart a new course for generations to come, proving that courage and honor do have the power to make a better life.

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  Silk Road The: An Enthralling...

  Billy Wellman

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  Journey on the Silk Road, and discover trade, cultures, and adventures from the ancient world! 
  Step onto the fabled Silk Road, an epic network of ancient trade routes that spanned thousands of miles and linked the East and West for centuries. In The Silk Road, embark on a captivating voyage through time and terrain, where cultures converged, goods flowed, and history unfolded. 
  This audiobook delves into the fascinating world of the Silk Road. Learn how spices, silk, precious gems, and ideas traversed vast deserts, towering mountain passes, and bustling bazaars. Discover the secrets of this remarkable historical crossroads where empires rose and fell and where the exchange of knowledge, art, and technology changed the course of civilizations. 
  Within this audiobook, you will do the following:Uncover the origins of the Silk Road and its myriad branches;Follow in the footsteps of legendary travelers like Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta;Marvel at the treasures that adorned the caravanserais and markets;Learn about the diverse cultures that coexisted and thrived along the route;Witness the transformative impact of the Silk Road on science, religion, and philosophy;Explore the mysteries of the hidden Silk Road cities buried beneath the sands of time;Follow the rise and fall of empires that sought to control this lucrative trade route;Understand the enduring legacy of the Silk Road in shaping today’s interconnected world;And so much more! 
  Don’t miss the chance to unravel the tales of adventure, cultural exchange, and the enduring spirit of human connection that defined the Silk Road. Click the “add to cart” button and embark on a remarkable odyssey through this audiobook!

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  Grunwald and Orsha: The History...

  Editors Charles River

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  Like other secretive groups, the mystery surrounding the Teutonic Knights has helped their legacy endure. While some conspiracy theorists attempt to tie the group to other alleged secret societies like the Illuminati, other groups have tried to assert connections with the Teutonic Knights to bolster their own credentials. Who they were and what they had in their possession continue to be a source of great intrigue even among non-historical circles.  
  While the military orders are now often tied to religion or conspiracy theories, they did once wield great power and influence in Europe, and their actions had consequences centuries after they had reached their peak. This was made clear in the wake of a major battle fought between German and Russian forces from August 26-30, 1914 during the First World War. It occurred in Masuria, a region of marshes, woodland, and numerous lakes in northern Poland, almost 400,000 men were involved, and it was a decisive victory for the Germans, who annihilated the Russian army. The Germans named the battle after Tannenberg (Polish Stebark), and the battle, though widely fought over 100 miles, did indeed encompass the village, but there was a historical reason for assigning the name to the battle. On July 15, 1410, Tannenberg was the site of another decisive battle between the army of the Germanic Teutonic Order and that of Poland-Lithuania, a battle now commonly referred to as the Battle of Grunwald (after another nearby village).  
  	In 1514, Orsha was a much smaller town, home to a population of no more than 5,000 as part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, but on September 8 of that year, the normally quiet and unpretentious town was thrust into the world’s gaze when over 100,000 troops engaged in one of the 16th century’s biggest battles outside the town walls. The battle pitted the forces of the King of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania against the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

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  Overcoming Fear and Panic...

  Mashal Al Nawab MD PhD

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  This second edition has been revised and expanded, offering updated material and further insight into this profoundly draining condition. Today, with the ever-intensifying social media sequestering interpersonal relationships, sadly many are finding anxiety and panic to be part of a spiteful entourage that intrusively invades our ever-demanding lifestyles. As the pace of life quickens with each passing day, these uninvited foes keep trying to seize control of our minds and bodies and make us feel feeble, entrapped, and defenseless. Age, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic class all seem irrelevant when it comes to suffering anxiety and panic attacks. 
  The purpose of this book is to provide you, the reader, with an enhanced understanding of panic attacks and anxiety, their causes, and their main features. Additionally, it is designed to embed within you an attitude that enables you to reclaim the authority or self-control that panic and anxiety may have stripped away. Despite what you may be feeling now, always appreciate that it is neither our anxieties nor our panic that define who we really are. 
  In this book you will find an awesome weapon that will help you change the way you relate to anxiety and panic and ultimately dominate them. Having said that, the reader should keep in mind that the road to recovery may not be a straight or comfortable one. Ups and downs, twists, and turns will be part of the journey. However, rest assured that you will find your way to a life free of anxiety and panic when you achieve the attitude alteration and concept lock-in presented in this book.  Know that when it comes to defeating anxiety and panic, knowledge is truly king.

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  H sapiens: The Last 12000 Years

  Fil Munas M.D.

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  A COSMIC CONUNDRUM—This astonishing book follows our ascendancy from just another hominin on the open African savannah to the alpha hegemon on Earth today endangering its entire future. Along the way, humans methodically outwitted their competition with phenomenal efficiency and indifference, to emerge in the modern 21st century as the linchpin of a major mass extinction of countless other lifeforms cohabiting their planet with them. The shredding of our fragile ecosphere by massive proliferation and monopolistic overconsumption of Earth’s precious resources by a single invasive species, along with the inexorable combustion of deadly fossil fuels to acquire the energy needed to sustain their profligate and lavish lifestyle, is threatening to drive H. sapiens itself into extinction within the next 300 years. This is the true story of that improbable adventure! 
  ...The Publishers

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