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  Harvest of Empire - A History of...

  Juan Gonzalez

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  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 listening for anyone wishing to understand the history and legacy of this increasingly influential group.

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  Be The Hero Of Your Story By...

  Kim Schneiderman

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  Kim Schneiderman gives us powerful guidance for changing our life’s story by stepping out of it and rewriting it. Oftentimes when people are suffering, it’s because they can’t make sense of their unfolding life story. Writing in the third person and making ourselves the hero or heroine of our story will give us surprising insight into the character development that is the goal of every challenge. We can literally re-write a scene with ourselves as the hero. Antagonists, she says, are around to help us build our character. Conflict is an element in almost every story, and it is good for building our emotional muscles. “These challenges that show up in our plot lines are there to help us grow in new ways,” she says. The idea is to transform your tragedies into triumphs simply by choosing to interpret your story in a particular way. By creating emotional and psychological distance, we can see things more clearly. “How you tell your story affects how you feel about your story,” she says. About the challenges we face in our lives, she says “we can reframe those experiences as opportunities to transform your character…I try to help people see themselves as souls playing roles, but not the roles themselves.” (hosted by Justine Willis Toms)

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  Today Is Monday in Texas

  Johnette Downing

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  Come and eat it up! All the lucky children in Texas walk through a week of favorite Lone Star food in this colorful singsong story. On Monday it's pan de campo, and Tuesday is time for chicken-fried steak. Chili on Wednesday, sweet onions on Thursday, and grapefruit on Friday bring young Texans to a weekend of barbecue and strudel. Bright collage-style illustrations add a layer of visual fun to this cumulative, rhythmic adaptation of a traditional song. A "word menu" of terms and food facts and a recipe for pan de campo complete this tasty trip through Texas.

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  Haunted Buffalo - Ghosts in the...

  Dwayne Claud, Cassidy O'Connor

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  Learn the spooky secrets of upstate New York in this haunting historical tour—photos included!   Embark upon the haunted adventure of a lifetime using this comprehensive guide to some of Buffalo’s spookiest sites.   Avid ghost hunter and paranormal investigator Dwayne Claud and researcher Cassidy O’Connor present stories of the city’s most acclaimed spooks and spirits, such as Tanya, the five-year-old who can be spotted bouncing on guest beds at the Grand Island Holiday Inn. The book includes twisted tales from the Buffalo Psychiatric Center, as well as stories of roaming spirits at Frontier House—a hotel frequented by figures such as Mark Twain and President McKinley.   This gripping collection of ghostly tales is sure to thrill anyone fascinated by the unknown.

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  The Hell They Called High Wood -...

  Terry Norman

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  This WWI military history presents a close examination of the costly but victorious Attack on High Wood during the Battle of the Somme. From July 1st to November 18th of 1916, British and French allies fought against the German Empire in the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest military engagements of all time. Its fiercely contested focal point was a 75-acre patch of forest known as High Wood. The Germans showed great determination and sacrifice defending the feature. It was not until September that it finally fell to the attackers. Yet despite the historic victory, the successful divisional commander was dismissed for "wanton waste of men". In The Hell They Called High Wood, military historian Terry Norman paints a graphic and gruesome picture of the fighting in this pivotal battle. He also sheds light on the frontline force’s relationship to high command—and the problems it caused.

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  Other Kingdom An - Departing the...

  Peter Block, John McKnight,...

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  Our seduction into beliefs in competition, scarcity, and acquisition are producing too many casualties. We need to depart a kingdom that creates isolation, polarized debate, an exhausted planet, and violence that comes with the will to empire. The abbreviation of this empire is called a consumer culture. 
   
   
   
  We think the free-market ideology that surrounds us is true and inevitable and represents progress. We are called to better adapt, be more agile, more lean, more schooled, more, more, more. Give it up. There is no such thing as customer satisfaction. 
   
   
   
  We need a new narrative. An Other Kingdom takes us out of a culture of addictive consumption into a place where life is ours to create together. This way depends upon a neighborly covenant—an agreement that we together, will better raise our children, be healthy, be connected, be safe, and provide a livelihood. 
   
   
   
  The authors invite you on a journey of departure from our consumer market culture. Discover an alternative set of beliefs that have the capacity to evoke a culture where poverty, violence, and shrinking well-being are not inevitable. An Other Kingdom outlines this journey to construct a future outside the systems world of solutions.

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