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  Troubling the Water - The Urgent...

  Ben McBride

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  From one of the most courageous and visionary leaders of our time comes Troubling the Water, an immersive book about the violence and injustice that threaten to drown us all. Ben McBride recounts how he first waded into the water: from the Kill Zone in Oakland, where he moved with his young family, to the uprising in Ferguson, to the moral impoverishment of the white evangelical church. In the truth-telling tradition of Bryan Stevenson and Bishop William Barber, McBride leads us right into the fury and fragmentation of our moment, and then steadies us once we're there. 
   
   
   
  What would it take to truly belong to each other? Radical belonging, McBride argues, means looking at our implicit biases, at our faulty understandings of power, and at how we "other"—or "same"—people. Sometimes it even means troubling the waters—speaking hard truths in situations that appear calm but that cloak injustice. 
   
   
   
  With a blend of provocation and good humor, McBride leads us beyond inaction on the one hand and polemic on the other. What results is an indelible manifesto—a troublemaking reverend's call to the most urgent task of our time. As inequality, racism, and alienation weaken our common life, well-meaning people ask: What do I need to do to create a world where all can belong? But McBride asserts that instead, we need to ask: Who do I need to become?

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  The Children's Train - Escape on...

  Jana Zinser

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  This compelling Holocaust action adventure story tells of bravery, sacrifice, and the survival of the human spirit against Hitler and the horrors of war."Gripping and impossible to put down. I cried several times throughout. Perfect ending, emotional but complete." - Goodreads reviewIt begins in November 1938 on The Night of the Broken Glass, when Jewish people of Germany are terrified as Hitler's men shatter their store windows, steal and destroy their belongings, and arrest many Jewish fathers and brothers.Parents face unparalleled fear for their own lives but their focus is on protecting their beloved children.When England arranges to take the children out of Germany by train, the Kindertransport is organized and parents scramble to get places on the trains for their young family members, worried about what the future will hold.Soon, trains filled with Jewish children escaping the Nazis chug over the border into Holland, where they are ferried across the English Channel to England and to freedom. But for Peter, the shy violin player, his sister Becca, and his friends Stephen and Hans, life in England holds challenges as well. Peter's friend Eva, who did not get a seat on the Kindertransport, is left to the evil plans of Hitler.Peter, working his musician's hands raw at a farm in Coventry, wonders if they should have stayed and fought back instead of escaping. When the Coventry farm is bombed as the Nazis reach England, Peter feels he has nothing left. He decides it's time to stand and fight Hitler.Peter courageously returns to Germany to join the Jewish underground resistance, search desperately for his mother and sister he left behind in Berlin, and try to rescue his friend Eva."A beautifully written book. Sadly, the historical details are true and this makes the story all the more poignant. At times heartbreaking, at times hopeful and optimistic, this book will stay with the reader for a long time. The author is definitely one to watch" ~ Dorothy M Calderwood (Media Professional) for NetGalley". . . Jana Zinser brilliantly expresses the horror, confusion and fear that not only Peter but the other children in the novel are feeling and thinking when witnessing the atrocities by the Nazis . . When I began this book I thought that I had quite a lot of knowledge about the Holocaust but I was surprised to learn about the Kindertransport children. Although this novel is fiction, the Kindertransport was not and I will never forget about the ones that made it on those trains and also the ones who did not . . ." - Amanda - NetGalley and Goodreads reviews". . . The Children's Train by Jana Zinser absolutely blew me away! Heartbreaking, terrifying and traumatic it was also filled with hope and courage, determination and inspiration. Over six million Jews died at the hands of the Nazis and many of them were children. Though The Children's Train is fiction, the sad and tragic truth stands out and stays with you. I know this book will stay with me! The Children's Train is an absolute credit to this author and I have no hesitation in recommending it extremely highly. . . " - Brenda, Goodreads review"I'm positive that I held my breath for most of this book. I wouldn't be surprised if I'd held my breath for the entire time I'd been reading this. This book was so unlike any other I've read. It's gripping, powerful, heartbreaking and intense --- so, so, so intense . . . I honestly have no words right now; this book was amazing and thrilling, and so sad." - Leah, Goodreads review 

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  Spanish Short Stories - Immerse...

  Isabella Moreno

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  Dive into Spanish Mastery with "Spanish Short Stories"! 
  Embark on an exhilarating language-learning journey with our captivating audiobook, featuring 10 short stories brimming with excitement and culture. Each story, carefully crafted at around 1,000 words, is a gateway to a vibrant world of Spanish expression. 
  What's Inside: 
  🎉 Engaging Narratives: Immerse yourself in thrilling tales designed to make learning Spanish a joyous adventure. 
  📚 Strategic Vocabulary Building: Discover carefully selected words in various fields like food, animals, clothes, and more. Say goodbye to endless dictionaries - our method ensures quick and lasting comprehension. 
  🌟 Proven Pedagogy: Experience the magic of an educationally sound approach. Our stories are strategically written to teach you grammar, vocabulary, and language nuances effortlessly. 
  💡 Easy-to-Grasp Grammar: Unravel the mysteries of Spanish grammar with clear and concise structures that make learning a breeze. 
  📖 Expertly Translated Glossaries: Say farewell to confusion with glossaries translated by professionals. Uncover multiple meanings as you seamlessly progress through the stories. 
  Why Choose "Spanish Short Stories": 
  🚀 Rapid Learning: 10 stories, each a linguistic masterpiece, guide you effortlessly towards Spanish proficiency. 
  🎧 Effortless Comprehension: Learn how to listen effectively, improve your comprehension skills, and conquer new vocabulary without constant dictionary reliance. 
  🏆 Satisfaction Guaranteed: Picture the instant gratification as you seamlessly absorb new words, ready to wield them confidently.Revolutionize your Spanish learning experience — grab your copy of "Spanish Short Stories" now and embark on a linguistic journey like never before! 🌟🇪🇸

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  Lieh Tzu - One Of Daoism's...

  Lieh Tzu, Lionel Giles

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  One of the four central works in Daoism. The Lie-Tzu, or Liezi, was originally thought to have been composed in the same period as the Dao and Zhuang Zi, around the 5th century BCE. However, it is now believed to have been compiled nearly a thousand years later, around 400 CE.Lionel Giles, in fact, was one of the first to call out the Lieh Tzu’s suspicious origins, saying “scholars […] seem to have enjoyed nothing so much as forging, if not the whole, at any rate portions, of the works of ancient authors. Someone even produced a treatise under the name of Lieh Tzu, a philosopher mentioned by Chuang Tzu, not seeing that the individual in question was a creation of Chuang Tzu's brain!”Around 700 CE, it was given a new honorific title, the Chongxu zhenjing or Classic of the Perfect Emptiness, and designated a Daoist classic. The triad of Tao Te Ching, Zhuang Zi, and Lieh Tzu makes a certain logical sense, as each work contrasts the other two. The Dao is deeply abstract, and the Zhuang Zi filled with ethical conundrums and nonsensical stories. The Lieh Tzu is a much more practical work, turning the philosophy into a much more workable framework for thought and action.Most of the chapters are named for famous Chinese characters from history or mythology, and many of the stories are continuations or different perspectives on tales and characters in the Zhuang Zi. In this version, Chapter 7 is excluded. This chapter was not translated by Giles, and occasions a great deal of controversy. It is written in a very different voice and perspective to the other chapters, such that some have described it as ‘hedonistic’ and ‘negative Daoism’. Others have claimed that it must have been written before the author even discovered Daoism.

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  Speak Lead Inspire! - Learn How...

  John Bixby

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  Discover How To Speak Like a Leader By Using Verbal and Nonverbal Communication! 
  With modern technology and the way people can talk over the phone and not face to face, many people lose the ability to talk to a real audience or a live group of people. So, if you want to speak like a leader whether it be on stage or at the workplace, you might be struggling on how to engage people and speak like a true leader. Even if you feel like you haven’t been gifted with the art of speaking, you can leader to speak like a leader if you put in the effort. 
  Leadership Starts With Knowing Your Audience 
  Before being able to speak like a great leader, you need to ask yourself who you plan to lead and why they need great leadership. 
  Knowing your audience is key to success. 
  This allows you to adapt your speech and language to the people you are talking to so that your message can be powerful and more inspirational. 
  Ask yourself who you want to talk to and why you feel like they need a great leader who can speak well… 
  Did you know that speaking like a leader can influence those around you? 
  If you are having trouble influencing and inspiring those around you or those that work for you. 
  The best thing you can do is learn to speak like a leader. 
  When you can lead those around you with your words and actions. 
  They will be inspired to be better and also learn to influence those who work under them as well. 
  Learning how to speak like a great leader without using external resources is essentially impossible. 
  You need to have resources to teach you and point you in the right direction so that you can slowly learn to speak like a powerful leader.

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  The Promise of Youth...

  Kevin Lawrence Henry Jr., Kevin...

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  When inclusion into the fold of citizenship is conditioned by a social group's conceit to ritual violence, humiliation, and exploitation, what can anti-citizenship offer us? 
   
    
   
  The Promise of Youth Anti-citizenship argues that Black youth and youth of color have been cast as anti-citizens, disenfranchised from the social, political, and economic mainstream of American life. Instead of asking youth to conform to a larger societal structure undergirded by racial capitalism and antiblackness, the volume's contributors propose that the collective practice of anti-citizenship opens up a liberatory space for youth to challenge the social order. 
   
   
   
  The chapters cover an array of topics, including Black youth in the charter school experiment in post-Katrina New Orleans; racial capitalism, the queering of ethnicity, and the 1980s Salvadoran migration to South Central Los Angeles; the notion of decolonizing classrooms through Palestinian liberation narratives; and more. Through a range of methodological approaches and conceptual interventions, this collection illuminates how youth negotiate and exercise anti-citizenship as forms of either resistance or refusal in response to coercive patriotism, cultural imperialism, and predatory capitalism.

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