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  Freedom Soldiers - The...

  Jonathan Lande

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  Almost 200,000 African Americans fought to save the Union, many believing that military service was the pathway to freedom. Yet their journeys for liberation continued. They marched across taxing terrain, performed backbreaking labor, and endured corporeal punishment. They agonized over families still enslaved and suffered virulent diseases. They fought on bravely, yet thousands ran. Chafing against restraints and violence, they briefly liberated themselves.The men examined in Freedom Soldiers took self-granted breaks and, once caught, were tried by the US Army for "desertion." In the courts-martial, they justified their unauthorized departures by telling authorities that they left to temporarily help their families, regain their health, and evade violent officers. Army judges nevertheless convicted freedom seekers. From prisons, the convicted deserters wrote petitions to President Abraham Lincoln and Union officials. These prisoners disputed rulings, offered their continued service to the Union, insisted on the injustice of incarceration, and explained the dire need of kin.Jonathan Lande recovers this subset of soldiers who took leaves of freedom and defended their breaks within the military justice system. He reveals how Black men fought for freedom not only against Confederates but also in US Army camps, courts, and prisons.

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  Speak Your Mind - Evaluating and...

  Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

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  Read by the author! 
  When was the last time you spoke to your spouse or wrote an email to a colleague but didn't feel like they understood your point? Personal and professional relationships are the backbone of our lives, learn to manage your conversations, avoid tough talks or unnecessary misunderstandings, and become a clear, confident communicator with Biblical principles and wisdom. 
  Bestselling author and speaker Dr. Emerson Eggerichs has crafted an invigorating approach to communication in our modern, digital era—where every interaction can shape our lives. 
  Speak Your Mind is your guide to navigating daily conversations with practical tools and Biblical wisdom. This book will help you master the art of communication by teaching you to consider four essential questions before you speak or type: 
  Is it true? 
  Is it kind? 
  Is it necessary? 
  Is it clear? 
  By sincerely engaging with these questions, you will begin honing powerful skills, ensuring you say what you mean and mean what you say in your professional and personal relationships. 
  Speak Your Mind, an inspired and revised update of Before You Hit Send, features a personal assessment to help you lean into your communicative strengths and pinpoint areas for growth. 
  Unlock the power of clear communication today!

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  Stranger Things Psychology -...

  Travis Langley

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  Monsters of the Upside Down, beware! Travis Langley (author of the acclaimed Batman and Psychology) returns with a group of expert contributors to explore these and other questions to shine a light on true human nature through the Netflix series and cultural phenomenon Stranger Things. When do feelings of grief, guilt, depression, fear, and isolation tear us down, and how do we transform them into hope, inspiration, forgiveness, acceptance, and motivation to do what's right? Growing up is hard enough without metaphors for the dangers that lurk in life's shadows springing to life in the form of monsters, villains, conspiracies, and enemy soldiers. Stranger Things Psychology: Life Upside Down descends into the dark side of adolescence to find the light on the other side of the ultimate coming-of-age story.

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  Lenses of Humanity - How...

  PhD Kyle A. Reyes

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  Reframing Our Impact on Humanity
  
  Are you finding it difficult to positively engage with people who view the world differently than you do?
  
  Do you feel the heaviness of our societal and political divides?
  
  Have you seen evidence of the erosion of humanity?
  
  The important work of human and cultural understanding has been nested in thorny political agendas that often don’t invite healthy exchange. Rather than feed into the political divide, Dr. Kyle Reyes presents an approach to understanding differences that prioritizes humanity.
  
  The framework and structure of this book are born from the belief in lens development—the deliberate effort to see things anew—because when we see things anew, a change in our behavior follows. Humanity requires work unique to the individual and the collective, and Dr. Reyes introduces a new framework that invites us to improve how we show up in the world and engage with others.
  
  Personal growth and transformation come from honest reflection and self-analysis. In Lenses of Humanity, Dr. Reyes illustrates how we can improve and develop more human understanding, embrace humane practices, and find deeper connections across differences so we can be more deliberate in living our lives with greater humanity.

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  The Boys of the Dark - A Story...

  Robin Gaby Fisher, Michael...

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  The harrowing true story of the abuses two boys suffered at a Florida reform school and how they came together fifty years later to confront their attackers. 
   
  “[The Boys of the Dark] reads seamlessly… . . . A worthy exploration of a regrettably long-lasting true-crime nightmare.” —Kirkus Reviews 
   
  Michael O’McCarthy and Robert W. Straley were teens when they were termed “incorrigible youth” by authorities and ordered to attend the Florida School for Boys. They discovered in Marianna, the “City of Southern Charm,” an immaculately groomed campus that looked more like an idyllic university than a reform school. But hidden behind the gates of the Florida School for Boys was a hell unlike any they could have imagined. The school’s guards and administrators acted as their jailers and tormentors. The boys allegedly bore witness to assault, rape, and possibly even murder. 
   
  For fifty years, both men—and countless others like them—carried their torment in silence. But a series of unlikely events brought O’McCarthy, now a successful rights activist, and Straley together, and they became determined to expose the Florida School for Boys for what they believed it to be: a youth prison with a century-long history of abuse. They embarked upon a campaign that would change their lives and inspire others. 
   
  Robin Gaby Fisher, a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author of the New York Times–bestselling After the Fire, collaborates with Straley and O’McCarthy to offer a riveting account of their harrowing ordeal. The book goes beyond the story of the two men to expose the truth about a century-old institution and a town that adopted a Nuremberg-like code of secrecy and a government that failed to address its own wrongdoing. What emerges is a tale of strength, resolve, and vindication in the face of the kinds of terror few can imagine. 
   
  “Haunting and disturbing. The voices of the victims will forever touch my heart. To turn a deaf ear to this type of injustice is to give permission for it to continue. As a people, as a society, we should be outraged.” —Jennifer Thompson, coauthor of Picking Cotton 
   
  “This deeply moving story is highly recommended to readers of heart-wrenching memoirs, 20th-century American studies, or true crime.” —Library Journal

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  Make it Safe! - A Family...

  Rae A. Stonehouse

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  It is often said "it takes a village to raise a child." 
  The same can be said about helping an elder age at home. 
  Perhaps not a village, but certainly a family. 
  Caregiving at home has proven its value in offsetting the high costs of in-facility healthcare, and at the same time, improving the quality of life for many elders. However, educational training and support for caregivers has been in short supply. 
  The focus of this book is to help you as a family caregiver create a safe living space and conditions to support an elder living semi-independently in the community or adapting your family household to support an elder as a member of your family. 
  Make it Safe! A Family Caregiver’s Home Safety Assessment Guide for Supporting Elders@Home is a compilation of safety tips, and sage advice to help support an elder in aging semi-independently and safely. 
  This is a book meant to be read, and then put into action. A downloadable home safety inspection sheet is provided so you can complete an el

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