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  Black History is for Everyone

  Brian Jones

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  Black history is under attack from powerful right-wing forces that seek to excise it from classrooms and libraries. Its opponents fail to understand a simple truth: the best education challenges our assumptions and demands we keep at it. It makes us uncomfortable, helps us see larger forces at work, and gives us glimpses of alternate futures. 
   
   
   
  In Black History Is for Everyone, award-winning educator and scholar Brian Jones offers a meditation on the power of Black history, using his own experiences as a life-long learner and classroom teacher to question everything from the meaning of race and nation to the radicalism of the American Revolution. We see that "race" took centuries to get defined; we follow Frederick Douglass as he grapples with how to relate to the United States and, later, to Haiti; we compare the American, French, and Haitian revolutions; and we learn why the study of Black history has always been threatened. 
   
   
   
  In these pages, Jones offers a persuasive case for Black history and a celebration of the rewards of education. With warmth, immersive storytelling, and good cheer, Jones encourages us to delve deeper into our collective history, explores how curiosity about our world is essential—and reminds us that with stakes so high, the effort is worth it.

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  The Long Surrender

  Burke Davis

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  In April 1865, Richmond fell to the Union army and Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to his Northern counterpart, Ulysses S. Grant, at the Appomattox Court House. But the Civil War was far from over. 
   
   
   
  Determined to keep Confederate dreams of secession alive, President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet fled the burning capital city. With Union troops in pursuit, the fugitives rallied loyalists across the South and made plans to escape to Cuba. In the aftermath of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, a $100,000 bounty was placed on Davis's head. Finally captured in Irwinville, Georgia, the former US senator and secretary of war became a prisoner of the American government. The harsh treatment he received would inflame tensions between North and South for years to come. 
   
   
   
  Meticulously researched and brilliantly told, The Long Surrender brings these dramatic events to vivid, unforgettable life and paints a fascinating portrait of Davis, one of history's most enigmatic figures. By shining a light on this forgotten chapter of the Civil War, bestselling author Burke Davis examines the lasting impact of America's bloodiest conflict on the national character.

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  Shadowlands - A Journey Through...

  Matthew Green

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  Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the extraordinary tale of Britain's eerie and remarkable ghost towns and villages; shadowlands that once hummed with life. 
   
   
   
  Matthew Green, a British historian and broadcaster, tells the astonishing tales of the rise and demise of these places, animating the people who lived, worked, dreamed, and died there. Traveling across Britain to explore their haunting and often-beautiful remains, Green transports the listener to these lost towns and cities as they teeter on the brink of oblivion, vividly capturing the sounds of the sea clawing away row upon row of houses, the taste of medieval wine, or the sights of puffin hunting on the tallest cliffs in the country. We experience them in their prime, look on at their destruction, and revisit their lingering remains as they are mourned by evictees and reimagined by artists, writers, and mavericks. 
   
   
   
  A stunning and original excavation of Britain's untold history, Shadowlands gives us a truer sense of the progress and ravages of time, in a moment when many of our own settlements are threatened as never before.

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  Kids vs Rain: Where Does Rain...

  Red Cat Reading

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  Are your kids curious about difficult concepts such as where rain comes from? Avoid the dreaded barrage of "why?" and provide an easy-to-understand answer based off the actual water cycle with this small adventure.
   
  
   
  With this book:
   
  - Capture your child's imagination with vibrant illustrations on every page of the accompanying reference guide
   
  - Learn more about the characters with our character expansion content
   
  - Quickly refresh your knowledge of the natural water cycle beforehand with our quick outline
   
  - Enjoy a bonus song at the end of the audiobook
   
  
   
  This book will help you:
   
  - Provide a unique and fun solution to your child's questions about difficult ideas, like "where does rain come from?"
   
  - Connect with your kids and create an open atmosphere to help facilitate tricky discussions with them.
   
  
   
  Follow along with the story, and pick up some unconventional tips and the secret methods on how to explain difficult concepts to young children.
   
  
   
  This book has been designed and tested to help keep your kids engaged and interested - to maximize their absorption and, frankly, to make story time even more fun!
   
  
   
  Kids of different ages can enjoy this book and will listen to it again and again.
   
  
   
  There are several important themes in this book:
   
  - Parents making time for their kids
   
  - Encouragement and positive reinforcement when kids share personal things like being scared
   
  - Listening, being patient with kids, and helping them understand when it comes to things that scare them
   
  
   
  Simply listen and repeat out loud.
   
  
   
  Download the PDF and read along

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  Can the Mind Not Be a Slave to...

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

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  Can the mind not be a slave to knowledge? - 21 July 1974 
  • When consciousness invents a super-consciousness is it a part of thought aware of the past? 
  • Is there a part of the brain which has not been touched by the known? 
  • Is it our education to escape from ‘what is’ through ideals? 
  • Has the mind been trained to operate and function in the field of the known? 
  • Observing the movement of thought and its source, can one come upon some 
  thing beyond thought? 
  • Is time required to see the reality and non-reality of knowledge? 
  Questions from the audience followed the talk.

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  The Poverty Paradox -...

  Mark Robert Rank

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  The paradox of poverty amidst plenty has plagued the United States throughout the twenty-first century—why should the wealthiest country in the world also have the highest rates of poverty among the industrialized nations?  Based on his decades-long research and scholarship, one of the nation's leading authorities provides the answer. In The Poverty Paradox, Mark Robert Rank develops his unique perspective for understanding this puzzle. 
   
   
   
  The approach is what he has defined over the years as structural vulnerability. Central to this new way of thinking is the distinction between those who lose out at the economic game versus why the game produces losers in the first place. Americans experiencing poverty tend to have certain characteristics placing them at a greater risk of impoverishment. Yet poverty results not from these factors, but rather from a lack of sufficient opportunities in society. In particular, the shortage of decent paying jobs and a strong safety net are paramount. 
   
   
   
  Based upon this understanding, Rank goes on to detail a variety of strategies and programs to effectively alleviate poverty in the future. The Poverty Paradox represents a game changing examination of poverty and inequality. It provides the essential blueprint for finally combatting this economic injustice in the years ahead.

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