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  Dream with Me - Race Love and...

  John M. Perkins

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  According to recent surveys and studies, race relations in the United States are the worst they've been since the 1990s, and many would argue that life for most minorities has not significantly improved since the civil rights era of the 1960s. For so many, the dream of true equality has dissolved into a reality of prejudice, fear, and violence as a way of life. 
   
  John M. Perkins has been there from the beginning. Raised by his sharecropping grandparents, Perkins fled Mississippi in 1947 after his brother was fatally shot by a police officer. He led voter registration efforts in 1964, worked for school desegregation in 1967, and was imprisoned and tortured in 1970. Through it all, he has remained determined to seek justice and reconciliation based in Christ's redemptive work.  
   
  "Justice is something that every generation has to strive for," he says. And despite the setbacks of recent years, Perkins finds hope in the young people he has met all across the nation who are hard at work, bringing about reconciliation in God's name and offering acceptance to all. Dream with Me is his look back at a life devoted to seeking justice for all God's people, as well as a look forward to what he sees as a potentially historic breakthrough for people of every race.

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  Greek's One-Night Babies &...

  Lynne Graham, Caitlin Crews

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  Greek's One-Night Babies A secret babies, marriage of convenience, Greek billionaire romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Lynne Graham.Her night with the Greek…has triple the consequences!When billionaire Nic Diamandis rescued innocent Lexy from an accident, their immediate connection was intoxicating. Indulging in a no-strings encounter became inevitable. Still, for the sworn bachelor, parting ways was the only possible outcome. Then Lexy returns—to tell him she’s had his triplets…Independent Lexy doesn’t expect anything of Nic after she reveals his heirs. Certainly not his convenient-marriage demand! Becoming his wife would give her babies the childhood she always dreamed of… Yet saying “I do” risks reigniting the very thing an on-paper union can’t satisfy—their desire!Carrying a Sicilian SecretA surprise pregnancy, marriage of convenience, Greek billionaire romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Caitlin Crews.The secret consequence…of a dangerous passion!Alceu Vaccaro should never have touched Dioni Adrianakis. It’s not just that he lost control and rid his best friend’s sister of her innocence. He broke his vow to ensure his despicable bloodline ended with him. Because Dioni is secretly pregnant with his heir…Before Alceu, Dioni spent a lifetime silencing her own desires. No more. He can demand they marry for their son, but she won’t accept being the Sicilian’s wife in name only. And to close the distance Alceu insists is for her protection, she must stoke the wildfire tearing through them both…From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.

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  Crowded House - Threesome and...

  Rachel Kramer Bussel

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  The more, the merrier! In Crowded House: Threesome and Group Sex Erotica you'll discover the excitement and thrills of multiple lovers connecting in the most intimate and naked of ways. From group encounters and throuples to sex games, swingers retreats, sex parties, alien sex and more, these triad and group sex stories are sure to turn you on with their heat and creativity. Learn "How to Seduce a Mermaid," discover the hottest way to use "PTO," and go behind the scenes of a very steamy cooking reality show. In these stories, sexual fantasies are fulfilled, exes are reunited, with a twist, and sexual fetishes are explored to the max. 
   
   
   
  Edited by the award-winning Rachel Kramer Bussel, with stories by Lucy Eden, Katrina Jackson, Angora Shade, and more, these sizzling erotic adult stories show that three (or four or more) is the perfect bedroom crowd. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Nerva-Antonine Dynasty The: The...

  Editors Charles River

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  “The Five Good Emperors,” a reference to the five emperors who ruled the Roman Empire between 96 and 180 CE (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius), was a term first coined by Machiavelli and later adopted and popularized by historian Edward Gibbon, who said that under these men, the Roman Empire “was governed by absolute power under the guidance of wisdom and virtue.”  
  	This period of 84 years is generally regarded as the high point of the Roman Empire, at least after Augustus, but what is uncertain and a matter of ongoing debate is whether the five emperors were personally responsible for the situation and the accompanying prosperity enjoyed throughout the empire at the time or if they were simply the beneficiaries of the Pax Romana, inaugurated by Augustus in the early part of the 1st century CE. In other words, historians have wondered whether anyone in power during those years would have enjoyed the same rewards.  
  	The description of these rulers as “good” is also a matter of interpretation, with some scholars suggesting they were only “good” in comparison to the preceding emperor (Domitian) and the emperor who followed Marcus Aurelius (Commodus). Both of them were horrible rulers in every aspect, making their near contemporaries look all the better.  
  	Regardless, it is clear that the era of the Five Good Emperors was one of unparalleled success and wealth, and the reasons Rome reached its zenith at this time are worthy of scrutiny. Perhaps most noteworthy is that none of these five emperors were blood relatives - while the final two are often referred to as the Antonines, they were not, in fact, related except by adoption, a practice that may in itself provide at least part of the answer to the question as to why this particular period was so magnificent.

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  Alan Shepard - Higher and Faster

  Janet Benge, Geoff Benge

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  Written for ages 10 and up -- enjoyed by adults!Alan Shepard gripped the abort handle and braced his feet against the capsule floor. Five, Four, Three...Don't screw up, he muttered. Two, One, Zero, Liftoff. Alan felt himself rising into the sky. He could scarcely believe it. The boy who grew up with a passion for flying was off on the ultimate flight -- to space!Alan Shepard's boyhood fascination with flight led him from constructing model airplanes in his grandfather's basement to attaining national hero status in the race to space. Rooted in hard work and education, this pioneer's dreams of flight came true as he became not only the first American launched into space but, later, one of the privileged few to walk on the moon.When he wasn't soaring above the clouds, astronaut Alan Shepard used his expertise to benefit others, raising money to fuel the dreams of science students and guiding NASA missions. The achievements of this high flyer -- America's "Lindbergh of Space" -- inspire all who dare to live their dream

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  On Our Way Home from the...

  Sonya Bilocerkowycz

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  In 2014 Sonya Bilocerkowycz is a tourist at a deadly revolution. At first she is enamored with the Ukrainians' idealism, which reminds her of her own patriotic family. But when the romantic revolution melts into a war with Russia, she becomes disillusioned, prompting a return home to the US and the diaspora community that raised her. As the daughter of a man who studies Ukrainian dissidents for a living, the granddaughter of war refugees, and the great-granddaughter of a gulag victim, Bilocerkowycz has inherited a legacy of political oppression. But what does it mean when she discovers a missing page from her family's survival story—one that raises questions about her own guilt? 
   
   
   
  In these linked essays, Bilocerkowycz invites listeners to meet a swirling cast of post-Soviet characters, including a Russian intelligence officer who finds Osama bin Laden a few weeks after 9/11; a Ukrainian poet whose nose gets broken by Russian separatists; and a long-lost relative who drives a bus into the heart of Chernobyl. On Our Way Home from the Revolution muddles our easy distinctions between innocence and culpability, agency and fate.

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