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  American Idolatry - How...

  Andrew L. Whitehead

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  2024 Midwest Book Award Winner in Religion & Philosophy 
   
  Power. Fear. Violence. These three idols of Christian nationalism are corrupting American Christianity. 
   
  Andrew Whitehead is a leading scholar on Christian nationalism in America and speaks widely on its effects within Christian communities. In this book, he shares his journey and reveals how Christian nationalism threatens the spiritual lives of American Christians and the church. 
   
  Sharing stories from pastors, teachers, and other lay Christians, Whitehead explores 
   
  ● the harm we cause our neighbors when we embrace the idols of power, fear, and violence; 
  ● key examples that demonstrate how these idols violate core Christian beliefs; 
  ● expressions of Christianity that confront Christian nationalism; 
  ● the work we can do to disentangle Christianity from Christian nationalism; and 
  ● a faithful path forward, embodying the life and teachings of Jesus and the gospel. 
   
  "Heartfelt, incisive, and worthy of thoughtful consideration."--Library Journal 
   
  "A fascinating investigation of politics and racism in American Christian evangelicalism."--Foreword Reviews

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  Apprentice Nation - How the Earn...

  Ryan Craig

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  For decades, college has been the only respectable way to access the world of work, despite paralyzing tuition and a dire lack of practical skills that has left 40 percent of college graduates underemployed, unfulfilled, and struggling to repay student-loan debt. Fortunately, college is not America’s only option. In Apprentice Nation, education and workforce expert Ryan Craig explores how a modern apprenticeship system will allow students and job seekers to jumpstart their careers by learning while they earn—ultimately leading to greater economic opportunity, workforce diversity, and geographic mobility. Listeners will learn -The history behind America’s outdated college system. -Why apprenticeships are such an effective pathway to career opportunity. -Why America lags so far behind other countries when it comes to apprenticeship opportunities and what we can do to catch up. -Where students and job seekers can go to land an apprenticeship. With an easy-to-reference directory of US apprenticeship programs by industry and geography, Craig’s Apprentice Nation is an accessible blueprint for a country where young Americans of all backgrounds can launch careers in tech, healthcare, finance, and more—without losing four critical, career-building years and tens of thousands to college tuition and student loans. With just a few common-sense changes to education and workforce development, an apprentice nation will place the American Dream within reach—for everyone.

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  The Cycle of Collapse - Why...

  Vansh Kunal Shah

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  WHAT IF EVERYTHING YOU’VE BEEN TOLD ABOUT PROGRESS IS A LIE? 
  From trillion-dollar illusions to ecological collapse, from Silicon Valley’s false messiahs to the crumbling of truth itself — The Cycle of Collapse doesn’t offer comfort. It offers clarity. This is not a conspiracy theory. It’s the anatomy of a system devouring itself. 
  With the precision of a fact-checker and the fire of lived experience, Vansh Kunal Shah takes us across empires and ideologies — unmasking how every collapse follows a script: unchecked greed, media manipulation, denial, and silence. We are not living through a unique crisis. We are repeating the oldest one. 
  This is a book for the disillusioned, the betrayed, and the quietly furious. For a generation raised on promises of freedom and prosperity — only to wake up in debt, distraction, and disaster. 
  This is for everyone who looked around and asked: 
  WHY DIDN’T ANYONE STOP IT? 
  The answer? 
  WE NEVER LEARN. BUT NOW… WE MUST.

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  Natural - Black Beauty and the...

  Chelsea Mary Elise Johnson

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  How Black women celebrate their natural hair and uproot racialized beauty standards 
   
   
   
  Hair is not simply a biological feature; it's a canvas for expression. Hair can be cut, colored, dyed, covered, gelled, waxed, plucked, lasered, dreadlocked, braided, and relaxed. Yet, its significance extends beyond mere aesthetics. Hair can carry profound moral, spiritual, and cultural connotations, serving as a reflection of one's beliefs, heritage, and even political stance. In Natural, Chelsea Mary Elise Johnson delves into the complex world surrounding Black women's hair, and offers a firsthand look into the kitchens, beauty shops, conventions, and blogs that make up the twenty-first century natural hair movement, the latest evolution in Black beauty politics. 
   
   
   
  Johnson shares her own hair story and amplifies the voices of women across the globe who, after years of chemically relaxing their hair, return to a "natural" style. Johnson describes how many women initially transition to natural hair out of curiosity or as a wellness practice but come to view their choice as political upon confronting personal insecurities and social stigma, both within and outside of the Black community. She also investigates "natural hair entrepreneurs," who use their knowledge to create lucrative and socially transformative haircare ventures.

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  Consciousness and Awareness -...

  Ram Shah

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  🎧 NOW AVAILABLE AT A DISCOUNTED LAUNCH PRICE — FOR A LIMITED TIME! 
  What if everything you've been taught about life, happiness, and success is actually the very source of your suffering? 
  Do you ever feel like something essential is missing in your life, yet you can't quite pinpoint what it is? Or perhaps you believe that missing piece is just around the corner, waiting for you in your next endeavor, your next achievement, your next relationship. Are you waiting for a happy tomorrow to finally arrive? 
  Why does fulfillment always seem just out of reach? Why, despite moments of joy or success, does an underlying emptiness linger—hidden beneath fleeting pleasures? 
  What if everything you've been chasing—every desire, every accomplishment, every pursuit of success—has been keeping you trapped? What if the peace you seek has been within you all along, patiently waiting to be seen? And if you cannot find happiness today, what makes you believe it will suddenly appear tomorrow? 
  This book does not offer temporary comfort or easy answers. It is here to wake you up—to strip away the illusions that bind you to suffering and guide you toward a deeper truth. A place beyond suffering. Beyond the endless search for meaning. 
  Are you ready to let go of illusion? To see beyond the matrix? To see life as it truly is? 
  If something within you resonates with these words, perhaps it's time.

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  Straight White Male - A...

  Chris Furr, Melissa...

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  As the cultural conversation around race, gender, and sexuality has evolved, straight, white men are becoming increasingly aware of their privilege. But many may be left thinking, "OK, what am I supposed to do about it?" "We need a way forward beyond feelings of guilt, overwhelmingness, anger, and denial." "We are looking for transformative guidance that helps us be the good guys we want to be." 
   
   
   
  Straight, white, male pastor Chris Furr offers a guide to deconstructing that privilege in Straight White Male. With an emphasis on confession and redemption, Furr invites other privileged men to reconsider the ways they live, work, believe, and interact with others. Alongside Furr's perspective, essays from contributing writers who lack various types of privilege—straight, Black man William J. Barber II, straight, white woman Melissa Florer-Bixler, queer, nonbinary latinx Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, and gay, white man Matthias Roberts—offer insights on how particular types and combinations of privilege (and the lack thereof) shape the way we move through the world. Their combined voices offer much-needed perspective through this deconstruction and provide a vision for how straight, white men can do better for ourselves, our families, and society.

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