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  Brazilian History and Mythology:...

  Billy Wellman

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  Explore Brazil’s Amazing History and Magical Myths! 
  Two manuscripts in one audiobook:History of Brazil: An Enthralling Guide to Ancient Indigenous Civilizations, Portuguese Colonization, the Imperial Era, and Modern TimesBrazilian Mythology: Enthralling Folktales, Vibrant Folklore, Mythical Legends, and Deities of Brazil 
  In part 1, you’ll learn how Brazil became the country it is today:Meet the first people who lived in Brazil long ago.Find out what happened when the Portuguese arrived.Learn about the sugar farms and how slavery changed everything.Discover how Brazil fought for freedom and became a republic.See what life was like during important times like the military rule. 
  In part 2, you’ll explore the magical stories from Brazil’s past:Discover how Brazil’s rivers and jungles inspired its myths.Hear how the world began, according to Brazil’s first people.Meet Iara, the river spirit who sings to people.Learn about Brazil’s mix of cultures and the legends they created.Hear about the pink dolphin that can turn into a man.Find out about the Brazilian werewolf and other spooky creatures.Get to know Saci, the one-legged trickster who loves to cause trouble. 
  Why This Audiobook?Easy and perfect for anyone who wants to learn more about Brazil.Discover the real history and fun stories behind Brazil’s culture.Two manuscripts in one! Learn about both Brazil’s history and its magical myths. 
  Scroll up and click the " add to cart " button to take a trip through Brazil’s past and explore its most exciting legends!

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  All God's Children - How...

  Terence Lester

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  The more you understand someone's history, the better you can see their humanity. This is true for individuals as well as for society at large. Race relations have suffered because of the erasure of important Black history and cultural context. As we fill in the gaps of our collective knowledge, communities can grow in understanding, empathy, and solidarity. 
   
   
   
  Terence Lester shares the buried history of the struggles Black people have faced against unjust systems. He tells powerful stories of courage, injustice, pain, and triumph, including ones from his own history. He also unpacks the sociological and cultural dynamics of unconscious bias and inattentional ignorance that keep us apart, and how they can be overcome. This honest account of what it's like to be Black in America paves the way for the church to move beyond showing support from a distance toward loving one another in long-term solidarity, advocacy, and friendship.

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  Lessons from a Fledgling Democracy

  M.D. Mamphela Ramphele

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  How are the successes and failures of the fledgling South African democracy relevant to all democratic nations? Why a nation cannot truly thrive without full socio-economic equity. Why true freedom must also include freedom from an imprisoned mind. What is the importance of teaching a full, robust history of a nation?

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  Cat and Mouse on the Niger: The...

  Charles River Editors

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  "They have soldiers. We only have arguments." – French Foreign Minister Théophile Delcassé 
  Near the end of the 19th century, Otto von Bismarck, the German chancellor, brought the plenipotentiaries of all major powers of Europe together to deal with Africa's colonization in such a manner as to avoid provocation of war. This event, known as the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, galvanized a phenomenon that came to be known as the Scramble for Africa. The conference established two fundamental rules for European seizure of Africa. The first of these was that no recognition of annexation would granted without evidence of a practical occupation, and the second, that a practical occupation would be deemed unlawful without a formal appeal for protection made on behalf of a territory by its leader, a plea that must be committed to paper in the form of a legal treaty. 
  This began a rush, spearheaded mainly by European commercial interests in the form of Chartered Companies, to penetrate the African interior and woo its leadership with guns, trinkets and alcohol, and having thus obtained their marks or seals upon spurious treaties, begin establishing boundaries of future European African colonies. The ease with which this was achieved was due to the fact that, at that point, traditional African leadership was disunited, and the people had just staggered back from centuries of concussion inflicted by the slave trade. Thus, to usurp authority, to intimidate an already broken society, and to play one leader against the other was a diplomatic task so childishly simple, the matter was wrapped up, for the most part, in less than a decade. Even at that stage, however, the countries would keep jostling for position in Africa against each other, attempting to snap up more land and consolidate it. As such, the scramble kept going at a fevered pitch until the outbreak of World War I.

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  Samurai!

  Saburo Sakai

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  Samurai! is the gripping autobiography of Saburō Sakai, one of Japan’s most renowned fighter pilots during World War II. Co-written with Fred Saito and Martin Caidin, the book chronicles Sakai’s rise from a poor rural upbringing to becoming an elite Zero pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy. With vivid detail and unflinching honesty, he recounts harrowing dogfights, the horrors of war, and his legendary 1,000-mile flight back to base after being grievously wounded. More than just a war memoir, Samurai! offers rare insight into the mindset, discipline, and honor of a warrior shaped by both tradition and global conflict.

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  A Rare Recording of Virginia Woolf

  Virginia Woolf

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  Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882 - March 28, 1941) was an English writer from Kensington, London, who pioneered a narrative mode called "stream of consciousness" to describe the thoughts and feelings of the narrator. Regarded as one of the most prominent modernist 20th-century writers, Woolf's works have gained much attention for inspiring feminism, as well as, numerous films, novels, and plays. The following recording is from a radio broadcast on April 29th, 1937.

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