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  Booker T Washington: Builder of...

  Emmett J. Scott, Lymann Beecher...

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  Booker T. Washington, Builder of a Civilization by Emmett J. Scott, Lyman Beecher Stowe IT IS not hyperbole to say that Booker T. Washington was a great American. For twenty years before his death, he had been the most useful, as well as the most distinguished, member of his race in the world, and one of the most useful, as well as one of the most distinguished, of American citizens of any race. Eminent though his services were to the people of his own color, the white men of our Republic were almost as much indebted to him, both directly and indirectly. They were indebted to him directly, because of the work he did on behalf of industrial education for the Negro, thus giving impetus to the work for the industrial education of the White Man, which is, at least, as necessary; and, moreover, every successful effort to turn the thoughts of the natural leaders of the Negro race into the fields of business endeavor, of agricultural effort, of every species of success in private life, is not only to their advantage but to the advantage of the White Man, as tending to remove the friction and trouble that inevitably come throughout the South at this time in any Negro district where the Negroes turn for their advancement primarily to political life. The indirect indebtedness of the White Race to Booker T. Washington is due to the simple fact that here in America we are all, in the end, going up or down together; and therefore, in the long run, the man who makes a substantial contribution toward uplifting any part of the community has helped to uplift all of the community. Wherever in our land the Negro remains uneducated, and liable to criminal suggestion, it is absolutely certain that the whites will themselves tend to tread the paths of barbarism; and wherever we find people of color as a whole engaged in successful work to better themselves, and respecting both themselves and others, there we shall also find the tone of the white community high.

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  Walter Isaacson: Steve Jobs

  PBS NewsHour

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  Author Walter Isaacson, longtime journalist and author, tells the story of Apple co-founder and inventor Steve Jobs in a new biography titled Steve Jobs. Jeffrey Brown and Isaacson discuss the life and work of the technology giant.

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  Between a Heart and a Rock Place...

  Pat Benatar, Patsi Bale Cox

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  One of the best-selling female rock stars of all time, the incomparable Pat Benatar writes about her life, rock ’n’ roll, and how her generation changed music forever in Between a Heart and a Rock Place. The first solo female rocker ever to appear on MTV, Benatar writes with the same edge and attitude that was a hallmark of her music—from “Heartbreaker” to “Hit Me with Your Best Shot.” The winner of four consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Female Rock performance, Pat Benatar tells a fascinating, no-holds-barred story of what it was really like to be a woman in the mostly male world of hard rock in the ’80s.

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  Empowered Women Empowering the...

  Tammie Pike

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  The call is being answered.Women all around the world are rising and stepping into their power that for so long was suppressed.What does it mean to be an empowered woman?It goes beyond having the perfect – relationship, family, successful job/career or business, a healthy bank account, and social status. Instead, it is a woman who is willing to re-discover who she is, to let go of the need to be the “good girl” and the “people pleaser,” and to be accepted. She embraces her shadows and steps into her light. She is a woman who has given herself permission to learn to be who she truly is while supporting others to rise into their power.The empowered woman has a story to tell. These stories will help you to not feel alone in your experiences; to help guide you to your own empowerment so you can live life in your own unique way that is fulfilling and sustainable.Empowered Women Empowering the World represents women who have overcome adversity and risen above their challenges and created a life where they live by their own design.These stories are true and from women from all walks of life. They will inspire you to embark on your own self-empowerment journey, to grow into your own self-belief so you can be your best self, become confident, courageous, and empowered as they share how they changed their lives to experience deep and lasting transformation. Each story provides tips and powerful motivation for you to say “yes” to your best life.Empower yourself with this collection of inspiring reflections from awakened women who are empowered in life, love, motherhood, and business.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The -...

  F Scott itzgerald, H G Wells,...

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  Within these ten stories our authors including Edgar Allan Poe, H G Wells, Guy de Maupassant and a host of others demonstrate the power and the motivation that revenge demands.  Yes, the pen is mightier and more brutal than the sword. 
   
  01 - The Top 10 - Revenge - An Introduction 
  02 - Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F Scott Fitzgerald 
  03 - The Cone by H G Wells 
  04 - The Hand by Guy de Maupassant 
  05 - The Cask of Amontillardo by Edgar Allan Poe 
  06 - The Signal by Vsevolod Garshin 
  07 - The Caballero's Way by O Henry 
  08 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon 
  09 - The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane 
  10 - The Scapegoat by Paul Laurence Dunbar 
  11 - A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell

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  Lenin on the Train

  Catherine Merridale

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  In April 1917, as Tsar Nicholas II's abdication sent shockwaves across war-torn Europe, the future leader of the Bolshevik revolution, Vladimir Lenin, was far away, exiled in Zurich. To lead the revolt, Lenin needed to return to Petrograd immediately. But to get there, he would have to cross Germany, which meant accepting help from the deadliest of Russia's adversaries and betraying his homeland. Bringing to life a world of counter-espionage, intrigue, wartime desperation, illicit finance, and misguided utopianism,Catherine Merridale provides a riveting account of this pivotal journey as well as the underground conspiracy and subterfuge that went into making it happen.

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